Monday, December 17, 2012

The Day I Married My King

I remember the day I became married. I was nervous. It wasn't planned. It was a spur of the moment thing opposite of when we were actually planning a wedding. Something in my husband urged him to say "What if I wanted to get married right now?" I knew it didn't matter if it was that very second or ten years later he was the one I was going to marry. I think the next day we went to the courthouse for our marriage license & three days later we were married.

I remember we could not stop smiling and laughing throughout our vows. I believe he was just as nervous as I was. Then when she said you may kiss your bride I did not expect him tp grab my face and kiss me! However, that is just the kind of man he is. You never know what he is going to do at any given minute. People kept asking did I feel different now that we were married and I would say no because he always treated me as his wife even when we were merely dating. The love he displayed for me and through me was preciously priceless! Even thinking about it just gives me butterflies inside. =)

It is almost a year and a half later & God has placed this new sense of love for my husband. It kind of seems out of place for the season we are in but I think God is up to something much bigger despite what it looks like now. I can say with pride and a huge smile that I am wholeheartedly in love with the king God has placed in my life! It is easy to miss the blessing you have before you when you get caught up in life around you on top of the battles within you. Nonetheless, I recognize that my husband was a gift to my life I never expected. He came into my world at such a time of loss and gave me so much more than I could have imagined.

He will forever be one of the greatest encounters of my life! I am grateful for his many sacrifices over the years. He loved me through my darkest of times & I know me so that was pretty hard for him to do yet he did it anyway! I appreciate him for his love....it changed me!!!

Well, enough of my love story. Blog with you later! Smooches....Muah!!! ; )

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

7 Days Of Fasting....






I wish I would have done a video blog for each day of my fast. It has been such a major corporate blessing for me and those within my ministry as well as those who I minister to. The way God moves when you make sacrifices that edify Him is so humbling. I am only on day 4 but God has been blessing me and those around me since day 1 of this fast. I don't even know why I am shocked because I am a living testimony to how great God is.

When I originally started this 7 day fast it was just a general fast and a way to bring myself closer to God so I could hear Him more clearly. However, it turned into something so much more. I went to a Christmas party for the Trees Of Hope & BLOOM ministry I work with and my former facilitator from Shelter from the Storm suggested that 3 of these days be dedicated towards marriages.Today we got together and prayed and in the midst of all of this fasting a married couple came to Christ and is now saved. They were former Catholics. How amazing is that?

On top of this God has been moving in all other areas of ministry as well as our personal lives. We even prayed for the President's marriage!!! =) I am so blessed to have such prayer warrior women around me. god has truly brought me to my designated place through my marriage. I am overly thankful for the way God works. I am thankful for my marriage as well.

This season of prayer was more than needed and I am happy that I was obedient to God's will!Well, I will blog with you later.....SMOOCHES!!! ; )


Wednesday, December 5, 2012

God is teaching me Love.


I thought when God was teaching me forgiveness that I had a hard time but I find love is an even harder task. It has always been easy for me to love. I am a lover of people in general. My heart is big and I give a lot of myself to those I care about or even strangers for that matter. I guess it's one of my gifts. However, over time through trials and experiences the way I loved became tarnished. Love began to come with conditions and not to be unconditional as God loves. God is bringing me back to that place of loving WITHOUT conditions.

It's hard to love through pain, disappointment, expectations, rejection, abandonment, anger, etc. The list could go on for any individual. Love is such a simple task that we as people complicate with out emotions. Love is something you give no matter the circumstances. Right or wrong...good or bad.....ups and downs, because that is how God loves us.

I cannot count how many times I have turned my back on God, rejected Him, ignored Him, or used Him for my own gain and then tossed Him off to the side after a blessing. Thank God He forgives me even when I don't deserve it! Loving people causes you to die to yourself daily. It causes you to think of yourself less. Most importantly, love is what we give without expecting something in return. God's greatest two commandments are on love. First love for God and then Love for our neighbors. Without love we are nothing!

My point in saying all of this is that God allowed me to fall in love so deeply and then allowed test to test that love repeatedly. Could I still love even if things weren't going my way? The answer I can give today is YES! Don't get me wrong I failed numerous times before getting here.I realize now that love was never about me it was about God. My job is to be obedient to that love and God's job is to handle the rest. I have no choice but to trust God's way over my own because He sees the big picture that I cannot see. By no means am I saying it is an easy road but it is a "worth it" road because God is making me a stronger woman in the midst of the pain He is loving the hurt away....

Blog with you later....SMOOCHES!!!

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Love's Faith

Through my rain you brought the sunshine,
 Looked past my pain and beyond all my cries,
The love you gave warmed every depth of my insides,

You saw deep beyond my sorrowed eyes,
Took the time to explore every inch of my soul,
Placed the actions behind the words your heart spoke,

I was so bruised but still not broken,
Brave yet still battered from my past,
But you kept pulling me through the madness,

The very reason I didn't shatter,
Even though the chaos consumed me,
The intense desire in your heart renewed me,

I crave every thing that is you,
The way your spirit connects to mine,
Your harmonies and my melodies divinely intertwined,

I want you to be my last and only,
Never want to think of a day without you holding me,
Knowing that even if we fell apart my heart wouldn’t let go so easily,

Can’t deny how my soul is yearning,
Clinging on the moments when your voice soothed me,
Trapped in the memories of the smiles you birthed through to me,

Proving love wasn’t my enemy but an experience,
Sending me back to the faith in love that I had long lost,
With you I have every royalty imaginable without even paying the cost!

Written: February 2, 2010
2012©Monique Favors 

Perfect love casts out fear (1 John 4:18).
I had completely forgotten I had written this piece for my husband when we were only dating. While editing some pieces for my upcoming book I found it and it brought such a smile on my face. I am so thankful for the storms he has weathered with me even when he barely knew me.



Sunday, December 2, 2012

BLOOMing

Yesterday, I took three of my teens to the beach. What an adventure that was. After two hours of driving around doing pick ups, getting lost, and finally making it to the beach it was worth it! THEY WERE WORTH IT! If they only knew how such a big step that was for me to take. I am thankful that through them I overcame an obstacle I didn't think I could overcome in these past 3 months. It is a sign that I am becoming stronger and that God is truly covering me through this storm.

Dania Beach was beautiful. Although I sat on the beach the whole time I learned so much just watching my teens form a stronger sisterhood and to see them laughing and enjoying some much needed freedom. Sexual abuse takes so much from you and I believe that simple time of peace and fellowship gave them a little bit of what they lost back. I can say I am proud of how far they have grown and how far they will continue to grow. God is doing such a work in their lives! As a matter of fact, He is doing such a work in my own life.

I keep drawing closer to God because I know He is the only one who has all the answers for my future. I have to be open to the plans He has for my life even if they aren't exactly the way I planned them out. I am growing...I am blooming...I am becoming ME!

Blog with you later...SMOOCHES!!! ; )