Toni V. Lee

When the street committee tries you, you will be judged, found guilty, and sentenced all in the same breath without a shred of evidence. He said and she said is more than enough evidence for the street committee. Why? They've been waiting a looong time for the opportunity to color you black so they salivate over rumors about you and make sure they spread like wildfire. The street committee does not care anything about Psalm 105:15. They're goin' to do what they do and relish every minute of it. Church, if we hear something that matters to us, we should pray about it and the truth will be revealed. I know for I've had to do it and that revealed truth is unshakable regardless of what is said on the matter. Church folk are not members of the street committee, right? God help us! 

It hurts. Oh, how it hurts! I know it does. You feel like your world is spinning out of control.  You feel like you're standing all alone in a dark and raging storm.  Listen, when your vision and thinking realigns with God's will for you, the following will become crystal clear:   The Lord loved you so much that He rescued you from something (situation, mistake, people) you didn't have the strength to walk away from yourself. His love protected and shielded you so stop revisiting the place from which you were rescued.  ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭26:11‬ ‭KJV As a dog returneth to his vomit, So a fool returneth to his folly. Stop returning to the vomit.

Want to become a better you?  Own your stuff and stop trying to cover it up with churchy phrases like, "The Lord told me..."  God is love. Period. He didn't tell you to mistreat, dog, hurt, and mess up folk. There's no love in that. That's all you. Own it. When you honestly own your stuff, then you can deal with it: repent and become a better you. Here's a little nugget. Psalms 105:15 (KJV) Saying, Touch not mine anointed, And do my prophets no harm. That scripture is quoted a lot, usually by titled clergy when their stuff is being called out.  Listen, God's anointing is not limited to the pulpit and titled clergy. Anointed folk are also sitting in the pews. Think about it. David didn't have a title or prestige when he was first anointed. He was herding sheep.  When your choices and behavior do not reflect Christ, please stop trying to use Him as a cover. Nobody who knows Him is buyin' it anyway. Just keepin' it real... God help us! 🙏🏽 ❤

When a spiritual leader falls and chooses to live in that fallen place with denials, excuses, and redirected accusations, the consequences can be devastating. Not only are those who were directly involved in the fall impacted, but those who sat under that leadership are left heartbroken and shaken. I know...I've been there. 🙋🏾‍♀️ The experience became a HUGE burden that weighed heavily on my heart. 😭 Before someone gets all deep and talk about not worshipping man, this is not that...go deeper. Being in church leadership means different things to different folk. For some, it's about the title, prestige, cash flow, power, admiration, and ego. For others, it's truly about the Gospel and the work of Christ.  Regardless of the motivation, spiritual leadership comes with a mandate that you do no harm to God's people. Many are failing this mandate, resulting in a lot of church folk who are walking wounded. Some spiritual leaders may not have fallen themselves, but if they k...

So...the Republicans are flashing the bright shiny object of a Biden impeachment inquiry to distract the Nation from Trump's MANY criminal indictments. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see they're just flashin' glitter and messin' with folk minds. There's some serious business up in Washington they really need to be bending their minds to such as the October looming government shut down instead of this flashin' shiny object nonsense. The group of folk in the majority leadership personifies the word incompetence. I hope we as a Nation never paint this picture again. I'm not talking about party. I'm talking about the capability and character of the folk elected to protect and handle the business of this Nation REGARDLESS of party affiliation.  First and foremost, the business of this Nation must be prioritized and taken care of. Just keepin' it real...

Excessive admiration for a particular person or thing. Cult His followers declare him God's chosen one while sin, darkness, and degradation obviously drips from him. Cult Evidence of the leaders wrong doing is being revealed over and over again...yet blinded followers don't believe it. Cult When the leader is finally held accountable for his many wrong doings, his blind followers wring their hands and cry their leader is being persecuted. Cult If it's not a cult, it's willful ignorance: A decision to intentionally ignore and avoid all facts and truths that are in opposition to what they choose to believe.  I learned early on that you can't have a rational or meaningful discussion with someone who's in a cult or someone who's willfully ignorant.  I'll just put this out there: Willful ignorance is not something to wear proudly. Just keepin' it real...

Christians don't rejoice at the misfortunes of others. So why are so many Christians rejoicing now that Trump has been indicted on charges related to January 6th? That day was about more than a man. Despite folk trying to downgrade that day to a peaceful gathering in retrospect, it was a day of horror that will never be wiped out of our history.  What it simply boils down to is a coup was attempted here in the United States of America because Trump did not want to step down from being President. Trump's indictment signals that the heart of our democratic republic is still beating! In spite of it all, our democracy yet lives and her legal system is capable of functioning as intended. How should it function? As if NO ONE is above the law, applying justice equally to all. I'm grateful to Bill Barr, Mike Pence, Mark Meadows and all of the other Republicans who gave testimony and evidence to make Trump's indictment possible. I just wish they had been honest with the American...