The Passage Of Hope ( Up close and personal ) Pt:2.

As we navigate our way throught our down pour however heavy it is, the wreaking of our immue system and shaking faith. This one thing I will say, God as not forgotten us. He will not, and you can count on that.This psalm might be good here, a reminder of his precious promises no matter the situation on our parade route
                           

 1 The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want.2 He maketh
 me to lie down in green pastures. He  leadeth me beside
 the still waters.

3- He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake.

 4-Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with

 me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5- Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou anointest my head with oil my

cup runneth over.

6- Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
 .

Am I been preachy, hope not ? it is not my intention to do so. Just friend talking with friends about some business of interest, spiritually speaking. You see God is always on our side but you know as I do when it is rainning on our parade, all of a sudden, we think ooh!. Very natual to think he leave us again, out of sight, gee! Can I be empathic about this, nothing can be farther from the truth. I do this too even through I knew better.

I came to realized two things when it is raining on my parade. A- Things I cannot control, B- Things I  control. On often am trying to deal with the things of which I absolutely as no control over. Wise guy, huh! prety cool would'n you say ?

It took me awhile to say ha! what's going on here ? and to change my way of doing things that was not bringing the desired resulted.

First I have to centralized my position and deal with that which I have control over, enabling me to stand up right speak in a controling position and deal with the sitution.

The question is not weather it is hard task or not, but rather is there an alternative and by that intention a passage way is opening up.

The intend activated my faith, doing now what needed to be done as precride by the methodology, practial and other wise. Believe you me this is where the wisdom of God and that of able councilors is most needed.

Able councilors dost not necessary mean certified academia, but those around us who are wise in their councils of giving sound biblical and practical guide for live's living.

The guide that enable us to overcome and our integrity intact. If that is not going to done it would be wise to get another deck of cards.The objectives here is to live to our fulness potencials and in all of this to please the Lord.

Now, remenber I told you this would be up close and personal.So stay with me as we journey thought

this passage of hope.It was not long ago; in fact it was October the fourteen 2010, approximately seven thirty. I was out the morning doing some things when I put my car into parking, at least that is

what I thought I did, was I so wrong.

Whatever happens in those few moments of stepping away from the car, not sure. In the frantic

activities of the moments I was suddenly between the car and the garage door in on upscale neighourbood fighting for my dear life.

This was it friends, all the strength I had trying desperately bracing back the car.I was crying out to God and just about to any one who could here my voice.On the other hand telling the devil ,( spiritually speaking ) I will not sign a death certificate for him this morning and I was dead serious about it.This was a fight I certainly

intended to win.

After what seem to be eternity passed and strength failing me, God sent an angel. This sweet dear lady came cross the street to where I was and helped, her name is Janet Robinson

Have you seem a growm man cried ? Oh I did, it was raining on my parade that morning. I was broken

 weary, bewilder and frighten. How she comforted me, and gave me cookies, a full glass of some rich

 orange juice to drink, boy, have I been so glad.

During our prolong conversation, I found out it was not customary for her to look out her window that early in the morning. That I do believe to be the

 loving hand of God knowing that I was out there
 and needed help.

I will ever be grateful to Janet for coming to my aid and to God be praise, my allegation to him always.

As it been raining on your parade ? all is not lost, there is hope. Hope is to trust in the possibilities of God infinite grace, knowing fully well that through his providence, you are greatly care for dispite the adds that is against you.Hope is light to the soul in the drakest hour. Your strenght and victory I pray.

Now I'll have to my pen down for now.However I'll finish up at a later date how

 I almost didn make it to see my brithday on January 09,201

.Talk about how raining on my parade and this was south on highway 427, 07/01/2011.

The true is  my angel came onec again to the rescued and am overcome with gratitude.

That is my take on the passage of hope---up close and personal pt 2.

SIMPLE THE ARTIST.

The artist never once shook his
hand now he did.Like a master the
paverment on which his discipline
magnificently shine.To our dilighted

with optimum speed our digtial

camera catches the moments. The
skill of his fingers he used it
well telling stories of a man we
love, die in his fifth years.

The artist from China, Sing is his
name confront us not on the silver
screce but here on the ground with
colourfull view as we sigh and wonder
how he touches us all. Michal Jackson
1958-2009.(July 19,2009 at 1:20 p.m: Eaton Centre on Queen)


That is my take on SIMPLE THE ARTIST

copyright-Ansell Cuff.

