Alpha & Omega
Can you believe we’re done with the first quarter of 2021? I mean, let's be real - 2020 was a year for the history books. I can only think about the meaning of “Alpha and Omega''. The beginning and the end. We had a year that no one could imagine coming. This was the year in which many clung to the word of GOD (Psalm 91). I don't know about you, but reciting this and covering my family and I with this Psalm has been the protection that I know kept us safe. You see, I realized that 2020 has changed many lives in one way or another. For many, it's been tragic. Oppression has grabbed on to so many. Suicide was at it all time high last year. Depression, anxiety, and fear stirred up in the hearts of believers and unbelievers. Who could have fathomed such a disease that came and wiped out so many lives. This disease didn’t discriminate between black, white, brown, purple, old, young, skinny, fat - it didn't matter. This demonic plan came to kill, steal, and destroy many lives. Is it true that many lost sight of God? YES! Did many question their faith? YES! But God is still sovereign and He has not forsaken us during this time. His plan still stands victorious. I know for those who lost loved ones, it's hard to imagine that God allowed it. But we know that if He allowed it, something good will come from it.
On the brighter side of this pandemic, many others gave their lives to Jesus Christ in the midst of it all. Hallelujah! That is something to rejoice about. You see, I tell people that I have learned lessons through my darkness and that my perspective is everything. When I lost my dad in 2018, exactly one day after Thanksgiving, I didn't know what happened. I had lost my mom 20 years ago and that too hurt a lot but I was raised by my dad because my mom had drug and mental health issues. So, when my dad left his world, a part of me left with him. The last seven days of his life were so detrimental to me yet, I was so numb. Everything was going too fast and all I could remember to do was to keep praying. When he took his last breath with a tear coming down his left eye, the darkest cloud came over me. I can go on and on about this but my point is that Jesus never left my side or my dad’s side. He was there through the darkness and He changed my perspective when I decided to surrender all the heartache, doubt, and fear. I was trying to understand something that had no understanding at the time. That is how this pandemic feels. It’s hard to understand how it just took down our nation, yet we know and we saw God’s hand in this. You might ask, how did we see God’s hand in this? Just look around. Some people kept a job through all this. Some had new businesses created. It all depends on the perspective you want to have about it.
2021 has arrived and although we are still in this pandemic, this has been a year of growth professionally, spiritually, and personally for many, including myself. This year has been a year of transformation for me and I’m sure some of you can relate. Not only did I move to a new state but I grew spiritually to new levels. This growth could only happen after a tragic experience that left me clinging onto life by a string. I was in a position where breathing was hard to do. I would wake up and feel like I was suffocating. My heart literally ached. I felt like a dead woman walking but I was alive. I know that sounds miserable but being on the other side of that, I realized that I would not want to experience it any other way. You see, too often we ask God to use us, yet we don't want to go through the things that He needs us to walk through first. When Jesus was put on this earth as a man to feel and experience all we are going through, it was for us to relate to. How could we believe that Jesus is walking with us if He didnt walk in our shoes before us? The word says that God goes before us, fights our battles, and hands us the victory.
One day we will all have to account for our walk here on earth. All that happened in 2020 was not a coincidence. The world needed a rude awakening. Sadly, but truth be told, we were living our lives recklessly. Please understand that when I say this I am not only referring to our physical lives but also to our spiritual lives. This year you have seen people reach new levels in their health and wealth and others have had time to concentrate on their personal development. Many started working out and eating better food that feeds the body and soul. Mental health has been a big issue. Many have reached out to get mentorship or therapy. People in general have been healing. Healing from trauma and from past hurts that were buried down deep on the inside due to the hustle and bustle of life.
I know for many we give thanks to the LORD that we entered a new year even though we still don't know what 2021 is going to bring us. But if you’re like me, we decree and declare all good things. You see, no matter what is going on around us we have to remind ourselves that we are not of this world. I know at times it's hard to see through this chaos and confusion but God is the Alpha and Omega which means it's already done. He knows it all before it even happens. He is the beginning and the end, start to finish, left to right. He is everything. We don't have to fear what is going on but you need to see things through spiritual lenses. Remember, God turns our bad to good. He created us with a plan, a blueprint, and sometimes even in the midst of darkness, a little light will shine through. So, as we finish the first quarter of this year, have you taken time to reflect on where you were and where you are now? I pray and encourage you to reflect and write down the desires of your heart. God's word promises to give us the desires of our heart, according to His will for you, so ask, and it shall be given to you. What are you making space for in this next quarter of your life that you would like to see yourself accomplish? It might be registering for a course, making more time for self care, starting that business that has been on your heart. Whatever that is for you, do it. Now is the time and you can do it!
I want to end this by reminding you that God is everything. There is nothing that He doesn’t already know. He is the Alpha and the Omega and all things are possible to those who believe. Whatever is in your heart, if it is of God, it will surface. Until next time………….
Pray, Breath, Rest!!!
-Agatha
