Overcoming Sin

Good morning,
 
The resistance of temptation, like almost everything else, begins in the mind. This is the battleground of the Saints, this is where victories are lost and won. The impulses of your body are mere aftershocks. The earthquake, if you will, takes place in the closed and private vestibules of your psyche. The child that steals [...]

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Identity

We refuse to be, what you wanted us to be
We are what we are and that’s the way it’s going to be.
You can’t educate us without equal opportunity
I’m talking about my freedom, people’s freedom and Liberty.
We’ve been trodding on this wine-press much too long – Rebel!
And we’ve been taken for granted much too long – Rebel!
Babylon’s [...]

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Acts I know of, but who are you “Inaction”?

Good morning,
 
How are you today my loved ones? I hope you’re all in good spirit, and that would be the Spirit of Yahweh which leads and guides us into all truth. I’ve been in a very pensive mood this weekend, and my disposition resembled the weather outdoors, sometimes wet and gloomy, sometimes bright and hopeful, [...]

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Gethsemane

Good morning,
 
Now I know you guys have been missing the Thursday Reading Corner segment of “Living Well” and I don’t want to ‘lose my readers’ as the self-help books warn against, so I’ll give you your weekly fix (maybe that’s not the right word). I am only a writer when I write, that’s what some [...]

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Justice

Good morning,
It’s a beautiful day in May and Yahweh has blessed you with life. To all the mothers I send a happy belated Mother’s Day with a cyber-kiss and a hug for being the instruments through which life is distributed. To my mother I send encouragement for having spent your first Mother’s Day without your [...]

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Indulgent Reminiscence VII

‘Grammy’
 
I fight the tears back as I pen these words, this morning I got the news that I have feared these many days. On Wednesday around 6 pm my grandmother had a stroke and has been unconscious ever since, it looks like this might be the end. My family has enjoyed many years without the [...]

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