28 September 2006

Black-Eye-Syndrome


Did I see what I think I saw?


In the past two weeks, the news has reported on two different women who were accused of harming pregnant women and taking their babies. When I saw the pictures of these two accused women, I noticed that these two women had something very similar in common; they both had Black- Eyes (I am not talking about bruises *y'all.) For those of you that don’t know what Black Eyes are, let me break it down even more; I mean, the actual eyes- the irises and the pupil look one and the same, and the eyes have an overly-glazed appearance. When you see eyes like that -take heed, and know that he/she has an evil spirit(s) in them. If you still don’t understand, then the next time that you notice someone acting a fool or that is angry, etc., just look at their eyes. You will see exactly what I am talking about(unless you are one of the ones who happen to have black eyes too). Some people are good at hiding their Black-Eyes, but it can’t be hid forever. Black-Eyes have ways of making themselves known. You don’t have to walk around afraid of them because, “The Lord did not give us a spirit of fear,” but recognize them so that you know what you are dealing with. Please believe that, “The eyes are indeed windows to the soul.” What do your eyes say about you?
Some of you could avoid a lot of heartache and trauma if you studied someone’s eyes before letting them into your personal life. The Lord gives us discernment for a reason. Use it! Use it! Use It! The one good thing about Black-Eye-syndrome is that it is 100% curable. All you need to do is accept Jesus Christ wholeheartily and apply him to your daily lives . Choose to spread light instead of darkness. Have joy and help fill others with joyful things! If you are truly living by the Word your eyes will naturally brighten and when you look at others they will see the unconditional Love in them.


Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y'all.

23 September 2006

"Copy Cats"


Have you ever known someone that copies everything that someone else does? I mean they put the copy in “copycat.” They insist on living their lives through you. If you do something, they quickly turn around and do the same or almost the same thing. Isn’t that annoying? Don’t you sometimes feel like saying, “Stop biting me! Why are you all on my back? May I have my shadow back please?” They may even say things like; “You have it together, or I want to be like you.” But in reality if they only knew, what you have been through to get to where you are, they wouldn’t even want to put their lil’ baby toe in any of the shoes that you’ve walked in. You ever heard of the saying, “Be careful what you ask for because you just might get it?" I think that this is so true, because if you want something that someone else has, you need to be prepared to take on everything that comes along with it. Don’t envy others and their gifts. The Lord gives us all special talents and gifts. Use the ones that he gave you. Stop trying to be me -be you! We are all beautifully and wonderfully made and Jesus loves all of us.


Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y'all.

21 September 2006

"Just Say No!"

Deut 18:10
"There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer”

Do you know someone that is superstitious? I mean, you can’t do anything around them without them saying things like; “oo00h! that’s bad luck….” There are a lot of people who walk around in constant fear because they are superstitious. The definition of superstition is “A belief, practice or rite irrationally maintained by ignorance of the laws of nature or by faith in magic or chance.” I was surrounded by superstitious people almost all of my childhood. One of my childhood friends tried to get me to cut my hand and do a blood oath so that we would be blood sisters. I had another friend who wanted me to play with an Ouija board, so we could talk to her dead aunt. Thankfully, I had enough sense at that time, to not go there. The Bible says that witchcraft in any form is wrong; there is no getting around it. And for the record THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GOOD WITCH!! The definition of witch is “a being imagined to have special powers derived from the devil.” When some of you think about witches you probably immediately think about the stereotypical image that the media gives you, which is an ugly old woman with bad skin, warts, dressed in black, and rides a broom. Well, this is not always the case. A witch doesn’t have to be ugly or disfigured; in fact they can be beautiful (on the outside that is). A witch can be anyone (male or female) who practices any form of witchcraft.

I used to know someone who was extremely superstitious. She had a horseshoe over her door for good luck, she burned candles for good luck, If I put my purse on the table she would scream “It’s bad luck to put a purse on the table!”, if I sat it on the floor she would yell,"It’s bad luck to put a purse on the floor!” As you probably can imagine, I was a nervous wreck around this person. If anyone did anything to any of her children, she insisted on getting their names so she could put a hex on them. It wasn’t surprising that she was sick all the time, but somehow it never registered to her that the reason why she was so ill was because she was serving the enemy. The sad part was that the stuff she was practicing was also a generational thing. Her mom also practiced witchcraft and her grandma was also known to have been a palm reader and a highly feared individual before she died. At times I felt pity for her because she really believed in all of that crazy stuff. She put a lot of time and effort into doing evil. Being around this person was one of the hardest tests for me, because she was very mean and hateful, because she couldn't convert me. I thank GOD everyday that he delivered me from that mess before those evil dark spirits consumed me.

