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<![CDATA[Myrina - life coach and mentor - helps you THRIVE after incest, trauma and loss. - Blog]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:36:39 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[Loved Beyond Measure]]>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:45:44 GMThttps://www.myrinakr.com/blog/loved-beyond-measure

You are loved beyond measure

by the One who will never
leave you nor forsake you,

by the One who speaks so
tenderly and wisely
to you,
about you,
with you,
and for you.

When culture spreads its lies,

When your heart is troubled
by a status that contradicts Truth,

Call out the luciferian liar and
Countdown trouble's waning time.

ABIDE in the arm's of the One who holds
everything—including you—together by the Word.

Oh, my word, just MEDITATE and MUSE
on the One who is Love

And you will know and be known,
And you will see and be seen.

ECSTASY
DIVINE

Call out Love's Eternal Name,
the Name above every other name
🗣 יהושוע

And REST in the One who loves you beyond measure.

©️ Myrina K. Robinson | Creative Arts for Emmanuel Enterprises, LLC
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Monday, February 14, 2022

]]><![CDATA[Safety to Heal Family Pain]]>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.myrinakr.com/blog/safety-to-heal-family-pain

Hello, fam!

I surely hope you are doing well amid the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).

So, let me just cut to the chase...

You may be wondering what would lead to an almost 2-year absence since I last posted a blog.

Well, many BIG...HUGE...things have happened since then 2018 like:

- I prioritized holistic healing for my spirit, soul and body.

- I joyfully transitioned out of a job by the grace of God!

- I got accepted into the Duke Divinity School Masters of Divinity program at, you guessed it, Duke University.

- I adjusted to the rigor of higher education after being out of school for 18 years and I'm doing well. Like, "I'm on track to graduate with honors from Duke Divinity School" well. Praise God.

- I received even more clarity regarding who I am in God (YHWH) and the legacy that I will live out with Him.

So this blog post is to finally FINISH what I started...
This is my last blog post of the "Heal the Family" series begun in 2017.

Isn't it IRONIC
that I'm finishing this series
during a Stay Home order
intended to keep us ALL safe?

How utterly prophetic!

So maybe I'm NOT late,
but RIGHT ON TIME?
(tuh)

I first took this entire COVID-19 situation serious on March 15th after watching a video of a beautiful, mature, Italian woman warn Americans about the virus. She said we should be cautious and follow the medical and government guidelines established to keep us safe and healthy. She stated that Italians were now remorse for not having heeded the warnings and thinking that Coronavirus wasn't serious which led to many getting sick and dying unnecessarily. At the end of the video she pleaded again for America to listen to her warning.

In that moment,
a heavy weight
of SOBRIETY
hit me.

"Take COVID-19 serious, Myrina."

After I clicked away from the video I placed my phone down, closed my eyes, and repented.

I repented because I had said quite a few arrogant things about the situation and my government not realizing the gravity of the disease. I immediately implemented strict social distancing since I had been in high-risk settings. The last thing I would want to do is host COVID-19 and expose someone! I started encouraging people to take social distancing seriously and follow the instructions of our governing leaders. I resolved that I would Stay Home and make the best of this quarantine (which isn't to hard to do because I am an ambivert). I decided that I would NOT operate in pride, ignorance or fear. I would instead live with love, sobriety, wisdom, and hope for the future. Lastly, I spoke with family and friends and we devised a safety plan.

You see, I started this "Heal Family Pain" series because I wanted to help survivors of incest, trauma, and loss be able to THRIVE by participating in a loving community. When one has experienced toxic relationships and dysfunctional environments it's hard to identify, let alone, participate in a loving community to heal. This is because of FEAR.

FEAR
is a parallel
between our
society during
COVID-19
and
survivors of incest,
trauma and loss.

Fear of the unknown is an emotion that keeps us from thinking logically and behaving in genuine love.

Fear of the unknown is what causes people to panic buy goods (like paper towel) with no consideration of their neighbors.

