Chantea M. Williams - Graced For It

Graced For It

Walk In Purpose, Live In Peace

Chantea M. Williams

Graced For It

Copyright 2020 by Chantea M. Williams.

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Are you sabotaging your own greatness?

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o you know exactly what you are created to do? Have you tapped into your Kingdom assignment in the earth? I had to OVERCOME me before I could do anything that God had already purposed me to do. I had so much low self-esteem, self-doubt, negative mindset, people pleasing demeanor and tunnel vision. I couldnt fathom the thought of God actually having anything great for me to do. After all, why would He want someone like me to do anything more than what I was doing? Surly He couldnt use a former teen mom. I wasnt anybody special. I had no special gifts or talents so I thought. For years I suffered silently with depression and accepted a plethora of things that anybody threw my way when I should have thrown it right back at them. I was my worst enemy and didnt even know it. Can you relate to any of these things?

To be very frank, my life didnt start changing until I was around people whose mindset was direct opposite of mine. Only then did I see just how screwed up I was and how miserable I was making my own life. As I look back over my life in reflection, I see how I allowed too many people to take advantage of me. All because I didnt know who I was and not being confident within myself beyond being a good mother. There were many days I felt I couldnt even do that right. I was so caught up in providing a good life for my child and proving to the naysayers that I didnt mess my life up after all. The good news is that I slowly, but surely came out of that slump and there was no turning back. The more I was introduced to greater the more I began to believe that there was greater for my life. The more chances I took on me the more I wanted to take. As my thoughts changed about myself, my actions began to follow. I became more confident and bolder. I desired to reach for the stars even if it meant I would miss it from time to time. I had resolved within myself that Giving Up Was Never An Option again!

Overcoming myself was not an easy task. I had to confront the ugly side of me and admit that I have not treated myself well. I had to conquer me in order to live. Think about that statement for a minute. I had to retrain my mind to think well of myself and seek out Gods purpose for my life. Even while on that journey, I still had doubts as to whether or not I was capable of doing any of it. Honestly, there are days I still fight that battle. Not so much that I dont believe, but because that old me tries to resurrect and sabotage my purpose. I am able to recognize it more quickly and immediately cast those thoughts down. If Im having a slow day, I have surrounded myself with people who speak life into me and pray over me. I have chosen to continually do the work of conquering me so that I can be the Greater Working Woman He has already created me to be. I will fight for me!

It feels good to no longer have the burden of trying to please people who will never be pleased. I wake up every morning with a drive to pursue my purpose and some days its by any means necessary. This book is a testament of my 40 years of life and counting. Im sharing with you the wisdom I gained when finding and believing that I am Graced For It. There are so many life lessons I have learned about just me and Im sharing with you a few of them in this book. The foundation of Graced For It is the book of Esther. A little Hebrew girl who had no desire to ever be queen was placed in the palace, found favor with everyone and received the crown. She had help along the way to reveal to her the very thing she was graced to do. Her obedience to her purpose saved an entire nation. It is my heart, that every woman and man (wink) is GRACED to do something. It is your responsibility to find out what that something is. As you read the pages of this book, I encourage you to answer the questions at the end of each chapter to help guide you and/or remind you of your purpose in life. I would love to know how this book has assisted you on your purpose journey. Feel free to email me to share your insights info@greaterwomen.com .

How well do you treat you?

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elf-care is care provided for you and by you. Its about identifying your own needs and taking steps to meet them. It is taking the time to do some of the activities that nurture you. Self-care is about taking proper care of yourself and treating yourself as kindly as you treat others. Self-care is not selfish. Its necessary. Are you living life like its golden and what does that mean to you? (This is one of my favorite Jill Scott songs.)

We all have different things that makes our life enjoyable, but are you making time to do those things? You know, for me, living life like its golden is on the beach, looking at the waves and reading a good book. Sometimes it's in the kitchen while baking and I don't care about anything else. Like that's my happy space. That's my stress-free space. I know that sounds crazy, right? But that's me. Those things make my life golden. Just having the freedom. As women, we do a lot of things for a lot of people. We take care of everybody but ourselves. Think about it. When was the last time you took some me time and you didn't feel guilty? When was the last time you said, You know what, I love y'all, but I'm taking me a minute? When was the last time you cared more about you without feeling guilty or the need to provide an explanation? It's okay to be selfish from time to time and do something that you really enjoy. When was the last time you just hung out with your girlfriends and you all laughed for no particular reason at all? You know that belly roll laugh, where you got to be like, wait a minute, I'm going to pee on myself and you just had fun.

A lot of us are so busy taking care of things, doing this, doing that, and doing whatever. We are existing through life and we're not living through life. What does it take for you to live your life like its golden? For those of us that are church girls, it doesn't have to be about church? I love church. I love ministry. However, that's not living my golden life. Church is not always fun. Its work and a lot of it. You may need to take a Sunday off and just chill. Let the right people know so that others can be in place. Its okay! It doesn't mean you left the church or that you left God. Some of us are so involved in ministry that it is has become our whole life! We have been made to feel guilty if we decide to take a break. We have Martha moments- busy and worried about many things and not taking care of ourselves in the process. We wait until we shut down or get sat down and it shouldn't be that way. Life is short and you need to live it like its golden every single day. No regrets. No woulda, shoulda and couldas. Nope, it's not allowed. I challenge you to intentionally make time for you. Schedule your self-care like you do hair and doctor's appointments. If you're not good and you're not healthy, how can you be there for anybody else?