King James 2000
The Shulamite
1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Solomon
2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
The Shulamite
3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
5Sustain me with cakes of raisins, refresh me with apples: for I am sick with love.
6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand does embrace me.
7I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake love, till it pleases.
8The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth through the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
10My beloved spoke, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land;
13The fig tree puts forth its green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Solomon
14O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely.
15Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
The Shulamite
16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies.
17Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether.
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Saturday, August 31, 2013
◄ Song of Solomon 2 ►
Friday, August 30, 2013
◄ Song of Solomon 1 ►
King James 2000
1The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
Shulamite
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your love is better than wine.
3Because of the fragrance of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love you.
The Friends
4Draw me, we will run after you: the king has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine: the upright love you.
The Shulamite
5I am dark, but lovely, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has darkened me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard have I not kept.
7Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turns aside by the flocks of your companions?
Solomon
8If you know not, O you fairest among women, go your way forth in the footsteps of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
9I have compared you, O my love, to a mare of Pharaoh's chariots.
10Your cheeks are lovely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.
11We will make you ornaments of gold with studs of silver.
The Shulamite
12While the king sits at his table, my perfume sends forth its fragrance.
13A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.
14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi.
Solomon
15Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes.
The Shulamite
16Behold, you are handsome, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
Solomon
17The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
1 Corinthians 13 - The Real Love
King James 2000
The Priority of Love
1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.
3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.
The Qualities of Love
4Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,
5Does not behave itself rudely, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, keeps no record of evil;
6Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
The Permanence of Love
8Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12For now we see in a mirror dimly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Psalm 150
King James 2000
Let Everything Praise the LORD
1Praise you the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
2Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the lute and harp.
4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and pipes.
5Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the clashing cymbals.
6Let every thing that has breath praise the LORD. Praise you the LORD.
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◄ Psalm 149 ►
King James 2000
God's People are Blessed
1Praise you the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
4For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
5Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
7To execute vengeance upon the nations, and punishments upon the people;
8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise you the LORD.
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◄ Psalm 148 ►
King James 2000
Let Creation Praise the LORD
1Praise you the LORD. Praise you the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
2Praise him, all his angels: praise him, all his hosts.
3Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all you stars of light.
4Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters that be above the heavens.
5Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
6He has also established them forever and ever: he has made a decree which shall not pass.
7Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea creatures, and all deeps:
8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
9Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
10Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
11Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
12Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
13Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
14He also exalts the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise you the LORD.
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Friday, August 23, 2013
I'm So Grateful
I do not need to pretend
I, many times was at my wits end
Many grey skies before I returned to you
Now all my grey skies are blue.
Now I am enjoying eternal bliss
Never thought I'd have all of this.
Of coarse with blessings comes adversities
But nothing outweighs these commodities.
O Lord you've been my refuge, strength and present help
Lord you know my faithfulness and my willingness to help
Do my part to uplift your Kingdom
And give your name glory and dominion
You are the sovereign God Lord
You reign supreme forever more
I am yours Lord all that I am
I am yours Lord all that I'm Not.
I will forever obey and be faithful to You
I totally yielded to you through and true.
Thank You Lord for being faithful to me
Thank You my Father God, Your child forever I'll be.
I, many times was at my wits end
Many grey skies before I returned to you
Now all my grey skies are blue.
Now I am enjoying eternal bliss
Never thought I'd have all of this.
Of coarse with blessings comes adversities
But nothing outweighs these commodities.
O Lord you've been my refuge, strength and present help
Lord you know my faithfulness and my willingness to help
Do my part to uplift your Kingdom
And give your name glory and dominion
You are the sovereign God Lord
You reign supreme forever more
I am yours Lord all that I am
I am yours Lord all that I'm Not.
I will forever obey and be faithful to You
I totally yielded to you through and true.
Thank You Lord for being faithful to me
Thank You my Father God, Your child forever I'll be.
Psalm 147
Psalm 147
New King James Version (NKJV)
Praise to God for His Word and Providence
147 Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their wounds.
4 He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.
5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding is infinite.
6 The Lord lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.
He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their wounds.
4 He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.
5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding is infinite.
6 The Lord lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises on the harp to our God,
8 Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
9 He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens that cry.
Sing praises on the harp to our God,
8 Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
9 He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens that cry.
10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy.
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy.
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders,
And fills you with the finest wheat.
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders,
And fills you with the finest wheat.
15 He sends out His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes;
17 He casts out His hail like morsels;
Who can stand before His cold?
18 He sends out His word and melts them;
He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
His word runs very swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes;
17 He casts out His hail like morsels;
Who can stand before His cold?
18 He sends out His word and melts them;
He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His judgments, they have not known them.
His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His judgments, they have not known them.
Praise the Lord!
Thursday, August 22, 2013
I LOVE YOU
Well it's Summertime and my money is looking is looking funny
Got somebody close enough to call me honey.
How I wish I could take proper care of my darling
Just like my mommy took care of me when I was a tot
Didn't see this coming, didn't get any warning
Picked up a dress for my darling it was all polka-dot.
My honey comes first whatever the tide
She's my one and only, my sweetheart, my darling, my bride.
Fifteen years, many, many more to come
She's my sugar, my honey, my milk in my coffee when I need some
She's my greatest lover, She's my darling wife
She's the most important person in my life
Winter, Summer, Spring or Fall
All year round you're my all in all!
Anytime of the year you're my one and only
Through sickness or health, good or bad, forever we'll never be lonely.
Got somebody close enough to call me honey.
How I wish I could take proper care of my darling
Just like my mommy took care of me when I was a tot
Didn't see this coming, didn't get any warning
Picked up a dress for my darling it was all polka-dot.
My honey comes first whatever the tide
She's my one and only, my sweetheart, my darling, my bride.
Fifteen years, many, many more to come
She's my sugar, my honey, my milk in my coffee when I need some
She's my greatest lover, She's my darling wife
She's the most important person in my life
Winter, Summer, Spring or Fall
All year round you're my all in all!
Anytime of the year you're my one and only
Through sickness or health, good or bad, forever we'll never be lonely.
You're Everything To Me
When I am lonely and perhaps I am in despair
I call on you and you are always there.
Your love for me is much more than I can explain
And the time I feel it most is when I am in pain.
Because you assure me You will never leave me to face trouble alone
I am so glad I met you and you are still with me even though I am grown.
My companion, my best friend, I love You so much
I am in debt to You for taking care of me and such.
YOU ARE EVERYTHING TO ME!!!
I call on you and you are always there.
Your love for me is much more than I can explain
And the time I feel it most is when I am in pain.
Because you assure me You will never leave me to face trouble alone
I am so glad I met you and you are still with me even though I am grown.
