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Life

In God’s Hands

Shaun Bradford

Resist the urge to take the reins from God. Whatever it is… and I mean whatever it is… leave it in God’s hands. Allow Him to lead you through the process.♥️

Oh what a difference it makes when we release control and allow God to lead!

Y’all, I am so grateful my flowers were not lost. Tearing up again. I am very proud of the finished product. Stick around because the best is yet to come. Blessed

Shaun

Life

Every Praise

Shaun Bradford

How about I have been singing Hezekiah Walker’s Every Praise for about the last hour or so. Little did I know I would actually need to send up a few praises for real. Laughing. Y’all… I just lost the artwork that was supposed to accompany today’s quote. Yep… it’s gone!

I had started working on it last night. Fell asleep in the middle of drawing one of the flowers, then woke up early this morning to finish them. When I tell you the flowers were so beautifully detailed… I actually felt like an artist. Well, just as I began working on the tree branches the app restarted. Although it auto saves, sometimes it doesn’t save everything. HA!! When I reopened the app the ONLY thing that was left were the branches. My beautiful flowers were gone. Talk about speechless.

Message–Every praise, every praise is to our God! In spite of what I lost, I will continue to praise God. Amen

We’ll just say I am fine tuning my craft. The extra work will be worth it.

Y’all have a blessed day!♥️

Shaun

Life

Be Consistent

Shaun Bradford

This morning I heard the phrase, “be consistent,” while watching a video. I love one of Merriam-Webster’s definitions– to be marked by harmony. Here is what I have learned about consistency. If your head is in it and your heart is not, or vice versa, despite good intentions, you will not be consistent. Both need to operate in harmony.♥️ ~Shaun

Consistency matters.
Life

Hello Sunday

Shaun Bradford

Was looking through Facebook memories and old journals to find inspiration for today’s blog. I could not find a journal entry from this date 20+ years ago, so I decided to include my Facebook post from last year, June 4, 2022.

“Just me being me.🤷🏽‍♀️😁 Y’all, life is good and God is sooo amazing. I’m so grateful for His mercy and grace. And the way He loves me – INDESCRIBABLE!! Whew! Getting emotional just thinking about it.☺️ Twenty days until #Year49, and I’m going to enjoy every minute because I KNOW #ImBlessed! 🙏🏽♥️”

As I mentioned, I could not find an entry written on this date over 20 years ago. However, I did find several entries between 1991-2002 written either the day before or after June 4. Y’all, I weep for that young lady. She was so lost, hurt and broken. For years, even decades, she accepted any and everything that was thrown her way because she felt unworthy and unlovable. When I tell you her self esteem was shot. I can see now that she was punishing herself for that one decision she wish she had not made. That one decision caused her to enter a downward spiral that led to self hatred and mental abuse. She consistently punished herself by allowing others to misuse and abuse her. She felt she deserved the pain because she had not lived up to the dreams and goals she had set for herself. Y’all, she did not know she could recover. Sadly, it would be decades before she realized that one mistake did not define her and that all of her dreams and aspirations were still in tact.

Now, here I am 20 days before Year 50. As I mentioned last year, I am so grateful for God’s love, mercy and grace. Y’all, it is truly INDESCRIBABLE! Today, I can happily say that my life is drastically different than it was 30 years ago. That young lady is finally a woman who understands that that one decision was just part of her (my) story. Smiling

Year 50 is loading. Excited to see where this next journey takes me.

No more pain. I got you!♥️

Shaun