My life. My world. Love, hope, peace, joy & happiness.
Thanking God for His love, mercy, and grace. For His covering and guidance. For protecting me from hurts and harm. For keeping my family safe and healthy.
God, I thank you.🙏🏽
There’s so much happening at the moment. We must remember that what affects one affects all.
I pray you’re having a wonderful day. May God continue to bless and keep you in his care. Stay covered.♥️
Love you,
Shaun
Let’s keep the prayers going…
Father, God, please send relief, peace, hope, and comfort to those in need. Let them know that You are with them, and You’ll never leave them. Please wrap them in Your loving arms and let them know everything will be alright. Amen
This morning, I’m singing Hezekiah Walker’s song “Grateful.” The song says—
“I am grateful for the things that You have done. Yes, I’m grateful for the victories we’ve won. I could go on and on and on about Your works because I’m grateful, grateful, so grateful just to praise You Lord. Flowing from my heart are the issues of my heart, it’s gratefulness.”
God is so good. So very good. I’m so grateful to be in His presence. I am so grateful for His love. I am truly blessed.♥️ ~Shaun
Good Morning!☀️
1 Kings 5:4 – But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or disaster.
Only God can give absolute peace. Not only does He have the power to calm our hearts and minds, but he also has the power to calm everything around us. Rest in Him, knowing that He has everything under control.
Everything…♥️
Love you,
Shaun
Good Morning!☀️
I’m not sure if this new routine of getting more sleep is going to work. I feel like I’ve gotten too much sleep. It’s new so I will allow myself time to adjust. The real test will be how I perform throughout the day. Will I need to take a nap this afternoon or not?
Anyhoo, here’s a message I found in last year’s journal entry. I wrote I found it on LinkedIn.
The LinkedIn quote—
“Your new life is going to cost you your old life. You ready to make that trade?” –Author Unknown
The cost.
There’s always a cost associated with change.
When I declared that this side of 50 would be different than my last 50 years of life, I had no idea of what it would cost me. On some days I feel like I have lost so much more than I’ve gained. My life isn’t the same. (Just being honest.) Then, on other days—most days—when I’m working on my own projects or spending time with my loves (which is what I really wanted—the freedom to move and spend time as I please), I’m on cloud nine. But it did cost me.
Yes, I made the trade because I desired something different. I wanted to experience something different. I’m only a year and a half into it so it’s very new. I know that in time I will adjust and one day the things I lost will feel like a gain. Giving myself time, grace, and space to process it all.
That’s all for now. Not sure if 6:00 AM CT will be my new post time or not. We shall see. I did wake up around 3:30, but forced myself to go back to sleep. This is another thing I will eventually adjust to. I know in the long run it’s for the best.
I pray you have a wonderfully blessed day!♥️
Love you,
Shaun
A little bit of kindness goes a long way. Have you been kind to yourself lately?
Remember to be kind and gentle with yourself. Nothing in life ever remains the same. You are growing and evolving like everyone else and deserve just as much grace. So please, be kind to yourself.♥️
Love you always,
Shaun
This journey of mine hasn’t always been bright. Over my lifetime, I’ve had some very dark moments—so dark that I didn’t always want to be here. The day that I saved that scripture above was one of those days. But God had other plans. As the scripture says, His plan was to give me a future and hope.
Y’all, I don’t take my relationship with God lightly. Sometimes, I praise Him so much that I know I may appear a bit weird. But it’s because I know where I’ve been and where I am today. I am so grateful and blessed that He loves me.
Last week, after watching the Sunday service, I shared that I will never choose God’s promises over His presence. Y’all, His presence is everything. His presence is my life.
I can’t stress enough how incredibly blessed I am. I am beyond blessed.♥️
Shaun
Good Morning☀️
“I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth.“ –Psalm 34:1
I could write more but this scripture is on repeat in my head. Woke up repeating it.
Listen, no matter what, keep the praises going up. They must continue going up.
I pray you have a wonderfully blessed day. God is good.♥️
Love you,
Shaun
I’m back! Back with a continuation of my previous post, that is. Smile
In my last post, I wrote, “So, to reconnect ten years later had me wondering why. Why, now?” Listen, when I tell you God is so timely with His answers! I just read my journal entry from December 7, 2014, ten years ago, and all I can say is “Whew!!!” Y’all, I was going through it. My ex-husband and I were on the brink of a divorce and my life was completely chaotic. I wrote how we were down to our last bar of soap and he was talking about getting a new air conditioning system for the house. He had the money I needed for things for the house but wanted me to ask for it. I ended my entry with, “AAaaahhhhhh!!! I wish I could actually scream!!!”
Again…WHEW!!!
There’s no way I could have successfully carried out any project at that time. I was breaking.
As I said a while back, this year has been about opportunities resurfacing. Earlier this year, I was re-elected as the president-elect of my state’s dietetics association. In 2015, in the midst of all the chaos that was happening in my life, I was elected to the same position. Talk about God restoring everything I lost! I carried out all of my terms—pres. elect, president, and past president—but not as successfully as I would have liked. I wasn’t completely there and just couldn’t perform as I wanted to. Now, I’m getting a second chance.
Okay…I’m going to end now. Crying too much—both sad and happy tears. Sad ones for the broken woman I was ten years ago, and happy ones for the woman I am today. Y’all, God is soooooo good!!
Listen, please don’t give up! Where you are today is not final.♥️
Love you,
Shaun
Thought I’d add this excerpt from the beginning of my entry from December 7, 2014. I used to refer to all life experiences as adventures, including the bad ones. That was how I was able to cope with life. Had been doing it from childhood. I recently wondered if something was wrong with me because I no longer saw life as an adventure. Now I know why. I no longer need to.☺️
“I really should write a book- The Life of LaShaundrea Bradford. I’ve had a crazy life. It’s been one adventure after another.”
Ha! I guess that “book” is now my blog “It’s Shaun’s World.” Y’all see how God works? Had no idea what He was doing, but He did!
Okay… I’m really done now. Love you!
Good Morning☀️
Be careful not to let your current situation (good or bad), emotions, lack of support, or other people cause you to lose sight of your purpose. Always keep your purpose in sight.♥️
Love you,
Shaun
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