My companion, my best friend, I love You so much
I am in debt to You for taking care of me and such.
YOU ARE EVERYTHING TO ME!!!
Psalm 146
146 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2 While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
2 While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day his plans perish.
Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day his plans perish.
5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6 Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
7 Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6 Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
7 Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
10 The Lord shall reign forever—
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
RISING FROM THE ASHES: VOICES FROM THE DUNGEON (8/5/13)
He came into this world an innocent child. Didn't ask to be here, had no care in the world. Loved and admired by everyone as he grew. Reached the age of accountability and then things changed...
She was adorable. Born to wealthy parents, she grew up in the lap of luxury. She had everything she needed. Across the tracks, while being driven to private school by her personal chauffeur, she could see the stark difference between children walking to their school and the children on her side. Even their behavior amongst themselves was appalling to her. She never dreamed she could ever one day be in the same place with such people. But it happened! You see when incarcerated it doesn't matter your class on the social ladder. It doesn't matter the color of your skin, or your status (what society club or fraternity or sorority or university you're affiliated with), you all live in the same place until a decision is made whether you go "up the river" or go back to your home. Either way a lifelong battle for reinstatement in society begins.
Let's name our boy Daniel, and name our girl Dalia. Daniel belongs to a middle class hard working family the parents of which made serious sacrifices for Daniel to have a successful life. Dalia had it all. She was born with that proverbial gold spoon in her mouth. She didn't have to worry about a bright future she had everything planned for her and money was no object. But something happened. Something serious happened which her parents were never aware of. Her parents never saw it coming...
Daniel was three years older than Dalia and was in an ivy league college struggling to keep up with his class in which he was a year older than the average class age. At his age he should be a junior but was a sophomore. His parents put together his trust fund plus their life saving and this still was not enough. Daniel worked in the main office as a recruiter to supplement his college expenses. Dalia was just entering the same college all expenses taken care of and some. It was Daniel who recruited her.
Daniel and Dalia soon became friends. Daniel from the "wrong" side of the tracks had seen Dalia on occasions among the children elite of society. Her father head of the hospital not far from where they lived, her mother a partner in a well known law firm. Daniel knew Dalia had it all. Dalia had seen Daniel too and where exactly he was from. His father was the janitor at the same hospital her father worked at and his mother was a homemaker who had retired early from being an early childhood educator because of a heart condition.
Daniel had friends from his past which were childhood friends who were always getting into trouble of one sort or another. He also had an older brother who kept getting into trouble. While growing up Daniel hardly saw his older brother Johnny. He was either in juvenile detention when young enough to be or the penitentiary when old enough.
Danny (pet name for Daniel) had a nice peasant personality and soon won the friendship of Dalia. She admired Danny so much that whatever he wanted she would let him have it. Danny boy won her trust so deeply that he began to take her to his home town and introduced her to all his "friends" in the neighborhood. They got adventureous to the extent that they were spending more time off campus than on with company they had no business being with.
Dalia had a BMW 5 series which her parents gave her upon entering college. If that BMW could talk it would reveal secrets Dalia's parents would never dream of. Their reaction would definitely be, "Not our Dalia." It started with drinking alcoholic beverages and smoking cigarettes then graduated to hard liquor and marijuana. Then hard drugs like cocaine, crack, meth etc. Soon Dalia was spending thousands of dollars from her trust fund on drugs and alcohol and when that ran low, in order to not alert her parents, Daniel and Dalia thought of the ultimate cardinal sin. They thought of robbing a bank.
Daniel got his brother and two other friends in on the deal and Dalia was to be the getaway driver. Daniel's brother Johnny or Big John as he was now known all over town was to prvide the guns and the fool-proof plan. They got to the bank a few minutes after opening. They busted through the doors stockings over their faces and guns in hand. Demanded cash and got all they could carry in the duffle bags they brought with them. Exit the bank in three minutes and got in their getaway car and sped off.
They didn't count on one thing though, banks have unseen eyes inside and out. Dalia was seen on camera and her BMW and license plate was captured. Voice recognition monitors recorded the shouting during the robbery and Big John was quickly identified. It didn't take long for the rest of the bank robbers to be picked up. They each had several charges ranging from possession of firearms to attempted murder during commission of a felony(the robbery) as guns were discharged to intimidate customers and workers at the bank.
They were all convicted of the crimes and Big John received the harshest punishment being a repeat offender and believed to be the ringleader. He received 25 years to life. Dalia got the lightest punishment of five years for her part in the crimes committed. Sentence ranged from 5-25years with Daniel getting 10 years for his role.
Everyone served their time and was released into society on parole. It was then that their eyes were open to see that serving time in a penitentiary is a Alice in wonderland experience compared to life after. They realized that there's one sentence in prison but another out on the streets as an ex-convict.
Everywhere they each turned it was rejection after rejection. They could hardly believe it. As soon as someone hears anyone of them had a run in with the law it was as though they had the plague. It is obvious that what they did was terrible but they knew they ha learned their lesson and just needed forgiveness and a second chance knowing they would never make such a mistake again. Every time they got rejection after rejection they kept thinking... Where is that saying that everybody deserves a second chance in life, doesn't that apply to people like myself?
WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW (PROBABLY RELATED TO YOU) HAVE A SIMILAR STORY TO TELL? IS SOMEONE YOU KNOW CRYING OUT BUT NOT GETTING ANY ATTENTION FROM ANYONE IN SOCIETY? HAVE YOU TURN YOUR CRIES AND YOUR PAIN INSIDE? SEND YOUR STORY AND LET IT BE HEARD! SEND TO EMAIL: eldermoses.johnsonsr6@gmail.com. THERE IT WILL BE READ BY OTHERS WHO FEEL YOUR PAIN AND CAN IDENTIFY WITH YOU AND HELP AND SUPPORT YOU. YOU MAY BE REJECTED BY MANY, BUT YOU'RE NOT FORGOTTEN NOR FORSAKEN BY ALL.
YOUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD FROM THE DUNGEON!!!!!
LIFE OF STEPHEN HILTON
The 8th grade teacher called his name so loud even children walking the hallway could hear her, "Stephen Hilton!" Stevie answered, "Present Miss!" Stevie didn't know yet but he would hear his name shouted even louder down the hall of a court building and it wouldn't be appreciable. He was 13 years old and the only child for his parents. His mother did days work for people who knew her in the upper middle class neighborhood and his father had the contract to do the plumbing around their neighborhood. Even though he did a "fine" job, he was often paid by residents with chicken dinners which he would take home and split 3 ways for mother, Stevie and himself. He was so good at his job that at the neighborhood Mac Donalds where he fixed their plumbing problems regularly, he was allowed to order food for no more than $10.00 and didn't have to pay. This he was a allowed to do once daily.
