What did I say! A C-SPAN Caller Calls President Obama A “N*gger” On Air

What did I say!

•  A Racist - is a bigot who only likes his kind or tribe and doesn't mix with outside races other than work never socially.
• Racism - when one race feels Superiority over all other races and impose their will and ways to repress others. 

 ERGO "NIGGERS" We've always been on the Top of the list, but never forget these important words... 

'Segregation Forever': A Fiery Pledge Forgiven, But Not Forgotten 

"Segregation Now, Segregation Forever"  hailed by the former Governor George Wallace from the great state of Alabama with Confederate Flags flown all around him.  They still fly that flag in the South today..

If you don't relate to any of these types of people way down in your soul, and that was repulsive to read and hear.
 I just have one question no matter who you are

Black/White/Other

 This Cspan Caller is part of a base of people called "Republicans" their color is "RED"
They deplore "BLACK" and darker races
and thier symol is "GREEN" the almighty Dollar
their motto "Be Afraid, Be very, very afraid"

Why do you keep voting against your own interest?

or
Not Voting at ALL!!!!

Both stagnate your growth in society &  limit any hope for real independence..

#Wake Up People - God Bless

note: Wallace reached out to civil rights activists and appeared in black churches to ask forgiveness. In his last election as governor of Alabama, in 1982, he won with more than 90 percent of the black vote. Wallace died in September 1998.

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Colonel Abrams - How Soon We Forget

Moral to the story, never hide what real inside of you, to thine own self be true..it's called "Core Beliefs" who you are and what you value, the same folks who made you will break you.

Despite what you may have heard that's what the Republicans do out loud warrants respect and disdain. The Democratic Party ran away from their own successes by denying their accomplishments oh how they oohed and awwed about the "First African American President" only to Turn their backs on him after they had no spine in Congress to stand their ground to me I relate this parallel to Peter denying Jesus 3 times and lied but He knew it before Peter did it, part of a process for a greater plan. Some things in life is just more important or bigger than you in GOD's mind.  Nothing is new under the sun.

GOD Bless

@Lovleeannwise 2014  all rights reserved

The World Is A Ghetto/Amazing Grace How sweet the sound, AGAPE unconditional Love…

Amazing Grace How sweet the sound, AGAPE unconditional Love…
War The World Is A Ghetto Lyrics
Songwriters: Oskar, L; Scott, H; Miller, C; Dickerson, M; Allen, S; Brown, H; Jordan, L;

Walkin' down the street, smoggy-eyed
Looking at the sky, starry-eyed
Searchin' for the place, weary-eyed
Crying in the night, teary-eyed

Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto

Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto

Wonder when I'll find paradise
Somewhere there's a home sweet and nice
Wonder if I'll find happiness
Never give it up now I guess

Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto

Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto

------ long instrumental break ------

There's no need to search anywhere
Happiness is here, have your share
If you know you're loved, be secure
Paradise is love to be sure

Don't you know that it's true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto


(The world is a ghetto)
{21 times and fade}

Suffering for Doing Good - 1 Peter 3 8-17

3:8 Finally, all of you be harmonious,sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble. 3:9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing. 3:10 For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.
3:11 And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer.

But the Lord’s face is against those who do evil.

3:13 For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good? 3:14 But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken. 3:15 But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. 3:16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. 3:17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.

3:18 Because Christ also suffered once for sins,

the just for the unjust,

to bring you to God,

by being put to death in the flesh

but by being made alive in the spirit.

I often pay attention and listen when I"m hearing a sermon or during my moment of meditation - prayer, and praise. It often happens around dawn or just before..

But moving forward I’m trying to get a clear word or sense of direction from the LORD so I’m cautious still when it pertains to whose feeding my soul. Discernment of the Spirit becomes more complex if you’re wounded. I find it hard to be vulnerable these days so prayer is important and listening to the Word of GOD becomes more prevalent to me no one else seems to be able to make sense of what has happened to me these past few months. While still seeking job opportunities and other major challenges unemployed more obstacles that would have devastated most who are accustomed to having some of the finer things.. Even if you stop and ponder about how I’ve been able to maintain communicate via Internet That’s simply GOD+AGAPE his Grace and Mercy. Nothing I’ve done haven’t gotten any help not soliciting either just sharing nobody is paying me to write. I’m not selling anything to anybody this is right where you can stop reading… The way GOD moves is a mystery just like soon as you think you know guess what time to go back to school again..

