Take What You Need
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You ever felt like super lonely, like your friendships on minimum, relationships are just totally non-existent, and whenever your phone buzzes its either your mom (no offense, moms are great) or a notification telling you you’re about to go over your data limit. Streaming too much Netflix, spending way too much time on social media, in it so deep you don’t even know how you got on this meme page. We’ve all been there BUT, why’d you have to stick your big “BUT” in it you say, because chill, I’m about to learn you something. These seasons of separation have purpose! It’s so much purpose in them but we often fail to realize it because we so quickly allow distractions to pen itself in on our schedules.
Seasons of seclusion or separation are always seasons of preparation. God will never give you anything that you are not fully equipped to handle. “Proper preparation prevents piss poor performance”. You will never receive a blessing prematurely. You have to be mature enough to not want anything that you’ve prayed for before you’re prepared to handle it. Just think of all the amazing things that God wants to get to you but he can’t because instead of realizing this is a season to equip myself and take the steps that he’s telling me, you’re snapchatting Skittles and shi...stuff. And it’s so easy to get off track, we really have to realize when we are allowing something to become a distraction. Ask yourself: What takes up the majority of my time? Am I being productive in my purpose? Do I feel at peace? Distractions will never bring you the fullness of peace.
Certain things have to be cultivated in us before we can receive what we have prayed for. For example, I want my husband, like now, today, but he can’t just be some ol’ regular degular dude, like he has to have certain qualities, a certain aura, he has to be… magic. But it’s not because I’m picky! It’s because a season of preparation has taught me that I do not have to settle for anything or anyone that is less than amazing. But, am I married at this very moment? NAH! God is still working with me, with patience, humility, right believing and so on. If I want someone longitudly and latitudly out of this world awesome then I, myself need to be on that same level. In English, to be the best wife I can possibly be I must be prepared before he comes anywhere near my life, if I meet him prematurely, chances are I will wreck it or just not experience marriage on a God level. Anything that I receive I want it to be God level, because it can be. WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION. God wants the absolute best for us and not only does he want it for us, he HAS it. Prepare yourself! So often we get impatient with the process and take whatever is thrown our way. Dating someone based off looks but y’all chemistry is the square root of 0. Working at a place that you complain on Facebook about hoping your coworkers don’t snitch on you, when there is a great career waiting for you! Eating that microwave steak and I understand that salisbury life but when you know filet mignon is available you tend to move different. We do not have to settle!! There is greatness waiting for you! You are not waiting on anything to fall out the sky and land in your hands. There are certain steps that we have to take and preparation is one of the most important. Do not allow distractions to have you sitting in neutral. You have things to accomplish that are so longitudly latitudly great that it will literally blow your socks, shoes, hat, gloves, chin strap, braces and eyebrows off…kidding you can keep your eyebrows, you’ll need them for your “stunned” face.
Step one; tune out distractions...starting…Now!
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Uplifting and comical, Take What You Need is your guide to navigating your way through life’s daily challenges. Aiming to be your new BFF author, Deyona Estep gives hopeful insight and purpose-driven perspective, pushing readers to pursue their God-given purpose and become their best selves while laughing along the way.
About the Author
So purpose, purpose being the reason you were placed on this earth. Everyone has purpose, everyone has something specific that God called and empowered them to do. Your gifts, your talents aren’t given to you for you to just hold on to and covet for yourself. Don’t bury them. So what is your purpose? What is it that comes easy to you, what is it that you’re good at, what is your strength? To really be fulfilled we have to seek out purpose. Being humble enough to allow God show us what he created us to do. To be courageous enough to step outside of the box, to go against the norm, to not be what society coerces you to be. Purpose. I write this out of purpose, not for cool points, not for show, not because I think I’m so intelligent, but because of purpose. This is different, I’m treading new ground, it can be scary but I don’t have to fear, because purpose. I’m write where I’m supposed to be, yes I made a pun. Ba dum cha! But following, seeking out and living in your purpose brings so much peace and joy and fulfillment. I know that God purposed me to help people, to bring enlightenment and a different perspective than the “worlds”, without being so serious and stuffy but to learn and laugh and know that life isn’t as hard as it tries to make itself out to be. Pursue purpose. That is why this book is written. This is definitely supposed to be an excerpt “about the author” but I totally went out on a tangent. So let’s do it, about me, Hi, I’m Deyona Estep, that’s “Delanta” and “Tonya” put together, kinda, and it’s (Dee-yah-nuh , E-step) please don’t call me Diana or Deowna, chick-fil-a always has me bent lol, you can say “De” though. Don’t know if it’s professional to put “lol” in a book but how else are you supposed to know I’m making a funny. I am from a little city outside of D.C, Suitland, MD, go Rams, but I talk more like I’m from Bowie. What else, I’m a Gemini, no we are not crazy, we are just on a-whole-nother level of awesomeness that some don’t quite understand. I love Chipotle, I can eat it every day (not a typo), literally 12th grade year I ate chipotle after school at least 4 days out the week, I have earned myself a free burrito or something Chipotle!! In my free time I like to Netflix binge and watch basketball. My favorite animal is the Alaskan Malamute. I love hoodies and denim. I don’t actually understand the purpose of sharks?? Like what kind of good do they bring to the ocean, the ecosystem, the world? Real question. I love Jesus, duh, but I don’t like when people touch my radio, I will have the urge to pop your hands. Lastly, I love my granddad, Clark Adams Estep, he is the best granddad in the land. He would not understand my random tangent, if he wrote this it would be very buttoned up and professional, I think he would side eye me if I read this to him. Oh and I have to add my mom in or else she’ll feel very sad and jelly, so hey mom, love you too, you are also the best in the land.