Fear of the unknown is what causes people to FIGHT as they panic buy goods. SMH.

Fear might also be why folk are STILL disregarding the social distancing requirements. They could be afraid that they're going to miss out on something.

How does FEAR present itself in the life of a survivor of incest, trauma, and loss?

Fear from what is known (i.e. past trauma and family pain) is what keeps survivors of incest, trauma, and loss from thinking logically and behaving in genuine love, too.

At least, that has been my experience as a survivor of incest, trauma, and loss.

Fear kept me from opening up my heart to people because my childhood was stained by a betrayal of trust I had in a family member due to incest.

Everyone's family is supposed to be a safe place to grow, be vulnerable, and be authentic.

So when trust in one's family is broken it takes the power of God (YHWH), willingness, action, and support to heal one's heart so they can love again.

EXECUTING THE SOLUTION...

Change happens when we get tired of living the Lies of Fear and begin to trust Love (YHWH) with everything that we have.

Transformation happens when we abandon false affection, rejection, and a scarcity mindset for love, authentic acceptance and abundance!

THERE WE WILL FIND SAFETY!

This truth is applicable to the COVID-19 pandemic and to those who will THRIVE after incest, trauma, and loss.

What will you decide today?
Share your decision with me HERE.

I hope that you will pause and allow the sobriety of this situation to help guide you.

Your decision will impact you, your family, and your neighbor!

My prayers are with you and your loved ones during this pandemic. Rest in the LORD (YHWH) and know that he will bring us through it, in Jesus's Name!

((((( MIRACLES & BLESSINGS & HUGE HUGS)))))

- Myrina

Do not fear, for I am with you,
do not be afraid, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

Isaiah 41:10 (NRSV)

Let's Stay Connected:

1. Please post your TAKEAWAYS and your QUESTIONS HERE.

2. Join the BUILD and LOVE YOUR BRAVE LIFE community and email list by clicking the link below!

I'll see you on the other side...

]]><![CDATA[Resources to Heal Family Pain]]>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.myrinakr.com/blog/resources-heal-family-pain

Ciao, fam!

I hope you're well, divinely aligned and accomplishing all that is purposed for you to do in 2018.

If you've faced any failures...pick yourself up, dust yourself off and try again.

[Come on, Alliyah!]

Remember Henry Ford teaches us that a failure is simply "the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."

One thing that I try to do in every area of my life is complete tasks that I start. In December 2017 I was working on a miniseries on the benefits of a loving community. So, let's finish the last two points, shall we?

Uuuhhh, yeah. We shall. .....

In a loving community, one receives support, correction, love, resources and safety.

Partnerships and joint ventures to leverage resources are signs of a healthy and functioning loving community. So often we feel pressure to go it alone because of fear, rejection or pride. You may be afraid that if you try to work with someone they'll steal your idea or you won't get credit for your good ideas. You may have experienced rejection when you asked for help in the past, so you decide there's no use in being vulnerable again since the last time you opened up you were turned away harshly or worse....ignored. You may even feel like you don't need anyone or anything else to get it done.

If this describes you...
Fam, you have fallen prey to deception.

A preacher, King Solomon, wrote...

9 Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
10 If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
12 Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
- Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 New International Version (NIV)

This text makes it super plain that...

1) in the failure and success of work
2) in intimacy and love
3) in warfare

...it's always best to have a resourceful companion on your side and in your corner.

Two people can leverage their strength, intelligence, skill set, loving heart and other resources to accomplish and build upon any task more than one person can by themselves.

In this season of my life as I am unBECOMING (i.e intentionally processing through and releasing pain from my childhood), I'm being stretched to build and repair not only myself, but to also be an example for or to directly assist my family, my friends and perfect strangers in building and repairing themselves.

This kind of work DEMANDS resources. I have humbled myself and continue to humble myself to get help from family, friends, my senior leaders and fellow members at church, my supervisor and program director at my job and my neighbors where I live. All of these people make up the loving community that I live in.

