Something Extra for Married Couples

I came across this video from the site of bloggers Lamar and Ronnie Tyler. They are bloggers over at for Essence.Com. The name of their blog site is Black and Married With Kids. They are a great couple, with great advice.

Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children...Be Ye Doers of the Word

May people claim to be Christians or followers of God but do the opposite of His word. Teaching our children to take heed to what they have been taught as children in Christ, provides them the wisdom they need as adults to live free in Christ. 2 Timothy 2:15 reads “Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” Once we learn God word, our true hearts should compel us to do what His word says. Let's be doers of the word as children and adults, and not just hearers only.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice. ~ Delphine

1 Corinthians 1:18 -- For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

James 1:22 -- But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

2 Timothy 2:15 -- Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Proverbs 22:6 -- Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Good Read of the Month

Two kids with the same name, liv­ing in the same city. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, dec­o­rated com­bat vet­eran, White House Fel­low, and busi­ness leader. The other is serv­ing a life sen­tence in prison for felony mur­der. Here is the story of two boys and the jour­ney of a generation.

In Decem­ber 2000, the Bal­ti­more Sun ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local stu­dent who had just received a Rhodes Schol­ar­ship. The same paper also ran a series of arti­cles about four young men who had allegedly killed a police offi­cer in a spec­tac­u­larly botched armed rob­bery. The police were still hunt­ing for two of the sus­pects who had gone on the lam, a pair of broth­ers. One was named Wes Moore.

Wes just couldn’t shake off the unset­tling coin­ci­dence, or the inkling that the two shared much more than space in the same news­pa­per. After fol­low­ing the story of the rob­bery, the man­hunt, and the trial to its con­clu­sion, he wrote a let­ter to the other Wes, now a con­victed mur­derer serv­ing a life sen­tence with­out the pos­si­bil­ity of parole. His let­ter ten­ta­tively asked the ques­tions that had been haunt­ing him: Who are you? How did this happen?

Tuesday Tidbits

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children That....Rash Decisions Has Consequences

Talk about stressing then you are talking about me today. My oldest son has recently made some decisions that he is now suffering from. Decisions I warned him against but he had to have it his way. Now he's calling on me to help him out and I can't. I can't on principal alone. I can't because I want him to be held accountable. I can't because I want him to realize his mistakes. I can't because I want him to grow up. I can't because it's a big risk for me financially. I can't because I said I wouldn't. I can't because other parents have warned me I'll regret the decision later. I can't because it's something I know he can't afford or deserve. And finally, I can't because my husband is against it. But as a mother I want to help when I know I shouldn't. Because of all the can'ts all I can do is pray that God provides a way. A way that excludes me from getting in the way of my son becoming a responsible man.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice. ~Delphine

Proverbs 1:8-9 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Psalms 103:13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.

Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Inspiration For Many

Good Read of the Month

I stumbled across this book during one of my weekly library visits with my boys. The title caught my attention. I opened the book up, read the first few pages and began to weep. Reading this book causes me to reflect on the women in my life and causes me to do some soul searching. Letters written to our First Lady by women who are first ladies in their own rights. Women who have written about how they see Michelle Obama and how she represents them or someone they know or hold dear. Women who took the time to write a heartfelt letter to someone they admire and respect. I love this book of letters/compliments and will cherish it with all my visions of Michelle Obama and her family, our First Family. It's a showcase of love, that will always spring forth tears of joy and admiration for that family of brown folk in the White House. I thank the authors, Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram, and I thank the all first ladies who wrote the letters and poems to Our First Lady Michelle Obama.

Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children That.....Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder.

Ladies, our children's view of self beauty should be validated by their parents early on. All parents should be confirming their boys and girls by letting them know that they are handsome/beautiful. When we look at our children we should readily see a form of God's beauty. Let them know early on that they are beautiful in the skin they are in -- building up self esteem and nurturing a positive self image while they are young prepares them for life. Compliment them on their skin, their hair, their smiles, and their bodies....all the things God created and blessed them with. Cultivate their inner beauty. Tell them that the reflection they see in the mirror is beautiful...flaws and all. Let them know that TRUE beauty is more than skin deep and that inner beauty is also attractive. Let us remind them as well as ourselves that God looks at the heart and that beauty is in the e ye of the beholder. Ask yourself today what beauty or beauties are your eyes and your children's eyes beholding.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice. ~Delphine

I see the beauty of God's grace and mercy.....when I see a new day because tomorrow is not promised.

I see the beauty of life.....when I see a pregnant woman or a old man/woman.

I see the beauty of Africa...when I look at my husband.

I see the beauty of healthy teeth and mouth.....when I see my son Destin smile.

I see the beauty of raising boys.....when I look at my boys.

I see the beauty of unity.....during praise and worship at church.

I see the beauty of a black woman.....when I look in the mirror.

I see the beauty of sister-hood.....when I am out chilling with my girls.

This is just a peek of the abundance of BEAUTY that my eyes behold.


Ecclesiastes 3:11, He hath made every thing beautiful in his time.