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Merry Christmas

December is here and in my life, it’s been the month God has shown Himself strong on my behalf. Let me boast on the Lord for a minute: December 2006 - brand new luxury debt free vehicle December 2010 - new house December 2012 - surprise day of beauty sponsored by a group of ladies December 2015 - won a corporate global award at my job December 2017 - the man who’d become my husband let it be known he was pursuing me to marry me While God is not bound by time, the manifestations of His goodness are evidence to never count Him in ANY calendar year. Especially in 2020. I’ve seen comments about people being ready to hurry up and get to 2021.  We still have twenty-four more days for God’s glory to shine! Think about it: you’ve made it this far into a year that has had our heads turning and spinning very which way. That’s praiseworthy alone! Hallelujah! Proverbs 17:22 says “A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.” When we’ve had a tough year, it might be
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Life On The Lips!

“Life and death are in the power of the tongue.”  Life.  Death.  Life and death—polar opposites but yet, dispensable by the same instrument—our tongues. Most of us have probably heard this scripture over and over and while we believe it, some of don’t always live by it.  Perhaps we’ve underestimated the power of words and what they represent when we speak them.  God created the entire earth with WORDS! He  spoke  both you and me into existence.  Words have creative power and since we were created in His image, our words have the same power. The tongue is like a pink tornado when used the wrong way.  Tornadoes often come without warning, leave a lot of damage and keep moving like nothing ever happened.  Destructive words do the same thing: hurt the intended target without warning, leave a lot of damage such as bruised egos, hurt feelings and broken hearts, while the person spewing the words have gone on about their business with no clue as to what just happened. Today, I urge you to
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Still Weightless

Earlier today I was driving down one of my favorite streets in the city.   I was behind a dump truck hauling an assortment of damaged and broken bricks. The truck was moving very slowly, almost in a sluggish state.   As the dump truck made its way down the street at a snail’s pace, traffic began to back up.   The drivers became impatient and soon swerved from behind the truck to continue their journey.   With my eyes fixed on the truck, I started thinking about how many of us are like that—weighted down to the point of barely moving.    Being that this was a dump truck, I’m sure most of the junk on this truck was probably put there by other people. Have you allowed yourself to become weighted down by the concerns and problems of others?   Are you everybody’s dumping ground?   Well here’s the solution for you:   anytime anyone comes to you with their “mess” direct them to God!   God says in 1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV) “ casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you ”.    The importance o
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Are You Serving Tainted Water?

Below is the very first article I wrote for WOW! Magazine in May of 2006. Enjoy! Imagine you're outside and it's about 95 degrees.  We're talking about Florida hot, the kind of hot where it feels like 102 degrees in the shade.  It's extremely hot and you're thirsty.  It's so hot, your water wants some water!  You ask your friend for a glass of ice water because you can't deal with this any longer.  As you anticipate getting some much needed fluids in your body you began to get happy at that thought of some ice-cold water going down your throat! You start getting upset because you wanted to move up north a long time ago and this Florida heat is getting on your last nerve, but Big Mama 'nem would have your throat if you ever left.  It seems like your friend is taking such a long time to bring you some water but finally you see her coming!  As you take the glass from her the coolness soothes your hands.  "Yes Lawd!" you exclaim to yourself as yo
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