Stevie was well known in his hometown by everyone. The neighborhood pimps and prostitutes, the gangbangers, the drug lords and the upstanding citizens in the neighborhood. They all showed admiration for the way this innocent young man was growing up in the neighborhood. Now he was 13. According to some, the age a Jew becomes a man. So some recognized Stevie as entering manhood. That time for Stevie to learn the "ropes" of the ghetto. Understand "ghetto life" a little better, for his own good. Because in the mind of most people in Steven's hometown, unless you get wise you don't live too long in these "parts."
It was the drug dealers who first made their move on poor, innocent, 13 year old, Steven. All the "glits" and the glamor of the trade was so irresistible for little Steven. He was promised that he would be paid so much money once he started pushing for the "ringleaders" that he could buy a house in a couple of years up on the eastside and move his parents out of the "hood" for good. The lure was too good to be true, but what did little Stevie know... To move out of this neighborhood has been his dream and if this was a way out he was going for it.
He started right away. Days turned to weeks. Weeks turned to months. Months turned to years. He was thirteen when he started and was now seventeen. Still he was in the hood and struggling against the other sellers. He had to make his quota which was hundreds per week. He now carried a gun wherever he went... for his safety. He had dropped out of school at 14. Thought he was a man "now" and didn't need to go to school. School in his mind, was for children not for men.
The police passed by the corners on patrol and knew who was doing what on each of these corners. They watched as "newbies" came to hangout on these corners and they did take notice of Stevie when he started. "Another one of the hopefuls lost to this unforgivable drug trade." One officer commented. They knew his parents too and many police officers would make a sweep of the corner and would warn Stevie and send him home. Stevie would return very soon after the police left with a determination to get his family out of this condemned neighborhood.
One day, at 17 years old and well seasoned in the drug trade as well as well known. Stevie, having moved up in the ranks controlling his own corner and only having to answer to the big boss now who loved Stevie, was challenged for his drug spot by a posse that had been moving in on other turfs trying to monopolize the area. Stevie wasn't having it. Having a few foot soldiers he armed all of them and had them on high alert. He sought help from the big boss Mr. Alvin but was told to handle his business as they had matters of higher concerns to deal with. The Feds were closing in on Big Alvin.
Stevie took matters in his own hands when one day he saw the number two man from the rival drug gang and pulled his gun and just started firing. The young man was hit several times but none life threatening. Not long after Steven was picked up and booked on several charges including illegal possession of a firearm, and attempted murder. At his bail hearing Steven being known by many in the courts, was given a low bail and his parents used what they could from their life savings to bail him out. Every time he had a hearing at the court building he would hear his name called and it reminded him of his first day in 8th grade when the teacher called his name, "Stephen Hilton!"
How he wished he could go back to that time in his life. If he knew then what he knows now. How different things would have turned out for him. Now its too late...
Stephen did five years in prison. The judge was "easy" on him because it was his first offence but he was sternly warned not to come before the judge again. Released from prison, Stephen, now 22 years old with a GED from the penitentiary needed a job. Everywhere he turned every application he filled out had the same dreaded clause questions... Have you ever been arrested or convicted of a crime? Being honest he would put down the answer: YES. Then, if yes, please state the nature of the crime: and Stephen with outline the charges he was convicted of.
Then would come the inevitable... We're sorry to inform you... Tis went on for quite some time until Stephen began to lie on his applications. He would sometime gain employment only to be fired after awhile when the results of a background check returned to the company. One issue Stephen could not understand was after being given the opportunity at employment he would do his very best at the job which was sometimes very impressive to his employers I such a brief period of time... but as soon as the results were in from the background check it was always the same outcome.
In the streets it was no different. This boy who was admired by all in his neighborhood growing up was now looked on by everyone as a failure. A reject. Neighborhood parents held their children close to them when passing by Stephen. Some children would whisper under their breath what they heard from their parents when passing Stephen. "Murderer, Gunman, Monster, Criminal, Drug dealer, Gangster." They didn't hide anything from him concerning the way they felt. The police didn't make life any easier for Stephen, He was watched every time he was out in public. And if he was just nearby one of those so called notorious drug spot, he would be accosted, searched and released with no explanation. Life and the outside seemed many times more oppressive than on the inside to Stephen now 22 years old.
DO YOU HAVE A STORY SIMILAR TO THAT OF STEPHEN'S? HIS WAS PUT MILDLY. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOUR'S SOUND TO YOU. THERE'S ALWAYS HELP AND SUPPORT IN NUMBERS. LET US COME TOGETHER AND HEAR EACH OTHER'S STORIES. IT'S TIME FOR OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD. THERE ARE MANY OUT THERE WHO WANTS TO HELP BUT YOU MUST MAKE THE FIRST STEP. TELL YOUR STORY, SEND TO EMAIL:eldermoses.johnsonsr6@gmail.com OR preacher506@yahoo.com.
BE ONE OF THE FIRST VOICES FROM THE DUNGEON TO CLIMB OUT.
ONCE IS ENOUGH
He was given the birth name Richard Jeraldo Boper. He got the alias Billy Bop at some point while growing up, he can't remember when. He'd done 20 years hard time for a crime he did not commit. Until this day everyone who knows Billy Bop is convinced he's guilty. You see, Billy Bop was always getting into trouble though they seemed minor. When this crime took place Billy Bop was right there but can't seem to remember anything and since he was seen as a trouble maker it only seemed right to put the blame on him.
So here's Billy Bop trying to re-integrate with his community hoping for forgiveness and understanding and acceptance even though he knows he didn't commit this heinous crime and worst yet the perpetrator may still be in the neighborhood and no one except him knows this. He had no ill feelings against anyone, he just needed to get on with his life. This wasn't going to be as easy as Billy Bop thought though.
Billy Bop tried to get a job so he could obtain some honest wage at least to buy food but no one would offer him employment. He tried to be polite to everyone around but when he politely greeted anyone he only got a shrug of the shoulders as acknowledgement or a grunt from some. It was really unbelievable that this was the same neighborhood he grew up in. He tried every kind thing he knew to get through to even his peers he grew up with but no success. He tried for days which turned into weeks, which turned into months which in turn became years. Because he had no money to pay rent or buy food, Billy Bop now lived under the Main Street bridge just outside of town and looked for any leftovers someone might throw out after eating or hung around the rear door to the well known restaurant just on the edge of town. There he would sometimes be given a box dinner which was actually what patrons had left over at their tables.
