Healing Hearts Through the Arts

Shirah Chante is Helping God's People with Relationships

When I was leaving Los Angeles to move back to Houston after a devastating end to a horrible relationship, my Dad told me, โ€œYou need to find a good black man.โ€ย [bctt tweet=”You need to find a good black man.” via=”no”]

I thought, โ€œA good black man. Huh, why does he have to be black?โ€

I am a black woman, but I have never discriminated in who I dated. Iโ€™ve dated Black, White, Latino, Persian, Arab, and African. Up until that point in my life, none of those relationships worked.

So, I kept my Dadโ€™s advice in the back of my mind.

Fast forward fifteen years, after more years of trial and error dating various guys I thought I would make good mates, I finally found the man of my dreams.

Just figure, he happened to be a good black man. Heโ€™s not perfect, but I believe deep down inside he has a good heart.

I wasnโ€™t intentionally following my Dadโ€™s advice to marry a good black man, it seemed to just happen that way once I submitted my desire to discover the love of my dreams to my Heavenly Father.

See, I had grown really close to God during my years of broken relationships and tried my best to follow godly principles in dating because I truly believed that I would find the one for me.

And it happenedโ€ฆI found the one for me following my heart and my Dadโ€™s advice.

Your story may be different. Your Dadโ€™s advice may be different than mine because we are all unique.

However, I do believe a Dadโ€™s advice is essential in a childโ€™s life.

We should do better to follow our Dadโ€™s advice more often.

Happy Fatherโ€™s Day!

Love healing hearts,

Shirah Chante

PS โ€“ Tell me your Dadโ€™s advice for you. Leave a comment below.

 


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