I have noticed that my zeal for life, my hope for love and family, my compassion and my self-discovery is truly AMPLIFIED now that I am using the resources of a loving community at my disposal.

But let me tell you the NAKED TRUTH about 5 things that you must know to successfully live in a loving community.

Shhhhhh.
Get closer.
Listen.
LISTEN VERY WELL as I let the sleek black panther out of the bag.

It's not all long-stemmed Moonstone roses, red velvet cupcakes and sweet baby kisses, BRUH!

1. It's risky.
2. It's work.
3. It's death to self.
4. It's walking in humility.
5. It's choosing to love and trust and communicate and repair quickly...

All so you can leave a legacy in the earth that glorifies Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach.

This is the abundant life that Jesus lived, bled, died, was buried and resurrected from the grave for.

My prayer for you is that you choose to live this abundant life.

My prayer for you is that you choose to NEVER live beneath your privilege and right according to Abba's promises.

Choose to live a BIG, BOLD, BRAVE LIFE.

Truth - If you want to succeed and live out your dreams you have to develop resourceful relationships in every area of your life that stimulate growth.

TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO LIVE BIG.
TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO BE BOLD.
TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO ACT BRAVE.

FINISH TODAY STRONG
AND
START TOMORROW READY.

- Myrina

]]><![CDATA[Exhausted and Energized]]>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:04:42 GMThttps://www.myrinakr.com/blog/exhausted-and-energized

*waving*

Hello! And a late Happy New Year to you.

(Is it acceptable to say Happy New Year all January long? It should be.)

Yes, I'm back. I am sorry for not finishing the 31 day blog challenge in December.

My godbaby was born 12/09/17 at 9:33PM, so I was busy celebrating and supporting her family.

And then after that I got sick. Really sick and only took a few days to rest, which is NOT what I advise.

The days of me NOT doing the blog kept expanding...and eventually I just decided I needed to focus on the pressing work that I *HAD* to complete.

So, I chalk up my December 2017 blog challenge to...

...a failure, which is simply "the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." That's what Henry Ford said and I agree.

In 2018, I am renewing my commitment to blog and reach out to you, especially since I have quite a few projects that I am working on this year and I want to keep you in the loop.

2018 is going to be Big.

I am clearly aware that I MUST come to a greater alignment than I've been in the last 18 months in my spirit, soul and body connection.

It's imperative, especially as I build BIG this year.

I am grateful because yesterday I was able to receive support from my friends and family when my heart was overwhelmed and I was EX. HAUS. TED.

Like TIED.

So tired that you had to take the "r" out tired.

Thankfully, they gathered around me, prayed for me, prophesied to me, cried with me and charged me to move forward.

And then they charged ahead with me and we made a massive dent in big project.

LIKE STRAIGHT BOSS MOVES, FAM.

Every January people resolve to do things, but few get them done.

This has certainly been a season of stretching and pruning for me.

This season of stretching and pruning hasn't always felt good, but it certainly has been RIGHT.

I now know to a greater degree what it means to walk in purpose, i.e. to know who you are, what you're called to do, to resolve to do it and get it done.

It also means that you may be exhausted and energized at times living out your purpose.

So, I have to do my part to improve my holistic wellness and I must forge ahead to complete my projects, build them and maintain them all to IMPACT LIVES and leave a LEGACY in the earth!

What things are you working on for 2018?
Do you have a support system to hold you accountable and to be a resource to you?
What things have you completed that you need to build and maintain?

Share below. I'd love to hear your comments, thoughts and suggestions.

Talk to you soon!

-Myrina

]]><![CDATA[I'M OFFICIALLY ON BABY WATCH...]]>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 04:41:46 GMThttps://www.myrinakr.com/blog/im-officially-on-baby-watch

Hey, fam! Welcomessssss! Welcomessssss!

