Lord, I Thank Ya!

On November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 By lashaunjacksonIn Thoughts To PonderLeave a comment

During November, we remind ourselves of all the things we have to be thankful for in our lives. Our family, a few good friends, jobs, good health, a loyal pet, a hobby, a long ride in beautiful weather. For some of us, it might be harder to see because FEAR seems to be ruling the day. But when you sit with yourself, taking a moment to think things over, you realize that FEAR is just False-Evidence-Appearing-Real.

There are just too many blessings to count, and if you are new to the bikers community like me, that list might be even longer! I am incredibly thankful for a lot of things in my life this year, the bad and the good. I’m so thankful, I had to narrow them down to 5. Why 5? Because it symbolizes God’s grace, His goodness, and His favor towards humans and is mentioned 318 times in Scripture. Five is the number of grace multiplied by itself, which is 25 and is ‘grace upon grace (John 1:16).

Grace is everything for nothing for those who don’t deserve anything.
Author Unknown

Here’s 5 things I’m thankful for this year.

1- Faith

Above everything, I really and truly thank God for my Faith. Not just any old faith…I thank God for that “Grand Mama Faith” Faith model and displayed by my praying Grandmother, who taught me that Prayer is the key to God’s kingdom and my Faith is what unlocks the door. Faith is a part of me, and I wouldn’t know how to do life without it; it is the only thing that has never ever let me down…For Faith, Lord I Thank Ya!

2 – Family

If I’m being honest, and that is the point of Adventures of Fearless Faith, to share my heart and do so honestly. The past two years have really taken a toll on my family, and I thank God that my immediate family has not fallen under the Spirit of Delusion. I thank God for revealing that which no longer serves our family has been pruned off. Our faith, hope and trust in Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ is stronger than ever! He is literally all we have. Between the 2020 election, the great racial divide, and Covid-19, our family circle has been reduced to, dare I say… A Faithful Few that are determined to hold on to God’s unchanging hands… For Family, Lord I Thank Ya!

3 – Freedom

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom, and I understand that now more than ever before, and I truly thank God that I can move and have my being, living in a country where I’m free to ride the open road as a God-fearing woman of Faith. Nothing holding me back or keeping me down…I’m Free to be all that God has called me to be and I don’t have to apologize for loving My God and My Country… for Freedom, Lord I Thank Ya!

4 – Favor

There is an old saying, favor isn’t fair, and it’s true, but God’s favor is available to all that believe and are willing to receive. I thank God for his favor on my life and on the lives of my children and other people’s lives. I know when the favor of God is upon your life NOTHING! Can stop the blessings of God from getting to you. My Prayer is that the favor of God will chase me down, my family down, and always overtake us. One once of Favor can do what would take an eternity to accomplish…for Favor, Lord I Thank Ya!

5 – Forgiveness

I thank God that I can receive forgiveness at any point in my life, no matter how far I have strayed from God. Wisdom has taught me that I can’t hide from him, and I can’t fall out of His hands. God is not like a man…He doesn’t hold our foolishness against us…Lord knows I have done my share, but I’m so grateful that I can go to God in Prayer, “confess my sin; he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 john 1:9… For Forgiveness, Lord I Thank Ya!

What are you Thankful for in this season of Thanksgiving?

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May the Joy of the Lord instantly become your strength to encourage you to overcome any fears that you might experience. Remember, in our daring to be brave, when we throw caution to the wind, casting our cares in Faith upon Him through the ride. Peace, love, and joy are set loose in the atmosphere, and it permits other riders to do the same. Allowing us to all rejoice in knowing we have triumphant victory in Riding the Good Ride of Faith.

Be strong and of good courage,
LaShaun and Mrs. Cavatica

Prayer for Thanks-Living

On November 8, 2021 By lashaunjacksonIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Heavenly Father, I thank you for your Son Jesus, who you sacrificed so that I would not perish but have everlasting life.

Father, when I think of all that could have happened in my life and in the lives of those I love and cherish but didn’t, my soul cries out THANK YOU LORD! What can I say to a God who gives you everything you need when you deserve nothing at all? Lord, how can I ever thank You enough? Every time I’ve called on you, you have been right there in my time of need. My rock, when I was weak, and my hiding place when I needed shelter from the storms of life.

Father, Thank you! For being my Faithful God, the light that surrounds me, and the love that never fails me. For keeping my head lifted high and my eyes fixed toward your mountains where all my help has come from.

