Oct. 2011
Front Page
>I Need a Mommycation
Delina Hill-Brooker
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ISSUE VOLUME OCTOBER 2 2 2011
>Business and Community
Loyal Therapy
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>Dreaming My Own Reality
Letting Go
Angenita Williams-Childs
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Lioness news
>Three Questions
Calvin Douglas, AMPS Magazine
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>Music Corner
Erica Edmonds
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NEW LOOK. NEW INFORMATION.
Lioness News will not only keep you up to date on Lioness Vizions, but
will also spotlight people and businesses who uplift and inspire those in
our community. We are staying true to our motto: Sharing Dreams with
the World...
What’s new at Lioness Vizions
Lioness Angenita recently spoke to Families
First, a non profit dedicated to assisting
families by providing low cost services
such as family, marriage, and divorce therapy,
drug abuse services, and domestic
violence prevention. Angenita will be volunteering
with
Families First in the near future.
Lioness Delina has been diligently working
on several projects.
Both Lionesses have been published on
www.thepeoples411.com.
Sharing Dreams with the World...
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I NEED A MOMMYCATION!!! Delina Hill Brooker
I need a vacation. Not just any ‘ole vacation but a Mommy/Wife
vacation. I need a break from my husband AND my children!!! Not like Mothers Day, when dad does everything. I need a full 24-48 hours MINIMUM just to myself, to not be responsible for anything or anybody. If I'm at the house I'll still be asked questions by tiny humans. Or even hear the arguing of the tiny humans and feel forced to intervene. I need a Mommycation!!! Just the thought of things I could do!!! Catch up on some much needed sleep, taking up the whole bed and not sharing any covers. Eat ice cream and chocolate while watching Lifetime movies. Shop for hours on end without rushing home to cook dinner or entertain a kid. Talk on the phone for hours with my BFF without interruptions. I won’t have to share my food, wash anyone else’s clothes, no dishes, no chauffeuring around
kids to after school activities, no whining, no tantrums, no runny
noses, or butts to be wiped. OH THE JOY THAT OVERWHELMS MY HEART JUST THINKING ABOUT IT! I’m going to catch up on my reading, play music as long as I like. OMG! I don’t even have to censor what’s on the radio or TV!!! When I go on my Mommycation, I’m not going to look at the clock not even once; because time won’t matter. I’ll be on my schedule to do whatever I want, whenever I want. MOMMYCATION! MOMMYCATION! MOMMYCATION! Now that I think about it. All of the things that drive me crazy and wear me out; are the exact same things I love most about my life. What better comedy show is there than my children?
How much fun is it to lay in bed alone without my hubby? If I sit up in the bed all day eating, then I’ll have to work even harder to get it all off of me. If I shop for hours on end I’ll be broker than broke. If I’m gone for more than I few hours, I know that I’ll just start missing my family. My baby girl who talks so much, she actually does say some pretty interesting things. Being a chauffer REALLY isn’t that bad. The boys and I have great conversations on the way to and fro. My hubby, the person who helps me keep it all together; it wouldn’t be as fun without him around. The truth of the matter is, I don’t know what I’d do with all of that time on my hands without my family. They are a part of me, and I wouldn’t trade them for the world.
I’ve decided that the best Mommycation for now, is just a really
good power nap or a few hours out with my girls.
To all of the great Mommy’s out there. Make sure that you are taking SOME time out for yourself. Don’t feel guilty about it either, You deserve it!
Happy Mommycationing!!!
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Business and Community Together: Loyal Therapy and Wellness Center
If you are not careful, you’ll drive right past it.
Loyal Therapy and Wellness Center sits on 38th Street and
Sherman Drive in Indianapolis. If you know Indianapolis, you
know that poverty is all around this area. The police patrol through
on a constant basis. Who would place a massage parlor in the middle
of the ‘hood? Someone who
took a chance in a recession to
give back to the community.
