Good morning and Thankful Thursday. Each month I come out of the subject for the month and teach on something that God has given me. As I begin this I want to say that at a very young age I confessed that Jesus had died for my sins and was eventually baptized. My times as a youth being reborn was wonderful. I had a great relationship with my family and a whole lot of friends. I was into the Word of God but never truly understood the whole Bible. I was a whiz in school and got high grades without even applying myself. I would be rewarded by my parents or grandparents and there was no youth in my peer group who was smarter than I was. I could become anything I wanted to and had big aspirations. In fourth grade my poetry won me a couple of awards and I could even sing back then. I was basking in the light of all that God gave me until I started being persuaded by the enemy to do things that were not of God. I was beginning a plunge into a dark place and did not know that one day I would be in a Rebirth.
After my promising start in then late 70's to mid 80's I was lost. I had my first real relationship that was physical and was in love at the age of 15 planning to marry and have a child right away. Introduction to things
such as marijuana, cigarettes, alcohol and being dishonest was some of the things I was becoming involved with. I even made sure I sabotaged my grades so I could be considered cool and not square. As bad as things were I was getting into my Rebirth.
In looking in the Word of God and seeing a Rebirth I go to Acts 11:4-18. In this passage Peter explains on how the Italian delegation that Cornelius was part of had a Rebirth once they had accepted that Jesus was
there Savior. In the late 80's and early 90's I became involved in cocaine, tac, happystick and after the love failed into more physical relationships. In Matthew 28:1-7 Jesus rose from the grave so that I can still have a Rebirth.
In continuing in Rebirth I go Acts 9:1-19. In the passage it speaks of how Saul who knew the law and the Bible was against any and everything that dealt with Jesus. In the late 90's and early 2000's I had a failed
marriage , two children, estranged from my family and living with some one I had met only a month earlier. In Mark 16:12-13 you had two strangers who saw Jesus had risen but no one believed. No one who knew me would believe I would have a Rebirth.
In looking in the Word of God for the last example of Rebirth I go to Acts 8:26-40. I tells how Philip saw a man of great authority and moved to save his soul. In the mid 2000's my life was in shambles and I was on a
a destructive path still addicted to drugs. In Luke 24:18-27 it shows how others and Cleopas had given up hope that things would change but they had just witnessed a Rebirth. I was now on the cusp of my Rebirth and it felt so good.
In closing I finally had my Rebirth in 2007. I am still far from perfect but am a prime example of what was once dead can have a Rebirth. Those of you that have arts and entertainment aspirations, see that business, want to do something in education, can envision doing big things in government, that has looked at social media to tell the world about Christ, being active in doing things to help save the family structure and tearing religious strongholds down can all have a Rebirth. The things I just shared was condensed for the purposes of this blog. I still have detractors like in John 20:24-29 but I have had a Rebirth. I give God all the glory and would hope that you share your testimony to those who do not believe that with God anything is possible. May God bless all that read this blog. Have a great Resurrection weekend. Please join me Monday for a blog titled Don't Be Cruel.
Good morning and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. This past month I was riding with my friend Angela Francis. On this particular day she had to go get her hair done and her friend Roxanne' shop. I had done this numerous times in the past so when I was getting ready to leave I told Angela I was going to the forest preserve to sit and wait as she got her hair done. At the forest preserve I would be able to do two things while I was there. I would be able to think of ideas for my blog, my radio show and my daily postings on Facebook. When you attempt to write you sometimes get writer's block and need to get to a different atmosphere ( Hmmm Writer's Block may be a blog soon LOL ). The other reason I wanted to go to the forest preserve is because it was hot that day and I needed some shade. So as I approached the forest preserve I put on my left turn signal and waited for traffic coming southbound to clear. After
Good morning and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. Growing up we used to love to take pictures. Maybe not myself because I had a self confidence problem, but everywhere you went there was someone taking pictures. In grammar school we took pictures every week. In high school we took them every year. At church we took pictures. In the club we took pictures as a group to show we all went to a party. Most of the pictures we took were with a Polaroid camera which had great quality then. But if you wanted the best pictures you wanted the photographer to take your pictures. This was one of the coolest professions back then because all the ladies who wanted to be models or actresses had to go to the photographer to get that photo to take to the different agencies to show how they look. So in order to get the best quality the photographer had to go someplace where he could get the best results. It was his Dark Room. This is the na
Good morning and Happy Friday. The summer is now beginning and the weather is now reaching its highest temperatures. It has reached a high point of 90's so far in the Chicagoland area and it appears to be nothing in sight to relieve us of these conditions that are almost drought like. As the summer gets ready to start in earnest next week we anticipate the warmest temps of the year after a winter that saw a little snow but the hawk, ( that's what we call the wind in the CHI ) was in full effect. But the sun has been out daily and we need a little moisture in our lives. We expect things to get wet in order for us to not only cool off but to wash away some things and bring a freshness of new things in our lives. The hotness of the weather coincides with the hotness in our lives. We need things to cool off a little bit but need some things to come down so we can enjoy the things in our lives that is promised to us as Christians. We are faithful and trusting in his Word. So as we
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