I read a book called "The People Factor"

written by Van Moody and if I took nothing else from it these words have resonated with me for the last few months. “Anything not associated with the purpose God has put inside of you has to be removed. 

See we often try to bargain with God but there is no bargain when it comes to God’s purpose.”

Sometimes I think we take for granted how much God truly loves us and in Him loving us He protects us from people, places, and certain things because He knows it will kill us. When I say kill us I don't mean physically but spiritually. Sometimes God is protecting us even if we are oblivious and because we belong to Him. He has to put us back on the right track even if it hurts.

There is a cost to belonging to Him, it means if we are out of His will, he will intervene on your behalf. He will redirect you because He made a promise. We can’t bargain with the person who created us, and who breathed life into our soul; the One who created us for His purpose. It’s so hard at times to understand this but it is best that we internalize it, when you belong to Him he will see to it that even at your lowest he sends the Holy Spirit and angels to protect you.

So if you are hurting right now from any situation or circumstance in your life, understand that God does love you and He is protecting you because He sees the end result of who He has created you to be. 

About the author: Nikita Annette Haynie.  Addicted to all things positive and uplifting.Nikita is a Georgia native. She's 28 years old. and currently works as an academic advisor at the University of West Georgia. She loves God and making a difference in the lives of young women. Her words to live by are, “So I perceived that there was nothing better for human’s beings but to enjoy what they do because that's what they're allotted in life. Who, really, is able to see what will happen in the future." ~Ecclesiastes 3:22

If you are anything like me you constantly believe that you have to it all figured out, but I’m here to reassure you that you absolutely don’t. The process to becoming the person you were created to be will:

 1. Have many victories

 2. Will challenge you

 3. Have some not so great days

Your journey will require some breaking and shaking, and maybe even those moments we all hate, of dare I say uncertainty. But the great and most powerful thing is that small knowing within that you can do anything. Think about a challenging situation that you’ve experienced, remember how you were frantically thinking, "When will this end?" Now think of where you are in present day (even if you are having a bad day) the point is simple: YOU MADE IT. 

God has proven to be faithful and quite honestly YOU ARE STILL HERE. 

Michelle McKinney Hammond stated, “There is a time of preparation for every level of life we allow God to complete in us. There are some things He wants to establish in us. We can consider ourselves buildings that are being upgraded. Some parts have to be leveled. Some torn up. Some tossed out to more room for something new and more glorious.” 

So stop complaining about should’ve, could’ve, and would’ve. Or even better about how bad your day is because trust me it could be worse. 

I dare you to find one thing you are grateful for today and in finding that one thing. Allow yourself to understand that without bad days we don’t evolve. Your life is an open field full of many things that you will endure but if you can keep smiling when you want to cry, push through when it hurts, then the reward will be far greater than you could have ever imagined.

 Now dust off your bad day and get back it. 

About the author: Nikita Annette Haynie.  Addicted to all things positive and uplifting. Nikita is a Georgia native. She's 28 years old and currently works as an academic advisor at the University of West Georgia. She loves God and making a difference in the lives of young women. Her words to live by are, “So I perceived that there was nothing better for human’s beings but to enjoy what they do because that's what they're allotted in life. Who, really, is able to see what will happen in the future." ~Ecclesiastes 3:22