{"id":31206,"date":"2019-01-01T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/?p=31206"},"modified":"2019-01-02T18:41:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T23:41:27","slug":"keeping-the-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/keeping-the-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping the Faith!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31212\" src=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3543.jpg\" alt=\"Keeping the Faith, What I'm Wearing: Pink blazer, pink BCBGMAXAZRIA Modie Tiered Fringe Skirt, Christian Louboutin Pigalle pumps, Maje heart belt bag\" width=\"806\" height=\"1210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3543.jpg 806w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3543-400x600.jpg 400w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3543-768x1153.jpg 768w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3543-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most people are looking forward to the New Year but I&#8217;m actually sad 2018 is coming to an end! This year has been so great to me. I feel like a broken record because I&#8217;ve been saying this all year, in almost every blog and social media post, but it honestly was the best year of my life! I truly lived my best life from the start to the finish.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been following What&#8217;s Haute, you know that <a href=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/hate-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017 was a pretty tough year for me<\/a>. It almost broke me. My faith was severely tested. It was the year of loss and pain, including plenty of painful transitions and tests. I felt like I was living in a never ending specter of darkness that permeated every area of my life. It was the toughest period I&#8217;ve ever experienced. But amidst it all, I knew God was working in my life. Working on something bigger. Working I something better. And working on me. So I worked hard on staying positive despite all of the negative circumstances in my life, and keeping the faith. Even though I couldn&#8217;t see the light, I believed it was there, just on the other side of my pain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31211\" src=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3537.jpg\" alt=\"Keeping the Faith, What I'm Wearing: Pink blazer, pink BCBGMAXAZRIA Modie Tiered Fringe Skirt, Christian Louboutin Pigalle pumps, Maje heart belt bag\" width=\"806\" height=\"1210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3537.jpg 806w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3537-400x600.jpg 400w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3537-768x1153.jpg 768w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3537-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Keeping the faith paid off! 2018 was the year of the turnaround. The year of complete restoration. All of God&#8217;s promises to me became a reality. I started the year off with the loss of a loved one which was tough, but otherwise I tried to maintain the positive, faith-filled outlook I worked so hard to achieve. And God blessed me so abundantly this year that I found it hard to keep track of all of my blessings. I listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joycemeyer.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joyce Meyer&#8217;s podcast<\/a> every morning and she often talks about how &#8220;God will give you double for your trouble&#8221; when you remain faithful to Him. And this year I saw the proof of that firsthand. For every thing, and in every area which I lost in 2017, God gave me greater in 2018. Greater grace. Greater favor. Greater blessings. I&#8217;m so excited to see what 2019 has in store but I&#8217;m so thankful for the year that I&#8217;ve had. I know a lot of people who have had a rough 2018 and I just want you to know that God can completely turn your life around next year, so much so that you won&#8217;t want the year to come to an end! That&#8217;s what keeping the faith can and will do!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31210\" src=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3528.jpg\" alt=\"Keeping the Faith, What I'm Wearing: Pink blazer, pink BCBGMAXAZRIA Modie Tiered Fringe Skirt, Christian Louboutin Pigalle pumps, Maje heart belt bag\" width=\"775\" height=\"1163\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3528.jpg 775w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3528-400x600.jpg 400w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3528-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3528-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many blessings to you all in 2019!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31209\" src=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3518.jpg\" alt=\"Keeping the Faith, What I'm Wearing: Pink blazer, pink BCBGMAXAZRIA Modie Tiered Fringe Skirt, Christian Louboutin Pigalle pumps, Maje heart belt bag\" width=\"806\" height=\"1210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3518.jpg 806w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3518-400x600.jpg 400w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3518-768x1153.jpg 768w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3518-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31208\" src=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3474.jpg\" alt=\"Keeping the Faith, What I'm Wearing: Pink blazer, pink BCBGMAXAZRIA Modie Tiered Fringe Skirt, Christian Louboutin Pigalle pumps, Maje heart belt bag\" width=\"806\" height=\"1210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3474.jpg 806w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3474-400x600.jpg 400w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3474-768x1153.jpg 768w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3474-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31207\" src=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3467.jpg\" alt=\"Keeping the Faith, What I'm Wearing: Pink blazer, pink BCBGMAXAZRIA Modie Tiered Fringe Skirt, Christian Louboutin Pigalle pumps, Maje heart belt bag\" width=\"806\" height=\"1210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3467.jpg 806w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3467-400x600.jpg 400w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3467-768x1153.jpg 768w, http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GE2A3467-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people are looking forward to the New Year but I&#8217;m actually sad 2018 is coming to an end! This year has been so great to me. 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