AskLatisha.com » Thoughts http://www.asklatisha.com Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:17:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Songs of Summer:Song of the Day: Wet Me- Krosfyah http://www.asklatisha.com/songs-of-summersong-of-the-day-wet-me-krosfyah/ http://www.asklatisha.com/songs-of-summersong-of-the-day-wet-me-krosfyah/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:31:20 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2845 Today I am feeling nostalgic, I miss my Caribbean beaches. So I’ll have to settle for the next best thing, I’m going outside to play in the sprinklers
with my kids. Here’s a song that best reflects how I am feeling today, Enjoy. Have fun this summer ya’ll.

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Questions, that even as a verdict has been decided, is still unanswered.  I can’t claim to know what happened or if Casey did or did not deliberately or accidentally take her daughter’s life but it feels as though a lot of what I have learned about her surrounding this case, as a mom, doesn’t make any sense to me.

For example, her lies; the 31 days after her daughter went missing of not telling anyone she was missing or calling the police; her calmness versus her mother’s franticness, when her mother made a call to 911; accusing her father of sexual abuse, then saying something completely opposite in their jailhouse conversations; the smell of decomposition in her car, the “Bella Vita” (means ”Beautiful Life”) tattoo she got while her daughter was missing, and the list goes on.

It doesn’t make any sense to me, how a jury could find her not guilty. Not guilty, I honestly don’t believe that, but the law is the law, and despite it all, the State just did not have anything other than circumstantial evidence to prove beyond a shadow of doubt she did this, and the Defense did an awesome job of creating reasonable doubt, well, for the jury anyway.

I don’t know what is going to happen now, if the truth will come out someday or  will anyone ever pay for this awful crime on this Earth, I do know however that they will pay and they will carry that guilt with them for the rest of their lives. Personally, I believe we had the killer in our grasp and we let her go. What now?

This little girl was killed and her body thrown in the woods like trash, and now today that crime goes unpunished.

I was too young to really remember the details of the OJ Simpson trial, but when I heard this verdict that’s what I thought about, only up until recently, OJ Simpson has been walking around a free man, well free from physical bondage anyway and here is someone else getting away with murder. I think this Jury really played it safe.

I still think that Casey has hell to pay from here on out,  more jailtime or not.

I just want to remember Caylee today, a beautiful princess who never got to shine, because my life will go on and the rest of the world will move on, and Caylee will soon be out of our thoughts and minds, knowing this sadden me. To quote CNN headline news host Nancy Grace, “Somewhere out there, the devil is dancing.”

Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.

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Have you looked around lately and seen a specific verse being fulfilled, 2 Timothy 3:

 1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

Well, as much as the devil will want me to think something like, why would I bring children into a world like that, I’m thinking, these children will be the light in darkness. They will light up my home, and then they will go out and light up the world, and bring many to God.

So my plan is to teach them the light of God’s word. Teach them good values; teach them to love, and raise happy healthy thriving kids, so far, so good. At present, I have two children, a daughter (almost 5) and a son (17 months), and I am a month pregnant.

Sometimes I get so scared and wonder, can I do this, do I have what it takes, but I guess I just need to remember God’s word in Matthew 6:25-34…do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

And remember this verse is my everyday parenting, Deuteronomy 11: 18-21, Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.

Pray for me my friends.

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The 9 basic Motives are:

Emotion of Love,
Emotion of Sex,
Desire for Material Gain,
Desire for Self-Preservation,
Desire for freedom of body and mind,
Desire for self-expression and recognition,
Desire for life after death,
Desire for revenge and
Emotion of Fear.

Food for thought right?

What motivates you and why?

Leave your comments below.

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What do I feel today? Lost and confuse, hurt, scared and in a slump. You may be wondering why. Honestly, I don’t have an adequate reason. I am carrying the world on my shoulders and we know that’s not my job.

Hey, Christian men and women, tell me what I did wrong. I started my day like this, I said a very brief prayer to God, then I went for my computer, looked through my e-mail and I read this article. Then I started to feel worried, disheartened, doubtful and afraid.

These emotions are the greatest weapons of the demonic world. They render you powerless before you even get in to the ring to fight.

When David went to battle the giant Goliath, he put on His spiritual armor and he didn’t doubt for a minute that God would help him defeat the giant, he didn’t worry that  he was much smaller than the massive force before him, he believed with all his might that God was with him, and he defeated the giant. I want that faith.

We all have Goliaths before us, mine is fear, anxiety, worry, guilt, self-doubt, discouragement, etc. The negative thoughts and images these strongholds produce are illusions, deceits, and lies of the enemy, and the only way to defeat them is to put on the armor of God everyday and take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ. I’m working on that, because I don’t want to be defeated before I even get in the ring and I certainly don’t want to be a prisoner of my own mind. I want to break free from the strongholds that keep me in bondage. I want to be a champion for God, myself, my children, my husband, my family and friends and I want to be happy. I want to be a free woman.