You have to be where I’m sitting to understand what I’m about to drop on you now. People can only do what they are able and have to accept when GOD’ places it on their heart to serve HIM to reach out to others that don't always make sense to those in your circle. But only to the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit…. Truth is hard to accept for many of us hard reality about ourselves but love is as Infinite as the Omnipotent it has dimensions like looking into a tri- mirrors seeing your reflection on all sides. Well, for you lay people think of it like good sex what’s next, like Joy and Pain, Agony & Ecstasy it parallels itself. Then to come through the storm and struggle with the same feelings you originally had for the person who might have hurt or harmed you with a good attitude, well not too many can claim that type of forgiveness, tolerance and love in this world.

For to see how GOD gives us plenty to meet our daily needs in spite of what we give back to HIM and each other. When we limit our ability to give either through guilt or complaining it becomes a wasted effort because it’s conditional – if it makes me feel good then I’ll reflect a giving spirit. If I give you this then you must repay me double! Some of us even say to GOD give me double for my trouble...Your expectations are of human instinct that we can’t overcome unless we actually enter into a relationship to commune with GOD, (notice I said WE as me too and I refer to GOD as but one person, one place, one thing), to rely on for counsel. Fellowship is mandatory to survive in a community helping each other achieve mutual goals, lending a helping hand up instead of a handout. Taking it to the LORD in prayer is one thing but allowing Him to teach us, guide, and direct us learning to Sacrifice something in order to really grow. Because no one can mess with what GOD has blessed even you - then HE'll convict your conscious (soul) to let go release - give up the things that would jeopardize you often times to stifle our growth but instant gratification in any form makes us feel good…but the effects can cause pain or discomfort. You know what I’m saying those things or person(s) that hurt you sometimes maybe all the time! Just start right there ask youself honestly. He will not do this until We become willing but GOD loves us so unconditionally the WORD spoke that He will never foresake or leave His sheep and it is impossible for GOD to lie!

Have you loved anything or anyone enough to let them go for a greater good that has nothing to do with how it left you feeling? Have you tried trusting GOD do you believe that He does love you in all ways exactly for who you are, and thus far has guided you into the place where you are in life right now?

What have I sacrificed lately, to experience true Joy because to let go of anything or someone we love causes much pain which often leaves us feeling vulnerable and therein is when Faith comes. Faith comes by hearing the word and believing in those things that are unseen (a plan, dream, vision), which will manifest (by doing the footwork), then it becomes reality.. speak Boldy! If you can conceive it believe it, then recieve this..........enjoy this one.

GOD gave us everyone of us FREE WILL and with that comes a responsibility that man has never fully been able to understand it’s powerful.
Free Will in itself allows you to speak into being what you call blessed or curse those that you call cursed the old saying is what comes around goes around simply put it's "KARMA";The tongue is the smallest member of the body but carries so much power and gives weight if you think I’m lying look at what just happened to America. Inspired by the words of one Man to do better become greater started a movement the result still has some people trying to figure out what just happened.

He was free to believe being President could happen, trusted GOD, and he walked humbly from the process into the promise.

GOD is living and believe what I’m saying this is getting edited for personal reasons what has been revealed in my life is due process. People make the mistake of putting GOD on their level and minimize his Omnipresence but HE is far greater than we all can imagine and nothing, no thing or no Man has ever really been able to understand or explain fully we believers just trust HIS WORD for me it's the Bible. Sometimes GOD does takes us into a strange place in order to elevate us even while we are bruised and hurting not just to get our attention but to move us out of the way to do something more significant to serve his purpose not our own foolish sense of want and needs. Then there are times family the closest loved ones not just your enemies enjoy observing while others are in pain, naked, and bleeding; but GOD knows no boundaries when it comes to divine healing. He'll use your situation to teach you and others HIS way is the only way! What HE has put in me is enough to survive anything even mankind and our limited ability to truly love on one another without conditions. Now, That's so priceless

HE is greater in me than he that is of this World....Then once you've walked through the fire as did Shad rock Me shac and Abendigo(sp) everybody wants some of that; what did you do; how did you do and blessings bestowed many upon you. For with that level of Ecstasy arrives Victory then comes the Agony of winning… Everybody wants some of you. So you see Love defined shows up in three dimensions. Human form, Soul’s realm, and Spirit realm. You need to be able to accept and embrace humbly all three. Study the Word; hear the word, and listen to the word of GOD no matter where you are in your walk in His Grace. He loves you exactly where you are at, and one last thing what GOD has called blessed in your life is meant for you so enjoy it;always give Him Glory because everything comes from El Elyon (the most high God); Adonai (our master). So when he moves you to give or serve your brother/sister remember how Cain messed up when he was faced with that question; his response “Am I my brothers keeper”…. my response to Cain woulda been, "Yes I AM." because He lives in ALL of us remember that GOD is always with you AGAPE.

