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Monday, June 27, 2005
This was a story in our local newspaper, www.pe.com about our family get together. I am one of the decendants of the Goodwin, the Strickland, and the Hopkins families. Another family name that wasn't mentioned was Ware. My greatgrandfather Mr. Boswell, (who wasn't mentioned here because he was full blooded Native American), was born here in Riverside, his family was here far earlier than even Mr. Robert Stokes, who just happened to be my grandfather, George Goodwin's, full blooded brother. They had the same mother AND father. There may have been as many as eight or so siblings.
The reason they had different last names was because some of the family members grew up ( were slaves), on the Stokes plantation, and other (full blooded) family members grew up (were slaves) on the Goodwin plantation, both located in Georgia. They later all found each other again here in Riverside, California. Though none ever changed their last names, we kids all knew who were related to whom growing up. Our parents didn't want to take the chance of any of us marrying our own cousins, so we were often told, "they are your family".
The Strickland side of my family were all very fair-skinned mulattos, we were always told that they were forced to leave their hometown of Cartersville, Georgia because, they were the offsprings of a prominent citizen, and too many of the "negro children" were being confused (too often) with his legitimate children, and that wasn't tolerated back then. So, they too ended up in Riverside, California in the early 1900s.
My Great-grandmother Cornelia Ware, who ended up married to Clyde Strickland, was also a mulatto, and was often mistaken for caucasian, but she was quick to tell any and everyone that she was "colored", she was fond of saying " you never know when a dark baby will crop up, and then where are ya"? She also had Native American blood, but not California Native American. She was a very funny lady, and I loved her alot. Though she died when I was quite young.
Good story. Always amused us.
It is true that we are growing apart now a days, we have all spread out, and lost touch, and it is very sad.
Descendants chart deep history
RIVERSIDE: A reunion of families at Fairmount Park recognizes the earliest black community.
on Saturday, June 25, 2005 (Also my 58th birthday, (smile) Pam).
By JENNIFER BOWLES / The Press-Enterprise
Descendants of some of Riverside's first black families gathered for an annual reunion Saturday at Fairmount Park and remembered a different city when they were growing up.
"It was just a little colony of people -- you have to realize there weren't even paved roads back then," said Delora Allen, 79, the eldest living relative who was born in a house on the city's east side in 1925.
Allen's mother, Fannie, ran a social club for girls to teach them manners, dancing and how to set a formal table. Her father worked at The Mission Inn greeting visitors, operating the elevator and doing whatever else needed to be done, she said.
Doreen Hopkins, 68, a retired banker who lives in Mira Loma, recalled a bustling Park Avenue on the city's east side where everyone met at the malt shop, neighbors held bridge parties, and dances and social gatherings were commonplace at the mercantile hall. A movie theater showed films for 9 cents, and Lincoln Park had the only swimming pool in the city where blacks could swim, she said.
"It was really a self-contained community," she said. "We had a ball; it was really exciting."
Some 200 descendants of the Hopkins, Davis, Goodwin, Carr, Strickland and Stowers families were at the park, eating food, listening to jazz bands and trying to remember who was who and how they were related. The first reunion was held in 1999.
Allen said when she started researching the family's roots about 10 years ago, she couldn't find much information at the local libraries and museums about black history.
"It was as if we didn't exist," she said.
She began asking everyone she knew for memories and pictures, eventually compiling a thick collection of the region's black history. "The Pioneer Black Families of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties: 1826-1940" is available at Riverside's downtown library, she said.
Robert Stokes was the first black person in Riverside when he arrived in 1870, Allen said. An old black-and-white photograph shows him donning his police uniform. He also owned a hog ranch where the Fox Theater now stands in the downtown area.
Blacks came to Riverside, San Bernardino and Redlands, mainly from the South, looking for economic and social opportunities, Allen said. There were enough in the community to spur a monthly newspaper, "The Colored Citizen," published in Redlands from 1905 to 1906. A year's subscription cost $1.
"I think it's very important to know where you come from. The more you find out, the more you know about yourself," said Sedalia Gaines, 53, who was born in Riverside but now lives in Tennessee. Living just an hour from the town in Georgia where the ancestors came from, Gaines also has done research on the family's roots.
Hopkins said she's concerned that once the older generation passes, there won't be anyone to carry on the history.
"We need to get our families together and talk more and remember not just the activism but the life we had," she said.
Reach Jennifer Bowles at 951-368-9548 or jbowles@pe.com
~~~~~~~~~~Pamela~~~~~~~~~~~
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Sunday, June 26, 2005
Jun 25th, 2005 10:37 PM
MY BIRTHDAY. #58.
THE GARDEN. (THIS IS FOR ALL MY FRIENDS).
The Garden, Come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses....,
FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING, PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:
1. Peace of mind
2. Peace of heart
3. Peace of soul, amen.
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness, amen.
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
3. Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another, amen.
NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:
1. Turnip for meetings
2. Turnip for service
3. Turnip to help one another, amen.
TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME:
1. Thyme for each other
2. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends, amen.
WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE.
THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
My instructions were to send this to people that I wanted GOD to bless and I picked you all.
Life is short, and the best gift that we have to give to each other is love enough to include each other in our daily prayers, and to tell each other how we have been blessed. GOD blessed me to live for 58 years so far, and I have many loving family members, and friends.
What I pray for all of us is eternal life, and we can only get this through JESUS, and many will ask, "Are you sure that this is the ONLY way"?
I will answer, "YES, HE is the ONLY way", and I challenge you to study to find out if this is true, don't take my word for it, take HIS WORD, disect IT, question IT, and seek HIM out of IT, for within IT you will most certainly find LIFE, and the LOVE of GOD, sent to us in the PERSON of HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.
Invite HIS HOLY SPIRIT to guide you in your quest, HE is willing and able to help you in everything you need. Just say, "HOLY SPIRIT, come into my heart, and open my eyes, to all HE has for me to know, to really know the TRUTH". Amen.
May the GOD and CREATOR of the entire universe, bless you and keep you in your journey, for the WAY is not without perils, and pitfalls, but the end of this journey is the beginning of ETERNAL LIFE, for those who sincerely seek, and find the TRUTH. JESUS the CHRIST.
SAVIOR, and LORD, of all. Anem.
Your Friend.
Pamela
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Sunday, June 19, 2005
Awwwwwwww, man. I LOVE spending time with my grandkids!!! We had friday, saturday, and then today early Cherokee and I were brought back to Riverside, by LaShane, Kiara, Garth Jr., Jack, Samuel and Samantha, aka "Diva", 'cause she sings soooooooo well.
We spent the time on the freeway, S I N G I N G, yes, we all took turns singing parts of our favorite songs, and let me tell you, if there is a more vocal family anywhere around here, I've never heard of them!! Of course it got to the point that we were all singing "Buffy the Vampire Slayer the Musical" songs.
