I spent years keeping my mom distant, never letting her get too close. I didn’t trust her. I couldn’t trust her. There was too much hurt and pain. I shut down on her years ago. I went through so much and I needed her. She wasn’t there the way I needed her. Fast forward to being pregnant with my daughter and I realized how much I wanted to have an awesome relationship with her. Compensating for what my mother and I didn’t have. Then it hit me. How can my daughter have what she doesn’t see? How can she know how to open up to me and trust me if she doesn’t see it with me and my mom? Everything we do, even the things we don’t notice, are being recorded by these little sponges. It was at that moment, I chose to change the dynamics of my relationship with my mom. Let me be clear. Did my mom change for me to change? No! Nope, she didn’t! But God changed me. God changed my views of her. God healed my hurting places, my wounds from her, and filled them with other sentiments like love, honor, an
Against The Grain is my own personal spiritual journal detailing my journey with God through my encounters, trials, and testimonies. In sharing my personal walk with God, I am hoping that I can reach those in need, those that do not know Jesus Christ, or are unsure of their relationship with him. This will also be a platform where other believers can feel at home, to share their accounts with God, and to have spiritual support. Let's set the atmosphere to give God his due glory!