Tagged: faith

watch Sistah Deborah Ma’at’s informative lecture on MELANIN.

my ancestors are always watching over me.

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i needed to see this!

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My primary reasons for fighting this nearly four year case was never about money — it’s always been about the principle. I honestly believed while working at William Morris that I was a victim of pre and post-hiring individual disparate treatment based on my race, color and/or perceived national origin. The truth, and the law, have overwhelmingly been on my side, so I knew that I could never “lose” this case unless the truth was being ignored and the law was being subverted by the “impartial” finder of fact. I take pride in doing something no one has ever done before or had the courage to do: put this racist Hollywood institution’s 116 year pattern and continuing practice of racial discrimination against African Americans on blast to the entire world. That’s why for me, I had already “won” by writing a well written and extremely detailed Complaint and submitting it to Southern District of New York without being represented by an attorney. To do that not only required confidence in myself, but an unwavering belief and faith that God would and will ultimately see me through to victory.

As of right now, there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight due to the overwhelming amount of fraud that has occurred, but I will not stop fighting until William Morris, their counsel (e.g. Michael P. Zweig and Christian Carbone of Loeb & Loeb LLP) and other co-conspirators (e.g. Dentons LLP, the American Arbitration Association, Timothy K. Lewis, etc.)  acknowledge their wrongs, apologize and are fully held accountable for their egregious crimes against humanity in a court of law.

2 of Joel Olsteen’s Word(s) of the Day from this week.

October 31, 2013:

In the Bible, Joseph went through seasons of difficulty. He was rejected by his family, sold into slavery, lied about, mistreated, abandoned, falsely accused and thrown in jail. But through it all, Joseph never gave up. He kept pressing through and doing the right thing even though the wrong thing kept happening. The Bible says in Psalm 105 verse 18 that as Joseph lay in prison in those chains of iron, his soul entered into that iron. In other words, as Joseph just kept on fighting life through, his soul became as strong as that steel. God developed a supernatural strength in him that no one could take away.

If you are going through difficulty today, God wants to increase your strength. He wants to increase your power to overcome. He wants to make your inner man as strong as steel. When you keep standing, keep believing, keep doing the right thing, you are opening yourself to God’s supernatural strength. That’s when you know you are growing in Him. Be strong today. Keep pressing forward because God is at work increasing strength in you so that you can live in victory in every area of your life!

October 29, 2013:

We all face challenges, difficulties and times when things don’t go our way. God doesn’t send these storms, but He will allow us to go through certain things in order to shape our character and prove our faith. Really, it’s in our times of difficulty that we grow and develop.

God wants to use the tough times in our lives to do a work in us. He wants to strengthen and develop us. Our attitude in times of adversity is the evidence of our maturity. Are we going to treat people right even when we’re being mistreated? Are we going to stay full of joy even when the bottom falls out? Are we going to be faithful even in the dry seasons of our lives when we don’t see anything good happening?

It may take more effort. You may have to work harder to keep a good attitude, but remember, attitude and faith in God is the key to your promotion. As you keep that positive attitude of faith and expectancy, even in times of adversity, God will deliver you and move you forward into the destiny He has prepared for you!

Leonard forwarded two of his daily e-mails to me this week. His words definitely spoke to me, so I wanted to share with you.