So, I did a thing and I’ve written about it on social media, but I haven’t discussed it here. Mainly because I’ve been fairly silent here, but I’ve realized, that has to change. I’m BACK!!!
Anyway, I have always wanted to become an author, and I did! I wrote a chapter in an anthology with 11 other amazing women who tell transformational stories of overcoming adversity. These stories are truly life changing. I know because I got to listen as each of these women dug into themselves to produce a chapter that would heal not just themselves, but heal and minister to some woman that was meant to hear the story she was telling.
Yeah, that was deep. So let me be real about this process. Guys, this was so much more than what I expected! I told y’all I’ve always wanted to be an author, right? So, a piece of this was just about that. I thought God was telling me this was the perfect time to do that. Dr. Shana has an amazing platform and does amazing work, and I have always supported that. What better way to finally publish something than in support of someone who always does amazing work?
Look, sitting in that launch in October 2021 when God said, “This next volume is your time. Do it.” And I heard Him, but in true Kim fashion was like—”But are you SURE, sure??” So when they did the interest call, I ALMOST didn’t attend. And when they released the application, I ALMOST didn’t fill it out—because—I could foresee how this was really going to work with my schedule and obligations. But also, I wasn’t sure that my story was really something that fit. The enemy is real! But he’s a liar.
But God get’s loud, and in regular fashion, He won. So, here I am, in this anthology, and man! It’s facing your issues head on. It’s reliving the moments and hitting some things you didn’t even realize were a part of what you went through—and realizing piece by piece of why God said, RIGHT NOW.
See, I knew part of why I shared this story and wanted to write this story was because I saw women every day in my practice who were checking boxes or sacrificing themselves for others and not taking care of themselves. They weren’t living the lives they were meant to live because they were too busy going through motions, making sure they were perfect for everyone else in their lives. And then God made me realize, I was that person—and He disrupted that path for me. And since then, I had been working to be on the path He would have me be on, take better care of myself, be more present in relationships and the moment, and truly LIVE! I wanted women to know it was possible to make the shift—I was making the shift.
But He wanted me to know, I had bigger shifts to make. When He starts a work in you, He will see it through. He wanted to remind me what he had taken me through—He wanted to stir the fire. He wanted to give me skills. He wanted to grow me.
I got to share my story. And I hope that it reaches the woman/women it is meant to reach, but I have already been encouraged, because some of my fellow authors have validated me by telling me I have inspired them. I went into this wondering if my story fit, and they let me know it absolutely fit. But also, God had me tell this story right now to remind me that He had a work to finish.
I certainly hope you will buy and read the book. I hope you are changed and uplifted by the stories you find there. And know, that it’s just the beginning. The work He starts, He WILL finish.
ENJOY! And BE BLESSED!