Billy Bop sometimes thought of turning to a life of crime just robbing people and places but never followed through on those thoughts. He just was not that type of person and besides he knew and respected everyone in this town. Life was really hard. He had been dealt a bad blow. He could not believe that these were the people in whose hands he grew up. He had nowhere or no one to turn to. One night Billy Bop decided to seek relief. He made up his mind and did what he thought was the only way out for him.
The next morning a passerby found Billy Bop hanging from the bridge. He had taken his pants and twisted it making a noose at one end and tied it to a column on the bridge. Placing the noose around his neck he jumped to his death. As the news spread crowds gathered to observe Billy Bops body just hanging there under the bridge. One voice in the crowd uttered, "It didn't have to be like this."
DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE SIMILAR TO BILLY? ARE YOU IN A SIMILSR SITUATION AS BILLY BOP? SEND AN EMAIL TO preacher506@yahoo.com OR eldermoses.johnsonsr6@gmail.com. YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID. LET'S START TALKING. LET'S COME TOGETHER. EACH ONE CAN HELP ONE. TOGETHER WE'LL GET SOMEWHERE. (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12).
Well it seems like there's just no break for an ex-con. No respect for such an individual. Everywhere such people turn in society the verdict is condemnation. No-one seem to care. From mainstream society to the executive branch of government and every level in between. Nobody cares. Nobody wants to see the ex-convict given a chance to be reinstated in any way shape or form. Who can they turn to?
Even the very government who represent the people and are from the people, by the people for the people and should be with the people, cannot be elected by a process that includes the ex-convicts. Yet every decision made by this government elected by the people makes decisions that affects everyone including the ex-convict. shouldn't they have a say in who should make decisions at the higher levels of government too?
Everywhere one turns in society one may find an individual either volunteering in some influential position whether in the private sector or public sector whom may have a criminal background and is hoping it will never be discovered or worse disclosed. And these individuals are doing very well in their position. People are working whether voluntarily or paid positions all over this country in positions they are overqualified for just to stay under the radar. For years they will be doing very well. These examples serves to indicate that there needs to be a review of the way society views and treats individuals who have made mistakes in their lives and are asking for second chances in life not only in the job market but every sector of society where they are being treated so unfairly it's like they are worse that second class citizens. They are at the bottom of the barrel. The lowest of the lows. Something definitely needs to be done.
ARE YOU AN EX-CONVICT AND DESIRE A SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE? WE AT SHARE SOME LOVE ARE NOT EXTENDING A HAND OUT NOR ARE WE GIVING OUT JOBS BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING WILL GIVE EX-CONVICTS A NEW LIFE. WE NEED YOU TO JOIN US IN CREATING THE LARGEST VOICE IN THIS SOCIETY SO YOU CAN BE HEARD AND SOLUTIONS CAN BE MADE AND YOU CAN ONCE AGAIN BE NOT A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN BUT ONCE AGAIN A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN WITH ALL THE BENEFITS THAT COME WITH IT. YOU WILL HAVE THE SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE YOU SO DESPERATELY DESIRE. WE WILL APPROACH EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT WITH YOUR REQUESTS AND DESIRES AND WE WILL BE HEARD ONCE WE HAVE THE NUMBERS TO PRESENT THESE DESIRES AND WE'RE SURE YOUR MATTERS WILL BE ADDRESSED BUT ONLY WITH A SIZEABLE NUMBER TO REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF ALL WHO FIT THIS CATEGORY IN THE COUNTRY. SEND YOUR CONCERNS NOW TO preacher506@yahoo.com or eldermoses.johnsonsr6@gmail.com or text info to 407-480-0303 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
407-480-0303 FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting. OR SIGN YOU NAME IN VISITORS SECTION AND BESIDE YOUR NAME ATTACH THE WORD "VOICE" SO WE CAN HAVE A LIST TO PRESENT WHEN THERE IS ENOUGH ON THE LIST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
This "disease" knows no boundary. Whatever color one may be, white, black, red, or yellow. Whatever level on the social ladder, the common laborer, the white collar worker, the Governor, Senator, congressman or congresswoman, the councilman or councilwoman, doctors, lawyers, judges. Someone in each of these categories has fallen victim after being convicted of a crime. Some of these positions even bring a public disgrace because the individual was a public servant. Together everyone who wishes to play a part can eradicate this "disease." Wherever you may be on the social ladder or in the ethnic class, you can change this injustice. You already paid your dues and deserve a second chance in life. God gave everyone a chance when no-one deserved it and if He can find it within Himself to forgive all of the billions of people who walked this earth as long as they'll accept it. Then who are we to condemn a fellow brother or sister. There is none righteous, no not one (Romans 3:10)
As mentioned earlier, this "disease knows no boundary even gender boundary. Also doctors were mentioned above and if you are a psychologists or psychiatrist or any medical field and you may or may not have had this issue but feel led to assist in your area of expertise we invite you to please feel free to make your input. It will be well appreciated. Thank you. This is for men and women who need it. Some people of both gender are in deep depression because of this. Some are on the brink of suicide and we cannot exclude anyone who we could have helped but didn't and will later have serious regrets when we read how they became a statistic. We are believing and praying that this matter that I believe God placed on my heart will successfully manifest which rich fruitful progression as time goes by.
Anna Bell's Story
She lived in an upscale neighborhood in Chicago. Just graduated from high school and was the prom queen. The prom king and her had eyes on each other for a very long time. Tonight she was not only prom queen but his date. The night ended on an high for both of them as they woke up in a motel just outside their hometown. To her it couldn't be better. Losing her virginity to the person she would love to spend the rest of her life with.
By the end of the Summer holidays She received the shock of her life. She was pregnant and her lover was getting ready to leave for college hundreds of miles away. With her parents help she went through an ordeal for the next ten months.
Anna Bell struggled with the new life she was now in and made up her mind to leave Chicago. She had two places in her mind to choose from, Las Vegas or New York. Las Vegas because she thought of becoming a 'Vegas Showgirl," New York because she thought of joining the Radio Cy Music Hall dancing girls known as the "Rockets." You see, when Anna bell was in tenth grade she was offered a million dollars to be a model due to the beauty of her thighs. She was on her high school dance troop.
Anna bell made her decision to go to New York. She got a one way ticket to the Empire State and had only a few dollars left. She had no place to stay when she got there and only enough money to purchase on meal. But she had high hopes.
When Anna bell exited the airport she was greeted by a young man who seemed quite friendly and said all the right things. He was there to pick up his brother's wife. He gave Anna bell a ride to Manhattan after picking up his sister-in law. Anna bell and both the young man Vinny and his sister-in-law, Althea became good friends in that brief period they shared the car ride. So close that she shared her story and both Althea and Vinny agreed she could stay with them until she's able to tace care of herself in this big city. The Big Apple.
