At the Point of Almost: From Uncertainty to Serenity

By Tiffany Donald-Lockett

Feeling like, life has been so unfair to me, but what can I say except, ‘I'm still here.' So, I'm determined to make the best out of it, take every opportunity as a blessing, and live the rest of my life to the fullest.

-Jonathan Anthony Burkett

As an author, I realize that life pitches many curve balls, but as long as we can handle the curves, we win! Currently, I am evolving with the gift of writing that was placed inside of me before I was preordained to exist in this world. I am by no means intimidated, nor do I feel inadequate as I communicate to others my various pitfalls. I only intend to help pull someone through their own tunnel. In addition, I am working on reenrolling in college to pursue a master's program in Christian counseling. I enjoy helping people with my nonfiction experiences-not fiction. My five children and I are doing well. In fact, there will be a new godly priest added to our family. We will not take down or give up because we have always declared that we're winners!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: May 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781098035617

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At the Point of Almost

From Uncertainty to Serenity

Tiffany Donald-Lockett

Copyright © 2021 by Tiffany Donald-Lockett

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Table of Contents

The Secret Is Out

On the Edge

The Separation

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Tunnel

The Move

The Consequences

The Cry for Serenity

I’m Free!

A Personal Overall Evaluation

Preface

Real-life experiences are inevitable. However, you cannot afford to terminate your destiny because purpose is waiting on you!

You may begin on the edge but end on the mountaintop. The scripture says, Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit (Ecclesiastes 7:8).

Thanks

First, I give thanks to God. He allowed me to write and publish my second book. This sequel to the book titled Provoked to Purpose is a life-changing, personal narrative that will uplift, edify, and fortify the weary.

Second, I honor and respect the five grace gifts that Father God has lent to me. The all-seeing King of Kings envisioned the capability, responsibility, accountability, and certainty I have as a woman and mother before the day of my conception. I am honored to have such talented, intelligent, gifted, and beautiful children. I would not trade them for anything in the world. The best is in stored for each of them: Princeton, Josiah, Jeremiah, Benjamin, and Breanna. Look out, World! You are in for a change of a lifetime with these future leaders! I love them to life and will do so forever!

Finally, I appreciate my father (the late Bishop John Vincent Jr.), my mother, my siblings, my extended family, my church family, and my friends. The love and life-motivating prophecies spoken over me are coming to light! I am no longer in the tunnel because I was guided by the Light, Jesus Christ of Nazareth! He is my lord, my savior, my friend, my healer, my redeemer, my deliverer, my judge, my counselor, and the only way!

Introduction

There comes a point where you no longer care if there’s a light at the end of the tunnel or not. You’re just sick of the tunnel.

—Ranata Suzuki

I was torn and perplexed that day I took the pregnancy test. I waited, waited, and waited for there to be just one line. Nonetheless, two lines eventually appeared. Immediately I began to panic and worry! I really thought the test had malfunctioned because it took way too long, so I decided to retest myself two more times.

Feeling scared, worried, and nervous, I tried to brace myself for the result. This time, the two lines appeared promptly. For this reason, I began to cry and shouted, "No, no! This can’t be happening to me! Is this true?" I suddenly became ashamed and embarrassed because I’d never imagined this would happen to me.

When I was a little girl, I had always been a dreamer, but I did not ever have a vision of me conceiving my first child before I got married. Besides, I had never experienced anything like this before. Why now? I asked myself. Shame, guilt, embarrassment, despair, fear, anxiety, worry, and disbelief all collided inside me simultaneously. I began to ask myself questions: What do I do? How do I deal with this? What will they say?