Empowering For The Future

"OUR Bodies are not for a man's pleasure, it was not created for his eyes, his love, or for his personal leisure. It was not created to be misguided or misused. It is not to be mistaken as his property but as his companion. OUR bodies are not a man's Other, it is not an object, possession, or digression of what Freud theorized as a lack. It is the subject, the opposition, the formation of Goddess and Venus, Mother Nature for all of creation in one being. We shouldn't be treated like second because the Bible states that the "first shall be last and the last shall be first" and if anyone should be called an Other, man should be the first thing to come to mind because we're always on y'all's mind. OUR bodies are OUR bodies, not to be misguided or misused, it is not an object or possession, for all of creation,.. it is not property but companion; one's equal." It is so upsetting to hear about the Stanford University rape. It...

Why Wait Part 3 Did you know that God speaks? YES! He does and He does it often than you think. I have had many conversations with people about hearing God's voice and sadly, not that many people recognize His voice to know what His voice sounds like or even know that He speaks. He talks to everyone. I like to describe it as the voice of reasoning and challenge behind your own voices talking in your mind. The more you pinpoint His voice, the more you understand what He sounds like. But how do you get there? How do you know he's speaking? Well, the best way I know how to explain it to you is through my own experience. Here's how I came to hear God's voice: I attended my church's leadership summer camp for the second time. I enjoyed those camps because I got to bond with other teens who were just like me, seeking to know God on a personal level and to be more like Christ. This year's camp happened to be in the woods with no cell phone service and plenty...