The President - Promises and Polls

President Barak Obama promised to reinstate Executive Order No. 13173 which President Clinton issued just before he left office. Executive Order No. 13173 failed to achieve its mandate of hiring an additional 100,000 federal employees with disabilities within five years. Obama will issue this executive order early in his first term and designate a senior White House official to assure that all federal departments and agencies meet the mandate." He actually reinstated the executive order on the day of its anniversary. He promised to work with military commanders on the ground in Iraq and in consultation with the Iraqi government to end the war safely and responsibly within 16 months. The last of American combat troops are leaving Iraq, "Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home." The Obama-meter reads: Promises Kept 122, Compromises 39, Promises Broken 22, Stalled 82, and in the Works are 238. The President is doing much of what he promised and sinking in the polls. I mentioned this to Reverend Jeremiah Wright when he was with us and he responded with this story: "If Barak, Biden and Hillary were on a boat and Hillary's hat blew off into the water. Biden exclaimed; What are we going to do? Barak said, Hold tight, he gets up, walks on the water, gets Hillary's hat and comes back to the boat and gives it to her, the pondents would say, "See there, he cant even swim." Mr. President, I offer to you the advice that the late Reverend Dr. E.V. Hill of Los Angeles gave to me many many years ago, and as the years passed on it became the most helpful piece of advice ever given to me; "DO WHAT YOU CAN."

Bishop Eddie Long

My prayers go out today to Bishop Eddie Long of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, his family, his congregation and his supporters around the world. My prayers go out today for his accusers. This is so painful for the Body of Christ. Scandalize the man if you will, find him guilty before his day in court if you will, throw him under the bus... What has that done for the Body of Christ? It hurts ALL of our abilities to witness and draw the unsaved into the foal. I hope that these allegations are untrue. I hope that the all parties could settle this outside of the media... Of course; that's impossible now! I do know that God requires much from those whom much has been given. I believe His patience is running out with the Body of Christ and with us not being true to our calling. I believe that our heart must be totally sold out to the work of God and the salvation of God's people and that God has had enough of our pulpit crap....and that all of us will be brought to an open shame if we don't become more commited to the cause of Christ. Bishop Eddie Long may be the poster child for what can happen to All of us, either again or in the future...

God forgive all of us for our sin, our shortcoming, the weights which so easily beset us. Give us the fortitude to stand boldly and holy in and out of the Church. Let our lights really shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify you! Help us to win souls to you through your word and through our walk and ways. God, Bless Bishop Eddie Long, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, and the accusers. If this is true; let not the Body of Christ suffer, but allow your all sufficient Grace to pervail.

Family Fitness

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? You are fearfully and wonderfully made, and our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit of God. God paid a greater price for you than that unknown man paid for that baseball. And, you are not your own, therefore God hath commanded you to glorify God in your body, and in your Spirit. Psalm 139:14, I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Your body is a carefully crafted finely tuned machine and thank God it comes with a maintenance manual. We are God’s purchased possession. We are the temple of God and it’s about time we look at some temple maintenance.

God is interested in the total person. God is a Holistic God.
God is interested in your Spirit, Soul, and your Body
With my Spirit I have Spiritual Life, I know the world above me.
With my Soul I have Psychological Life, I know the world around me.
With my Body I have Physical Life, and I’m related to the world below me.
When my Spirit is right I’m Holy, When my soul is right I’m Happy,
When my body is right I’m Healthy.
A perfectly tuned person would be Holy, Happy and Healthy.
And today many people are unholy, unhappy and unhealthy.
They’re exactly what God did not intend for us to be.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 - I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We live in a world that has the curse of SIN upon it.
We’re sick because of the curse of sin.
We’re sick because we have violated God’s natural law.
Every kick has a kickback.
Sin fascinates and then it assassinates.
Many people die just because of sin in their lives.
We’re sick because of the curse of sin.
We’re sick because we have violated God’s natural law.
We’re sick because we are afflicted by Satan.
We’re sick because of a discipline of God
Psalm 119:71, It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

Sometimes we have to be flat on our backs before we can look up, Sometimes we can only see more clearly through eyes that have been washed with tears. Many people are poisoning their bodies with nicotine. Someone asked will smoking keep you from going to Heaven. It won’t. As a matter of fact smoking will get you there a whole lot quicker. If you abuse your body, your body will rise up and smite you for it. Your body is very unforgiving. Most folk value money more than they value health, Yeah!We value things more than we value health until we lose our health.So many people spend the first half of their lives accumulating wealth by wasting their health. Then they spend the last half of their life spending their wealth trying to get their health back.

