Redefine: BeaYOUtiful

 

This is particularly for my sisters! #Ladies... I feel for y'all. I know its a burden sometimes, too tough to bear. Battling with what the world says is "beautiful", while also fighting, trying to be "beayoutiful", and waring in your hearts to know exactly what type of "beautiful" men are actually attracted to. Who's definition do you buy? Either way, it seems like these scams always end up bankrupting you and leaving some of you ladies broke, and victimized. They have you spending ALL your money on the media's artificial definition of beauty, costing you all your time on that boys ever changing definition of beauty, and wasting all your emotions on your 2nd rate definition of beauty. So, I guess, because the economy is down-turning, we want to put a budget on beauty. Well, I am here to tell you what God says beautiful is. He is not asking anything from you, however, He is trying to invest in a stock in your life that will never lose value. True beauty can't be purchased, it is a free gift!

When I first met my girlfriend (Kamaria)- before seeing her in person, I saw her on facebook. First thought was oh, she is very attractive, but no more than just another pretty face. I honestly paid her no attention & she will tell you so. BUT, when I met her in person, *heart racing as I type* Oh My goodness!!! The Most Beautiful Woman I have EVER MET! Every time I see her it feels like the first time. Seriously, she shines with an aura that is divine. She walks with an angelic gracefulness, exudes purity, & is clothed with a virtuousness that captivates not just my eyes, but my heart, my mind, and My Spirit! To me she is more than gorgeous but she is GLORIOUS! Everything in me Lit Up!!! It wasn't her physical beauty that drew me per se, but her heart radiated like a moon-lit evening. True beauty is truly a breathtaking sight!

The sad thing about this is that many men don't know inner beauty when they see it. Many women focus so much on the outer appearance that they forget that they are a spirit and have a body (like washing the outside of the cup but the inside is dirty). The world portrays these images and ideologies of what beauty is, while completely ignoring God and His truth! God created this world to be appealing, and beautiful, it's a "representation" of His character, His glory, and His beauty. Physicality is important, but it's not the Primary thing.
True beauty is not external, it's eternal, so dress up your internal.
God will bring you someone who will appreciate your inner beauty, because it is precious to Him. He will give you someone who will take care of it and admire it for what it is!

We have to understand that what you bait, is what you attract. Why are you surprised you attract dogs if all you show is meat and bones? Why are you worried about men always looking at your breast and thighs when you running 'round like a chicken head! If you want men to respect you, you first have to demand it by respecting yourself. Especially for women who claim to be daughters and children of God. If you know your father [or better yet, pastor] would not let you walk out the house like that, what makes you think God would let you step out into the world like that?

Men, who run after new booty instead of true beauty will end up hating themselves for it, when they are stuck with bitter, contentious, sensual, greedy, nagging, gossiping, jealous, envious, impure women. (sorry *shrug*)
Beauty fades, hair grays, skin soon sags, abs turns to bags, hips eventually fold, and big butts get old.
Because true beauty is spiritual, it's never finished, it never fails, and it never falters -- it lasts forever.

How could you not appreciate who you are? How could you not thank God for Who He has made you?
Each and every one of you are uniquely formed! YOU are too beautiful to be like anyone else!!! Will you disrespect God by telling Him you don't like His work? Will you spit in His face by adding & taking away from His art, as if He didn't know what He was doing to begin with? Will you devalue and deface His property with tattoos, bulimic diets, sensuality and sexual immorality, and letting the world give you a make over? Will you refuse not to  look into His mirror (The Bible, James 1v23) to see your "spiritual" blemishes, spots and wrinkles?
If we got our approval from man, they might say we were okay, but if we were to ask God "how do we look?" I'm pretty sure He would say to some of us "fat, frail, ferocious, and just tacky!". A gentle, modest, loving character gives a light to the face that cannot be duplicated by the best cosmetics. A carefully groomed and well-decorated exterior is artificial and cold, like a barbie-doll unless inner beauty is present"
BE YOU!!!..tiful!!!
GRACE & PEACE! LOVE YALL!!!
BELOW ARE SOME SCRIPTURES & A VIDEO:

1 Peter 3:3 

Don't be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.

