The Restoration

Redirection is defined as the action of assigning or directing something to a new or different place or purpose.

Redirection means to change the course or direction of.

The Passport has a new stamp.

I’d been looking for a word to describe the season that I was in. My emotions have been incredibly mixed – I’m not sad or super zealous at the moment. It’s like nothing is wrong but things ain’t just extra peachy either. Life is moving yet at the same time things feel stilled. Still unsure if this is a good or bad thing. I decided a few day ago to relax and simply, trust the season that I am currently in because in reality that’s all I can do right now anyway.

I was on Instagram when I saw an interview that Kehlani did and she spoke confidently about trusting the redirection of life. REDIRECTION! OMG! I held onto my chest to keep my heart from leaping out. 

Immediately, my soul warmed and my skin became tingly. Confirmation.

God, thank you for always sending a sign when I truly be needing them the most.

Redirected.

The season that I am in is not the season that I expected to be in.

The season that I am in is not the season that I intended to be in.

The season that I am in is not the season that I want to be in.

OOH! I said it. YIKES!

Am I unhappy about it? No.

Am I crying about it? Yes. OFTEN.

In that same breath, I will tell you what I constantly tell myself and it works wonders I promise you – God, give me the grace to accept the timing of your will being performed in my life and grant me peace in the process. 

This season has redirected me from Atlanta to California.

This season has shifted, pulled, toiled and tugged me in so many different directions that I’d began to question if I was really hearing from God.

I’d began to really wonder if I’d moved to LA on my own – meaning it wasn’t in His will for my life.

I’d started questioning if I was doing my own thing or what He’d intended for me to do but that’s what I love about God the most.

Just when you think, He wasn’t listening to you or just when you think that you’d made the wrong decision or in my case mistaken HIS voice for your own – a sign will come.

And sometimes, it’ll be more than one.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

In the shower this am, I reminded myself that I’d always been different. Far from regular and very special.

Gifted.

Chosen.

Anointed.

Favored.

Called.

Loved.

Adored.

Appreciated.

Valued.

Cherished.

Supported.

Seen.

Heard. 

Driven.

Giving.

Kind.

Strong.

Vocal.

Worthy.

Honestly, when you reach a place where your confidence is deeply rooted to the point where it can’t be shaken by the smallest of things, you’ll be reminded of all of the things about yourself that society will sadly make you forget.

It took a blast from the past, a demon himself to remind me that I’d crossed bridges that I’d never thought I could walk over. It took a flashback of me in an old season to appreciate the current season that I am in. And baby, God is faithful.

I had to remind myself that if I came out of that without being bruised or worn down what made me think that I wouldn’t be able to get through this one? HA!

The devil is a big lie.

Redirected.

Because I assumed that I knew everything about my life and how it would go, that’s why this season has me in a doozy.

It’s teaching me so much about myself – whereas I thought I’d learned all I could….girl please.

I thought I had patience until I shifted careers.

Trading in publishing for production was done without second thought. In truth, I was bored with writing. Grateful for my gift but nevertheless, super drained and wanting to experience something new. Waking up and doing the same thing every day yet expecting different results and a bigger bag had me frustrated to the point of no return.

I decided that in order for me to get to the next level, I had to switch it up.

Now, what I wasn’t ready for was the process…or shall, I say the redirection.

Are you outcome OR process focused?

My friend asked me that one day after a good girl talk – (more on that soon because we as women do not talk about how love languages are for more than romantic relationships. We don’t talk boundaries in friendships and how are needs can change. My best friend when I was seventeen isn’t my best friend now at twenty-eight but that doesn’t mean that we’re not cool or anything like that and vice versa, it just means that I have new connections that serve me in the season that I am now…but again…we don’t talk about this enough!)

What are you going to focus on? The outcome or the process. Are you gone boss up or not? Which one will you give you energy too? On the days where you are super frustrated you seriously have to remind yourself that the outcome is success. You will be rewarded greatly for your sacrifices. Your journey has purpose.

Being redirected down a new path as I entered a new season was a surprise. It’s been enlightening, overwhelming, informative yet at the same exact time, in the same breath, I can say I have never been so motivated, determined, anxious, eager and hungry to learn. Hungry to succeed. Hungry to contribute my gift to a team of brilliant and black creatives. I’m so thankful for the rooms that I am walking in, the stages I’m on, the places I’m going – it’s been ordained. I had to write for seven years first. I had to travel the world during my early twenties to appreciate all of the different people I now encounter. I had to experience heartbreak to know that I can’t settle ever again because I’m NAKOREYA ROBERSON. I’m somebody. I had to be away from my family in this season to draw closer to God and find contentment in my alone time. I had to grow up. The old seasons make the new seasons easier to maneuver through. I’m here to remind you that it’s time for you to lift your head and put your armor on.

 It’s all coming together in the end just wait and see. 

I didn’t realize that God hadn’t forgotten about me nor had I stopped asking myself did I make a mistake by moving to LA, by getting a job, by choosing to limit as many distractions as I can so that I can fully propel into this next chapter.

I’m ready for what God has for me. I’m excited about it too. 

The redirection.

The energy that I seek from others I will now give myself.

The love that I’m ready for from a partner, I will fill myself up with that same love in the meantime.. This cup will forever run over.

The redirection.

Trust your journey.

Give yourself grace.

The redirection provides clarity as it connects you to your purpose.

Allow yourself to be redirected because you never know what’s being blocked.

Detours yield destiny.

When it’s time for you to get off the exit – trust me you will know.

I don’t second guess God.

I don’t doubt Him either.

I remember what He promised and you can’t be forgetting what He’s promised you too because I never said that being redirected feels good. If you don’t know what He’s promised you then ask Him to reveal His will for your life.

The redirection has glory. 

A little razzle dazzle never hurt nobody so get excited about doing something you’ve never done, going places you never would’ve went. I pray the spirit of comfortability off of every set of eyes that’s read this. EXPERIENCE LIFE BECAUSE YOU ONLY GET ONE.

Be magical. Go big. Don’t settle. Turn up. Live your life to the best of your ability. The redirection takes you to your next level.

Are you ready?