And they are unhappy in both halves of their lives.
FAMILY FITNESS IS A MATTER OF DISCIPLINE.
Lamb is killing the Jews.
Beef is killing the White Folk.
Pork is killing the Black Folk.
The Bible talks about healthy foods. Whole grains, herbs, fish, fowls, no eating of fat, no eating of blood.
FAMILY FITNESS is a Matter of DISCIPLINE
FAMILY FITNESS is a Matter of DISPOSITION
Your soul is the seat of your emotions. There are two kinds of emotions. Positive and Negative, Healthy and Unhealthy,
You can choose your thoughts like you choose your friends.
Why have you let the devil do your mind like he has done it?
Why have you let the devil put that expression on your face?
Why have you let the devil put that feeling in your heart?
Why have you let the devil give you that disposition?
Choose your attitude. To rejoice is a choice.
FAMILY FITNESS is a Matter of DEVOTION
That is, when you serve God, you will be healthier.

Church going Christians live longer and happier than those who say they don’t believe in God.” Religion is good for you health. Going to Church will make you feel better. Devotion to God is good for FAMILY FITNESS.

FAMILY FITNESS is a Matter of DECISION,

Joshua 24:15, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. It’s a matter of Decision, Your Spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of the Lord. Body in discipline, Soul in disposition, Spirit in devotion. But you have to make a choice, As for me and my house, As for me and my Family, We will serve the Lord.

Reverend Johnteris Tate

You have to join us in Revival each night next week. Monday night Reverend Mary Brooks will speak, Tuesday night Reverend Robert Long, Wednesday night, Reverend Daris Dixon-Clark, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Buffalo. He has become a good friend to Mount Olivet Baptist Church and me. We played in each other's golf tournament this year... He's a great golfer I might add and an even better preacher. Thursday night is YOUTH night...and you've gotta be here to see and here this young man preach.. 17 year old Johnteris Tate; pastor of First Thessalonians Baptist Church in Memphis... I watched Johnteris grow up from an eight year old kid preacher to where he is now and I just cant wait for Mount Olivet Baptist Church and Rochester City to meet Johnteris Tate again. Tell EVERYBODY in town to have the Youth present on Thursday night!

Michael Bruce Sings at MOBC

Michael Bruce, one of Rochesters own talented and gifted singers will join the Mount Olivet Mega Choir on Sunday night; September 19th in concert. They are ready! Michael Bruce has worked with the Mega Choir for a few weeks now and my oh my gosh are they ready! This guy is so gifted. He plays most instruments, directs and sings. Michael received a Grammy nomination with Pastor Timothy Wright and a Stellar Nomination with Chronicles. He song background for Michael Bolton, has shared stages with Yolando Adams, Fred Hammonds, Joe Ligon and the Clouds, the Winans and many others. I am looking forward to this concert. This kicks off the "harvest time" revival.... "Harvest time" being a time to bring in the fruits and vegetables. For those connected to the Kingdom of God, its a time of gathering the "fruits of life" unsaved souls. Remember the Concert starts at 7:00pm and not 4:00pm as printed on the poster!

Sunday Night Musical

The musical will open up the Weeklong; "Harvest Time Revival".... Sunday; September 19th at 7:00pm. The post card says 4:00pm but the actual start time is 7:00pm. It has the makings of a huge concert. Michael Bruce is headlining the concert and he's phenomenal. Lewis Banks, Wade Davis and Rickey jr each have a key role in this musical and the Voices of Mount Olivet aka Mount Olivet Baptist Church Mega Choir are as ready as can be. Actually I heard a song or two in rehearsal or which I might get a piece. You wont want to miss this concert! Lewis Banks and the band that will accomplish him on Sunday night are too hot. Jerome, Bunt, Kendall, Shalamar, and a few others, you have to hear!

