Lakisha, the Author

Daily Devotional – 11/22/17 “Keep pouring!”

On my drive to work this morning, I heard the song by CeCe Winans, “Alabaster box.” I’ve heard the song before and even read the biblical story, written in the synoptic gospels but something in her lyrics stood out to me, this time. And it is this verse that says, “The room grew still asContinue reading “Daily Devotional – 11/22/17 “Keep pouring!””

Daily Devotional – 11/17/17 “What are you willing to sacrifice?”

I sometimes wonder why it has to be so hard, serving God. Yes, I understood I would have to sacrifice some time, some relationships, some invitations, some tears, some hurt and some moments of woes but what I didn’t realize was the ‘what else’. What do I mean? Well, there is something else that comesContinue reading “Daily Devotional – 11/17/17 “What are you willing to sacrifice?””

Daily Devotional – 11/16/17 “Where is your attention fixed?”

I was watching an old episode of Grey’s Anatomy and a young man was bought in who’d been in an accident with his girlfriend. It was Valentine’s Day and the couple was arguing over the gift the boyfriend had given. It was a necklace. To the girlfriend, it was “another old necklace” and she’d expectedContinue reading “Daily Devotional – 11/16/17 “Where is your attention fixed?””

Daily Devotional – 11/14/17 “Isaiah 40:27-31”

Here it is, another Tuesday in another month, almost at the end of another year and somebody is still tarrying at the table of the tempter. Still being troubled by temptation yet you will not trouble the one on the throne. The toil of tomorrow is already terrifying you because you will not use yourContinue reading “Daily Devotional – 11/14/17 “Isaiah 40:27-31””

Daily Devotional – 11/13/17 “With the measure you use…”

Before you begin to hold court on someone’s life based on your perception of them, you might want to check the reference book of life. Before you open your mouth to criticize folk’s ways, you may need to turn with me in the good book. Before you set out to talk about others in groupContinue reading “Daily Devotional – 11/13/17 “With the measure you use…””