“I don’t want to be on the top if they put him at the bottom/ Sho you just faking to be humble and poor-in hopes that the LORD will be pleased and bless you with more/ No homie I just keep my face to the floor- when he opens that door my views will be the same as before” - Sho Baraka from the track OverratedI wasn’t thinking of the lyric above when I began thinking about writing this blog last night but it immediately jumped in my head while sitting down to write this morning. Over the last few years in sports, entertainment, and ministry we have seen many “great” people fall.

2011 for some reason already seems like its going to be a strange year. I mean, some people are looking at all the dead animals all over the place and think the end of the world is near. You look at the tragedies in Omaha, Tucson, and Baltimore in one week time. We have letters catching on fire suddenly at post offices across the nation. This all in the first two weeks!

This year is going to be different!  This evening I sat working on some things for Men At The Cross.

I was recently fortunate enough to hear minister Monte Coleman better known as super bowl participant and head football coach of the university of Arkansas at pine bluff football team speak.  As I have allowed life (i.e. school, work, baseball) to overly occupy my time and distract me, my spirit man has been neglected and not getting its fix on the word and the quality time with GOD as he so desires.  Coach spoke about how we can be anorexic and  neglect the body of the necessities by not feeding ourselves the word and not being in GODs presence.  He also mentioned how one can be bulimic and here the word but regurgitate it as if we never had it still putting ourselves in such a dangerous position to be attacked by the devil and his tactics.  I thank GOD for that divine opportunity because it was right on time as I have been putting things before GOD and needed a reality check to get back focused on the task at hand.

This is a video clip that a friend emailed me about her church in Chicago.  They did an awesome job and I believe that this will brighten someone's day as well as their life.  Allow it to bless your spirit man while glorifying the father.

This is one scripture that I orchestrate my daily activities around and that's being unashamed of Jesus Christ and what he has done for me even through my down times and my periods of wandering in the world.  I thank him continuously everyday for purchasing me and my siblings in him, allowing us to have a second chance at eternity with the father.  Glory to your name.