Jesus said, "I am . .

the resurrection
the way
the truth
the life
the light of the world
the bread of life
the good shepherd
the door of the sheep
the true vine."
"Before Abraham was, I AM.

 Be Blessed!!! Repost

@Lovleeannwise 2010  all rights reserved

REASONS

orig posted on 06-2005

Reasons 


Maurice white, charles stepney & philip bailey

Now,  I’m craving your body, Is this real Temperatures rising, I don’t want to feel I’m in the wrong place to be real

Woahh and I ; longing to love you Just for a night, Kissing and hugging and holding you tight Please let me love you With all my might

Reasons, the reasons that we hear,

The reasons that we fear Our feelings a-won’t disappear

Oooh!

and- after the love game has been played

All our illusions were just a charade

And all the reasons start to fade

laalahh~ ahh ah-ahhaa

After all our reasons why

All the reasons were a lie

After all the reasons lo-ove was ne’ver decide

I'm, longing to love you for one night

Please let me love you with all of my might,

baaaaby Ooohhh, baby!

Reasons, the reasons that we hear,

The reasons that we fearOur feelings a-won’t disappear

Oooh! and after the love games have been played

All our illusions were just a charade

And all the reasons start to fade

AND

In the mornin when I rise no longer feelin hypnotized

find the reasons the reason have no pride......after allllllllllllllll the Reasons Why, all of the reasons were a lie love subside!

Can't find the reasons Why I love you baby

my dear, can't find the Reasons'

Lust of the Eyes can end in A Lifetime of Committment!
Marriage is a Committment not "A One Night Stand"

HONORING FATHERS, IRON SHARPENS IRON

All my brothers share this with another brother who needs to be properly schooled

Any sister's you know for FYI purposes. 

Then Brother's you decide are you a man or a male and sister's you decide if you are attracted to a man or a male.

What is your definition of a Man? 
Article: By Kendall Ficklin

If you ask that question to a group of men you'll hear many different answers depending upon environment and upbringing.
Some may say he is a man when he has reached a certain age, some may say when he has moved out from under mom's roof and has his own car and apartment, and some believe that making a certain amount of money is attaining manhood. None of these things, however, are characteristics of a man. Manhood is a process, a transition from maleness.

The chart below states some of the differences between a male and a man.

Are You A Male Or A Man?
A Man

• does not carry a grudge
• looks to better himself; he invests in his success
• gives to his community
• is measured by his character
• is a protector of women in general and committed to one woman in particular
• word is his bond
• A Real man is a leader
• thinks with his big head
• uses his intellect and emotions to make decisions

A Male

• looks for ways to get even
• complains that he has to stay where he is
• takes from his community
• is measured by his sex drive
• views a woman as an object of pleasure, and isn't committed to anything!
• has no word, he will tell you what you want to hear
• is a follower
• thinks with his little head
• makes emotional decisions

Males Are Born But Men Are Made
As you can see there are some distinctions between males and men. Being a man is not easy, especially when you understand a man's roles and responsibilities. I was speaking with a brother one day, and he said to me, "Bro, this being a man thing is hard!" I knew exactly where he was coming from. Walking in manhood can be overwhelming because were going through the process of being reshaped, renewed, restored and completely retrained.
Most of us have been operating as males with sprinklings of manhood. For example, some of us may find a good woman, marry her, provide for her financially, sometimes emotionally, and do most things right. After about nine months to a year when she starts "trippin" because we're hanging out with the fellas, that's when we meet the other woman and revert to being a male. You see, a man has emotions but is not ruled by them. So when his wife starts "trippin", he doesn't allow her actions to dictate his reaction. A man understands that he is held accountable by God for the way he treats his wife regardless of the way she may be treating him.
The Making Of A ManGod created man to have dominion, to be a ruler, and to master his environment He created us in the beginning to be totally dependent on Him, He taught us directly. He instructed us and gave us our assignments. So, the making of a man was founded in and through Him. The only way this transition into manhood can take place is that we go back to Him.
1 Corinthians 13:11 states "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things".

