Dr. King 50th Year "Monumental Legacy" Memorial

 Commemorating Dr. King’s soaring speech 

and the 1963 March on Washington. 

     History has consciously inclined today’s leaders to respectfully reckon with their decisions; knowing that their actions will become the foundation to build their legacies, like Lincoln Memorial, Mount Rushmore, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial for instance. Furthermore, history have provided paths wherein one can travel back in time to examine, discuss, and analyze events and decisions that have shaped legacies. Leaders were compelled by a need to not only prove they existed, but also of their desired demand to be remembered. Monuments, testaments, and the persisted interest of historians and scholars have forever helped to shape the legacies of leaders.

      Structures of such wonder continue to astound vast descendants worldwide. It is not strange for people to travel around the globe to experience the magnitude of such legacy as colossal monuments continue to remind the world of past events. Leaders were determined legacy builders; historians, scholars of history have obliged their eternal hope to be remembered through careful painstaking search; they have sought, excavated, and analyzed tangible artifacts of history  and have pieced them together like a lifelike puzzle that continues to resurrect their legacies in the minds of readers.
 
      Truly history has detailed the difference of each leader and outlined how each period of history was built upon the leaders’ personal belief in culture, religion, and government. To conclude, the grandeur monuments and epics have created many perceptions that will never be erased from history, and will forever be viewed as monumental legacies of their leadership.
 

Only God Has a 360 Degree of Everyone's Perimeter

Forgive...Without a 360 perception point of view, offends will come.
     Today while driving, I had to yield to a van that was in reverse midway out into the street. The driver of the van was having a conversation with a pedestrian. While I waited, another car proceeded to back up; it was apparent that the driver did not see me. I began to sound the alert by honking my horn, the driver of the car then stopped and gave me the right of way.
     As the pedestrian who was chatting with the van driver walked across the street, he looked at me and mildly said, "claim down". Within myself, I snapped at him because he was unaware of what had almost happened. It was then that the scripture came to me that said, "If your brother offend thee, forgive him."
     Seemly, everyone sees a situation from a particular point of view, and not from a 360 degree of perimeter's view . Therefore, there will be clashes. But God asks us to forgive one another. I then began to see how important it is to forgive, and let things go because many times those who might offend the another, their perception's might not be in focus of the full 360 degree of the fact.
     If we forgive one another, we can move on without carrying unnecessary emotions of bondage, such as anger, anxiety, frustration, and even guilt.

It has been said that every August 3rd is blessed

'I thank God for his grace, mercy and love; his patience and forgiveness have been the lifeline to my soul; He is my Hero, my Redeemer, and my Beloved; in Him do I trust.'







My Beloved

I once was asked to share
poetry of the one I love-
and with these words I now describe
his descendant from above.

His arms are might strong indeed-
yet in them I rest peacefully.
Within the palm of his hands of Love
I am so gently kept-
as I feel the breath of his lips-
he reveals himself in depth.

Sending chills…up and down my spine-
He says to me, “You will always be mine.”
By the whisper of his voice
his desires manifest, even, life’s creations;
when I’m tired or lonely
he stimulates my sensations.

He beholds me naked- with pureness of eyes-
he covers my faults and flaws-
in him there are no lies.

When he walks…
the earth magnifies his presence;
the sun arises smiling
to give unto him reverence.

The stars twinkle with joy because
he set them in his heavenly host;
the waters respond freely
from the softness of his stroke.
He carries with him the Mantle
and says that I am his-
for upon my forehead he has sealed me
with his kiss.
               
This is my Beloved-
the One I love

I wrote this several years ago, but I feel it even stronger today! God is Good.