Category: Uncategorized

To write means more than putting pretty words on a page…

“To write means more than putting pretty words on a page; the act of writing is to share a part of your soul with the world.” – unknown

This is why I feel called to write. God has given me a love for journaling and poetry. I find it very therapeutic, but he’s also given me a desire to want to share my testimony with others. One of my spiritual gifts is encourager. So, I want to share my story with others in hopes that I can encourage someone else with some of the experiences that I’ve gone through.

My Testimony: From addict to free

Seven years ago, I made a post on Instagram and Facebook praising God because He delivered me from smoking and a 20+ addiction to pornography and erotica. Shortly afterwards, a family member sent me a private message rebuking me and made me feel bad. So, after that, I stopped sharing my testimony and sticking with the little everyday miracles that God was doing in my life. 

Well, I’ve since learned that the enemy is a sneaky little devil and will use anyone, especially family, to stop you from being used by God. I also know that men aren’t the only ones who struggle with this issue and that if my testimony can help others then I’m willing to share it. I’m not proud of my past, but I do know that God exists and that He can take what the enemy meant for evil and use it for good. 

I shared my testimony in more detail in this blog post from 2014 if you want to learn more. 😊

https://tabrownwvhome.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/my-testimony-from-addict-to-free/

What a difference 7 years makes

Left picture taken 12/4/13, right picture taken 12/4/20

Wow! What a difference 7 years makes.

The woman on the left was 20 pounds overweight, full of insecurities, suffering from anxiety, depression, and digestive issues. The woman on the right still has days where she deals with anxiety and depression, but the main difference is that the woman on the left struggled with finding her worth and value in what the scales said and what others thought about her.

The woman on the right has since learned that as a child of God, her worth and value are in what He says about her. I have been a Christian since I was 15 and I am now 46 years old. It has taken me 31 years, and many difficulties in my Christian walk, to fully trust God’s word and what He says about me. Once I finally got to the point where I was leaning on God and seeing myself the way that He sees me, then I started taking better care of myself by eating better, taking supplements, and even seeing a Christian counselor.  And, over time, I noticed the weight started coming off without much effort. 

I’m not where I want to be weight wise since I still have a few more inches that I would like to lose. However, I am finally at a place in my life where I am not letting what the size of my clothes or the numbers on the scale say about my self-worth. I’ve also noticed that the more time I spend building my relationship with God, the more confidence and peace I have.

I made an important decision

This post showed up in my memories today and I wanted to share it again. Especially since I didn’t officially quit smoking until February of 2011 when I ended up getting bronchitis and was forced to quit. I tried the patches, gum, etc., but nothing seemed to help. It was only by the grace of God and an app that I had at the time that allowed me to continue to smoke, while slowly weening myself off of them. 🙂

TABrownWV's avatarTiffany Brown

After 14 years & this past week, I made an important decision to “kick the habit” and quit smoking for good. I started smoking when I was 21 & quit once back in 2004 for 30 days. But stress do to work & other personal problems caused me to start back up again.

I came to this decision after my best friend’s mom was recently hopitalized with breathing problems, which turned out to be COPD, as well as, a viral pnuemonia. She’s in her late 50’s & has been a smoker since her teens – I believe. I went to visit my friend last Saturday & we went over to the hospital to check up on her mom. She had been in there for about a week & she was on a ventilator. They tried taking her off of it for a couple of hours, but had to put her…

View original post 528 more words