2016 Destiny Is Calling Spring Issue
Joshua 1:9 This Spring Issue encourages everyone to be strong and to trust God no matter what you are going through right now in your life. We dedicate this issue to those who are facing new opportunities that may be causing them to feel like they are not good enough for the position or to take the lead. We want you to know that your and God has already equipped you for the job! In this issue, we address how you, too can be courageous and bold just like Joshua. " Destiny Is Calling" and your life has a purpose, for with God all things are possible!
Joshua 1:9
This Spring Issue encourages everyone to be strong and to trust God no matter what you are going through right now in your life. We dedicate this issue to those who are facing new opportunities that may be causing them to feel like they are not good enough for the position or to take the lead.
We want you to know that your and God has already equipped you for the job! In this issue, we address how you, too can be courageous and bold just like Joshua. " Destiny Is Calling" and your life has a purpose, for with God all things are possible!
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Who said the Kente Clothe I wear lacks class and isn’t suited for<br />
the occasion?<br />
Does pinned-striped suits, or denim jeans give my people representation?<br />
Who said the music I listen is too harsh; vibrating the atmosphere<br />
around? Does classical music, or opera notes tell of the<br />
struggles to which I’m bound?<br />
Who said my hair should be groomed and shaped to keep<br />
my Blackness deep inside?<br />
I’m an Afrikan, child of God, and my mane I’ll wear with pride.<br />
Who said I was incapable, as they scorn and knit their brow?<br />
Try as you will to fight me down I’ll say, “Hallelu-Jah anyhow!”<br />
I’m a man who respects but a few<br />
Who has not many role-models I can look up to,<br />
Who won’t believe the lies they portray of me<br />
Rather, on the foundations instilled within me.<br />
There is a Rock in me that dictates who I am<br />
And if I look, seem, act differently…<br />
That’s because I AM!<br />
Your styles are not mine; your music, your ways<br />
Still, I know that I’m a man, a strong Afrikan anyway!<br />
A Black man who refuses to be a statistic for the KKK<br />
People who blind and deceive with their sly and cunning ways;<br />
A Black man who believes in those who’ve encouraged his fight<br />
And respects them as more than just “skins” for a night. A Black man who knows the history of who I really am<br />
Not dressed up one month out of the year, but actually don’t give a<br />
damn!<br />
A Black man who has seen his fore-parents struggle, and sacrifice<br />
To know better than to take for granted the opportunities in life.<br />
These opportunities were not given to me<br />
They were bought with a price, more valuable than money...<br />
Who will fight to keep the name my ancestors died to save<br />
Rather than to hang on to –with pride—the name I got as a slave.<br />
Within myself, I know who I am<br />
Above all and most importantly, I am God’s creation!<br />
And just because I do not have a European-look, or style<br />
Means nothing to me! It separates me, from the pile.<br />
I’m a Black man who’s running with the baton, which I was<br />
handed in this relay<br />
So that my history and my roots will NEVER decay<br />
A Black man with the attitude as if just to say:<br />
“What give you the right? Who are you, anyway?”<br />
Vizion B Jones<br />
(404) 343-8158
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