Let it go by T.D. Jakes

Here's a poem just perfect for today, Ma'am Sylvia barely 3 months with the company, had a chance to move on.
She should, and she will.
She's been much of a friend to me, yes, and it would be selfish to say she's in the wrong
and would be hypocrisy to say that it would be easy when she leaves.
As the poem says,..she will have to go not because she has harbored something against us;
that would be sour.
She must go because it IS TIME to go for her.
She has fulfilled her purpose with us, thou I wish she could stay longer- for reasons that we are not "prepared", but will we ever be?
I believe that she's done, and the works will never be through anyway.
It is unfair to burden her conscience when an opportunity to fulfill a dream is at hand.
Indeed not even for LOVE should a dream be forsaken.
Now I'm thankful I met her at all, no matter how short. Our lives have crossed for a purpose, which I am not certain what is but I trust in the hand of God that it will unfold before me.
Here's the poem that says it all.

Let it go... By T. D. Jakes
There are people who can walk away from you.
And hear me when I tell you this!
When people can walk away from You: let them walk.
I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you,
loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you,
staying attached to you.
I mean hang up the phone.
When people can walk away from you let them walk.
Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.
The bible said that, they came out from us
that it might be made manifest that they were not for us.
For had they been of us,
no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]
People leave you because they are not joined to you.
And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay.
Let them go.
And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person
it just means that their part in the story is over
And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over
so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead.
You've got to know when it's dead.
You've got to know when it's over...
Let me tell you something.
I've got the gift of good-bye.
It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye.
It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful,
and I know whatever God means for me to have
He'll give it to me.
And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it.
Stop begging people to stay.
Let them go!!
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you
and was never intended for your life,
then you need to........ LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ......
LET IT GO!!!
If someone can't treat you right,
love you back, and see your worth.....
LET IT GO!!!
If someone has angered you ........
LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction.....
LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents
LET IT GO!!!
If you have a bad attitude......... LET IT GO!!!
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better...... LET IT GO!!!
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him...... LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship....... LET IT GO!!!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves..... LET IT GO!!!
If you're feeling depressed and stressed ......... LET IT GO!!!
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself
and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need to...... LET IT GO!!!
Let the past be the past.
Forget the former things.
GOD is doing a new thing!!! LET IT GO!!!
Get Right or Get Left ...
think about it,
and then ... LET IT GO!!!
"The Battle is the Lord's!"