It's day 7 of the 31 days of truth to live YOUR BIG, BOLD, BRAVE LIFE.

If you haven't already read Day 6...stop and go read it HERE.

We're two points away from completing the miniseries on the benefits of a loving community....

But if there ever was a good reason to interrupt my Blogmas flow...

Oh, Baby! I have a good reason NOW!

My godchild is on her way into the earth and I'm officially on baby watch. .......

I'm receiving text messages from the doula and birth parents, so soon I trust that the powerful, precious, prophetic, strong and beautiful gift of a child that the LORD has entrusted to her parents and I is on her way.

Pray with and for us that the will of the LORD be accomplished and that a safe and happy birthing experience is had.

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'm going to be a godmommy!

Or in my case "La Madrina!" Ayyyyeeeee!!!

Truth - As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. - Psalm 127:4 Baby Tavarez is certainly an arrow. The world will see her soar and hit her target in the Name of Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach.

Remember that in the month of December you have...

31 DAYS TO LIVE BIG.
31 DAYS TO BE BOLD.
31 DAYS TO ACT BRAVE.

ALL OF THIS TO
FINISH 2017 STRONG
AND
START 2018 READY.

Until tomorrow, fam.

- Myrina

]]><![CDATA[Mentorship Heals Family Pain]]>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 03:31:51 GMThttps://www.myrinakr.com/blog/mentorship-heals-family-pain

Hey, fam! Welcome back! Welcome back! WELCOME BAAAAACK!

It's day 6 of the 31 days of truth to live YOUR BIG, BOLD, BRAVE LIFE.

If you haven't already read Day 5...stop and go read it HERE.

We're two points away from completing the miniseries on the benefits of a loving community.

In a loving community, one receives support, correction, love, resources and safety.

Today, I read on Facebook where a mother has tried to get a mentor for her son from the age of 7 and he's now 18 and no one in her family or church community stepped up to the plate. She shared how her son's father was murdered when her son was 1 year old. She touched on the difficulties of her relationships in her life and her disappointment in her community.

I read her post and my heart was saddened because as a mentor and a mentee I know how valuable mentorship is.

Like...nobody thought to positively impact this young man's life?

Crazy. .....

Mentorship is a phenomenal resource in a loving community. Mentorship is doing life with someone who has success in a sector that you want to grow in and master. Loving communities possess so many resources, but this particular resource is a hallmark. This resource requires quality time, truth and vulnerability from both the mentee and the mentor.

I've been engaged in mentorship as a mentor since 1994 when I started out as a peer mentor in high school. As a peer mentor, I helped students in my school avoid disciplinary action because they were able to positively cope with their words instead of acting out in school. I helped students navigate through rough patches with their friends, learn better ways to communicate with their teachers and resolve problems with their parents at home.

I became a mentee in college. I'm confident that positive attributes that I possess were further cultivated through the affirming mentors that I shared life with.

For example, from my college days until now as a mentee I have developed a greater understanding of financial matters, received a greater revelation of forgiveness and even learned how to operate in the prophetic!

It was through a conversation with my mentor, Dr. Fredrick Harris, that I was able to move forward with sharing my testimony of how I broke the silence and curse of incest over my life. Truly, I AM unbecoming and I am enjoying freedom and true joy!

As a mentor, I enjoy sharing nuggets of wisdom on confidence, identity, recovery from trauma, stewardship and inner healing. I enjoy watching my mentees expand their thinking, live their divine purpose intentionally and obtain their dreams. The icing on the cake of my experience was when I was certified through the Destiny Mentoring and Coaching Network developed by Dr. Faith Wokoma. I look forward to expanding my reach and service through mentorship (and coaching).

I think everyone in life should experience being both a mentee and a mentor, but especially in paying it forward as a mentor.

I'm grateful that the loving community that I have been part of down through the years provided me healthy mentorship relationships.

