Wednesday, July 25, 2007

STRONGER, WISER, BETTER...

I tried to tell y'all about Pastor Marvin Sapp's new CD "Thirsty" that was released a couple of weeks ago. It was prolly overshadowed with T.I vs T.I.P being released the same day. Hee Hee. Heres a video that was found Never Would Have Made It. I hope it ministers to you as much as it did for me when I first heard it.




http://www.lighthouseflc.com/

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Matt 13:24-30

On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the
cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by
the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.

"One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me," said one boy. Several
dropped and rolled down toward the fence.

Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought
he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure
enough, he heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me."

He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around
the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along.

"Come here quick," said the boy, "you won't believe what I heard! Satan and
the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls."

The man said, "Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk." When the
boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.

Standing by the fence they heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you,
one for me."

The old man whispered, "Boy, you've been tellin' me the truth. Let's see if
we can see the Lord."

Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see
anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence
tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord.

At last they heard, "One for you, one for me. That's all. Now let's go get those
nuts by the fence and we'll be done."

They say the old man made it back to town a full 5 minutes ahead of the kid on
the bike.

Monday, July 23, 2007

LUKE 20:43

Toward the end of the church service, the minister asked, "How many of
you have forgiven your enemies?" About 80% held up their hands.
The minister then repeated the question and all responded by raising
their hands except one small, elderly lady.
"Mrs. Jones? Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?", the
minister asked.
I don't have any", she replied, smiling sweetly.
Mrs. Jones, that is indeed unusual. How old are you?"
Ninety-eight" she replied.
"Mrs. Jones, would you come down front and tell the congregation how a
person can live for ninety-eight years and not have an enemy in the
world?"
The little lady tottered down the aisle, faced the congregation, smiled
sweetly and said, "I out lived the bitches."

Friday, July 20, 2007

HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD

By Clark Soloman @ www.mybrotha.com

"But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of every woman is man, and the head of Christ is God." - I Corinthians 11:3

Some men misinterpret this and use it to take advantage of their wives. These men are distorting God's guidance in order to maintain some type of control over their wives and their households. But as Dr. Price points out -- only Christian men who are responsible and able to fulfill their spiritual duties can be "head of the house." If a man does not live as an example and is not spiritually guided, he cannot be in a lead position.

In no way, shape or form should a woman ever submit to a man who doesn't walk by Faith. No man, Christian or not -- has the power to force a woman to submit to him. Furthermore, submitting to a man should never involve control and manipulatio. Both the husband and wife should be submitting to each other.

"When Paul said a husband ranked over his wife, he meant that a husband is responsible for his wife. God is holding us husbands responsible for our wives. We are responsible for loving them, taking care of them, providing for them, and protecting them in the domestic environment," Price says.

It is important for men and women to remember that a husband does not come between his wife and God. A husband is not the spiritual head of his wife and he has no authority over her spirituality. The purpose of rank in the family, is to define responsibilities of man, woman, and child -- not to assert command or power over them.


SOME LADIES HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORD: SUBMISSION. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I THINK BECAUSE SINGLE BLACK WOMEN HAVE BEEN KEEPING IT TOGETHER FOR SO LONG BY THEMSELVES, THEY CAN'T RELEASE THAT RESPONSIBLITY AND LET THEIR EQUALLY YOKED MAN BE RESPONSIBLE. I AIN'T GOT THAT PROBLEM, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS???

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

GOLDEN LYRICS



This little chick's CD is SWEET!!! This is my favorite track off of her album "I AM" She's very mello, smooth singer reminiscent of a Sarah Vaughn or Etta James. This song is definitely a brides song if I have ever heard of one. Not that I want to be married, when I first heard it I knew this would be hot.

Her bio tells of her audition and signing with LA Reid & Babyface which is a wonderful collaborative duo for young singers, however their protege end up being bankrupt within a few years. I'm giving you the lyrics but you gotta hear the song. Simply Beautiful.


