Palm Rock

 

This is Not A Movie

 

 

 

This is not a movie. That was the very first thought that came to mind when I saw the military tanks at the corner of Whittaker Parkway and Russell Street in Orangeburg, SC. My second though was…are they loaded? Of course I knew they were. The armed soldiers posted all around gave the second thought little doubt. 

It has been forty-five years since this happened, but it seems like yesterday. The pain of what happened that day hasn’t gone away and it probably never will. It was the first time death touched anywhere close to me. The walking path that he took is the same path we walked daily. At eleven years old I was too young to know what to feel at that time. Now I am too old to be mad at it. It is true that what does not kill you makes you stronger. It forces you to grow.

The only way to recover from mental-pain is to realize that there is nothing anyone can do to change a wrong and make it go back to the way it was before. I also learned that holding on to hate (no matter how it is formed in the mind) causes a sickness that leads to death. Each moment you harbor hate takes time away that can never be replaced. If hatred is held in too long it multiplies to a point where it spills out into action.

 

My friend, neighbor and sports role-model is in a place now of eternal joy. February eighth is a day of honor for him, Delano Herman (Bump) Middleton. Two others Samuel Hammond Jr. and Henry Ezekial Smith along with many others who were injured will also be honored on the campus of South Carolina State College. After attending two of honor services I have had to stay away and pray for the dark hate filled thoughts to pass. We all deal with hurt differently. The full story may never be told but I have released the hatred I had held in for so long towards those hidden and undiscovered foes. The last few years there is no darkness. I only pray now for a positive outcome for all. I do plan someday to return to the service for what is called the Orangebug Massacre…just not this year.

As the old ladies in church often say,

“Let go and Let God…”

And, for comfort I will hold on to the word of God.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5

 

 

 



Upside Down World

 

 

Things just don't seem right anymore.

The world is not the same as it used to be.

My feelings are justified in these photographs.

 

Click the picture to see.

 

But, seriously I do feel like what is right is considered wrong

and what is wrong is considered right.

If you study of God's Words you knoe that it is what it is. 

BoF and Illustrations

 

More work for illustrators is always appreciated. Thanks to Colin McDowell

 

for looking outside the box. Fashion illustrations are an unappreciated art form. This article with brings to life what illustration is all about.

Click the art work above to read his article in

 

 

The Light of The World.

 

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

1 John 4:20

 

 

 

 

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life” - John 3:16

 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:

The old has gone, the new is here!

1 Corinthians 5:17

 

 

Why Is The Football Called Pigskin?

 

 

 

Pigskin is not the only name the ball is called. The history of the actual footbal is very interesting.

 

Click the ball to read all about The Duke, Pigskin...

Fruit Of The Spirit

 

The acts of the flesh are obvious:

sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;

 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage,

selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy;

drunkenness, orgies, and the like.

I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

 Against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:19-23

 

 

BestBuds Is Already Super

 

 

This Budweiser commercial is already tugging on viewers hearts.

 

This is probably going to be the best of the Superbowl.

It will be hard to get this out of viewrs minds when voting time comes.

The 14 best things you can do for your body

 

 

An interesting article to help keep the body in tip-top shape.

 



Art; Book It

 

 

This Artist Turns Books Into Sculptures And The Results Are Incredible

She makes stories pop out of her books.

Jodi Harvey-Brown       

There Is Joy In Each Day

Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I will go through them,
And I will praise the Lord.

This is the gate of the Lord,
Through which the righteous shall enter.

 I will praise You,
For You have answered me,
And have become my salvation.

The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the Lord’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118: 20-24