This Too Shall Pass: Letting Go and Letting God

By Tammy L. Phillips-Young

Even though Tammy L. Phillips-Young grew up in a poor family, her mother always taught her eight children to always be kind, humble, and thankful. Those teachings have served her well throughout her life. In This Too Shall Pass, Phillips-Young offers a self-help guide filled with personal testimonies meant to inspire and guide you successfully through this winding road of life.

Phillips-Young shares her story as one who enjoys helping others and is generous of her time and resources. She tells how her commitment to live a Christ-centered life drives her to make a personal assessments and daily declarations to seek opportunities to let her light shine and inspire others with her actions and words.

Through Phillips-Young’s personal journey, This Too Shall Pass seeks to strengthen your spiritual faith, empowering you to have a successful Christian and family life, along with your career. Be blessed and live an abundant faith-filled life. And remember to take Christ Jesus everywhere.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664244269

Tammy L. Phillips-Young

Where as, Tammy L. Phillips-Young has been married for nearly twenty-eight years, she has over 25 years of social service experience in various areas including church leadership roles, management, education, government, and law enforcement. A proud native of Marvell, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology/Minor - English from Philander Smith College. Tammy is also the 2008 winner of the Arkansas Top Fashion Designer Competition, where Korto Momolu (best known for Project Run-way, Season 5) served as a judge. And where as, she enjoys excitement and challenges where there’s a cooperative team environment. She’s focused, disciplined, self-motivated and has a strong work ethic. Tammy takes pride in a job well done and ensures each task is performed efficiently and to the best of her abilities. Trust-worthiness, and dependability are strong qualities that she possesses and strongly believes that these elements of character are essential to any profession or obligation.

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To my mother, Florstine Phillips; husband, Carlos;

children, Carlos T. Young II and Kennedy L. Young; my

daughter-in-law, Kristina (Casas); grandson, Zander T.

Young; father-in-law, Clarence L. Young Sr.; princess

prayer warriors; siblings, Walter, Brenda, Sharon, Reggie,

Stacey, Tonya, Derrick, and Tiffany; family; and friends.

Thank you so much for your constant love and support.

I will forever be grateful for you. I pray the blessings

of God forever be upon you and your families.

In remembrance of my father, Jimmie L. Phillips;

grandmother, Sallie Woodie; aunt, Lillie B. Ivory; cousin,

Beatrice Love Jones; and mother-in-law, Martha (Long)

Young for the wonderful memories and lessons learnt.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1   Praying and Praising God through Your Circumstances

Chapter 2   Forgiveness

Chapter 3   This Too Shall Pass

Chapter 4   I’m an Overcomer

Chapter 5   I Know the Plans I Have for You, Declares the Lord

Chapter 6   Putting on the Full Armor of God

Chapter 7   Trusting God

About the Author

Introduction

I was born and raised in a small town, Marvell, Arkansas, to Jimmie L. Phillips and Florstine Phillips. I’m the second child of eight. Of which my parents had thirteen children together, including half-siblings. We were very poor but rich in love and spirit.

Our parents taught us to be kind to everyone even if they were unkind to us. They also taught us to be humble and thankful for what we do have. It was very important to them that we help others in need. If that meant sharing a meal with the homeless or taking in children who were at risk of being placed in foster care and being separated from their families, whatever you could do to help was required. It didn’t matter their race, creed, or religious belief. My mother would often tell us to treat others how we’d wish to be treated. If it were you in need, what would you want others to do for you? Whatever your response would be, then you should do the same for that individual.

I see my parents’ legacy and living examples carried on through my siblings and myself. One has taken in children and raised them as her own; others are mentors and spiritual counselors in their own rights. One holds annual events to feed the homeless and provide them with health-care exams, personal grooming, clothing, resources, housing, and other essential items needed to improve their quality of life. All of our family members come together each year to support her at this awesome event.

As the old adage goes, A family that prays together stays together, which is our family legacy.

CHAPTER ONE

PRAYING AND PRAISING

GOD THROUGH

YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES

One sunny chilly morning, as I was getting dressed for work, I sensed God was telling me in His still quiet voice, You have ninety days to complete your book.

I asked, Does this include publication as well?

He answered, No, while the windows of heaven are open, you have ninety days until completion before it closes to complete your book.

This gave me a small sigh of relief. Today is April 6, 2017, and July 5, 2017, is exactly ninety days from today. The total time span is 2,160 hours. This is equivalent to 129,600 minutes. Ninety days converted to seconds is 7,776,000 seconds.

Thanks to my beautiful daughter, Kennedy, whose spiritual eye began to open the week of her nineteenth birthday. She had been researching her spiritual purpose in life and was amazed by the many testimonies of individuals regarding their spiritual gifts and walks of faith. She shared a message with me and asked that we discuss my thoughts on the messages and how similar they were to my own experiences.

While viewing one of the testimonies, I thought I would take notes and write her a summation of what I understood from the show. I felt so filled with the love of Jesus, understanding of our Father God, and the good works of the Holy Spirit that I couldn’t help but share my thoughts with my daughter along with a couple of other family members. This synopsis is shared with you in chapter five, I Know the Plans I Have for You, Declares the Lord, as seen on an episode of Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural about a young autistic boy named Josiah.

After viewing a prophetic word from three prophets about God’s plan for 2017, I knew where I should begin my life’s story. My journey and book had already been documented over the years with note-taking, testimonies, counseling others, speaking engagements, and ministry leadership roles and participation. My purpose is to give you a glimpse into the miraculous journey and trajectory of my life based on God’s goodness.

Later in life, I learned as disciples for Jesus, we must change the way we live. We must center ourselves in a manner where our lifestyles reflect our beliefs. I’ve always said that true Christian work begins at home. I found myself mentoring my family members about how to live a Christ-centered lifestyle. I expressed how we can’t allow our emotions to dictate our responses or behaviors.

It has taken many years of not only coaching but also self-correcting, biblical reading, and inspiration to stay on task. Today, most of my family members are saved. They profess Jesus as their Lord and Savior and purposefully practice what they believe to be the absolute values of a true disciple. For further studies, please read 2 Peter 1 (NASB) to learn how to grow