Courage under fire.( spiritually speaking )

Are you losing courage right now because of whatever it is, that is
going on in your live. Don't we all at some time or  the other? If you
are not, then thank God. May I suggest you help someone by
senting this to a friend, a lover, a neighbor. To someone you
know is down on out. This is not the piety party thing we are
doing, it about serious discouragement that is facing an
individual today. It is said, " No battle ever won by discourage
solders, no scarifies make by discourage people, no marathon
ever run by runner who do not anticipated ". You can just right
now light a candle of hope by passing this on.

I remember the story how Jesus still the storm, then spoke to
the disciple about there lack of faith. This was one of those
moments for them when fear as taken over their lives, render
them helpless and so discouragement set in.

We can focus on the storms in our lives ,and around us so long,
then overwhelm ,and confused by it. They were so overwhelm
an confused it ultimately got them discourage. There storm at
the time were so itemized, the desperate situation out weight any
chances of them dealing with it. So terrified they were, it causes
them to departed from their responsible of effectively dealing with
it.They were hijacked ,and lost by their inabilities to acted in any
manner for a peaceful resolution.

Is your storms covering you over allowing you to losing faith and
this point you are saying no! well you can, and will overcome this.
Take courage and rise through your storms. Courage lost, is like
going to war with guns without bullets. Courage lost ,is a lion at the
mercy of a molehill of ants.Courage lost, is a dry river bed without
water on a hot summer day. Courage lost ,is like a grave yard, just
the dead. Courage lost, is like a wondering child through a crowed
mall crying for his or her parent.Courage lost,on one does not know
the different between freedom and bandage.Courage lost, is like
a drunkard straggling along. Arriving at destination intended,
passes ,then hit by an incoming car, die instantaneous ,because the
intoxication brings to a point of no return. Courage lost ,and if not
check, soon one will become a patient of the psychiatric ward.

I knew courage under fire can either make or break you down to
the ground. I knew without the shadow of a doubt it does breathe
new live into your very being. Strength one cans never imaging,
moreover to live without.

I can give testimonials of years of my live where it takes courage
to combating deceives, defections, disloyal ties, the so-called
spiritualist who if by any mean were spiritual. Prophets so-called,
the unruly, the unkind, the glory seeker, the controlling and then
those who think they are more special than other. Have I not
seem it all in church live. You will ask is the church that bad ? O
no ! God's glorious presence and those brave humble one who
allowed Christ to have his way in their lives out shines the forces
of evil. Am not here just writing about it, I have experienced it,
the triumph-full ride a mists times of defects.

Discouragements is the killing giant of church live. This elective
course is not one that any one should sit in on. The true is, it
is hard not to in its classes, but one do not have to sit in on,
take notes nor the exams.

Here are just a few classes. Forget about weather they should
happen or shouldn't. The die is cast ,and now you have to deal
with live hard realities.1- Divorce, 2- loneliness, 3-death of love
once, 4- lost of a job, 5- broken relationships, 6- poor health,
7- son is jail, and the constant family fuel that left us sometimes
really wounded in spirit, bady and soul.

My own story is telling. When my brother was kill many year
ago, what was more perplexing it was done by the younger
one in an unfortunate manner. Now  one is dead, prison await
the other, and my poor mother was left in mourning. As for me,
I am in a foreign country on illegal immigrant, stateless almost.
Courage must now take its place for  I'll have to win over
 madness and the disintegration of all things civil. Here is
my valley of Becka, and I had to make it a well spring of life.

You know I always belief in what I called the God and human

ourselves, and 2- He will only blesses that which we places into

his hand with a pure hearts asking his purposes desiring that it
factors. 1- God will not do for us what we ought to do for
workout for our good and his glory.

Here are four things I want us to share.1- Intentions:
Intentions is a way out of our discouragement, it as a passage
way,it carries the messages of hope. Conceives in the spirit
where by giving us hope of strength and renewal.

2- Attitude of gratitude: This is an indispensable true that
is so central to defeat the Trojan horses of discouragement.
Attitude with gratitude brings altitude and 's up to you. The
first move is simple our.

3- Actions: Go for it if it cannot be done by yourself alone,
get the help that is needed. It is again up to your intentions
with a plus sign.

4- Sharing: This is one life's great treasure, sharing. This
is part of who we are.What can you share, what we'll you
share, how w'll I share ? In our sharing we connects with
a life flow. You share out of your willingness to share. The
need to share and in so doing, our joy is fulfilled.

