Are the Children REALLY the Future?

In a recent conversation with a group of friends, one chic shared how hard it was to explain the current events to her young 6yr old son. Although I could only imagine the difficulty in finding the right analogies to give to a kid, I empathized with her... then gave my take:
Yea, what has taken place over the last 5 days has been nothing short of crazy, bizarre and downright disrespectful, to ALL mankind. To a degree, it was unfortunate that her son had to experience history like THIS. But the flip side of it was that it was to his advantage that he got to see it... so he would never forget it. That he would know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that no matter what happens, in AMERICA, he was (and would always be) BLACK first... most times before they will even see him as a MAN.They are trying to whitewash history. Remove important facts, and alter the relevancy of the struggle. THESE events... help to affirm that history, for the younger generation. 
These younger kids have no real understanding of the struggle our grandmothers, Big Mommas, and Great-Grands went through. And they will forever be absentminded of it as long as we keep criticizing the past being brought up. When people like Nick Cannon, Wendy Williams, Stacy Dash, Snoop Dogg, and others publicly criticize black America for wanting to stay relevant,  wanting White America to SAY OUR NAME and #NEVERFORGET like a new hash tag created every time a young black man is slain, it shows that there is racial division amongst the house. And we all know what a house divided will do (fall). It also gives them a subliminal thumbs up of approval, to continue to sweep under the rug the struggles, tears, and breakthroughs of our antecessors. Its is OUR job to ensure that our history is apart of AMERICA's history... both the past, present and future. So like like a journalist, someone has to give an account of what happened... but just like an eyewitness, someone has to be there, to tell it. Let's just pray that those the live the experience... also LIVE TO TELL IT....      ~Selah

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PSA: Where are the Parents???

Hello all!

I've been busy attending graduation and graduation festivities as you know May and June are PRIME Graduation season. This week, I decided to try a Vblog to get my point across.... Check it out and let me know your thoughts...

 

Same Day... Different shhh...

A very smart and worldly, but God fearing woman by the name of Momma Michelle Small (the ONLY other woman I endearingly refer to as

'Momma' aside from my OWN), taught last Wednesday and she make an extremely poignant statement, that had resurfaced this morning as I attempted to pray, but just couldn’t find the words to say. I struggled quite a bit because I’m dealing with what I consider a multi-faceted storm: the surface level storm, the internal storm and the spiritual storm all at the same time. I know that needed to pray... I know I needed to look for a job... I know I needed to find an attorney... hell I know I NEEDED to do a lot of things! But my mind was so cluttered; thoughts were so cloudy that I could not seem to focus on the 1 thing that could bring order to all the other things. I started to think, "Man, I just had a breakthrough on Sunday and was refreshed, so I’m not on empty. I know WHO God is and WHO I AM, so I’m not alone. And I know what the word IS and what is does, so truthfully, I’m not lost". This is when I started to declare “SHALAILA YOU WILL NOT GO CRAZY, you’re not depressed, or not sad, and you’re not worried, regardless of what it looks like... now PRAY!" Yes, I’m a tough cookie so I have to talk to myself like that and God deals with me JUST LIKE THAT! It was in that moment that last Wednesday's words came to me... How in the world do people manage WITHOUT Jesus??!!  smh I mean, like REALLY, not just from an I’m so saved stand point, or even a judgmental perspective. Just a realist standpoint; almost every day is a battle for me to not revert to the old me, now I can admit that it’s much easier now than it was say this time last year, but it’s still a challenge nevertheless... And my main and really ONLY reason for not doing what I know how to do so well is because of CHRIST, I want to please HIM, not make him want to spit me out and even detest me because I carry a foul scent of evil, rebellion and wickedness on me; I want to be a sweet aroma to my God, make him want to bless me because I am obedient and am walking in his image. Make him PROUD of me know that I am grateful to be called HIS... just that alone stirs something in me that makes me what to get right just by saying it! So how do people really make it through their seasons without him? I mean, yes, there are the "surface" level quick remedies: drugs, alcohol, sex, money... but then what about those who are dealing with the level 2 & 3 storms, how are they getting by? Or is it that's all they're doing, GETTING BY? This incited me to pray and pray hard and go deep within me to press, regardless of how I felt. At which point my prayers shifted from me and Level 1 to praying/declaring the word of God and interceding for others.

It was during that time that God didn’t answer my question, but he showed me what he wanted me to see: "it’s not a matter of how others can deal, the only fact that you need to know, is that YOU CANNOT DEAL, MANAGE OR EVEN MAKE IT, without me". And so, I guess when I look at the news, reality TV and the nutty people I have to interact with on a daily basis... their answer will come once they embrace who he REALLY is too.

Bible ref: James 4:10-12, Phil 4:6-7

For more on this wonderful woman (Momma) Michelle Small visit her page: http://www.courageousmi.com/