Chronicles of Narnia: Analysis

In the Narnia cycle, parts of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe are loosely based on Gospel stories, and The Magician's Nephew on Genesis. The Last Battle completes the cycle and is based on Christian doctrines of the end of the world, judgment, Heaven, death and afterlife, many found in the book of Revelation. The exposition of theological points is more laboured than in some of the earlier books, and the overall tone is darker.
The ape Shift represents the Antichrist, and his rule resembles modern totalitarianism. His claim that "true freedom means doing what I tell you" is based on Rousseau's "General Will". His claim that he alone can speak for Aslan has sometimes been interpreted as a caricature of Roman Catholicism; but in Lewis' other writings (cited in the article on Shift (Narnia)) it is made clear that he opposes all forms of theocracy equally, and that he finds exactly the same perversion of religion in Elizabethan Puritanism. The ape's claim that Aslan (God) is not bound by human standards of good and evil is also (in Lewis' view) a Puritan rather than a Catholic trait.[1] One of the most moving portrayals in the book is when Tirian and the Unicorn, while still believing in the ape's Aslan, agonise over the fact that he is apparently commanding evil, "as if the sun rose one day, and it was a black sun".
The Donkey, Puzzle, may represent the False Prophet in Christian Apocalyptic prophecies (although in Lewis' fiction he is forgiven rather than damned). Tash also represents the Devil (called the dragon in Revelation) in the sense that the Antichrist compares him to God, and the people following him accept it and give him praise as 'Tashlan'. The destruction of the world and Narnia the children and the Talking Beasts and all that entered Aslan's Country represents the destruction of the old heaven and earth and the creation of the new one, as told of in the Book of Revelation, a Christian Text. Furthermore, the appearance of Father Time in the Dead Narnia could be a representation of the fact that there is no time in Aslan's Country (Heaven), and thus another Christian reference.
There is also a point where two soldiers of Calormen are found in Aslan's Country. The first is taken by Tash, because he never actually believed in him and thus had false faith. The second is found confused in Aslan's Country, because he had served Tash faithfully and believed in him and been a good man by how he grew up, and yet was forgiven by Aslan, saying that 'all service done unto Tash has been done unto me'. This shows an interesting balance on the question of religious pluralism: while good men of different religions can still share in the Kingdom of Heaven, that does not imply the equal truth of those religions. The selling of the Narnians into slavery is also possibly metaphorical. It could possibly be a reference to the crossing of the Kings over the dried Euphrates in Revelation, because afterwards good and evil have their final battle in Narnia. It could also possibly be a reference to the Mark of the Beast, because those who believed this was Aslan's will (to be sold into slavery) went willingly.
Lewis has been criticised, by Philip Pullman and others, over the values conveyed by The Last Battle. In particular, many are critical of how Susan Pevensie, one of the children who appeared in previous stories, is described as "no longer a friend of Narnia" as she is interested only in "nylons, lipstick and invitations" — as if it is inherently sinful for a woman to become sexually mature. In response to such criticisms, many of Lewis's supporters, say that such items are not necessarily symbols of female sexual maturity, but mere symbols of commercialism and materialism — both of which Lewis and his close friend J. R. R. Tolkien, saw as evils. "Nylons and lipstick" are not evidence of sexual maturity; in this case, they seem to indicate shallowness or vanity. Similarly, these also show that she wishes her life to be simplistic, and living in and believing in Narnia cannot be accommodated in that reality. Indeed, Polly Plummer says that Susan's "whole idea is to race on to the silliest time of one's life as quick as she can and then stop there as long as she can."
Also, Susan's sexual maturity isn't a bad thing, but what Lewis meant was that it shouldn't be the only important aspect of a person's life. So, in the story Susan becomes preoccupied only with "nylons, lipstick and invitations" (her sexuality), and loses her relationship with "Narnia" (her faith).
Some would also claim that Susan is excluded from Narnia simply because she doesn't believe in Narnia any longer: Lewis is alluding to loss of faith, and of imagination, when we fail to retain "childlike" simplicity. This could be said to be lend negative connotations to faith, suggesting that to believe, one's mind must remain childish and simplistic. Others claim she does not enter Narnia with the others because she was not killed in the train crash, and that she, too, will make it there when her time comes to die. The implied misogyny is also contradicted by the generally good representation of females in the Chronicles of Narnia, through Jill Pole, Polly Plummer, the Calormene girl Aravis Tarkheena, and especially Lucy Pevensie, Susan's younger sister.
Accusations of racism stem from the fact that the Calormenes, the enemies of Narnia, are thinly disguised caricatures of Arabic culture. They are dark-skinned, wear turbans and live in an arid land south of Narnia. In contrast, the humans of Narnia are light-skinned. The Calormenes are seen as repulsive, dirty people who follow the god Tash, a Satanic figure that takes away the souls of the wicked characters and demands evil deeds as a service to him. It is worth noting that while most of the protagonists in the Chronicles are light-skinned, the dark-skinned people are not seen as entirely evil. One of the better-developed characters in The Last Battle is a good Calormene, Emeth, who served Tash as a Narnian might well serve Aslan — dutifully and with love and devotion — and was thereby allowed to ascend to Aslan's perfect Narnia. Most antagonists in the Chronicles, such as the White Witch, are light-skinned as well.
The train accident, described in chapters 5 and 13 of The Last Battle, in which the characters from our world (Peter, Edmund, Lucy, Digory, and Polly) perish has several parallels to the Sutton Coldfield rail crash that took place on January 23, 1955. In both cases, a passenger train bound for Bristol derailed while entering a station around a curve at excessive speed, causing several fatalities. In Lewis’ chronology of Narnian events, however, the train derailment in The Last Battle took place in 1949.
Michael Ward, in his book Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis, argues that Lewis constructed the story out of the imagery associated with Saturn (Infortuna Major) as it was understood within pre-Copernican cosmological thought.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Battle

