This weekend I had the pleasure of attending one of my niece’s soccer games =). When I showed up I noticed she was still sitting down even though her team was on the field. She lifted her foot and showed me her shoe. It was totally a croc, definitely not a cleat. Can't hit the field like that. 

It got me thinking about how often we show up on game day unprepared to step on the field. When I say game day I’m talking about life: work, school, church ministry, home, volunteering, and everything else we do on a daily.

I am convinced in most things we do we are showing up to our games with our crocs on and forgetting our cleats in the car.

Just yesterday I had the opportunity to attend The Mirror Experience, a women's conference put on by Flaw'Less N' Christ Ministries! Although this is the 9th year it has happened this is my first year actually being able to attend the event and I’m so happy I did!

The focus is on building the woman of God back up so that when she looks into the mirror (in the natural or in the spirit) she is able to see the woman God has called her to be. This is accomplished by giving the tools to heal and mend the broken pieces through the Father, Son, and The Holy Spirit!

I had a blessed time in the spirit with the other attendees praising God, allowing chains to be broken, and coming back to the realization that it is time to LIVE.

Murcedes Outlaw, the founder of the experience, Psalmist Sherri Allen, and Evangelist Leah Fortson blessed my spirit on this day. If you were not there this year, I 

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Embrace the traffic on the freeway! Whaaattt? Allow me to explain myself by telling you about my Thursday morning!

I was literally sitting still in traffic on the 91 freeway and feeling real anxious about it. I had to travel quite a distance knowing the travel time could be severely multiplied because I was using the 91 and 605 freeways (You have to know Southern Cali to understand). I wanted to leave an hour earlier than I did so I was already feeling late even though I still had about 90mins to get there, find parking, and find where I was supposed to be. I was just so worried I would be late and miss the opportunity altogether.

When I recognized what was happening I told myself “Melanie let’s sit back, calm down, don’t complain and just *sigh* take a deep breath.” As my anxiety decreased I asked myself what do I need to learn from this and thus, this post was born ;)

Why am I stopped?
It’s so irritating to be in stand still traffic and not know the reason why. It’s something like