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Embracing the Spiritual Shift: Write. Share. Heal.

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We are still in the midst of a Spiritual Shift—and I believe it is ongoing. It’s not always loud or dramatic. Often, it comes through subtle adjustments, quiet convictions, and gentle nudges from the Holy Spirit guiding us to align more closely with God’s will.

In moments of frustration, when it feels like we’ve hit a wall or no one is listening, the question arises: Am I truly doing the work? Am I being persistent, or am I stopping short when it gets uncomfortable? These are honest questions many of us wrestle with. Yet even in those moments, the Holy Spirit reminds us that the very tension we feel is evidence of our desire to fulfill the assignment God has given us.

Scripture reassures us that growth happens in the process. As Epistle of James 1:3 (AMP) reminds us, the testing of our faith produces endurance, leading to spiritual maturity and inner peace. Likewise, Epistle to the Hebrews 12:1 calls us to run with endurance, fixing our eyes on Jesus—the Author and Perfecter of our faith.

This season has made one thing clear: the “Holy Ghost downloads” are not random. Every instruction, every prompting, every inspired idea carries purpose. That revelation became even more tangible through a powerful message by Chrystal Evans Hurst titled “Write It Down.” It was a confirmation that the Wind of God has been underneath this journey all along.

Write. Heal. Share. – Your Story Matters.

The Holy Spirit impressed this theme on my heart for the year, and it continues to unfold with greater clarity:

WRITE.
Writing is more than putting words on paper—it is remembering. It is documenting the faithfulness of God, even in seasons when we weren’t fully walking with Him. Through journaling, reflection, blogging, and podcasting, we pay attention to our lives and preserve the evidence of God’s hand at work.

HEAL.
God reveals Himself as Jehovah Rapha—the Lord who heals—in Book of Exodus 15:26. He restores physical, emotional, and spiritual brokenness. Healing is not only about mending wounds; it is about making us whole. It is about regulating our nervous systems, restoring our souls, and aligning our hearts with His peace.

SHARE.
Part of the healing process is testimony. When the Holy Spirit creates a safe space for us to share our stories, shame loses its grip. What once felt private and painful becomes a pathway for someone else’s breakthrough.

The deeper question remains: Are we doing everything in our power to fulfill the assignment the Lord has given us?

God has given us bold courage for such a time as this. He grants discernment for every season and orders our steps, lighting our path with clarity. Some doors He will open for us to walk through. Others may require holy boldness to knock down.

While I may not always know if I am doing enough, my heart’s desire is clear—to remain in His will and to keep doing the work. This Spiritual Shift is not about striving harder; it’s about trusting deeper, persevering faithfully, and believing that what God began, He will bring to completion.

Keep writing.
Keep healing.
Keep sharing.

Your story matters.

Meet Candy H. Speight, Owner/Cert. Life Coach/Prof. Organizing Virtual Coach – During her 32-year career at Xerox, she spent fifteen (15) years, as a Field Service Manager. Her primary role was to manage, coach and counsel people, not only in the work environment, but also from a personal perspective. As a professional organizer, for more than 10 years now, she has always wanted not only to organize various living spaces for my clients, which will always remain her passion. As we move forward, as a certified life coach, she will inspire, encourage, motivate, and empower women to be the best that they can be, by un-cluttering their lives; mind, soul and space.  She has wonderfully loving, hardworking husband, Kurt, (who supported her decision to retire in order to pursue her dream), a very grown son and two beautiful grown daughters .

The steps of a good man [woman] are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Psalm 37:23 KJV

A Mindset Shift

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Facing every day with…

  • Patience
  • Encouragement
  • Anticipation
  • Commitment & Courage
  • Energy & Excitement

We are setting the stage to be more effective, more efficient, more productive and more prosperous. As we move forward, our focus must be on making room to grow physically, emotional, mentally and spiritually … and continue to hold fast to our dream, our purpose, our destiny.

As a certified Christian life coach, with the heart of a minister,I blend my Christian values with practical coaching techniques to nurture and uplift women in their personal and spiritual journeys, as they embrace “A Life in Divine Order”.

My faith-infused strategies inspire my clients to discover their divine purpose, empower them to overcome life’s challenges, and live a life aligned with God’s plan. Allow me to walk with you as the Lord Orders Your Steps!

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Introducing “Holy Ghost Downloads”!

