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To all of Mamie's legacy......

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By Gloria Whyte I want to start this posting by declaring that all who reading this is because they are a part of Mamie Robinson (through birth/bleed line or marriage) are blessed and highly favored. I also want to say that we are destined for greatness but at this time we have not obtained all that God has in place for us on this side of heaven. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. The above is one scripture that I laid hold to while I was studying this area of lack in my life, also God instructed me to do something that Marcus and I have done with other couples. One of the first homework assignments that Marcus and I have the couples in our marriage training classes do is to write a Mission, Vision and Purpose statement for their family. When teaching this we instructed them to look at their marriage as a business partnership that will generate a life of he

Beginnings - Happy New Year

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A new year - a new season - a new beginning - renewal - rebirth. Let every day be the first day of the rest of your life, but especially let today be a new beginning. What is your vision for your life? Put it into action starting today. Happy New Year! I'm being who I am, not who I think they want me to be or who I think I'm expected to be. I am saying what I think. I am responding honestly and being fully present. I feel genuine. My feelings feel genuine. As we talk, as I teach, as I listen, as I write, as we are together in whatever way, it is genuine. It is an electrical charge connecting us. Is it empathy? Is it simply being understood, heard and known? What is it made of? I don't know. But I know when it begins and can feel precisely when it breaks and disconnects. It feels like the only thing that is real. Thank you Jonathan Lockwood Huie for this last paragraph that I want to add to my feeling and thoughts.... Today is your day to dance lightly with life. It really i