My sincerest prayer is that the mother that posted her woes on Facebook is able to find a loving community and that her son is able to find the mentor that he needs to become the man God created him to be.

Truth - If you want to grow become a mentee. And if you want to grow further and expand your influence BE A MENTOR.

Remember that in the month of December you have...

31 DAYS TO LIVE BIG.
31 DAYS TO BE BOLD.
31 DAYS TO ACT BRAVE.

ALL OF THIS TO
FINISH 2017 STRONG
AND
START 2018 READY.

Until tomorrow, fam.

- Myrina

]]><![CDATA[REAL LOVE Heals Family Pain]]>Wed, 06 Dec 2017 04:11:45 GMThttps://www.myrinakr.com/blog/real-love-heals-family-pain

Hey, fam! So thankful that we're back together again.

It's day 5 of the 31 days of truth to live YOUR BIG, BOLD, BRAVE LIFE.

I. AM. On. A. Roll.

If you haven't already read Day 4...stop and go read it HERE.

We're continuing in the miniseries on the benefits of a loving community.

In a loving community, one receives support, correction, love, resources and safety.

If you've gone through childhood trauma or divorce like I have, then you are familiar with toxic relationships and dysfunctional environments.

Thankfully, a loving community has the ability to reverse family pain and give you a correct and new context of love.

One of my favorite passages of scripture is 1 Peter 4:8 AMP:

"Above all, have fervent and unfailing love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins [it overlooks unkindness and unselfishly seeks the best for others]."

This type of love is a deep love. It is real love. True love. It is a love laced with mercy (i.e. forgiveness) and grace (i.e. unmerited favor and supernatural ability). .....

This is the kind of love that ONLY can come from a holy God like Elohim. He has established holy institutions -- the family unit, marriage between a man and a woman, and The Church aka the Body of Christ -- wherein we learn how to really love.

In all of these holy institutions (i.e. family, marriage and church), I've experienced both love and pain,...sunshine and rain.

{{A little nod to Maze. Heeeeyyyy.}}

I learned that every interaction...even the painful ones...were useful, contained valuable lessons and always gave me a greater perspective of the goodness of God, my Father.

I can truly say that down through the years the LORD has allowed me to be in various loving communities (e.g. local churches in my case) where I felt loved by God and His people. I was valued as a person and what I had to give was appreciated.

Since I've been in North Carolina the LORD has blessed me to experience two loving communities, Without Limits Fellowship Ministries and Legacy Center Church, where I was cultivated on another level.

During my time at WLFM, I was identified, intensely trained in the prophetic and empowered to accomplish my dreams. I still maintain connection with the leader of WLFM, Apostle Fredrick J. Harris, and many members of WLFM as they are amazing people full of the love and light of Jesus Christ.

I've since transitioned to Legacy Center Church. I recall during the summer of 2016 my pastors, Soso and Faith Wokoma, charged us to evaluate our capacity to love and be intentional in receiving love and loving others.

How do you do this?

You do this by comparing your capacity to love to the love litmus test and by intentionally exercising love accordingly.

The love litmus test can be found in I Corinthians 13:4-8. The Amplified version is used below:

4 Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant. 5 It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured. 6 It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail]. 7 Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening]. 8 Love never fails [it never fades nor ends].

When I evaluated myself against the love litmus test I certainly found that I had much growing to do. CER. TAIN. LY.

And I was elated that I was in an environment where I and others in my loving community were just as excited to do the work to grow in love.

I *KNOW* that we have been tested and we continue to press on loving each other.

I've had to go to my senior leaders, to my co-leaders, to members of the teams that I lead and also to other members of the church and apologize to get things right so that I can truly walk in love.

Also, I have humbled myself quite a few times in these last 3 years to stay in the bond of love with my biological family whom I care for deeply.

Recently, the LORD has been charging me to a higher level of love where I work. No lie...it's been challenging at work. But I will not give up as I want my life to shine brightly for Jesus Christ everywhere I go.

