Kerel Razil Pinder

I could NEVER sing songs like “He wants it ALL” or “All I NEED is you Lord”, the guilt of the song would cripple me, because I honestly thought I couldn’t give God my ALL. When my ALL meant that I couldn’t go to certain places with friends, when giving my ALL went against the relationship I had with my current boyfriend or when giving God my ALL meant reading my bible and going to church when I really didn’t want to. It simply wasn’t true; I didn’t want to ALWAYS please God I wanted to please my flesh. See as long as I could live with half of my leg in the world and half of my leg with God, I was good, right?? Why not, everyone else was doing it; they didn’t seem to be dying from fire and brimstone. So I worshiped on Sundays and did what was pleasing to me during the week, I mean I acknowledged God, I was a morally good person, so I still was going to heaven right?? Little did I know that in God’s eyes I was living worst than a person who just decided to out rightly live a l...

          A lot of people at one time or another have said, “I feel like God has told me this is the person I should marry”. Now don’t get me wrong, often times they are people who end up getting married and sometimes being married for the rest of their lives. So I am not here to dispute the fact that you can hear from God. So all of the married people reading this post, I am not saying that God didn't tell you to marry that man or woman that you’re with, so you can cease fire lol, but how many of us can be honest about the fact that you have dated someone in the past or maybe you're dating someone now that you felt God told you was the “ONE” only to realizes months or years later that you were TOTALLY WRONG! A few years ago I was dating a guy for a very short time, and when it didn't work out I was devastated and was convinced the break up would only be for a short while. So while trying to get over the relationship, I tried t...

20 REASONS BEING SINGLE TOTALLY ROCKS!! A year and half ago, I thought I would be the last person to write a blog about how being single TOTALLY ROCKS, I was more likely to write a piece on why being single TOTALLY SUCKS! Lol (let’s take a minute to thank God for change). I was just dead hot up to be married and have some babies, don’t get me wrong there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting these things, but we must remember there is a season for everything and if we spend so much time rushing through some of the key seasons of our lives we will miss a whole lot of lessons and some amazing experiences.    A little over a year ago I decided to take Andy Stanley’s year challenge; the Year challenge dares singles that have been dating their way and making selfish decisions throughout their previous relationships to take a YEAR off from dating, to learn how to really love God, love themselves and to eventually learn to date God’s way. At the beginning of Decem...

As I sit on this balcony overlooking the water, I think back to how faithful God has really been. “I’m not where I need to be, but I’m definitely not where I use to be!” God I just want to take a minute to bask in your awesomeness, your faithfulness and your unconditional love, you blessed me with 29 unforgettable years on this earth and I praise you for your grace and favor. 28 taught me a lot of really hard lessons; it was a year of pure growth.   It was also a year that really grew my faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and not seen. On my Birthday Food tour, my bestie (well   one of, we’re a tripod just so you know lol) , but yeah like I was saying one of my besties asked “What are 3 things you hope to do before you turn 30?”.  I started to list some things that were already in motion and she quickly said they didn’t count. I’m thinking if I can’t even see how a certain thing could happen, I don’t know if I want to put it on my list. In my h...