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    From Miss Lady to First Lady
    From Miss Lady to First Lady
    From Miss Lady to First Lady
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    From Miss Lady to First Lady

    By LaJuanda Sherfield

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    Never let the power of shame and guilt consume you when the power of God is in and over you. God is the only one who can take a mess and turn it into a message, God allows our test to be our testimonies and when we surrender our worries are turned in worship and our pain turns into our purpose! Give your life to Christ Today.


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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Book Publishing Pros
    Release dateOct 14, 2024
    ISBN9798330490486
    From Miss Lady to First Lady
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    LaJuanda Sherfield

    LaJuanda Sherfield, known to most as First Lady, is happily married to Bishop Tim Sherfield Sr. LaJuanda and her husband Pastor Chosen Ministries Praise and Worship Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia. LaJuanda loves children and helping young women to heal from the inside out.She is the founder of Square Table Talk where women come together to be empowered. Her newest ministry venture is The Healed Woman Podcast on Spotify. Her favorite scriptures are Psalms 34:1, which says I will bless the Lord at all times his praise shall continue be in my mouth, and Romans 5:8.But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. LaJuanda acknowledges that He who the Son has set free is free indeed. She walks in victory despite her past challenges because according to Philippians 1:6 Being Confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will be faithful to complete it!!

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      From Miss Lady to First Lady - LaJuanda Sherfield

      From Miss Lady to

      FIRST LADY

      LaJuanda Sherfield

      Copyright © 2024 LaJuanda Sherfield

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher, except for brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      Contents

      Preface

      The Assignment

      Chapter 1  How I got the name Miss Lady

      Chapter 2  Moving to Maryland

      Chapter 2  Highschool

      Chapter 3  After Graduating

      Chapter 4  My first Child

      Chapter 5  Back to Work

      Chapter 6  The Trial!!

      Chapter 7  Dead Marriage

      Chapter 8  The Musician

      Chapter 9  The Surprise Engagement

      Chapter 10  An Unexpected Visit

      Chapter 11  Three Months of Pain

      A Prayer for You

      Scriptures To Encourage You

      Affirm Yourself

      Thank You!

      Preface

      As I washed my face with the hottest water I could stand, trying to exfoliate the guilt and shame of doing what I knew I shouldn’t have done. The day has come where my fate is determined by a person in a black robe and a gavel. What will my parents think? What will my church family think? Will my children still love me?

      Thank you Niko! I love you! You mean the world to me.

      The Assignment

      In 2011, I was given the assignment to speak at a Women’s Conference. The title was Victoria isn’t the only one with a secret, and my sub-topic was Don’t let the struggle confine you. As I began to speak, I shared a few secrets and struggles that had kept me in bondage because I didn’t believe God could use someone like me who had sinned so much. After sharing some of my experiences, I returned to my seat, and the Lord spoke to me and told me to write a book. You would think that I had to write a novel. It took some time. He said other women need to hear your story.

      I hope you find encouragement in these pages and never give up hope. I am a living testimony of what God can do through you if you just open your heart to Him.

      Chapter 1

      How I got the name Miss Lady

      I was raised by my grandparents in old-town Virginia. Joe, my grandfather, was six feet tall with a bald head and a rather large nose. He walked with a limp because of a bad hip, and his right index finger was shaped oddly. He told me a squirrel bit it. Wilma, my grandmother, was five foot five with brown skin, a large stomach, and a medium frame with thin lips. She had a quirky sense of humor that only my brother and I could appreciate. They were wonderful grandparents, raising me from infancy to be respectful and well-mannered.

      My grandmother insisted I attend church, which I absolutely loved. She would dress me up in a hat, a pocketbook, as she called it, a dress, a pair of white gloves, and patent leather shoes. Then she would say, Tuck in your lips, because she had thin lips and thought every woman should do the same lol. She would then exclaim, Look at Miss Lady! So Sassy! And that’s how I got the nickname Miss Lady. She said I was a little sassy.

      As a little girl, I often felt my grandparents were overly strict. I had to stay in front of the yard to play and couldn’t go to the playground with the other neighborhood kids. When the streetlights came on, I had to be in the house. Of course, I snuck off sometimes, but Grandma would be waiting at the gate with a wet dishcloth. When I tried sneaking back, she would say, Come by me, and whack my behind with that dishcloth. She believed in the scripture Proverbs 22:15: Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. When your parents, guardians, or grandparents tell you to stay in the yard, do what they say. There are always consequences for disobedience. There was no time out back then—the only time out was how long she would spank you until she timed out lol.

      Now that I’m an adult, I realize I needed all that discipline and those teachings growing up. I thought my life was rather boring because my grandparents wouldn’t let me go to friends’ houses, attend parties, or do anything fun. They even dressed me like an old lady lol. But I know now they were only protecting me. One thing I loved about my grandparents was how they instilled in me the importance of attending church. I am so glad they put that in me as a little girl. I always loved going to Beulah Baptist Church. I looked forward to the blue and white bus that would pick me up on Sunday mornings. I enjoyed Sunday School. I didn’t always understand the preached sermons, but I loved hearing the choir sing. It just did something to me.

      There was this choir called the Voices of Supreme. When they sang, it made me feel so good inside. I was inspired by them to join the youth choir.

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