1 Timothy 2:9 

And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes. For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do.

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the LORD will be greatly praised

Psalms 139:14

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

1 Samuel 16:7
The LORD doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

What if Actions ≠ Feeling

The thing about true love is it is perfect. The thing about us is that we are not.
 We have to grow in love.

 We mature to love, love and let love, love through us.

Love is a person, and life is all about becoming like that person who is love. 

Love is essence. When the exterior doesn't match what the essence is, the essence won't change but redeem the action that contradicted it.

 It will get back on the right track and continue to pursue love more. 

Being that we are imperfect, if we hurt the people we love, we will ultimately hurt as well.

Love is finding your joy, in the joy of another.
If you have true love for someone and want true joy for yourself, you will seek joy in the one you love that you may obtain it as well.
In our humanity, once we fail to display the actions of love, but have the affections of love, our hearts will convict us to recover what was broken, that our joy may be full.
1 Corinthian 13v7: 
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Invite love to live in our hearts and change us from the inside out

How Do You Know If Someone Loves You?

How do you uncover deception, when there are so many great deceivers?

When you find out what something is you will be able to discover what it is not.

 We can't see into peoples heart, we cant see peoples love, just what it causes them to do. 

People can do things with the wrong motives but their actions can appear right.

We won't find out those motives until they obtained what it was they wanted.

Being that God is a love, and God is a person, who has feelings,emotions, preferences and desires just as much as we do, we forget that love is a person.

So to truly have love, to truly know love, to truly recognize love, we need to know, have, and recognize God

How else would we do that except spend time with Him, let Him speak to us, we speak to Him, learn of Him, let Him teach us. 

As we understand how much He loves us, we will learn to love Him, in the meanwhile learning how to love, and recognizing it's authenticity.

God created us with the ability to Love so how can we possibly Love without Him?

We know if someone loves us by:

 1) Knowing if they love God more than they love us or anyone/thing else. In order to love us they first must love love.

2) Spending time with love to know, feel, & recognize it when we see it (Him). 

3) By comparing them to what love does, did, and will do, to the word of God. 

Love endures therefore love has to be tested, it has to pass the test of time

Love wants the best for you, what or who is best for you than the one who created you, what on earth is greater than God, so if a person is pushing you away from God (love) how can a person truly have love for you?

How Do You Know You Are In Love?

There are only two kinds of love real or fake

Love is consistent with God, His character, and His acts.

 He is all truth, consistent, pure. His character is real, holy, and true. His acts are just, fair, and righteous

Being that Love is action and feelings, it is measured in degrees of passion, It is not separated into types of love.
 The degree in which we love certain people will be greater based on the amount and type of affection and emotions we have for others (family, friends, spouse). 

When more feelings are involved this produces a greater action. 
When a type of feeling is involved this will produce a particular action.

However, the foundation of love is pure actions and feelings toward an individual.

So when we say "in love", we mean in infatuation, adoration, and affection, our are emotion are "all-in" (actions being consistent w/ radical feelings)
So its possible to have love for someone but not have real love for someone.
Perverted love is simply called lust.

When I say I love myself, it doesn't mean that I like everything about myself but simply means I want the best for myself.  I can want the wrong things for myself but think its the right things. It may seem i am loving myself by doing what i think, but in actuality i am hurting and hating myself by destroying myself.

Simply put Love wants what is good and beneficial for a person, it wants the best for the other person.

Loves ultimate desire is to see the object of that Love, be Most Happy. 

Love is not selfish, but selfless. True Love does portray self-interest.

True love desires to finds its joy "in" the joy of another.

Real love seeks others interests before its own, & because others interests are fulfilled, loves interest are as well, because love's interest is the interest of others.

You know you are in love when you find your happiness in the happiness of another's happiness.

This pushes the right motive (feeling) for love and produces the correct result (action) of love.

