TaKeira (2025)

24/11/2025

I know I kept yall on a cliff hanger about what happened with the job. So, here it is 💁🏽‍♀️

One of the many scriptures that I had to hold onto exceptionally close to my heart in this season is Proverbs 3:5-6 which says “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Nothing has been making sense to me because AINT NO WAY I should still be without a job. That job straight played in my face, but I’ve made peace with it because if it didn’t happen, then God didn’t want me to have it. I definitely thank Him for His protection. But now, I’m super curious as to what He’s up to 😅

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
- ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭28‬ ‭

Anyway, yall want a tour of the shelter? 👀

15/11/2025

I got baptized (again) today… but this time, I understood it.

When I got baptized at 17, I meant well, but I didn’t grasp the weight of what I was doing. I hadn’t lived enough life to understand my own sin nature, what needed to die in me, or what it truly meant to surrender. Honestly, I just didn’t want to feel left out while everyone else was doing it.

Then in 2020, right in the middle of the pandemic, I rededicated my life to God and the last five years have changed me. I went from memorizing scripture to actually living it. From knowing of Jesus to knowing Him personally. And if I’m being real… I didn’t come willingly. I’m a recovering control freak who really thought I could do life on my own terms. But life humbled me, and God kept loving me. I realized I couldn’t do life without Him and now I don’t want to.

I didn’t think I needed to get baptized again, but one day as mentioned it, conviction hit me. I knew this time had to be for me. Not for people. Not for appearances. Not for pride. My thoughts tried to talk me out of it, but God reminded me: HIS voice is the only one that matters. The enemy has had too much room in my mind, and that ends today.

So I went into that water and left EVERYTHING behind — the guilt, the shame, the perfectionism, the version of myself I kept trying to cling to that was quietly killing me. Jesus already put all of it to death on the cross. And when He rose, we rose with Him… with power and victory.

But the moment that really broke me… was when I came up out of the water and saw my 4-year-old baby jumping up and down, yelling, “Mommy you did a great job baptizing!” The excitement on his face was just…🥹

In that moment, I realized this wasn’t just about me. This is about my son. His children. And their children. This is about breaking cycles. This is about building a legacy of faith. This is about showing him what a real walk with Christ looks like, so he doesn’t have to fight the same battles I did.

And the whole time, I kept hearing the words spoken over Jesus: “This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.” Except today, I felt God whispering it over me. ❤️✝️

11/11/2025

Sorry for the delay… when I tell y’all the enemy was trying his hardest to keep me from continuing this series 😮‍💨

As I was editing this, I kept hearing thoughts like, “Nobody cares,” “Nobody will notice if you stop posting,” “It’s no point in sharing, your situation isn’t going to change,” “You sound crazy!” “This is embarrassing!” The list goes on. And honestly… I started believing them for a second. My own voice even started to sound cringe to me.

On top of that, listening to my story felt like reliving it all over again. I never truly got a chance to process everything because it all happened so fast. I’ve just been going and going—to the point where I felt detached from my own reality. Sometimes I can’t believe this is my life. It’s a movie.

But one thing I know for sure: God told me to share. And even though a big part of me doesn’t want to anymore, I know this is an assignment. What you go through isn’t just for you, it’s for someone else who needs to see that God can still bring purpose out of pain. 🙏🏽💛

15/10/2025

Mannnn… people only talk about how good God is when they’re on the mountaintop, but even in my lowest valley, He’s still been good to me. When everything looked hopeless, He made a way out of no way. 🙌🏾

Watching this back has me emotional because I remember how close I was to throwing in the towel. But even then, God reminded me that He sees me.

Here are a few takeaways I want you to hold onto from this video:

1. God shows His love through others.
That security guard didn’t have to be kind, but he was. It reminded me of how the Bible says God will leave the 99 for the 1. (Matthew 18:12)

2. God provides when we’re obedient.
If I had let pride stop me from calling the case manager back, who knows what would’ve happened. (1 Kings 17:2–6, 8–10)

3. God opens doors no man can shut.
The first woman I met turned me away. The second said, “Tell them you’re with me.” And that’s how God moves when you’re His child. You get the VIP treatment because he has ALL AUTHORITY. (Revelation 3:7)

Even in the valley… He’s still good. ❤️
There is so much more I can say, but it’ll come later…

13/10/2025

If you’re still locked in with the journey, you’re a real one 😭🫶🏽

One thing for certain and two things for sure, God has been present with me every step of the way 🥹

Stay tuned…We only have a few more parts to go!

09/10/2025

I didn’t include the part of the story where someone I had met this year in my community group at church had allowed me to stay with her for a couple of days when I got back to Dallas, which I am so grateful for! I was there for a couple of days and on that last day, I had no clue what I was about to do next, so I got up, went to the library, and attended Wednesday Night Bible study. I knew that the money I had been waiting on was coming soon, but didn’t know exactly when. So, I decided to wait it out. After Bible study, I decided that I was going to find a “safe” place to park up and sleep in my car over night.

When I got up the next morning, I decided that I was going to utilize all the features of my gym membership. I took me a shower. Of course I felt guilty, so I did me a cute little workout first 😭 By the time I was done working out, I checked my account and the money was there!!! Talk about an on-time God 🙌🏽

08/10/2025

When you’re obedient to God, you have to get over the fear of looking stupid to others even though you might actually feel stupid. The last thing you want to be is outside of the will of God trying to do the things that make sense as opposed to doing what He told you. Although I was (and still am) uncertain about what was coming next, God’s word continues to be a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path (Psalm 119:105).

The funny thing about God is that He may give you a glimpse of the destination, but never show you the steps you have to take to get there because I can guarantee you that if you saw what it took, you would be like “nah, get somebody else to do it”. 😭 But thank God that He promises to be with us every step of the way. I was riding on fumes, but God still came beside me and was my strength…

08/10/2025

My faith in God is strong, but I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t losing hope. I was crying out to Him almost everyday and had finally surrendered to the idea that I may have been moving back to Philly. It “made more sense” for us to stay, I told myself. I started applying to jobs there and everything, but still hadn’t gotten any interviews. I told God that the only thing that would get me back to Dallas would be if I got a job there and then I received multiple interviews from jobs that were in my field. I started getting excited as I was knocking those interviews out virtually. But when I got the call for an in-person interview as a Youth Advocate with the police department, I really got excited and thought “aight Philly, i’ma head out” 😅 I felt my hope being restored. I KNEW my job was coming…

04/10/2025

Remember when I did that whole Dallas to Philly road trip series? Yea, that wasn’t because I wanted to— I just decided to make lemonade out of lemons. I would have never decided to pack up all of my belongings and drove 1400+ miles across the country, let alone do it by myself. But, I had no choice.

What do you do when God shows you the promise, but then tells you to keep it moving?

And don’t let the part about the shelter distract you from the bigger story of what God is doing 😅

Stay tuned for part 3…we’re just getting started *insert gif of birdman rubbing his hands together*

03/10/2025

Here’s a recap of what has transpired since being obedient to God and moving to Dallas last May…I don’t know if y’all are ready to hear what’s been happening in my life since this May, but stay tuned…it finna get good 😅

01/08/2025

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