Father, continue to help me be a woman of faith who keeps her eyes on You and praises You, no matter what may come my way, for these blessings (name them) and these challenges (name them) Father, I thank you. I know You are always in control of everything, and everything you control will always work out for My Good and Your Glory.

Father, Thank You for answering my prayers and for being Faithful in my life every day. Please help me continue Riding the Good Ride of Faith while always reflecting a life of Thanks-Living In Jesus’ Name, I Pray Amen

John 3:16; Psalm 84:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Ephesian 5:20; Deuteronomy 7:9; Psalm 121:1; Romans 8:28; Matthew 7:7, 8, Numbers 23:19

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Be strong and of good courage,
LaShaun and Mrs. Cavatica

Thanks-Living

On November 1, 2021October 31, 2021 By lashaunjacksonIn Prayers of Faith, Thoughts To PonderLeave a comment

The season of Thanksgiving is upon us. Every November, we celebrate Thanksgiving and reflect on life’s lessons and the blessings they eventually turn out to be. For the past 2 years, I can say with all authority God has indeed been my family’s keeper, way-maker, and shelter during these past two years. We have become skilled at looking beyond our current situation and circumstances – be it blessings or struggles – and look to God, as our trustworthy source of all of our blessings.

Riding my Spyder with my husband this year has truly been a blessing for me and our way to escape all the madness that has plagued our country for the past two years. And it has taught me to press into 1 Thessalonians 5:18 that says… “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Faith will always make it possible for you to “rejoice always”

Now, it does not mean to give thanks FOR every little thing, like a child making a Christmas list for mom and dad. It means IN everything; that we might be going through….we are to give thanks. In bad days just as well as the good days, for rainy days, or days filled with sunshine. In sickness or in good health, without or with….Thanks-Living means we can say thank you to God for his faithfulness, no matter the situation or circumstance. We can thank Him because He never leaves or forsakes His own, and for His promise of eternal life through His darling Son Jesus Christ.

Give God thanks because no matter what it looks like, God is still on His throne; God is still in charge, and God will always have the final say. And for that, and that alone makes Him worthy of every praise and every thank you. This is a life of Thanks-Living, a life that reflects God’s Goodness and Mercy, chasing us down and riding along with us all the days of our lives.

May this prayer inspire you to live a life of Thanks-Living to honor our Lord Jesus Christ for all that He has done for you and me in this season of Thanksgiving.

Prayer of Thank-Living

Heavenly Father, I thank you for your Son Jesus, who you sacrificed so that I would not perish but have everlasting life.

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Be strong and of good courage,
LaShaun and Mrs. Cavatica

I Ride Different

On October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 By lashaunjacksonIn Thoughts To Ponder5 Comments

It only took a few rides with my Husband to conclude I don’t ride like a Man. It’s been a year since my Husband, and I have been riding together, and I have noticed that when a man gets on his bike, he gets on, leaving everything that could mentally weigh him down behind. Like a kid going to see Santa, nothing stops him, holds him up, or gets in his way. It only takes my Husband a few minutes to get ready for any ride were going on.

Here he is waiting on me to put on my gloves and Sena communicator… He has the patience of Job

On the other hand, I have to get ready the night before, get up at least two hours before he does, and still, he’s waiting on me. That’s when it hit me; “We ride differently.” Men and Women approach the ride differently. You see, when I ride, I ride with a Mother’s heart of two married adult children who now need me as their counselor and prayer warrior. Their concerns and worries are never far from my heart and mind, especially in this season of evil vs. good.

I ride with a Grandmother’s heart, concerned about my two grandbabies having to grow up in this crazy mixed-up, backward world that tells them who they were born to be vs. who GOD created them to be.

I ride with the heart of a wife married for 32 years that has faithfully honored my wedding vows, supported everyone’s dream and career choices. I ride as a woman with a passion and desire to one day see this world be a better place, but the longer I live, the more that hope and desire slowly fade out of view and into “maybe I’ll see it next lifetime.”

Mr. Road King Classic and Mrs. Cavatica… Charlotte A. Cavatica

Now, I’m sure Men have things they might worry about when they gear up, mount up, and take to the open road to ride. But I can almost bet you it is not the same for them as it is for us. We ride different. Even our style of bike is different. My Husband LOVES! His Harley Road King Classic, and I LOVE my Can-Am Spyder F3T. He approaches the ride on two wheels, and I come on three wheels. He leaves his worries and concerns behind, and I tend to bring mine along for the ride.