Love seeks a person's greatest interest at heart even if the action cause pain for an individual to eventually enjoy a greater future prosperity. Love becomes Justified in causing that pain.

What Is Love (revised)

Back Again! So lets get straight to it! Before when I wrote about love (What Is Love? (old)) I didn't have much of an experience to write off from. I made it clear that I was still discovering the essence of it. Since then I have learned, matured, and observed so much. Now i have come to what i know to be a definite definition of Love.

What is Love?

Well the best way to find out what something is, is to first find out what it's not..

If you were taking a test, and i just walked up to you and gave you the right answer, what would you have you learned?... Nothing

So before you read ahead, if you desire to get the most out of this and make this applicable to your life, tweet me @ept_anomaly, and let me know what you believe Love is before we get started.

The thing is, Truth doesn't contradict itself, anything absolute will endure any situation. 

Truth doesn't fail, fade, or faulter, and exists outside of our own experiences, perspectives, and beliefs. 

It's not based on how we feel, what we prefer, or what we think.

When you have one truth, you will have millions of lies, (one right answer means an infinite number of wrongs).
 One correct answer means there are alot of answer that seem correct but are not.
So how do we know if what we have is true, lest we test it.

If love wasn't definable how could we say we have it, know it, or feel it?
If Love does exist, then where did this concept come from?

If we don't know what it is or can't explain it, how can we even possess it?

To define something is to make it definite, meaning it won't change once the situation has been altered.

When we can't explain an emotion, affection, or feeling, we try to use a thought. 

When we can't explain what we know, think, and imagine, we use our words

When something is indescribable, and there are no words, sentences, or speech to explain it what do we use? 

Our actions. We always revert to situations, circumstances, events and ACTIONS. 

Love is actions, but it is stems from feelings. You can't separate the two. 
You can't always choose how you feel but you can choose what you do.

Love is not more than actions, nor is it less than feelings, it's a combination of both. 
Love is an act of the will that is accompanied by emotions. 

That's why you feel passion but also have a choice to perform. 

Love flows from the heart and the hand simultaneously.  

My definition of Love, is not my own, I received it from the greatest Author of the greatest book of any book ever written and any author has ever written.

When we say something "is" or (=) we are saying that they are the same. 

So when you say love "is", you describe its essence & inner workings.

Likewise we substitute it for another variable/format. EXAMPLE. if A is B, and B is C, then A is also equal to C

God is love, It doesn't say God has love, will love, can love, or even does love. 

God "IS" love, God = Love. 

Its the very make-up of his character, who he is and what he does! God is not changing and doesnt change.

God is Love. So lets get deeper. Given the example above, How can we "God" someone? 

How do we know if we are in "God" with someone. 

The Same book says love is also something else. A is B is C.

1Cor13 says Love is patient, kind, gentle, longsuffering, enduring.....

Love is a barrage of characteristics you choose to do, but must have the right affections behind it.
1 Corinthians 13v3 If I give away all that i have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love i gain nothing.

CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW:

How Do You Know That You Are "In Love"

How Do You Know If Someone Loves You
What if Actions ≠ Feeling

To The UNKNOWN God

We live in a world where philosophies, concepts, ideas, world views & objective truths penetrate our society, culture, mindsets, lifestyles and "religion". The most important piece of knowledge human beings can attain is what we know about God. With so many of these aspects infecting our thoughts, perspective & lifestyle on our view of God, how do we decide what is true, relevant, or really matters? We live in a time where everyone has a quote, an answer, and belief. So, is truth about God even able to be discovered when so many perspectives and influences infiltrate, block, and/or distort our view of life? Well in the next 5 minutes it takes you to read this, I hope you will find the answer you're looking for.