Those, by Joss the Genius, Whedon, being all of our favorites, yeah, we got the CD!! Even the six year old twins know all the words, and Kiara and Jack did a rip-roaring rendition of the Anya, Zander duet, "I'll never Tell". I tried to bring in some culture singing Johnny Mathis' "All the Time", and a couple of "Smokey and the Miracles" old songs, "I like it like That", and "Mickey's Monkey", as a tribute to Mickey Rourke.
Who could pass up "Lollipop", or even "Hungry like the Wolf"? My kids, Geno, LaShane and Cherokee grew up listening to the Pretenders, Patti Smith, Culture Club, Michael Jackson, Wham, Men at Work, you know? While I remember Patty Page, and Doris Day, and Louie Prima and Keely Smith. Who could forget Mary Ford, along with Les Paul and his band of Renown?
Of course as an older teenager, it was all the Miracles, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Marvelettes, Chaka Kahn, and Rufus. Bob Marley, and Roy Ayers, George Clinton and the MotherShip Connection. Sly and the Family Stone, Kool and the Gang. Oh, I could go on and on, but then I would start crying for my lost youth, and end up all snotty nosed and puffy eyed.
Fuggitaboudit!!! L I V E in the NOW!! Gosh darn it. Why is earth on a 365 day year? Dang me, dang me, otta take a rope and hang me!! High, from the highest treeeeeeeeeeee, oh woman don't you weeeeep for meeeeeeeeeeeee. What's that from? I never did listen to country!! Okay, except for "The Tennessee Waltz"
Waaaaahhhh!! I'm come undone!! HELP ME!!! I know no up to date songs, I guess they call them that, by heart. All that gut thumping power driving bull dozer eardrum busting drell that is played today!!
Anyway, I'm home, honey!!! Back in my chair, on MY computer, posting on MY sites. Here, and on www.alienlovespredator.com and on www.myspace.com you know the good sites!! Oh, yeah, I gotta write a plot synopsis for www.MickeyRourkeonline.com also before I get off of the computer to watch T.V. Tonight is the 4400!! Yeaaaaaaaah!
It's good to visit, but oh the incomparable joy of being in your own hovel. Far outweighs the trips any road trip.
ODGAY ESSBLAY OUYAY!! menAay!!
Pamela
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Saturday, June 18, 2005
Wow, I am up in the mountains, visiting the daughter and her family, along with Cherokee, and here it is 2:33 am, and I am wide awake as usual!! I went to Plush Cafe on thursday evening, and didn't get to sleep until around 9:am on friday morning, then LaShane and the kiddlings showed up at 11:00 am and we had to pack a few things to last over the week-end, and off we went, me with only two hours sleep.
I just couldn't make it, by 4 pm or so, I was out of it, so I went and laid down on Samantha's bed and I was in LaLa land until later in the evening. By this time, Cherokee and LaShane were getting ready to have their sister time, listening to a series of books that they have been listening to together over their computers, usually while Cherokee are down the hill, and LaShane is up the hill.
I am usually on my own computer then, but I can hear the book just as well, and even though I have read all four of the books that are so far out in this series, (The Merry Gentry books by Laurel K. Hamilton), they are so good, and stimulating, and fascinating, and fun!!! I don't mind hearing them over and over, and over, again!!! In fact, I insist on it.
It's like our favorite T.V. shows, we get them on DVD, so that even if they go off of the air, we can watch them over and over. Lately it has been "Firefly", by Joss Whedon, master and genius of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, the Fray comic series, (totally awesome)!! Then the most wonderfull and watchable "Firefly" TV show. Alas no longer on the air, due to the stupidity of whoever decides these things.
We're waiting, like panting dogs do for a drink of cool water, in the hot summertime, for the "Serenity" movie that is coming out later on this summer!! We're just as excited as we were while we were waiting for "SinCity", with Mickey Rourke and the most wonderful cast of people we were ever blessed to watch along with him. There was Bruce Willis, Michael Madsen, Elijah Woods, Alexis Bledell, (Rory Gilmore), Benecio Del Toro, Carle Guigino, (Spy Kids mom), Jessica Alba, (Dark Angel), Josh Hartnett, Powers Boothe, Michael Clark Duncan, Devon Aoki, Clive Owen, Brittany Murphy, Rosario Dawson, and on and on.
In "Firefly", there is Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Gina Torres, (Mrs. Lawrence Fishburne) Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, and other assorted cast members that make for a very interesting, and action packed movie. If you are into scifi, and never watched the "Firefly" series, you OWE it to yourself to go and buy the DVDs, and watch the whole series, then go and buy the comics that bridge the show and the movie, "Serenity", so you aren't wishing you had by the end of the year!!
May the force also be with you, but I who am a total scifi geek for Star Trek, Star Wars, BattleStar Galactica, FarScape, DeepSpace Nine, Babylon 5, Enterprise, StarGate, StarGate SG1, StarGate Atlantis, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and War of the Worlds, (Gort barata Niktu)!! Think that this movie by Joss Whedon, will blow all of the other "monster-hits" of SciFi land, OUT OF THE WATER. Still I gotta see, "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", just for my own peace of mind. I love Mos Def!! too.
Well, it is 3:00 a m. I didn't bring the latest book I was reading, but my eyes are starting to glow with silvery lights, this happens when I am staring at the computer screen too long. So, I'll sign off, and go and watch some late night movies on HBO, or Cinemax. I'm sure to find something worth watching!! Everybody else in the house is sawing wood, and I hear the sweet sounds of seven "in tune" descendants of my Mother and Father, and it almost makes me want to cry!! "It's Shake and Bake, and I helped"!!!!
Love these people!
~~~~~~~~~~Pamela~~~~~~~~~~~
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Friday, June 10, 2005
Date: Jun 10, 2005
The AVERAGE person only gets 7 right.
This is based on U.S. info, so use all lobes of your brain. This can be more difficult than it looks - it just shows how little most of us really see!
There are 25 questions about things we see every day or have known about all our lives. How many can you get right?
These little simple questions are harder than you think- it just shows you how little we pay attention to the commonplace things of life.
Put your thinking caps on. No cheating! No looking around! No getting out of your chair! No using anything on or in your desk or computer!
Can you beat 20?? (The average is 7) Write down your answers and check answers (on the bottom) AFTER completing all the questions.
REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!!
BE HONEST!!! That means no looking at your phone or anything on your desk...
Then, before you pass this on to your friends, change the number on the subject line to show how many you got correct.
Forward to your friends and also back to the one who sent it to you.
LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. - If not, just have fun!
Here we go!
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1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know)
3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
4. What six colours are on the classic Campbell's soup label?
5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?
6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg?