Reverend Jeremiah Wright

Believe it! The Reverend Jeremiah Alvesta Wright Jr; Pastor Emeritus of the famed Trinity United Church of Christ of Chicago, Illinois was our special guest speaker on September 10th at 7:00pm. Blog friends, it was the MOST momentous ocassion ever.. We will have footage available soon. Never have I met a man any more fun, down to earth and intelligent at the same time. I am being approached about getting Reverend Jeremiah Wright back to Rochester for another organization in the city. Will he come back? Of course he will. Why? Because the Mount Olivet Baptist Church and the people within the Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse community welcomed him so graciously and treated him so kindly while he was here. Reverend Wright is now a friend to the Upstate New York Community and Upstate New York is his friend. What do I hate to see? I hate to see wannabees. These are pretentious folk who want everyone to think that they really got it going on in life and in actuallity they may have; but when you got it for real and you're confident in who you are you dont have to be all pompus and all. Jeremiah Wright is in such such demand for speaking. Universities, Seminaries, Churches, and Organizations keep him in different parts of the world continuously; yet there is no pretense about the man! Folks; Kenneth Twigg Whalum; the late pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, in Memphis, Tennessee, and the person who introduced me to Jeremiah Wright over 20 years ago, said "Be Who You Is; If You Aint Who You Is, then You Is Who You Aint." Relax, take life by the inch and its a cinch, take it by the yard and its hard. Its not so hard being big, its only hard when you're not and you want people to think that you are! Humility and loving people genuinely will get you further along in life than pretentiousness....... No more "biscuits" and "sheepdogs"...Thank you Reverend Jeremiah Wright!

Reverend Jeremiah Wright

I know you know about this... Just wanted it logged in the blog for historical references. The event has come and gone but will always be in the minds of Rochesterians and surrounding cities. It was phenomenal. Our many thanks to the Right Reverend Jeremiah Wright!

Okaay! I Will... I Will.... I Will Blog!

I am back to the Blog! Regardless of Facebook and any other network; I will return to the blog each morning. You must know that its quite humbling when you ask me to blog and why I have not blogged. To know that you care enough about me to want to know what I'm thinking or what's going on in my life is amazing.

Now of course somewhere in my innermost; I know that a bit of it is nosy, however; all of us are, but only a few of us are willing to admit it! As you may know, I'm in the homestretch of a few things! One and most important at the time is the 100th Church Anniversary celebration of Mount Olivet Baptist Church. This has been an awsome year. Never imagined it being so demanding of our time, energy, efforts and money as it has been. I should have known it because this is my 3rd 100th Church Anniversary Celebration within my career. All of them are entirely the same. I remember coming out of my last 100th year Celebration with Mount Calvary and not wishing that tedious year long journey upon any of my friends..... Well, I must not be friends with myself! I walked right into a brand new ministry embarking upon its 100th year! What does that mean? It means that there has not been breathing room since landing in Rochester. Thus; so many wonderful things have happened within this year. You probably know about ALL of the events! Stay tuned each day now to the Blog! These are also the final days of my Doctoral Work at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. Pray for me as this Thesis is being prepared.

