Faith, Rest, Using Your Voice

A Nourished Soul

Melinda

What feeds your soul?  This is the question on the table today.  Pull up a chair and bring your soul food.

Are you weary and heavy laden?  Jesus is calling you to rest. That looks different to all of us.  He made us, and knows what feeds our souls.

Read Matthew 11:28.

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Ever since I was a child music has been my soul food, and singing, it’s like a decadent dessert in a five star restaurant.

I would sing along with the radio from the time I could talk.  More than often I could be found in the doorway on the tile stage with a brush for a microphone.  Today I have my own real mics, a stand, and a rock blocker I can take anywhere.

When I sing I feel like I’m doing what I was born to do.  Like a horse running with wind blowing through its hair.

When I watch American Idol and The Voice I secretly want to be a contestant.

Singing in the shower, in the car, karaoke, at a wedding, or on stage it is all a pleasure to me.

Without music in my life my soul wouldn’t rest.  Lyrics feed my soul, and help me detox what ails it.

Shhhhh, don’t tell anyone, but I write songs, and spontaneously sing new ones to God when no one is around.

Sing unto the Lord a new song is scripture that is thrilling to me.

So what do you have in your soul food box?

Would you care to share? Leave a comment below.

Wanna find rest?  More than for the body, but for the soul?  Checkout the book club my friend Bonnie Gray is starting today.  Join her Facebook group, or just read what others have said about what feeds their soul.

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Blessings Beloved,
♡ Melinda McCray

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Published by Melinda

Really y’all I’m just another Samaritan woman seeking living water and pouring out where I see need for encouragement.   I am 48, mother to four girls ages 16-26, Gigi to the most handsome 2-year-old little boy, Fibromyalgia warrior, minister, writer, and a lifetime learner. 
I am writing my first book, slowly but surely, six chapters in, as our blessed first love has called me to share His glory in my story. I feel lost in that familiar desert place, and thankful for the manna that is there miraculously every day. I am overcoming hour by hour the condemning voices of the enemy and learning to love myself. It has been an arduous journey.  This wordsmith journey, but so worth it. 
I became a licensed minister in 2010.  However, I do not currently work in the ministry. I share Christ's love through devotional blogging.   I have a degree in Church Ministry, was pursuing my degree in Christian Care and Counseling at Oral Roberts University, but now am pursuing Life Coaching, and Neurolinguistic Programming Master Practioner Certifications and a business license. I am a certified women’s biblical counselor through the Extraordinary Women's program at Light University.   I am working on their Addiction and Recovery program now too.  Yes, I am a glutton for punishment with a wealth of life experiences with which I can minister comfort to others.
I'm a lover of a good book, writing, singing, and music, and my nemesis is the perpetual laundry pile.
Blessings to you and yours,
<3Melinda


4 thoughts on “A Nourished Soul”

  1. Yes! Music!!! Gosh, music can soothe my soul in the most stressful of times… especially songs praising Him name. Love your frank and open style of writing, Melinda, popped over from the #BelovedBrews linkup 🙂 Stay groovy!

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