“DESTINY IS WAITING ON US” (formerly posted on February 6, 2008)

My Writing Accountability Partner, Tisha Y. Lewis, spoke these words to me after hearing about my speaking opportunity at Bethune-Cookman University in January ’07:  I was able to dialogue with Communication and Theater Arts students about linking their experience with opportunities while sharing from my book, Transition: Breaking Through the Barriers.  This was an exciting and uncomfortable time: exciting because speaking here was one of my dreams; uncomfortable because I had never done it before.  Yet through the mixed emotions, there was fulfillment!
 
“Destiny is waiting on us.”  This phrase is fascinating, yet unnerving because destiny is often thought of as something we wait on.  But similar to the scientific discovery that light is both particle and a wave; perhaps we too will realize that destiny is both given and received.

Why Do People Unplug?

If you are seeking to live life to its fullest then this is a question for you.

Jesus gives the call in Luke chapter 9, verse 23: Then He said to [them] all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.”

In our daily lives, what causes us to unplug from God?  Why do we do it?  And how does that affect the outcome of our destiny when we do?

Don’t forget that Tyler Perry’s new movie, The Family that Preys comes out this Friday, September 12, 2008

We’ll be talking about it here and how it relates to the struggle of pressing towards one’s God-given destiny.  Tell your friends!  I look forward to your comments.

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The Last Son of Krypton

The following is from the book, Transition: Breaking Through the Barriers.

Having grown up with a poor self-view and low self-worth, I found myself looking for something to fill the void within me. I found Clark Kent. He was always described as mild-mannered, a pushover who didn’t walk with confidence, a timid soul who looked on the skinny side by the way that he dressed. His greatest distinguishing feature was his glasses – thick framed and giving the perception of poor vision.

Star Wars Truth: Part 2

In the climatic ending of the first Star Wars movie, we find ourselves barreling through space, engaged in a dog fight of epic proportions!  We find our hero, Luke Skywalker in an X-Wing Fighter along with others from the Resistance.  They are battling to destroy the Republic, who has become an oppressive force, ruled by the Sith.  Explosions radiate from all around us!  Laser blasts streak by, our hero and his compatriots are fighting for dear life.  Lives are being lost while close encounters are being narrowly escaped.  Isn’t life like this at times?  Battles raging all around us, we feel like we’re surrounded?