The Just Shall Live By Faith

Habakkuk is troubled over; Jehovah’s silence: how long wilt thou be silent? Judah’s sins: There is destruction, spoiling, violence, arguing, fighting, and injustice everywhere.
He asks God a question; Will Judah be punished? Jehovah God responds, Judah will be punished. The soldiers: God will use the Babylonians, The severity: They are notorious for their cruelty. The symbols: Their soldiers are like Swift leopards, Fierce wolves, Devouring eagles, The scorn: They laugh at their enemies, holding them in great contempt. He asks God a 2nd Question, Will Babylon be punished? Babylon is more wicked than Judah. Jehovah god responds, Babylon will be punished. The record: God tells Habakkuk to write the vision on a tablet in large, clear letters so that everyone can get the message. The reassurance: Even though it might appear that God is delaying judgment, Babylon will eventually be crushed.
The righteous: Until then, the just shall live by faith.
Those who are Upright and Moral must live by faith,
Those who are Honorable and Truthful must live by faith,
Those who are Righteous and Honest must live by faith,
Those who are Virtuous and Reputable must live by faith,
Faith is the substance of things hoped for,
Substance comes from the words Sub and Stance,
Sub means under, Stance means Stand,
So Faith is something Under you that you Stand on……
You've got to believe that;
God rewards those who diligently seek Him, and Stand on it!The best of your days are ahead of you, and Stand on it!This sickness is not unto death, and Stand on it!
All is not lost with my son, with my daughter, and Stand on it!
All is not lost with my marriage, and Stand on it!God aloud some Ruthless, Callous, Coldblooded, Hardhearted, Insensitive, Babylonian to almost destroy your marriage, Some low-cut wearing, big-chested, high heel stepping Babylonian,
And that's what Habakkuk is saying about the Babylonians, God they're worst than Judah and you use them to punish Judah,
God responds by saying,
You've got to believe that whatever happens in your life, Its for the good of those who love the Lord and are the called according to His purpose, and Stand on it!
You say, but Lord, I don’t see it,
He says, The Just Shall Live by Faith!
And if you can see it, It's not Faith!
The Record (2:1–2): God tells Habakkuk to write the vision,
The Reassurance (2:3) Wait and See, today the Lord says, Wait and See,
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
The Righteous (2:4): Until then, the just shall live by faith.
We cannot see in the future,
We cannot see through dark clouds,
We cannot see through tear drops, but walk on by faith each day,
On Monday, walk on, On Tuesday, Walk on,
Let Jesus carry your load, for He can see way down the road,
Walk on by faith each day!
The Reasons (2:5–13, 15–19):
God will judge Babylon for her many sins:
Drunkenness and greed (2:5)
Brutal treatment of the nations (2:6)
The shedding of blood (2:7–13)
Being merchants of terror (2:15–16)
Destroying other lands (2:17)
Gross idolatry (2:18–19)
The Respect (2:20): “The Lord is in his holy Temple.
Let all the earth be silent before him.”
The Lord is already here,
Can't you feel His presence, He's already here,
All you got to do, open up your heard, He's already here,
And so God says to Habakkuk, I'm already here,
In the midst of your suffering,
In the midst of your pain,
In the midst of your fears,
In the midst of recession, job losses, sickness and worry,
Somebody said, how do you know?
I just know it, He's here right now. I believe it. I receive it!
I know that the Just shall Live by Faith.
Live by Faith,
Breath by Faith,
Believe by Faith,
Talk by Faith,
Walk by Faith,
Understand by Faith,
Praise God by Faith,
Love Him by Faith,

Doesn't Matter What You Call it...

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. ... Who in your life helps you see the beauty and power of who you are? While we need to look inside for direction, we can also benefit from the support and fresh perspectives of those who know and care about us. You don't have to walk the path alone.

May 22nd Concert

Mother's Day Sermon 2010

In everything that you’ve needed to know, somewhere along the line a mom probably taught you. Mothers taught us LOGIC: "If you fall off that swing and break your neck, you can’t go to the store with me," as well as, "If everyone else jumped off a cliff would you do it too?" Mothers taught us MEDICINE: "If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they’re going to freeze that way." Mothers taught us TO THINK AHEAD: "If you don’t pass your spelling test, you’ll never get a good job!" Mothers taught us TO MEET A CHALLENGE: "What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you...... Don’t talk back to me!" HUMOR: "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me." BECOME AN ADULT: "If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up. GENETICS: "You are just like your father!" ROOTS: "Do you think you were born in a barn?" WISDOM of AGE: "When you get to be my age, you will understand," or, "I will explain it all when you get older." ANTICIPATION: "Just wait until your father gets home." RECEIVING: “You are going to get it when I get you home.” The all time favorite thing mothers taught us, JUSTICE: "One day you will have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you. Then you’ll see what it’s like! I can’t wait!"