(Don't YOU DARE get up to see)!!
7. How many matches are in a standard pack?
8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?
9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?
10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?
11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?
13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons?
14. Which way do fans rotate?
15 How many sides does a stop sign have?
16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?
17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc Who's . missing?
20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark?
22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?
23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?
25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?
*************************************************** ANSWERS
1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, & gold.
5. 1, 0
6. Right
7. 20
8. Red
9. 87.7
10. Clockwise (north of the equator)
11. Towards bottom right
12. 12 (no ..1)
13. Left
14. Clockwise as you look at it.
15. 8
16. Left
17. 5
18. 6
19. Bashful
20. 8
21. Ace of spades
&nbs! p;
22. Left
23. *, ..
24. 3
25. Counter
Now send it to some of your friends and put your score in the subject
~~~~~~~~~~Pamela~~~~~~~~~~~
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
CRY ALOUD AND SPARE NOT
Christian Newsletter.
" Presenting revelational truth . Separating the wheat from the tares. Causing Kingdom Aware saints to rise up and manifest to bring forth God's Glory in this endtime season of harvest. Exhorting others to carry their cross and become Kingdom Aware. Training our sisters and brothers to hear the heartbeat of God. Strengthening them with spiritual meat to fulfil God's call on Their lives. Informing the masses of God's plan for all humankind".
June 8, 2005 .
SHIFTING IN CAPACITY FOR DESTINY
ROMANS 8:28-30 says.
28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
We are all shifting! I know for myself my last shifting was fast and the effects of it were immediate! Whether we are just coming into the Body of Christ through salvation, or being sanctified/ consecrated or in the posture now to manifest God's Glory, I would hope we all are in the process of spiritual movement. Whether we physically feel or understand it or not!
Which position are you in? The above scripture reflect the process in which God takes all His children through.
First our lives are predestinated it has already been done in the spirit! My pastor says God is trying to get us to remember. "REMEMBER WHAT I SAID TO YOU BEFORE YOU GOT TO EARTH?" He is always trying to get us remember.
Secondly, He calls us. He makes us aware of and gives us the choice to receive the election that He already elected us to. This applies to salvation and also the acceptance of callings to ministry! Once we have realized that there is a call whether five fold ministry or workplace etc. we must make a choice to say yes. Once we accept the salvation and/or call to ministry
God then sets a precedent. He begins to speak for words to you. Whether encouragement or prophetic words he will give you a vision/ promises and then tell you in essence,
"He is a rewarder of them who diligently seek Him"
Why is diligence so important?
Thirdly... Justification. This where you have to die! Sadly, this is the place many people get stuck or never get to because they have not received the promises or have backslidden by this point! If you can die and still diligently seek God that is a blessing. I know that many have said to me that the vision is the only thing that kept them going and seeking God. I say that though my flesh underwent stripping, I felt the vision pulling me along.
This is where your will dies and you are made into the image of Jesus. You begin to know Him better and receive greater knowledge. Faith is produced. We get hung on the cross then buried. Things dont seem to go easily in your life and you have to be able to throw your hands up at the exact time you feel the pressure to do something the most.You learn to trust in God alone and fears, disappointment- issues are dealt with. We don't all go through the same tests but it's not comfortable for anyone. If you can make it through this you shall receive the rewards!
What are the rewards?
Glorification! This is the place where we are rewarded.I often hear people say we will not get to glorification until we get to heaven but that is contradictory to scripture. How else will God's Glory be seen lest we be the vessels of glory? God's predestination for you life comes to pass with prosperous results. After you have endured your Egypt, gone through Babylon .. you realize that your enemies no longer have dominion over you and God has given you rest from them. After that your capacity must expand even more to receive the blessings of God.
2 Samuel 22: 17 - 25.
17. He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
20. He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21. The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24. I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25. Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
Isaiah 40:10.
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Our reward is the anointing to minister to others. Spiritual increase is your prosperity. You wax strong while you grow to a capacity to absorb much more revelation. Physical comforts such as cars/ homes/ clothes etc. in abundance are the fruits of your prosperity as a Christian.
We must remember that wealth is not determined by material things. Our ability to handle the physical things will come from the capacity you have to handle spiritual things first! We can have every external security and pleasure and be completely bankrupt inside.
Our mental capacity changes as greater measure of God's grace has been imparted. The more grace God has given the more you can handle. The more you can grasp, maintain and impart.
You may have a great capacity to receive from the Lord and have many revelations and are manifesting and still not have the physical things you desire.
WAIT ON HIM. ( I know I am waiting on HIM ). The longer you wait, the greater your capacity to understand the things of God, the greater the fruit of your prosperity will be!
Let us see ourselves full and yet expanding.
Proverbs 13:7.
One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Proverbs 10:22.
The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no sorrow to it.
posted by: Sister Shannon
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~~~~~~~~~~Pamela~~~~~~~~~~~
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Invisible Black Man
Dr. Mark Dean
"America's High Tech Invisible Man".
By Tyrone D. Taborn
You may not have heard of Dr. Mark Dean. And you aren't alone. But almost everything in your life has been affected by his work.See, Dr. Mark Dean is a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is in theNational Hall of Inventors. He has more than 30 patents pending. He is a vice president with IBM.
Oh, yeah. And he is also the architect of the modern-day personal computer. Dr. Dean holds three of the original nine patents on the computer that all PCs are based upon. And, Dr. Mark Dean is an African American.So how is it that we can celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IBM personal computer without reading or hearing a single word about him?
Given all of the pressure mass media are under about negative portrayals of African Americans on television and in print, you would think it would be a slam dunk to highlight someone like Dr. Dean.Somehow, though, we have managed to miss the shot. History is cruel when it comes to telling the stories of African Americans.
Dr. Dean isn't the first Black inventor to be overlooked. Consider John Stanard, inventor of the refrigerator, George Sampson, creator of the clothes dryer, Alexander Miles and his elevator, Lewis Latimer and the electric lamp. All of these inventors share two things:One, they changed the landscape of our society; and, two, society relegated them to the footnotes of history.
Hopefully, Dr. Mark Deanwon't go away as quietly as they did. He certainly shouldn't. Dr. Dean helped start a Digital Revolution that created people like Microsoft's Bill Gates and Dell Computer's Michael Dell. Millions of jobs in information technology can be traced back directly to Dr. Dean.
More important, stories like Dr. Mark Dean's should serve as inspiration for African-American children. Already victims of the "Digital Divide" and failing school systems, young, Black kids might embrace technology with more enthusiasm if they knew someone like Dr. Dean already was leading the way.Although technically Dr. Dean can't be credited with creating thecomputer -- that is left to Alan Turing, a pioneering 20th-century
English mathematician, widely considered to be the father of modern computer science -- Dr. Dean rightly deserves to take a bow for the machine we use today. The computer really wasn't practical for home or small business use until he came along, leading a team that developed theinterior architecture (ISA systems bus) that enables multiple devices, such as modems and printers, to be connected to personal computers.In other words, because of Dr. Dean, the PC became a part of our daily lives.