Some people may dabble in witchcraft and not even know it; for instance, have you ever thrown salt over your shoulder when you spilt it? Have you ever carried items around in your pocket for good luck? Do you believe in horoscopes? Have you ever tried to control someone by using something that belonged to them? I am also guilty of doing many of these things, but now I know better.If you have partook in any of these things or more; you need to ask the Lord for forgiveness NOW, because all of those things are not of him. Even if you do a few of these things, you have still opened the door to the enemy. Why help Satan form the weapon to beat you down with it? Some of you need to realize that Satan tries to emulate GOD in many ways. He has his own army of demons out in the world to harass and fool you. He is always roaming around trying to get at you. For example; the Lord has prophets that he uses to spread his word.The devil has fortune tellers and palm readers, etc. to spread his madness.

If you want to be free of the enemy's strongholds, then please get rid of all of that confusion in your life and accept Jesus Christ. As soon as you purge yourself of all of that garbage ,you will be amazed at how great you look and feel. Those evil dark spirits will flee from you and you will then begin to walk in the light again.


Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y'all.

20 September 2006

Just Be Quiet



How many of *y'all don’t like to be alone? You always need someone or something around in order to make you happy. Do you need to play the radio or TV 24/7? Do you go everywhere with your cell phone, laptop, or PDAs.Can you drive five minutes up the road without turning on the radio? I purposely turn off my radio some times when my daughters are in the car with me so that they also learn how to enjoy quiet times. I realized that we all need some quiet alone time in order to get closer to the Lord. When we have all of those worldly distractions, it is hard to hear the Holy Spirit speaking to us and that is what the enemy wants. I have learned to cherish my alone times, because it strengthens my walk with Jesus. Our society has so many things that grab our attention and hold it hostage. Sadly many of us are addicted to the madness. Quiet time doesn’t mean you have to sit in a room and say “WOOSAH!” over and over. Try doing something that you enjoy; like reading a good book, praying, singing, or writing in a journal. Alone time helps keep you focused. It also creates balance in your life. If you are one of those people who are really needy, you need some alone time more so than others. If you are in a personal relationship with someone, seek out quiet times to help strengthen the relationship. It is good to be around people to fellowship with, but if you have to have them in order to function in everyday life, then you need to find out why. Quiet time helps to rejuvenate your spirit so you can get back out into the world and not be consumed by the madness.



Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y'all

19 September 2006

Super Who?



Man of Steel vs. Spirit of Steel





Many of you out there take care of your children, your health, your finances, your homes, your marriages, your pets, your cars,your career, and etc. You invest a lot of painstaking time in these various things. Can I ask you a question? How many of you are taking care of your Spirit? How many of you know that the same care that you apply to your health should also be applied to your Spirit? How many of you know that if you invest in your Spirit that you will receive ten-fold? How many of you know that you have to feed your Spirit with the Word? Many of you are walking around with anorexic Spirits and wondering why you can’t stand up to demonic attacks from the enemy. And many of you are the opposite,walking around with obese dark Spirits because you feed your spirit with plenty of negativity .Want a tip? Try using some of those same weight loss secrets to help you lose the negativity from your Spirit. Would you enter a championship fight if you weren’t in the proper condition? Could you run an Olympic race if you were in terrible shape? There is no way you would be prepared for any of these things without getting in the proper shape.

Everything that you apply in your daily life should also be applied to your Spiritual life. You have to nourish your Spirit with good wholesome things, so that when attacks come your way they will bounce off of you like you were made of teflon. Many of you probably heard of “Superman, The Man of Steel who was said to be faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound…”) Well I know of something that puts Superman and all his mighty physical attributes to shame. I call him; “Spirit of Steel; Faster than any demonic force, more Powerful than Satan and his allies, able to pass all tests in a single bound, and ultimately able to get into heaven to be with the Son and the Father. Which one would you rather be?



Be Blessed *Y'all.