Eunice was Timothy’s mother, She was the wife of a pagan Greek; She was a “Jewish woman who was a believer” Lois was Eunice's Mother and Timothy's Grandmother.
Eunice taught her son Scriptures “from childhood” (2 Tm 3:15). Eunice, Greek Εὐνίκη Euníkē; It's a feminine proper noun. Meaning "happily victorious". Mother's were singing "Victory is mine" before the song ever was written or recorded. Lois, Greek, Agreeable; desirable, she's described as a "Good" woman. It is right therefore to connect this home training of Timothy in the fear of God, with his conversion to the gospel. The Apostle Paul loved Timothy as if he were his own son. He writes to him, in verse 5 "I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. 2 Timothy 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Mothers Have a Sincere Faith
Mothers Have Stable Faith,
Mothers Have A Stable Faith
“The faith of my mother stirs my soul!”
“Nobody can pray like my mother can!”
“Nobody can stir the heart of God like my mother can.”

Mother's Day 2010

What a nice Mother's Day Service at Mount Olivet Baptist Church today....Actually a sweet day today and the spirit of the Lord was in the place.... Our Organist Mr. Lewis Banks was moved in the spirit and blessed us with his testimony.... Powerful piece in the service today. "Not a normal brother" but one whom the Lord has anointed. Nice... Todays Message; 2 Timothy 1:5, "The Legacy of Faith" of Eunice and Lois... they both had Sincere Faith, Stable Faith, and Stirring Faith.... Lord knows I enjoyed delivering that message to the people of God today! hmmmm hmmmm He's a Good God.... Happy Mother's Day to each of the lovely Mother's in Blog land! I must be the most blessed Men in the world to have so many beautiful mothers in my life. I wont post my Rochester Mothers for fear of missing one. Im blessed, Im blessed! Thank God for Moma and the wonderful Mothers of my life!

Good Friday in Buffalo

Nearly One Hundred and Fifty or more of the members of Mount Olivet Baptist Church and our friends in the city joined us on a trip to Buffalo, New York on Good Friday to be with the my Pops and Mom William and Wanda Bunton and the Antioch Baptist Church 1327 Fillmore Avenue. This was so special to me in that I started in my formative years preaching here in Buffalo back in the late 1980's. This was of course the first time that I could attend with my church and boy oh boy did we have our church there. Mount Olivet is second to none in supporting their pastor. They make no bones about it; they love me and they know that Yvonne, Rishard, Rickey Jr and I love them. Ricketa and Rico love Mount Olivet dearly as well.. and would be right here with the family if they were in Rochester. Antioch cooked and served our people a wonderful hearty meal filled with so much love that you could taste it in the food. While we had been in service each morning at 5:00am for Holy Week Services it didnt stop the choir from piling onto the chartered bus and vans and cars for Buffalo. Yvonne and I are so thankful to have such a congregation! It was clear to Antioch that we came to worship just as Antioch's choir made it clear to us that they came to lift him up as well. I really enjoyed preaching the "Story of Good Friday"

Pastor's Leadership Conference

Perhaps it was one of the finest and most productive "Leadership Conferences" ever. Though some of my Leaders were on travel, at work and/or commited otherwise about sixty of them showed up for our Pastor's Leadership Conference 2010. We covered both our Vision and Mission Statements which we always want to keep before our Leaders who in turn will help keep it before the Congregation. Because we believe that above all the the church is soulwinning organism established by God to bring souls in, build them up and send them out; we open all of our Conferences and Ministry Meetings with the reading of the "Great Commission" Then Jesus said unto His disciples, "Go and make disciples of all nations, Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; and teaching them to observe all things I have commanded of you, and Lo I am with you always even until the end of the world. This is always our focus and we thank God for it! We thank God for the fruit of His Commision which is ALWAYS souls to BAPTIZE and Celebrate each month. There are no NEGATIVES AND POSITIVES in our Church. Not even the Language. There are of course things that we are THANKFUL For and then there are GROWING AREAS. During a Breakout Session eight groups made a list of both and one person from the group presented the findings. We were all pleasantly pleased with the results. The list has been compiled and Pastor will present it to Church Council and Diaconate for further and continued processing! As we move toward the Home Stretch of our 2010 - 100th Church Anniversary Celebration we had updates on our Building Project that is before us, The 2010 Events Past and to Come, as well as where we are financially and how we hope to reach our goals for the Spectacular 2010 100th Church Anniversary... Of course we are an African American Baptist Church, so yes there was food, But coming off of the Country Styled Holy Week Breakfast, this was by all means a light and healthy lunch. Interestingly, we only eat the fried everything meal during Holy Week!