While staying with this Italian family. Anna bell soon realized the family business and got involved herself doing everything underhanded and thriving as Vinny's girlfriend and co conspirator in crimes.
She was fully involved with the mob. She never dreamed of ever doing some of the crimes she was now doing and it seemed so "easy."
Then the "axe" fell and family members were beginning to be rounded up. Many of whom were now suspicious of Anna bell being a snitch or undercover cop. Anna bell was eventually arrested and convicted of felonies. Being a first offender she got off with a "slap on the wrist" and had to serve five years probation.
She was adorable. Born to wealthy parents, she grew up in the lap of luxury. She had everything she needed. Across the tracks, while being driven to private school by her personal chauffeur, she could see the stark difference between children walking to their school and the children on her side. Even their behavior amongst themselves was appalling to her. She never dreamed she could ever one day be in the same place with such people. But it happened! You see when incarcerated it doesn't matter your class on the social ladder. It doesn't matter the color of your skin, or your status (what society club or fraternity or sorority or university you're affiliated with), you all live in the same place until a decision is made whether you go "up the river" or go back to your home. Either way a lifelong battle for reinstatement in society begins.
Let's name our boy Daniel, and name our girl Dalia. Daniel belongs to a middle class hard working family the parents of which made serious sacrifices for Daniel to have a successful life. Dalia had it all. She was born with that proverbial gold spoon in her mouth. She didn't have to worry about a bright future she had everything planned for her and money was no object. But something happened. Something serious happened which her parents were never aware of. Her parents never saw it coming...
Daniel was three years older than Dalia and was in an ivy league college struggling to keep up with his class in which he was a year older than the average class age. At his age he should be a junior but was a sophomore. His parents put together his trust fund plus their life saving and this still was not enough. Daniel worked in the main office as a recruiter to supplement his college expenses. Dalia was just entering the same college all expenses taken care of and some. It was Daniel who recruited her.
Daniel and Dalia soon became friends. Daniel from the "wrong" side of the tracks had seen Dalia on occasions among the children elite of society. Her father head of the hospital not far from where they lived, her mother a partner in a well known law firm. Daniel knew Dalia had it all. Dalia had seen Daniel too and where exactly he was from. His father was the janitor at the same hospital her father worked at and his mother was a homemaker who had retired early from being an early childhood educator because of a heart condition.
Daniel had friends from his past which were childhood friends who were always getting into trouble of one sort or another. He also had an older brother who kept getting into trouble. While growing up Daniel hardly saw his older brother Johnny. He was either in juvenile detention when young enough to be or the penitentiary when old enough.
Danny (pet name for Daniel) had a nice peasant personality and soon won the friendship of Dalia. She admired Danny so much that whatever he wanted she would let him have it. Danny boy won her trust so deeply that he began to take her to his home town and introduced her to all his "friends" in the neighborhood. They got adventureous to the extent that they were spending more time off campus than on with company they had no business being with.
Dalia had a BMW 5 series which her parents gave her upon entering college. If that BMW could talk it would reveal secrets Dalia's parents would never dream of. Their reaction would definitely be, "Not our Dalia." It started with drinking alcoholic beverages and smoking cigarettes then graduated to hard liquor and marijuana. Then hard drugs like cocaine, crack, meth etc. Soon Dalia was spending thousands of dollars from her trust fund on drugs and alcohol and when that ran low, in order to not alert her parents, Daniel and Dalia thought of the ultimate cardinal sin. They thought of robbing a bank.
Daniel got his brother and two other friends in on the deal and Dalia was to be the getaway driver. Daniel's brother Johnny or Big John as he was now known all over town was to prvide the guns and the fool-proof plan. They got to the bank a few minutes after opening. They busted through the doors stockings over their faces and guns in hand. Demanded cash and got all they could carry in the duffle bags they brought with them. Exit the bank in three minutes and got in their getaway car and sped off.
They didn't count on one thing though, banks have unseen eyes inside and out. Dalia was seen on camera and her BMW and license plate was captured. Voice recognition monitors recorded the shouting during the robbery and Big John was quickly identified. It didn't take long for the rest of the bank robbers to be picked up. They each had several charges ranging from possession of firearms to attempted murder during commission of a felony(the robbery) as guns were discharged to intimidate customers and workers at the bank.
They were all convicted of the crimes and Big John received the harshest punishment being a repeat offender and believed to be the ringleader. He received 25 years to life. Dalia got the lightest punishment of five years for her part in the crimes committed. Sentence ranged from 5-25years with Daniel getting 10 years for his role.
Everyone served their time and was released into society on parole. It was then that their eyes were open to see that serving time in a penitentiary is a Alice in wonderland experience compared to life after. They realized that there's one sentence in prison but another out on the streets as an ex-convict.
Everywhere they each turned it was rejection after rejection. They could hardly believe it. As soon as someone hears anyone of them had a run in with the law it was as though they had the plague. It is obvious that what they did was terrible but they knew they ha learned their lesson and just needed forgiveness and a second chance knowing they would never make such a mistake again. Every time they got rejection after rejection they kept thinking... Where is that saying that everybody deserves a second chance in life, doesn't that apply to people like myself?
WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW (PROBABLY RELATED TO YOU) HAVE A SIMILAR STORY TO TELL? IS SOMEONE YOU KNOW CRYING OUT BUT NOT GETTING ANY ATTENTION FROM ANYONE IN SOCIETY? HAVE YOU TURN YOUR CRIES AND YOUR PAIN INSIDE? SEND YOUR STORY AND LET IT BE HEARD! SEND TO EMAIL: eldermoses.johnsonsr6@gmail.com. THERE IT WILL BE READ BY OTHERS WHO FEEL YOUR PAIN AND CAN IDENTIFY WITH YOU AND HELP AND SUPPORT YOU. YOU MAY BE REJECTED BY MANY, BUT YOU'RE NOT FORGOTTEN NOR FORSAKEN BY ALL.
YOUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD FROM THE DUNGEON!!!!!
LIFE OF STEPHEN HILTON
The 8th grade teacher called his name so loud even children walking the hallway could hear her, "Stephen Hilton!" Stevie answered, "Present Miss!" Stevie didn't know yet but he would hear his name shouted even louder down the hall of a court building and it wouldn't be appreciable. He was 13 years old and the only child for his parents. His mother did days work for people who knew her in the upper middle class neighborhood and his father had the contract to do the plumbing around their neighborhood. Even though he did a "fine" job, he was often paid by residents with chicken dinners which he would take home and split 3 ways for mother, Stevie and himself. He was so good at his job that at the neighborhood Mac Donalds where he fixed their plumbing problems regularly, he was allowed to order food for no more than $10.00 and didn't have to pay. This he was a allowed to do once daily.
