"All That For A N----"

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 Abba Father, help me to be consistently fervent in spirit for i am filled with the Holy Spirit.  Help me to strengthen myself in Your wisdom so that i can be a testimony to the name of Jesus.  Keep me from comparing myself to others.  This is not my home.  May mediocrity NOT be in my vocabulary when it comes to serving Your Kingdom.  i may look back on my youth and see that i was mediocre in many areas; i have NO excuses NOW that i know my Jesus.  i'm happy with pleasing You and my actions can only be between You and me.  i'm not talking to anyone besides You, so i'm not about to do anything for anybody else but You.  i'm doing for You  because i am blessed.

And it it turns out that i do something to bless others, it's because i've been blessed by You.  Only by Your design can i be moved to a higher level of excellence.  May no other area of my life be a poor testimony to You.  All i ask of You is to get me to a higher level of excellence to serve You and Your Kingdom. In Jesus' name.  Amen  "Your own wickedness will correct you. And your backsliding will rebuke you, Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing. That you have forsaken the Lord Your God, And the fear of Me is not in You, "Says the Lord, God of hosts." -[Jeremiah 2:19]

As far back as the late 80s, early 90s there was darkness beginning on college campuses.  Somethings i look back and consider how lucky i am having gone through my high school and college years when i did because things didn't seem to be in such darkness.  Or perhaps my parents shielded and sheltered me through my youth beneath their roof.  i was seeing campus life from a very limited perspective.  After all, when i look even further back, i didn't know who Martin Luther King was until the day he died and there was an announcement from Mr. Malloy, the principal at Penn Elementary, to stand up and have a moment of silence for the fallen civil rights advocate. i heard a female student say, "All that for a n----"

Sheltered.  Shielded.

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