“First of all, it’s not a massage
parlor,” says Stephanie Bell, the
owner. “Call it what it is, a
wellness center.”
Stephanie is a former nurse
turned business owner. She
chose the ABC Beauty Supply
strip to start her business to be
closer to the community. Loyal
Therapy is centrally located,
and in a primarily Black
community.
“People think that massages are something that you do to pamper
yourself. You, know, ‘Let’s take a vacation and get a massage.’ “
Stephanie wanted to offer her services and squash that belief.
Many massage therapy businesses operate in the outskirts, away
from the inner-city. They are also quite expensive. There are some
that give the “happy ending” when the massage is over. Loyal
Therapy is none of that.
Loyal Therapy is a comforting place where you can get the kinks
out, and learn a little bit about what massage is really about:
wellness and health.
A potential customer walks in, and Stephanie greets her. This
particular person asks what she does, and Stephanie runs off her services in a very thoughtful manner. The woman suffers from fibroidmyalgia, a disease that brings constant pain. The woman asks what a massage at Loyal Hands can do to help her. I can get you to feeling better by the time you walk out the door.” As soon as the woman walks out, a man walks
in with the same types
of questions. What can massage do for him?
“Think of it like this. While a doctor takes care
of you inside, a massage therapist takes care of
you outside. Muscle moves bone, bone does not
move muscle….” In addition to her massage therapy
business, Stephanie is a poet and inspirational
speaker. Her book, “Loyal Thoughts: Daily
Devotions and Inspirations” will be released
soon. She also is working on a poetry book, and
has been published in Scoop
magazine. She’s also spoken to youth groups as an inspirational speaker, and will be hosting a
community day on October 22, 2011.
In her own words, “I love the community. That’s why I’m here.”
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Dreaming My Own Reality Angenita Williams Childs
They
Will never
You will never
Give or receive
Like you should
Like it was meant
They are them
You are you
They only like
Two or three
Unlike you
Who loves the world
You envision
They reject
You empathize
They criticize
Asking the purpose
When other things fly free
Why need
Why want
When existence is blank?
Dream on
They laugh
Dream on
They laugh
I sigh
Close my eyes
And visualize
Open them
And execute
Their laughter
Halts
And their faces turn
In ugly states
At my freedom
To chose
The life I want to live
To chose who I
Am
Not their replicated
Dull senses
And closed minded
Bondages that wish to
Stop my growth
They fall
As my stalk grows
Flourishes
The shine inside
Blinds
I am not
Them
I am me
And I am free
Learning to Let Go Angenita Williams Childs
People always say let go of the past, but what happens when the past doesn't let go of you? Letting go is really
being able to move past hurting. I noticed that when I let go, things happened, doors opened, and I slept exceptionally
well. It may be that job that’s holding you back, or that non-significant other. It could be the hovering
parent, or the wayward child. Being able to move forward is the best freedom one can be afforded. Step one is to
have faith. Step two is to pray. Step three...let it go.
Photo Courtesy of:
http://www.iscnewsroom.com/2009/08/12/memorial-sculpture-erected-in-legacy-park/
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Three Questions
Calvin Douglas is a native of Indianapolis, IN. He studied
psychology at Southern University and has been an
Account Executive for AMPS Magazine for three years.
What do you want people to know about AMPS Magazine?
AMPS Magazine (African aMerican People Succeeding) is a free
publication that focuses on bringing a spotlight to the positive in
the black community. What's great for business owners as far as
advertising is not only does AMPS distribute print magazines, our
readers have the option to flip through the pages of the magazine
online at www.ampsmagazine.com. Your investment becomes
more prominent because its actually two avenues for the price of
one.
What influenced you to work for AMPS?
When my friend and now Editor In Chief of AMPS, Akilah
Webster, told me what the acronym AMPS meant and the motto
"EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY", I knew this was something
special. When I met Gerald Wright, the owner, he told me
the history and the vision he had for AMPS.
In the same conversation
we found out we were at Southern U at the same time so that
made it easier to come work with good people who I now consider
extended family.
