One Touch
One Touch
by Damainion Ewell
“And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. For she said to herself, ‘If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.’ But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, ‘Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.’ And the woman was made well from that hour” (Matthew 9:20-22, NKJV).
You can be enveloped in seemingly the worse crisis of your life. As the walls come crashing in, you desperately seek the arrows of an exit sign, but none exist. The doors are shut and the lights dim into cavernous obscurity. There is nowhere to run, and not a daydream to escape into. There are no sheets to tie together to make that all-important jailbreak. The proverbial shovel and pick ax cannot be found, and the barriers around you have become impenetrable. You slump down in a corner, ready to give up on every idea and thought that has crusted the fibers of your spirit.
All you need is one touch!
In Pursuit of Perfection: Searching for the Body Beautiful
In Pursuit of Perfection:
Searching for the Body Beautiful
By Jacqueline Moore
For you created my innermost being,
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made,
your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139: 13-14
For centuries, women have been competing with the unrealistic portrayal of beauty as depicted by Hollywood and in the print media. The need to be thinner, younger and in some cases, plumped up in certain areas; has escalated to epidemic proportions.
Declining Black Marital Birth Rate
SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT THE DECLINING BLACK MARITAL BIRTH RATE?
By Algernon Austin
It is difficult to understand the current changes in the black family because many different things are happening at the same time. Many people know that the percent of black births that are out-of-wedlock is very high, but few people know that there are three different reasons why this is the case.
