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Image by PDPics from Pixabay.  Overflow is just what it says, over flow. Come on and step into the overflow. God wants to fill your cup to overflow. I want some of that overflow in my life. When you think about something flowing over its continuously or exceeding the capacity of something full, like putting water in a glass and there is no more room to fill. Water in the bible is considered as a blessing. Isaiah 44:3 promised blessings that will come from God, For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring." This is what God wants to do in our lives, fill it up with abundance spiritually, mentally, and physically. Never settle for a mini-view of God. Think abundance. The abundant life is a fruitful life. In Christ, we can have overflowing joy, overflowing grace, overflowing peace, overflowing patience, and overflowing love. All you have to do is ask, God can and will according...

Hello everyone and welcome back!  I do apologize it's been quite some time since I've been active in blogging, some of my readers have been asking me to get back to blogging. Yes, I did digress from my routine blogging because I am always trying to learn something new and then sometimes life gets in the way as we know things happen. I am excited about writing this one. So let's get started, are you afraid of getting out of your comfort zone. The first step in breaking out of your zone is to do it. Author Roy T. Bennett shares the quote "the comfort zone is the psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, calm and secure. You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at your comfort zone." With that being said its time to escape your comfort zone, no one likes to move beyond their comfort zone. Comfort zones can prevent us from reaching our full potential. It's always good to get out of our comfort zone, to grow, to...

                                                                                  Photo Credit Images: Pixabay 1776~Voting was controlled by individual state legislatures. Only white men, age 21 and older who owned land could vote. 1920~The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified giving women the right to vote nationwide.  1923~The poll taxes were used in many states as a way to discriminate against certain voters. 1924~The Indian Citizenship Act Grant’s Native Americans Citizenship and voting rights. 1964~The Federal Civil Rights Act was passed to ensure that all men and women age 21 and older regardless of race, religion, or education have the right to vote. The 24th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified eliminatin...

Drapetomania What is drapetomania, it is a term that was originated and hypothesized in 1851 by a man named Samuel Cartwright who was a medical doctor that practiced medicine in the South? He came up with this racial theory when an African slave would runaway, Cartwright considered that the slaves had a disease, a mental illness when one wanted to flee. Think about this because an African slave wanted to escape from being beaten, dehumanize, raped, and who wanted to escape captivity. They were literally diagnosed.   Below is some interesting information about Drapetomania: Southern doctors used pseudo-science to explain why slaves tried to escape while ignoring the fact that maybe they just didn't like being slaves. It’s easy to forget that up until very recently, slavery was a normal and accepted way of life. Since the beginning of recorded history, some humans have enslaved others, and people accepted it as the way of the world. It is boggling to the modern Western mind to t...

  For this moment, I believe this is an appropriate word. My apologies for my inconsistencies and inactivity, I have been keeping my equilibrium through these challenges. I know to everything there is a season, and at this present time is a season of tough endurance along with the recovery of surgery.  Some seasons we faced in life are great and some seasons are tough. If you are in a great season, it's only going to get greater. And if you are in a tough season, be of good cheer, it shall be well. While our circumstances may be challenging and difficult, they will not last forever. We  must rise above all challenges great, Rise above anger! Rise above attacks!  Rise above defeat!  Rise above frustration!  Rise above disappointment!  Rise above regret!  Rise above adversities!  Still I Rise During this journey of physical healing and victory, I had to sift my spiraling emotions to savoring my Father's Words by setting my affection on t...

    As we see the condition of the country is yet experiencing systemic racism, racism is alive and well in 21st century in America. Blacks have faced the battle of racism on numerous levels. The color of police violence, housing racial, job discrimination, disadvantage conditions and lack of governmental services have been hidden causes in the black community. These are a few instances of how America has not respected the value of black life. In this space, I would like to highlight an inhumane and cruel dimension on a black history fact of servitude and slavery.   Chattels Personal      Today I would like to expound on what Black slaves was considered as from the slave master. Blacks was considered as property as far back as the 1600's to the slave owners. Slavery was cruel, it could be found in many places, from antiquity to very recent times. Africans was first brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 and sold as "servants for life". In 1817 the cour...

Photo by Christian Ferrari: Freeimages Philippians 3:14 "I press toward the mark of the High calling of Christ Jesus." The Apostle Paul pictured himself in a race, straining every nerve and muscle exerting every ounce of strength like a runner in a race.  The one thing an athlete has in their mind is to win. The runner sees himself crossing the finish line and winning the race.  Paul’s goal as ours should be to get to know Christ.  In this scripture the believer is reminded to press for the prize of a high calling in Christ Jesus.  We should totally depend on Christ it was the mission of Paul to please our Lord and Saviour even if it cost him his life.      The one thing Paul knew is that the churches needed him.  The scriptures remind us that Paul suffered much in his body from stoning and beatings.  When he was in prison, he wrote that his mind was on Paradise and his desire to leave the earth.  Yet, he knew he had to press into...