To say that something is unknowable is to say that it doesn't exist, because if it did exist it would be knowable. There is always a means to discovering truth. That is why philosophy is defined as the pursuit of knowledge. It doesn't seek just to ask questions, but to find the answer to the questions it asks. This is why God's existence is ultimately an irrefutable fact, when you weigh the evidence (for more info just let me know). As we undeniably know that God is real, how do we find out more about Him? How do we know exactly what to believe about Him? Lets go to the basics:

-"God & Man, Creator & Creation, Maker & Made": At the end of the day, aside from all religions, denominations, race, nationalities and cultures this is the case, this is all that really matters: RELATIONSHIP. Religion is man made, which creates a lot of rules and regulations, rituals and routines, by which they profess to know God but in actuality never even meet Him. People, are apart of certain religious groups because it sounds good, or they were born into it, or simply because everyone else is doing it. So claiming to know God, they create a god by making religions, denominations & cults which are based on traditions, cultures, ceremonies, rituals and routines, but none actually have a relationship. They know what to do, but they don't know why they do it, they know what to say but they don't know why they say it.. or to whom. Therefore they put on this form (image) of 'Godliness' but the power of God is denied. They pray 7 times a day, go to every service & maybe know a couple of scriptures based off of what they've heard, but yet God is not with them. They don't know who or what it is they really worship. God is a spirit, so to worship Him you would have to have the same spirit He has, which would ultimately be the truth. Truth is not relative. Its many different spirits and so-called truths but its only ONE absolute truth. I know many want to say "how can there only be 1 right 'religion'." Well how can God be 2 different Gods at the same time? Hindus & Buddhists believe in many Gods, Muslims believe in 1 God, Christians believe in 1 God but in 3 forms. How can God be true if He contradicts Himself? He either is or he isn't. 2+2 is always going to equal 4 so when you have one right answer there is an infinite number of wrong. It's one truth, one spirit, one God so.. Back to the basics "God & Man" (remove religion):

-If God is God "creator of everything" how could he be unknown?

-Did He not create everything and everyone? Is God not God of all?

-Is there anything that you can do to help Him be more or less God?

-Does God need your help in some way?

-Does He live in things created by His creation?

-Does He not give you Life, Breath, and everything in between?

-Is God not in control of everything that happens

-Can someone stop God from being God & doing what He wants to do or mess up His plans?

-Would God not make a way for you to find out who He is, the reason why you are here & what happens later?

If God stopped being God, would we not all perish? The fact that we are even in existence proves that God is real & God is God. If in Him we survive & by him we exist, well shouldn't for Him we live? Are we not His creation? God created us different from any other species, organism & living creature He created. Being that we are made in His image we not ought to think that God is like anything we can create, even in our imagination. We were created out of God's imagination, therefore the effect can't be greater than the cause. Our thoughts about God should be discovered not created. God created us, we don't create God... how we want Him to be, look, feel, or act. Truth exist outside of ourselves, it's up to us to discover it in a world of falsehood. The truth is, there is a creator who is holding you accountable for acknowledging honoring, and glorifying Him, & promises terrible things for those who don't!

Now for those who claim to have a relationship with God what does this really mean? If I'm in a relationship with someone first & foremost that means we have somethings in common, we can "relate". For God to be in "right" relationship with you, "He has to have something in common with you. You shouldn't be looking for what you have in common with Him." The only thing that God can vibe with us on, is the fact that we believe/trust/hope & have faith in Jesus Christ, otherwise we don't have a relationship with God, period. Secondly, He said, Be Holy for I am Holy, be separate, be perfect (mature), depart from iniquity, & don't be of this world. God calls us to reflect His image (glory). What "relationship" does light have with darkness, righteous & unrighteous, sin & purity? None! Lastly, relationships are only developed by mutual love. Nothing can stop God's Love from reaching us, but we cant say we have God, if we don't love(delight/treasure/value) God! If we love Him, we will love the things He loves and hates the things He hates. God loves people and HATES sin! So check your relationship because one day you are going to meet God face to face & He is gone be pretty mad if you've been ignoring His phone calls, and not responding to His texts!

-PEACE & MUCH LOVE TO YA!

What is The Purpose of Life?

......let's get straight to it!...

