I was outside taking my 15 walk break from work. I walked under a tree that smelled and looked just like a tree we had in our yard on Marfa Ave. I could have sat down right there, stayed all day, and reminisced.
That tree and smell made me think about how I miss being a kid. It made me think about my mama washing the clothes every day before she woke me and made me hang them out on the line. My sisters where spared this chore because they were so young and by the time they got old enough, daddy had already bought a dryer to go with the washer...lucky devils. Oh how I hated my mama for waking me up to put our panties out on that line for the world to see! Now I wish I could go back.
That tree made me think about the silly jokes that the Powell brothers used to tell and I would laugh until my sides hurt. I thought about how Kendra and I would play hopscotch into the wee hours of the night not worrying about if someone would come by and snatch us up. We were safe on Marfa Ave. Trust someone was watching us...they were watching us for good not to harm us.
That tree made me think about family. On Marfa Ave, we were a family. It didn't matter that we didn't have the same blood running in our veins, we had love for each other that no one could touch. Now I really wish I could go back. Neighbors don't have that love anymore. Everyone stay to themselves afraid of what will be done or said. On Marfa we didn't care, everything was our business because we were a family.
I wanna go back so I can have more of Ms. Mitchell's tea cakes. I wanna go back so I can go to church more with the Powells and listen to Terry jam my favorite song in his Mustang. I wanna go back so I can hang out more clothes with my mama because now I know that was some mother and daughter time. I just wanna go back!
Whatever memories you have hidden in your heart, hold dear to them. Maybe one day you will see and smell a tree that reminds you of them days and make you want to go back for it is good to smile on those sweet memories.
May God continue to Bless us all.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
What do you want to leave behind?
Do you want to lead an effective life? Do you want to live a productive life; or do you just want to get by with the bare minimums? Maybe you just want to get by. How do your want to be remembered? What do you want to leave behind for others to cherish?
In my quiet time, I read in 2 Peter 1:5-8, that adding certain things to your life will make you a productive, effective person. Adding things like goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly/sisterly kindness, and love will make us better individuals, and therefore, we will be better to others.
I have challenged myself to take some time and search for these wonderful qualities in me. Yes, I have a lot of work to do, but I am up for the challenge. Self-control is probably the hardest for me. When I want chocolate, I want it. When I want a cocktail after a long day, I want it. When I want to be lazy instead of doing the many other things I know I need to be doing, umm well, lazy usually wins! So when I make those choices, am I being productive; NO, effective; NO! Therefore I better get busy and work on adding those things to my life.
I want to be remembered as being a woman that spreads knowledge, love, godliness, and kindness with perseverance and self-control. What about you? What do you want to leave behind?
May God Bless us all!
In my quiet time, I read in 2 Peter 1:5-8, that adding certain things to your life will make you a productive, effective person. Adding things like goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly/sisterly kindness, and love will make us better individuals, and therefore, we will be better to others.
I have challenged myself to take some time and search for these wonderful qualities in me. Yes, I have a lot of work to do, but I am up for the challenge. Self-control is probably the hardest for me. When I want chocolate, I want it. When I want a cocktail after a long day, I want it. When I want to be lazy instead of doing the many other things I know I need to be doing, umm well, lazy usually wins! So when I make those choices, am I being productive; NO, effective; NO! Therefore I better get busy and work on adding those things to my life.
I want to be remembered as being a woman that spreads knowledge, love, godliness, and kindness with perseverance and self-control. What about you? What do you want to leave behind?
May God Bless us all!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Manipulative
This word is heavy on my spirit this morning. It seems that all week I have been talking to others that have been dealing with others and their manipulative ways.
Dictionary.com describes manipulative as influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes. Hmm mmm thats heavy right there.
Now for me, I take the manipulative person to be a deceiver; a person that is attempting to lead someone in the wrong direction. The Bible has many, and I do mean many, verses on deceive, being deceived, and how to not be deceived.
The first verse that hit me this morning when talking to a young lady about the person she is dealing with was Ephesians 5: 6a; Let no one deceive you with empty words. Empty words meaning those words hold no ground against what God has said. I went on to tell her to pray and learn to listen to God and He will surely tell her if the words coming from the other person are empty. When you have the Word in you, I promise you can stand on those Words and the manipulative person can't win.
We also have to pray for the manipulator because those are some ugly ways to have. Those ways really lead to destruction. It may be good to them for a while, but in the end there is no good in that.
So for all that are dealing with some manipulative, deceiving people today put that Word in you, put on the Whole Armor and Stand!
Happy Mothers Day to all Mothers and may God Bless us all!
Dictionary.com describes manipulative as influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes. Hmm mmm thats heavy right there.
Now for me, I take the manipulative person to be a deceiver; a person that is attempting to lead someone in the wrong direction. The Bible has many, and I do mean many, verses on deceive, being deceived, and how to not be deceived.
The first verse that hit me this morning when talking to a young lady about the person she is dealing with was Ephesians 5: 6a; Let no one deceive you with empty words. Empty words meaning those words hold no ground against what God has said. I went on to tell her to pray and learn to listen to God and He will surely tell her if the words coming from the other person are empty. When you have the Word in you, I promise you can stand on those Words and the manipulative person can't win.
We also have to pray for the manipulator because those are some ugly ways to have. Those ways really lead to destruction. It may be good to them for a while, but in the end there is no good in that.
So for all that are dealing with some manipulative, deceiving people today put that Word in you, put on the Whole Armor and Stand!
Happy Mothers Day to all Mothers and may God Bless us all!
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