Confessions of God's Most Talkative Child

 I f the highest place I reach is at Your feet, then I’ve done it all. I really love that line from What a God because it’s such a flex. But to really understand how powerful that statement is, you have to think about what it means to be at someone’s feet here on earth. Just imagine this: you are a servant. You work tirelessly day in and day out—cleaning, scrubbing, doing everything that needs to be done without ever being recognized for it. When you make a mistake, you are reduced to nothing. And even when you do everything right, it still isn’t enough. One day, as the king is eating, his drink accidentally spills. He calls you over—not to help, but to blame you. Somehow, his mistake has become your fault. He tells you to get down and clean it from his feet. As you find yourself at his feet, he laughs. “Look at you,” he says. “Worthless. This is all you’ll ever be.” And there’s nothing you can do but take it. Because what else is there for you? This is your position. This is yo...

  When I was in college, I used to do my best to memorize a Bible verse every week and then apply it to my life. One of the verses I have never forgotten is Exodus 14:14, which says, “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to hold your peace.” When you are struggling through premed classes at a very prestigious and predominantly white institution as a young Black woman, you really need God to fight those battles for you. But the part of that verse that always made me pause was the second half: hold your peace. What does that even mean? We all know that peace is not something tangible or easy to access. Yet God tells us to hold it . I think that’s exactly why it’s included in the Bible. God knew this would be something many of us would struggle with, because it’s not something we can physically hold to ground us. And yet, somehow, if we do hold it, it grounds us anyway. Imagine you are on the front line of a very intense battle. I’m talking about cannons going off—spears, bullet...