My heart is heavy for all parents out there. I can only, and don't want to wish, imagine the pain of a loss of a child. I realize that I have never been a parent. I am writing this because of the little tyke from Nebraska who passed away in Orlando, Florida. I don't even wish to even imagine if my mother had lost me or my brother. I guess all I can say is for all parents to not take parenting for granted. I believe that all parents or guardians should hug and show more love for their kids today. It could have been any of us. May this little boy rest in peace.
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Monday, June 13, 2016
Reviews of "The War Room" and "Home"
This is a video from the "Heart of the movie" The War Room". It was one of two movies that I watched this afternoon. The other movie was "Home", which featured Rihanna as the voice of Tip, a teenage girl who was looking for her mother along with an alien friend and her cat.
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Having written this, I dare say that I recommend both movies. I really do. I know that "Home" is marketed mainly towards the youth audience, but it was a good film. It isn't adult or have any nudity or cursing. After all, it is a Dreamworks film (obviously). The truth is, I don't usually write a lot of reviews for many movies and I am only an armchair critic, but as I mentioned earlier, I would watch them again.
I personally would give "The War Room" a 9.0 out of 10. It was one of the few films that I actually watch and will watch again. The movie was well-acted and inspirational. I can see why the movie is a hit. I can also see why "Home" also hit a home run at the box-office. First, it is rare to find an animated movie that doesn't have a non-black lead character, unlike "The Prince and The Frog" (which is a good movie unto itself). I as a black person with natural hair is insulting at all to the natural community which is also a plus. I would give the movie "Home" an 8.0 out of 10. I wasn't sure about how I would receive this movie since I am age-appropriate in more ways than one. I also appreciate the positive, realistic messages both movies portray. So all I can add is that this is my reflection and reviews for now.
Sunday, June 12, 2016
RIP to the people of Orlando today
Today, my heart is filled with sadness. Over several dozen people have lost their lives in a senseless tragic death. I will continue to pray for them and for their souls. May they rest in peace. This is just awful. My heart is heavy and will continue to be so.
Friday, June 10, 2016
Kiss Kiss by Tarkan
She want that lovey-dovey
That kiss-kiss, kiss-kiss
In her mind she fantasize
'Bout getting wit me
They hating on me
They wanna diss this, kiss-kiss
'Cause she mine and so fine
And thick as can be
She want that lovey-dovey
That kiss-kiss, kiss-kiss
In her mind she fantasize
'Bout getting wit me
They hating on me
They wanna diss this, kiss-kiss
'Cause she mine and so fine
And thick as can be
I'm a country boy from Tappahannock
Va is where I reside so shawty understand it
And I know I just turn eighteen
And I get a little mannish
And you see this bandanna hanging
That means I'm like a bandit (like a bandit, bandit)
I got paper girl
The Lamborghini
With the spider seats
You never seen it
So get it shawty
We parking lot pimping in my donk
And I know what you want
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Jesus and the Judge
How could we be so unrepentant? I am saddened along with Jesus in the first two pictures. I believe that Jesus is and will be the Judge of us all. That is definitely something to think about. All of us
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Silva Gunbardhi ft. Mandi ft. Dafi - Te ka lali shpirt
I know neither Turkish nor Albanian. No matter. I absolutely love this song. I "discovered" it Monday and have been playing this song ever since.
Lyrics: (in English)
Lali has you (in the) spirit
(Mandi)
Lali has you (in the) spirit, lali has you (in the) soul
Lali has you (in the) heart, oh how much I love you
Lali has you spirit, lali has you soul
Lali has you heart, oh how much I love you
(Silva)
"Hey, stay straight" say
sweetheart i don't want
madly i feel you
you the world to me
more and more I love you
i don't lie when say:
"cause lali soul soul,
lali soul soul
lali soul soul has you.
Hey lali soul soul
lali soul soul
lali soul soul has you.
(Mandi)
Lali has you spirit, lali has you soul (Ole! Ole!)
Lali has you heart, oh how much I love you (La la la ..)
Lali has you spirit, lali has you soul (Ole! Ole!)
Lali has you heart, oh how much I love you (La la la ..)
(Silva)
"Hey, stay straight" say
sweetheart i don't want
madly i feel you
you the world to me
more and more I love you
i don't lie when say:
"cause lali soul soul,
lali soul soul
lali soul soul has you.
Hey lali soul soul
lali soul soul
lali soul soul has you.
(Dafi)
Commercials lately
Prishtina - Tirana is made
music playing is evolving
anyway you want
rap has slogan
fast slow lengthens your life
Yeah girl, i am hugging you
with my best words
i am making you mine. Cause:
(Mandi)
Lali has you spirit, lali has you soul (Clap your hands)
Lali has you heart, oh how much I love you (Ole! Ole!)
Lali has you spirit, lali has you soul (La la la ..)
