Encouragement

Count Your Blessings

There is a Christian hymn which goes by the same name. These words speak truth into my heart.

When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
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Refrain
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count More >

Before Creation

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight”
(Ephesians 1:4, NIV)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
Did you know God had a plan for you before the foundations of the earth? He created you to be holy and blameless in His sight. Why? He More >

Fear and Parenting can’t be friends

Fear is a powerful emotion, one that could kill us figuratively and literally. It is the biggest weapon Satan can form against us to destroy lives; our own and the lives of others.
I was already growing into an extremely fearful person, now as a parent and a wife my fear has drastically increased. Now I’m More >

Excerpts from Joyce Meyer’s The Confident Woman

I am not as confident a woman as I’d like to be. I’m still trying to figure a lot of stuff out; like how to be the woman God designed me to be; how to pursue excellence; in the way I live my life; the way I raise my children; as a wife; a writer; More >

Quotes

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”
—Oprah Winfrey
(1954-); television host, actress, philanthopist
“Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly, and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love.”
—Leo F. Buscaglia
(1924-1998); professor, author
“You know you’re in More >

We are the World Music Video Revamped

Here  is the revamped music video of “We are the World.”  Now called “We are the World-25 for Haiti.”
Haters out there talking about how it sucks. I don’t think it sucks at all and I am not comparing it to the original. It is modern and more relevant to these times.
Two complaints though; why the heck did More >

I’m Blessed!

Hi, Good Morning ya’ll, how are you doing today?
Well me, I am just fine. This year has started out a little rough and challenging; especially in three areas; finances; miscarriages and first trimester blues; but even though things are still a bit challenging now; I see my life turning around like I knew it would More >

Blogging Anniversary

I just wanted to give a short shout-out to asklatisha.com today; it’s exactly one year ago today I started posting on my blog. I am very proud; at present I have 104 post and 52 comments (hope to drastically improve that number next year); make that 105 post including this one.
Happy Birthday, AskLatisha.com.
I wanted to More >

Annual Prayer Breakfast

Last Saturday morning (a lovely day); the Men’s Fellowship at my Church hosted a prayer breakfast; the décor was gorgeous; the food look absolutely scrumptious, made me wish I had a bigger mouth; my husband played the sax (song- “Nothing but the love of Jesus”); we prayed for the youth, we prayed for leadership, we More >

Song of the Moment: It’s a New Day- Will.I.Am

I absolutely love this video, this song and these lyrics. So enjoy! Hope you like it too. Rock on!