Take me back in the day when loving was pure
Love ain't going away, love is always secure
Life's not always perfect but love's always forever
Lets let true love connect lets try lasting forever

I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my all
I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman can possibly be
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden

Be the man of my dreams and get down on one knee, love
Say you'll be all I need and then ask me to marry you, my love
Lets take two golden bands and lets walk down the isle, love
I'll say I do and you'll say I do, make a golden commitment, oh

I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my whole all
and I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman could possibly be, yes I will
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden

Let's last forever (let's last forever)
No typical american shady love
Let's stay together (let's stay together)
Pray God smile upon ours

I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my whole all
and I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman could possibly be, yes I will
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden

I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my whole all
and I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman could possibly be
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden

Golden
Golden
oh oh my
Golden
Golden love
Cause commitment is golden
Mmm mmm

CONFESSION #239



Although JustMe thinks Idris is her man, my confession today is that Idris Elba is the sexiest man in movies!!! Hands Down.

I hope you all notice the pattern this week in my confessions. I have absolutely nothing to blog about, so this is what you get. Ladies, enjoy. Fella's Click on the link under jammin' and bob ya head. Ill keep updating that for ya!

Monday, July 16, 2007

CONFESSION #238


I LOVE ME SOME CHAUNCEY B. HOWEVER, ALONZO MOURNING IS THE SEXIEST MAN IN THE NBA. HANDS DOWN.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

iCandy


I love this time of year!!! It's when Essence Magazine publishes their eye-candy for the year. This time you can send emails to those that are in the pics on www.essence.com . They have the actors, the players, and the ordinary men that are just fione!!!! MMMM...excuse me while I wipe off my desk.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

IM STILL A PISTON FAN...


...for at least another 5 years!!!!


DETROIT - Chauncey Billups signed a $60 million, five-year contract Wednesday with the Detroit Pistons, returning to the team he helped reach five straight conference finals.


The contract is worth $46 million guaranteed over four years and includes a team option for the fifth year.

Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said he was "very pleased" to have Billups back.

"We said from the beginning that re-signing Chauncey was our top priority, and now we can move forward knowing that Chauncey will continue to lead this team," Dumars told The Associated Press on Wednesday afternoon. "One of the toughest positions to fill in this business is the point guard position, and that's why it was imperative that we re-sign Chauncey."

Billups and the Pistons appeared to reach a win-win deal, because even though the All-Star was one of the NBA's top free agents this summer, other teams didn't seem to be willing or able to compete with Detroit's offer.

Monday, July 09, 2007

I feel liberated...

Hey Fam-

The last time I blogged to you all, I was telling you about the side hustle that finally got on my nerves. Rich claims that I have been threating to leave, but that isn't the case. Its at a mattress store and I typically would work over the weekends and twice during the week. Just enough to put some money in the savings for when I want to travel back to Michigan without cutting into my household expenses. Smart right?? The job is so easy because, I sit there and read, sometimes I fall asleep, I work alone so nobody bothers me. If I sell bedding, cool (mo money, mo money), if I don't its all good as well. Its all good when the majority of the time Im talking to crazies at the real job. The owner of the mattress store is a little crook to say the least. Since September there were five mattress stores in the city of Greensboro, now its only down to one. Why? because they never paid the leases to the buildings, so they have been evicted. They also have had their accounts frozen by the IRS so there were times where employees did not get paid. That was crazy because that was the only job for some and they couldn't pay their mortgage. One by one employees were quitting, and I couldn't agree more. The owner continued to lie about these investors that never came to pass. Why should they when the store lost its financial plan to finance people for bedding? I didn't leave, I was literally the last woman standing. They wrote me this sorry ass letter thanking my for my loyalty....whatever.

Fast forward to July 2007. My guilty pleasure told me he was coming into town to see me. A spur of the moment trip to NC from Detroit is kinda costly, but hey whattya do? I told the mattress people not to put me on schedule for the weekend, I wasn't going to be availible. The manager told me that he really needed me to work, but I told him I will not make him any promises. I talked to the guilty pleasure he indicated that he wouldn't be in town until late Saturday...Cool, I'll work. I told the mattress people that they have me on Saturday but count me out totally for Sunday.