Lali has you heart, oh how much I love you (La la la ..)
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Holiness and Worship--post from 1/2013
Holiness and Worship
"Because it is written, "Be ye holy, for I am holy."" (1 Peter 1:16)
Holiness means to be set apart for the service of God. Set apart entails that God has a special plan or purpose for each of our lives. So what does God mean when he says to be holy, for He is holy? He means that we are to set ourselves apart from the world because He has a plan for our lives. Have you ever heard the sentence, "God did not make junk." He didn't. God is a God of love, for "God is love."1 John 4:8. Now allow me to define love. Love is not jealous or unkind. It is not just a feeling, but it is an action. Anyone can say "I love you.", but true love requires respect, kindness, sacrifice, reverence, and forgiveness. Yes, forgiveness, just as Jesus has done for believers, He expects us to forgive others. Other than that is outright hypocrisy. To set one apart is to do what the world does not expect anyone else to do and forgiveness is something that is often ridiculed or misunderstood in the world. (Matthew 6:9-13, Matthew 18:21-22, 23-30, 1 Corinthians 13:4, 1 Peter 1:15-16 )
Setting one self apart is part of of a Christian's life. The life of a Christian is not an easy one because of persecution. There are people throughout the centuries including today who have been martyrs for their faith from Stephen being stoned to the persecuted in Asia and Africa. Holiness is required of the Christian, something the world does not have or understand. When the world thinks of holiness, they think of religion or the infamous phrase, "holier than thou". When the Bible writes about holiness, it is about the reverence of our Heavenly Father, living in the Spirit, having a Spirit-controlled mind, and doing all that God requires. He command obedience from us, to serve Him and Him only regardless of what the world believes because the minds of those who are not true believers are sinful and are controlled by sinful nature. In short, those who are not holy or carnal can neither please God, nor see God. (1 Samuel 15:22, Psalm 24:3, Matthew 5:8, Romans 8:1-11, Hebrews 11:36-38)
God seeks people who are true and faithful, for He is a spirit and He seeks such to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. Only those who are true believers can worship Him in Spirit and in truth. To worship God means to show reverence to, love, and devote oneself to the Lord in Spirit and in truth. To elaborate, we are to fear the Lord, and bless the Lord at all times. His Praise shall continually be in our mouths. But praise and thanksgiving is only a part of worship. Worship requires holiness. That is why the title says that Holiness and worship go hand in hand. We as believers set ourselves apart from the world because of our holiness and live our lives because we, as his children, and joint-heirs, show reverence to our Creator not only in psalms and hymns but in how we live our lives. Jesus has sent the Church a Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the world cannot receive because they are not born again. They set their minds and desire things of the world and sadly if they don't repent, their end will be destruction. (Psalm 34:2, John 4:23-24, John 14:16-18, Romans 8:16-17)
Christians are to set our minds on the things of God for we are no longer carnal; Paul writes of our sinful nature and the sin that still lives in us. We must not deceive ourselves saying that we have no sin, though we are no longer of the world, but we still live in it. Believers are more than conquerers and stand strong against our adversary, the Devil, for he is a roaring lion seeking for someone to devour. The Devil is already a defeated foe, but that doesn't mean he isn't busy. He is a liar deceiving and continues to deceive. There is sadly a belief even in the Church that we should ignore the devil and that he does not exist. The truth is, look around. There is great apostasy and corruption in the church, hedonism, greed, and selfishness abounds. Things like honor, integrity, love, and anything of God is not taken seriously or derided. The Devil is real and yes, he does exist. However, greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world, for Satan is the prince of the power of the air or ruler of the world. But Satan's end will be that of eternal torment in the lake of burning sulfur. (John 12:31,Romans 8:37, Eph. 2:2, Phil. 3:19, Colossians 3:2, 1 Peter 5:8, 1 John 4:4-6, Revelation 20:10)
The end for the righteous and the holy will be that of life eternal. Those who are holy are pure in heart; they shall see God. The righteous are the few, for we walk the narrow road. The holy are the faithful, for our Heavenly Father is faithful. He cannot lie. The holy are just, for our Heavenly Father is just. He hates sin and abhors evil. In the twinkling of an eye, Paul writes, we shall all be changed. The dead in Christ shall rise first, then the living will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. This message is only for those who have worshipped the Lord in Spirit in Truth and for the Holy. Repent. Those who are not holy or righteous including those in the Church must turn from their wicked ways and seek the Lord's face. Call on the name of the Jesus Christ, the Lord, and believe that God raised him from the dead. Humbly acknowledge that all of us have sinned and fallen short of God's glory. No one can see the Kingdom of God unless he or she is born again. We must be born again or else perish. (2 Chron. 7:14, Matthew 3:2, John 3:3-8, Romans 3:23, Romans 10:9-13, 1 Cor. 15:51-54, 2 Thess. 4:16-17)