For most of us, changing the face of society would have been enough. But not for Dr. Dean. Still in his early forties, he has a lot of inventing left in him.He recently made history again by leading the design team responsible for creating the first 1-gigahertz processor chip. It's just another huge step in making computers faster and smaller.
As the world congratulates itself for the new Digital Age brought on by the personal computer, we need to guarantee that the African-American story is part of the hoopla surrounding the most stunning technological advance the world has ever seen. We cannot afford to let Dr. Mark Dean become a footnote in history. He is well worth his own history book.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO EVERY BLACK PERSON YOU KNOW. ALSO LET THE REST OF THE WORLD RECOGNIZE !!!!!!!
http://www.black-history-month.co.uk
~~~~~~~~~~Pamela~~~~~~~~~~~
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Sunday, June 05, 2005
I am part of a team, and a group. We are people who love the actor, Mickey Rourke. In fact, I think that he is one of the greatest actors on the American screen. I say it that way, 'cause I don't know all the actors on the other screens of the world.
Anyway, I have a column now!!! Yaaah!! It is a HUGE thing for me, and I feel so honored to do it. Along with my daughter, LaShane Arnett (who has a blog on here also), and Heather Kaplan, (who has a blog on here also) hehe. Lastly I mention, Kathy Thompson, who got me involved with the group on Mickey Rourke Online, in the first place!!
I love these ladies, and we pray that M.R. gets the attention that we feel is due him, after all the years of misunderstanding, and set backs that he has suffered, some through no fault of his own! Some he may have brought on himself, and he'll be the first to admit those too.
Anyway, I have provided a link to this site, and I hope that you will visit, and share it with all your friends and acquaintenses, that are fans of good movies, bad movies, and just generally movies of any kind!!! Alright? Thanks for anything you do to further the bits of information we have posted on "Our Favorite Star". AKA Mickey Rourke.
GOD bless.
Pam
http://www.geocities.com/mickeyrourkeonline/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~Pamela~~~~~~~~~~~
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New Message on Tru2GodAlways
"Have You Cleaned Your Feet Lately?"
Reply
From: Godschild38391
Do you remember when you were a child and you were playing outside and somehow have gotten your sneakers wet and muddy and it's cold out and you're starting to shiver. Or as an adult you were working outside on a cold day and got you feet all wet and you start to feel cold?. I was always told that if you keep your feet dry and clean you will not feel as cold but once your feet get wet and your socks get all wet your whole body starts to feel cold and if you could only change your socks and put on warm sneakers you would feel like new again.
Do you remember the scripture where Jesus said to Peter, let me wash your feet and Peter said no so Lord but wash my whole body?
"After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean"
What was Jesus talking about here when he said that "He that is washed needeth not except to wash his feet, but is clean every whit" you are totally clean and you don't need to wash your whole body Peter? What he was talking about was the new birth. Being Born Again. When we become born again we are totally clean and we need not to be born again, again. But what we need to do is to come to the Lord for forgiveness for our sins. In 1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." That's a fact. If we confess our sins he cleanses us from all unrighteousness. He makes us new.
This is a on going process. Yes we are born again but we need to confess our sins to cleanes ourselves, otherwise we start feeling cold and dirty. Jesus in John 13 was talking about us confessing our sins and him cleansing our feet. We are born again but as we walk through this world our feet get dirty and filthy but our total soul and spirit is still saved but our feet get dirty and we need Jesus to clean them and when we confess our sins unto him he wipes them clean and puts on a fresh clean pair of socks and sneakers. Now we do not have to feel alienated from God. When we sin and do not confess our sin we get dirty and messy and our spirit starts to get cold. Just confess your sins and he will clean your feet again and you can keep on your walk. So my question is
"Have you cleaned your feet lately?"
Sister Tracie.
~~~~~~~~~~Pamela~~~~~~~~~~~
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Saturday, June 04, 2005
I sent this to the maniacs at <www.Bonsaikitten.com> Please, if possible go to this site and post in their guest book and plead with them to take this site off of the Internet!!
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(Thank you Kiara, for bringing this to my attention. I'm sure that there are many sites on the internet, just as horrible. We must make it our responsibility to stand against these obsenities, even if it is just to voice our opinions to their creators, as the quote goes: "All that is necessary for evil to prevail, is for good men to do nothing").
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I cannot think of what to call you in this note? Certainly not Gentlemen!!!
This has to be some sort of sick joke? Please tell me that it is just some twisted hoax that this person with a weird sense of humor thinks is funny? 'Cause I DO NOT think it is funny!!
And intimating that you would do the same to children? Babies of the HUMAN variety? How totally stomach turning is this. Reminiscent of Nazi Germany!!
For Heaven's sake, take this abomination off of the internet!!!! I implore you!!!
Pamela Daniels
"If instead of candy or flowers, or even the costliest gems, we should
offer up the gift of a loving prayer for another?
Now that would be giving as the LORD GOD HIMSELF, gives". Amen.
Paraphrased by,
Sister Pam Daniels
~~~~~~~~~~Pamela~~~~~~~~~~~
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Wednesday, June 01, 2005
So, do you like music? Do you like rap? Do you like christian music? Do you like christian rap?
Well, whatever your taste. I have found some great music, (through a friend of mine), and as usual, I want to share. If possible go to their website and see if you like this music before you make a decision, okay?
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http://www.gospelelevations.net
Welcome to Gospel Elevations: A Holy Hip Hop Web Site!The main purpose of this site is to exalt Jesus Christ. Secondly, this site serves as a marketing tool for gospel rappers, and gospel singers with a hip hop flare. It's about promoting the Kingdom of God.
Gospel Elevations is based in Flint, MI. Because of Gospel Elevation's high visibility on the TOP 100 Christian Rap / Hip Hop sites, some artist have been invited to minister outside of the state. Don't forget to vote once a day. Please set screen resolution at 1024 x 760 for a better viewing experience. Be sure to sign the Guest Book.
THIS SITE IS FREE TO JOIN. All you need to do is provide: a photograph of you or your group, a bio (typed in MS Word or by E-Mail) and three songs. No one will be able to download your music. All music is converted to a file that can only be heard on the Internet.Those interested on being on Gospel Elevations can call James Robinson @ 810.625.0992 or E-Mail: jrobin747@yahoo.com.
Click "Artist's Picture " to load artist page, and music. You need Macromedia Flash to listen to each artist.
