Expect good from God!

Let me tell you- friendship is truly good for the soul. This weekend, my best friend visited me from Tennessee. This is a friendship that is necessary for me to fulfill my purpose on this Earth. BAYBEEEEEE: The way God strategically orchestrated this weekend literally makes no sense but He has been blowing my mind so much lately and He frfr ain't letting up!

When the Bible says "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord." when that thang works out in real life- its crazy. I had a whole bunch of plans for this past weekend.. One thing about me: I love Queen Naija. Since my days of working at Victoria Secret in Raleigh, NC- my friend Bree played Medicine one time and I was hooked. From her youtube to her family to her music- everythangggg. She had her opening concert in Atlanta on October 17: yesterday. I had it all worked out in my mind, I bought my little 25 dollar ticket and had planned to drive to Nashville, spend the night and see my bestie then head on to ATL to celebrate a friends 30th and end the week with a bang seeing Queen on Sunday. During last weeks Circle of Friendship sermon, I heard the Holy Spirit say don't go to Queen Naija's concert on Sunday.

Literally God, you sure? I knew I had heard that and all year the Holy Spirit has been laying things on my heart, giving me confirmation and guiding my footsteps. I had to obey but y'all this was delayed soooo delayed. So I kept rolling it around in my head. Monday, I talked to Bree and she said "You don't want to go to the concert and see why God told you not to go." We started talking about traveling mercies and COVID exposures and all the reasons why I shouldn't go. I'm the first to admit ya girl ain't perfect... I drug my feet and finally posted my ticket for sale on Thursday. Long story short, within 24 hours- my beloved ticket for Queen's sold out show had made me $200! During that week my best friend also threw out the idea of coming to Oklahoma to visit! And basically the rest is history.

Pastor Todd opened up yesterday's sermon saying expect good from God and that someone has been getting no after no after no! 🙋🏽‍♀️Some of the things he said no to would have been jeopardizing for the plan he has for your life. A no from God is literally just a BETTER YES! I received all of that. I began reflecting if I would have went to the concert in ATL, I would have been brunching and getting lit in preparation for the concert: not listening to this sermon AT ALL. A sermon that was for me- literally confirmation of God's intentionality on this past weekend.

*Cues: Let me tell you bout my besttttttfriend*

Shawty left Wednesday night late after work- I was just finished facilitating my belong group and made it early Thursday morning. I had her room setup and things together for her visit: sis was pulling up to Oklahoma!!

I had searched up ALL the things to do (give me some grace I have only been back one month lol). It just so happened Maverick City was also in Tulsa Friday but the tickets were sold out. Thursday rolls around and we are both working but it was so nice to spend some time in person together. I wanted to surprise her with Mav. tickets but it popped up in my spirit to tell her they were coming but I couldn't get tickets. Before words even came out of her mouth, her fingers were goingggg on that iPhone lol. Sis was texting her people. We stopped by our church, ended up eating some good good food and ended the night walking Pressure on the bridge and watching Hulu before bed. Great start to the weekend.

Friday comes and ya girl is on PTO! I made it to the gym, came home and cooked breakfast. We finished up the work day and got dressed and ready for the day on the Tulsa town. I took Chantrel to Sisserous- if you read my 9-1-8 blog you already know! As we were prepping to leave we got the message that our tickets to Maverick City would be at will call- GOD YOU MEAN WE GOING TO THE SOLD OUT SHOW? Say less. Dinner was bomb and we got to flick it up a little bit before the food. We push on to the concert and started recapping 2021! I encourage you to do it cause I had to bring back to my remembrance all of the things God has brought me out of! We arrive at Victory church and yall- the people literally remove the VIP tape for us. WILD. The Holy Spirit was in that room. Pastor Todd, my pastor, was in the room and as he always does- preached a WORD! So many TC worshippers were there. I left feeling so free, so empty and just so thankful that not only that the Holy Spirit told me to stay in Tulsa but that I was obedient. After the concert I took sis to Braums: 10/10 recommend it! She loved it lol We got ice cream (you have to try black walnut) and a cherry limeade. THE BEST ONE ON THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN! Don't debate me- debate ya mama!

Maverick City, Paige and Chantrel at Victory, Pastor Mike Todd during the concert.

Saturday we had the full day! We woke up and had left overs and got real cute. I can not make this stuff up lol Chantrel had on a black ruffle cuteee dress with a blue jean jacket and a blue bag with black boots. I had on a jean ruffle dress with a black jean jacket, black bag and white boots. LOL we were legit twinning but opposite. We made it to the gathering place and got our steps in. Had to circle right on back to Braums lol and then it was on to Greenwood. When we got downtown we visited the Center of the Universe and walked the streets of Greenwood and Archer. I had to take her to Greenwood Rising. This time when I went we got a tour! The women were so knowledgeable and I learned even more than I did the first time. I'm hoping to partner with them in the future and help build some community in the process. We flicked it up some more and I showed her some of North Tulsa. We ended the night with dinner: Uncle Paco's! Listen- listen! The food and drinks were so good. We reflected on the weekend and turned it in early that night.

Overall the weekend was a 25/25! Such an intentional beautiful weekend. Church Sunday was lit and I ended up having to have a conversation about boundaries- I am still giving that over to God because I need help! I was prepping to write out all my visions and hang them up in my living room. Pastor Todd said the enemy doesn't like when you are getting vision.

As the day progresses: I am just scrolling on my phone. All weekend my "storage full" alert wouldn't let me take pictures. I decided to buy icloud storage since my 256gb is full of nothing but pictures from the past two years. I go to do a backup and it was doing its thang for about 6 hours. Imagine just not using your phone for that long. I ended up taking if off the charger and cancelling the backup. I go to restart my phone and chileeee it wouldn't stop looping the apple logo.

My heart sank- for two hours I was texting my parents from my mac and chatting the apple people and nothing was working. I felt in my spirit expect good from God! I knew all hope wasn't lost. While my current situation looked bleak I took it to God in prayer. All I could get out is " I know this is trivial but you said that you care about the details of my life. Father I don't have resources to get a new phone and I do not want to lose two years of memories." I kept repeating "help my faith you said you care about the details of my life." From 9 pm- 12:45 am I tried everything. To the point where I had to just go lay down- no alarm no phone no nothing. I left it on the charger, got in the bed prayed some more and went to sleep.

I woke up at 6:15 am today- Monday morning, as I stepped out of the bed

I said "Expect good from God!" came to my office and clicked my phone and that thang came on!

Let me tell you how I was jumping in my

home at 6:15 in the morning. Thank you Lord! This may not be a big thing to you but my father cares about the DETAILS of my life. Not a thing is too big or too small for him.

Pastor Todd mentioned a sign of maturity is when your Yes to God gets strong and fast! That is my prayer for me and for you! That whole weekend would have been null and void if I would have pressed my way against the Holy Spirit to get to Atlanta. A word, a person, you reading this testimony might not have gotten what it needed if I wouldn't have been obedient. Maybe in the next blog I'll share my visions. Until then: expect good from God, know that a no doesn't mean not good: just a better yes, and be quick to tell God yes! You never know what he will do with your Yes!!

xoxo- Paige