Cora Jakes Coleman is divorcing after a decade.
Who’s next? Time flies. People change. God remains the same.
Whenever I see someone post pregnancy news, my past response would be (smile and laugh better her than me!!) Divorce news?? (Smile and praise God, we are still here TOGETHER)
God said that there will be many celeb deaths this year. And so far, there has. From rappers, to fashion icons, to tv stars and news reporters— COVID and non COVID related, we say RIP to popular people who lived their lives on screen. Some deaths are not physical though..they are spiritual. Relationship deaths…
This couple were not Hollywood celebs like Meagan Good and Devon Franklin. Cora Jakes and Brandon Coleman were famous American Christian celebs. They are known in the church world and perhaps the main reason has to do with who her daddy is. Yep. The world renowned Bishop Thomas Dexter Jakes.
I admire Cora because she is a prayer warrior. She even wrote a book entitled Ferocious Warrior, holding a sword on the cover page. She ministers to celebrities and to the children ministry that she leads at her daddy’s mega church. Cora is a Christian celeb who really knows Jesus.
When I heard the divorce news tonight while going through Youtube, my heart felt sad. Cora?? Divorce?? In a sentence together?? Wait what? How? Why? And surely it had to be the husband who had done something totally bizarre for this faith warrior, prayer coverer to be divorcing. Yep. Definitely Brandon did something crazy!! Well, I found her IG post where she asked for prayer. And I just pray. For her. For them. For their children. For people who looked up to them and think well if Cora is divorcing, surely there is no hope for me and my marriage. That girl can pray!!
It is no surprise to us Christians that trouble comes. You can be winning and maturing and excelling in one area then BOOM, here comes trouble. We know that our enemy, satan, wants to kill us, steal from us and destroy us. Christians are not exempt from marital problems or individual struggles and mistakes.
Scriptures about leaning NOT to my own understanding comes to mind, pray for the saints even the more now in these perilous times, walk circumspect, and trust in the Lord with all my heart. I am also reminded that JESUS IS OUR ONLY HOPE AND ANCHOR! Thank God for examples of Christians who live out loud on social media or whose calling have them on a bigger platform but JESUS REMAINS OUR GREATEST EXAMPLE. Surely He would have billions of followers. Then I thought well Jesus wasn’t married!! Ha! What was his single days waiting like– ??We are His bride. The church. I do believe that it hurts Him to see marriage unions broken. I most definitely believe that God is doing NEW things in many of us in the season! And that all things will work together for our good (for Cora’s good, for Devon’s good).
My position is to pray. And get my House in order by getting myself together!! Be careful, less I fall!! Kierra Shread sang SNAP say nothing and pray!! My business is not to wonder why or how or what Brandon did– or what happened to the Franklins– just pray. Pray for myself, my husband and all the saints I know who are truly doing our best to live like and then see Jesus one day.