     Why are we here? What were we created for? What is the point of our existence? What really matters in life? What is the point of out life? When we come to the end of our life and we cannot take anything or anyone with us, what really matters? I know what many say but how much do they really know? They have been living life just a long as i have, some just even existing. Some say we create our own purpose...how can a finite being that is like a drop of water compared to the ocean, a grain of sand compared to the desert, and a star in the sky compared to the galaxies create its own purpose? Does a fish wake up one morning & say i want to be a bird, or a bird say "o i want to learn how to swim"? NO! lol. Or take teenager who feels the purpose of life is to get to the next level of Call of Duty on their video game system..We know its no meaning to that but try convincing him! Everything and everyone obviously has a predetermined destiny, an ordained fate, and a planned out purpose or meaning for their lives! So what does ours consist of?..1st i will tell you what our society generally believes what The Purpose of Life is.

To Be Happy!

     Now many, practically everyone agrees that our ultimate purpose is to live a life in the pursuit of happiness. To do what satisfies or is best for me. To acquire all that i can in the shortest amount of time i can & my life will be complete. If i can obtain a good car, job, wife, family, and friends then i've made it in this world. If i can live the American Dream i have fulfilled my purpose, I have lived a good life!

     How wrong this is! Does anyone every reach this state of euphoria? We pursue happiness, but is it not constantly fleeting? Isn't happiness an emotion that is solely based on circumstances, situations, people, and things? How can i be happy if the security of everything i obtain is so frail, uncertain, unsure. Its here today and gone the next. Even, if and when i obtain this things am i ever really satisfied? Do i not want more, better, and is not the best consistently changing & developing? (I mean every year they come out with a new iphone, you'll run out of breathe trying to keep up) Is not this pursuit NEVER-ENDING? & what's worse is that, none of these things or people can i take with me once i die..none of them. 

     Imagine me face to face to my creator, saying to him.."well i know you wanted me to be happy so i spent all my time chasing your gifted" & He says "But not me", I respond "Well i did good i got a nice car, a beautiful wife, i took care of my kids...thats what you wanted right?, He responded "So where is that stuff now?"

Leaving a Legacy! 

     Well, humanity so badly want to leave our mark on the earth! We want to do something no ones ever done, go where no ones ever gone, and be something no one has ever seen. We want to be remember for all generations and ages to come. We want to be revolutionaries, by breaking records, setting trophies, and leaving a legacy. We want to set a bar that will be unreachable by anyone who tries to obtain it, doing something new and ground breaking!

     How wrong this is! Every record is broken, every trophy is replace, and every legacy is forgotten. People spend their entire lives training preparing for one moment in time, to be succeeded by a younger version of themselves to break their record..the cycle goes on. 150 years from now what will really matter? Who will kobe bryant be to you once you are 80-90 years old but a memory of what he use to could do, & even then people will be comparing him to whoever the next greatest player is then. He will be eventually forgotten.

     Once i have attained this mark in history, what's next? Do i stop right there and just die? What becomes my purpose once i have achieved my so called purpose? Is my purpose not meant for a lifetime or is it an event or an era/age? Does my purpose on last for this life or does it exceed into the next one? What will it matter to my creator that i broke the world's hot dog eating contest, or that i was the first one to do nothing at all..

Be a Good Person/ Help the World!

     Everyone wants to save the world, solve global warming, cure cancer, HIV, and solve world hunger. Everyone has a passion to be remembered as a good person who cares about other people, who helped the homeless, who had a pocket full of good deed ready to pass them out for free. Everyone wants to be remembered for benefiting society, being someone's hero, saving a life, and making a difference!

     How wrong this is! loll (i know someone is like huh?!) Yes! Everyone wants to save the world but the world cannot be saved..it can only be preserved! Think about it: i can solve global warming, cure AIDS, feed the homeless every where, and build a school in every country, but everyone who i save, cure, & help will still DIE! I only help them temporarily. In 200 years every one who i have helped will be in a grave, the people they help will be in a grave, and so-on. Maybe someone needs to come up will a cure for death!..but then you create another problem: Over Population! So what does it really matter if i help someone who eventually will die. Even then, i can't help no body until i help myself, and that alone takes a lifetime!

