From the Heart

Good Morning Everyone,

This is not your typical daily message. The Lord has laid it upon my heart to share something with you today. Those of you who have my book and have read it will know SOME of this testimony. This is a message.

It was 4 years ago this morning, then a Saturday, that I struggled to get out of my bed. I did not have the flu but I struggled to breathe and just walking down the steps in my house took as much energy as it takes to walk a mile. I received an emergency call from a doctor who had done a basic check up/blood work to find out what no young person expects to hear. According to medical results, I would be dead in approximately 48hours. A dear friend of mine was on my cell phone overhearing the conversation with the doctor on the house phone. And it was even too much for her at the moment. As sick as my body felt, I was not far from collapsing in my house, and the reality, no one would've known. The doctors couldn't explain the source of my problem. I will say that there estimates were wrong because the Lord says when our time is up, man can only guess. But the struggle for the next few months really was about finding the source and staying alive. The conversation was the same, I didn't have long. But again, the Lord says when our time is up, not man. Do I know Jesus heals? Yes, I do! I'm still living with what was eventually discovered but now at another level in my healing process. But the message isn't just about Jesus being a healer. It's about understanding that you ought not wait til the Lord gets you to death's door to want to walk in purpose. The daily messages started 3yrs ago this month, this year. My trip to the emergency room was exactly 3yrs after my stepfather took his trip to the hospital the week before he died. If I can offer you nothing else, please do not die on full but die on empty. Empty because you've fulfilled the purpose for which the Lord has created you whether in the business world or ministry. Everything you do is supposed to be to His glory.

Depending on my mood I can laugh about what happened now. The few friends and family that I did let in during this time still have a hard time talking about it let alone laughing. I laugh because I can say that I know Jesus for myself. Do you? Is what you're doing with your life giving Him glory or are you just existing? Has he given you a gift that you think is insignificant? Do not wait..for this is from the heart.

P.S. I had the awesome privilege last night to attend a screening of the upcoming independent film Life, Love, Soul which will be in theaters for a 7-city release at AMC Theaters the weekend of April 13th. It truly is a movie that will take you through a range of emotions. The writer/director Noel Calloway tells the journey of a young man who loses everything to find himself. Seeing so few fathers encouraged Noel to write the screenplay. It shows raw emotions of the African-American man. The ones that the rest of the world are not privy to. Some of the cast and crew were present for a Q&A. The film stars Jamie Hector from "CSI Miami" and "The Wire", Terri J. Vaughn of "Meet the Browns" and the "Steve Harvey Show" andTami Roman of "Basketball Wives".  I highly recommend the movie and that you go out in droves to see it throughout opening weekend! View the trailer at www.noelcallowayfilms.com.