Keys To Becoming A Real ManGod created man to be a Provider, Protector, Cultivator, Visionary, and Leader
Provider: In Genesis 2:15 God put His man, Adam in a garden and gave him his first assignment, to work. Work was given to him to advance the purpose of God. God wanted Adam to have fulfillment, and to enable him to provide for his own needs as well as those for whom he would eventually be responsible for.

Notice that before he gave the man a woman he gave him work. Therefore a man needs work before he takes on a wife. A provider finds a way to supply for his family's need. He plans ahead and anticipates needs before they arise.
Protector: When God put us in the garden to take care of it, not only did he want us to work in it and cultivate it, but he wanted us to also protect it, and all the animals, the plants, and the woman that he put there for us.
We are natural protectors, designed by God to protect everything we are responsible for.
Cultivator: To cultivate means to make something better than it was when you first received it. Look at your woman, how many of us are really cultivating our women?
Single Brothers: You should be cultivating every woman that comes into your circle. They should leave you a better person, NOT Pregnant, or emotionally abused after we've run so much game on them.

Married Men: We have this picture in our minds of what we want our wives to be and when she doesn't measure up to that we blame her. Ask yourself, what have you put into her? What kind of deposits have you made into her spirit? Have you cultivated her to be what you envision? Or what she envisions for herself? Do you know what her goals and dreams are? How are you helping her achieve them? A woman is like a seed, and we are water and light for her. If we pour into her and shine our light on her, she will blossom into a beautiful, compassionate, nurturing, submissive, help mate. Then you can look at her proudly and say "look at what I have cultivated".

Visionary: Proverbs 29:18 says "Where there is no vision the people perish".
To have vision means to conceive something in your mind and then move toward bringing that vision into reality. Every man should have a vision for his life. If he is married, he should have a vision for his family. The vision should include but not limited to Faith, Family, and Finances. We should have short term and long term goals, and they should be attainable.

Most of us don't have a vision for our family and we wonder why our wives and children won't submit to us. Brothers, look at the word submission, the prefix "sub" means under, and mission simply means goal or vision. So submitting is coming under one's goals and vision. Well, brother she won't submit if you don't have a vision for her to submit under.
Leader: Every man is created by God to lead and a man should display leadership characteristics. Some men run away from the responsibility of leadership. They are selfish, only concerned about their own needs and not the needs of others.
Take a look at some leadership characteristics listed below:

• A leader is disciplined
• A leader is the first one up in the morning and the last one to go to bed
• A leader sets the tone
• A leader has integrity
• A leader has character
• A leader's word is his bond
• A leader is a role model
• A leader provides, protects, cultivates, and has vision
• A leader leads by example

Men, you are on the way. The first step was reading this article. Now you know what a man is, God winks at ignorance but holds us all responsible for what we know.

Let's start the transition into manhood now!

Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it.

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Diamond Covered Mercedesof Prince Waleed:

THE CAR COSTS $4.8 MILLIONAND IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH IT, YOU HAVE TO PAY $1000.IT BELONGS TO PRINCE ALWALEED FROM SAUDI ARABIA.

Note from Editor: 20200618
About last night.... One Night Stand, and Half on a Baby Keep this up front before you lie down

Self-Worth Self-Love will allow you to Love another Human Life and Value that' person as much as yourself.              

 The Best Gift from GOD is LIFE w/a Free Will

Moments of Ectasy can result in a lifetime of Pain. Sex isn't for pleasure as much as it's an expression of how GOD connected two individuals to make One Body. A Vessel that produces Fruit from the Loins created from a sperm cell and a woman's egg "The Orgasm" of Pleasuremanifests into a living creature over the course of 9 months causes a woman to "Travailing through Labor in much Sorrow. 
She gives birth a new life becomes both of them.

Happy Fathers Day....

@Lovleeannwise 2008 all rights reserved  

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; 

I am the LORD. "(Leviticus 19:18)

our love is usually conditional and based upon how other people behave toward us.
This kind of love is based upon familiarity and direct interaction. The Greek word "phileo" defines this kind of love, often translated "brotherly love." Phileo is a soulish (connected through our emotions) kind of love - something that can be experienced by both believers and non-believers. This is in contrast to agape, which is love extended through the spirit. 
Agape love requires a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, since the non-regenerated soul is unable to love unconditionally. Agape love gives and sacrifices expecting nothing back in return

I'm writing this because of the climate of things in our country called America the Beautiful. My mother use to say to me when I acted out of hand, "Pretty is, what Pretty does." Meaning no matter how great you look on the outside if you not right within can have a reflection of uglyliness. America isn't Beautiful on the inside appearances are deceiving.

