I still remember going in labor right about midnight on November 28, 1990. I was rushed to the hospital just to labor for 14 and a half more hours without food. But from the moment my little conehead arrived, I knew that my life would never be the same. I didn't know who that special little dude would become, but I knew I'd love him no matter what.

This year, my son will share his 23rd birthday with Thanksgiving, which happens about every 5-7 years of his life. My special little dude has grown up to be a fab guy, a provider for his family, a great dad and a principled person. This year, I pray that life grows easier, finances increase, debt decrease, and love guides all his decisions.  Join me in wishing my loving son, Montario D. Hampton, a very happy and blessed and exciting birthday. 

As a person who has suffered several illnesses, one quite debilitating, I know about natural limits. I know how it feels to be limited, to feel as if there is a top to your growth that you'll never be able to overcome. Well, God has taught me a lesson.

While my body is limited, my body does not constitute my full existence. I am a spirit housed here and so, while my house is limited, I myself am not. In the height of my physical pain, I was limited in movement, to a point I was required to use a walker. I was limited in my thinking also, because it seemed the pain drowned out every other thought. But in the middle of all that hopelessness, I was introduced to myself, to my spirit person. 

In life, emotions tend to scream at you. Circumstances block you. Thoughts may cripple you. But when everything else breaks down, you are left with only you, and that is the place you discover the real you. Then, in that moment of discovery, you learn the boundlessness of living in that person, that spirit person who actually possesses direction, wisdom, strength and unconditional joy. You discover that all of the horrible happenings, all of the emotional meltdowns, all of the angry, sad or hopeless thoughts did nothing to devalue the person you are. Your value is only enhanced by the knowledge gained through your experiences, whatever they may have been. You see, when you live in that spirit person, you are connected to a different source and governed under new dominion, real dominion. That spirit person is the part made in the image of God, the part that is able to embrace the full and abundant life God created us to live and Christ died to restore to us. Time to embrace it.... be free and take spiritual flight. You are truly limitless!

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Nothing feels better than realizing you are about to walk into your second chance. That is where I am right now, and God knows I am delighted about it.

I learned many lessons in the last season of my life, including maintaining integrity in your waiting season. You know, not always was I a virtuous woman, or queenly in my thinking. Even now, I'm not where I'd like to be in those areas, but I'm growing in grace and nothing in the world feels better.

Apparently, the change has been seen and my gifts are making room for me. But in all of the excitement over new book contracts and speaking engagements, I'm careful to remember the God I served in my low points because no one deserves to celebrate with me more than my Father does. This is like a new beginning for me and it feels so good! 

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