Your Healing Depends on This!

I don’t know who needs to hear this but getting up is going to be one of the hardest things you’ll do today.

You, the one who has to make funeral arrangements, or deal with the grief that’s still heavy. You, the one who has to face the reality of the relationship ending. You, the one looking at the debt that didn’t disappear while you tossed and turned last night. You, the one with a sickness that won’t leave you alone and pain nobody can explain. You, the one contending with spiritual warfare. You, the one facing the consequences of your actions. You, the one struggling but no one knows. You, the one who’s contemplated giving up.

I know. Yes, I know. It hurts. It doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t look like you’ll survive or even figure things out. But get up! Because it’s necessary for your survival. You don’t have to believe me, but after surgery, doctors will have you get up even while pain courses through your body. Why? It promotes healing, prevents blood clots, reduces swelling, decreases gas pain and weakness and it’s good for your lungs.

Getting up is hard and it hurts, but walking promotes the flow of oxygen throughout your body, sustains normal breathing, strengthens your muscle tone, and reminds you that you’re alive. Being alive means there’s still a remnant of hope for you to hold onto.

Why am I sharing this? For somebody who dreaded getting up today. Ma’am/sir, I don’t know what you have to face today, but I pray for your strength to get up even if it causes pain. Ma’am/sir, I don’t know what you’re trying to avoid but get up because it’s not going away on its own. Get up, it’s the only way you can deal with it. Ma’am/sir, get up even while it hurts because it’s necessary to your healing.

And when you get up, I’m going to pray your faith doesn’t fail.

“Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you.” — First Kings 19:7

She’s Here!!

Hey book babes. I know I’ve been neglecting y’all … I sorry. Do you forgive me?

You do because you love me. 😝💚

But, you’d be glad to know … I RELEASED A NEW BOOK!

Yes honey!

Now, this book is heavy as it deals with trauma (sexual assault). I needed to put it out there so that you aren’t triggered by words on a screen.

I say this with each book, but this one stretched me. See, most of the topics God gives me to write about, I’ve never experienced. Yet, He gives me the heart to pen words for those who have.

Those like Skylar who are questioning her faith after trauma. She, like some of us, has found herself wrestling with trusting God or with her anger. Especially after being hurt and God was silent. Or praying and Heaven won’t respond.

But even in our anger, God still listens.

Even in our maddest moments, God’s hand is still stretched towards us.

Even when we shut up, God still shows up.

So, God and I wrote this story. And I pray you enjoy it.

Get your copy here

Three minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

That’s all it took to change Skylar Parks’ life forever.

After walking away from a three-year relationship, thirty-six-year-old Skylar Parks makes a quiet promise to God that she’ll trust Him completely. She recommits her heart, surrenders her plans, and pours herself into rebuilding her life.

But in three minutes and twenty-seven seconds, everything changes.

When a man she trusted violates her in a way that doesn’t just wound her body, it shatters her sense of safety, her identity, and her faith in the God she believed would protect her.

Now, sleep is replaced with anger, and her prayers have turned into arguments with the God she once trusted. Because while her faith is whispering trust God, her pain screams, where were you?

Torn between bitterness and belief, Skylar must decide if she’ll hold on to God in the midst of her pain or let go of the faith she once clung to.

Get your copy Here!

So … I did a thing!

Being an author is something I wouldn’t change even when it doesn’t feel worth it. It is. Even when the royalties don’t match the calling, it is. Even when it feels like you’re hidden. It still is.

Why?

Because I have you.

YOU = Those who support this #IndieAuthor every release.

YOU = Those who recommend me to your family, friends, book clubs, church groups, etc.

YOU = The ones who inbox to tell me how you felt connected to a story or how a prayer spoke to your situation.

THANK YOU!

Now … to the thing. We have Bookish Gear! Yass honey. T-Shirts that rep your love for reading!

So, click HERE and order yourself a shirt or 3!

I love y’all mane! Real bad.

💚

Breathe

When tragedy happens, we tend to question things. We question God, ourselves, the air because what do you mean they’re gone, I have cancer, my car is totaled, I’m being laid off, I have to move … what? It’s also during these times that anger rises because we don’t understand. Without understanding, all we have is anger, confusion and probably cuss words. Why me/us, why now or even what did I do to deserve this. When the truth of the matter is, you don’t have to do anything wrong or do everything right for suffering to become part of your life.


Yes, God cares, but here’s the reality of life: SUFFERING WILL HAPPEN. And it’s going to happen whether we’re ready or not. Why? It’s a part of life. Does it make it easier? Nope.

Things are going to happen that hurt and leave us lost and confused. Sometimes the test will be positive for cancer. A womb may not carry a child. There may be heartbreak, death, a rocky marriage, a failed business, a lost job. Organs don’t function well. Family members get sick or die suddenly. A house is foreclosed. A car is repossessed. You may even think it’s evil—but what if it’s just life happening?


And life happens because we’re living.

So, let me tell you this. While life is lifing, breathe. Because with every breath, oxygen is transferred to your blood to give you energy. Energy to take one more step. Stop trying to figure out the days. Take it a step at a time, breath by breath and moment by moment. Soon you’ll see that you can, in fact, survive. How do I know? Because suffering and surviving can exist at the same time.


Suffering represents the situation while survival reflects your ability to endure.

Breathe!

Happy New Year!

I pray you have the year you deserve! The year that God has designed, you’ve desired and the one you trust Him to guide.

Thank you for rocking with Lakisha, Lakisha, the Author, and Temple Church all 2025! Thank you for showing up, supporting, sowing, sharing, and praying. Thank you for the invitations received, new relationships, and fellowships. More than anything, I thank God for His covering, keeping, using, sending, and even His silence. God has done some amazing things, in my life, this past year and I am grateful.

Yes, there were times of questioning, tears, grief, loss, but I never lost my faith, trust, belief, mind, or my life. Therefore, I’m excitedly looking forward to all God has planned for me, today! Sure, I’m excited about the New Year, but I’m not making resolutions. Instead, I’m declaring and doing it because my faith is bigger than my eyes, and my God keeps His promises. So, I’m taking this New Year, day by day, because the year is too long for me to worry about. That’s God’s business and when He wants to share, I’ll be listening.

What about you?

Happy New Year! Happy New You!