Stanice Anderson

(first posted on prior blog, August 4, 2010) Hey there, Water Walkers:

Minutes ago, I visited Novelist Rhonda McKnight’s FB page as she shared about her mom crying when she received copies of her new book, An Inconvenient Friend. 

Tears of joy.  I love it!  Gives me hope; but surprisingly, also, brought up pain. 

 You see, my books are nonfiction.  In my case, my mom still spews displeasure, hate, and venom anytime my last book, I Say A Prayer For Me, is mentioned, comes to mind.  Recently, she let me know that she doesn’t want to see the new one or anything else I write.  It hurts.  But write on, I must.

 She also doesn’t want to know anything about me speaking anywhere.  If I never got another opportunity to speak it; she would love it.  But God opens doors, and I speak on.  I must. 

 Now, writing this—my feelings—my experience, I feel censured by some whispered unwritten rule created to rise up against my voice steeped in what have become my greatest allies, TRANSPARENCY and HONESTY. 

 While I’m living within the my passion and I believe God’s purpose for my life, it alienates me from the woman who birthed the woman I was destined and designed to be.  Out of respect and to keep the peace, with the one woman I love above all women—my mother; what I do, is unspoken.  Sometimes, it’s best to understand rather than be understood.

 Sometimes, truth hurts! 

 But to acknowledge and embrace who God has called us to be; we must acknowledge and let go of who we were when, by Grace, He chose to extract us from the dark and into His marvelous light.  The moment this wonderful new reality hits us, this grace and mercy that we’ve so freely received, we give up the world’s way—of secrets and sequestered lies that we thought were keeping us afloat and who we really were hidden from the world.  Instead, we yield to what no eye has seen or ear has heard—the blessings of a saved life; the wondrous plans and purposes for our lives, as sifted gold through the Fingers of God.

But God’s truth always sets FREE!