The Climb

I can almost see it That dream I'm dreaming but There's a voice inside my head saying,You'll never reach it, Every step I'm taking, Every move I make feels Lost with no direction My faith is shaking but I Got to keep trying Got to keep my head held high......
The struggles I'm facing, The chances I'm taking Sometimes they knock me down but No I'm not breaking I may not know it But these are the moments that I'm going to remember most yeah Just got to keep going And I, I got to be strong Just keep pushing on, cause....

There's always going to be another mountain I'm always going to want to make it move Always going to be an uphill battle, Sometimes you going to have to lose, Ain't about how fast I get there, Ain't about what's waiting on the other side It's the climb.

~Miley Cyrus

Before I start I must say that this is a release for me. This morning I was listening to Bonnerfide Radio (getbonnerfide.com). And brothers Gerard Bonner and Dion Moffett gave a word on this morning which inspired this blog. Thank you so much! *Disclaimer: from 9-12 chek out bonnerifide radio. You will sure to be blessed*

You know this journey that we call LIFE is not what you call an easy road. The more that you are going to achieve the more you are going to have to endure. The bright side of it, is that you were destined for what you are doing. Even in your "wilderness" season, you were destined. Without that wilderness season, you can not be equipped for what you are destined to be.

As I think about my life, my husbands life, and the life of my unborn child, I get really emotional and filled and can do nothing but Thank God for The Climb! I cant speak about so much of my husbands Climb but I can speak about mines and ours together now.

I am have shared part of my story in a previous blog called Your Marriage, Your Family. But I've shared what family can do...not so much of self.

I have something that some people have, some people guard, something that most people don't understand and look down on. I have B.H.D. also known as Big Heart Disease. I have allowed people to hurt me, allowed things to happen because I didn't want to loose a so called friend, and have made excuses for things that are not excusable. I have been in relationships where I have given myself away because of promises that would never come to light. I have been apart of ministries where my love and loyalty was taken for granted and not protected. Even through all of this, it was part of MY CLIMB.

I am a victim of Rape, mental and physical abuse. I am a product of a single parent home. I have been from home to home to rest my head. I am a victim of not being understood and what I am suppose to do on this earth because I am different from others. Even through all of this, it was part of MY CLIMB.

I have done things to get attention. I have lied because I never wanted people to know what was going on internally. I have gone "through the motions" just to keep from hurting others. But this was all apart of MY CLIMB.

I am apart of a generational curse. But its all apart of MY CLIMB.

When I was going through those things and still going through some, I never knew what they were for but it was always reminded to me that its for a greater purpose. When I thought I lost, I actually won because I overcame. I didn't died, all of it built me up for a moment in time. I can live to tell the story to help others. So that even in the midst of the storm God will still bless. I am HAPPILY married to a God fearing husband, who does not mind laying down his plate and praying, who encourages me, who lifts me up, and even tells me what I need and helps me continue to become the woman that God wants me to be. He encourages me to continue to pursue my dreams of being in Music and the ministry. I am about to be a mother in 2 1/2 months. I can impart what God continues to pour into me. Give my child back over to God, and more importantly, break a curse that has been on my family. My child will have both mommy and daddy in home.

How can I apply my climb, to marriages today. Out of everything I have been through and done, I could have easily let my past, my test, my trails, and wounds that some I have even inflicted on myself to determine where I would be, but I used it as a stepping stone. When we have our ups and downs in marriages, no that it is apart of YOUR CLIMB. Without those steps, those bumps in the mountain, you will not know how to appreciate the other side. Marriage is about growth, work and unconditional LOVE. Those bumps are needed. And even though we can always see what on the other side, its not about what over there, Its about THE CLIMB!

So I encourage you to keep climbing. Even in what we consider a lost we have already WON!Keep the Faith, keep the fight, and HOLD ON!

Here is a video of a song written by Miley Cyrus call The Climb. Enjoy.