Whintley Phipps Childhood Memories

I believe that great moments begin in childhood.  You can see how greatness is there even when the world around you thinks your insignificant.



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Whintley Phipps part two

The Gem  I gathered is that you can't climb a smooth mountain.  It is the rough terrain that gives you something to hold on to.


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Whintley Phipps defenition of racism

I cannot tell you how much I appreciated this young man in my young years as a christian.  He has always been one of my most favorite preachers and his voice will make you cry, I hope you enjoy this series.




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Moot

There comes a time in your life when you can chase your tail if you want to.  There comes a time when the Mulberry bush is the only thing you see.  A moot point is a point of debate that has no value.  It is like crying for an old lover long since married to someone else, or mourning words you did not speak to a loved one that has been in the grave for years.  There comes a time you have to stop debating things that have no value.  Now, is the time that you need to get off the treadmill of life and start walking toward your Destiny.  Just going around in circles is just a Moot point.

Limited

I have always felt limited.  I was told as a young woman, that I could not have something for one thing or another.  I have been denied because I was black, I was denied because I was a woman.  I have been denied because I was overweight and denied because I was short.  I have been denied the right to be an American and limited to the characteristics of my race, gender and social status.   One day, I saw a show on television called the Cosby Show.  On that show, I saw what most people said did not exist.  There was a black family and they weren't spintered into a million pieces, and the parents loved each other and the children went to school encouraged to do better and they lived in their own home.  Something about that show made me think of all of the people who did not allow what they were to limit what they were.  I thought of Charlie Pride and Leontine Price and Tracy Chapman and Darius Rucker.  I thought of Marianne Anderson and Pearl Bailey.  It was the fact that they did not allow themselves to be typecasted as the only thing they could be, that inspired me to become what I am today.  A beautuful unlimited me.

Shh!!!

When Zecharias heard that he would be a father in his old age with a wife that was barren, God did something remarkable.  First, God dealt with communication.  He shut the mouth fo Zecharias for nine months.  He put a moratoreum on speaking about the birth.  In order to seal it, God struck Zecharias with dumbness so that he would not be able to tell it even if he wanted to.  Sometimes, God will give you something that you just can't speak on.  I have practiced this for quite a while.  Conversation, sometimes, can lack boundaries and we speak on things that we should not be speaking on.  Sometimes, I refuse to talk about a subject for an amount of time because words would violate the atmosphere and I may ruin my own blessing.  If I am unsure or if I am sure, but frustrated, I will stop speaking.  In the case of Zecharias, his mouth opened when the baby was born and it was time for him to be named.  God will tell you when it is time to open your mouth and speak.  Until then, don't let words ruin your destiny by being spoken too soon or by being spoken at all.

Every City Needs A Refuge

Every city has a watering hole, a bank, a bakery and a bar
Every city has a park with trees and grass to lay on and watch stars

Every city has a boutique or mall to get your Sunday's clothes
Every city has a church with bulletins and Bibles stuffed between the rows

Every city has a dealer, a pimp and a hooker on corners late at night
Every city has a hustler, a womanizer or a golddigger hidden or in plain sight

Every city has a gang banger, or thug with a grill he stole
Every city has a welfare queen, with ten kids on her roll

But every city don't have a place to go, if all these ills are yours
Some places move where you can't catch a bus and some just close their doors

Some places check your ID at the front gate annd some just turn you around
Some make sure your uncomfortable with a sly and subtle put down

Every city needs a place where you can stop and change your ways
Every city needs a place where you learn that righteousness pays

Every city needs a place for the depressed and ,beaten down low
Every city needs a refuge, a safe place for you to go