Laughter...

As I was at work today I heard some of my co-workers (in another department) laughing almost hysterically...the thought came to my mind.."When was the last time you had a really good laugh?" No, I don't mean the smile, *chuckle, chuckle* laugh. Or the "I know what you mean" laugh. Not even the "that's pretty funny" laugh. I mean the holding your stomach, catching your breath type of laugh...So when was your last laugh?

Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones

Family in History

With this being Black History month I thought I would put up family who were a part of history.

My great uncle Charles Lear was a part of the golden thirteen. This was the first group of African-American U.S. Navy Officers. This is my maternal grandpa's older brother. Unfortunately I did not ever get to meet him, because he died tragically (sp? does not look right) before I was born. My mom didn't even get to meet him. In the picture below, he is standing farthest right.

Below he is with some of his fellow navy friends - he is again on the right

Heat Wave...

I went out today during lunch time...it feels like spring is coming!! It was about 40 degrees and it felt so very warm, I didn't even have to button up my coat and the hat was almost too much! I know my blood is thick after all the intense cold we've been having...if I were to feel this same weather in October I would be freezing.

We had a wonderful youth event on Saturday...attended by Fredrick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Ruth, Eve, Mary, The Black Panthers, Esther, Madame C. J. Walker...ummm Babe Ruth, I mean Jackie Robinson, lol, and some various saints (and saints children)...hopefully I will get some pictures up soon. We dressed up (or came as) a character in history or a Bible character. It really turned out to be alot of fun and very enlightening. We had historical trivia and Bible trivia. Now for those who are not aware, February is Black History Month...unfortunately most education of this specific type of American history is squeezed in this month (I am also guilty). I would like to say to those of you who think "what does Black History have to do with me, I'm not black...", black history (as I see it) is a part of American history so if you like know the history of our nation you should learn about all those whom are a part.

So here is a little DID YOU KNOW about Black History for everyone.

DID YOU KNOW?

November 1945 was when the well known Ebony magazine went on sale. (those who don't know...this is one of the most widely read Black magazines in the nation, along with Jet and Essence (for women))

Garrett A. Morgan invented the gas mask used by fire fighters and the traffic light.

Richard B. Spikes invented the automatic car wash.

Wilma Rudolph overcame crippling polio when she was young and won 3 gold medals in the 1960 Olympics.

Tuskegee Institute, a college, was founded by Booker T Washington in 1881.

Benjamin Banneker was a black mathematician and astronomer who published ten almanacs between 1792 and 1802 and measured the boundaries for Washington D.C.

W.E.B. DuBois was the first black man to get his PhD from Harvard University.

Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. He worked on and argued the Brown vs. Board of Education case before the Supreme court (1954 case that outlawed racial segregation in schools).

Howard University is the nations largest, oldest Black Colleges still open.

Harriet Tubman, the "black Moses" helped 300 slaves escape from slavery.

Dr. Martin Luther King graduated from Morehouse College (he started there when he was ONLY 15 - what a great example!)

Juan Baptist DuSable founded the city of Chicago in 1773. (he settled the area on March 12)

Add some interesting history to the guestbook!

There is alot more to learn about Black History...Check it out!!

Black History.com

Know Your Black History

USA History: Black History

I saw this picture on the Internet concerning that little girl that is still living (four months later) after being in the womb for only 21 weeks... that is a pen lying next to her!

Cooold!!

It is so cold here in the Midwest. It has been a while since it has gotten this cold. This weather makes you want to run to whatever destination you are headed...from my house to my car, from my car to my job, etc... We are supposed to have a sort of "heat-wave" come through at the end of the week...we're to get in the 20's...it will probably feel like spring is on its way...

I was going to write about various things...the Miss America pageant (concerning the world's view on beauty and God's view on beauty), the Superbowl and the teams coaches...Lisa put it into very good words, the song the choir sang on Sunday "He is Everything to Me" and Black History Month...but for now I will just put this scripture up. It was a blessing to me!!

I Peter 1:20, 21
20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

Christ is made manifest to us in these last days (does God manifest Himself to you in your life?...He does in mine) that our faith and hope might be in God! PRAISE GOD!! Christ manifest Himself to us (every person saved - living free from sin) everyday...We must see it, look for it if doubt keeps telling you He's not there!

Maybe one day soon I will put on here my testimony concerning the recent specific intense trial of my faith...well GOD BLESS!