As a race - the Human RACE we take much for granted, yes we might come in different shades and speak [culturally] with different tongues, but

we are all charged with the same commandment 

"Love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD. " (Leviticus 19:18)

"Christians"

How you gonna reach those who need love, healing and salvation

 by waiting for the doors of the church to open behind closed doors?

Wrong!

The door to your greater self should always be open....

No, GOD even uses treachous fools when necessary to achieve his purpose i.e., Judas.  Even a man like Donald Trump, because of his inflammatory rhetoric and bigoted comments have gotten to the national consioucness.  Did you notice we are all openly having diaglog about race relations in America arcross all social, cultural, and economic lines.

We are talking to each other, only good can come from exposing such a well kept secret within the most powerful nation on our planet.

We lead by example!

Well, tell me how will you experience loving another

embracing something new...

Well, all of this is considered

I'm your next door neighbor, a co-worker, stranger sitting next to you on a subway or a train.

Why can't love your neighbor as yourself?

We all share the same air, eat, sleep, our blood is red; 

and this entire earth belongs to GOD,

and the fullness thereof...

no one has territorial rights here in America or in any other foreign land.

We gotta stop the hating and find way to heal

When you witnessing all these natural disasters in this world all around the globe.

Many People suffering inflation due to greedy financial "global" economy

High gas, food prices - we all feel that pain..

Social unrest around the globe

Monetary problems nobody is getting a pass no matter

what class, culture or religion you identify with.

ALL of US

Our race is dying everyday

The Human Race

When will we understand that we all must give a little ourselves

Fellowship with each other

spend time learning about the plight of another individual

stop thinking and coveting material things.

Once you stop and realize you might be surprised how we are more alike than different!

Without prejudging a book by it's cover - dive in and read that persons book

We can achieve more if we stop

comparing out you might come to know what we have in common.

Americans please believe

Everybody wants to have a shot at a successful life nobody grows up to fail.

We all require

stability, love, want respect from others,
we all seek to find Faith in GOD

however you perceive or worship Him.

We strive to achieve these successes not just for material gain

but to proclaim My living has not been in vain. Serve your purpose

and with an open mind keep this up front.....

GOD said it first - Jesus gave it as his last commandment

before he departed to sit on the right side as

Lord and Savior

Intercessor!

Humans shall love your neighbor as yourself.

So when you talk against somebody because they look different

maybe they went about life different from the way you may approach

We all die that's how your story ends....

Make your life count

You can't take anything out of this world but make your mark

Fellowship!

I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:16-19)

Lovleeannwise 2011 All rights reserved

Woman at the Well spoken word by Bishop T.D. Jakes

Proverbs Chapter 31

¹ The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

² What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

³ Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA - EMANCIPATION does not equal REPARATIONS

As I watched the Sunday morning variety shows talk analysts get bent out of shape about an New York Magazine Article Jonathan Chat forgive me if I mispelled the name wrote this week after the speeches and bickering that took place concerning Attorney General Eric Holder while on the hill also at the National Action Network Conference.  President Obama also touched again on this topic concerning Civil Rights as it pertains to Voting Rights etc.  Heres something to really discuss which gives more background to why as a race black americans are still staggering along it's an interesting experiment.  When are we going to realize our greatness and pull up those saggin pants understand if you don't know where you've been (not just from da hood) you don't know where you're going....

Well. I stumpled upon a great  video called "HIDDEN COLORS " if you can't view it here then by all means check Amazon, YouTube.com  or any African Book store, that sells video & reading materials might have a copy of the DVD on hand.

 I'm a Black Woman in America whose family tree dates back as far as the Emancipation probably before that, but I'm certain because of the geneology tree my maternal grandmother was born in 1902-2002 was raised in Virginia her mother was from Henrico County, VA.  My paternal grandmother was born somewhere around the same time few years later because of poor records in the South we can assume around 1910-1948..  Well, I could go back even further then that but for expediency of this article it's not about me or my family history perse' it's about Our History and important piece that should be shared within the African American population but all cultures can share this information with families, our children here in the 21st century.  It builds self esteem & dignity to know your history on this planet.   It also creates debate of how accuray but facts can be proven if you use all resources to research anybody's claims. As a matter of fact Blacks in America or universally have not always depicted  well as being intelligent academically or as a culture in modern society especially here in our Western world until recently past 20 years sports,and enterainment figures reflect prosperity even our prominent Bishops who lead us religiously now enjoy fame & fortune.