But what’s interesting is that we both return home having met a God who seems to know all about our differences, our needs, worries, concerns, and fears. Recapping our ride once home, I discover, problems my Husband left at home are somehow figured out, and the worries and concerns I brought along with me for the ride have all lost their sting.

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light – Matthew 11:30

In my opinion, our weekend rides are “Rest for the Weary.” When I ride, I will be the first to admit that I often ride weary, weighed down with the world on my shoulders because I ride with the concerns of a Mother’s heart, a bottomless pit of unconditional love, yet used and bruised, like a punching bag. But my heavenly Father knows this, so He lets me pack my worries, concerns, and fears along for the ride. And somewhere along the ride, he loves them all away.

It’s amazing what two or three wheels can do for the heart, mind, and soul once it gears up, mount up, and take to the open road… It tears my eyes when I think back to the woman I used to be and the woman I am now in my walk of faith over fear. I woke up this morning with the song “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus, singing these verses in my heart…

“There’s always gonna be another mountain. I’m always gonna wanna make it move, Always gonna be an uphill battle, Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose, Ain’t about how fast I get there, Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side, It’s the climb.

As women, wearing many hats, there will always be a situation or circumstance in our hearts and on our shoulders riding along with us, and as soon as we get one problem solved another one will soon take it’s place. But as long as we have our FAITH and the RIDE, burdens seem light, and worries become few.

*Jean-Pierre Alaux (French b.1925) Woman wearing multiple hats*

So I’m ok with the fact that it takes me a little longer to make ready for a ride. I’m ok with all the extra baggage I bring with me when I ride the open road because I know God will meet me there, every straight away, through every twist and turn of a beautiful country back road.

Riding the open road has taught me the biblical perspectives that life was meant to be a blessing, not a burden, and should my burdens get the best of me, take them to God in prayer on the road and leave them there because as a woman, wife, mother, and grandmother, trying to ride the good ride of faith… I Ride Different.

Do you Ride Different?

What burdens, worries, fears or concerns do you take on the road with you when you ride? Has the Spirit of God shown Himself to you on your rides? And if so, how? What have you left on the road in Gods hands and in His care?

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Be strong and of good courage,
LaShaun and Mrs. Cavatica

One Year Ago Today!

On October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 By lashaunjacksonIn Uncategorized8 Comments

I can’t believe it’s been a year since I got my bike, Mrs. Cavatica! When I joined the Women of On-Road Can-Am Facebook Group back in May of 2020, all I had was a wish and maybe a mustard seed size of faith, but that was it. We were in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic; Texas was under stay-at-home mandates. My husband’s job had him working from home, and then decided to furlough him and lay off a good portion of its work staff.

It was NOT! A happy time. It was stressful as hell! Watching my husband work from home in my creative space, as he monitored his email, for that virtual tap on the shoulder, “Hey! Your time is up! We’re laying you off”. The world was going to hell in a handbasket right before our very eyes. We knew if we, as a family, had any chance of weathering this storm, we were going to have to press into Psalm 91 and trust God more than ever.

“Lord, cover us and bring us out of this better than when we went into this”

On the other hand, being a Pastry Chef, I had just declared 2020 as my year to kick the fear of working with Brides and Wedding Cakes to the curve. I had spent $500.00 to take an 8-week wedding cake business class in December of 2019. I had booked three weddings with the possibility of being on a wedding venue’s preferred vendors list for 2020, I was in culinary heaven on cloud 9.

Sweeter at Home Private Cake Tastings with Chef LaShaun

And then EVERYTHING! Was gone! The weddings I booked were canceling left and right. I was devastated big time! I’m talking, “you hear the ice cream man coming, mama gives you her last dollar to get ice cream, and you get the biggest three scoops of ice cream the cone can hold. Then out of nowhere, the mean and hateful kid from down the street knocks it out of your hand.”…that kind of devastated.

It was a “Soul Hurt,” the kind of hurt that only a small cottage business owner could understand. Soul hurts are tied to your passion, which connects you and me to the universe and its creator. So when I came across the Women of On-Road Facebook Group, my Soul had found a new home. I was encouraged, inspired, informed, and educated on these strange 3-wheel bikes that allow women from all ages, races, backgrounds to trade fear for faith, casting their cares to the wind and seeing the world through the freedom of riding the open road.