Where do you see yourself in a few years?
Being a franchise owner of AMPS in a city that's to be determined.
I'm also discussing a family business with a few of my family
members because building generational wealth should be a priority
in the African American community.
For more information about AMPS, visit their website at
www.ampsindy.com
, or call 317-828-8544. Calvin can be reached
directly at calvin_ampsindy.com.
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friends with record deals who weren’t happy with their situations and the record industry’s been changing for years now. Now, I think it’s about focusing on “what we do with what we have” and letting the doors open as they will.
You recorded with Kirk Franklin on the Hero
and Fight of my Life albums? Did you tour?
Yes, I worked with him for several years and had an opportunity to tour Europe, Africa and the U.S. I grew up in church so singing gospel is also a part of who I am. What are you doing now? Writing, acting and gigging. I was in a few films last year (Good Deeds and Madea’s Big Happy Family). I’m starting to get calls to go into recording sessions and write for other artists. Song writing is one of the things I love to do the most! I’d love to get some major placements in the next few years. I’m helping to develop a very talented ten year old young lady named, Tyra Fernandez. She’s a model, actress and singer. I’m always gigging as much as possible (gigging: doing live performances) mainly in Dallas. But, I travel sometimes as a background vocalist for Staxx Records soul artist, Ndambi. Hobbies? Hanging with my family, my son, parents
and siblings, nieces and nephews. We’re all
very close.
Erica Edmonds was featured on the Lioness Vizions production, “Sounds of Healing.” She is a versatile and phenomenal singer, and she shares her experiences with Lioness Vizions. Interview by BBD Global.
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When did you start singing: I was two years old.
My grandmother talked about me singing before I
could talk; just mumbling words. It was in my
soul. Favorite childhood memory: Hanging out with
my dad. Both of my parents were in the home,
but for some reason I was a daddy’s girl. Wherever
he was…I was. We’d listen to records for
hours. He did my first vocal recording when I was
four years old (on a reel to reel.) We’d hang out
at the arcades, go to the ice cream shop, pray together, etc. Tough act to follow for any men who
may come into my life. QT is everything! Lol.
When did you start writing songs: Nine years
old. Were you popular in high school: No, I don’t
think so. I was always active in the performing
arts, so I was involved in choirs and school plays
(theater). I was known for that. Most people know you had a group with R & B artist Keke Wyatt. When was that? We were teenagers. I was about 18. We’re from the same city and Immanuel Officer flew us out to California to meet two other girls, record a demo and do some artist showcases. That was our first time meeting each other. We spent months back and forth between Indiana and L.A. and we worked with a mutual producer in Indianapolis, Steve Huff. I bet that was exciting for a teenager. Was that your first experience like that? When I was fifteen, John Howcott put a group together called Babygirl. We spent months back and forth on holidays and weekends, between Indiana and Atlanta and showcased for labels like LaFace Records. So you were pursuing a record deal? We were. But, as I get older I’ve learned to appreciate experiences for what they were…Experiences. They’re chances to grow and to develop. I had
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Let Him Help You/Bright Side of Negatives - 2
>Loving the Regrettable — Venessa Schade Bowers - 3
>Sugar Momma — Marquetta Price - 4
>If Only You Knew — Stephanie Rice - 5
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What’'s new with LIONESS VIZIONS?
In May we started inviting guest bloggers to write blogs for our blog site. Special thanks to our guest bloggers for the month of May. Venessa Schade Bowers, Marquetta Price and Stephanie
Rice. If you haven’t already, be sure to stop by our blog site, comment and share.
www.lionessvizions.wordpress.com
We are still accepting entries. If you would like to submit
a blog, please email it to info_lionessvizions.com. If you
have a website, twitter or fan page please be sure to
include it in your email.
