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Greetings brothas’ and sistas’:
To know me is to know God is the joy and the strength of my life. The expression of joy tells you I’ve had some pain in my life. Possessing strength tells you I’ve had some struggles in my life too. None of us are exempt from struggle or pain. We may not experience it on the same level or over the same things but at some time in our lives we shall experience it. If you think you haven’t, brace yourself because it’s coming. It comes in many forms. For some it may be direct or indirect. Whatever the case may be, Jesus is the way, the truth, and the light. Don’t wait until all else fails, to give him a try. In His words he tells us to come unto him all you are weary and heavy burdened and he will give you rest. He didn’t say we would find it on our own, or in other people, but that we would find it through him, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Trust him! He did it for me, I know he’ll surely do it for you.
Until the next issue! Be Blessed,
- Terwana J. Brown , Publisher
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Editor's Notes
Greetings,
When I don't know what to write, I always follow my heart. Lately the one thing that has weighed heavily on my mind is FAMILY. I can't think of a more important entity besides the love of God, than the love of family. Nothing makes me happier than when my family can come together and just talk, laugh and reminisce. I feel that we have begun to take our families for granted. I thought that maybe I was just being silly but it was really becoming a source of concern in my mind. I absolutely understand that each household is responsible for its own "family". My worry has been for the "whole" family. What is happening to families. Families used to stick together. They looked out for each other. Do you go out of your way to show love to family members? Do you show compassion to those less fortunate than you? Are you judgmental of those who haven't found their way yet? Do you call? Do you remember birthdays? Do you do little nice things out of the blue? If families fall apart, what will happen to the communities, to the churches? The bible says family originates from the mind of God. As recorded in the book of Genesis, family is a carefully crafted concept directly blessed by God. In Ephesians, Paul commented, "I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in Heaven and earth is named.” Family is a divine concept. I read that even before the time of the New Testament, family was a valuable concept for a variety of reasons. Yet even then fighting within was great. One of the greatest objectives of the Bible is to teach families to grow together. Love your family, talk over differences, don't assume and most of all pray for each other. Fall is coming and along with it comes many occasions for family to be together. Reach out to those who may feel left out. It's part of your Christian duty.
Happy Reading!
Stephanie Drewery-Lindsey
Founder & Editor
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Administrative Notes
Greeting to you all,
This issue I would like to use the scripture Jeremiah 1:5 and it states Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Although this particular scripture is speaking to Jeremiah and his call this applies to each of us as well. What comes to mind when meditating on this scripture is “God makes no mistakes”. What I’m saying is no matter how you got here, what your family lineage is, how your parents met or what you may be a product of, God had plans for you before you were even formed. He set you apart and appointed you to become something special! Some of us may not know what we are appointed to be in Christ because we haven’t fully acknowledged our creator. In the book of Psalms it tell us that it is God who made us and not we ourselves, so lets go back to our creator and find out what he has set us apart for.
It doesn’t matter what you have done in the past, or what you may find yourself currently involved in, let’s make our way back to our creator and live the life of abundance that he has for each of us. Remember God Makes No Mistakes!
Until next issue.
Kita Sorrell
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