Stevie was well known in his hometown by everyone. The neighborhood pimps and prostitutes, the gangbangers, the drug lords and the upstanding citizens in the neighborhood. They all showed admiration for the way this innocent young man was growing up in the neighborhood. Now he was 13. According to some, the age a Jew becomes a man. So some recognized Stevie as entering manhood. That time for Stevie to learn the "ropes" of the ghetto. Understand "ghetto life" a little better, for his own good. Because in the mind of most people in Steven's hometown, unless you get wise you don't live too long in these "parts."
It was the drug dealers who first made their move on poor, innocent, 13 year old, Steven. All the "glits" and the glamor of the trade was so irresistible for little Steven. He was promised that he would be paid so much money once he started pushing for the "ringleaders" that he could buy a house in a couple of years up on the eastside and move his parents out of the "hood" for good. The lure was too good to be true, but what did little Stevie know... To move out of this neighborhood has been his dream and if this was a way out he was going for it.
He started right away. Days turned to weeks. Weeks turned to months. Months turned to years. He was thirteen when he started and was now seventeen. Still he was in the hood and struggling against the other sellers. He had to make his quota which was hundreds per week. He now carried a gun wherever he went... for his safety. He had dropped out of school at 14. Thought he was a man "now" and didn't need to go to school. School in his mind, was for children not for men.
The police passed by the corners on patrol and knew who was doing what on each of these corners. They watched as "newbies" came to hangout on these corners and they did take notice of Stevie when he started. "Another one of the hopefuls lost to this unforgivable drug trade." One officer commented. They knew his parents too and many police officers would make a sweep of the corner and would warn Stevie and send him home. Stevie would return very soon after the police left with a determination to get his family out of this condemned neighborhood.
One day, at 17 years old and well seasoned in the drug trade as well as well known. Stevie, having moved up in the ranks controlling his own corner and only having to answer to the big boss now who loved Stevie, was challenged for his drug spot by a posse that had been moving in on other turfs trying to monopolize the area. Stevie wasn't having it. Having a few foot soldiers he armed all of them and had them on high alert. He sought help from the big boss Mr. Alvin but was told to handle his business as they had matters of higher concerns to deal with. The Feds were closing in on Big Alvin.
Stevie took matters in his own hands when one day he saw the number two man from the rival drug gang and pulled his gun and just started firing. The young man was hit several times but none life threatening. Not long after Steven was picked up and booked on several charges including illegal possession of a firearm, and attempted murder. At his bail hearing Steven being known by many in the courts, was given a low bail and his parents used what they could from their life savings to bail him out. Every time he had a hearing at the court building he would hear his name called and it reminded him of his first day in 8th grade when the teacher called his name, "Stephen Hilton!"
How he wished he could go back to that time in his life. If he knew then what he knows now. How different things would have turned out for him. Now its too late...
Stephen did five years in prison. The judge was "easy" on him because it was his first offence but he was sternly warned not to come before the judge again. Released from prison, Stephen, now 22 years old with a GED from the penitentiary needed a job. Everywhere he turned every application he filled out had the same dreaded clause questions... Have you ever been arrested or convicted of a crime? Being honest he would put down the answer: YES. Then, if yes, please state the nature of the crime: and Stephen with outline the charges he was convicted of.
Then would come the inevitable... We're sorry to inform you... Tis went on for quite some time until Stephen began to lie on his applications. He would sometime gain employment only to be fired after awhile when the results of a background check returned to the company. One issue Stephen could not understand was after being given the opportunity at employment he would do his very best at the job which was sometimes very impressive to his employers I such a brief period of time... but as soon as the results were in from the background check it was always the same outcome.
In the streets it was no different. This boy who was admired by all in his neighborhood growing up was now looked on by everyone as a failure. A reject. Neighborhood parents held their children close to them when passing by Stephen. Some children would whisper under their breath what they heard from their parents when passing Stephen. "Murderer, Gunman, Monster, Criminal, Drug dealer, Gangster." They didn't hide anything from him concerning the way they felt. The police didn't make life any easier for Stephen, He was watched every time he was out in public. And if he was just nearby one of those so called notorious drug spot, he would be accosted, searched and released with no explanation. Life and the outside seemed many times more oppressive than on the inside to Stephen now 22 years old.
DO YOU HAVE A STORY SIMILAR TO THAT OF STEPHEN'S? HIS WAS PUT MILDLY. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOUR'S SOUND TO YOU. THERE'S ALWAYS HELP AND SUPPORT IN NUMBERS. LET US COME TOGETHER AND HEAR EACH OTHER'S STORIES. IT'S TIME FOR OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD. THERE ARE MANY OUT THERE WHO WANTS TO HELP BUT YOU MUST MAKE THE FIRST STEP. TELL YOUR STORY, SEND TO EMAIL:eldermoses.johnsonsr6@gmail.com OR preacher506@yahoo.com.
BE ONE OF THE FIRST VOICES FROM THE DUNGEON TO CLIMB OUT.
ONCE IS ENOUGH
He was given the birth name Richard Jeraldo Boper. He got the alias Billy Bop at some point while growing up, he can't remember when. He'd done 20 years hard time for a crime he did not commit. Until this day everyone who knows Billy Bop is convinced he's guilty. You see, Billy Bop was always getting into trouble though they seemed minor. When this crime took place Billy Bop was right there but can't seem to remember anything and since he was seen as a trouble maker it only seemed right to put the blame on him.
So here's Billy Bop trying to re-integrate with his community hoping for forgiveness and understanding and acceptance even though he knows he didn't commit this heinous crime and worst yet the perpetrator may still be in the neighborhood and no one except him knows this. He had no ill feelings against anyone, he just needed to get on with his life. This wasn't going to be as easy as Billy Bop thought though.
Billy Bop tried to get a job so he could obtain some honest wage at least to buy food but no one would offer him employment. He tried to be polite to everyone around but when he politely greeted anyone he only got a shrug of the shoulders as acknowledgement or a grunt from some. It was really unbelievable that this was the same neighborhood he grew up in. He tried every kind thing he knew to get through to even his peers he grew up with but no success. He tried for days which turned into weeks, which turned into months which in turn became years. Because he had no money to pay rent or buy food, Billy Bop now lived under the Main Street bridge just outside of town and looked for any leftovers someone might throw out after eating or hung around the rear door to the well known restaurant just on the edge of town. There he would sometimes be given a box dinner which was actually what patrons had left over at their tables.
Billy Bop sometimes thought of turning to a life of crime just robbing people and places but never followed through on those thoughts. He just was not that type of person and besides he knew and respected everyone in this town. Life was really hard. He had been dealt a bad blow. He could not believe that these were the people in whose hands he grew up. He had nowhere or no one to turn to. One night Billy Bop decided to seek relief. He made up his mind and did what he thought was the only way out for him.
