REACH, TEACH and SUPPORT

It’s a “REACH, TEACH and SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN” Monday.

LORD OUR GOD HELP US TO SAVE THE CHILDREN. AMEN.

Yesterday I was in church all day with a group of young people from Baltimore, Maryland. They are a choir called “The Singing Sensations” under the direction of their founder, my home-girl, Dr Hollie Hood-Mincey. They are so good and well-mannered that they are a joy to be around. They have performed as far west as Utah, as far east as South Africa, as far south as Trinidad and as far north as Canada. Now these children come from various backgrounds and life situations, some good and some not so good. But I’ve learned in life it’s not where you come from but where you want to go that matters. They sing all aspects of African-American music, Spirituals, Gospel, Contemporary, Rock-N-Roll and R&B. Yes, you name it they sing it and they sing it well. Now this is what I have learned from being with them.

(1) Every child born into this world has worth. It doesn’t matter who your biological parents are, we are all Gods creation and God don’t make junk.

(2) All children are teachable. All children can learn something if you just teach it in their style of learning. It’s the way you teach them that causes them to learn.

(3) All children need positive direction and financial support. Children really learn by seeing what we do and how we live. They pick up our ways and our lifestyles by watching what we do more than by what we say. Also they need our financial support. As they say we must put our money where our mouth is.

So I want to commend Dr Mincey for all she has done in the past 10 years and what she is doing now to reach, teach and support our children.

“I believe the children are our future

Teach them well and let them lead the way

Show them all the beauty they possess inside

Give them a sense of pride to make it easier

Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be

Everybody’s searching for a hero

People need someone to look up to

I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs

A lonely place to be

And so I learned to depend on me

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone’s shadows

If I fail, if I succeed

At least I’ll live as I believe

No matter what they take from me

They can’t take away my dignity

Because the greatest love of all

Is happening to me

I found the greatest love of all

Inside of me

The greatest love of all

Is easy to achieve

Learning to love yourself

It is the greatest love of all”

Dr Hollie Hood-Mincey gives these children love and teaches them how to love themselves. She is so special to these children. Beloved, who are you special too?