A "Fashionable" Faith

Faith is a garment that must be worn 24 hours 7 days a week!! It can not be taken off and hung in the closet or placed in a shoe box, jewelry armoire or lane chest! It must become a part of your everyday attire! Many times when we're consulting God to meet a need or desire, we take faith out of the closet and wear it proudly. We are adorned with faith as we wait in expectation. But as time progresses we begin to slowly exchange out the garment of faith for the garment of doubt. Once adorned in doubt we begin to do things our way, expecting God to co-sign it as the blessing He sent!! That is definitely a "What Not To Wear" situation. Never exchange your faith garment for doubt, regardless of the time frame! That's a fashion faux pas for sure. God does all things well and in His time!! Give it to God and watch Him work! I promise you the longer you "werk" that faith garment the more "Girl you're wearing that" compliments you'll receive!! Make that faith garment work for you! Wear it well and watch God do what He does best!! Work in your favor!!

"I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."

Psalm 27:13(KJV

Tonight Is Light the Night Walk NIGHT!!

Tonight is Light the Night Walk Night!! I'm excited to be walking in honor of my mom and in support of so many still fighting !!
Thanks for your contribution to tonight's effort!!
Please take a minute to read the below tribute to my mom from the In The Thick of Things blog!!

Keeping Up Appearances (Be Beautiful: Wear Red Lipstick)

“On A Bad Day There’s Always Red Lipstick”

This month we celebrate survivors, provide encouragement to those in the midst of the breast cancer fight, and remember those that fought the good fight by encouraging you to Be Beautiful: Wear Red Lipstick as you “Fight Like A Girl". 

Breast Cancer and cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation can cause tremendous changes to the physical body and produce real havoc on the emotions. 

Keeping Up Appearances is extremely important regardless the fight. The attitude towards the fight is what carries the patient from diagnosis to survivor!! 

As I reflect on the effects of breast cancer, I can personally share the testimonies of faith and "Keeping Up Appearances" of two women who had a tremendous impact on my spiritual walk--Mrs. Dorothy Branic and Ms. Sheila Alston! These ladies often shared their struggles with many in an effort to help someone else make it through the fight!! Their "Look and Feel Your Best Always" attitude, God's strength and their “On a Bad Day There’s always Red Lipstick” carried them during some of their roughest stages of their fight. I remember these ladies, beautifully adorned from head to toe, always topped off their ensemble with Red Lipstick "!! They always greeted you with a smile with that Red lipstick poppin!! I do declare there was healing power in that Red lipstick they wore giving those of us they came in contact with hope for what may lie ahead in our own struggles. Their testimony of faith, courage and strength coupled with their attitude towards the fight gave them the courage to fight on regardless of how they felt physically! 

To the ladies that are still fighting I encourage you to try some Red Lipstick compounded with your Faith in God! Cause “On a Bad Day There’s Always Red Lipstick” for Keeping up Appearances!

So ladies as you continue to “Fight Like A Girl", please check out the below article on cancer.org and don't forget your Red Lipstick! 

http://m.cancer.org/cancer/news/features/stacy-london-offers-style-tips-for-women-with-breast-cancer

“A Resilient Spirit”

As we approach this year’s “Light the Night Walk”, I find it only fitting to dedicate this portion of the blog in celebration of my mother and her couragous fight against the dreaded ‘C” word-cancer. At the age of 89 my mother was diagnosed with Leukemia with the prognosis of two-three months to live. My siblings and I decided to keep the diagnosis from her and let her “last days be her best days.” But being Momma, she knew more about what was happening than we did. Also, being Momma she didn’t let on until the end because she wanted her children to realize the teachings of she and my father—that this world is not our home and, therefore, everyday must be preparation day for “that day.”

And that’s the beauty of how she handled her diagnosis—knowing it was in God’s hands while also knowing that she was ready and knowing that she and her husband had well prepared their children to accept the inevitably of death. Momma was steadfast in her faith UNTIL THE END.

Carlissa

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Welcome to In The Thick of Things Blog designed to inspire others through faith family and fashion. Faith in God which drives me, Family that supports me, and Fashion(My Style) that represents who I am. My faith walk requires me to ignore what I hear and even what I see and focus on what I know and find in the Word of God!! My prayer is that reading my blog will encourage you regardless of your current situation to strive to walk out your journey through faith in God, support of family and friends and a fashion sense that represents who you are and whose you are!!

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