Defined as “wealth, affluence, opulence, riches, success, richness. treasure, fortune, resources, abundance, choice”. And the greatest of these is “choice”.
You can choose to be prosperous by acknowledging the good you already have and opening yourself up for the good yet to come. One of my special prayers is:
“Lord, I do give thee thanks for my unexpected good: the good that is known and the good yet to be received”. Then I bless my world and everything in it. I relax in the knowledge that as a Child of God all good things are my inheritance. Finding a quiet place to meditate I remind myself of the good already in my life.
I thank God for the gifts of life that sometimes get taken for granted: breath, joy and laughter. I remind myself that good is all around us and I humbly say “Thank you God for fresh air, open skies, green pastures, grass and ocean breeze; for all the little things that make life so very special and that prosper me – give me abundance.” I thank God for being able to walk on the beach, feel the sand between my toes; for the ability to talk, listen, run, skip – for my health, strength, friends and opportunities. These are the things that make my life rich.
I know that my attitude prospers me, so with an attitude of thankfulness, I open my mind to endless possibilities of good. “We are what we think” and today I choose to think only of good, only of blessings, only of joy. My thinking, ideas, attitude, enthusiasm, understanding, faith and prayers prosper me and bless me as I bless my world.
Excerpts: From Unity 1901 NW Blue Parkway Unity village, MO 64065 www.unityonline.org
My ideas prosper me…
I open my mind to divine inspiration as I meditate on the idea of prosperity. I am willing to let God-ideas be revealed to me. No matter what my circumstances or my need may be, I know that underlying all the prosperity I need or desire is an idea. My prayer is to be receptive to prospering ideas. I am alert to God’s guidance that enables me to recognize prospering ideas, to value them, and to use them.
I open my mind to divine inspiration, focusing my attention on God and affirm: I am open and receptive to new and enriching ideas. I welcome them and use them.
My attitudes prosper me…
I listen to God saying to me, “You are My child and heir”. What a difference this realization makes! I remain centered in God as I affirm: I now view all life with a new attitude, for I realize that I am a beloved child of God, heir to all good.
My enthusiasm prospers me…
Aware of God’s presence, I affirm: I look to life with new insight and interest. I am enthusiastic about life and living.
My understanding prospers me…
Of all the rich ideas that come to me, none is more important than understanding. The more I think about prosperity, the more I understand that it is a process of growth and fulfillment. I understand that my good is all about me, but that I must claim it.
As I continue to look to God, I affirm: I open my mind to an understanding of the all-providing substance of God. I claim my good.
My faith prospers me…
“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Heb.11:1)
I place my faith in God-the source of all that is good. My faith assures me that God is my source of supply. I direct my thoughts to God as I affirm: I have the faith to behold the ever-present, never-failing supply of God.
My prayers prosper me…
My prayers prosper me, for as I commune with God in the stillness of my sour, I find myself on a rich path. My inward journey into God’s presence prepares me for a successful journey in life..
Thank you God, for blessing me so richly.
As I pray, meditate and give thanks for these words – joy fills me up to overflowing. I pray that these same words will bless your days and your life for years to come.
Grace to you.
Until next time, this is Edna Jane Lorey.
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Literacy Test, in the context of United States political history, refers to the government practice of testing the literacy of potential citizens at the federal level, and potential voters at the state level. The federal government first employed literacy tests as part of the immigration process in 1917. Southern state legislatures employed literacy tests as part of the voter registration process as early as the late nineteenth century.
As used by the states, the literacy test gained infamy as a means for denying suffrage to African Americans. Adopted by a number of southern states, the literacy test was applied in a patently unfair manner, as it was used to disfranchise many literate southern blacks while allowing many illiterate southern whites to vote. The literacy test, combined with other discriminatory requirements, effectively disfranchised the vast majority of African Americans in the South from the 1890s until the 1960s. Southern states abandoned the literacy test only when forced to by federal legislation in the 1960s. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act provided that literacy tests used as a qualification for voting in federal elections be administered wholly in writing and only to persons who had not completed six years of formal education. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 suspended the use of literacy tests in all states or political subdivisions in which less than 50 percent of the voting age residents were registered as of 1 November 1964, or had voted in the 1964 presidential election. In a series of cases, the Supreme Court upheld the legislation and restricted the use of literacy tests for non-English-speaking citizens.
The Tea Party athering lat weekend in Nashville gave an overwhelming applause to former republican Congressman Tom Tancredo suggestion to reinstate the discriminatory practice.
Although his suggestion appears to be aimed at Latinos who strongly supported Barack Obama, the reinstatement of such a literacy test is unacceptable under our concept of equal protection under law, and African Americans should be screaming to high heaven about the suggestion.
For it was the literacy test that disenfranchised African Americans who held elected offices on both the national and local level during Reconstruction. Discrimination towards one group means discrimination against all groups, African Americans should adhere to that thought unless African Americans are ready to relive the nightmare of our ancestors.
I wonder if Tom and his fellow tea baggers can spell Equal Protection, 14th Amendment, and U.S. Constitution. I alo wonder if they themselves could pass a civic literacy test.
It’s the same ole schickardy, just a different descendant butt hole of Jim Crow.
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After an unsuccessful challenge of the Jim Crow laws in the U. S. Supreme Court, African Americans found themselves deeply submerged in a world of separate but unequal. There existed however members of the African American community who were determined not to let the race sink and succumb to the inferiority treatment. These individuals set a foundation through education and built a sturdy staircase made up of politics and law to lead the community out of the quicksand disguise as separate but equal.
Clarence Mathews, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Oscar Stanton DePriest and Charles Hamilton Houston were amongst these leaders.
Through a challenge outside of the courtroom, Clarence Mathews made it his mission to eradicate the black codes as he sought the very first Africa American Boy Scout charter for a group of boys in Mobile, Alabama.
In 1931, America was in the midst of the great depression, which resulted in several failed fundraisers. As a last resort, Clarence Mathews mortgaged his house to take the 41 boys to Washington, D.C. to secure the charter. So that the boys would not have to experience the discrimination practiced by common carriers in the south, Clarence Mathews leased the entire coach car.
The leasing of the entire coach car permitted them to make a stop in Tuskegee, Alabama, where they were able to visit Tuskegee Institute and meet George Washington Carver.
T.N. Reid was one of the 41 boys and shares the experience including a visit to the White House and meeting the President of The United States in the clip above.
How did the Allen Life Guard get the opportunity to go to the White House and meet the President of the United States?
The clip is narrated by Alexis Herman, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Clarence Mathews’ goddaughter.
