It's Only Crazy Until it Happens
- Paige Patton
- Sep 21, 2021
- 4 min read
#CrazyFaith thats it. Thats the tweet.
I have to take a moment and pause. I thank God for Crazy Faith. This sermon series literally changed my life. In October of 2019 one of my closest friend's, shout out to you Shavonne, sent me Crazy Faith. How I had never seen Pastor Mike Todd on twitter is beyond me. God's timing is perfect. It hit me in a moment where I needed it and didn't even know it yet.
*Alexa play "It keeps happening by Kierra Sheard"
2020
#whew It started out like any other year. My friend group at the time was going to church in Greensboro on Sunday's and watching Transformation Church during the week. I found myself getting back into a routine with God. I did my first 21 day Daniel Fast with TC and things started to shift. They announced The Grand Opening of the new spirit bank event center!! I told my friends, "Y'all I'm driving to Tulsa" and Shavonne agreed to come with me.
February 9, 2020
Grand Opening was FIRE!!! We drove 32 hours in 72 hours and experienced something so powerful that I can't even put into words. The Holy Spirit was in the place! My relationship with Shavonne grew deeper this weekend and something in my spirit was stirring up. From that point on ya girl was #TCNation. I started tithing faithfully. I started praying more. I began to believe that God could still use me even though I was a mess. I had a desire to have a Real relationship with Christ for myself.
I was on a spiritual high! In the beginning of March 2020 at my home church back in North Carolina, I had a crazy faith experience. I was prepping for my solo birthday trip to London, Paris, Barcelona and Prauge and I was believing God for finances. (Ya girl was brokeeeeee) The message was literally for me-I laid a seed on the altar at church, crying, faith filled and prayerful and what God did- I had never experienced in my life. I was prayed over and before I knew it I walked out of my church with over $500 dollars. A regular person- me- getting blessed because of my #crazyfaith!!!
March 11, 2020
I'm in Barcelona dancing the night away when my phone starts to go OFF. When I say off, I mean off- Trump is getting ready to close the boarders and I'm full live out the country in a restricted country. The only approved flights were coming from London. The boarders closed at 11:59 pm on Sunday and guess whose flight left from London at 10:30pm Sunday? Meeee. God made a way out of no way #Crazyfaith
Months and Months of Quarantine
The pandemic happened and this bubbly, extroverted, people loving person was forced to be alone and spend time with herself. The mental rollercoaster ride that I went on was something I pray I never experience again. The ONLY thing that kept me going was my faith. I started filling myself with the word. I stopped drinking, I stopped watching things that made me have thoughts I knew were not pleasing to God. I had to get my focus right: God was making me stronger. As the months kept rolling by God allowed me to confront the things I had been running from. I'm grateful for it now but in the moment it shol won't easy.
December 5, 2020
One of my cousins in Oklahoma invited us to a wedding. Masked up, hand sanitized up, lysol wiped down my mama and I made the trip to Tulsa. I get on social media and what do you know its Crazy Faith Sunday. Me being me, I had to make my way to the church house. As I'm walking up to the building that I visited for the first time ten months prior: I see a familiar face.
1,000 miles away from home- I ran into a friend from high school. Through the masks we recognized each other and you couldn't tell me the Holy Spirit didn't work that out. We got reconnected and God was showing up yet again. This Crazy Faith Sunday was so special because I got to share this experience with my mama!! We got to write on Crazy Faith cards what we were believing God for and I was so blessed to be able to sow a seed. (Just looking back on what I wrote back in 2020- when God works this miracle out?! listennnn)
September 21, 2021
In 2021 too much has happened to squeeze into this blog post but fast forward to tuhday. I am living in Tulsa, Oklahoma- a short drive from TC. 590 days later. If God did this in 590 days my soul is hype thinking about what he can do in the next 590 days!!! Today is literally #CRAZYFAITH DAY!
My pastors SECOND book is out!!! I'm calling it now- New York Times BEST SELLER!! SOLD OUT IN 24 HOURS!!! PERIOD!!
As the day comes to a close, all I can do is thank God. Thank you for sending your son. Thank you for your spirit. Thank you for never giving up on me. Thank you for Pastor Todd and his obedience. Thank you for keeping my family and friends safe. Thank you for finding me in my broken state and still loving me. Thank you for the ideas, gifts and talents you have given me. Thank you for doing the impossible through me. Thank you for #CRAZY FAITH!
-XOXOXO
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