Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "LOVE is LOVELY", "Life is precious handle with PRAYER!", "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", Inspirationals.
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Whirlwind
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I have no idea why I am sitting here about to tell the world
about my situation, but maybe it will help someone.
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A little over a year ago I found myself back home, working two
jobs, single, feeling alone and pregnant.
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Now the reason for me being back home was so that I could save
some money so that I might be able to buy my first home. I was
working two jobs so that I could pay my current bills off.
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I also wanted to start a new career. I was a nail tech and an
intake person. I was 28 years old, a single woman longing to be
married but finding myself alone and pregnant which I thought
would never happen.
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My mother and step-father gave me the option to move in for one
year so that I could save a little faster. Well my year had
come to a close and it was time to go, if you know what I mean.
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One day I felt like I was sitting in a chair in the middle of
the room and looking above only to see the whirlwind of my
problems going around me. I was like “wow if I get pulled up
into this mess I’d just keel over.” Well you know what happened
next. Our words do have power because all of a sudden it seems
as though I became trapped in this whirlwind.
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I then began to give up until I remembered that God said that we
should cast all of our worries unto Him, so I began to pray a
prayer with all my heart. With faith I believed that He would
fix all of this, but I didn’t quite know how.
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The next day while working at the nail shop around 5 p.m.,
I began to tell a client of mine about my situation. After
crying all over myself at the end of her appointment, she gave
me a big hug and said that I was strong and everything would
work itself out. Now that was the last thing that I wanted to
hear. I was in trouble and needed major help.
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So by the end of my shift around 10 p.m. that client of mine who
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Jan 23 2012
Posted: under "A Scripture A Day Keeps The Devil Away", "LOVE is LOVELY", "Life is precious handle with PRAYER!".
Tags: actions, attitude, behavior, blessings, bliss, character, child, children, deed, depression, discipline, example, flowers, God, granny, happiness, heart, inspiration, joy, language, life, Lord, love, moment, mother, mother-in-law, parent, patient, practice, prayer, protection, role model, rose, roses, scripture, smiles, stress, truth, understanding, words
“For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath
given me my petition which I asked of him.”
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– 1 Samuel 1:27
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As a mom you have so many concerns to bring to God
Character . . . . Discipline . . . . Gentleness . . . .
Obedience . . . . Protection . . . . Patience . . . .
Self-control . . . . Worry . . . .
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Through prayer, talk with your heavenly Father about those things and more….
Find God’s blessing on all the matters that are on your heart….
Take a moment to enjoy your Father’s loving presence….
the best place a mom can be.
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My little children,
let us not love in word, neither in tongue;
but in deed and in truth
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– 1 John 3:18
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Lord, I’m always telling people how much I love my children, but I’m afraid I’m not always good at putting it into practice. In my heart I know I do love them and want what’s best for them, but I
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May 08 2011
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "LOVE is LOVELY", Advice & Tips, Inspirationals.
Tags: age, attorney, beauty, bliss, care, child, compassion, court, earth, elderly, enthusiasm, example, eyes, glamour, granny, happiness, home, House, humanity, Inspirationals, joy, judge, kindness, language, law, lawyer, life, love, magazine, man, mirror, moment, mother, mother-in-law, others, parent, reflection, role model, rules, seniors, smiles, spirit, trust, truth, universe, vision, voice, woman, words, world
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You Are Beautiful
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You are beautiful. . .
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It’s a phrase that my mother uses a lot.. I used to wonder, “How in the world can Mother call them
beautiful?”
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I am a logical, statistical man.
I call things as I see them.
I didn’t see beauty.
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My mother would tell people this with an enthusiasm they
could feel. She was genuine. She wasn’t telling them they
were beautiful to get something from them. Most of the
time, they were trying to get something from her.
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I wondered for years what was wrong with Mother’s perception and
vision. Couldn’t she see that all of the people she called
beautiful, weren’t beautiful?
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You were beautiful only if you had a certain figure and face
that was classed as beautiful by the laws of the world and
glamour. Yet when my mother spoke, people smiled as though
Glamour magazine had listed them as one of the beautiful people
of the year.
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It took me years to finally understand my mother’s vision
and the phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
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My mother had a spirit that could see the beauty in a person. .Most only look on the outside and then compare what they
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May 08 2011
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish ~ Louise Bennett", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know".
Tags: activities, age, beauty, bliss, Caribbean, celebration, celebrity, cemetery, comedian, country, culture, dialect, doctor, earth, elderly, event, feelings, genius, ghost, happiness, health, heritage, honor, humor, icon, inspiration, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, job, joy, labrish, language, laughter, legacy, legend, life, lifestyle, love, Miss Lou, Montego Bay, nation, patois, school, seniors, smiles, society, task, taste, thought, time, truth, universe, vernacular, words, work, world
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The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission has earmarked the month of September to celebrate the life and work of Hon Dr Louise Bennett-Coverley OJ, OM.
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The amazing Miss Lou was born on September 7, 1919. She was a Jamaican poet and activist for the Jamaican language and is described as Jamaica’s leading comedian. Miss Lou has been lauded as the only poet who has really hit the truth about her society through its own language. She has managed to capture Jamaican thoughts, feelings and lifestyle through her poems in the vernacular. This has been done through masterful taste in use of the dialect which is acceptable to and appreciated by all in Jamaica and the Diaspora.
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In September, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) staged a series of activities across the island. St. James hosted ‘MoBay Ring Ding’ as part of the celebrations.
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‘MoBay Ring Ding’ is a mini concert with a mixture of poems and storytelling. This year the National Exhibition
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Oct 18 2010
Posted: under "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", "YUMMY FOOD FOR THOUGHT".
Tags: advice, beacon, belief, Bible, blessings, burden, candle, candles, Christ, cross, direction, exam, example, faith, fire, flame, focus, food, God, influence, inspiration, instruction, Jesus, leader, life, light, load, role model, scripture, sunshine, teacher, test, testimony, thought, trust, truth, weight
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“If you are being tested today…
It’s because God will be using your testimony tomorrow!”
Mar 26 2010