The next morning a passerby found Billy Bop hanging from the bridge. He had taken his pants and twisted it making a noose at one end and tied it to a column on the bridge. Placing the noose around his neck he jumped to his death. As the news spread crowds gathered to observe Billy Bops body just hanging there under the bridge. One voice in the crowd uttered, "It didn't have to be like this."
DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE SIMILAR TO BILLY? ARE YOU IN A SIMILSR SITUATION AS BILLY BOP? SEND AN EMAIL TO preacher506@yahoo.com OR eldermoses.johnsonsr6@gmail.com. YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID. LET'S START TALKING. LET'S COME TOGETHER. EACH ONE CAN HELP ONE. TOGETHER WE'LL GET SOMEWHERE. (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12).
Well it seems like there's just no break for an ex-con. No respect for such an individual. Everywhere such people turn in society the verdict is condemnation. No-one seem to care. From mainstream society to the executive branch of government and every level in between. Nobody cares. Nobody wants to see the ex-convict given a chance to be reinstated in any way shape or form. Who can they turn to?
Even the very government who represent the people and are from the people, by the people for the people and should be with the people, cannot be elected by a process that includes the ex-convicts. Yet every decision made by this government elected by the people makes decisions that affects everyone including the ex-convict. shouldn't they have a say in who should make decisions at the higher levels of government too?
Everywhere one turns in society one may find an individual either volunteering in some influential position whether in the private sector or public sector whom may have a criminal background and is hoping it will never be discovered or worse disclosed. And these individuals are doing very well in their position. People are working whether voluntarily or paid positions all over this country in positions they are overqualified for just to stay under the radar. For years they will be doing very well. These examples serves to indicate that there needs to be a review of the way society views and treats individuals who have made mistakes in their lives and are asking for second chances in life not only in the job market but every sector of society where they are being treated so unfairly it's like they are worse that second class citizens. They are at the bottom of the barrel. The lowest of the lows. Something definitely needs to be done.
ARE YOU AN EX-CONVICT AND DESIRE A SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE? WE AT SHARE SOME LOVE ARE NOT EXTENDING A HAND OUT NOR ARE WE GIVING OUT JOBS BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING WILL GIVE EX-CONVICTS A NEW LIFE. WE NEED YOU TO JOIN US IN CREATING THE LARGEST VOICE IN THIS SOCIETY SO YOU CAN BE HEARD AND SOLUTIONS CAN BE MADE AND YOU CAN ONCE AGAIN BE NOT A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN BUT ONCE AGAIN A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN WITH ALL THE BENEFITS THAT COME WITH IT. YOU WILL HAVE THE SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE YOU SO DESPERATELY DESIRE. WE WILL APPROACH EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT WITH YOUR REQUESTS AND DESIRES AND WE WILL BE HEARD ONCE WE HAVE THE NUMBERS TO PRESENT THESE DESIRES AND WE'RE SURE YOUR MATTERS WILL BE ADDRESSED BUT ONLY WITH A SIZEABLE NUMBER TO REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF ALL WHO FIT THIS CATEGORY IN THE COUNTRY. SEND YOUR CONCERNS NOW TO preacher506@yahoo.com or eldermoses.johnsonsr6@gmail.com or text info to 407-480-0303 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
407-480-0303 FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting. OR SIGN YOU NAME IN VISITORS SECTION AND BESIDE YOUR NAME ATTACH THE WORD "VOICE" SO WE CAN HAVE A LIST TO PRESENT WHEN THERE IS ENOUGH ON THE LIST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.This "disease" knows no boundary. Whatever color one may be, white, black, red, or yellow. Whatever level on the social ladder, the common laborer, the white collar worker, the Governor, Senator, congressman or congresswoman, the councilman or councilwoman, doctors, lawyers, judges. Someone in each of these categories has fallen victim after being convicted of a crime. Some of these positions even bring a public disgrace because the individual was a public servant. Together everyone who wishes to play a part can eradicate this "disease." Wherever you may be on the social ladder or in the ethnic class, you can change this injustice. You already paid your dues and deserve a second chance in life. God gave everyone a chance when no-one deserved it and if He can find it within Himself to forgive all of the billions of people who walked this earth as long as they'll accept it. Then who are we to condemn a fellow brother or sister. There is none righteous, no not one (Romans 3:10)
As mentioned earlier, this "disease knows no boundary even gender boundary. Also doctors were mentioned above and if you are a psychologists or psychiatrist or any medical field and you may or may not have had this issue but feel led to assist in your area of expertise we invite you to please feel free to make your input. It will be well appreciated. Thank you. This is for men and women who need it. Some people of both gender are in deep depression because of this. Some are on the brink of suicide and we cannot exclude anyone who we could have helped but didn't and will later have serious regrets when we read how they became a statistic. We are believing and praying that this matter that I believe God placed on my heart will successfully manifest which rich fruitful progression as time goes by.
Anna Bell's Story
She lived in an upscale neighborhood in Chicago. Just graduated from high school and was the prom queen. The prom king and her had eyes on each other for a very long time. Tonight she was not only prom queen but his date. The night ended on an high for both of them as they woke up in a motel just outside their hometown. To her it couldn't be better. Losing her virginity to the person she would love to spend the rest of her life with.
By the end of the Summer holidays She received the shock of her life. She was pregnant and her lover was getting ready to leave for college hundreds of miles away. With her parents help she went through an ordeal for the next ten months.
Anna Bell struggled with the new life she was now in and made up her mind to leave Chicago. She had two places in her mind to choose from, Las Vegas or New York. Las Vegas because she thought of becoming a 'Vegas Showgirl," New York because she thought of joining the Radio Cy Music Hall dancing girls known as the "Rockets." You see, when Anna bell was in tenth grade she was offered a million dollars to be a model due to the beauty of her thighs. She was on her high school dance troop.
Anna bell made her decision to go to New York. She got a one way ticket to the Empire State and had only a few dollars left. She had no place to stay when she got there and only enough money to purchase on meal. But she had high hopes.
When Anna bell exited the airport she was greeted by a young man who seemed quite friendly and said all the right things. He was there to pick up his brother's wife. He gave Anna bell a ride to Manhattan after picking up his sister-in law. Anna bell and both the young man Vinny and his sister-in-law, Althea became good friends in that brief period they shared the car ride. So close that she shared her story and both Althea and Vinny agreed she could stay with them until she's able to tace care of herself in this big city. The Big Apple.
While staying with this Italian family. Anna bell soon realized the family business and got involved herself doing everything underhanded and thriving as Vinny's girlfriend and co conspirator in crimes.