I have grown tremendously as a Spyder Ryder since taking the Can-Am 3-Wheel Riders Course, passing and getting my motorcycle endorsement last year. My husband and I joined a local Harley Davison HOG Motorcycle Chapter. We have gained a wealth of knowledge regarding Group Riding Etiquette, Riders Safety, and Group Ride Protocol. Which helps us ride like two-state troopers when we’re riding as a couple together LOL.

100 Mile ride through Sam Houston State Park to Grimes County Courthouse – Anderson. The Italianate courthouse designed by F.S. Glover and Company and completed in 1894 features both brick and native stone.

Seriously! If someone told me in 2019, “You know! LaShaun, in 2020 and 2021 the world is gonna go to hell in a handbasket, and it’s gonna look like you’re a movie extra in a Tom Clancy – Stephen King Movie. But keep your Faith in tack because God is gonna bless you with a fun way to escape it all.” I would have never believed it…but God! I have never felt so much a LIVE, and blessed as I do when I get on my bike Mrs. Cavatica and hit the open road with the love of my life, my husband, my best friend, and only forever. I can genuinely testify that despite everything swirling around us, God is holding me, growing me, and showing me how deeply HE cares for me through my rides. I’m amazed how God has used a 3 wheel bike, oddly call a “Spyder” to strengthen and grow my Faith and complete Trust in HIM. Trust me when I tell you, NOTHING! Will test and improve your prayer life, like riding motorcycles…on Texas Interstates.

LaShaun Jackson, Inspirational Blogger & Speaker

Fear says “What if” Faith says “Even if”

When I brought Mrs. Cavatica home a year ago, she sat in the garage for 2 weeks before I would ride her. I was scared…FEAR had me Terrified of “what if.” Then the Spirit of God spoke to my heart “you can’t pray in faith and then operate in fear.” So we hit the road and with each ride, my Faith was strengthened with an attitude of “even if”, I’m no longer consumed with “what if” because my life and time is in God’s Hands. God’s Faithfulness has provided an escape from all the craziness on this side of heaven. I can trust this next chapter of my life and journey with Mrs. Cavatica… every ride is a good ride of faith because I know The Author and Finisher of My Faith!

Question!

Was riding motorcycles something that God was leading you to do? How so? Riding motorcycles does not guarantee safety, but knowing you are being obedient in facing your fears, and stepping out in faith builds confidence, even if there is a risk. How did stepping out in Faith build your confidence? Has your faith in riding the open road been strengthened? How so?

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Be strong and of good courage,

LaShaun and Mrs. Cavatica

Son Shine on Me

On September 19, 2021 By lashaunjacksonIn Prayers of Faith, Thoughts To Ponder2 Comments

My late grandmother would say, “you don’t ever want God to turn His face away from you or take His hands off of you; it’s not a good feeling.” You see, when God turns His face away from us, it is because of our doing. The word of God says, “The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.” Psalm 34:16 Now that is some severe consequence wouldn’t you say?

Lately, I have felt that God has turned His face away from us, as far as this side of heaven goes. Everything around me screams, “WHERE IS YOUR GOD???!!!” and that question makes complete sense to the natural eye. Until my husband says, “We need a ride!” and we suit up, boot up, mount up on our bikes and take to the open road, in eager anticipation of seeing through spiritual eyes that God is near, shining His light of love on all creation.

Before we set out on any ride, my husband and I always cover our rides with prayer.

“Heavenly Father, King of Glory, Maker of Heaven and Earth, we ask you to go before us and clear the highways and byways before us. Father God, remove every obstacle that may block us from reaching our destination safely. Father God, may our eyes become sharp as an eagle to see anything that would cause hurt, harm or danger on the road or hinder us. Now Father God, do what only you can do. Dispatch St. Michael to ride with us and go before us with His sword extended and shield lifted high, ready to defend us at all cost. In Jesus’ name, we pray, Amen.”

Since childhood, I have always loved going outside on sunny days, closing my eyes, lifting my head towards the sun, and feeling the sunshine on me. It’s as if God himself is looking at me, examine me, searching my heart…Lord, give me a clean heart my soul would sing, or as David would say, “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” Psalm 139:23-24

There is something spiritual about riding the open road and feeling God’s sunshine on you, especially when it’s a sunrise. The morning is anew; the sky is awash in pastels colors only God could have created. The air is crisp, fresh, and calm, and the creeping warmth of the sun rising to meet the sky heralds a new dawn that someone did not wake up to see, but you and I did.

Lord, don’t turn your face from me. Let your light shine on me each and every ride! Amen.

