Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Blackout: "Thinking Outside the Box" News Edition
Peace and blessings,
Below are some examples of modes of thinking that I think provide a positive alternative to many stereotypes that seek to label and confine us. Also, links to these websites have added to the right. What do think of the idea behind the book? The websites? Take care, have a blessed day, and speekonit...
1) Info on the recently released book
2) A
created by a black woman, for women in the ministry.
3) A
4) A
Labels: black, blackout, book, business, careers, entrepreneurs, ministry, More Than Enternainers, news, positive alternatives, sterotypes, thinking outside the box, youth
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Scripture of the Day: Stay Away from that Idol Steez
Peace and blessings,
The following is a scripture that I have been thinking about lateley. The pic is courtesy ofSuite 101
"15Therefore take good heed to yourselves, since you saw no form of Him on the day the Lord spoke to you on Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
16Beware lest you become corrupt by making for yourselves [to worship] a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, or of any winged fowl that flies in the air,
18The likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, or of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth.
19And beware lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and when you see the sun, moon, and stars, even all the host of the heavens, you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations under the whole heaven.
20But the Lord has taken you and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to Him a people of His own possession, as you are this day."
Deuteronomy 4: 15-20
One of the things that I love about God is that He allows us to glorify Him through a wide variety of interests and activities. Whether it is freestyling, listening to music, playing ball, or engaging in my academic interests, I try to give God the glory in the process. However, I am also becoming aware of the risks that are present in everything that we commit our time, energy, and resources. The point is to treat those interests and activities as a MEANS to honor God, and not as an ENDS in themselves. Whether it is our professional careers, our hobbies, our artistic expressions and so forth, we must always make sure that God is at the center and everything else revolves around Him, not the other way around. As opportunities have been and will be give to me, I am constantly struggling to acknowledge that our opportunities and accomplishements are ONLY important insofar as they revolve around God's will and purpose for our lives. In a world where it's easy to view these things as "idols" and to take credit for the things God has given us, let's strive to remain humble and focused on doing God's will, because in the end that's all that matters. Holla back and speekonit...
The following is a scripture that I have been thinking about lateley. The pic is courtesy of
"15Therefore take good heed to yourselves, since you saw no form of Him on the day the Lord spoke to you on Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
16Beware lest you become corrupt by making for yourselves [to worship] a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, or of any winged fowl that flies in the air,
18The likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, or of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth.
19And beware lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and when you see the sun, moon, and stars, even all the host of the heavens, you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations under the whole heaven.
20But the Lord has taken you and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to Him a people of His own possession, as you are this day."
Deuteronomy 4: 15-20
One of the things that I love about God is that He allows us to glorify Him through a wide variety of interests and activities. Whether it is freestyling, listening to music, playing ball, or engaging in my academic interests, I try to give God the glory in the process. However, I am also becoming aware of the risks that are present in everything that we commit our time, energy, and resources. The point is to treat those interests and activities as a MEANS to honor God, and not as an ENDS in themselves. Whether it is our professional careers, our hobbies, our artistic expressions and so forth, we must always make sure that God is at the center and everything else revolves around Him, not the other way around. As opportunities have been and will be give to me, I am constantly struggling to acknowledge that our opportunities and accomplishements are ONLY important insofar as they revolve around God's will and purpose for our lives. In a world where it's easy to view these things as "idols" and to take credit for the things God has given us, let's strive to remain humble and focused on doing God's will, because in the end that's all that matters. Holla back and speekonit...
Labels: academic, careers, Deuteronomy, God, hobbies, Idols, interests, music, purpose, scriptures
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