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I only do this because I myself, love the music. These are just suggestions about the websites I post on my blog. It would really be cool though, if you know someone who likes this type of music, to let them know about it. You can vote for their site there too.
Also, I would like to get some feedback, so that I can pass it back on to my friend that sent me the link. Art D., aka Leethal. (here is his site too, you can listen to his music, and maybe drop him a line of encouragement in his ministry)? Thanks, and GOD bless you all. amen.
Pam
http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=11285394&Mytoken=20050601184328
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This was a story in our local newspaper, www.pe.com about our family get together. I am one of the decendants of the Goodwin, the Strickland, and the Hopkins families. Another family name that wasn't mentioned was Ware. My greatgrandfather Mr. Boswell, (who wasn't mentioned here because he was full blooded Native American), was born here in Riverside, his family was here far earlier than even Mr. Robert Stokes, who just happened to be my grandfather, George Goodwin's, full blooded brother. They had the same mother AND father. There may have been as many as eight or so siblings.
The reason they had different last names was because some of the family members grew up ( were slaves), on the Stokes plantation, and other (full blooded) family members grew up (were slaves) on the Goodwin plantation, both located in Georgia. They later all found each other again here in Riverside, California. Though none ever changed their last names, we kids all knew who were related to whom growing up. Our parents didn't want to take the chance of any of us marrying our own cousins, so we were often told, "they are your family".
The Strickland side of my family were all very fair-skinned mulattos, we were always told that they were forced to leave their hometown of Cartersville, Georgia because, they were the offsprings of a prominent citizen, and too many of the "negro children" were being confused (too often) with his legitimate children, and that wasn't tolerated back then. So, they too ended up in Riverside, California in the early 1900s.
My Great-grandmother Cornelia Ware, who ended up married to Clyde Strickland, was also a mulatto, and was often mistaken for caucasian, but she was quick to tell any and everyone that she was "colored", she was fond of saying " you never know when a dark baby will crop up, and then where are ya"? She also had Native American blood, but not California Native American. She was a very funny lady, and I loved her alot. Though she died when I was quite young.
Good story. Always amused us.
It is true that we are growing apart now a days, we have all spread out, and lost touch, and it is very sad.
Descendants chart deep history
RIVERSIDE: A reunion of families at Fairmount Park recognizes the earliest black community.
on Saturday, June 25, 2005 (Also my 58th birthday, (smile) Pam).
By JENNIFER BOWLES / The Press-Enterprise
Descendants of some of Riverside's first black families gathered for an annual reunion Saturday at Fairmount Park and remembered a different city when they were growing up.
"It was just a little colony of people -- you have to realize there weren't even paved roads back then," said Delora Allen, 79, the eldest living relative who was born in a house on the city's east side in 1925.
Allen's mother, Fannie, ran a social club for girls to teach them manners, dancing and how to set a formal table. Her father worked at The Mission Inn greeting visitors, operating the elevator and doing whatever else needed to be done, she said.
Doreen Hopkins, 68, a retired banker who lives in Mira Loma, recalled a bustling Park Avenue on the city's east side where everyone met at the malt shop, neighbors held bridge parties, and dances and social gatherings were commonplace at the mercantile hall. A movie theater showed films for 9 cents, and Lincoln Park had the only swimming pool in the city where blacks could swim, she said.
"It was really a self-contained community," she said. "We had a ball; it was really exciting."
Some 200 descendants of the Hopkins, Davis, Goodwin, Carr, Strickland and Stowers families were at the park, eating food, listening to jazz bands and trying to remember who was who and how they were related. The first reunion was held in 1999.
Allen said when she started researching the family's roots about 10 years ago, she couldn't find much information at the local libraries and museums about black history.
"It was as if we didn't exist," she said.
She began asking everyone she knew for memories and pictures, eventually compiling a thick collection of the region's black history. "The Pioneer Black Families of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties: 1826-1940" is available at Riverside's downtown library, she said.
Robert Stokes was the first black person in Riverside when he arrived in 1870, Allen said. An old black-and-white photograph shows him donning his police uniform. He also owned a hog ranch where the Fox Theater now stands in the downtown area.
Blacks came to Riverside, San Bernardino and Redlands, mainly from the South, looking for economic and social opportunities, Allen said. There were enough in the community to spur a monthly newspaper, "The Colored Citizen," published in Redlands from 1905 to 1906. A year's subscription cost $1.
"I think it's very important to know where you come from. The more you find out, the more you know about yourself," said Sedalia Gaines, 53, who was born in Riverside but now lives in Tennessee. Living just an hour from the town in Georgia where the ancestors came from, Gaines also has done research on the family's roots.
Hopkins said she's concerned that once the older generation passes, there won't be anyone to carry on the history.
"We need to get our families together and talk more and remember not just the activism but the life we had," she said.
Reach Jennifer Bowles at 951-368-9548 or jbowles@pe.com
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Jun 25th, 2005 10:37 PM
MY BIRTHDAY. #58.
THE GARDEN. (THIS IS FOR ALL MY FRIENDS).
The Garden, Come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses....,
FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING, PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:
1. Peace of mind
2. Peace of heart
3. Peace of soul, amen.
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness, amen.
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
3. Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another, amen.
NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:
1. Turnip for meetings
2. Turnip for service
3. Turnip to help one another, amen.
TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME:
1. Thyme for each other
2. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends, amen.
WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE.
THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
My instructions were to send this to people that I wanted GOD to bless and I picked you all.
Life is short, and the best gift that we have to give to each other is love enough to include each other in our daily prayers, and to tell each other how we have been blessed. GOD blessed me to live for 58 years so far, and I have many loving family members, and friends.
What I pray for all of us is eternal life, and we can only get this through JESUS, and many will ask, "Are you sure that this is the ONLY way"?
I will answer, "YES, HE is the ONLY way", and I challenge you to study to find out if this is true, don't take my word for it, take HIS WORD, disect IT, question IT, and seek HIM out of IT, for within IT you will most certainly find LIFE, and the LOVE of GOD, sent to us in the PERSON of HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.
Invite HIS HOLY SPIRIT to guide you in your quest, HE is willing and able to help you in everything you need. Just say, "HOLY SPIRIT, come into my heart, and open my eyes, to all HE has for me to know, to really know the TRUTH". Amen.
May the GOD and CREATOR of the entire universe, bless you and keep you in your journey, for the WAY is not without perils, and pitfalls, but the end of this journey is the beginning of ETERNAL LIFE, for those who sincerely seek, and find the TRUTH. JESUS the CHRIST.
SAVIOR, and LORD, of all. Anem.
Your Friend.
Pamela
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Awwwwwwww, man. I LOVE spending time with my grandkids!!! We had friday, saturday, and then today early Cherokee and I were brought back to Riverside, by LaShane, Kiara, Garth Jr., Jack, Samuel and Samantha, aka "Diva", 'cause she sings soooooooo well.
