Black women's beauty and elegance  stands in its own light because it refused to be eliminated or hidden. There’s a certain magic in the way mature Black women exude beauty. It’s not simply the visible aspects—our features are stunning— and there is a depth that comes with the years lived, the stories experienced, and the wisdom gained. Their elegance is woven into every facet of their being, creating a presence that is felt before it’s even acknowledged. Black women's true beauty exudes from the fact that we refused to be defined by an outer world that says our curly hair is not good enough and should be hidden under a wig, or that our melanated skin is not accepted by society as true beauty. But, here stands a beauty that withstood weeks and months in the belly of slave ships where there was no access to a comb or oils to grease the scalp. This beauty withstood the statements about the size of our lips and our hips. This majestic beauty lounges in the beautiful soft chair and just observes the audience even the audience of the rich and affluent who trades our hair for euro-centric wigs or those made from asian hair. It stand firm with a knowing that even when hidden, our beauty cannot and will never be eliminated. 

Supernatural Kindness that lasted many years.

Israel and Persia(now known as Iran) hava a relationship going back to before the time of Christ. The kindness of Cyrus the Great, the King of Persia was well documented and lasted for generations. He released the Jews from captivity and make a declaration to return all the items stolen from the temple in Jerusalem and set aside funds to ensure the temple and the wall of Jerusalem were rebuilt. It took a long road to get the result, but the decree was made and honoured. 

The historical relationship between Iran and Israel goes right back to 559-530 B.C. (before Christ). King Cyrus the Great was the King of Persia and after he captured Babylon that was a kingdom well know for one of its leaders Nebuchadnezzar. When the Jews were taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, they  also took away the precious vessels and other artifacts from the temple in Jerusalem. When King Cyrus the Great took Babylon captive, he also decreed that all the stolen vessels and other artifacts should be returned to Jerusalem to be placed in the temple when it was rebuilt.

Exciting discussion about the spiritual aspect of exercise. have you wondered if there are scriptures about exercise - let explore this path together. There are some exciting and interesting facts. 

This is not polished - but the words are powerful. Get into a  space  in your mind and your thinking where you can explore all that is possible even when you are faced with challenges that look impossible. 

This an exercise to do early mornings or last thing at night;  and if things are overwhelming in the day time, find a space to have a break and do this exercise by listening to small bits of this live stream.

Listening along as Virtuous Mountain Woman is speaking is a good thing because she sets the stage and opens up our thinking to begin to circle positive things in our minds and even begin to picture them using our imagination.

Faith and thankfulness are connected.. The amazing connection is first mentioned by Jesus when he healed the ten lepers. Only one came back to give thanks, and to that person Jesus said because he came back to give thanks, "your faith has made you whole." Keep listening as we explore this amazing relationship between faith and giving thanks.