8 Quotes & Sayings By Elona Washington

Elona Washington is a pulitzer prize nominated journalist, bestselling author of "Good Times with God" and "Never Too Late with God". She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN Headline News, Larry King Live, The 700 Club, Rev. Run's Life Changers Radio Show, and the Big Tigger Show. She has been featured in numerous publications including The Black Enterprise Magazine, Ebony Magazine, Essence Magazine, Essence Magazine's "Black Woman in America" issue, Reader's Digest, Jet Magazine, Ebony Magazine and in several books.

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Those years of anger weren’t just directed inward and towards others, I was also angry with God. As a kid, when I sang songs in the children’s choir and memorized verses in bible study, I was told there was a God who loved and protected us. He was a jealous God and could be angered, yes, but He always showed grace and mercy towards His people. I must not have been one of His people. He never protected me. As a matter of fact, I remember crying and pleading to God to make it stop when I was in DC being raped at five years old. I thought he heard my prayers when I moved to New Jersey. But when the abuse became worse and more frequent, it was easy for me to conclude God’s protection didn’t apply to me. Elona Washington
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Every major life decision I made came from my pain, guilt and shame...even down to the man I chose for a husband. Elona Washington
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I also learned what I and many other wives were doing wrong. We were neglecting ourselves. We were born women yet were taking care of our roles as mom, employee or wife before we took care of ourselves. But in order to adequately fulfill those roles, we have to put ourselves first. Elona Washington
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What most couples fail to realize is that marriage vows denote change. Elona Washington
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All too often, we make decisions from a place of pain, insecurity or fear and we let those negative thoughts guide our behavior, ruin opportunities and be the reason we choose poor friends and abusive partners. Elona Washington
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Sexual power encompasses the power of seduction and the power of pursuit. Elona Washington
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Even with my bachelor’s degree, I still felt more comfortable at the strip club than anywhere else. And that feeling hit me the very first time I walked through those doors. While I initially starting dancing to avoid eviction, I stayed because I felt more at home in the strip club than I did in college, at church and at my parent’s. Not only was I accustomed to feeling degraded, I believed I didn’t deserve any better or that any man would treat me better than the men at the club. . Elona Washington