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I am SUPER, SUPER excited to share with all of you my new blog, entitled “Holy Ghost Downloads”! But before I start I want to give an ENORMOUS SHOUT OUT to Cindy Knoke! Please take a moment to take a look at all of the AMAZING photography on her blog. I believe that Cindy has been on WordPress as long as I have and she has always been one of my biggest encourager. She has consistently “LIKED” all of my posts, which many times kept me motivated to continue blogging.

Cindy, Thank You!

As I eluded to earlier, I’ve been on WordPress almost 10 years. I started my blog, Finding Order in Chaos when I started my business, Order Your Steps LLC. If you have followed me any length of time, you know that Order Your Steps has been much more of a ministry to me than a business. Therefore, I’ve given you not only organizing tips, but there have been numerous spiritually inspired messages, which I believe have been sent directly from the Holy Spirit, that I have been compelled to share, thus the birth of “Holy Ghost Downloads”.

In the midst of this pandemic, my mantra has been “Moving Forward by Faith”, we can’t look back, we must look ahead. We have endured so much for the past two years. Many of us are hurting, heavy-hearted and feeling a tad hopeless, however, I truly believe that the Holy Spirit is speaking to us in so many ways in the midst of our most difficult times. Therefore, rather you’re here at Finding Order in Chaos with tips to help you to bring Order to your space -or- over at Holy Ghost Downloads where I hope that you will take a moment or two to listen to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to bring Order to our minds and hearts…

It’s a New Day, Every Day!
My prayer is that you will find inspiration, encourgagement and hope!

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 14:26 KJV

Restoration

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Since yesterday, the eyes of my understanding has been enlightened, so I decided to share … My thoughts about my son had become so very heavy on me for the past several months. I’d prayed, but I just couldn’t shake the spirit of heaviness. It’s been almost two years, since I’d seen him. This wasn’t the first time that he had left for years at a time. But this time, I’d decided that obviously God had His reasons for us to be apart and I just needed to be “ok” with that…. what I hadn’t realized was that I’d also decided that if/when he came back, there would be more drama and he would just leave again. I was tired of being brokenhearted.

God’s revelation for me started about a week ago, when I hear a church elder say that we are not experiencing God’s Fullness of Joy, because we are afraid to love deeply. We have become so guarded with our hearts and we just don’t want to be hurt again. However, we must understand that God is standing by ready to heal our broken heart, if we’d let him. He wants to restore many of our closest relationships, but He’s waiting on us.

With the help of the Holy Spirit, my son’s picture as a child showed me how vulnerable he used to me and he needed a mom. Although my son is grown, I’m still his mom and for me to be “ok”, I’d hardened my heart and given up on any hope of reconciliation and God’s Total Restoration. Today, God said to me, and possibly, to some of you too! …

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:26 KJV

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.

Ezekiel 36:26 NLT

I don’t know what God has in store for me, but I do know that He can do the impossible, if only I believe, do my part and keep “Moving Forward by Faith”!

Order, Organize & Obedience Launches Today!

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It’s Official!  Today is the Day that my first eBook is available to the public.  My true testimony is not in the box itself, it’s what the Lord taught me through the experience of writing the book.  I pray that you find something that will touch you and bless you in some small way.  Here’s another small excerpt… I hope you enjoy!

Chapter Two:  LIFE IN CORPORATE AMERICA con’t.

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Me and Brother Dominique (Xerox mascot, year ? )

In the midst of my personal challenges, life at Xerox continued.  Officially, I was a customer service representative and I spent all day on the phone taking requests for service manually, with pencil and paper.  We were rated on our neatness and accuracy, which was right up my alley.  I was really good at my job, but within 18 months, I was hit from behind by technology.  But why, I asked? Things were fine just the way they are.  I won’t take you through the gory details of what it took to maneuver from a strictly paper process into this new world of computers, but it was not pleasant.   It was just not fair my life was now turned upside down.  I can’t do this, I thought to myself.  Don’t they know how disruptive this is… it’s hard to breathe! I can’t function in this chaos of change.   But ultimately, I discovered that I was not going to let this wave of new technology get the best of me. I was still young and I should be able do this.  It just may be a little different from what I’m used to.  Well, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.  Now, as if that wasn’t traumatic enough, as I was making this transition into this new world of technology, I found myself on the fast track into the realm of management.  Was I destined to be a “them”?  There were tons and tons of manuals of policies and procedures to read that were very interesting, not really. At the time, I really didn’t know what being a manager really meant. For the moment, it would be more money and more responsibilities.  But I found that it was even more than that.  I’d have an opportunity to develop my own plan on how my team would operate. I would be able to strategize and maximize the talents of my employees to achieve the success of my team, my way, I thought.  I would be able to establish order in the chaos.  All I had to do, by definition, was “to get the people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively.  This was again right up my alley. These were mature adults that I had worked with already and they know how to do the job.  I thought to myself that this is going to be fun, again so I thought.