We spent the time on the freeway, S I N G I N G, yes, we all took turns singing parts of our favorite songs, and let me tell you, if there is a more vocal family anywhere around here, I've never heard of them!! Of course it got to the point that we were all singing "Buffy the Vampire Slayer the Musical" songs.
Those, by Joss the Genius, Whedon, being all of our favorites, yeah, we got the CD!! Even the six year old twins know all the words, and Kiara and Jack did a rip-roaring rendition of the Anya, Zander duet, "I'll never Tell". I tried to bring in some culture singing Johnny Mathis' "All the Time", and a couple of "Smokey and the Miracles" old songs, "I like it like That", and "Mickey's Monkey", as a tribute to Mickey Rourke.
Who could pass up "Lollipop", or even "Hungry like the Wolf"? My kids, Geno, LaShane and Cherokee grew up listening to the Pretenders, Patti Smith, Culture Club, Michael Jackson, Wham, Men at Work, you know? While I remember Patty Page, and Doris Day, and Louie Prima and Keely Smith. Who could forget Mary Ford, along with Les Paul and his band of Renown?
Of course as an older teenager, it was all the Miracles, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Marvelettes, Chaka Kahn, and Rufus. Bob Marley, and Roy Ayers, George Clinton and the MotherShip Connection. Sly and the Family Stone, Kool and the Gang. Oh, I could go on and on, but then I would start crying for my lost youth, and end up all snotty nosed and puffy eyed.
Fuggitaboudit!!! L I V E in the NOW!! Gosh darn it. Why is earth on a 365 day year? Dang me, dang me, otta take a rope and hang me!! High, from the highest treeeeeeeeeeee, oh woman don't you weeeeep for meeeeeeeeeeeee. What's that from? I never did listen to country!! Okay, except for "The Tennessee Waltz"
Waaaaahhhh!! I'm come undone!! HELP ME!!! I know no up to date songs, I guess they call them that, by heart. All that gut thumping power driving bull dozer eardrum busting drell that is played today!!
Anyway, I'm home, honey!!! Back in my chair, on MY computer, posting on MY sites. Here, and on www.alienlovespredator.com and on www.myspace.com you know the good sites!! Oh, yeah, I gotta write a plot synopsis for www.MickeyRourkeonline.com also before I get off of the computer to watch T.V. Tonight is the 4400!! Yeaaaaaaaah!
It's good to visit, but oh the incomparable joy of being in your own hovel. Far outweighs the trips any road trip.
ODGAY ESSBLAY OUYAY!! menAay!!
Pamela
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Wow, I am up in the mountains, visiting the daughter and her family, along with Cherokee, and here it is 2:33 am, and I am wide awake as usual!! I went to Plush Cafe on thursday evening, and didn't get to sleep until around 9:am on friday morning, then LaShane and the kiddlings showed up at 11:00 am and we had to pack a few things to last over the week-end, and off we went, me with only two hours sleep.
I just couldn't make it, by 4 pm or so, I was out of it, so I went and laid down on Samantha's bed and I was in LaLa land until later in the evening. By this time, Cherokee and LaShane were getting ready to have their sister time, listening to a series of books that they have been listening to together over their computers, usually while Cherokee are down the hill, and LaShane is up the hill.
I am usually on my own computer then, but I can hear the book just as well, and even though I have read all four of the books that are so far out in this series, (The Merry Gentry books by Laurel K. Hamilton), they are so good, and stimulating, and fascinating, and fun!!! I don't mind hearing them over and over, and over, again!!! In fact, I insist on it.
It's like our favorite T.V. shows, we get them on DVD, so that even if they go off of the air, we can watch them over and over. Lately it has been "Firefly", by Joss Whedon, master and genius of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, the Fray comic series, (totally awesome)!! Then the most wonderfull and watchable "Firefly" TV show. Alas no longer on the air, due to the stupidity of whoever decides these things.
We're waiting, like panting dogs do for a drink of cool water, in the hot summertime, for the "Serenity" movie that is coming out later on this summer!! We're just as excited as we were while we were waiting for "SinCity", with Mickey Rourke and the most wonderful cast of people we were ever blessed to watch along with him. There was Bruce Willis, Michael Madsen, Elijah Woods, Alexis Bledell, (Rory Gilmore), Benecio Del Toro, Carle Guigino, (Spy Kids mom), Jessica Alba, (Dark Angel), Josh Hartnett, Powers Boothe, Michael Clark Duncan, Devon Aoki, Clive Owen, Brittany Murphy, Rosario Dawson, and on and on.
In "Firefly", there is Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Gina Torres, (Mrs. Lawrence Fishburne) Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, and other assorted cast members that make for a very interesting, and action packed movie. If you are into scifi, and never watched the "Firefly" series, you OWE it to yourself to go and buy the DVDs, and watch the whole series, then go and buy the comics that bridge the show and the movie, "Serenity", so you aren't wishing you had by the end of the year!!
May the force also be with you, but I who am a total scifi geek for Star Trek, Star Wars, BattleStar Galactica, FarScape, DeepSpace Nine, Babylon 5, Enterprise, StarGate, StarGate SG1, StarGate Atlantis, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and War of the Worlds, (Gort barata Niktu)!! Think that this movie by Joss Whedon, will blow all of the other "monster-hits" of SciFi land, OUT OF THE WATER. Still I gotta see, "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", just for my own peace of mind. I love Mos Def!! too.
Well, it is 3:00 a m. I didn't bring the latest book I was reading, but my eyes are starting to glow with silvery lights, this happens when I am staring at the computer screen too long. So, I'll sign off, and go and watch some late night movies on HBO, or Cinemax. I'm sure to find something worth watching!! Everybody else in the house is sawing wood, and I hear the sweet sounds of seven "in tune" descendants of my Mother and Father, and it almost makes me want to cry!! "It's Shake and Bake, and I helped"!!!!
Love these people!
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Date: Jun 10, 2005
The AVERAGE person only gets 7 right.
This is based on U.S. info, so use all lobes of your brain. This can be more difficult than it looks - it just shows how little most of us really see!
There are 25 questions about things we see every day or have known about all our lives. How many can you get right?
These little simple questions are harder than you think- it just shows you how little we pay attention to the commonplace things of life.
Put your thinking caps on. No cheating! No looking around! No getting out of your chair! No using anything on or in your desk or computer!
Can you beat 20?? (The average is 7) Write down your answers and check answers (on the bottom) AFTER completing all the questions.
REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!!
BE HONEST!!! That means no looking at your phone or anything on your desk...
Then, before you pass this on to your friends, change the number on the subject line to show how many you got correct.
Forward to your friends and also back to the one who sent it to you.
LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. - If not, just have fun!