Okay, Im already tired of explaining this story so long story short: the mattress people ended up giving me an ultimatum if I don't work on Sunday, don't come back at all. That was a B%ich move because I told them I was going to work 10 hours on Saturday, and "you know this job is extra, right?" Anyway, I found another part time gig making more money than at the mattress store that will start in August. (Ain't God good?) Saturday I waltzed into the store smelling good (i wanted to leave my essence)looking so fresh and so clean. I gave them my resignation letter and told them I don't really deal with ultimatums very well.

Honestly, they needed me more than I needed them.

Friday, July 06, 2007

It's Friday, I Just Got Paid...



...and Im 'bout to quit this side hustle that I've been doing on the weekends, cause they have truly worked a sistas nerves for the umpteenth time. Ill tell y'all next week if I actually do it.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

My Favorite Commercial...

...at the moment




This commerical cracks me up everytime I see it I fall out. Enjoy!

Heres another...its not exactly my favorite...but I giggle (thanks Ashley)

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Wishes & Blessings


Never put a wish bone where your backbone is suppose to be. If you do
not stand tall for what you believe in, then you will fall short of
getting what life has to offer you. Wishes are what you do hoping you
will receive what you ask for, but blessings are what you get from God
even if you don't ask for it. If it was not for the opportunist the
pessimist would not know what they are so unhappy about. Pay attention
to the words that are spoken to you and not the moving lips, focus on
the eyes of the person and not the looks they give you. When a person
had been betrayed you focus on the person and not the betrayal for this
may be just the person for once in their life acting like themselves
towards you. Focus on who they really are, because now you have seen who
they really are not. Rather than put all your trust in people, put all
the trust in yourself to co-sign that you are making the right decision
about people. Look up and straight forward as you walk the steps of life
because looking down will only guide you towards the destination of your
shoes. Everyday that allows the opening of your eyes should give you a
silent strict instruction for you to find something to be happy about.
Tomorrow should take you a step closer to a happier day, until it
becomes the happiest day of your life and then you repeat the cycle.
Life's recipe has an abundance of ingredients although you may leave out
something's in order to make it; it still will be the result of whatever
you intended to make of it. The possible takes preparation and
determination; the impossible may take more and a little longer time. A
person's determination of success results into success from
determination. Life comes in different shapes and sizes and its capacity
has many measurements, find your size and wear it well!

Friday, June 22, 2007

Thursday, June 21, 2007

FAITH VS. CONTROL


Bishop E. Earl Jenkins

"If you give up your life for me, you will save it." Luke 9:24 CEV


When you obsess over problems instead of looking to God for solutions,the enemy will magnify your fears. If he can't get you to worry aboutthe present he'll remind you of everything that could go wrong in thefuture! Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "All I have seen, has taught me to trust God for all I haven't seen."


The last time you checked, wasn't God still bigger than any terrorist attack, financial disaster, illness, accusation, or mess you found yourself in? Well, He hasn't changed! David said, "He won't go to sleep...The Lord is...at your right side...[He] will...keep yousafe...wherever you go" (Ps 121:3-8 CEV); plus His angels are watching over you 24/7. It all comes down to faith vs. control.


You can struggle to handlethings on your own - or trust your Heavenly Father. That's the choice! It's not about 'blind faith,' it's about believing that God is who He says He is. And it's an issue you need to settle in your mind once and for all, because if you don't believe He wants only the best for you, you'll keep trying to run the show. Control isn't responsibility. Responsibility is doing your part by praying, obeying, and trusting God. Control is manipulating the circumstances to engineer the outcome you want. Jesus knows how we like holding on to things we're not wise enough tocontrol, so He said, "If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give [it] up...for me, you will save it" (Lk 9:24 CEV).


Bottom line - you either trust God or you don't!

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Makes you say HMMMMM....

Just when I as about to shut down my confessions, here goes Diane with some honor. I'm delighted because I never realize how much of an influence is in my possession. Im doing things with fully knowing what Im doing. Ive been reading TD Jakes "Repositioning Yourself" and it has enlightened me on so many aspects of my life that I have been ignoring, such as this. This is just how God works..He has revealed to me some positivity and now it is my assignment to show Him that I will be responsible, because He is just so Faithful. So I am again, delighted for the confirmation of the "Thinking Bloggers Award"


NOW, TO ALL MY FANS......

