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Writing Prompt Day 16 Speak Write Now Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/speakwritenowcommunity/ PROMPT: What surprising thing have you learned recently? Say Word!  That I’m easily distracted! How could this be - miss ‘I’m focused man’ (said in my best Jay-Z impersonation)? Well I am and it’s exactly why I’m cramming the last days of my writing prompts! It’s always so much going on and many times I have to divert my attention to the more pressing issue at that time. Ok, forget all of that. Truth is sometimes I get busy with busyness which leads to total non-productivity! Ok, forget that too. Let me speak candidly to myself: Reebs! Do better!  Ok well, now for my real surprising thing I’ve learned recently. The New Testament is not written in chronological order but rather it is written in theological order - say word! The actual first New Testament book written was 1 Thessalonians, although it doesn’t come first in that section of the Book. At least this is what the tea...

Writing Prompt Day 15 Speak Write Now Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/speakwritenowcommunity/ PROMPT: List five of your favorites...favorite books, favorite foods, favorite vacations. 5. Ross and TJ Maxx - I love the hunt I guess! I love the feeling of finding that key piece for a discount!!! 4. InStyle and Essence Magazines - I love to sit down and dig into these two publications. It's simple but it's just something I love to do!  3. Howard Homecoming - I love going back to my alter mater, seeing friends and creating new memories. God always reveals something new to me about who He is at homecoming time 2. "Family Functions" - these come in the form of family dinners, game nights, movie nights and just plain ole get togethers! I love bonding with my family, it's where I feel safe and loved the most!  1. Road trips with my Mom - we travel twice a year to conventions. It's great quality time spent with the woman I admire most. I love hearing her stori...

Writing Prompt Day 14 Speak Write Now Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/speakwritenowcommunity/ PROMPT: When did you break the rules and things still turned out great? Truth: I break the rules all the time. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't! The Lord is still working on me to follow rules but I can't seem to do right. Even with my rule speaking spirit, God always seem to work things out.  -I couldn't get to work on time (Baltimore - DC) so God made it so that I could telework 5 days a week! Problem solved!  -When I was going to the office, I would work jeans into my daily wardrobe professionally (when it was against the rules) next thing you know it was issued in a company policy that jeans were allowed everyday!  Honestly, it's a wonder I still have a job! But God!  Anyways, Jesus was a rule breaker. He healed folks on the Sabbath, He turned over tables in the temple, He touched the lepers, He denounced religi...

Writing Prompt Day 13 Speak Write Now Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/speakwritenowcommunity/ PROMPT: What change MUST you make before 2017 ends? You gotta love this time of year when we all tend to reflect on the past year and make plans for the upcoming year. This is a time of year that can actually make or break you for the year to come. If you don’t reflect enough on the current year and really assess some things, you may be doomed to repeat mistakes and the same cycle over again. Also if you don’t plan properly for the new year, you may not progress the way you want to and to the level you would like to go. So looking at this year and assessing what needs to change before the year ends I’d have to say: my mindset.  My mindset needs to change in a few areas if I’m going to experience 2018 differently from 2017. One thing is I need to become disciplined and stick to a writing schedule. This is going to be imperative to producing work for the new ...

Writing Prompt Day 12 Speak Write Now Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/speakwritenowcommunity/ PROMPT: "I'm usually not________________________, but in this case, _______________________” I’m usually not contrary, but in this case, I decided to march to my own drum beat!  I was called contrary on yesterday. Who me? Imagine that! My church celebrated 90 years and our church colors are royal blue and gold. Royal blue is not a favorite color of mine and gold is a color I feel should be reserved to shoes and accessories. So needless to say, I don’t own any of this in my closet. I searched and searched the stores far and wide to try and find a suitable royal blue dress, one that fit my style and personalty and unfortunately to no avail!  Then I went into a boutique and stumbled across this beautiful dress that had an array of colors: Royal Blue, Gold, Fuchsia, and Black with the dominant colors being Pink and Royal Blue. I thought to myself: close enou...

Writing Prompt Day 11 Speak Write Now Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/speakwritenowcommunity/ Since I'm a day late I'm not going to hold you long. I just want to encourage you today to trust God. There's a familiar hymn that I love, the chorus of it goes like this: Jesus, Jesus how I trust Him How I prove Him more and more  Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus Oh for grace for trust Him more  Proverbs 3:5-6 says it this way, "Trust in the Lord with all you heart and lean not to your own understanding and in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path" I used to look at trusting God as a one off sorta thing, as situations or crisis would arise I would really focus on trusting God. The verse mentioned above I've known since I was a child and could recite it at an early age but it wasn't until adulthood that I actually learned the verses. For many years I thought that I could figure things out on my own and neglected to trust God for all thin...

Writing Prompt Day 10 Speak Write Now Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/speakwritenowcommunity/ Fantasia did a video not too long ago that went viral and she sang this song by Dennis Reed:  I am who I am today Because God used my mistakes He worked them for my good Like no one else ever could God told us to tell you  It was necessary  This song touched many people because as you look back over your life, you can see where even the ‘bumps’ in your journey aided you in arriving at this current place. The mistakes you’ve made helped to shape who you are today. How? The lessons that we learn from our mistakes is what molds us into better people. Acclaimed write Oscar Wilde once said, “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes”. Those experiences we go through on our journey leads us to new places of wisdom, understanding and even revelation. Authors Dr. Mark Goulston and Philip Goldberg said in their book, Get Out of Your Own...