Holiday Book Blitz #8: A Secret Worth Keeping by Lakisha Johnson

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About the Book:
Shelby is a career woman turned housewife who enjoys the friendships that have been built with her 5 best friends; Camille, Lynesha, Raylin, Kerri and Chloe. They are all career women with different businesses, husbands and even children but something is missing and they can’t seem to find it at home, in a store or even in a book. So, they search for this missing piece in the beds, arms, cars and even offices of other men who don’t mind paying for what Dem Dam Divas can offer. They enjoy the thrill of sneaking, creeping and even vacationing on someone else’s dime but they soon find out that all good things come to an end. What happens when it becomes too much? From secretly wanting someone who doesn’t want you, loving only to not be loved back and being caught up in a dream that you’re about to be awaken from; will it be worth it in the end? Will they regret their actions or stand by them? Will they finally question whether this secret is really worth keeping?

Daily Devotional – 12/6/13 “For if I suffer, I’ll gain …”

Now, the song says for if I suffer, I’ll gain eternal life but before I even get there, I’ll gain down here. See, God told me that whatever I sow, I shall reap which means I’ll gain down here (if I sow good things). He said if I ask it shall be given; which means I’ll gain down here (if I ask the right things). He said give and it will be given back to you; which mean I’ll gain down here (if I give good things). He said knock and the door will be open for me, which means I’ll gain down here (if I’m knocking on the right door). He said seek and I will find, which means I’ll gain down here (if I’m seeking the right thing). So, I’ll suffer in my temporary situations if it means I can gain something eternal (never-ending).

Yea, so you go on and suffer through your temporary sickness because it’s gaining your everlasting healing. Go on and suffer through your temporary moment of being without because it’s gaining your endless time of being with. Go on and suffer through you temporary heartbreak because it’s gaining the unending love that you deserve. Yea, I know that it may seem like this temporary situation is lasting a long time but it’ll end with a gain of everything you deserved. The woman with an issue of blood suffered 12 longs years yet she gained her healing. The blind man suffered from birth yet he received his sight. Oh, I know that’s the bible days but let me call some witnesses from today. Come here my Aunt Evelyn who was diagnosed with breast cancer but can now proclaim she’s cancer free. Come here Grandma Cora who was diagnosed with kidney cancer yet she’s still living. Come here my friend Tara who was diagnosed with breast cancer yet she’s living. Come here my sister Laquisha who’s suffering with pain yet she’s willing. Come here all of you who the world deemed a statistic yet you’ve risen above it. Come here all of you that folk said wouldn’t make it yet you’ve overcame every obstacle. Come here those of you who folk said wouldn’t be nothing but now your business is thriving. Yea, suffering doesn’t feel good yet it doesn’t last. So go on through for if you suffer you’ll gain … whatever it is you set your heart to!

P.S. God gave me a gift and every day I use it to glorify Him. Even in writing my first urban fiction, it is only because of God’s grace and guess what, it’s number 1 today on Amazon’s List of African American Women’s Fiction so when I write about these things, it’s because I know and not because of what I heard!

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Synopsis:
Shelby is a career woman turned housewife who enjoys the friendships that have been built with her 5 best friends; Camille, Lynesha, Raylin, Kerri and Chloe. They are all career women with different businesses, husbands and even children but something is missing and they can’t seem to find it at home, in a store or even in a book. So, they search for this missing piece in the beds, arms, cars and even offices of other men who don’t mind paying for what Dem Dam Divas can offer. They enjoy the thrill of sneaking, creeping and even vacationing on someone else’s dime but they soon find out that all good things come to an end. What happens when it becomes too much? From secretly wanting someone who doesn’t want you, loving only to not be loved back and being caught up in a dream that you’re about to be awaken from; will it be worth it in the end? Will they regret their actions or stand by them? Will they finally question whether this secret is really worth keeping?

Daily Devotional – 12/5/13 “For if I suffer …”

I keep hearing the song, When I see Jesus, Amen; and there’s a particular part in the song that says, “For if I suffer, I’ll gain eternal life.” Oh but then I turn to my bible; 1 Peter 5:10, that tells me “And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.” Then Romans 5:3-5, “More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” And then Romans 8:18 sums it all up with, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” Simply saying for if I suffer, I gain eternal life!

Oh, I feel alright about this thing called life now because if I suffer, I gain a reward over there. Yea, I feel alright about the bad times now because I got something greater waiting on me over there. Yea, I feel, I feel … I feel better about the storm I sometimes endure, this race I have to sometimes run alone, this pain that sometimes takes over my body, this sickness that tries to tear me down, the enemies who tries to destroy me, the lies folk tell to ruin me, the few haters I have that try to spoil my gift, the stress that tries to wear me down, the world that tries to confine me, the doubt that tries to bind me and even the no that tries to detour me because if I suffer through all of this … My God! For if I suffer, for if you suffer, for if we suffer; WE shall gain eternal, that’s everlasting, that’s never ending, that’s forever, that’s having no beginning nor end, no start or stop time, no cancellation or expiration date but undying life! Yea, you can shout now!

Daily Devotional – 12/4/13 “Churchin yourself to hell!”

Yea, I know that you’re asking how you can church yourself to hell; well I’m going to tell you. First, let me define “churchin,” in my terms. Churchin is the time, energy and resources you put into serving God. If you’re at the church every time the doors open but you raise more hell than the devil, you’re churchin yourself to hell. If you are teaching Sunday school yet you’re too holy to practice what you teach, you’re churchin yourself to hell. If you keep saying, “God knows my heart” to account for your sins instead of repenting, you’re churchin yourself to hell. If you’re standing at the altar wishing bad over folk’s life while the preacher is praying, you’re churchin yourself to hell. If your only reason for going to church is to see the mistakes the Pastor makes instead of the message, you’re churchin yourself to hell. Oh and if you think you can’t be sent to Hell, then may I suggest you re-read your bible because if God will banish the angels who sinned then surely you can be too (2 Peter 2:4). Now, let me tell you this … Hell wasn’t made for us because Matthew 25:41 says “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,” but this doesn’t mean we can’t go. See, if we are living and doing the exact same thing the devil and his angels are doing; what does that make us? If we set out to intentionally hurt folk, misuse and abuse, tear them down, knock them down and then kick them, hate and stay angry; aren’t we as equally guilty as the devil? And no, the devil doesn’t have to have you on his payroll to work for him because if you’re doing all these things as a so called Christian then you’re working for him but for free.

All I’m saying is get back to God! Get back to churchin the right way. Praise God during the good and bad times. Give like you should and help when you know you could. Love more and show hate the door. Pray for people and allow the Holy Spirit to live in you deeper. Show God’s light and let him win the fight. Be a blessing and stop stressing. Share mercy and grace instead of being two faced. Stop with the pity we see and do away with the woe is me. Use your gifts and watch your atmosphere shift. Yea, get back to churchin where the praise is real and not just a thrill. Get back to churchin where you leave renewed, your spirit on fire and not only was it the Pastor but it also came from the choir. Get back to churchin so you’ll have a story to tell and stop with the churchin that’ll send your soul to hell.