Here we go!
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1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know)
3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
4. What six colours are on the classic Campbell's soup label?
5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?
6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg?
(Don't YOU DARE get up to see)!!
7. How many matches are in a standard pack?
8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?
9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?
10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?
11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?
13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons?
14. Which way do fans rotate?
15 How many sides does a stop sign have?
16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?
17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc Who's . missing?
20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark?
22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?
23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?
25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?
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1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, & gold.
5. 1, 0
6. Right
7. 20
8. Red
9. 87.7
10. Clockwise (north of the equator)
11. Towards bottom right
12. 12 (no ..1)
13. Left
14. Clockwise as you look at it.
15. 8
16. Left
17. 5
18. 6
19. Bashful
20. 8
21. Ace of spades
&nbs! p;
22. Left
23. *, ..
24. 3
25. Counter
Now send it to some of your friends and put your score in the subject
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CRY ALOUD AND SPARE NOT
Christian Newsletter.
" Presenting revelational truth . Separating the wheat from the tares. Causing Kingdom Aware saints to rise up and manifest to bring forth God's Glory in this endtime season of harvest. Exhorting others to carry their cross and become Kingdom Aware. Training our sisters and brothers to hear the heartbeat of God. Strengthening them with spiritual meat to fulfil God's call on Their lives. Informing the masses of God's plan for all humankind".
June 8, 2005 .
SHIFTING IN CAPACITY FOR DESTINY
ROMANS 8:28-30 says.
28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
We are all shifting! I know for myself my last shifting was fast and the effects of it were immediate! Whether we are just coming into the Body of Christ through salvation, or being sanctified/ consecrated or in the posture now to manifest God's Glory, I would hope we all are in the process of spiritual movement. Whether we physically feel or understand it or not!
Which position are you in? The above scripture reflect the process in which God takes all His children through.
First our lives are predestinated it has already been done in the spirit! My pastor says God is trying to get us to remember. "REMEMBER WHAT I SAID TO YOU BEFORE YOU GOT TO EARTH?" He is always trying to get us remember.
Secondly, He calls us. He makes us aware of and gives us the choice to receive the election that He already elected us to. This applies to salvation and also the acceptance of callings to ministry! Once we have realized that there is a call whether five fold ministry or workplace etc. we must make a choice to say yes. Once we accept the salvation and/or call to ministry
God then sets a precedent. He begins to speak for words to you. Whether encouragement or prophetic words he will give you a vision/ promises and then tell you in essence,
"He is a rewarder of them who diligently seek Him"
Why is diligence so important?
Thirdly... Justification. This where you have to die! Sadly, this is the place many people get stuck or never get to because they have not received the promises or have backslidden by this point! If you can die and still diligently seek God that is a blessing. I know that many have said to me that the vision is the only thing that kept them going and seeking God. I say that though my flesh underwent stripping, I felt the vision pulling me along.
This is where your will dies and you are made into the image of Jesus. You begin to know Him better and receive greater knowledge. Faith is produced. We get hung on the cross then buried. Things dont seem to go easily in your life and you have to be able to throw your hands up at the exact time you feel the pressure to do something the most.You learn to trust in God alone and fears, disappointment- issues are dealt with. We don't all go through the same tests but it's not comfortable for anyone. If you can make it through this you shall receive the rewards!
What are the rewards?
Glorification! This is the place where we are rewarded.I often hear people say we will not get to glorification until we get to heaven but that is contradictory to scripture. How else will God's Glory be seen lest we be the vessels of glory? God's predestination for you life comes to pass with prosperous results. After you have endured your Egypt, gone through Babylon .. you realize that your enemies no longer have dominion over you and God has given you rest from them. After that your capacity must expand even more to receive the blessings of God.
2 Samuel 22: 17 - 25.
17. He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
20. He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
21. The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24. I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25. Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
Isaiah 40:10.
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Our reward is the anointing to minister to others. Spiritual increase is your prosperity. You wax strong while you grow to a capacity to absorb much more revelation. Physical comforts such as cars/ homes/ clothes etc. in abundance are the fruits of your prosperity as a Christian.
We must remember that wealth is not determined by material things. Our ability to handle the physical things will come from the capacity you have to handle spiritual things first! We can have every external security and pleasure and be completely bankrupt inside.
Our mental capacity changes as greater measure of God's grace has been imparted. The more grace God has given the more you can handle. The more you can grasp, maintain and impart.
You may have a great capacity to receive from the Lord and have many revelations and are manifesting and still not have the physical things you desire.
WAIT ON HIM. ( I know I am waiting on HIM ). The longer you wait, the greater your capacity to understand the things of God, the greater the fruit of your prosperity will be!
Let us see ourselves full and yet expanding.
Proverbs 13:7.
One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Proverbs 10:22.
The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no sorrow to it.
posted by: Sister Shannon
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Invisible Black Man
Dr. Mark Dean
"America's High Tech Invisible Man".
By Tyrone D. Taborn
You may not have heard of Dr. Mark Dean. And you aren't alone. But almost everything in your life has been affected by his work.See, Dr. Mark Dean is a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is in theNational Hall of Inventors. He has more than 30 patents pending. He is a vice president with IBM.
Oh, yeah. And he is also the architect of the modern-day personal computer. Dr. Dean holds three of the original nine patents on the computer that all PCs are based upon. And, Dr. Mark Dean is an African American.So how is it that we can celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IBM personal computer without reading or hearing a single word about him?
Given all of the pressure mass media are under about negative portrayals of African Americans on television and in print, you would think it would be a slam dunk to highlight someone like Dr. Dean.Somehow, though, we have managed to miss the shot. History is cruel when it comes to telling the stories of African Americans.
Dr. Dean isn't the first Black inventor to be overlooked. Consider John Stanard, inventor of the refrigerator, George Sampson, creator of the clothes dryer, Alexander Miles and his elevator, Lewis Latimer and the electric lamp. All of these inventors share two things:One, they changed the landscape of our society; and, two, society relegated them to the footnotes of history.
Hopefully, Dr. Mark Deanwon't go away as quietly as they did. He certainly shouldn't. Dr. Dean helped start a Digital Revolution that created people like Microsoft's Bill Gates and Dell Computer's Michael Dell. Millions of jobs in information technology can be traced back directly to Dr. Dean.
More important, stories like Dr. Mark Dean's should serve as inspiration for African-American children. Already victims of the "Digital Divide" and failing school systems, young, Black kids might embrace technology with more enthusiasm if they knew someone like Dr. Dean already was leading the way.Although technically Dr. Dean can't be credited with creating thecomputer -- that is left to Alan Turing, a pioneering 20th-century
English mathematician, widely considered to be the father of modern computer science -- Dr. Dean rightly deserves to take a bow for the machine we use today. The computer really wasn't practical for home or small business use until he came along, leading a team that developed theinterior architecture (ISA systems bus) that enables multiple devices, such as modems and printers, to be connected to personal computers.In other words, because of Dr. Dean, the PC became a part of our daily lives.