"Because it is written, "Be ye holy, for I am holy."" (1 Peter 1:16)
Holiness means to be set apart for the service of God. Set apart entails that God has a special plan or purpose for each of our lives. So what does God mean when he says to be holy, for He is holy? He means that we are to set ourselves apart from the world because He has a plan for our lives. Have you ever heard the sentence, "God did not make junk." He didn't. God is a God of love, for "God is love."1 John 4:8. Now allow me to define love. Love is not jealous or unkind. It is not just a feeling, but it is an action. Anyone can say "I love you.", but true love requires respect, kindness, sacrifice, reverence, and forgiveness. Yes, forgiveness, just as Jesus has done for believers, He expects us to forgive others. Other than that is outright hypocrisy. To set one apart is to do what the world does not expect anyone else to do and forgiveness is something that is often ridiculed or misunderstood in the world. (Matthew 6:9-13, Matthew 18:21-22, 23-30, 1 Corinthians 13:4, 1 Peter 1:15-16 )
Setting one self apart is part of of a Christian's life. The life of a Christian is not an easy one because of persecution. There are people throughout the centuries including today who have been martyrs for their faith from Stephen being stoned to the persecuted in Asia and Africa. Holiness is required of the Christian, something the world does not have or understand. When the world thinks of holiness, they think of religion or the infamous phrase, "holier than thou". When the Bible writes about holiness, it is about the reverence of our Heavenly Father, living in the Spirit, having a Spirit-controlled mind, and doing all that God requires. He command obedience from us, to serve Him and Him only regardless of what the world believes because the minds of those who are not true believers are sinful and are controlled by sinful nature. In short, those who are not holy or carnal can neither please God, nor see God. (1 Samuel 15:22, Psalm 24:3, Matthew 5:8, Romans 8:1-11, Hebrews 11:36-38)
God seeks people who are true and faithful, for He is a spirit and He seeks such to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. Only those who are true believers can worship Him in Spirit and in truth. To worship God means to show reverence to, love, and devote oneself to the Lord in Spirit and in truth. To elaborate, we are to fear the Lord, and bless the Lord at all times. His Praise shall continually be in our mouths. But praise and thanksgiving is only a part of worship. Worship requires holiness. That is why the title says that Holiness and worship go hand in hand. We as believers set ourselves apart from the world because of our holiness and live our lives because we, as his children, and joint-heirs, show reverence to our Creator not only in psalms and hymns but in how we live our lives. Jesus has sent the Church a Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the world cannot receive because they are not born again. They set their minds and desire things of the world and sadly if they don't repent, their end will be destruction. (Psalm 34:2, John 4:23-24, John 14:16-18, Romans 8:16-17)
Christians are to set our minds on the things of God for we are no longer carnal; Paul writes of our sinful nature and the sin that still lives in us. We must not deceive ourselves saying that we have no sin, though we are no longer of the world, but we still live in it. Believers are more than conquerers and stand strong against our adversary, the Devil, for he is a roaring lion seeking for someone to devour. The Devil is already a defeated foe, but that doesn't mean he isn't busy. He is a liar deceiving and continues to deceive. There is sadly a belief even in the Church that we should ignore the devil and that he does not exist. The truth is, look around. There is great apostasy and corruption in the church, hedonism, greed, and selfishness abounds. Things like honor, integrity, love, and anything of God is not taken seriously or derided. The Devil is real and yes, he does exist. However, greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world, for Satan is the prince of the power of the air or ruler of the world. But Satan's end will be that of eternal torment in the lake of burning sulfur. (John 12:31,Romans 8:37, Eph. 2:2, Phil. 3:19, Colossians 3:2, 1 Peter 5:8, 1 John 4:4-6, Revelation 20:10)
The end for the righteous and the holy will be that of life eternal. Those who are holy are pure in heart; they shall see God. The righteous are the few, for we walk the narrow road. The holy are the faithful, for our Heavenly Father is faithful. He cannot lie. The holy are just, for our Heavenly Father is just. He hates sin and abhors evil. In the twinkling of an eye, Paul writes, we shall all be changed. The dead in Christ shall rise first, then the living will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. This message is only for those who have worshipped the Lord in Spirit in Truth and for the Holy. Repent. Those who are not holy or righteous including those in the Church must turn from their wicked ways and seek the Lord's face. Call on the name of the Jesus Christ, the Lord, and believe that God raised him from the dead. Humbly acknowledge that all of us have sinned and fallen short of God's glory. No one can see the Kingdom of God unless he or she is born again. We must be born again or else perish. (2 Chron. 7:14, Matthew 3:2, John 3:3-8, Romans 3:23, Romans 10:9-13, 1 Cor. 15:51-54, 2 Thess. 4:16-17)
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