So much has been left unaccounted for the past 400 or more years, Alex Haley's Roots depicted a blue print in graphic details of a family that fought to maintain their culture and legacy pure which encouraged many of us to dig a little deeper ~ but not enough is said about the plight and evolution of millions of people who migrated here from different parts of Africa.  

Although history hasn't gone far enough in 12 years a Slave we were privileged to read about a free Negro whose sold into slavery and is torn away from his family but is able to reunite with them. America has never totally accepted the permanent damage Blacks still face.  We are like a child that was molested and then fell in love with her oppressor only to grew into adulthood with such low self esteem that they are drawn nearer to self-destructive habits or behaviours.  Which leaves them displaced within a society staggering the heart and mind it henders much and most are left with scar tissue we call consequences of life.  Hmmm those unfortunate ones?

 The issue is that so many others were not as fortunate we care to forget that the Blackness or foundation was literally ripped away from a people over many generations even after so much progress has been achieved the wounds from years of sufferage is taking it's toll on the Black race in America.  Another example in real life; After world war II GI bill passed which allowed many GI's returning from the war to purchase homes in middle class communities those homes value went up in value and was passed down to their children who invested or sold for double maybe even triple vs. certain neighborhoods because of housing segregation througout America Black GI's offered same veterans benefits homes didn't double in value in certain instances depreciated due crime & urban under-development. Where their peers were able to leave an estate most blacks die in debt leaving their loved ones responsible for clean up and the struggle goes on generation after generation not for all but for majority we never manage to plan ahead.  Well, me it's just me not you reading this article... We call this a genetic curse among my spiritual friends because nobody wants to be poor especially in America the land of opportunity and lots of money.

 My reason for sharing this video because a special person in my life who  was kind enough to share it with me.  I was very impressed because some of it I didn't know, but alot of it I had read about many years ago.  This information is not for sale or duplication you can enjoy this clip here.  

Please leave polite comments on how we can heal as a Nation my question did Civil Rights change the way we feel as America toward outside cultures other then your own or has it made you more polarized as a human being about the future society as a whole?

This video like so much history only sheds more light on why it so important to teach our children their history take them to museums and around the world if you have means to how mankind has evolved.  IF you are a christian remember Jesus words in his last commandment "that you should love your neighbor as you love yourself."  Without fear & prejudice we strive together.

Re posted CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS - THE REAL MEANING 2005

Where did it come from?
Where is it going?
In many countries of the world, the celebration of Christmas on December 25th is a high point of the year. But why? Can it have any real meaning for us today? Is there a 'real' Christmas message?

Christmas celebrations in the West todayFrom November onwards, it is impossible to forget that Christmas is coming. Coloured lights decorate many town centres and shops, along with shiny decorations, and artificial snow painted on shop windows.

In streets and shops, 'Christmas trees' (real or plastic evergreen 'conifer' trees) will also be decorated with lights and Christmas ornaments.

Shopping centres become busier as December approaches and often stay open till late.Shopping centre speaker systems systems will play Christmas 'carols' - the traditional Christmas Christian songs, and groups of people will often sing carols on the streets to raise money for charity. Most places of work will hold a short Christmas party about a week before Christmas. Although traditional Christmas foods may be eaten, drink (and plenty of it) means that little work will be done after the party!

By mid-December, most homes will also be decorated with Christmas trees, coloured lights and paper or plastic decorations around the rooms. These days, many more people also decorate garden trees or house walls with coloured electric lights, a habit which has long been popular in USA.

In many countries, most people post Christmas greeting cards to their friends and family, and these cards will be hung on the walls of their homes. In UK this year, the British Post Office expects to handle over 100 million cards EACH DAY, in the three weeks before Christmas.

Christmas cards
The custom of sending Christmas cards started in Britain in 1840 when the first 'Penny Post' public postal deliveries began. (Helped by the new railway system, the public postal service was the 19th century's communication revolution, just as email is for us today.) As printing methods improved, Christmas cards were produced in large numbers from about 1860. They became even more popular in Britain when a card could be posted in an unsealed envelope for one half-penny - half the price of an ordinary letter.

