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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
This is what the LORD says: ”Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. ”But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. Jeremiah 17: 5-7
Umm word of the day after dinner, yea work is that real! I don’t have to many stories about the kids today, not because they didn’t keep me on my toes. It’s just that I don’t have enough paper to tell the tales of 31 intriguing young individuals. I do have one story though, this morning we started off with a discussion about confidence. Confidence in oneself has no budget ( I stole that from Lil Wayne) but I wanted to let these beautiful, intelligent children know that they should be proud of their voices and their intelligence. All of my students are minorities whether they are from India, Pakistan, Tibet, the West Indies or good old black Americans. I think it’s important for them to hear how intelligent they are, how beautiful their minds are so I started today off with a confidence exercise.
Somehow this evening I was brought to this scripture and once again it was time to look in oneself. Back in October, November, I was on my knees pray for 30 minutes plus a day. And I said to the Lord I pray that when I feel like things are good that I do not forget you. While I acknowledge God everyday as of late I have been troubled for lack of a better word by the ills of too much thought. If that makes sense. And in that thought I do not see myself seeking guidance in the form of prayer so I ask myself am I the one who trusts in man and when I say man I am talking about myself. I can’t call it, but I know that for 24 years I have thought that I was in more control than I actually am. And now that I have this knowledge I have to surrender myself, my problems, my successes and the whole nine. It’s a process and at times I guess we all question ourselves. This wasn’t supposed to make sense but blessed is the man whose confidence in the Lord. As I teach these children about confidence within themselves I too need that lesson as well as building continuous confidence in the lord. Peace and Grace be unto you!
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. Isaiah 40: 1-2
So I’m walking in the mall yesterday strolling along, when V Cape the Legend calls. Ironically, I had missed church that morning but V Cape was calling me to tell me about his experience at church. Now this doesn’t happen too often so he had me all ears because I feel it is a necessity that as men we continue to grow each other. So V Cape was excited about what he had heard in Church; he said the Pastor spoke about the 5 C’s or five types of people who are beneficial to our growth. They are the Challenger, Confronter, Counselor, Comforter and Celebrator. He began to tell me about the sermon and it sounded amazing. I told him I would weave in some way shape or form these 5 C’s into the pardon me this week. I felt good when I got off the phone with him because even though I had failed to go to worship earlier in the day we both gained something from his experience.
Well when I went looking for a scripture this morning I was led to Isaiah chapter 40 which is the chapter that speaks of the comfort for God’s people. So comfort is the theme of today. That person who comforts you in your time of need, or weakness. When I think of comfort, I think of it being synonymous with faith, the person who comforts us holds our trust. We believe in their words because they will not steer us wrong. As God was comforting his people in the above scripture he is letting them know that their struggling is over, there time has come and they will receive the Lord’s grace. Comfort is like the warm blanket that rests upon your shoulders as you look out the window into the storm that is ravaging your neighborhood. The blanket comforts you because it keeps you warm, that warmth lets you know that this storm will be over but until then here is your comfort. You shall not be cold, for you are being protected. We must be thankful for not only the comforting person that is in our lives but we must pay homage to our Almighty Creator who always comforts us. Peace and Grace be unto you!
Unless you call out, who will open the door.
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
The following post is reflective of the views of a young woman who made a video and posted it on youtube about other women of color. Her youtube profile and views can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/melosidad1
I think she creates an interesting dialogue and I am curious to see what your reaction will be to this video. Please feel free to comment and check out an earlier post that I wrote expressing my own views on women of color titled “Letter to a Young Black Female”. Peace and Love!
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