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Pastor Marvin L. Sapp, the man behind the beautiful songs “Never Would Have Made It” and “The Best in Me,” is offering an opportunity to be a part of his prayer ministry! Please see the details below.
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Category Archives: Divine Love
#WhyIStayed…Don’t Judge Domestic Violence Survivors…
Hello World,
As we all know, domestic violence, unfortunately, is not a new issue and has often sparked national conversation…Remember the Farah Fawcett movie “The Burning Bed?”…But with the Monday TMZ release of the video in which former Ravens running back Ray Rice punched his wife Janay (then fiancee), knocking her unconscious and to the floor of an elevator, domestic violence is once again the topic of a national conversation…as it should be…
For women like myself who, fortunately, have no experience with domestic abuse, it is hard to understand why women will marry an abusive man as Janay did AFTER the incident in the elevator and stay with an abusive husband…However, unlike in 1984, when that groundbreaking movie “The Burning Bed” was released, new platforms such as Twitter and Instagram give the opportunity for women across the nation and the world to speak about their experiences with domestic violence…
Janay spoke out yesterday about she is choosing to stay with Ray Rice on Instagram…
And many women, in an effort to help people understand rather than judge, tweeted about whey they stayed using the hashtag #WhyIStayed….
Below are a few of the tweets that I read with this important hash tag…
#whyistayed He said he’d kill himself if we broke up.
— Carol Howard Merritt (@CarolHoward) September 10, 2014
#whyistayed I didn’t want to have a failed marriage at 25 #whyileft I didn’t want my daughter to think this was ok and normal
— Hoops (@Hoops2122) September 10, 2014
Beverly Gooden, author of “Confessions of a Church Girl” and creator of the hashtag #WhyIStayed, spoke about why she stayed in an abusive marriage on ABC’s “Good Morning America” this morning…
And below is a video of the interview…
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So as we continue to have this important conversation, let’s support rather judge domestic violence survivors…
Any thoughts?
Beyonce’ Bit the Bible…
Hello World, 
Right now I’m working on the revision of my first novel which I’m attempting to complete by October so pray for me please…But I did want to post a quick entry on the blog today…
Recently, megastar Beyonce’ was named number 1 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 List because “Queen B played 95 shows, bringing in an average $2.4 million per stop, according to Pollstar. She also dropped her most innovative album. Titled simply Beyoncé, the album hit iTunes with barely any publicity and was billed as a “visual album” because there was already a music video for each of the 14 songs. The single “Drunk in Love” has gone platinum, selling more than 1 million copies.”
But King S, as in King Solomon in the Bible, proclaimed that “there is nothing new under the sun.” And he has the words to back it up…Check out Proverbs 5:15-20 ERV.
In verse 19, Solomon uses the term “drunk on her love.” Hmmm…Maybe Bey browsed through the Bible for inspiration for her song “Drunk in Love” which is about the intoxicating love between her and husband…But I ain’t mad…The definition of inspiration is “a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation” according to the Merriam Webster dictionary. Nothing is more inspired than the Bible…
And I’m hoping AND praying that I continue to be inspired as write this novel…I see you Bey 🙂
Any thoughts?
P.S. Thanks for a FB friend for inspiring this post 🙂