She was fully involved with the mob. She never dreamed of ever doing some of the crimes she was now doing and it seemed so "easy."
Then the "axe" fell and family members were beginning to be rounded up. Many of whom were now suspicious of Anna bell being a snitch or undercover cop. Anna bell was eventually arrested and convicted of felonies. Being a first offender she got off with a "slap on the wrist" and had to serve five years probation.
◄ Psalm 145 ►
King James 2000
A Psalm of praise of David.
The LORD Is Worthy of Praise
1I will extol you, my God, O king; and I will bless your name forever and ever.
2Every day will I bless you; and I will praise your name forever and ever.
3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
4One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
5I will speak of the glorious honor of your majesty, and of your wondrous works.
6And men shall speak of the might of your wondrous acts: and I will declare your greatness.
7They shall abundantly utter the memory of your great goodness, and shall sing of your righteousness.
8The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10All your works shall praise you, O LORD; and your saints shall bless you.
11They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power;
12To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14The LORD upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that are bowed down.
15The eyes of all wait upon you; and you give them their food in due season.
16You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
18The LORD is near unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
19He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20The LORD preserves all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
21My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Psalm 144
King James 2000
A Psalm of David.
Blessed Is the LORD Who Brings Prosperity
1Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me.
3LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him!
4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.
5Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out your arrows, and destroy them.
7Send your hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of foreigners;
8Whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9I will sing a new song unto you, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto you.
10It is he that gives salvation unto kings: who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner pillars, polished after the similitude of a palace:
13That our barns may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no outcry in our streets.
15Happy is that people, that is in such a state: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Psalm 143
Psalm 143
New King James Version (NKJV)
An Earnest Appeal for Guidance and Deliverance
A Psalm of David.
143 Hear my prayer, O Lord,
Give ear to my supplications!
In Your faithfulness answer me,
And in Your righteousness.
2 Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no one living is righteous.
Give ear to my supplications!
In Your faithfulness answer me,
And in Your righteousness.
2 Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no one living is righteous.
3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in darkness,
Like those who have long been dead.
4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in darkness,
Like those who have long been dead.
4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.
5 I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your works;
I muse on the work of Your hands.
6 I spread out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah
I meditate on all Your works;
I muse on the work of Your hands.
6 I spread out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah
7 Answer me speedily, O Lord;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
Lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
Lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.
9 Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
In You I take shelter.[a]
10 Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.
In You I take shelter.[a]
10 Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.
11 Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake!
For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 In Your mercy cut off my enemies,
And destroy all those who afflict my soul;
For I am Your servant.
For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 In Your mercy cut off my enemies,
And destroy all those who afflict my soul;
For I am Your servant.
Psalm 142
Psalm 142
New King James Version (NKJV)
A Plea for Relief from Persecutors
A Contemplation[a] of David. A Prayer when he was in the cave.
142 I cry out to the Lord with my voice;
With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication.
2 I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare before Him my trouble.
With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication.
2 I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare before Him my trouble.
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
Then You knew my path.
In the way in which I walk
They have secretly set a snare for me.
4 Look on my right hand and see,
For there is no one who acknowledges me;
Refuge has failed me;
No one cares for my soul.
Then You knew my path.
In the way in which I walk
They have secretly set a snare for me.
4 Look on my right hand and see,
For there is no one who acknowledges me;
Refuge has failed me;
No one cares for my soul.
5 I cried out to You, O Lord:
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may praise Your name;
The righteous shall surround me,
For You shall deal bountifully with me.”
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may praise Your name;
The righteous shall surround me,
For You shall deal bountifully with me.”
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Psalm 141
Psalm 141
New King James Version (NKJV)
Prayer for Safekeeping from Wickedness
A Psalm of David.
141 Lord, I cry out to You;
Make haste to me!
Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense,
The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Make haste to me!
Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense,
The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous strike me;
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.
For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
8 But my eyes are upon You, O GOD the Lord;
In You I take refuge;
Do not leave my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.
In You I take refuge;
Do not leave my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Psalm 140
King James 2000
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Prayer For Deliverance From Evil Men
1Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2Who imagine evil in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my paths.
5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.
6I said unto the LORD, you are my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
13Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto your name: the upright shall dwell in your presence.
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Psalm 139
1O LORD, you have searched me, and known me.
2You know my downsitting and my uprising, you understand my thought afar off.
3You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, you know it altogether.
5You have hedged me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7Where shall I go from your Spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there.
9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
13For you have formed my inward parts: you have covered me in my mother's womb.
14I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows right well.
15My frame was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Your eyes did see my substance, being yet unformed; and in your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.
17How precious also are your thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you.
19Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men.
20For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Psalm 138
Psalm 138
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Lord’s Goodness to the Faithful
A Psalm of David.
138 I will praise You with my whole heart;
Before the gods I will sing praises to You.
2 I will worship toward Your holy temple,
And praise Your name
For Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
3 In the day when I cried out, You answered me,
And made me bold with strength in my soul.
Before the gods I will sing praises to You.
2 I will worship toward Your holy temple,
And praise Your name
For Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
3 In the day when I cried out, You answered me,
And made me bold with strength in my soul.
4 All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O Lord,
When they hear the words of Your mouth.
5 Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord,
For great is the glory of the Lord.
6 Though the Lord is on high,
Yet He regards the lowly;
But the proud He knows from afar.
When they hear the words of Your mouth.
5 Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord,
For great is the glory of the Lord.
6 Though the Lord is on high,
Yet He regards the lowly;
But the proud He knows from afar.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;
You will stretch out Your hand
Against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.
8 The Lord will perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
You will stretch out Your hand
Against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.
8 The Lord will perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
◄ Psalm 137 ►
King James 2000
Exiles in Babylon Longing For Zion
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning.
6If I do not remember you, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.
8O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.
9Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.
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◄ Psalm 136 ►
King James 2000
Praise For God's Eternal Blessings
1O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures forever.
2O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endures forever.
3O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endures forever.
4To him who alone does great wonders: for his mercy endures forever.
5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endures forever.
6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures forever.
7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endures forever:
8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures forever:
9The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures forever.
10To him that struck Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures forever:
11And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endures forever:
12With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm: for his mercy endures forever.
13To him who divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endures forever:
14And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endures forever:
15But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endures forever.
16To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endures forever.
17To him who struck great kings: for his mercy endures forever:
18And slew famous kings: for his mercy endures forever:
19Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endures forever:
20And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endures forever:
21And gave their land for a heritage: for his mercy endures forever:
22Even a heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endures forever.
23Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endures forever:
24And has redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endures forever.
25Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures forever.
26O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endures forever.
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