YOU LIKE ME, YOU REALLLY LIKE ME!!!!

Thursday, June 14, 2007

U GOTTA HAVE BALLS...


A woman who ripped off her ex-boyfriend's testicle with her bare hands has been sent to prison.
Amanda Monti, 24, flew into a rage when Geoffrey Jones, 37, rejected her advances at the end of a house party, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

She pulled off his left testicle and tried to swallow it, before spitting it out. A friend handed it back to Mr Jones saying: "That's yours."

Monti admitted wounding and was jailed for two-and-a-half years.

'Pulled hard'

Sentencing Monti, Judge Charles James said it was "a very serious injury" and that Monti was not acting in self defence.

The court heard that Mr Jones had ended his long-term but "open relationship" with Monti towards the end of May last year.

The pair remained on good terms and on 30 May she picked him up from a party in Crosby and went back for drinks with friends at Mr Jones's house.

An argument ensued and Mr Jones said there was a struggle between them.

In his statement, Mr Jones said she grabbed his genitals and "pulled hard".

He added: "That caused my underpants to come off and I found I was completely naked and in excruciating pain."

The court heard that a friend saw Monti put Mr Jones's testicle into her mouth and try to swallow it.

She choked and spat it back into her hand before the friend grabbed it and gave it back to Mr Jones. Doctors were unable to re-attach the organ.

In a letter to the court, Monti said she was sorry for what she had done.

She said: "It was never my intention to cause harm to Geoff and the fact that I have caused him injury will live with me forever. I am in no way a violent person."

The letter added: "I have challenged myself to explain what has happened but still I just cannot remember. This has caused much anguish to me and will do for the rest of my life."

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/merseyside/4253849.stm

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

One Word

Okay I was extra bored today so you have 3 posts to fill you up.


I have a challenge for each and everyone of you to describe what you think you know of me in just ONE WORD.

Yes, this came to me in a email that nobody responded to, so I'm doing it all over again. Maybe this time someone will say something..anything.

How to Hear From God

But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth)....-John 16:13

Divine guidance is God's will for His children. We must believe that God does desire to speak to us and that we can hear from Him. One of the ministries of the Holy Spirit in our lives is to guide or lead us into God's will for us in each situation.

I don't believe that anyone immediately knows how to be led by the Spirit. We learn in these areas, and it takes teaching, studying, training, exercising, and making a few mistakes.

Making a mistake is not the end of the world; not learning from our mistake is a greater mistake than the original error.Have a pioneering spirit and be willing to learn. Here are some pointers that will help you:

1. Have regular prayer and fellowship time with God.
2. Be careful what you hear. Create an atmosphere that is conducive to hearing God.
3. Want God's will more than your own.
4. Know that God leads step-by-step. He often does not show you the entire plan at the beginning.
5. Be a thankful person.
6. Be led by peace and wisdom. The Holy Spirit desires to lead you into God's good plan for your life; He will speak to you, and you can hear Him.

Have You Been in the Wilderness Long Enough?


The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have dwelt long enough on this mountain. Turn and take up your journey....-Deuteronomy 1:6,7

As long as we have wilderness attitudes, we will continue living in the wilderness. Jesus died so we could live in the Promised Land the land of abundance.
It was only an eleven-day journey to the Promised Land, yet the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years murmuring, grumbling, complaining, and blaming Moses and God for their troubles. (Deuteronomy 1:1-7).
Their lack of progress was due to their attitude.Having a good attitude in a trying situation is at least 90 percent of the battle. We can win over anything as long as we have a godly attitude. There will always be trials in life, but as we trust God and continue doing what He shows us to do, we always come out victorious.Don't be afraid to walk in the light. As God brings your faults into the light to expose and remove them, it may be uncomfortable. This kind of discomfort, however, is temporary.
God loves you very much, and He has an excellent plan for your life. Follow the Holy Spirit, and He will lead you swiftly through the wilderness into the Promised Land.Take the shortcut through the wilderness don't go the long way around!