Sisterspeak: What if you were wrong?

From: Irileria Muhammad
2008/05/22
Sisterspeak for the Week.....What if you were wrong?

What if you were wrong about the choices you made in your life? Would you be able to correct them? Would you have the courage to correct them?

A large portion of our lives are lived according to preset rules that no one asked our opinions on. Sometimes the rules may have served a purpose, but sometimes they don't. For instance, why is it a given that when couple splits up, the woman gets custody of the children? Would our society really crumble if more men were the primary parents? Why is it a "good" thing to get up and go to the same job everyday for 30 years? We reward people for that type of dedication. Couldn't that also be fear and uncertainty at work? We all know some people who are miserable in relationships; however, they are encouraged to stay together. I know a couple that has really made me rethink marriage. They have been together for over 35 years and they are two of the most bitter people I know. Well, one is bitter and the other has just been beaten down under a 35 year barrage of verbal and emotional abuse. Nonetheless, I am expecting an invitation to their anniversary party any day now.

Why are we so hesitant to change our minds? The universe and everything in it evolves? Why don't we? Why don't we operate out of the water portion of our composition and become more fluid? Why don't we encourage each other to step out on faith more often? We are like concrete. We praise it for its strength and stability, yet it is also very hard and unforgiving. We crave this strange sense of sameness and routine that I find stagnant and depressing. We have a jailhouse lifestyle. In prison, the inmates pretty much have the same day over and over and over and over. There is very little chance for change. Most of us live like that without the confinement of space. Well, when you consider that you work at the same place, shop at the same place, worship at the same place, eat at the same place, drive the same route home from work, then I must retract that statement because there is an element of being confined to a particular space. In Houston, you know that the Northside sticks to the Northside and South to South. In Detroit, the East doesn't come to the West and vice versa.

I am looking at my life and realize that I was wrong about some things. I picked the wrong major in college. I picked some bad friends. I did for people who did not do for me. I asked the wrong people for help, and I helped the wrong people. I chose to alienate some members of my family. I refuse to be friends with some people who might not be as bad as I have made them out to be. School....easy...I am back in school majoring in what I wanted to major in when I was at TSU. Relationships, I am making better choices. Leaving when I know I should and respecting my needs and wants above all else. I am letting go of grudges and working on being able to make changes in who and what I am, and recognizing and owning up to the poor choices that I have made, and the things that I have been wrong about. I am willing to admit that I was wrong, and not stick to my guns which is what many of us are taught to do.

If something is genuinely not working for us, why in the world do we keep trying to "work it out". "It will get better"...what if it doesn't? "This will pass"...what if it doesn't? "He/she will be better if I stay"....What if they won't? "He/She will crumble if I leave".....What if they won't? "WE can make it work"...What if we can't? What if you were wrong about the whole situation from day one and you never should have started that situation/job/relationship/friendship/business/etc.....can you let it go? OR the reverse what if you should have started that relationship/created that business/ been that friend/etc...can you start doing that today?

What is more important than your happiness? For me NOTHING! If the archangel Gabriel came to you and said that you would die in exactly 5 years, what would yo do? Why aren't you doing that today?

If we can learn to be wrong then, the possibilities are endless. If we didn't have to be who we are, then who could we be? Jesus said that he came to give us life and to give it more abundantly.....exactly what are we doing abundantly? Not routinely, but abundantly....Well...I am getting off of my box today, but I hope that someone reading this will decide that everyday does not have to be the same day, and that we don't have to be prisoners to our circumstances because we can always change our circumstances......IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU NEVER HAD, YOU MUST BE WILLING TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE NEVER DONE!!!

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world."

Living in the light,

Irileria Muhammad
evolutionofagoddess@hotmail.com

A disease far worst than HIV

Death in the Air

Pestilence and plagues over radio waves
It’s a spiritual disaster
It’s worse than AIDS
-Justus

“A record number of teenagers and young adults attended the HIP HOP 4 HIV Know Your Status concert at Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX. . . . Rapper Bun B passed out condoms during his performance. Others who were featured at the event included Houston native Kelly Rowland of Destiny’s Child, Lil’ Wayne, Baby, David Banner, and UGK along with local artists” (Excerpt from August 27, 2007 Jet, page 58).

We as human beings really think we are slick. We have gotten too smart for our own good. We think that we can solve every problem, cure every sickness, and do whatever we want to do without worries of consequences. When will we understand that the battles that we really need to win are spiritual, not carnal?

The fact of the matter is the people that attended and left that concert are all infected with a disease far worst than HIV. These people are living with unrepentant hearts. They now have a false sense of security that they can continue to have premarital sex as long as they “wrap it up.” Ladies can be promiscuous and not have to worry about pregnancy as long as they take their birth control. And if they do happen to conceive a child, they have the option of killing the child.