Traditionally, Christmas cards showed religious pictures - Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus, or other parts of the Christmas story. Today, pictures are often jokes, winter pictures, Father Christmas, or romantic scenes of life in past times.

The old man with the sack'Father Christmas' (or 'Santa Claus') has become the human face of Christmas. Pictures will be seen everywhere of the old man with long white beard, red coat, and bag of toys. Children are taught that he brings them presents the night before Christmas (or in some countries on December 6th - St. Nicholas' Day), and many children up to the age of 7 or 8 really believe this is true. In most countries, it is said that he lives near the North Pole, and arrives through the sky on a sledge (snow-cart) pulled by reindeer. He comes into houses down the chimney at midnight and places presents for the children in socks or bags by their beds or in front of the family Christmas tree.

In shops or at children's parties, someone will dress up as Father Christmas and give small presents to children, or ask them what gifts they want for Christmas. Christmas can be a time of magic and excitement for children.

Who was he?
Father Christmas is based on a real person, St. Nicholas, which explains his other name 'Santa Claus' which comes from the Dutch 'Sinterklaas'. Nicholas was a Christian leader from Myra (in modern-day Turkey) in the 4th century AD. He was very shy, and wanted to give money to poor people without them knowing about it. It is said that one day, he climbed the roof of a house and dropped a purse of money down the chimney. It landed in the stocking which a girl had put to dry by the fire! This may explain the belief that Father Christmas comes down the chimney and places gifts in children's stockings.

Making sense of Christmas
Today in the West, not many people consider the religious meaning to Christmas. Most people in UK or Europe will not go to a religious church meeting, even at Christmas. It has become a busy race to spend money on presents, and get ready for the Day. In UK, our shops stay open till late Christmas Eve and often open again on Boxing Day with the cut-price 'sales'. (Not much holiday for the poor shop workers!) A visitor from another world would think that Christmas was a festival to the gods of money and shopping.

What do you want from Christmas?
Many people do hope for more than presents at Christmas. We want to somehow return to a time in our childhood (or some other good time in the past), when life was simpler and made more sense, before the troubles of adult life arrived. We feel sure that behind all the fun and decorations, there must somehow be a message, something more, some key to life, hope and happiness.

So can we look beyond the way Christmas is celebrated today, and find any real meaning, any message for our lives today?

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Christmas can often be a time of debt, stress, worry, loneliness, even suicide.
Our problem pages try to help.

How did Christmas start?
Since about 400 AD, Christians have celebrated the birth of Jesus. 'Christ' means 'Messiah' or 'Anointed One' - the title given to Jesus - and 'Mass' was a religious festival.
In the West today, the real meaning of Christmas is often forgotten. It has become a non-religious holiday! More children believe in Father Christmas than in Jesus. Christmas Day is a time for eating and drinking too much and watching television.
But the real Christmas story is found in the Christian Bible. It is told in two different books: Matthew and Luke chapters 1 and 2. If you have no Bible, you can read these chapters online. You may think that the story of the birth of Jesus, and the way that the West celebrates Christmas today, do not seem to have many connections.
Mary says "yes"



These chapters tell how Jesus was born as a baby to Mary. This was no ordinary birth! She was not married, she was a virgin, (yes, really!) and an angel had told her she would bear a special baby. Her husband-to-be, Joseph, did not believe her at first. Who would? Then an angel told him in a dream that it was true! Probably no one else believed it. So when they had to travel from their home in Nazareth to Bethlehem (near Jerusalem), to register their names with the ruling Roman government, they probably escaped many hard words from other people.
Arrival in Bethlehem brought worry and upset: there was no room for them to stay at the hotel. There was only space in the stable - the animal house for travellers' donkeys and horses.
Jesus was born that night, and as they had no bed for him, they used an animal feeding box filled with the dry grass the animals ate.

Christmas cards and pictures today make it all seem very nice. In truth, it must have been dirty and frightening for a young couple, far from their home and families. Possibly the birth was premature after the stress of the journey. This was a very poor place for Jesus to start his life on earth.

God's plan?
Christians believe that it was exactly God's plan that things happened this way. They say that it shows that Jesus came as a humble, poor person and not as a strong, rich king. They also claim that the birth of Jesus was told many years before in the books of the prophets.
Five hundred years before, the prophet Micah had said,
"But you Bethlehem, though you are small, out of you will come for me, one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times."

