My love, the threshold you’re about to cross requires a steadfast, secure, confident mindset. OLD AND NEW EYES WILL BE ON YOU.

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STAY READY SO YOU DON’T GOT TO GET READY

The phases of moving from what one might call wilderness to promise, isolation to the crowd, rehearsal to showtime, hibernation to spring . . . ‘Behold, a new thing!’ You get it.

I am aware that I’m currently walking on a bridge — the middle ground connecting two parallels. I’ve been through seasons like this before, so I can recognize the patterns. Right before elevation comes separation, and within the process, revelation. What you do with the in-between is completely up to you.

In many phases of development, my spirit has sensed that the part of the cycle I’m in is preparation. I know the power of waiting.

I used to be a visionary when it came to tangible goals and physical blessings. But as I mature, the vision I carry now is less about what I want to obtain and more about who I am becoming as I reach the breakthrough.

For example, right before I met my husband, I entered a season of singleness that tested my faith in companionship and expanded my capacity for love. Prior to us meeting and becoming friends, I left a friend group. I spent a great deal of time alone. It was a ‘just me and God’ space. I lived by myself in a one-bedroom apartment, and some days those walls felt like they were closing in.

Disclaimer: This is not a message suggesting that wholeness only comes from being in a relationship because that isn’t true. But in that season of my life, I had a clear vision: “The next place I live, I don’t want a roommate. I want it to be with my partner. I’m ready to share my life with someone — the day-to-day, the mundane. I want to build and create my own family.”

I deeply desired marriage, and I refused to let anyone discourage me from it. I also refused to feel ashamed because I was ready and others were not. “You’re too young.” “You talk about this a lot.” Yes, I did. That’s what you do when you believe in something.

I wrote about it. I spoke life into it through music. I kept my expectations high, even through disappointment. And without realizing it, I was already in the vicinity of what I was hoping for.

It was never about if. It was about when.

Another example goes back to a fourteen-year-old girl having faith she would move to Georgia to pursue performance art because she had outgrown her Elyria roots. The physical manifestation began with auditioning for a new school. Even when that dream was delayed, she never saw it as denial. She trusted what she heard from that still, small voice. She could see before she could see.

What that voice is whispering to me today is this: “Share this with someone who is in this same place, because the word I’m speaking over you is for them too.”

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TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN

Hey, Siri! Cue Jill Scott.

♪ I’ma go head and be great, why not?

My love, the threshold you’re about to cross requires a steadfast, secure, confident mindset. OLD AND NEW EYES WILL BE ON YOU. It is not the time to be unsure of yourself. That’s why the development has been this extensive. When the light hits your corner, oh trust . . . you are going to shine. Do you hear me? SHINE.

The truths you’ve gathered will expel lies. You are a representation of healing and the joy of humanity.

BE OKAY WITH TAKING UP SPACE. You are not too much. You are enough.

YOU ARE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.

See what I’m about to do is I’ma walk in this room and I’m gonna let them see, God, Jehovah’s will, all over me. ᯓ‎𝄞

WHILE YOU WAIT

Here are some actionable steps to take this week.

* Spend intentional time in prayer and meditation for 30 minutes to an hour. No distractions. Whatever helps you land on the inner destination of Love & Peace so that you hear clearly and that your divine download is streaming from the right place.

* During that time, be a scribe. Write down the vision even if you’ve done it before. Document the exchange.

* Intentionally place 5 words of encouragement around your environment (i.e., phone lock screen, bathroom mirror, car dashboard, a bedroom wall, refrigerator, etc). Think of it like love notes to yourself or kisses from God. Be reminded of the ‘substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen’ throughout your day.

* Keep applying and seeking after rejection. You are seed sowing. Eventually, something will blossom. ‘Bloom where you’re planted.’

* Embrace change and whatever you feel called to let go.

* Give grace to yourself and then extend it to someone else.

* Abide. Remain steadfast in discipline.

SOMETHING GREAT IS ON THE WAY.

Enjoy the process of becoming the person who is ready to receive it.

There is more in store,

ARA

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