Staying The Course

It’s been a while since a Zensy post. I typically post whenever something is on my mind, heart, or spirit. Something that was on me today to discuss is “staying the course.” On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, I had a conversation with my mom, as we were texting the Lord gave to her to share with me to stay the course. At the time my journey with being even more in tune with my spirituality had been at an all-time high, I had just finished a 24 hour fast, the Lord was revealing things, I felt liberated as a woman of God honestly, especially because I had been consistent with strengthening and keeping my relationship with God. Although things were going well spiritually, I knew after what my mom told me—or I should say what the Lord spoke through her— that there will be a trying time coming for me. The trying time came maybe a week or so after that conversation, and I am still in it currently.

My faith has been tested, I had been feeling so many different things, hearing different things, not knowing who to trust, sadness leaning into full blown depression, mini manic episode symptoms, and laziness in every way possible. Through it all I still talked to God, prayed, stayed aware of what my issues were especially with my spiritual life, and continued to fight through and not let the devil mess with my mind and ruin the progress that I have made. I know that if the Devil would have won, I would feel guilty and could only blame myself for the fall— yeah, the enemy comes to knock you off course, but how hard are you going to fight to not let it happen? Don’t get me wrong I know that isn’t an easy thing to do—fight against the devil, fight against your flesh, but keeping God in the center, talking to him during the trying times, remembering him (that’s the biggest thing), then it is possible to fight, you just have to choose, and I mean really fight and choose to do good to God, to others, and to yourself—never forget to love and do good to yourself. God made you, he is in you, so take care of you, and you can take care of you, by not letting things that are not of God to separate you from him.

The Lord placed this on my heart to share. I hope this post gives you something and filled you in some way.

Be mindful and live in your purest form of Zen.