@Cynthia Me @Pearl McMillan @Sonia Morrison @Ashley Lantican This week and going forward - Food wasn’t the teacher. Awareness was. Watermelon simply became the mirror. Every craving… every emotion… every excuse… every victory… simply introduced us to ourselves.” Prayer: Today we pause, not because a fast has ended, but because something within us has awakened. Thank You for every lesson that came through these past seven days. Thank You for every moment of strength. Thank You for every moment of struggle. Both have become our teachers. Thank You for reminding us that true nourishment is more than what enters our mouths. It is the thoughts we choose. The words we speak. The love we allow ourselves to receive. The grace we extend to ourselves when we fall short. Today we release guilt. We release comparison. We release perfection. Instead, we choose presence. We choose awareness. We choose gratitude. Bless every person who participated in this journey. May their bodies continue to heal. May their minds become quieter. May their hearts become softer. May they remember that every new day is another opportunity to begin again. As we return to eating, help us honor this body that carries us through life. May we treat it with kindness rather than criticism… with wisdom rather than impulse… with gratitude rather than judgment. May this week not simply become something we completed. May it become something that transformed us. And may the awareness we cultivated during these seven days continue to ripple through every conversation, every decision, every relationship, and every act of love. Thank You for walking beside us through every step of this journey. We trust that the work You began within us will continue long after today. Amen.

I ask that you keep our family in prayer especially his 3 teenage daughters, adult son, his mom and bonus mom. He had finished radiation for brain cancer and was set to reunite with his daughters but needed a test to fly. His doctors didn't like what they saw so they admitted him and he succumbed. His Dad transitioned in 2024. Our family needs 💛💡SSA

A heartfelt THANK YOU to @Suzanne Gaba , @Sara McNary , @Lavern Kettle & @G Obiyaa for joining our very first Sacred Prayer Circle. We gathered not to ask from fear, but to partner with God, pray for one another, and bless everyone connected to our intentions. It was a beautiful evening of faith, love, and community. Looking forward to next month. ❤️🙏 We will meet again first Friday of August using the same link. You have all been emailed your recording and fasting instructions.

“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 Reflection Recently, I caught myself doing something I think many of us have done. I was trying to solve tomorrow before tomorrow arrived. The more I thought about the unknown, the heavier it became. Questions turned into worry. Worry turned into tension. Before I knew it, I was carrying a headache, not because anything had happened, but because my mind was trying to control something that only God already knew. Then I realized something. Nothing had actually changed. The answers still weren’t here. The future was still unwritten. The outcome was still unknown. The only thing that changed was my heart and trust. I remembered that every difficult season I’ve already lived through once felt just as uncertain. Every prayer that was eventually answered was once invisible. Every blessing I now enjoy was once something I hoped for, prayed for, and wondered if it would ever happen. How quickly we forget that we are already standing in prayers that were once unanswered. Faith doesn’t mean we have all the information. Faith means we trust the One who does. Much of life is invisible. We cannot see tomorrow. We cannot see peace. We cannot see hope. We cannot see grace. We cannot see God’s hand at work while He is preparing the way. Yet these invisible things often become the most powerful realities of our lives. Today I chose to stop asking for certainty and instead rest in God’s faithfulness. The same God who carried us through yesterday has already gone ahead of us into tomorrow. That is enough. Prayer Heavenly Father, Thank You for reminding us that You have never asked us to carry the future, only to trust You with it. Forgive us for the moments when we try to solve what only You can unfold. When fear whispers that we need more answers, remind us that Your presence is greater than our uncertainty. Help us to remember the prayers You have already answered and the countless ways You have faithfully carried us before. Let those memories strengthen our faith for what we cannot yet see.

Let FREEDOM begin within