15 September 2006

The Gym of Heavy Burdens



Mat 6:12 "Forgive us the wrongs that we have done, as we forgive the wrongs others have done us."


How many of you are walking around with Herculean-sized arms of steel because you are carrying around the burden called Un-forgiveness? Well, speaking from a former Burden Lifter of the World’s perspective, I can relate. I used to refuse to forgive anyone, I kept a chip on my shoulders (notice I said shoulders). It was very hard to forgive anyone who mistreated me. In the past, every time I thought about what they did to me, I would have flashbacks, experiencing those same feelings that I felt when I was going through the madness. Trust me; I had my share of images of riding by, slicing their tires, keying their cars and their motorcycles. I imagined myself doing some ungodly things to them. As many of you know I did not belong to the Father at that time. He would never tell me to do things like that. But that was Cor 13:11when I was a child and spoke as a child, now I have grown and put away childish things.” I would never intentionally hurt someone today because they wronged me. I will continue to pray for them and hope that they learn better.

In order to move on and have total freedom from someone that did you wrong, you have to forgive. You are only hurting yourself if you don’t forgive them. You are walking around with a humongous burden on your shoulders. In order to forgive you must stay out of The Gym of Heavy Burdens and stop benchpressing hundreds of pounds of Un-forgiveness!

Don’t you want to be free? Don’t you want to move on? Don’t you want to release the control that the other person has over you? Don't you want to have normal-sized arms again?Believe it or not, it is as easy as saying these three words, “I forgive you.” After you do this, the burden that you had will no longer be on you. Don’t worry if they don’t apologize for what they did, because the burden is no longer over your head. Plus, I have learned that we indeed “reap what we sow” so we don’t have to do anything back to them.

I know that this is asking a lot of some of you; but how can you ask for forgiveness from Jesus when you can’t forgive those who wronged you?




Can anyone else relate to frequenting the Gym of Heavy Burdens?


Be Blessed *Y'all.

13 September 2006

The Winner’s Price


The other day while watching my kids play soccer I noticed that one of the kids was really competitive. He wanted to win so badly that be pushed and knocked the other kids down. This kid was Rocky Balboa with a soccer ball *y'all! You could almost hear "The Eye of the Tiger" playing in the background! This child wanted to win so badly that he didn’t care who he hurt in the process. Also standing on the sidelines was his mom loudly egging him on, “Thata boy junior show ‘em whose boss!” (!) *Y'all know my emotions nearly consumed me at that point, and I almost yelled for my kids to give Junior a taste of his own medicine-times two. But thankfully the Holy Spirit kept me from acting a fool, and I just prayed that lil Rocky didn’t knock out anymore children. I also prayed that his mom would open up her eyes and see the big picture. We as parents should be careful not to transfer an overly competitive spirit to our children. We should assure them that we are proud of them whether or not they win or lose.

The soccer episode made me think about the competitive spirit in each of us. A little competitiveness is okay and can be an excellent motivational tool. But just like too much of anything it can also be bad, in some cases –even dangerous. Overly competitive people will stomp on anyone or anything that gets in their way. They don’t care who they crush, because they are only consumed with winning.

When I was in the military someone that I used to be involved with (who shall remain nameless) used to compete with me on a lot of things. He wanted to get promoted before me so badly that he conveniently forgot to get my promotion packet signed; yet he ran his packet right in to the commander’s office and had the commander put his signature on his packet, and so he was able to submit his in on time. The result was my packet did not get signed on time, so I missed the cut-off score and did not get promoted. I was devastated because this person that claimed to love me hurt me because he didn’t want me to get promoted before him. When I confronted him, he had the nerve to get upset and said that he didn’t do anything wrong. He said that I was seeing things, when in fact anyone with eyes could see what he did; he stabbed me in my face! (Yes, I said face!), because his overly competitive spirit wouldn’t allow me to beat him at anything. I have since forgiven him and moved on, but it made me think about how the competitive spirit can ruin many relationships if it is not put in check. Some of you overly competitive folks out there need to ask your self, “At what cost am I willing to pay to win?” If the price is more than you can pay, and you still take out a loan to pay it, then you need to seek help.