The prophet Isaiah had written,
"A child is born to us! A son is given to us! And he will be our ruler.
He will be called, "Wonderful Counsellor," "Mighty God," "Eternal Father," "Prince of Peace." His royal power will continue to grow; his kingdom will always be at peace....
He will rule as King David's successor, basing his power on right and justice, from now until the end of time."

These are only two of many prophetic words that told of the birth and life of Jesus, written hundreds of years before His birth.

The shepherds are frightened

At that time, sheep farmers were seen by other people as low and of no value. Yet it was to these shepherds that the birth of Jesus was first announced in an amazing dramatic way:
"That night there were some men looking after sheep in the fields nearby. Suddenly they saw a great light. It was an angel, who said, Don't be afraid. I have good news for you, and for all people. Someone great has been born today. He is Christ, the great King you have been waiting for. He will save you from all that is wrong and evil. You will find him dressed in baby clothes, lying on a bed of dry grass.'"

The story of the wise men
After Jesus was born, wise men came to look for Him, from an area which is now in either Iran or Saudi Arabia. Although they are often called the "Three Kings", the Bible does not say how many there were, or that they were kings. Three is only a guess because they brought with them three gifts. Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

They were certainly men of learning - probably today we would call them philosophers or scientists. They had seen an unusual new star in the sky, and knew that it told of the birth of a special king. (The star they saw was probably a exploding "supernova" and is known from astronomical records.) They followed the direction of the star- East - and eventually found the place where Mary, Joseph and Jesus were staying. To bring honour to the child, they brought rich gifts: gold, frankincense (a resin which burns with a beautiful smell), and myrrh (plant oil with a very strong sweet smell). These gifts tell us in pictures three key things about Jesus:

Gold: a gift fit for a King
Frankincense: burnt in worship of God
Myrrh: a sign of mortal human-ness - it was used to bury the dead

Jesus a refugee
Herod, the evil king of the area, heard about the child, saw Him as a threat, and sent soldiers to kill Jesus. But God told Joseph in a dream to take Mary and the baby and escape to Egypt. They lived there till King Herod died and then went back to live in Nazareth. We read nothing more about the life of Jesus, except for one story when he was 12, until He reached 30. By the way - note one important thing: Jesus was not a white European, and Christianity is not a Western religion. Christmas cards from different countries often show Mary, Joseph and Jesus in the landscape of that country, and with the racial appearance of that nationality, be it black African, Indian, or Japanese. This is good and right - Jesus came to identify with every racial group. He is "Everyman" for us all.

The end of the story?
But how did it end?" Jesus was crucified at the age of 33.
Jesus was indeed "the man born to die". Gave His life no man could take his life.  But that was not the end of the story. It is still going on, and you can be part of the story, if you wish.

"But how did it end?"

No other person has had such an effect on human lives as Jesus. He came back to life again, and millions say they know Him today as a friend and helper in their lives. You owe it to yourself to find out more about Him. Is He who He claimed to be? Can He help us in our lives today? You have nothing to lose! Christmas is the time to stop and think about these important questions.

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“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20

More Christmas links
Send free Online Cards to your friends and loved ones. All cards are absolutely free123 Greetings Merry Christmas e page
Christmas eCards,Santa Claus Cards, Christmas Greetings, Happy Christmas from GreetingsneCards.com
Merry Christmas! Share the Christmas spirit, and wish everyone you know. Have Fun on Christmas with Merry Christmas Greeting Cards, Free Christmas ecards, Christmas Carols, Christmas GreetingsChristmas in Cyperspace
More on the real meaning of Christmas. A top collection of stories, poems, classic literature, calendars, traditions and customs, music and carols, dramas, clipart and more.Searching for the meaning of Christmas
Another very useful site with many links and lots of information on every part of Christmas. A large section on Christmas customs in many other countries.RealAudio drama presentation - 'The 12 Voices of Christmas'
If you have a soundcard and RealAudio plug-in, you can listen to the Christmas story, and hear the voices of Joseph, Mary, the shepherds, and the other people who saw the birth of Jesus. A great new way to look at the Christmas Story!Gospelcom.net Christmas resources:
Among the many resources offered are Bible Prayer Fellowship's online "Thoughts for Christmas" devotional, Christmas articles by Ron Hutchcraft, holiday-themed Reverend Fun cartoons and "A Top Ten Christmas at Peggie's Place." Visit the Gospelcom.net Christmas page and let these resources help you get into the true Christmas spirit!

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