I had to sit back and think about how so many people have been comfortable treating me so cavalierly and then setting me aside. The answer I came to: I forgave when they asked and forgot their transgressions without requiring anything from them. No expression of repentance, no sincere/specific apology and no attempt to make amends. I was always giving of myself and going home empty. Now, I’m asking for something in my relationships. I want to be wooed. I want to know you’re not just after a comfortable foot stool or a quiet ear. I need to know you’re interested in contributing to and sustaining a relationship with me. I need to know I’m not in it alone.
Question: To Forgive or Not to Forgive?
EVERYTHING that has come before and since falls under the directive of love. Love is the critical piece that works with forgiveness (for the transgressee & the transgressor). Love allows patience and provides compassion. Love covers every single sin you can imagine. The whole of God’s law is fulfilled when we practice love as instructed.
I Love You, But God Loves You More
God is love.... If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
My Greatest Enemy
What image comes to mind when you think the enemy (aka satan, devil)? What do you envision when you think of your deadliest combatant? Your most lethal foe?
The Greatest Weapon
The greatest weapon anyone can use against us is self-doubt. Satan used this weapon against Eve. Satan deceived Eve by promising her that if she ate from the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil her eyes would be opened and she would become like God. The problem was, she already wasContinue reading "The Greatest Weapon"
What Are You Confessing?
It was imperative that I retract my negative responses. After all, life and death is in the power of the tongue! (Proverbs 18:21) The last word on my future was not going to be no husband, no children, no family!
My God and Me Book Promo – From Milwaukee to New York
LaShawnda Jones moved from Milwaukee, WI to New York City to find herself. She found God instead. Follow her journey… from bondage to liberation; from clan membership to womanhood; from ignorance to obedience to the will of God.
My God and Me Book Promo – Life Cycle
Life Cycle Out of the night of winter Into the light of spring Blossoming with so much greater Life in summer Even autumn offers hope Cycling, cycling Growing, growing Through it all Becoming
My God and Me Book Promo – Ever Wonder?
Have you ever wondered where you would be… without help, guidance, compassion, hope, faith, love? Have you ever wondered where you would be without God? Do you know what your God has done for you? I know what mine has done for me.
What makes you happy?
Many people have romance, however, not many people have a relationship you can see God actively living in. Have you thought about what you think makes you happy versus what actually makes you happy?
Harvest Life 