While out shopping over the holidays, I ran into someone from a former congregation of mine. She spoke about the turmoil gripping her congregation at that time because of a tainted leader. My heart grew heavy with sorrow from hearing the story she told. Essentially, the turmoil was caused because a leader egregiously offended a member ofContinueContinue reading “Are you asking for forgiveness or expecting to be forgiven?”
Author Archives: LaShawnda Jones
Keep moving
For a good portion of 2012, I was ready to give in to exhaustion and disappointment. Many times, I thought I was one blow away from collapsing. But now, many blows later, I see I’m still standing and still highly functioning. I didn’t fall, so I didn’t have to get up this time. However, itContinueContinue reading “Keep moving”
Boredom can be debilitating
There’s been very few periods of my life where I have claimed boredom. I’ve been tired of my own company. I’ve needed a change of scenery. I’ve tried different things. But I’ve rarely considered myself to be bored. For some time now, I’ve been in a state where absolutely nothing that interests me. All theContinueContinue reading “Boredom can be debilitating”
Try showing up.
The most empowering and spiritually edifying moments, during this same period, are those times when I showed up for myself. Those moments when God instructed me to do something — usually something that seemed outrageous to me and perhaps appeared crazy to the world — and I took Him at His word and did as I was told. Those moments have provided me with the most profound LIFE lessons of all.
Pride is all about self
There is nothing of God in your pride or self-professed righteousness. Pride is all about what you want for yourself, what you like for yourself, what you do for yourself and any other self-seeking pleasures you decide to pursue (for yourself). There is no room for God in this scenario because there is no roomContinueContinue reading “Pride is all about self”
God resists the proud
I’ve learned over the years that when I stand in my own importance, my own right, my own preferences at the detriment of another that the struggle with that person becomes intense and painful. These struggles always last much longer than any of the conflicts do where I CHOOSE to make an effort to see the issueContinueContinue reading “God resists the proud”
Pride
A worthy share from my getupandwalk blog.
Pride of sin
I’ve been wanting to do a series on pride for months now. The desire was particularly strong during Pride month when it struck me how proud people are of the sins they commit against themselves and against God. So proud, in fact, that they not only justify the sin, they celebrate it. This is not anContinueContinue reading “Pride of sin”
Pride
Pride. Such a simple word capable of great destruction. Pride doesn’t necessarily start off looking like a bad thing, though. People can “be proud of” someone and proud of their accomplishments. If it stops there – simply an impressed celebratory reaction to an element of life – no big deal. But pride rarely stops there. Look at sportsContinueContinue reading “Pride”
When people refuse to celebrate you…
I am a person who rejoices almost daily at the smallest things. I’m gleeful in my acknowledgement of others in their moments of joy and gratitude as well. But I would have to be blind to my life to not see how quiet folks are when I truly have a “world-acknowledged” reason to celebrate: spiritualContinueContinue reading “When people refuse to celebrate you…”
Harvest Life 