D'Anthony Carlos has skated through life always being protected. When you're related to the biggest drug cartel in the DMV you gotta be protected. When all of your uncles are the most feared and respected you automatically garner the same attention...
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In John 14:6 it was stated by Jesus, "I am the way, the truth, & the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Here today I follow his path going his way to his truth for my life. Today I accept him. I come to him. -Z.D.
As the months passed and summer progressed a lot of changes were being made to my life. I've made some mistakes, but one thing I realized was I can't live in the past. I shouldn't let my past sins dictate how my future goes. I will not live the rest of my life feeling like I have to pay for my past sins. Instead I recognize them, ask for forgiveness, and move forward.
One thing that has stuck in my head was when D'Anthony said to me, This is God's timing and it's never wrong. Because you don't know God, you don't know the blessing he's trying to put in your life.. He was 100% right. He might have been talking about our relationship, but it can also be applied to my life right now. Everything happening is God's timing. D'Anthony and I breaking up, Markel getting killed, and even me getting pregnant. They're blessings in disguise.
I look at my belly now that I'm 5 months pregnant. I tried my best to cover it with my large dress as I sit in church on this Sunday morning in late July. I've been going to church every Sunday since summer started at this church new Howard since the one on campus is closed during summer. I originally started going to church with D'Anthony and I just continued.
I've been caught in between returning back to Islam because they also offer Jummah services or becoming a Christian. At this point in my life I just don't see myself being Muslim. There's nothing wrong with it. I grew up Muslim. I just feel like it's too strict of a religion for me and my life at this current point. Religion is something I've been struggling with for the past year and now I've finally found it. I would make it solidified today because I'm getting baptized.
When it was time I quietly up going to the back. I wasn't the only one who signed up to get baptized this Sunday. I changed into the white outfits they gave everyone. To me the white signified us being reborn and pure.