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 41 languages. Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954 and illustrated by Pauline Baynes, The Chronicles of Narnia have been adapted several times, complete or in part, for radio, television, stage, and cinema.
The series contains many allusions to traditional Christian ideas, presented in a format designed to make them easily accessible to younger readers; however, the books can also be read purely for their adventure, colour, and richness of ideas, and as a result have become favourites of children and adults, Christians and non-Christians alike. In addition to employing Christian themes, Lewis also borrows characters and ideas from Greek and Roman mythology, as well as from traditional British and Irish fairy tales.
The Chronicles of Narnia present the adventures of children who play central roles in the unfolding history of the fictional realm of Narnia, a place where animals talk, magic is common, and good battles evil. Each of the books (with the exception of The Horse and His Boy) features as its protagonists children from our world who are magically transported to Narnia, where they are called upon to help the lion Aslan right some wrong.

The Chronicles of Narnia have been in continuous publication since 1954 and have sold over 100 million copies in 41 languages (Kelly 2006) (Guthmann 2005). Lewis was awarded the 1956 Carnegie Medal for The Last Battle, the final book in the Narnia series. The books were written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954 but were not written entirely in either the order they were originally published or in the chronological order in which they are currently presented (Ford 2005). The original illustrator was Pauline Baynes and her simple pen and ink drawings are still used in publication today. The seven books that make up The Chronicles of Narnia are presented here in the order in which they were originally published (see reading order below). Completion dates for the novels are English (Northern Hemisphere) seasons.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
Main article: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, completed in the spring of 1950 (Ford 2005) and published in 1950, tells the story of four ordinary children: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie. They discover that the wardrobe in an old professor's house leads to the magical land of Narnia, currently under the spell of a witch. The children fulfill an ancient, mysterious prophecy as they help Aslan save Narnia from the evil White Witch who has reigned over the kingdom of Narnia for a hundred years.

Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (1951)
Main article: Prince Caspian
Completed in the autumn of 1950 and published in 1951, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia tells the story of the Pevensie children's second trip to Narnia, during which they discover that an evil king has usurped the throne. Once again, they set out to save Narnia, this time with the help of the rightful ruler, Prince Caspian.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
Main article: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Completed in the winter of 1950 and published in 1952, The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ returns Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their priggish cousin, Eustace Scrubb, to Narnia. Once there, they accompany King Caspian on a voyage to find the seven lords who were banished when Miraz took over the throne. This perilous journey brings them face to face with many wonders and dangers as they sail toward Aslan's country at the end of the world.

The Silver Chair (1953)
Main article: The Silver Chair
Completed in the spring of 1951 and published in 1953, The Silver Chair is the first book without the Pevensie children. Instead, Aslan calls Eustace back to Narnia together with his classmate Jill Pole. There they are given four clues to find Prince Rilian, Caspian's son, who had been kidnapped ten years earlier. Eustace and Jill, with the help of Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle and many others, face great danger before finding Rilian.

The Horse and His Boy (1954)
Main article: The Horse and His Boy
Completed in the spring of 1950 and published in 1954, The Horse and His Boy is the first of the books that does not follow the previous one sequentially; instead, it takes place during the reign of the Pevensies in Narnia, an era which begins and ends in the last chapter of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The story is about Bree, a talking horse, and Shasta, a young boy, who have both been held (albeit separately) in bondage in Calormen, a country to the south of Narnia. By chance, they meet each other and plan their return to Narnia and freedom. On their journey they discover that the Calormenes are about to invade Archenland, and they plan to arrive there first to alert the King.

