Planted — Cultivating Kerri

Earlier this week, I shared my personal story about abstaining from sex until marriage entitled, “There is Beauty in Waiting,” on the Silver Ring Thing blog site. When I was told the post was finally published for the world to see and read, I got a little nervous. You would think that it wouldn’t affect me in that way since I have been traveling the country for the last year and half sharing and promoting the message of abstinence, but for some reason I still had butterflies in my stomach. This time it was different! I would no longer just be sharing this message with strangers from a stage, but people that knew me would read it via the blogsite’s connection to social media like Facebook and Twitter. So you may ask, why would someone who promotes abstinence and purity be afraid of people knowing that they themselves were actually abstinent?

Spiritual, PhysicalKerrionne PhillipsApril 11, 2014Popular Comments

What Are You Bringing Into 2014?

It’s December 31 and I’m sure by now everyone is super ready to bring in the New Year. Bye Bye 2013, Helloooo 2014! I mean who doesn’t love a fresh start; out with the old, in with the new. But what if someone said, “don’t discard the old just yet.” I have been learning a lot about seasons lately and what I found was that each season prepares the ground for the next. In other words, the foundation laid in the current season impacts the growth or harvest in the next. This caused me to ponder what type of season has 2013 been for me.

SpiritualKerrionne PhillipsDecember 31, 2013 Comments

Expecting God

This picture reminds me that there is so much beauty in a relationship with God. It’s been about seven years since I’ve given my life to Christ and as I examine how that decision has impacted me, I realize that this relationship is like no other; it transforms you. However, this transformation, I’ve noticed, is not always in ways we expect.

Many of us girls grow up watching fairy tale movies, where some maid or mistreated young woman meets this prince and becomes a princess. Usually some type of transformation takes place where she leaves her old life behind, gets an extreme makeover, and then lives happily ever after with her prince. I often think we expect our lives to go somewhat like this when we begin our relationship with God: a quick transformation, no pain, no hardships, no disappointment.

EmotionalKerrionne PhillipsDecember 2, 2013Comment

Beauty For Ashes: Eight Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

As I enter this whole new world of blogging, I consider today to be a great day for me to write my first blog because it has a lot to do with the title of my blog site. God has been nudging at my heart for the past year to start blogging, but I was too “chicken” to be obedient. Well about 2 months ago, I finally built up the courage to begin this blog with the title being “Cultivating Kerri.” I chose this title because I believe that everything that has taken place in my life thus far has cultivated me into the person I am today and my present and future experiences will continue this development until my life is done.

SpiritualKerrionne PhillipsAugust 29, 2013 Comments