God can't bless you for tend to be or who you compare yourself to. He can only bless you and the lane that was created for you.

I feel that for somebody.

You don't need no itch, it's a tea you need boundaries.

What? I don't need your lights, I don't need your elevation.

All I need is a God party for me that's there all things, all things, all things.

Child.

Let me tell you how churchy I am.

When I think of Rihanna's hit song, work, work, work, work, work, I also think about the amount of work we have to do in order to say connected to our faith through the disappointment, through the trial and the tribulations.

Faith is indeed work, work, work, work, work. Sometimes we get so caught up in the faith it takes to believe something will happen.

We aren't as faithful to the work required to get it done.

Not my girl Ashley Blaine, Featherson Jenkins, though.

This is the epitome of faith and work and we get the privilege to glean from her wisdom.

Let's kick it with her on this week's podcast episode.

Okay, so I have a question for you because I understand that you decided somewhat, I guess early on in your career,

that it wasn't going to be just acting, but that you were going to be this force of positivity and perspective as it relates to being a black woman in Hollywood, which I don't know personally, but I have a lot of friends who are in the industry and I understand that it has its challenges.

What made you decide that even though the work doesn't necessarily require you to be demonstrative about your faith, but that there is community that can be created to help empowered people in a way that may not be being done or has an opportunity to be revisited?

That's a great question, Sarah.

My faith is everything and I never wanted to have that be an aspect of my career that was ever hidden. It's my life.

If it's my life, then it's also my career and it should be infused in everything that I do.

I also just realized early on that acting, performing, being an artist, being a part of Hollywood was always bigger than me. It was never just about the excitement of the job or the opportunity, it was about who can I touch, who can I inspire, who's going to really get something from this, who's going to be able to go after their dreams more fiercely because they saw me go after mine in that way.

I always too wanted people to know that the blessings you see in my life are not by happenstance. They are God-given.

I don't ever want anybody to be confused by it. I don't want people to think that it's coming from any other place than from God.

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