FirstLadyB | Connecting Faith and Hollywood
It’s no secret that LeToya Luckett is a woman of faith.
She sat down with Charli Penn during Essence Fest to discuss how praying for God’s will to be done in her life, made all her dreams come true.
“You pray for things, and you know we all have our wish lists, but I’ve learned to pray for whatever’s in your will,” Luckett said. “And I found myself throwing out my list that I had held dear to my heart for several years of what I wanted out of a man and what I felt I wanted to do in the next few years, and I ended up throwing that list out. Because I was like, alright Lord, if that ain’t in your plan and that ain’t in your will, I don’t want it. And it kind of took the reigns out of my hand. I got sick of running into the wall.”
Once she surrendered to God’s will, her husband Tommicus Walker came into her life.
“When you really hand the reigns over [to Him] and get out of the driver seat of your life, and really allow God to step in and do what he’s been doing all along and get out of the way, then boom…it happens. So maybe a couple months after I threw that list out and said, ‘God, I’m giving this over to you’, it happened.”
On her new blended family:
“I call Madison my ‘daughter in love’ and I’m her ‘mommy in love,” shared Luckett. ”She’s a sweetheart and she’s very vocal about her feelings.” They sat down together as a couple with Madison’s mom and her husband and talked about their blended family goals, and Luckett said, it’s been a wonderful experience becoming a stepmom.
On becoming a mom for the first time:
“Honestly, I’m super excited,” she squealed. “I’m terrified because it’s my first.”