Signs that you may be too competitive; If you lose, and get angry and can't wait to spread your darkness around to everyone -you may have a problem; if you will beat your own mama down to win something -you may have a problem; if you watch that show called ‘
"Fear Factor" and you say things like “I would have eaten 50 live roaches and a skunk’s tail to win"- you have a problem. If your leg has fallen off and you still keep running to make it to the finish line to win-you definitely have a problem. I know I am exaggerating a little, but I hope that I got my point across. Winning isn’t everything. Sometimes we are so preoccupied with winning that we can’t enjoy the ride.

Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y'all.

12 September 2006

Why Did I Start This Blog?

( piano music playing softly...)
I did not start this blog, because I think I know everything; I am learning everyday how to walk in the Word.

I did not start this blog, because I feel I like I have arrived; Trust me, the Lord is working on me daily.

I did not start this blog, because I want to get back at my enemies; honestly, I pray for all of them and hope that they find Jesus.

I did not start this blog to make you laugh everyday; although if you find humor in it, it is okay, because laughter is good for the soul.

I did not start this blog for you to praise me; just knowing that I am pleasing the Father is reward enough.

I did not start this blog to make you feel inadequate; because we all fall short.

I did not start this blog to slap you upside the head with my beliefs; I can’t change you, only Jesus can.

(piano music increasing...)
I started this blog because I enjoy writing. So why not write about my love for the Lord? There are enough blogs out there that praise the world and its worldly fixings; unfortunately this isn’t one of those. This blog focuses on spiritual transformation. I am a living, breathing, walking testimony *y'all, and if my testimony can help just one person and lead them to Christ, then this blog was well worth it!



Be Blessed *Y'all.

11 September 2006

Title-Chasers

Manmade vs. Real

How many of you know someone that likes to flaunt their title around? They are quick to correct you by saying, I am “(put title here).” They act as if they were born with their title. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your accomplishments; but why do you act like you are your title? Even when I used to be in the military where titles were the norm, I never got caught up in this. I never changed who I was, because I put more weight on my collar. Yes, there is rank structure that you have to respect, and I did, but personally, I never looked at a person’s rank first. I looked at their eyes, because I believe that our eyes are windows to our souls.

Recently, I had a customer, who was always quick to tell everyone, “I am a retired Sergeant Major for the United States Army…” He used his title often to mistreat others. This used to crack me up! First of all, the key word was RETIRED. Second of all, why did he think that his title gave him permission to mistreat others? People like this need to go back to the basics and learn the golden rule; “treat others as you want to be treated.” Stop acting like your title is sewn on your chest! Stop boasting! Stop beating others down with your title!


Do you think that Jesus is going to look at you and say; “(put title here)" please come on in! Even though you mistreated others and stepped on a lot of toes to get that title, please have a seat!Forgive my manners! I should have known who you were.” (?) If some of you title chasers think that all you need is your title to get into heaven;I feel sorry for you, because you are fooling yourselves. Personally, I think that the first thing that many people probably think about (title) will be the last thing that the Father will look at. I don’t know about *yall, but the only real title that I want to be known by that surpasses all manmade titles is A CHILD OF GOD.


Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Yall

08 September 2006

Fence-Hoppers

Lukewarm

How many of you know someone that is saved one day, then on their way to hell the next? They talk about how they found Jesus one day, and then cussing like the Devil the next. They are your friend today, but will stab you in the back tomorrow. They have literally given you whiplash from them going back and forth. I call them Fence- Hoppers. They are confused individuals, a part of them may want to change, but the enemy has a stronghold over them, so they can’t fully submit. They need to realize that nothing will work until they fully submit, and confess all their sins to the Father. When you are saved, of course there will be temptations, but when you are truly living for God, your actions will show it. This is not to say that you can’t or won’t backslide, because we all fall short, because no one is perfect. You have to confess it and ask for forgiveness. But if you continuosly backslide into the same things, and keep asking for forgiveness over and over, then you need to re-evaluate why you keep failing. You may have to stay away from certain people and things that you know will cause you to fall short. If you want to go higher spiritually, you will have to release your Deadweight. If you vow to stop drinking, then stay out of drinking establishments; if you want to stop lusting then stop going to the strip clubs, and if you want to stop gambling then stop driving past the casino. Some of you may say, “Well I just drive by so-and-so, but I don’t go in.” Why are you driving by it? Why are you tempting yourself? Sin is Sin! I don’t think that any one sin is greater than the other. For instance, some people think that it is okay for them to tell a lil’ white lie, when in fact, it is not okay. If you want to do God’s will ,then please get off the fence; stop thinking that it is okay to be lukewarm because in Revelations 16,17 Jesus says; "Because you are lukewarm -- neither hot nor cold -- I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked."
I won't add anything to this because his words are powerful enough and indeed cut like a double edged sword, but I think that many of you can relate when I do say, "Ouch!"



Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y'all.

07 September 2006

Represent Your Hood

I don't think so.

One thing that really used to bug me while I was in the military was people that constantly glorified their city or state that they were originally from. They would brag about how their hometown was the best, and would even argue you down over their hood. I never understood this. Personally, I was glad to get away from my hometown, because there was nothing there, or should I say there was nothing there for me. While in the military, and stationed overseas I ran into numerous people who spoke highly of their hometowns. They even went out of their ways to find other people from the same hometown, so they could have hometown mouth battles with others from different areas. (“The Gump is the best, No the Bronx got it son.. Naw *y'all ain’t nothing without the ATL, etc…etc..”)

It is okay to be happy about where you come from, but many of the people bragging about their hometowns know good and darn well, they don’t want to go back, if it was so good; why did you run into the military? If it was so good; why did you reenlist -again? If it was so good; why when you go home on leave, after only three days you are ready to go? (Or maybe that’s just me, again). I can’t speak for others, but I know why I left. I could not continue to grow spiritually, if I had have stayed. Greenville would have swallowed me up and spit me out. When I go home to visit I am always astonished to see the same people that I knew still doing the same things; Pookie is still on the corner selling drugs although he is now older, balding, and overweight; Leon is still trying to set the world record to see how many baby mamas he can accumulate in a lifetime, and steady in and out of jail for not paying child support, Nikki is still wearing extra tight clothes, and trying to give her worn-out goodies away to any man (or woman) who will look her way; and Tina is still showing off the latest bling-bling that her new baller boyfriend got her for her Birfday, and still cussing out her dirty neglected kids for stepping on her Luis Vuitton sneakers. Then when any of them see me, the coversation usually goes something like this; “Let me have some of that money ‘cause you know *y'all gets paid in the military. When they goin send you over there with Saddam Hussein? Are you scared? Do y'all sleep outside? Can you get me a pair of them Army pants so I can rock them at the club cause you know Ima no limit soldier…..”

Like I said previously, this is what I had to endure when I went home on leave. Keep in mind that I am not judging anyone. All I am saying is that, I had to leave in order to grow. Some environments will stifle your growth, and those that are weak minded will succumb to it all. Just think of it this way; it is a lot easier for the enemy to get at you when you eat, sleep, and breathe in his environment.


Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y'all.

06 September 2006

Do You Know Love?

Why is it that when you try to love some people, they push you away? I mean you would do almost anything for them, but during the relationship they treated you like you weren’t anything special. They never complimented you,they ignored you, and they pointed out all your faults. They said things like, “I can’t compliment you too much, because you might get a bighead.” (?) It seemed that their life got better, but yours got worse. Even their friends and family members benefited from him or her knowing you. They all used you when it was convenient for them. Their actions made it crystal clear that they aren’t really concerned about you. Yet, you continue to stay stuck to them like glue. If they told you to jump you would be on the ceiling fan talking about, “Is this high enough? I can go higher!” Yet he/she was still not satisfied with you.

Then when you finally wake up and fall out of love with them and really could care less about them; here they come trying to do those same things that you used to do for them. Now they want to be stuck to you like glue, they now compliment you, and they now want to jump through hoops for you. They stay steady putting on a show for your benefit, but fail to realize that you are not even in the audience anymore, and even if you were, you would probably yell out, “Boooo! Get off the stage!” Why don’t you care about them anymore? Because you are fed up, done, tired, and through. I mean you don’t want anything bad to happen to them, but you really could care less about what they feel about you. A small part of you may feel sorry for them, because they had genuine love in the palm of their hands, but they balled it up like a piece of tissue, threw it away, and stepped on it. It’s like they finally realized that what they thought was a cubic zirconium was really a beautiful diamond, and now all of a sudden they want it back. Selfishly, they think that since they finally woke up, things will now be all good. Sadly, life doesn’t play out like it does in the movies. You can’t play with someone’s feelings and think that they will always be there, especially when you have mistreated them.

