This may or may not be a long post. I recently committed myself to a whole new lifestyle based on a word I received from God. It hasn’t been easy but it’s been worth it.

I think it was in March or April when Accra and Tema were on lockdown. I was having what I thought was my regular worship and prayer moment and I was singing Goodness of God. As I sang the lines all my life you’ve been faith to me, a word dropped in my heart that it’s time for me to be faithful to God. I instantly knew what that meant.

I wouldn’t say I lived a promiscuous life but I didn’t live a holy life either. I had strayed so far away from the truth that I knew. I struggled for years with pornography and masturbation that led to me sharing my body with men who were not my husband.

So, after that word dropped into my heart, I prayed for strength to lay it all down. Prior to that I’d made a blog post and a podcast episode detailing my journey. Check it out below

Confessions

https://anchor.fm/baawa-unfiltered/episodes/Pick-Up-Your-Mat-aka-Tell-Your-Story-ec2p3f

https://anchor.fm/baawa-unfiltered/episodes/Pick-Up-Your-Mat-aka-Tell-Your-Story-Part-2-ec99d9

I had finally reached a point in my journey as a Christian that I wanted healing and deliverance. The word of God also says that

“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.”
‭‭James‬ ‭5:16‬ ‭NLT‬‬

So, I decided to make my confession and it was liberating. So, I was already working on getting my life back on track when the word came. I started my purity journey with God and then some weeks later a friend invited me into this 40 day journey. We used the Moral Revolution book and guide. So, in the course of reading the book I decided to get something to signify the change in my life and to serve as a reminder to myself about the new life I’m walking in.

My past spoke to me and said, “you’ve had a ring before and it didn’t change nothing. In fact , it made it worse. Before you got the ring, you’d never had sex with anyone but after that, you gave yourself countless times to your boyfriend because you were in love and you planned to marry.”

Honestly, I was a little deflated when those lies were spoken to me. I thank God for the Holy Spirit. He gave me the power to say that, “it’ll be different this time. Because I’m not doing it by myself in my own strength. I completely depend upon God and this time I have accountability.”

I went ahead and ordered my ring and I got it on 6/05/2020. Midnight 7/05/2020, I had a ceremony and put it on.

I’ve started a purity journey one too many times. Honestly, sometimes I wonder how different this time is because it’s not like I magically don’t have the urges anymore. I definitely do but this time my heart is different. I’m not doing this out of fear and shame like all those times. My decision to embark on this journey is from a place of love. I’m doing this because I love God and I’m choosing to honor Him by living a pure love.

I’m truly thankful for God’s grace because each time I fell, He found me.

So, what am I saying? I have committed to a life of purity. It’s not going to be easy but I know that with God on my side, it’s going to be great.