Don't Lose Your Voice!



One day back in December 2018, I was in a meeting and I lost my voice. Then I got frustrated and became winded as the old folks say or shortness of breath. I was in a room with five other people with four of those people trying to explain what I was trying to say. I was so embarrassed. After the meeting I went to my desk and cried not because of the what, but because of the why. God reminded me that the word "voice" is not just a noun but a verb. We learned in school that a verb is an action word. So just because I lost the sound doesn't mean I lost the words, I just needed to find another instrument to voice myself. Don't let the enemy steal your voice! Nobody can speak for you except you! The enemy knows you have something to say and wants to take it away! 
Founder of W. E. Fellowship (Women Encouraging through Fellowship) and writer of Words for Women-Encouragement for Daily Living, .Erika has been involved in Women's Ministry since 2006 including serving as ministry leader and Women's conference coordinator. Her leadership and volunteer initiatives include The Genieve Shelter and Dress for Success as well as the birth of the G.E.M.M.S. (Girls Empowering Mentoring Ministry Society) in 2003 at the church where she was raised. Additionally she has served the kingdom through the music ministry and worship arts. Currently Erika serves as an Intercessor and Direction Coach, assisting those who have made the decision to follow Christ and/or join the fellowship and leads orientation classes. She is a Board Certified Mental Health Coach with the Association of Christian Counseling and is currently studying to receive her Certification in Christian Counseling. She lives by the scripture Philippians 4:13 "I can do ALL things through Christ which strengthens me!".

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Encouragement, Acts 11:22-26

Great job! You got this! Hang in there! I’ve been there, let’s talk.  It’s going to get better! Such simple phrases can have a great impact on someone who is going through a rough time. To encourage someone is to inspire, give hope (LASB). One day while tutoring, a student told me that I always point out the bad, that I was not acknowledging the good grades only the bad ones. I was taken by this observation the student made, as I try my best to always encourage them when they seemed to feel the work was too hard or perhaps felt challenged by an assignment. This opened my eyes to a second piece involved in encouraging, to not only push for the future but to remember past success as well.   Barnabas was sent to the church at Antioch to seek evidence of the conversion of the Gentiles. He witnessed to the new believers and encouraged them to stay strong in their faith. Because of what he had witnessed, Barnabas encouraged Saul (Paul) to go to Antioch to tea...
Read more

Sick again...

Somewhere around 3:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon I got this tickle in my throat. Immediately I got mad on the inside because I knew it was my sinuses…. ugh! In my mind I was like, “I’m getting sick, AGAIN”. The entire Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday I had a medical issue, then the flu, and now… But then I heard this story on the news this morning about a woman in Charlotte, N.C. that is having her second battle with brain cancer. You can read/listen/see the story by clicking on the link below or copying and pasting the link into your web browser: https://myfox8.com/2020/01/21/video-of-nc-husband-singing-to-wife-before-her-cancer-surgery-goes-viral/ "To me, cancer is a blessing because it's my way of telling people that no matter what it is, it's going to be OK," Roslyn said. And here I am complaining about my sinuses! Really!? A blessing is: -something conducive to happiness or welfare (Merriam-Webster dictionary) -to invoke divine care for (Mer...
Read more

Can’t See for Looking

We all have had a moment where we were looking for something that was right there before us but we were so consumed with looking for the item that we didn’t look in the obvious places. I remember once my grandma was looking for her glasses. She looked and looked, had us looking too. Low and behold, they were on her head the entire time. Funny but frustrating, right? Doesn’t life get that way sometimes? There are times when we treat life the same way. At some point in life we set expectations about who we want to be and the things we want to do in life. We tell ourselves what to expect out of life and wait for those things to happen yesterday. When the path does not travel the way we anticipate or life throws us curve balls then we are quick to seek AND be mad with God. “Lord you said I am the head and not the tail, you said you would give me the desires of my heart, but God where is my promotion, where is my spouse, where is, where IS, WHERE IS! “Oh yes we get mad in a big way with...
Read more