For most of us, changing the face of society would have been enough. But not for Dr. Dean. Still in his early forties, he has a lot of inventing left in him.He recently made history again by leading the design team responsible for creating the first 1-gigahertz processor chip. It's just another huge step in making computers faster and smaller.
As the world congratulates itself for the new Digital Age brought on by the personal computer, we need to guarantee that the African-American story is part of the hoopla surrounding the most stunning technological advance the world has ever seen. We cannot afford to let Dr. Mark Dean become a footnote in history. He is well worth his own history book.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO EVERY BLACK PERSON YOU KNOW. ALSO LET THE REST OF THE WORLD RECOGNIZE !!!!!!!
http://www.black-history-month.co.uk
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I am part of a team, and a group. We are people who love the actor, Mickey Rourke. In fact, I think that he is one of the greatest actors on the American screen. I say it that way, 'cause I don't know all the actors on the other screens of the world.
Anyway, I have a column now!!! Yaaah!! It is a HUGE thing for me, and I feel so honored to do it. Along with my daughter, LaShane Arnett (who has a blog on here also), and Heather Kaplan, (who has a blog on here also) hehe. Lastly I mention, Kathy Thompson, who got me involved with the group on Mickey Rourke Online, in the first place!!
I love these ladies, and we pray that M.R. gets the attention that we feel is due him, after all the years of misunderstanding, and set backs that he has suffered, some through no fault of his own! Some he may have brought on himself, and he'll be the first to admit those too.
Anyway, I have provided a link to this site, and I hope that you will visit, and share it with all your friends and acquaintenses, that are fans of good movies, bad movies, and just generally movies of any kind!!! Alright? Thanks for anything you do to further the bits of information we have posted on "Our Favorite Star". AKA Mickey Rourke.
GOD bless.
Pam
http://www.geocities.com/mickeyrourkeonline/index.html
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New Message on Tru2GodAlways
"Have You Cleaned Your Feet Lately?"
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From: Godschild38391
Do you remember when you were a child and you were playing outside and somehow have gotten your sneakers wet and muddy and it's cold out and you're starting to shiver. Or as an adult you were working outside on a cold day and got you feet all wet and you start to feel cold?. I was always told that if you keep your feet dry and clean you will not feel as cold but once your feet get wet and your socks get all wet your whole body starts to feel cold and if you could only change your socks and put on warm sneakers you would feel like new again.
Do you remember the scripture where Jesus said to Peter, let me wash your feet and Peter said no so Lord but wash my whole body?
"After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean"
What was Jesus talking about here when he said that "He that is washed needeth not except to wash his feet, but is clean every whit" you are totally clean and you don't need to wash your whole body Peter? What he was talking about was the new birth. Being Born Again. When we become born again we are totally clean and we need not to be born again, again. But what we need to do is to come to the Lord for forgiveness for our sins. In 1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." That's a fact. If we confess our sins he cleanses us from all unrighteousness. He makes us new.
This is a on going process. Yes we are born again but we need to confess our sins to cleanes ourselves, otherwise we start feeling cold and dirty. Jesus in John 13 was talking about us confessing our sins and him cleansing our feet. We are born again but as we walk through this world our feet get dirty and filthy but our total soul and spirit is still saved but our feet get dirty and we need Jesus to clean them and when we confess our sins unto him he wipes them clean and puts on a fresh clean pair of socks and sneakers. Now we do not have to feel alienated from God. When we sin and do not confess our sin we get dirty and messy and our spirit starts to get cold. Just confess your sins and he will clean your feet again and you can keep on your walk. So my question is
"Have you cleaned your feet lately?"
Sister Tracie.
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I sent this to the maniacs at <www.Bonsaikitten.com> Please, if possible go to this site and post in their guest book and plead with them to take this site off of the Internet!!
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(Thank you Kiara, for bringing this to my attention. I'm sure that there are many sites on the internet, just as horrible. We must make it our responsibility to stand against these obsenities, even if it is just to voice our opinions to their creators, as the quote goes: "All that is necessary for evil to prevail, is for good men to do nothing").
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I cannot think of what to call you in this note? Certainly not Gentlemen!!!
This has to be some sort of sick joke? Please tell me that it is just some twisted hoax that this person with a weird sense of humor thinks is funny? 'Cause I DO NOT think it is funny!!
And intimating that you would do the same to children? Babies of the HUMAN variety? How totally stomach turning is this. Reminiscent of Nazi Germany!!
For Heaven's sake, take this abomination off of the internet!!!! I implore you!!!
Pamela Daniels
"If instead of candy or flowers, or even the costliest gems, we should
offer up the gift of a loving prayer for another?
Now that would be giving as the LORD GOD HIMSELF, gives". Amen.
Paraphrased by,
Sister Pam Daniels
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So, do you like music? Do you like rap? Do you like christian music? Do you like christian rap?
Well, whatever your taste. I have found some great music, (through a friend of mine), and as usual, I want to share. If possible go to their website and see if you like this music before you make a decision, okay?
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http://www.gospelelevations.net
Welcome to Gospel Elevations: A Holy Hip Hop Web Site!The main purpose of this site is to exalt Jesus Christ. Secondly, this site serves as a marketing tool for gospel rappers, and gospel singers with a hip hop flare. It's about promoting the Kingdom of God.
Gospel Elevations is based in Flint, MI. Because of Gospel Elevation's high visibility on the TOP 100 Christian Rap / Hip Hop sites, some artist have been invited to minister outside of the state. Don't forget to vote once a day. Please set screen resolution at 1024 x 760 for a better viewing experience. Be sure to sign the Guest Book.
THIS SITE IS FREE TO JOIN. All you need to do is provide: a photograph of you or your group, a bio (typed in MS Word or by E-Mail) and three songs. No one will be able to download your music. All music is converted to a file that can only be heard on the Internet.Those interested on being on Gospel Elevations can call James Robinson @ 810.625.0992 or E-Mail: jrobin747@yahoo.com.
Click "Artist's Picture " to load artist page, and music. You need Macromedia Flash to listen to each artist.
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I only do this because I myself, love the music. These are just suggestions about the websites I post on my blog. It would really be cool though, if you know someone who likes this type of music, to let them know about it. You can vote for their site there too.
Also, I would like to get some feedback, so that I can pass it back on to my friend that sent me the link. Art D., aka Leethal. (here is his site too, you can listen to his music, and maybe drop him a line of encouragement in his ministry)? Thanks, and GOD bless you all. amen.
Pam
http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=11285394&Mytoken=20050601184328
