Good morning and Marvelous Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. As we continue in the month of Drama Free in January based on 1st Kings 3:23-28 and Mark 12:13-17 I want to take the time to recognize that one this day that we celebrate the holiday of a remarkable man, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In spite of all the things that were happening to him and around him he stood in the face of adversity and helped change the way this nation treated those of color. Sometimes you have to do things a bit differently if you really want change. This is a Portrait of a Hero.
In defining the word hero I go my source of definitions and that is dictionary.com. Hero means as follows; a man of distinguished courage or ability; admired for his brave deeds; and noble
qualities. You see some most of the things that Dr. King did was courageous and there are many that admire the outcome of what his brave deeds accomplished that made his noble qualities stand out. Portrait of a Hero.
In looking at the Word of God for this teaching of Portrait of a Hero I go to Isaiah 6:8-10. In this passage Isaiah has taken on the task to go into a the land and speak what God has him to do. Dr. King
as a man distinguished by his actions, listened to the voice of what God told him and in effect went into places that the people in charge did not want him to go. We admire him for these brave deeds. Portrait of a Hero.
In looking in the Word of God again of a Portrait of a Hero I go to Amos 7:10-17. In this passage Amos is told by priest of the king to go away and so that his message will not be heard. Dr. King was
not welcomed into any of the segregated cities that he brought the message of non-violence to and often times, beaten and/or arrested but he still carried on. Portrait of a Hero.
In looking at the last Biblical example I go Matthew 11:25-30. In this passage Jesus offers those who are tired and weary a place to find rest. Dr. King being the person who stood on the forefront of this
non-violent movement wanted to see that the oppressed and disadvantaged people of color would be lifted of some of the burdens of being of color and could rest knowing they were truly equal. This was his noble qualities. Portrait of a Hero,
In closing being a Hero is not easy. You have to do things against the norm. You have to love those who are doing you wrong. You have to be the forefront of change. You have to say that I am going to make it no matter the cost. Being a hero you have to have that distinguished ability to not let your enemies have control over you in any situation. Being a Hero is showing brave deeds by going back to the places you grew up in or heard about and attempt to make changes. Being a Hero is having your noble qualities be so great that others want to be part of the change you are going to be about. I salute you Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Portrait of a Hero. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching. Please join me later this week for my teaching coming for the first base scripture of the month, 1st Kings 3:23-28. called Competitive Intelligence.
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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