Within two years, I was a manager, but what I quickly discovered was that people don’t always do what they are supposed to do, even when they know how to do it.  One day, my manager’s manager called me in the office and I knew immediately that there was a problem.  Apparently, 2nd level management felt that I was “too defensive” with regards to justifying my actions and those of my team, among other things.   I was devastated!  I wanted to scream or yell.  I really just wanted to cry.  I must admit that I really didn’t like feeling as though I’d failed.  Were they supposed to be smarter than me, just because they had more experience than I?  Or was it simply that they were better at creating chaos?  At least, that’s what I thought at the time.  As I look back, God knew better and my demotion was in order, even if I didn’t know it at the time.

Let’s skip ahead to the year 1984 and I’m in the midst of my own real life of chaos and disorder and I’m about to get married, which added a whole new dimension to the equation. We’ll talk more about that little later. In the midst of the turmoil of this period of growing and maturing, I began to discover that sometimes our steps are ordered in a way that we don’t always understand.  We have to take a step and He will order the next.  Little did I know this revelation would play a huge part of my future?

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It’s Done!

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Order, Organize & Obedience is UPLOADED!!  OMG!  I thought that this moment would NEVER come.  As I mentioned briefly in my last post, this eBook has meant so much more than will ever meet the eye.  When the Lord told me to write this book almost a year ago, although the content via my blog started over eight years ago, I could not fathom the magnitude of the lesson that I was being taught during this process.  You’ll be pleased to know that much of the book is a lot more upbeat.  It’s a great mix of my life, my career, my business and more. But now that the book is done, I must tell you that I uploaded the book on Monday and on Tuesday, I cried.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you [me] will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:   Philippians 1:6 KJV

Although, I thought that this chapter of my life was over, once I acknowledged what the Lord was showing me, I believed that if I did my part that my son and I would be on our way to a new beginning (although now I realize there was really nowhere for us to go).  For the past 25 years, my son and I have struggled to define what our mother-son relationship should look like.  Unfortunately, we continued to discover that our definitions was based on different perspectives and different expectations. So when God told me to open the door, I understood, when my son walked through the door, I understood, but when the Lord closed the door, I didn’t understand and I cried.  But on yesterday, I heard God say to me, through Bishop TD Jakes’ message, entitled “Blind Spot” and Pastor Steven Furtick’s, entitled “Trust Me, I’m Trying” today,  that I must take off the blinders, stop trying and just Trust Him.

A brief summary of what God showed me is now hidden in a small section within a chapter near the end of the book.  As God writes my next chapter, I hope that I will be able to share it with you one day.  In the meantime, the release of Order, Organize & Obedience is less than SEVEN days away.  I hope that you have an opportunity to read it and please let me know what you think…

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My journey continues and I can’t wait to take my next step!

Official Release Date:  Saturday, August 31, 2019

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The Journey has been an Adventure!

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

This journey of authoring my first book has truly been an adventure, yet truly a blessing… and guess what?  My journey will continue, as I enter my next season of life.  I have completed the 3rd round of editing and I refuse to do a 4th.  Believe it or not, at this point, it doesn’t matter rather there are ten downloads or 10,000, my book is finished.  It’s amazing how much is revealed when we write something on paper and read it, especially as it pertains to our lives.  The Lord showed me so much about me and how my steps have always been ordered.  I now realize that there were a number of crucial lessons that I needed to learn before I could move on to my next level in life.  We never know what God will do to get our attention, in order to keep us on the path He has outlined for us, to fulfill His purpose through us.

My book will officially be released on August 31st.  There’s no turning back now, although I’ve thought about it many times.  I’ll just have to take my next step forward on my life’s journey….

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The Conclusion of the Matter, For Now!

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For the months leading up to my Order Your Steps event in May, I experienced several periods of doubt and uncertainty.  Many of you may be thinking it was just an event, why is she trying to make it a deep spiritual experience?  For me, it had been a true walk of faith and unfortunately, it’s been very difficult to explain.  It had been a constant battle to maintain the confidence in knowing that God told me to do something.  So, the fact that when my Ordering Your Steps: A Mother’s Perspective event finally took place, I realized that the outcome of the event was not the most relevant part of the process.  The majority of my learning and my spiritual growth took place all along the way.  So when the event was over, I was still wondering if I’d done it right by God’s standards  However, this is the Conclusion of the Matter, for now! 