     Imagine i save a village in some rural part of the world, planted a school, and just changed their lives tremendously. The same kid who i saved, grows up in the same school i built, learns about the same education i have, decides He wants to be a martyr for his country. Later saves up a his dollars that i gave him & fly to america and blows up a building that I'm in! smh (a lil extreme but feel me) How do i know who to help, how to help, and where to help. Morality doesn't change the world. Culture morality is exactly what it says..based on the culture, what may be right to him might not be right to them. To his culture his death is honored and his life has had a meaningful purpose! Even the fact of being remembered as a good person is wrong because no matter how hard i try i can't please everybody. Somebody will be mad for me, even for trying to help someone else. "The friend of my enemy is my enemy, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend" So who should we look to and please?

The Purpose of Life!

     So where does that leave me? It seems as if no answers have been given. What is the purpose of life? The thing about it is, it that we have a creator who created us, in whom we have to answer to & give an account for everything we have done. When i get there none of these reasons will suffice. Im gone end up just looking stupid! So when i come to the end of my life and look back on my life how do i know that i did what i was created/supposed/purposed to do?

     The truth is God wants all these things for your life! He wants you to be happy, leave a legacy and help people/save the world:

Happiness: God wants you to be in happy.. in him, not his gifts. He wants you to seek his face, not his hand, and to love the creator not the creation. He gives us things to delight in him. The source of my joy is not in the gift but the person who gives it. The moment i cherish the blessing more than the blessing..my life is wasted. The pursuit of happiness is NEVER ENDING because God is NEVER ENDING. He is the only one who can fill that void you search for.

Legacy: God wants you to leave a legacy..His, not yours. The fact of the matter is, we are finite, meaning not eternal, but God is everlasting. Anything we try to leave will eventually fade, but Gods legacy will endure through all eternity. His legacy has no beginning or end, His legacy is one that no one will ever be able to supersede..who else is good as God? His legacy is one that can't be replaced or forgotten, its written in the heaven: the story of his Son Jesus Christ and the redemption of the world!

The World: God wants you to help the world..through Him. Like i said everyone will die, but God has given a cure for death. Everyone wants to be moral but Christ is morality, not a cultural one that is objective, but a heavenly one which is the standard. The gospel saves, and changes lives. It is what will change the heart, and the circumstance and situation of a nation!

The Purpose of life is to Glorify God in everything you do which will involve your happiness and complete joy because it was what you were created to do. You were also created with a specific purpose but the thing about that is you can only find it in God. Check it: If an inventor invents an invention, who can be able to understand what it was invented to do except the inventor? You might be able to use it on other things but it will get worn out, tore up..& depressed because its not doing what it was meant to do. Its two ways you can find out what the invention was meant to do! 1) Read the instruction manual 2) Call the inventor! You have to learn to live life, you don't have to do nothing to exist, well yes you do, just do nothing. Some people have the wrong text book and being taught by the wrong teacher. Search for truth people, study to show yourself approved, because when the test comes & you don't have the right answers that F is going to cost you!

America's HBCU-RM

http://iamhbcuinspired.ning.com/profiles/blogs/alabama-aamp-m-university

(L-R - Jonathan Inman, Winner of The 2011 America's HBCU-RM, with

Commissioner K. Carrington-De'Laine, of Superior Sports Network)

(Huntsville, AL) On April 15-16, 2011, America's HBCU-RM event showcased a variety of professional sports, & entertainment guest speakers that have addressed subjects such as financial counseling, market and brand image, own your own company, strength conditioning development, ettitquete, your attitude and the media. The program's mission was to assist and educate our HBCU Athletes and future business moguls to become entrepreneurs on how to take control of their own destiny, with no excuses. Always take value opportunities, were some of the subjects that the speakers and guest judges were advising and empowering the athletes and students at the America's HBCU-RM Clinic.

