There's So much in a Name!

So someone who learned that my middle name is Shunta called me up and said "Shunta?! Really?  Lol. I never would've imagined that." Yep,  that's me.

"Shunta" is  pronounced like the singer's name Chante Moore  and the rapper's name  Roxanne Shante'. Shunta is an alternate spelling for Shanté.  It is derived from “Ashanti”.  When used as a woman’s name Ashanti means strong, warlike, African woman.

A strong, warlike woman of God is a leader. She's decisive, prayerful,  discerning, and adept at spiritual warfare. She's loyal, fearless, tireless, and intelligent. She flows  in a Deborah-like anointing and is  resolutely determined  (i.e. stubbornly determined, relentless, obstinate) to fulfill her purpose, calling or mission. 

Judges 4 and 5 and Hebrews 11:32-34 provide insight about characteristics and traits of the biblical figure Deborah. There's so much in a name.  -Lynderia "Lyn" Shunta Cheevers

Got Grace?

I woke up May 27, 2016 thinking about the GRACE of God. The unmerited favor of God which is the grace of God brings multiple blessings, empowers and causes one to be immune or exempt from the rules or standards that apply to everyone else. Hence the saying "favor ain't fair."

God's grace attracts all kinds of good things even when we deserve less or nothing at all. Because of His grace and mercy toward us God doesn't treat us as we deserve to be treated. God's grace allows one to go further, get more, accomplish greater with SEEMINGLY less.

God's grace will allow others to favor you. His grace will cause them to say "I dont know why I'm doing this for you, but..." or "the policy states, but..." God's Grace=favor, power, immunity and MUCH MORE.

GRACE is free to us and available through Yeshua Who paid an unspeakable price for it.

Got grace?

Don't Call it a Comeback!

We've all experienced loss. It's painful and potentially devastating. I've tasted of its bitter fruit. I was married one day and divorced the next. I was celebrated as a "40 Under 40" rising star one day and fired for "failure to perform job duties" the next. I was a homeowner one day and surrendered the deed in lieu of foreclosure the next.

God's promise to me and any of His children who suffer loss is this- "[I will] set everything right again, reestablish your fortunes. Even though you’re not much right now, you’ll end up better than ever (Job 8:7 MSG)." We must let go of the past and let God blow our minds with restoration and promotion as He does immeasurably more than ALL we ask or imagine (Eph 3:20).

God is doing a new thing in us, through us and for us. Don't you see it? Can't you feel it? No? Oh wait, you're looking back at what used to be and the past "glory" and success or maybe you're looking down at the loss and present-day mess. Look up. Look to God in all things. He restores and even promotes His children after times of loss. It wasn't meant to kill us. It was simply a pruning process preparing us for greater.

Don’t call it a comeback because God  didn't allow you to go through that pain and loss to simply come back to that same place where you were before the divorce,  job loss, foreclosure, or whatever it is you experienced. God says I'm  giving you double for your trouble! You were temporarily set back in the slingshot of destiny to be launched  forth to go higher and further than ever before!