February is known for various themes like heart month, Valentine’s Day, and the most important Black History month. This short month with major impact stands out from other months in the year, when I reflect on the rich history of blackness in the world and scripture I stand encouraged. Allow me to utilize midweek manna in a different way today. When we look at the condition of the world, we have arrived at a place where it seems that cultural diversity is being rejected and

“O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.[a] 3 O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time on and forevermore.” Psalms 131(NRSV)

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalms 90:12 (NIV) Amid these things I am not sad but rather fulfilled. Make each day count. Various things will occur during the journey of life but can you make each day count for something. My fulfillment rests in the fact that I understand my days are numbered so soaking in difficulty can’t be my resolve but gaining wisdom must be the outcome. … the greatest gift one can receive after salvation is ful

"When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit." Luke 1:41 (NIV) What's leaping on the inside of you? Do you still have a leap on the inside of you to do what God called you to do, to be passionate about what God has gifted you to do? Have you lost that passion or fire that you have been gifted and purposed to do? Revisit your leap, it's in you!

"For with God nothing will be impossible.”" Luke 1:37 (NKJV) How out of the box is our God? Do something that is out of the box. You can be radical, but still be in alignment. You can be different but still be respectful. Can God do something out of the box with you?

“From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.” Jonah 2:1,10 NIV How is God shifting you in this season of your life? What did the beginning of chapter 2025 look like and how’s it concluding? Will prayer be found between the start and finish or just complaint?

“In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.” Job‬ ‭1‬:‭22‬ ‭NIV You ever felt like things just keep coming? I get past one situation and then here comes another situation presenting its challenges. Remember In All This, God is still God. God is greater than my problems, in fact a problem is unable to come my way without God’s approval. So in all this, what are you going to do?

"Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.”" Deuteronomy 34:4 (NKJV) What do you do when God shows you something, and it's not for you? Learn how to be ok for where God has brought you to and what God has promised your hand. What God has for you is for you.

He said: “I am ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’as the prophet Isaiah said.” John 1:23 NKJV In a world where people want to go viral or have moments, can you humble yourself to just be the voice and not the main attraction? I am not the Messiah, but I want to be a voice that points people to the one.

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Matthew 6:26 I know that at moments attempting to grasp those words seem foreign but when we place our trust in the loving God, we must release the worry and know God makes things work together for our good.

"Restore unto me the joy thy salvation;" Psalm 51:12a (KJV) If one is to be properly restored, one of the things they have to do is they have to be honest enough to say I can't let my pride get in the way. I have to recognize that I have to apologize and I also have to recognize that can't point the fingers at someone else. True restoration comes when you can be honest enough to admit to say I was wrong, the blame is on me.

"But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it." 2 Timothy 3:14 NIV Listen, jewelry may fade, crack or even be lost/stolen but those precious jewels that are deposited into the heart never leave.

"And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”" Exodus 17:7 (NIV) We need to be reminded that the Lord has been faithful to us in the past. If God was with us in the past, he'll be with us in the present and the future. Be encouraged that God is with you!

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.- Matthew 7:7 NIV Have you ever found yourself in a place where you desired or stood in need of something but didn’t know exactly how to obtain what was needed? Needing help, needing a resource, needing the income, needing the support, etc Are you asking, seeking, or knocking so that God can provide what is needed?

God has uniquely designed you with physical, mental, spiritual, and moral strength.

"And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:7

There is no place that God won’t show up for those who believe.

"Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty,"... Malachi 3:10b (NIV) You can test God, take Him at His word and things will work out

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:14 (NIV)

"Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old." Isaiah 43:18 (NKJV)