Superior guest and judges in attendance were Toni Terrell, Program Director of 94.1- WHRP, Princess Ivory, Radio Personality of HOT 103.5, James F. Smith of AllState Insurance, Sandra Brazelton, CEO/Broker of Quali-Tech Properties, Lona Johnson, Financial Director of BBVA Compass Bank, A. Faye Boykin, Author/National Motivational Speaker, Julian Gladness, Lead Designer of Perfect Pixel Graphics, & Huntsville’s own Rocket City Titan Football Champion, David Battle.
Athletes and students were presented with 2011 America's HBCU-RM Achievement Awards.

Commissioner, K. Carrington-De'Laine presented, Mr. Jonathan Inman of Alabama A&M University  the title of The 2011 America's HBCU-RM Trophy. For more information about America's HBCU-RM videos and pics of this event for your viewing, you can log ontowww.iamhbcuinspired.ning.com.

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About America's HBCU-RM is a mentoring development program in which a number of athletes and student compete for America's HBCU-RM Title and chance to transform their career in the sports entertainment industry.

Is Hip Hop a Religion/ ILLUMINATI

When i first got saved this was one of the first things i realized about our "Golden Bull" culture (only some gone know the meaning)...but it deserves another look so tell me what you think: btw check out my blog when you can http://eternallegacies.blogspot.com/

1) the club would be the church

2) the concerts/performances would be worship services

2) the rappers would be the preacher

3) the stage would be the altar

4) the dj would be the deacons

5) the bouncers would be the ushers

6) the drug dealers/pimps/playas etc.. would be the ministers

7) the record labels would be the evangelist

8) the cds would be books of the bible

9) the lyrics would be verses and scripture

10) the high/drunk would be the holy spirit/ghost

11) Jayz would be Apostle Paul 

12) Tupac would be jesus

-R U A Believer?

Thoughts on illuminati!

Short and sweet: The illuminati is not all its cranked up to be. Secret society, world domination lol it dont make no difference to me, and it shouldn't to you..its jus silly! Understand it is, what they want it to be, and it will be what ever you make..its simply a diversion! Basically while you focus on the hand signs and subliminal messages its the clearly visual messages they sliding right down your throat! Serious everybody is talking about it but no1 is stopping anyone from listening to the same music, watching the same shows, and doing the same things. So does it really matter?

You have to understand that their is a world system with powers, corporations, and systems thats been set up from the beginning not just this age but also the world, & whether you believe in God or satan, or not both exist in which satan is the prince of this world & currently over all these organizations that are anti-christ jus meaning opposing the gospel! This is no surprise! You have to look at it like this..if it was so secret how did you find out? if they are what they say they are, who they say they are, why hasnt anyone addressed it (president, military, congress ect)..because thats where it starts. It is real, but it doesn't matter to them whether you know it or not b/c at the end of the day its jus another tactic in a battle for your mind which controls the soul.. Earlier i labeled it a diversion because you focus on that while they hit you with this! Your mind is powerful and you get out of it what ever you put into it! Therefore if you put money, fame, fashion, cars, sex, drugs, pride and lust/(not love) into it (the basic components of Hip Hop) then your life will be shaped by your perspective & thats how you will pursue to live! now what do you say when you come to the end of your life, and have to meet your creator and discuss the life you lived?, doing everything that is not just opposed to Him but offends Him in such a way that He killed His son so He could even be able to bear to look at you!

The fact of the matter is its all about the mind, its a war going on, & we need to fortify or guard our minds against attacks, the thing is, i can't fight an enemy i can't see, i can't win a battle that i dont know about! Illuminati is pointless, hip hop is worthless, your soul is priceless, & eternity is endless! Pick a side!

What is Self?

What is self?

For those who read the title and said what the heck is this boi talking about.. This blog originated with a friend who asked me a simple question: how do I see my self? Simple, but yet profound. It took me into some serious meditation, weeks past(well months) & still I could not fully answer the question! I knew it had to be something more to it when a friend literally asks me the same question? Verbatim asking: What is self, explain destiny & do u believe that we have a self we are born with, do we learn it or did someone give it to us, how are you sure? So here is my opinion for those who are interested..

