A Valentine Gift To Remember

Happy Heart’s Day!

The first gift of  love  was a Valentine gift to the World  from  Christ. Jesus’s  Crucifixion was  an act that true love, no lace or frills, no bunny rabbits, no balloons, no gift wrappings. no red roses.  

As I view Valentine’s Day I see the symbols of a commerical effort to  give meaning to a relationship, to confirm   the song of the heart/mind, a day for special moments  of sharing. 

The color of red in the heart signifies the color of blood that Jesus shed on the Cross for our sins

The symbol of the heart shape is  parallel  to the wholeness of  our life  without bones and can’t  be broken. 

A sustainer of our pysical activities as Christ is the sustainer of our spiritual life

The  chocolate  candy symbolizes the zenith of sweets, which  parallels Christ’ s  gift of  best to the world as he was  raised on the top of  Golgotha , the zenith of burden bearing for the World.

As we display our symbols for valentine let us remember that the effort to show love to others began on a hilltop  with no charge.

We Are Bless!

2009 came and would have come without our efforts or input. The Nation is now looking to each tomorrow with hope.

The blind  still waits for the song of the birds and sounds of suvival.

The lame  reach their goals as they reach point A in their daily struggle.

The terminally ill keep praying for a cure.

The Stockholders hope for an upward trend in the Market.

The Scientists keep looking for a break through.

The preacher strives to win souls.

Neighbors struggle to retain their privacy.

Students struggle to pass the State’s Tests.

Prisoners strive to beat the system.

In the rush of a day we look forward to quitting time.

When all is said and  done we rest beneath the shadow of  God’s

Mercy and his grace turn in to rest our heads on the pillar of physical

rest and look forward to tomorrow.

WE ARE BLESS!

Born To Win

Seventy-Eight years ago I was born into a family that taught moral values, personal hygiene, hard work and family traditions such as spring clean broadcasting with potash to kill bed bugs and other household insects. I was raised in a long shack/ today’ s townhouse, codominums and view palmettos as part of the front yard land scape and  grew up to view pictures in torn magazines as my hope.

Today December 30, 2008 I have  the winners cup to my credit. I am a christian,  a wife ,mother, a grandmother, a greatgrandmother , a retired public school teacher, a prayer warrior, a Bible School teacher, costmetologist, and I give God the credit forlessing this little girl from the bean fields of Florida to have come this far 21st century in the year 2008

2008 Is a Historical Year

We have come from a mighty long way as a Nation, as neighbors,  as friends, and inspite of the blonders of man’s inhumanity to man we stll stand tall and Ray Charles reminds us when sings “America”.   Give honor to God first and then to those people in your life who gave you moments of their time  and for your graudian angel.

When business takes first place

The economy, family problems, FCAT, imitate relationships, illness, meeting  the standards of society, stock losses 401k threaten, corruption at the top, low end of the construct of society receive instant punishment, corruption is found in the annals of  the CEOs. Hurricane  destruction, human suffering, stravation, prison overcrowding, elderly abuse and the murder of our children.  These concerns  ride front seat of our lives.  ” What A Blessing!”  if it were not for the beauty of living there would be no hurry scurry.  As a people our days should be counted as  the joys of looking forward to each new experience and each opportunity to improve  yesterday’s woes.

Murder In The Hallway!

Murder at any location is a tradegy. How painful the thought and the message that a parent must be told of the death of their child.  Equally as painful is the news to the defendant’s parents  of their child’s action.  In Broward County alone we loss three children one was accidental, two were murder.  We as parents bury our dead, but we aren’t able to bury our pain.   Somewhere in this vast gracious and beautiful Country we must stop giving prisoners a home away  from home with little or no accountability for their crimes.  Perhaps we should bring back the Chain Gang.  Human  Rights, and Civil Rights should be a second thought.  What Rights do we as citizens have when it comes to paying for their up keep in, prison,  after they murder our children?

Where Are The Black Males?

I have concluded  that we are a society of apathy.  We stress the importance of education, but we set students up to fail through the inter workings of  testing and labeling students.  Documentation of a student’s behavior and academic failures will lead to Special Education classes, which generate twice as much State funding as regular students.  The  horrible trappings are that Special Education Classes are populated with black males, regular diplomas are scare in  Special Education ,  this population of students are the great  propellers of the dropout rate.  It stands to reason  and it is a sad truth that half of the black males are in prison and one fourth of the black males that aren’t in  prison is in Special Education Classes.

High school dropouts are more likely to end up in the prison than college.  Scholars aren’t exempt from prison but their course of crimes  is because they use their knowledge to beat the system or feed their greed.

Common Slur of Acceptance in the Black Community

I am awe stricken by the salutation  ” Bear Brother” in a letter written to President Elect Obama.  The letter was an open letter  written by a celebrated author.  The letter was published in a local black paper.   The writer referred to the President Elect as ” Dear Brother “  perhaps  a well meaning gesture when you have status and you are among the elite, but to address President Elect Obama as brother is condesending, in as much as we refer to men as Reverend, and that is the name that belong to Christ in Ps.111 verse 9.  In my opinion the letter was a manuscript to be recorded in the catalogues of history.  The flag of advise and the road signs of don’t forget you purpose and the people that are depending on you.  The 2008 election was about this Country and every American citizen regardless of their hand slap or their belief in ” Hey Bro.”

Sameness

Now that the 2008 Election is over and the voters have spoken and unity has begun its morning.  Let us realize the fruit of our prayers and the signs of the time.  We enjoy the same sunbeams the same moon and the same stars that creats the canopy of heaven in the night skies.  We will realize the death of many demons of injustice as hope spring anew in hearts of this country and we enjoy the crystal clear view of America in her majestic form.

Our hopes and dreams must manifested in landscaped of our conduct, the nuturing of our youth, the homeless, the elderly and the redirection of our young males and there ideals of a fahion statement is walk around with their pants sagging like a baby with a load in his pamper. 

We as a nation must encourage the programs and the programmer that teach the holistic child. Morals and values can not be legislated, but we can lead the way by examples.

Sameness