I regularly look at my binder where I've written the love litmus test out. I can then rehearse the Word and include my name as a reminder that I am responsible to agape others around me.

I invite you to evaluate yourself, rehearse the Word for a month and intentionally love others accordingly. Leave me a comment below on how your life changed as a result. I'd love to read your progress.

Truth - Real love is a discipline that is divine and wonderful and worth the effort!

Remember that in the month of December you have...

31 DAYS TO LIVE BIG.
31 DAYS TO BE BOLD.
31 DAYS TO ACT BRAVE.

ALL OF THIS TO
FINISH 2017 STRONG
AND
START 2018 READY.

Until tomorrow, fam.

- Myrina

]]><![CDATA[Corrective Relationships Heal Family Pain]]>Tue, 05 Dec 2017 04:02:58 GMThttps://www.myrinakr.com/blog/corrective-relationships-heal-family-pain

Hey, fam! It's good when we can come together, isn't it?!

(((((HUGE HUGS)))))

It's day 4 of the 31 days of truth to live YOUR BIG, BOLD, BRAVE LIFE.

If you haven't already read Day 3...stop and go read it HERE.

Yesterday, I started my miniseries on the benefits of a loving community.

In a loving community, one receives support, correction, love, resources and safety.

Recently, I shared another layer of my personal story and how I am unbecoming.

"Unbecoming?" you may ask.

...Yes! I am intentionally processing through and releasing pain from my childhood. I've shared through the I AM unbecoming movement how I confronted incest, started counseling and shared my pain with my family so that we *ALL* could heal. I did all of that first so that I could freely tell my testimony. ......

I would not have had the strength to do this if I did not have a loving community that provided correction for my life. Within a loving community, you will find people who have authority and grace to correct you. This correction comes in many forms.

One of the forms of correction is through corrective interactions. For example, if you were hurt by your mother or father in a loving community you will receive a surrogate mother or father who has the capacity to love you, engage you and interact with you to teach you healthy and positive things that you were supposed to have learned from your biological parent(s).

In my case, I learned and am learning to have healthy female relationships and covenant sisterhood within my loving community. My perpetrator was a female in my family, so as I grew up I often had difficulty interacting with women because I wanted to regain control and maintain healthy emotional boundaries and physical space as a result of the trauma I had endured.

I thought I was behaving normally, but it took my younger sister telling me after we talked about my childhood trauma as a family that she understood why I was reluctant to hug her or show her other appropriate sisterly affection. This was hard to hear, but I was happy she told me how she felt. My younger sister's truth confirmed that the work I was doing in my recovery journey in counseling, divine disciplines (i.e. meditation, prayer, etc.) and my loving community was necessary and helpful.

Because of the corrective relationships that I have within my loving community, I am now able to embrace my younger sister as well as the other women in my family and social circles. I also now have more confidence to engage men and women in genuine love and care. This is a significant milestone. Especially as I am thrilled and highly anticipating the arrival of my goddaughter.

{{warm fuzzies}}

Truth - Corrective experiences and corrective relationships in a loving community are significant to the process of healing from family pain and learning how to care for and love others genuinely.

Remember that in the month of December you have...

31 DAYS TO LIVE BIG.
31 DAYS TO BE BOLD.
31 DAYS TO ACT BRAVE.

ALL OF THIS TO
FINISH 2017 STRONG
AND
START 2018 READY.

Until tomorrow, fam.

- Myrina

]]><![CDATA[Community Heals Family Pain]]>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 04:50:34 GMThttps://www.myrinakr.com/blog/community-heals-family-pain3095481

Hey, fam! Welcome back.

It's day 3 of the 31 days of truth to live YOUR BIG, BOLD, BRAVE LIFE.

If you haven't already read Day 2...stop and go read it HERE.

Today, I give thanks to God for a loving community.

In a loving community, one receives support, correction, love, resources and safety.

