Shakila Stewart is CEO of Walk This Way Movement Inc., a dynamic motivational speaker, author, theatre director, choreographer and life coach. Shakila is a passionate leader fulfilling her purpose empowering women and girls to rise above and achieve within their environment, society or circumstances with the launch of her first published book, “ChinUp, You Got This!” Visit https://walkthiswaymovement.com to join the Walk This Way Movement.
Excerpt from “ChinUp, You Got This”, Chapter: Abraham Faith
“Although it was a hard choice once I made up my mind, it was over. I was committed to moving to California to fulfill this 15-year dream of mine and to obey God.
I worked the entire summer to save money, and any job I could get I was doing. From selling coffee to working parades, to working at the airport, I was everywhere. I went out to dinners and partied with special friends from my childhood and family before I left. Fortunately, my mentor and spiritual mother kept telling me, “God says you have to have “Abraham Faith!” I took this saying seriously, and I knew that I needed faith to move. I had no connections or anything.
In order to build my faith, I consistently read Genesis 12 “Now God said to Abraham: get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great.” Genesis 12:1-2 (NIV)
I was like Abraham. I had to leave everything that I knew, my siblings, friends, business opportunities and connections. It was so hard to leave my brother and sister they were my everything, but I had to put my trust in God and believe that He was going to provide for me in this new environment. This was terrifying, but I had to do it. This was a chin-up, you got this.. moment for me.”
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