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Nothing But A Mother’s Love
he Lord is known for the
miracles he has per- formed every since man has been on this earth. It was a miracle when Jesus turned water into wine. So were hap- penings wherein He fed a mul- titude with a few loaves of bread and a few fish, or how he quieted a raging storm with the words Peace Be Still.
Moses was glad to see him part the Red Sea so that he and his people could escape from the evil Pharoah, or when he gave sight to a blind man with the mere sound of his voice. The miracle believed to be his most amazing feat was when he called Lazarus from the grave to live again. These mir- acles occurred long before our time. None of us were born at the time of these wonderful oc- curences.
But the Lord has not gone out of the miracle business. Without any fanfare he worked one of his biggest miracles of all times. He did that by instill- ing into women a gene called
‘A Mother’s Love.’ The mother’s love gene is a very powerful one and is available to any lady who chooses to use it.
The mother’s love miracle is irresistible, without a time limit and it applies to every sit- uation. Oh yes, I say again, the Lord is still working miracles. I say to all of you non-believers that when someone falls from a great height and only suffer minor cuts and bruises that is Jesus at work.
When you are in financial strait and you don’t know where you can get it from, then suddenly the money is there. Want to know what happened, Jesus fixed it.
These things are a glorious tribute to the work of the Lord, but they don’t compare to the wonders of a mother’s love. The gene is very powerful and diverse. All a lady has to do is activate the miracle by having an undying love for her children. Right or wrong, this love will cause a mother to
support her children some- times at great sacrifices.
This love can make your kids obedient children, who are good students. It could make them put away their cig- arettes, alcohol, drugs and criminal ways. The gene can follow your children into the operating room at the hospital; or follow your kids in jail should it become necessary.
The mother’s love gene will provide comfort to the mother as she worries about her chil- dren. The key to all this love is prayer. Praying is something that pleases the Lord. Did He ask us to pray regularly?
These ladies with the motherly love are praying ladies who pray all the time for their children. It is a good thing, too. For without these mothers some of us don‘t know where we would be. There are many of us who don’t read the Bible, go to church and don’t do any com- municating with the Lord. Yet we wonder why the Lord keeps blessing us. Simple, it is the praying mother who loves us.
What we should do is find our Mamas, living or dead, and tell them you love them. Tell them thanks and ‘Happy Mother’s Day.’ I wish all Moth- ers the same.
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A Pledge To Diversity Will Reduce Poverty
ithin the past few years, several high profile com-
panies have pledged to increase diversity in their mostly white/white-collar workforce. Among them were Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
Indeed, efforts to increase women, Hispanics and Black employees resulted in Intel’s committing $300 mil- lion to develop diversity among its leadership rolls and throughout the ranks of its more than 98,000 employees by 2020. In truth, if only every business would make such a pledge and commitment, America would progress by leaps and bounds.
Most certainly, amid talks about the causes of protests against police shootings in Ferguson, Missouri and Bal- timore, Maryland, poverty and joblessness tops the list. For, only direct action by businesses in America will yield results in changing the face of poverty and unemploy- ment in our country.
Not until every business makes a pledge and to recruit and hire more women and minorities; not until employ- ers commit to give non-violent ex-felons a chance for re- demption in the workplace; not until employers invest in scholarships or training programs in degree or skilled areas needed in their industry; and not until American businesses admit and confront their gender and racial bi- ases will they ever change.
On the other hand, women, Black people, Hispanics, and other ethnic groups must select training and pursue degrees in technology, engineering and medical fields that predict the largest growth and highest salaries. To- gether, we can solve poverty and save our nation.
He Could Be The One
his time they finally got
it right. For the first time in over a decade the Tampa Bay Buccaneers acquired a player that actually makes people ex- cited about watching its games.
After weeks of speculation over which way the Bucs would go between quarterbacks Jameis Winston and Mar- cus Mariota in this year's NFL draft, the organization de- cided to go with the safer pick, at least from a football perspec- tive, from Bessemer, Alabama. A choice, that I'm sure, wasn't an easy one.
Anyone familiar with col- lege football over the last two years knows that choosing Winston means dealing with someone whose decision mak- ing in his personal life has been highly questionable at best. From being accused of some- thing as serious as sexual as- sault to doing something as childish as jumping onto a table inside of the Florida State student center and screaming an obscenity to the student body, Winston seemed to make a habit of raising red flags about his character throughout his college career.
Ironically though, it is Winston's response to the fallouts that followed each of these scandals that made him such an attractive prospect to NFL teams. The fact that he was able to focus on his game and lead his team to a national championship while amassing a 25-1 record, despite the dis- tractions, spoke volumes about his potential to deal with what- ever comes his way on the next level.
Of course this incredible upside, accompanied by an equally daunting dark side, is all a part of the paradox that makes up the young man known as "Famous Jameis." Along with his strong arm, ac- curacy and high football IQ, comes a kid who still needs a lot of room to grow up. And now that he has a $5 million signing bonus to play with, as far as the Bucs are concerned, that maturation process can't start soon enough.
Personally, I believe that Jameis is going to be just fine. Even with the transition he'll have to make to living in a much larger and faster moving environment, he should be able
to adjust to his new surround- ings like all of the other players who've come before him.
As long as he can stay clear of thirsty gold-diggers, shady event promoters and the jeal- ous-hearted goons who'll, more than likely, attempt to pull his chump card at local clubs, his stay in Tampa should be long and productive. If he can deal with these elements, without being sucked into the abyss, his name can wind up in the ring of honor with Buccaneer Hall of Famers like Lee Roy Selmon, Derrick Brooks and War- ren Sapp.
If he can't, then I imagine he'll be lumped into the NFL "bust" category with people like Ryan Leaf, Brian Bosworth and his fellow Alabama native, Jamarcus Russell. All star college players whose names, for one reason or another, au- tomatically became synony- mous with gross failure after quickly flaming out under the bright lights of professional football.
Only time will tell which cloth Winston is cut from. In the meantime, I guess Buc fans will just have to cross their fin- gers and hope it's the one made of extremely strong fabric.
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Generation X: The New Normal?
hat’s what they call them now. The “New Normal”
are the ones who met activist-minister Al Sharpton at the Ferguson, Missouri city line and told him his rhet- oric wasn’t needed on the premises. They were the ones who obviously got to Rev. Jesse Jackson in Baltimore and were the reason why a usually eloquent word-mason Jackson was unusually low key.
In fact, so-called Generation X also known as the “New Normal” raised its voice at a recently televised meeting moderated by newsman Roland Martin, and for the first time in recent history, accused both the NAACP and National Urban League of being behind the times.
But Baltimore and Ferguson were only jagged tips of a mile-deep Black iceberg that has been roaming the back seas of America. To hear them tell it, Generation X’ers owe little to Dr. M. L. King, Malcolm X, Rosa Park, or a litany of other names who held sway during the early and mid-20th century. In the New Normal’s parlance, that was so much “Back-in-the-Day.”
And who, or what, is the New Normal? To hear insid- ers tell it, they are not products of diversity. As a matter of fact, “diversity” has become a curse word among the ranks of Generation-X.
Indeed, the backroom complaint Generation-X’ers
level against most aging Baby-Boomers is “they think too slow.” Therefore, human di- versity sessions for law enforcement, fire and rescue and municipal employees is now replaced by so-called “fair and impartial sensitivity” tea-parties or online fill-in-the- blanks.
Consequently, Generation-X should be careful lest the fox in the henhouse comes back, dressed up in a tuxedo called “New Normal.” Remember” Normal is never new.
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