So I ride for all those that did not rise to meet the morning sun. I ride to give God all my Praise—starting me on my way and allowing me to feel the sunrise and dawning of a new day. I ride to commune with my heavenly Father, maker of heaven and earth. I ride to give His Son, Jesus Christ glory because His word says I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

I ride to acknowledge The Holy Spirit, The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, My Advocate that Jesus said would not leave me, nor forsake me, but that would lead me, guide me and teach me, and remind me of everything that God would say I am. I ride to strengthen and excise my faith and show fear has no stronghold in my life. My life and time are in God’s Hands, and nothing can separate me from His love, but most of all, I ride to meet the presence of God and to feel His Son Shine on Me.

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Be strong and of good courage,
LaShaun and Mrs. Cavatica

A Rally to Remember

On September 12, 2021September 13, 2021 By lashaunjacksonIn Wind Sister Warrior7 Comments

The Ladies in Leather Motorcycle Parade and Rally 2021 College, Texas

If you heard the ground rumbling this past weekend in Texas, it probably was the sound of motorcycles ridden by well over a thousand women from all over the country, taking over Bryan College Station, located in Texas, for the Ladies in Leather 2021 Motorcycle Parade and Rally.

The Ladies in Leather Motorcycle Parade and Rally is the largest all Women Motorcycle Parade in the USA, tied in with a 3-day Rally weekend event, loaded with live music, vendors, motorcycle workshops, celebrating women riders with an all Women’s Motorcycle Parade! And I must say that seeing all the past photos certainly does not do this event any justice; it is a sight to behold. Once again, I must say, “I had no clue that there were that many women daring to be brave, hitting the open road on two and three-wheel bikes.

The energy was electric! I mean, you could not walk into that host hotel and not feel empowered, strong, victorious, and downright proud to be a woman or, as they say a wind sister. I even found myself whispered a little prayer, “God, Thank you for making me a Woman.” It was the right place to be if you ever doubted for one second just how valuable we as women indeed are.

I wish I could have sat and talked with a few of the wind sisters; I’m sure they all had some pretty extraordinary adventures, stories, and lifelong lessons to tell and share; you could see it on their faces, you could see it written on their bikes and helmets.

Moira Zinn, Heritage Coach – Public Speaker & Powersport Expert

Her Bike….OMG!

I originally had planned to ride in the parade when I registered for the Rally back in February of this year, but the Spirit of God put it on my heart not to participate but to go and be an observer; take it all in. There is something to be said for observing vs participating; “everybody can not sing in the choir; someone has to sit in the audience and clap.” As a participant, I would have missed what God wanted to show me. I would have missed the essence of what it means to bring that many women together, women from every walks of life, all ages, races, and backgrounds all-loving referring to one another as wind sisters.

Something extraordinary happened over the weekend, and it is not a coincidence that it also took place on the 20th Anniversary of 911. By my observation, everything around us wants us to think we are different and wants to keep us divided, but The Ladies in Leather Motorcycle Parade and Rally reminded me that we are no different from the other. At the core of what brought every woman to College Station on September 11th. The same day we remember the events of 911 is what makes us more alike than not—our love for Faith, Family, and Freedom.

God did a beautiful thing on the 6th day of creation; when He looked around, saw something was missing, put Man into a deep sleep, and pulled Women from his rib. Psalms 139 describes you and me as being wonderful and fearfully made.

Day One of Creation by Artist Edwin Lester

That’s what I observed as I walked The Ladies in Leather Motorcycle Parade and Rally event Saturday morning. Every woman that suited up booted up and threw her leg over two wheels or three, hitting the open road from near and far, came to celebrate their wonderfulness and their fearlessness and it was definitely a Rally that I will not forget.

To all the Ladies in Leather that attended, I pray the road carried all of you back home safely. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May the Lord keep His face turned towards you and always give you peace.

To all the many hands that pulled this event off, God Bless you and May His favor chase you down and overtake you all.

God Bless Texas & All my Wind Sisters

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Be strong and of good courage,
LaShaun and Mrs. Cavatica

LaShaun Jackson

New to the motorcycle community but not to the body of believers, LaShaun Jackson is a woman of many talents, more importantly, a Woman of Faith. An ordained minister, inspirational speaker, and independent Christian recording artist, LaShaun is dedicated to seeing women of all ages, races, and backgrounds move forward in Faith.
Taking a stand against FEAR, False Evidence Appearing Real, and anything that would set itself up against Riding the Good Ride of Faith.