I’ve come to realize that my entire life has been a journey of order, organizing and obedience.  The birth of Order Your Steps has been just one step along the way.  But this year, has been an extraordinary time of evolution, maturity and growth for me.  I’ve been even more sensitive to the voice of God and even more aware of the move of His Spirit.  Every step that we’ve taken has been ordered, even when we may have mis-stepped!  Due to the mere fact, that in spite of our many, many mis-steps, we’ll still here!

For the past 10 years or so, my family and I have entered into a new dimension of our relationship with the Lord.  Even in the midst of the many ups and downs, twist and turns, we’ve endured, God has embraced us and loved us even the more, if that’s even possible.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in [us] will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:  – Philippians 1:6 KJV 

I know that there’s something more on the horizon for me.  My ministry is much bigger than I can truly imagine.  I’d begun to see workshops and conferences, primarily for women, on a much grander scale.  These new platforms will be enablers for me to continue to use my gifts of order, administration and one of my very first loves, teaching.  My mission for Order Your Steps is to teach, coach, counsel and consult with my clients one on one, to not only organize their stuff, but to put a little more Order in their lives. You know a little about where I am, but let’s take a step back to where I began.

I pray that you’ve enjoyed your time with me thus far and that you will stay with me, as I take you with me on my Journey of Order, Organizing & Obedience!

Available for Pre-order, scheduled for release in June, 2019.

A Little Backstory – Part III

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How Did I Get Here, con’t.

The Holy Spirit had to continue to remind me that my true purpose is ministry, which was birthed through Order Your Steps.  I had to be mindful of the task at hand and allow the Lord to lead and guide me along the way.  As the months went by, I could hear the Lord’s whispers in many different ways.  One of our church Elders and my very dear friend would send me the Spirit of Prophecy bulletins for my daily devotional.   It still never fails to hit me exactly where I am in that moment and on March 21, 2018, it was no different.

“Beloved, I want to help you see and hear spiritual truth.  To do this you must look without fear, prejudice, or expectation.  You cannot allow anything to color or distort what I show you, but rather take it at face value.  When you see something, do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.  Look with eyes wide open, ears ready to hear, and a heart ready to receive, says the Lord.” By Marsha Burns*, March 21, 2018 (https://ft111.com)

“However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.”  John 16:13 KJV

Unfortunately, when things don’t go as I plan (as God laughs) I want to change the plan. However, when we’re in the midst of a spiritual journey, the rules change.  The Lord will ask us to do things that are a tad uncomfortable, while we wait until He tells us to take the next step.  He takes us out of the realm of reasoning and into the spiritual realm of faith.  It is now, March and I’m in this most interesting God Set-up and I’m struggling.

And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke”, we also believe and therefore speak… II Corinthians 4:13 NKJV (Paraphrased)

So, I tried to encourage myself by speaking positive words into my life.  Every day, my journey will only get better.  I’m living my best life!

Positive speaking worked for a while, but I was having an Abraham moment!  I just didn’t know how God was going to handle this for me.  In Genesis 22, we are told that out of obedience to God, Abraham took Isaac, his only son, up one of the mountains in Moriah to offer him as a burnt offering.  Now I know that my workshop assignment doesn’t come close to sacrificing my only son, but work with me.  Abraham went up the mountain, knowing that the Lord had a plan, but he had no clue as to what would be the outcome, except that they (he and Isaac) would be going back down the mountain, but Abraham did not know how.

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.  And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I … And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. Genesis 22:10-11, 13 

Although I knew that the Lord has given me an assignment to accomplish, my Faith had begun to wain because I didn’t see the ram.  I could see the answer that God had prepared for me even before He had given me the task or idea.

I could tell you of many situations, when I thought that there may be a ram hidden in the thicket, but to be honest, I really wasn’t sure.  I knew that God had always come through, but because of what I saw; doubt and uncertainty reared their ugly heads!

Although Abraham didn’t see the ram at first, we know that the ram was on the mountain before Abraham and Isaac even got there.  In faith, we must see the ram, to see God’s answer, even before we see it, I knew that I was going to see this assignment through and even if the Lord didn’t appear until my 11th hour, I knew that the ram was already in the bush!

Stay Tuned to “The Conclusion of the Matter, For Now!”

Available for Pre-order, scheduled for release in June, 2019.