Sports: for the love of the game

 I find myself doing things and rediscovering things that I haven't enjoyed in years.  It is one of those things that happen in my life.   For instance, I find myself enjoying an NBA game which I haven't enjoyed in many years.  The truth is, I only know who a few of the younger players are such as Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and just a few others that I am only familiar with.  I am a fan of 1980s-1990s NBA basketball and NCAA March Madness basketball.  However, I began to grow weary about this NBA a few years ago.  My interest just died out.

I was bored and I hate being bored.  I feel the same way about football.  I know very little about the athletes but I am familiar with Peyton and Eli Manning and Tim Tebow because of the media coverage of them.  I still don't know who a lot of the players are as I find myself asking my brother about the players constantly.

I would know how to play sports such as basketball, football, and baseball as I know most of the rules.  I am not the big sports fan I once was.  I don't know if it i the quality, the quantity, or whatever the reason is.  Maybe I began to grow out of it.  I don't know.  All I care about is enjoying the game.  I know it is job to some, but to me just enjoying the game has always been something I enjoy doing.

I hope to enjoy the Clippers vs the Heat.  They are coming up next.

I am a Southern girl, and I am proud of being from the South.  I know it may sound funny to me, being a black girl.  From a historical perspective, I understand.  Blacks were enslaved, humiliated, oppressed, lynched, and segregated from the larger society.  But despite the injustice, there has been a lot of good things that have happened down here.  We as Southerners have contributed much to the fabric of US society.  While some Southerners are racists and fail to live up to what America is all about, most of us love the Lord and love America.  I created videos about the South because I want people to know what the US South is really like.  Here are the videos

The Confederacy and the South

What the South is really like-video needs to be updated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OawPkFGWhaE&feature=plcp

 

What the South is really like 2

 

Being from the South, I am aware of the issues that we face.  I am also aware of what the South is all about.  Southerners are as divere a the rest of the country.  We are very unique in every way from our ethnic backgrounds to our cuisine to our diverse music backgrounds.

My Youtube Channel Videos

Here are some of my videos.  I have created mostly Christian videos for a number of years and I hope to reach others for the Lord.  We are living in a time where godlessness and lies about and the truth is needed, even within the church.  Here are some videos I would like to share:

Holiness and Worship

  Who is a Christian?

What is sin?

Why many in the church, rather, will end up in Hell



Jesus Saves

Jesus does indeed save.  He is the only Way to the Father.  He does have the power to forgive sins.  God is real.  Call on Him, and He will answer.

Happy Veterans Day and my thoughts on black Americans, the Republican Party, and the Tea Party

 

First and foremost I would like to wish all Americans Happy Veterans Day.  You will have to forgive me as the music probably doesn't match the tribute.  I for one am thankful to all of the veterans who fought valiantly for our nation in every land in the world.  Thank you to all.

 

 

 

 

I as a black American am well aware of the things that have happened in this nation, but mine is about Republicans and black people.  Politcal pundits keep talking about the Latino votes getting Obama in office and that the Republicans need to reach out to them. Why not also reach out to blacks? Not all blacks are Obama supporters nor all we much different from Latinos. Culturally we are conservative and family oriented, just like Latinos are. Have the Republicans given up on black people or have black people in general given up on Republicans? It is like a chicken and egg thing, but it has me wondering. I feel that the Dems have taken us as black people for granted yet it seems the Republicans have all but ignored black people into the equation. I feel like we as blacks have been dismissed just because the majority are Obama supporters. That is not fair. We too make up more than 10% of the US population, not including Africans, Middle Eastern blacks, Caribbeans, and Latinos. My point is black people are not a monolithic population including within the Black American population who make up about 13-14% of the US population and the attitude of both Dems and Republican pundits seem rather dismissive.

Governor Mitt Romney I guess tried to reach out to black voters, but I think that he could have appealed more to us in terms of our Conservative views, clearing up some of the 43% remarks sooner, gay marriage, churches, taxes, crime, and other things. We are really not that stupid and unreachable. I am not saying that they should do the Democratic way of reaching demographics, I am saying that the Republicans have got to do a better job of reaching out to us as black people. They may actually be surprised; however another issue is the groupism in the black community. We have been treated horribly in this country and Republicans in general have a bad rap in the black community. That needs to be fixed, I mean the extreme groupism. My question is, what is the best way for the Republcans to "sell" their ideas to all of America, not just one group or another. It seems that the Republican party is guilty of one thing and that is give up on a populace that was once loyal to them.

Conservatism has gotten a horrible rap especially in the black community and it worked. The Tea Party, Conservatism, even the more moderate Fox News are treated with contempt by many black people (some of whom I know...don't read the youtube and facebook posts). It would be nice if we as black people do our own thing, go our own way, and unite. We may not even have to be party loyal, but we don't have to shut the Republicans out completely because the Dems are just as imperfect if not more so for black people. I am just disappointed that black people have not been a focus like Latinos have been. Why is it by the way that welfare, entitlements, and freebies have bcome code words for black people? Why is it that illegal immigration has been a code word for Latinos? All blacks are not on welfare or other entitlements and not all Latinos are illegals and not all illegals are Latinos. I don't like how much of the MSM covers black or Latinos including much of the black and Latino MSM. It is slanted, racist, and elitist, but that is just for another topic.