Related Bible Verses:

 

Ephesians 6:10-18 (New International Version)

The Armor of God

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

2 Corinthians 10:5 (New International Version)

5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

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Thank You God For Spring

 

Dear God,

Thank you for winter

To cool and water the earth

To give animals and plants time to rest

Until spring’s rebirth

Dear God,

Thank you for Spring

Sunshine and Rain

When flowers, animals and plants

Join us again

Thank you God for spring

Cool beautiful days

After a long treacherous winter

I appreciate its beauty in so many ways

Thank you God for the bloom of new flowers

I could take in their aroma and essence for hours and hours

Thank you God for Earth’s healing powers

Thank you God for rainy days

I’d dance in the rain

And bask in sun’s rays

Thank you God for walks in the park between the trees

Thank you God for buzzing bees

Feeding on nectar, making honey

Scattering pollen, when days are sunny

God, let us remember the importance of these

What would our Earth be like without the presence of bees?

Thank you God for bright and sunny days

The bright floral colors of Spring

Thank you God for this wonderful seasonal blessing

Copyright © 2011

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/its-spring/feed/ 0 The Battle/Wonderfully Made/ The Two Mes http://www.asklatisha.com/the-battlewonderfully-made-the-two-mes/ http://www.asklatisha.com/the-battlewonderfully-made-the-two-mes/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:55:29 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2122 You may be wondering what’s up with the three titles above. Well, honestly I didn’t want to choose between any of these three prospective titles because they all reflect what I am going to write about. So you pick whichever one you like the best and let me know, okay.

There is an illustration used in many sitcoms that we often find hilarious; but it kind of accurately depicts what goes on regularly, if not always, inside our thoughts and spirit.

 There are two versions of ourselves, one on each shoulder; one wearing a fiery red devil costume with a pitch fork in his hand, trying to convince us to embrace our wicked side; the other wearing a glowing white robe with wings on his back and a halo over his head, ever so sweetly representing the good in us. Then you have to decide which one to listen to, whenever you need to make a decision.

 I often feel as though they are two mes. One which is a vibrant, confident, powerhouse of a woman ready to take on what life throws at her; ready for adventure; rolling with the punches; and getting back up and dusting herself off whenever she falls. She often hears a voice whisper in her ears; “You are wonderfully made, you are loved, you are significantly blessed.” She doesn’t over-explain or over compensate, and she doesn’t apologize for who she is. She loves God, herself, her life, her family, her children, and everything that she is and represents. She is healthy physically, spiritually and mentally. She is always wrapped in the warmth of Jesus’ embrace.  I could describe this woman forever, because she is my favorite. Yes, I said it, I have a favorite.

 Then there is the other one; who lives in darkness all the time, her thoughts and attitudes are always toxic. She is always angry, afraid, worried and anxious. She hears voices that lie to her everyday; they say things like; “you are worthless, stupid, and incapable;” and she believes that smut. She walks around in despair all day which makes her unable to do or enjoy anything in life; and she is never able to grow because she never steps out of her comfort zone. Satan has her under tight lock and key in the darkness, so no light could ever shine through.

 These two mes are both fighting for dominance, and I know which side I’m routing for. However, it is going to take more than just sitting on the side lines and screaming to the top of my lungs; “Go Latisha, go; Go God go.”

I have to make a choice. I have to be the one to hold all my thoughts captive and make them obedient to God. I have to choose confidence in God and not in myself; and cast my cares and fears on HIM, because he is better equipped to handle them than I am. I need to choose happiness and joy; and pray and believe I can move mountains with faith as small as a mustard seed. I have to do what I can, and trust God to do what I can’t. I have to believe that I am wonderfully made in God’s own image.

 God’s Word:

Psalms 139 (NIV)

 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

 1 O LORD, you have searched me
       and you know me.

 2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
       you perceive my thoughts from afar.

 3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
       you are familiar with all my ways.

 4 Before a word is on my tongue
       you know it completely, O LORD.

 5 You hem me in—behind and before;
       you have laid your hand upon me.

 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
       too lofty for me to attain.

 7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
       Where can I flee from your presence?

 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
       if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
       if I settle on the far side of the sea,

 10 even there your hand will guide me,
       your right hand will hold me fast.

 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
       and the light become night around me,”

 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
       the night will shine like the day,
       for darkness is as light to you.

 13 For you created my inmost being;
       you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
       your works are wonderful,
       I know that full well.

 15 My frame was not hidden from you
       when I was made in the secret place.
       When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

 16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
       All the days ordained for me
       were written in your book
       before one of them came to be.

 17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
       How vast is the sum of them!

 18 Were I to count them,
       they would outnumber the grains of sand.
       When I awake,
       I am still with you.

 19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
       Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

 20 They speak of you with evil intent;
       your adversaries misuse your name.

 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
       and abhor those who rise up against you?

 22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
       I count them my enemies.

 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
       test me and know my anxious thoughts.

 24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
       and lead me in the way everlasting.

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