The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
Main article: The Magician's Nephew
Completed in the winter of 1954 and published in 1955, the prequel The Magician's Nephew brings the reader back to the very beginning of Narnia where we learn how Aslan created the world and how evil first entered it. Another group of people from Earth stumble into Narnia via an entirely different route. Many long-standing questions about Narnia are answered, such as how inter-world travel was made possible, how a lampost came to be in a woodland and where the wardrobe came from.

The Last Battle (1956)
Main article: The Last Battle
Completed in the spring of 1953 and published in 1956, The Last Battle chronicles the end of the world of Narnia. Jill and Eustace return to save Narnia from Shift, an ape, who tricks Puzzle, a donkey, into impersonating the lion Aslan.

Reading order
Fans of the series often have strong opinions over the correct ordering of the books. When the books were originally published, they were not numbered. The first American publisher, Macmillan, put numbers on the books in the order in which they were published. When HarperCollins took over the series in 1994, the books were renumbered using the internal chronological order, as suggested by Lewis' stepson, Douglas Gresham.

Publication order
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Silver Chair

The Horse and His Boy

The Magician's Nephew

The Last Battle

Chronological order
The Magician's Nephew

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy

Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle

Click on the link for further info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia#The_Silver_Chair_.281953.29

Books and Authors

I dont know what I am when it comes to books.

But let me say I'm beyond a single story.

At the end of one, is not the end of my reading. It gets me to more thinking of the next adventure, the next event of the characters beyond that has been written. These are the things left to our imagination-by the Author.

The author is, for me, truly amazing to catch the readers undivided attention and able to get them involved in the adventure, the character and the very thoughts of those that which we are only reading. He is able to make us live vicarious lives in the book, experience what the characters are experiencing, seeing and feeling as they do. Books are unique on its own, there are simple messages, told in simple profoundness just as there are messages that needs a little bit more attention and delving in to be appreciated. My favorite authors are not at all the same,.. and I remain appreciative of them all; equal but entirely different!

I love to read a series as well as single stories, they all have something to say and we could do with the things ought to be learned from them.

A look to some of my all-time favorite Authors, in no particular order.

Full life

I recently watched " The Ultimate Gift" with my girl friends. It was an inspiring movie,..unfortunately we can't find it on the movie house because its an indie film. I'll try and find a dvd copy so i can share it with my friends too.
There are 12 gifts presented in the film, i'll try and squeeze what they are from memory,..
1 Gift of Work
2 Gift of Friends
3 Gift of Money
4 Gift of Giving
5 Gift of Family
6 Gift of Dreams
7 Gift of a Day
8 Gift of Service
9 Gift of Laughter
10 Gift of Life
11 Gift of Love
12 Gift of Happiness (not sure 'bout this one)

In my 25 years of life, I feel so ignorant and I am!
There's so much more to learn, to accomplish, to do and to READ. I feel i've lost and spent much of my time to nothing...nothing to show for it.
Now I'm resolve to spend 86,400 seconds wisely. So help me God!

Cousin and friend

Friends will come and friends will go,
The seasons change and it will show,
I will age and so will you,
But our friendship stays, strong and true.

- Anonymous –

Friends

There's nothing as nice as someone who shares,
your laughter, your secrets, your wishes and cares,
someone who's there through your good times and tears,
who stays by your side as your friend through the years.

- Autymn Skillings –

There's a miracle of Friendship
that dwells within the heart,
And you don't know how it happens
or where it gets its start...
But the happiness it brings you
always gives a special lift,
And you realize that Friendship
Is God's most perfect gift.
-Jean Kyler McManus

Our greatest fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other

people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

—Marianne Williamson

Valentine?

Nothing much! Just some party..but its wonderful-crazy!
GBD: Talaba picnic (!)