I came to the conclusion that some people can’t give or receive love. They are hurting badly from something or someone that hurt them, so they just continue the Hurt People, Hurt Other People Cycle. I thank God that I still know how to love, and have not let my loveless past dictate my future. Do you want to know love? Find Jesus; and I guarantee you that you will know Love, because you can’t know him without it.



Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y'all

05 September 2006

Humble Beginnings

Big Head


While watching a certain awards show the other day, a thought entered my mind. Why do many artists start out humble when they begin? When they win an award, the first one that they thank is God, or some of them are even bold enough to say, "Thank You Jesus!" Of course my issue doesn’t lie with these few individuals. One thing that I did notice was that the more popular artists hardly ever said thank you for what the Lord had done for them. Okay, someone did say “I wanna send a shout out to my Homie G!” ( I am still a lil' shaken over that one.)I personally think that more time and effort should go into thanking the Father for all that he has done for them. Yes, their producer Smoky Pete, composer Warren P, and director Mackey Mack may have assisted them in their career, but the one that made it all happen hardly gets an honorable mention.

Artist or stars usually begin humbly, but after they blow up, they never mention God. Instead, they begin to love the world and all of the worldly fixings. Prime example: Mariah Carey, I used to admire her because she was humble, nicely dressed, and could sang. Now when you see her she is arrogant, has all her goodies exposed, and she never thanks the Lord for anything. She looks like a lost soul. To further confirm what I thought, I looked at all of her cd covers that I have, and looked at who she acknowledged in the credits. In her first few albums she dedicated paragraphs to praising the Lord; then on her later albums, when she was more popular, she hardly ever mentions him in a sentence. This seems to be a trend for stars, they start out so humble, and then they get beside themselves and forget who made it possible for them to be where they are. I know it seems that I am harping on one artist, but Mariah is a prime example of fame gone wrong. In my opinion the girl has a gift and should be using it to praise the Lord. So the question for today is; Why do some people get the big head when they become successful? That success may be excellent while they are here on this earth, they have everything that they could possibly want and need, but for some reason they begin to think that they no longer need Jesus. When in actuality he is all that we need.
This is my opinion, but I don’t think that MC BIGHEAD, and MISS All About ME-ME will be listed in the Book of Life. I don’t know about *yall, but the worst thing that I can think of is standing before the Father, and him looking at me and saying “I NEVER KNEW YOU.”


Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y'all.

01 September 2006

Ear-Jacked!

The other day while getting out of the car to go into the grocery store with my daughters; we were jacked! I’m not talking about battery *y'all, so please don’t call 911. I am talking about, our ears were assaulted by someone blasting their music in their car, the song of choice was entitled, “I’m In Love with a Stripper.” As my girls and I proceeded into the store, I began to focus my thoughts on other things in the store. By the time I had rounded aisle seven, one of my daughters began singing, “I’m in love with a stripper……”
I immediately stopped in my tracks and told her to please not sing that song anymore, because it was not an appropriate song for her to sing. Then I began to think about how music gets into our spirits subconsciously, because by the time I was at the checkout counter I was humming the song myself. Then I began to think about all those people who say that they listen to derogatory music, but they don’t hear the words. They only listen to the beat. I don't know, maybe they have some super special kind of ears, (?) but I personally think that, it is nearly impossible, because you are fooling yourself if you say you can’t hear the words. (I’ll only believe that if you are listening to a song in another language that you don’t understand.) I have nothing against people listening to whatever they want to, but why must innocent bystanders be attacked by what you like? I have some great inspirational music that I like to listen to, but I don’t blast it loudly so that everyone outside can hear it. First of all it is dangerous to our ears, and secondly, I think that it is an invasion of privacy.

Now if you ride in my car with me, more than likely you will hear some form of uplifting music, and you have one of these choices: listen to what I play, listen to me run my mouth, listen to the twins ask you “Why?” a hundred times on various topics, or listen to air. Before a lot of you call me judgmental, I would like to add that, I listen to all kinds of music, but it has to represent things that GOD himself would smile upon. And I don’t think he would smile upon songs like "I'm in love with a stripper….” I don’t discriminate against artists, but I do discriminate what some of their music represents, and if it represents the dark side then it gets no play in my car.


Can anyone out there relate?

Be Blessed *Y'all.