   What is self? Who are you? How do you know who you really are? Are you a product of  your experiences, environment, circumstances, situations, family, friends, country, media or are we divinely inspired, and created? Do we decide how we are? Does someone tell us how we will be? What make us who we are? the way we are? and even what we are? Where does it originate? where does it end? Does it stay the same? change? or grow? or is it concrete, complex, or just too complicated? Each answer gives a theory to the definition of the very essence of your being...

   To define self is like trying to describe the universe, everyone has a different perspective of it! Even tho there are many views, I know there is a truth that exist outside of what we see, feel, & think we know. To truly know who you are as an individual, there are two things someone could do to find out; 1) you could separate your self from everything everyone everyplace you think to be true, & bring your mind to a state of neutral. Then sort out & ask why to every preference, perspective & insight you have, questioning even you existence (which is virtually impossible), or 2) you could simply find out from the Creator that created you.

   From what I know to be true, us as human being are tripartite beings, meaning we are 1 person but we are currently made up of three forms (kinda like water)! We have a body, a soul, and a spirit! Our body is simply this flesh the human make up of our biology, anatomy and so-on, ya kno, everything that science teaches. The spirit however is what science can't explain, the spirit is the life force behind our body that makes it function, otherwise we are just dirt & organic, no more than just an element in the earth. (our spirit comes from God) "the breathe of life" . Now our soul is who we are. It is our personality, mind, and emotions, its what makes us..us! Our soul is formed and shaped by God who knows us before we are even born. He knows what we will be like, what his purpose & plan is for our lives. He has known us since the beginning of time. When, where, and who we would be born to & even what time. God has a purpose and destiny for every soul ever created.

   Now to get into how do we know who we are aside from every aspect of life. This can be complicated, because aside from our relationships with people & circumstances, its hard to define who we are, example; a slave only knows he is a slave in relation to his master & his environment but if you remove the chains the whip and the master, who is he now? no longer a slave? or is he still one in his mind?. Relating this to characteristic of my personality, I would have to compare myself to someone else. I could think I'm confidence but compared to another person I could be arrogant. What makes me confident to someone, compared to another, I could be insecure. So the question is who am I originally & what is the standard that we judge by?


   As people we are like seeds. We are born from a certain type of tree, to produce a certain type of fruit or leaf. Our soul is the seed. In life we are put/planted into environments/soil that affects how we grow, mature, even retard. Likewise, when we begin to sprout, many factors shape how our branches form; how big, strong, & healthy we become, & even our color, stature, and more are all shaped by this system. At the end of the day we are still the same seed that was put into the ground to produce that type of tree. There is no other tree in the world like us, maybe the same type but not identical. This is a metaphor to who we are as people, born as God destined souls into the world as seeds, but shaped and formed by our environment, culture, family, and much more. This is all according to Gods plan but this never changes who we are originally, but adds, grafts, prunes, even severs away limbs through our experiences.

   To be able to describe yourself down to a T is extremely difficult, because we seem to be different people around different people, also we constantly grow, shed, & mature. Who I am now is not the same person I was last week.  Your true identity is like a face. We may seem to be different people in response to alternate circumstances, people, and situations, but these are merely our facial expressions. We are still one face, but people have a different view of your faces. To some your ugly & others beautiful. Is how u see your self based on societies view, your cultures, or those close to you? The truth is we can't see our face! The only way I will know how I look is if someone tells me or if I look into a mirror. The problem is people lie, don't know truth, & standards are just off, even mirrors can be blurry, distorted,fractured, dim & spotted. So who can i go to, where can i look. The truth is, the bible is my mirror & Christ is my answer. To answer the question how I see my self is the way God sees me & he sees me who I will be and not who I am, therefore it's a progression of self view. There are too many influences that affect my view. Even my own sight is fallible, my vision is not 20/20. Its tainted by my limited knowledge & experience. But God has been here from the beginning & He knows all & sees all. He is, was, & will always be! He created me, so to know what i was created for, why i was created,& who i am, i would have to get to know Him.