Stand In Your Brilliance
Have you ever been so broken that you forgot that you were brilliant ? Well , I ’ ve been there ! Having gone through a divorce after sixteen years of marriage , having to close my business ( due to the pandemic ), that I spent twelve years building , giving up my home and moving in with my mother , dealing with the financial burden that came with the divorce , and closing the business , and if that was not bad enough , having tested positive with the COVID-19 virus ! YIKES ! Not to mention , all of this came one behind the other and some simultaneously . There were days I congratulated myself just for getting out of bed ! But during this season , I learned so much about myself and life itself . I recognize that if I just keep getting up , there is still hope . So I became intentional about getting up . I recognized that through it all God was keeping me and He was providing for my needs . But most of all , I recognized the importance of being silent and spending time to know me and time to love me , and time to build me .
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words . — Elbert Hubbard .
That quote meant everything to me . I realized that over the years I have given my love so freely even before I see the loyalty of those I was loving . My life became very quiet and the crowd I once fed was gone .
I self-reflected and almost allowed myself to believe that I was a failure . I felt I failed at marriage and no one will ever want me now being divorced at 45 with 3 children . I felt I failed at business and finance and have no reason to teach in those areas . What can I say , my mind had a field day with me ! BUT , I changed the script and started studying the bible more .
The word of God reminded me that I was FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY made . That I had greatness in me . That the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead lives in me . So , I believed those words , and it ’ s amazing when you change your mindset , you become unstoppable ! Suddenly I started seeing posts about Kamala Harris . I saw that she found love at 49 years old , got married at 50 years old , and now 56 years the Vice President of the great United States . Talk about hope ! All the worry left me like a mouse fleeing from its prey . In addition , one day I came across an interview with Lisa Nichols and I listened to her talk about downsizing her life , working hard , saving all her money , being quiet , educating herself , and now she is one of the most sought after Transformational Coach . And as if that was not enough , I read the Memoir of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf . Ellen was divorced with 4 children ; went to college after , got involved in politics , endured prison several times , and still became AFRICA ’ S FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT .
For my thoughts are not your thoughts , neither are your ways my ways , saith the LORD . For as the heavens are higher than the earth , so are my ways . Isaiah 55 : 8-9 . Who can truly understand the ways of God ? Sometimes He hides us to protect us , and to restore us . His love is constant and His blessings are assured . So despite where life has taken me , I am BRILLIANT . I am BEAUTIFUL . I am POWERFUL .
Have the Courage to Stand in your Brilliance , Beauty , and Power UNAPOLOGETICALLY — Lisa Nichols
Contributed by : Dawn Marie Petgrave Educator | Author | Motivational Speaker Entrepreneur | Minister of Religion
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