Good afternoon and Thankful Thursday everyone. Each month I try to bring a blog that is not dealing with the theme of the month. This month is no different as I bring a teaching that is near and dear to me. Although I could not attend 2nd Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church celebrated their 68th anniversary. One thing about this church was the strength of the men. The picture on the side shows my Dad, and other Deacons of the church at the time. Last month I wrote about Mothers being a community, but this month we celebrate fathers and all the men pictured plus many many more have helped not only raise me but many others as well. These men were Fathering Families.
In my community there is a rush to be a father but not a rush to take on the responsibility of being one. There is a penchant to be called not dad, pops or father, but instead baby daddy. This never happens when you
have men who not only step up to the plate but are responsible for the raising their children but take pride in raising other children as well. Although my Father disciplined me it was nothing for me to be chastised by any man at the church if I fell out of line. In the next three paragraphs I will give three examples from the Word of God of Fathering Families.
In the first example of Fathering Families I go to 6:10-14. In this passage Moses and Aaron have been given the command to begin to implement the plan to begin freeing his people. These men who I grew up with did
what God had given them to do plus what was passed down from their parents. The teachings and examples these men set are not only with me but with each and every person who were part of their Fathering Families.
In going to the Word of God to see another example of Fathering Families I go 2nd Kings 23:1-20. In this passage King Josiah and his elders commence to cleansing the community from all things that was not of
God. See when you are Fathering Families you have to go and tear down every stronghold that the enemy has to keep your families from achieving their goals. These men all did this and we appreciate them.
In looking at the last example in the Word of God of Fathering Families I go to Acts 11:16-24. In this passage the apostles are adding to the church by going outside of the chosen people. Once Jesus died he
he made it possible for any and all to come to him to be saved. These men worked hard, fed us well, spoiled us beyond measure and treated each and every child as if they were their own. The were Fathering Families.
In closing I want to thank each and every man who helped make me who I am. I may have fallen out of favor with God, may not have been the best father to my young men and still am not perfect but these men instilled in me what the favor of God can do and their teachings helped many become who they are today. They Fathered Families. We as men must pick up up the torch and continue this tradition of raising a community. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching. I did not include people like Reverend Patton in this blog because I did not have a picture of him but he certainly helped Father Families. I want to thank June Miles and her daughter K'Valentine for her contribution to this teaching. Have a great Father's Day weekend and please join me Monday for a teaching called We Are In the Black ( Fiscally Strong).
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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