Inside Your Soul
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or many, 2020 began like a nightmare from a horror movie. Job losses, stocks plummeting, massive deaths, social distancing, skyrocketing domestic abuse cases, suicides, a large rise on mental health issues, and many of our small businesses forced to shut down without hope of reopening have rocked our communities to its core. Never had any of us saw anything like this coming when we held hands, kissed our friends, our kids, and our spouses and shouted, “Happy New Year!” at the beginning of this year. But here we are 8 months into the world’s first modern pandemic that has affected the entire globe at an expediential rate because of social media. Now I can imagine with all of this loss, sad news, hyped up fear, feelings of uncertainty, panic and devastation can cause many of you to focus on what you see instead of holding on to hope that God promises us in our faith walk. Now I’m not saying that these things happening are not real. What I am saying is in the midst of the chaos, the storms of life, just like Peter we can walk on water when we focus our attention and beliefs through our faith. Faith is believing that despite your circumstances you can still overcome. Through faith you can decide to make the choice to act like you cannot fail in moving forward in this season. And while many of you may have felt stuck, unmotivated, exhausted, weary, depressed or simply hopeless at one point or another during these past several months, God wants you to dream again. God wants you to believe that you do have the power to get back up and build the life that you deserve. And the only 6 Soulful Image Magazine / Issue 21
Faith is believing that despite your circumstances you can still overcome. way you can achieve that is through radical faith. Radical faith begins with radical prayers and the strong desire to take what’s yours with the mindset that you cannot fail once you make the decision to go for it. When I prayed and asked God what the theme of this issue should be, the spirit said, “Act Like You Cannot Fail!” Why? Because today most people are allowing what they see happening around them to dictate their future instead of believing in and creating the life that they want. You must trust only in what God’s Word says about your present and future. What you truly believe is what is going to manifest in your life. Believe fear, you will manifest fearful things. Believe in hope and positivity, and you will manifest the hope of your dreams through the will of God for your life. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 If God promises to prosper you, to give you hope and a future then it’s time for you to act like your time for that
to happen is now! Don’t wait. Don’t stay stuck or in that emotional pit you have been sitting in for the past several months. Get up! Dust yourself off and begin to see yourself standing in a position where you cannot fail because your father in heaven has prepared the way for you. Trust and believe and it will be yours. In this issue we have some fun features, some tips and recipes, and great advice articles like Five Steps To Transition Your Career, Don’t Let Rejection Silence Your Voice, Self Acceptance, A New Creation in Christ, Change Is Inevitable and a lot more! We are exceptionally excited to share the powerful words and stories of the amazing Les Brown, the world’s greatest motivational speaker. You have to check out his incredible story of overcoming insurmountable odds. Read on!
Tracey-Acadia Thomas
Founder & Editor-In-Chief