I will close with this by your truly ( my brother was kill in 1986
and out of that came this poem in his memory ).

                                 The death of a brother.

              It never left my mind, let go they say, but how
              can I ? It is not like am dead, even when
              meaning sought none found. For it was the other
              brother that did the deed and I lost both at that.

              Let me wail awhile finding memories of the star
              light. Blood with blood as often we felled to the
              ground, specially on rainy days.My mother son
              he was my brother.


Oh yes ! dark night of the soul and courage allows me to put a foot up
take what necessary actions their were to get through the web of
complexity at the time. Take about a shameful episode in once live,
and I choose to live, and that's my take on courage under fire.

The East in Transition

But what kind of transition, and the real question is not what of the now,
it is the onward path ahead. The stakes are high and masking it or deny
it will not do, we all know that.

Jordan, and other who as so for make some concessions, implementations
of plans to help the masses with regarding there social plights as make
the right moves. Is these things a band aid to appease the moment? Is it
out of fear of losing ranks, erosions of noble status or the fear of blood
shades. Is this possible from this new awaking ? The people's awaking
and that of the young mind ?

Yes! awaking of the young mind. Look at the man behind the face book
page that help spack Egpyt's revolution. The Tunisia uprising and make
no mistake they are dieing and will die if need be.

In this transition what is the under pining or the glues that will hold and
drive things forward in the right directions. Is the ideologies with a heart,
soul that will seek the good of all, respective of religious and political
affiliations.

In this national and regional transitions will there be constitutional phrase
that will recognize the right of the Israrli to exist  peacefully with neighbor
in a region of dictatorship, some of whom are sustain in part by the west?

Certainly radicalisms and fundamentalisms will remain inspire of  these
transitional changes, hence the needs for power braker. On like Egypt
before she reaches to the point where she is now. Clearly somethings went
wrong. She never embraces the spirit and frame works of democracy.
Given her people the freedon they crave for with social, economical
leverages for developments

However I hope in this transition their will be a better future for all. I
would like to be optimistic about the transitions and that there will be
workable solutions for the complex situations the region faces right now.
If am wrong, God help us all,that included the west.

                                  " I'm for the truth no matter who tells it.
                                    I'm for justice, no matter who it's for
                                    or against" Malcolm X.

That's my take on the The East in transition.

Clash Of Values In The East.

Whatever the outcome of the new birth revolution in the East.The awareness
that comes along will for ever changing the dynamic of the region, its
people, and leaders.

How has the experts of the region mist this in their assessments? Have
they not foreshadow this level of uprising among the masses against a
regime of the likes of what we have seem.

Rencently I received in my inbox from Crosswalk.Com under religion
today: a piece written by Kristin Butler. " Egypt emerging: Path to
freedom, could hurt Christains:" She asserts that by saying " Its
possible that some of those fighting for freedom in the streets of Cairo
today may wield an iron hand of oppression tomorrow". It is possible,
and the fears can be validate. This given the sensitivities of the region with
all the religious and political compponents there. That would again be a
very sad day to put it mildly for those who desire the path of democracy,
peace, and not constand bloody war.

As can be seem the legitimate economic and social aspirations of the
Egyptain masses collided with their leader. They want inclusion not
exclusion. Freedom and liberty cries from their hearts, not subservient
but of something greater than what is before them now.

Unfortunately, Mr Murabark and his government as a different set of
value system from the people they governing and now the collision
course.

When an individual, groups or people come to a point of enough, that
which they for will paid a prize. Hope long shadows as come closer home.
Its dimension is shorten and they will not turn back neither will be denial.

I notice in the relentlessness of their effort to obtain that which is it they
desire. The imagery and level of violence, there is this amount of
sel-control.Giving the turmultuousness of the situation it could have been
worsen already. For we know that the human mind is capable of
committing great acts of ruthlessness that defile human descriptions.

At this moment make no mistake, it this unsetting outlook that will cause
neighbor not to sleep peacefully, but I hope in the end for the good
of the people, and our world they would. On an the other hand I am
in no elution of the whole situations.

This then is my prayer, " In the darkest of the midnight have I often
hid my face white the storm howler above me and there's no hiding
place mid the crash of the thunder precious Lord hear my cry, keep
me safe till the storm passes by. Till the storm passes over till the
thunder sounds no more till the cloud rolls forever from the sky. Hold
me fast let me stand in the hollow of your hand keep me safe till the
storm passes by'.

Thats my take for the day, Clash of values in the East.