Jesus himself was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him and said, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are about to drown?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind stopped, and there was a great calm. Mark 4:38-39 EHV ~ Sunday peace and joy friend
You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 NKJV
“Short of changing human nature … the only way to achieve a practical, livable peace in a world of competing nations is to take the profit out of war.” – Richard Nixon ~ Goodnight friend
“Prayer is an exchange. We leave our burdens, worries and sin in the hands of God. We come away with oil of joy and the garment of praise.” — F.B. Meyer
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Matthew 24:6-7 AKJV ~ Sunday peace and blessings friend
Always be joyful. Never stop praying. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 New Living Translation ~ Praying for the world, protection of the innocent and the children. Prayers for end of conflict and war.
“As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me—Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.” — Mary J. Blige ~ Enjoy your weekend, wonderful friend
"You can’t fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the end, that’s got nothing to do with it. It’s how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.” — Etta James
“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.” —Maya Angelou ~ Have a sizzling Saturday friend
“Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.” ― Oprah Winfrey
“I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great place because it hired us, for one thing, at a time when it was really rough [for Black performers].” — Lena Horne
“The Voting Rights Act was, and still is, vitally important to the future of democracy in the United States.” — Coretta Scott King
Won’t it be wonderful when black history and Native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.” —Maya Angelou Good night Friend
“I don’t do Black music. I don’t do White music. I do fight music, unified in Christ music.” —Lecrae,