It Is Well With My Soul

This is the fifth and last lament of Lamentations, the fifth cry, poem, dirge, expression of grief, requiem, The writer Jeremiah; speaks to God on behalf of all the people in stacatto-like fashion. He describes the suffering, the pain, the torment, the affliction, the anguish and distress endured by the people and he appeals to God for relief. This lament opens with a plaintive appeal to God to take notice of the humiliation and suffering that had come upon the covenant people. They only had to heed Jeremiah’s words to avoid having become what they had ignored: aliens, widows, and orphans..
Jeremiah 7:5-7 - If ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; If ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. The lament closes with a prayer of hope that God would restore them to their days of old. The present generation was bearing the consequences of their sins, Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
You sow good, you reap good,
You sow bad, you reap bad,
You sow love, you reap love,
You sow sour attitude, you reap sour attitude,
You sow discord, you reap discord,
You sow disrupt behavior, you reap it,
You sow compassion, you reap it,
Judah got a taste of her own medicine…
Vs 16, "The crown has fallen from our head” would refer to the end of the Davidic dynasty with King Zedekiah’s capture. Job 19:9, describes Judah's fate when he says, God has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. Is 28:1, Woe to the crown of pride…… Jeremiah 13:18… Humble yourselves, sit down:

You're on your way to wellness when you discover the cause,
You're on your way to wellness when you take responsibility,
You're on your way to wellness when you stop blaming others,
We have more Adam in us than we do Jonah………
When things went bad in the Garden, Adam said, "the woman"…
When things went bad on the Ship, Jonah said, "It's me"
What do you say when things go bad in your life?
The Doctor's fault,
The Lawyer's fault,
The Teacher's fault,
The Policeman's fault,
The Boss's fault,
The Friend's fault,
The Postman's fault,
It's Daddy's its Moma's fault,
It's Brother's my Sisters fault,
It's the milkman's fault,
But when you can own to your own shortcoming,
When you own up to your own mistakes,
When you own up to your own faults,
Own up to your own weaknesses,
Own up to your own imperfections,
Own up to your own deficiencies,
It's my own fault,
And so in this last lament, Jeremiah cries out to God,
In this last poem, dirge, requiem, expression of emotions,
He cries out for the Favor of God,
The reason why you woke up this morning,
It was the Favor of God,
He said Lord, vs 19,
You reign forever,
Your throne endures from Generation to Generation,
Don’t forget us Lord,
Don’t forsake us Lord,
We've struggling so long,
We've been hurting so long,
We've been in the storm too long,
It our fault, but take us back,
We messed up, but take us back,
We failed you, but take us back,
History records, God restored Judah,
God restored Jerusalem,
God restored Zion,
At the end of the story, they were able to say, It is well,
You've got to run all the way.....
Through the storm, through the valley
Through the dark
Through the hurt, disappointments, let downs and set backs.
to get to the end
You dont know if its well at the beginning or not..

you've got to see what the end is going to be!
and you've got to go THROUGH to get Through
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,

When sorrows like sea billows roll;Whatever my lot,

Thou has taught me to say, It is well,

It is well, with my soul,

Generation I didnt know

These are my nieces. One of course is newly born and I had never seen before. The two older babies I have seen once before. Now the nick-names are the names that I kind of recollect. KeeKee, MeeMee and believe it or not, the baby is called Maggie. These babies are my second oldest nephew's (Kendall Joy) children and he is a wonderful father. I will get their real names and post them someday. I'm just glad these are Kendall's babies.. Babies by all means are for young folks not for folks my age and older.. We only look at them, say how beautiful they are, spoil them and send them home!