I'm happy to say that I'm eternally thankful for my biological family. I learned a lot of core principles in my family that have maturely shaped me into who I am today. And we have healed and are healing from the dysfunction and pain that we've endured.

Thankfully, because of the hurt I endured because of a few members of my family the LORD allowed me to seek out and receive a loving community (and in my case another family...the church) to be an instrument of healing for me. Certain corrective experiences and relationships within my community have certainly helped me and healed me so that I can better love my biological family and be loved by my biological family.

Support in a most basic definition is when someone helps you. It is critical for those in a loving community to be able to see that a person is spirit, soul and body and to have the capacity to alleviate burdens in all three areas that allow for a person to fully function.

In the last 3 years, I've learned the beauty and strength of the support of a loving community. I was able to have mentors, spiritual advisors and covenant friends help me unload baggage that I was aware I was carrying (i.e. anger, fear, control, rejection, etc.). They also identified baggage that I didn't know I was carrying (i.e. resentment, identity issues, residue from the hurtful things I experienced, etc.) and then helped me get rid of it.

I received the accountability and even the chastising that I needed to grow, unbecome and then become.

I will always need a loving community because life continues and the journey of every member of the community is connected in some way.

Some for a reason.
Some for a season.
Some for a lifetime.

Truth - Having someone to support your positive development of your spirit, soul and body is essential. If your community (i.e. tribe, family, crew, etc.) isn't helping you at this depth you need to add people to your life who can.

I'll continue sharing the other benefits of community (i.e. correction, love, resources and safety) in the coming days.

Remember that in the month of December you have...

31 DAYS TO LIVE BIG.
31 DAYS TO BE BOLD.
31 DAYS TO ACT BRAVE.

ALL OF THIS TO
FINISH 2017 STRONG
AND
START 2018 READY.

Until tomorrow, fam.

- Myrina

]]><![CDATA[An Audience of One]]>Sun, 03 Dec 2017 04:50:22 GMThttps://www.myrinakr.com/blog/an-audience-of-one

Hey, fam! So glad to see you back.

It's day 2 of the 31 days of truth to live YOUR BIG, BOLD, BRAVE LIFE.

If you haven't already read Day 1...stop and go read it HERE.

Imagine if you only had one person in the entire world to please.

Just one.

Imagine if pleasing this one person was easy.
Imagine that this one person gave you all the things you could ever need to please them.
Imagine if it was this one person's sheer delight to see you full of joy...successful...thriving?

What if I told you this is already an immediate possibility?
What would that change for you?.....

Today, I had the opportunity to spend time in worship during a 9-hour Burn 24/7 event at my church, Legacy Center Church. This event was coordinated by Burn 24/7 Raleigh, NC. I certainly look forward to participating in future burns in my city.

It was beautiful to see the Body of Christ come together to worship Jesus, exalt His Name and effect change in the earth and in our hearts.

Afterwards, I and other worship leaders from my worship team discussed how the worship set went and also how we can better engage the audience and encourage them to pursue the heart of God.

One of the things that came out the discussion is doing everything necessary to engage the crowd versus doing everything to please Abba, our Father.

We agreed that the problem is when we try to gauge our effectiveness by the response of the people. People are fickle, so we can never get a consistent, trustworthy measurement from people.

{{Sound familiar? Sound about right, huh?}}

We decided that if we focused on the audience of One...our God...and He was pleased we would always...and I mean always...meet the mark.

{{BAM!}}

The same applies to every other area of life!

Truth - All you ever need to do in life is please Jesus. Everything you do in word and in deed to honor Him and put a smile on His face will last forever and will meet the needs of others around you. Period.

Remember that you have...

31 DAYS TO LIVE BIG.
31 DAYS TO BE BOLD.
31 DAYS TO ACT BRAVE.

ALL OF THIS TO
FINISH 2017 STRONG
AND
START 2018 READY.

Until tomorrow, fam.

- Myrina

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