News and Views – Page 28 – Author Marva Seaton

Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan

Kelly Ripa is apparently pissed about the way she learnt of Michael Strahan’s move to GMA. She has every right to be. After working together for so long so no doubt feels a sense of betrayal. The situation could have been handled better. Considering that at the end of the day it would has become public knowledge I fail to see the point why it was kept a secret from her. I will go out on a limb and say that I do not believe that Kelly is that selfish of a person that she would not have been happy for Michael if he had told her about this imminent change of roles.

This whole situation is a valuable lesson not only for Kelly but for others as well. Working with someone does not necessarily make that person your friend and people will do whatever it takes to get ahead without any thought of you. Kelly now has to mark this down to experience and move on.

Toddlers Die In Fire

It is tragic that two toddlers lost their lives in a fire in the Bronx after being left alone while their mom went to do laundry. It is heartbreaking for a mother to lose her children in this devastating manner and my heart goes out to her. This tragedy however emphasizes how important it is to make sure that children are never left unsupervised. No matter how safe it might seem things can happen and tragedy can strike at any minute. Tragedies like this one may be avoided if people follow the simple rule of never leaving young children alone.

Inspirational Words

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An Open Letter to My Fellow Black People

Dear fellow black people I know we have had a rough past but we should not let the past determine our future. They say that children live what they learn but it is time that we stop believing some of the things we were taught. For example during slavery the white masters tried to engrave in our minds that we were bad people. Today that image is projected in many of the things we share on social media. This may be an exaggeration on my part but about 95% of the post and videos posted and shared by black people depict black people in a negative manner.

The white master used to bring the slaves together in public and make them watch other slaves being beaten now we make videos of us beating our children and post them for the world to see that our children are bad and need public humiliation. We portray ourselves as people who are constantly at war with one another; every fight has to go on video so it can be shared with the rest of the world. We never miss on opportunity to show the world each day that our men are thugs, gangsters, deadbeats and lazy bums and then we wonder why they get treated accordingly. We portray our women as low class, loud mouthed and rachet with just ass and boobs and no brains.

We are so much more than the images we constantly share. The problem is only a few will share the positive stories but the negative ones are shared by millions. People don’t get to see the positive things we do because we rarely share those. My fellow black people we fail to understand that white folks judge us by the very images that we portray to them. When will we wake up and see that we are our own worst enemies. My fellow black people there are good and bad people in every race we are not the worst so stop telling the world that we are. Stop sharing those negative videos.

Word of the Day RESTORATION

Word of the Day: RESTORATION

God is a God of restoration. He can restore that broken friendship, that broken relationship, and that broken marriage. Whatever is broken in your life God can restore it. He will restore you health, your finance, your joy and peace of mind.

Word of the Day: CONFIDENCE

It is important for you to have confidence in yourself. If you have no confidence in yourself no one will have confidence in you. Whatever you are about to undertake have confidence in your ability to succeed. Have confidence in the Lord, that he will guide and keep you always.

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Inspirational Words

“FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU,” DECLARES THE LORD, PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU, PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A FUTURE.”

Inspirational Book

Marva Seaton new book –WORD OF THE DAY subtitle Quiet Moments of Reflection – will be out on April 10. This is an inspirational book which challenges you to take a moment each day for quiet reflection. You can chose the word in the order in which they appear in the book or you can choose a random word and meditate on it depending on what you may be feeling or experiencing on that particular day. The book also provides blank spaces for you to write your affirmation. Marva has shared some of her Word of the Day pages of her book on her blog and Face book page and timeline. Below is a Word of the day from Marva’s book.

DEFEATED:
The time may come when it seems like nothing is going right you try everything and fail and your back is against the wall. You feel defeated and you want to give up. Do not allow pessimism to take over instead get on your knees to God in prayer.

2 Corinthians 4 V 8-10 say: We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed but not driven to despair; persecuted but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

I pray that no matter how defeated you are feeling that you will find victory in the Lord.

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Young Women Murdered in Ecuador

The murder of two Argentine young women in Ecuador is tragic and heart wrenching. These two young lives were unnecessarily cut short by cowards who have no respect for women and for life in general. The two men held in connection with their deaths claimed they were drunk. What an excuse…how drunk can you be that you are not aware that you are murdering someone? If they are found guilty I hope they get the maximum punishment by law.