These young people have also suffered from severe exposure to deadly levels of spiritual radiation. The lyrics they rocked to at this “positive” event are killing spiritual cells at an alarming rate. They heard UGK exclaim,” My b#@ch a choosey lover, never f*%k without a rubber / Never in the sheets, like it on top of the cover, in their new single, “International Players Anthem.” They heard Lil’ Wayne say, “Fresher than a mother fu@#er, yep I'm a mother fu&*er,” in his single, “Pop Bottles.” They heard David Banner sing, “shove 9 inches of d!@k in 99 hoes yall, from his hit single, “Speaker.” They listen to Kelly Rowland praise the thugs: Rock your Timbs / sag your jeans / Ice your grill, it's all good with me / Hit your block, check your spot / If the block is hot, lay up in the spot (baby) / Roll your dice, get your cash / I'm a down shawty, you ain't gotta ask. These lyrics come from her new single, “Ghetto.”

These young people were tested for an HIV, and then they were told to live a lifestyle that puts them at risk. When will we wake up! What good is a healthy body with a sick spirit? Whether healthy or hurting, we all will return to the earth. While I do believe that we should definitely take care of our bodies because it is the temple of the Holy Spirit, we must understand that the spirit does not die. Therefore, the condition of the spirit is of the utmost importance. When we focus on our spiritual health, we learn how to please God with our spirits AND our bodies. When we are spiritually healthy, we don’t have to worry about STD’s and disease. However, physical health does not necessarily mean spiritual health. We can look and feel great and end up eternally miserable. Have you had your spirit checked lately?

We implore you to share your thoughts with us, but more important, we hope you discuss this with your friends, children, co-workers, and neighbors. Forward this letter, and pass it on. Shedding light on these topics is the first step to tearing down the stronghold of the enemy.

We would also encourage you to visit our website, www.churchcatsmusic.com, where you’ll tons of good information and material, along with a printable version of this letter. You can also find us at www.myspace.com/churchcatsmusic . Thank you for reading!

Submitted by ChurchCats Music
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We simply can't wait. - Billy Cook

From a 3/2008 post from Billy Cook:

All, Pray all is well with you all...today I attended the funeral for Derrius Walton, a 2006 Lake Taylor HS grad, killed in Arizona last week while at Junior College. He was shot after an confrontation with another young man, I believe also African American. Here's an indicator of the work we have todo....There were over 750 people at this young man's funeral. My wife taught him in Middle School. She also taught three other of his siblings and had me driving them around town or buying them something they might have needed forschool or for one of their children. After the funeral, while waiting behind the church in my car with my wife,son and friend, a young African American male in an adjoining neighborhood holds up a gun and fires off about 5-6 shots from what sounded like a small caliber handgun. One of the young men at the funeral goes in his trunk and gets a gun and starts to go after the other young man who had walked off by now. Fortunately he was held by a number of others. This is the time we are living in. I am reading MLK's Why we can't Wait and understand what he is talking about when he talks about the damage to the "spririt" of our youth.This is what we are dealing with! The last time I was in that church was for the funeral of a young man killed in Coleman Place, Dennis Johnson. I initially felt a sense of sorrow in the large group but afterwards I felt more of a sense of a anger, abandonment and "get back". Again, the wrong spirit to be rampant in our community. We can't wait to speak loudly collectively about what is happening in our community,whether it is outside our homes or in Phoenix Arizona. We can't wait to do something....we simply can't wait!

Billy Cook
If you are intrested in becoming involved in local events/movements to improve your community contact Billy..... We simply can't wait.
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The Biblical Motivational Chart

For our Christian Conscious Community Members:

The
Biblical (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
Motivational
Chart




You say: "It's impossible"
God says: All things are possible (Luke 18:27)

You say: "I'm too tired"
God says: I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28-30)

You say: "Nobody really loves me"
God says: I love you (John 3:1 6 & John 3:34 )

You say: "I can't go on"
God says: My grace is sufficient (II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

You say: "I can't figure things out"
God says: I will direct your steps (Proverbs 3:5- 6)

You say: "I can't do it"
God says: You can do all things (Philippians 4:13)

You say: "I'm not able"
God says: I am able (II Corinthians 9:8)

You say: "It's not worth it"
God says: It will be worth it (Roman 8:28 )

You say: "I can't forgive myself"
God says: I Forgive you (I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

You say: "I can't manage"
God says: I will supply all your needs (Philippians 4:19)

You say: "I'm afraid"
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear (II Timothy 1:7)

You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated"
God says: Cast all your cares on ME (I Peter 5:7)

You say: "I'm not smart enough"
God says: I give you wisdom (I Corinthians 1:30)

You say: "I feel all alone"
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5)