Welcome Friend!

Hey friend!! Welcome to the blog, Life & Godliness. Allow me to introduce myself, I’m Ericka L. Ferrias — blog writer, friend, sister, aunt, daughter, and proud dog mom. Welcome to my little corner of the internet — where we talk about the messy, awkward, beautiful parts of life nobody puts in the group chat, the tea on real-life lessons (some taught gently, others snatched my edges), share the random joys that make life sweeter, and of course the journey of a Woman of God just trying to keep it cute and Kingdom in these streets. 

As a young girl, I would find a quiet corner in the house and write whatever came to my mind.  I would find myself writing down dreams and aspirations, diary entries, plans for my future, short stories, scripts for movie projects in my head lol, songs, poems, you name it, I wrote it.  It is what I realize now was my connection to God.  I thought it was my own creative thoughts and imagination, but all along it was God speaking over me, to me, and through me.  He was giving me ideas, assignments, creativity, and revelation at a very young age, but I didn’t have the language or the insight for it then.  I guarded my little writings with my life.  So much so, that I stopped writing for fear that someone would find it and shoot down my dreams, judge, or have something less than encouraging to say. I feared that my innermost thoughts would be exposed and somehow exploited, leaving me vulnerable and afraid. It was not until I became an adult that I realized the things I would write, or try my best to hold in my memory, God would cause them to manifest in my life later.  Hence the blog!

It is my hope that through this blog, not only will God breathe on the scribe that was dying in my childhood because of fear and so many other things, but that it would bring light, laughter, and encouragement to all who read.  I now understand that there is purpose in what God gave me way back then when I didn’t even know what to do with it. Regardless of what worked against me then, the difficulties and challenges I have faced in life, the things I didn’t know, I now understand that by the divine power of God, I have been given everything I need for life and godliness.