 

I certainly didn't mean to contradict myself, but I just wish that most black people will have their eyes opened like the people in this video. The Democrats have shown for generations that they care nothing about black people in particular. Their policies sound good on paper but the implementation is and has been a disaster. I think that all Americans should choose the Republican Party because the implementation of much of their views would better help all communities. Maybe they shouldn't target black people specifically but compared to the Democrats, the Republicans have had a raw deal in the last few generations plus when it comes to their selling of their ideas, particularly to us as black Americans, the Republicans are far behind. That was my point. I feel that much can be done but blaming slavery and the white man doesn't help us one bit. Black people have enough power and wealth ourselves, but a lot of black people like the people in the video in Chicago are corrupt and obviously don't seem to care about our own people. I shudder to think that our President was voted in because he is "black", not because of qualifications or character, which was or is a mistake a lot of Americans have made over the last few years.

I, for one, am glad that I didn't vote on color but on issues. I had my doubts that he is the right man for the job and as far as I am concerned, black people need leadership especially from our own leaders in our communities and our government to not allow us to be held back. It is sad that black people who have been treated horribly are still being lied to by the Democratic Party. I admit that this country would be a much better place if the majority of US citizens regardless of race or color were more conservative and hold fast to their Conservative political and cultural views. I do understand what Dan meant and though I don't agree fully, we have allowed ourselves to be blinded, exploited by the higher ups of the Democratic Party and also much of what is considered our "culture" is an embarassment.

Black people have been taught that we were an African people whose ancestors were stripped of their ancestral cultural traits, though there is a grain of truth to that. We as black Americans are an assimilated people with a distinct cultural and historical heritage but that does not make us less American. After all, we have been here for centuries. We are a unique American people yet sadly there are some with a victim mentality and I believe that there are people who are feeding off of that. It is so sad. Culturally black people are family oriented, are for conservative principles and views, but like I mentioned, we have strayed away from that and just like the rest of society we have become a less godly, family oriented people which is I believe the crux of our black American culture and beliefs.

My interest in photography (includes pictures I have taken)

I spent the past year taking photographs of different formations of clouds, holiday photos, houses, people, etc.  I love taking photographs of just about anything from still life to recipes to whatever is random, such as a clock or a house.  Photography is an interest of mine and I hope to never give that up.

Here are some of the pictures I have taken.

Things that I like

I had to write this post because there are things that I like, namely being an individual.  I feel that God created us as individuals not as generalizations.  God gave each individual talents and a purpose.  I believe that we as individuals even have our likes and dislikes.

My list of likes are:

Listening to music

Travel

Birds

Art

Professional Wrestling

Cooking

Creating videos

Science

Mexico

Cats

Photography

Christianity and other religions

Thanksgiving

NFL football

Mixed martial arts

Nature

Integrity and character

Christmas                      

Politics

Being thankful to the Lord and living as a believer

I am thankful to God.  For with the Lord, all things are possible for His children.  Being a Christian requires obedience, repentance, salvation, and sacrifice.  There are many believers who have lost their lives so for the gospel. They will be rewarded greatly for sacrificing their lives.  There is no sacrifice other that what Jesus has done for us. 

I cannot understand everything because my mind is limited.  I just think that God is omnipotent and omnipresent.  I am a just a regular average everyday person, yet Jesus died for me and the Father rose Him from the dead.  I believe this with all of my heart.  Those who call on the name of the Lord Jesus and also believe this shall be saved.

I know that others will either agree or disagree with me and that is okay.  I am a flawed human being, but right living, right thinking, and preaching the true gospel is required for a believer.  The things that I enjoyed or did I want to do those things anymore.  Not only has my life changed, but I have changed.

I am thankful to God.  He has blessed me with so much.  Things are not perfect, but I know that God is with me wherever I go.  I have grown much over the years, but because of our sinful human nature, things will not be perfect overnight.   I have a long way to go to understand for we strive for perfection, yet we are new creation in Christ.  This means that I die daily because that will mean that I gain the Lord Jesus Christ.

I wish I was a missionary or someone who has such a great understanding of the gospel.  I admit that I need to read and study the Bible more.  This is something that I am not proud of  and that needs to change.  I am going through a lot of changes in my life, though some of my posts don't always denote that.  I have lost weight yet I have a deep love for cooking cakes and other fattening foods. 

I was a type A personality who ate a lot of food yet not in moderation.  I admit that eating in moderation is difficult for me because I am so used to eating much since I also admit to being a glutton, which is sinful in itself.  I am a diabetic, so being a glutton is incredibly unhealthy for me, especially since I eat, or rather, have eaten a lot of foods that are unhealthy.  Things like that are what I need to work on, and have been working on.  Being a believer doesn't mean that one will automatically be a perfect being without sin, though I wish it were the case, but I will be lying to myself if I believe that.  Yet I thank God daily.