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us in our Birthday BonVoyage party. Angenita is finalizing everything for her move to Atlanta!!! Lioness Angenita (LuvLee) will lead some workshops for the Breaking Free domestic violence recovery groups. She also submitted some writing work for Mike Epps’ Funny Bidness. We can’t
wait to hear back if she will be a part of the production. Wish her luck! :D
Lioness Delina was an extra in an independent film called “Blaq Gold”. She even had for speaking lines. It was a great experience. We’ll keep you posted on the release.
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Lioness Vizions is looking for graphic designers to typeset manuscripts and design covers. We are also seeking editors. Please send your resume, references, and a sample of your work to info_lionessvizions.com. THANK YOU!
Let Him Help You
The other day I was watching my daughter struggle to put her shoes on. She hadn’t untied them from when she
had taken them off before, so of course she was having a hard time. I kept trying to reach down to help her. I
don’t think any parents likes to see their children struggle doing anything. She was frustrating me because she
didn’t want me to help her. So now we are both sitting there, frustrated over each other. I told her, “If you
would just let me show you, it would be so much easier. Just let me help you.” Then it hit me. I wonder if that’s
the way God feels about us. When he looks down on us from heaven and sees us frustrated and struggling trying
to keep things together physically, emotionally and even spiritually. I bet he’s holding his hands out wanting to
help us. He knows the BEST way and the outcome. EVERYTHING would be soooo easy if we would just let
him help. Let Him, the grand architect of life, the know all, is all, the real mover and shaker, way maker help
you. Besides, who’s way can be better than His? And there’s nothing wrong with asking for help either. He
knows when you’ll need help before you do. So the next time you are struggling with something in your life,
remember JUST LET HIM HELP YOU. ~ delina
Bright Side of Negative
I understand that things happen. Bad things. Back in the day, if yet another bad thing happened, I would lose it;
really lose it. I felt like a target was on my back for trouble to come to me. All it took was for one thing to happen,
and in a tailspin I would go. I just couldn’t catch a break. Life was horrible. What I realized is that while a
snowball full of bad was happening, good was also happening. However, I couldn’t focus on the good because
negativity was my focus. I was a negative person. For every good thing that happened, six bad things happened,
and the good things were overshadowed by my focus on the negative. It was all about, “Why is this happening?
What did I do to deserve this? Nothing ever goes right for me.” That was until recently. Something clicked. I began to see bad things as blessings in disguise. I looked at the situation at hand and looked at the outcome of the bad issue. Somewhere in that horrible situation, a light shined through. For example, my car window was busted out by a client at my old job. I quit with nothing lined up. At the time, I was enrolled in college part-time. I used that time to enroll full-time. As a result, I finished my degree two years sooner than expected. So me quitting a dead-end job gave me time to focus on my college degree. I told a friend who’s done a lot for an unappreciative person that he loved, and now won’t help him in his time of need, to not think about what he’s done the way of, “All I’ve done for this person and this is what I get when I’m really in need.” Think about it like, “I did all I did out of love and from my heart. I was a blessing to someone. That’s what matters most.” Take that negative thought and process it in a positive light. Don’t just think it, believe it. And things will turn around. Focus on the light through darkness. Things will change, and for the better. ~LuvLee
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Loving the Regrettable by Venessa Bowers
Often, women like you and me spend a lot of time thinking about the things that “could have been.” We spend so
much time thinking about those past, long-lost dreams that we cannot see the “now” of our lives. We cannot see the
new dreams and goals we have set for ourselves. Because let’s face it, as women, we are always planning new things. In fact, we have to in order to survive and eventually make sense of the lives we have lived and are living.
Let me tell you a story. When I was growing up I used to spend a great deal of time daydreaming. So much so that my maternal grandmother used to call me “Alice” as Louis Carroll’s classic work Alice in Wonderland. On its face, it
sounds like being called “Alice” was an endearing nickname. However it wasn’t. My grandmother’s belief was that
“there would be no dreaming in her house.” So whenever she caught me daydreaming it was as if I committed a class-
A felony. And she made me pay for that infraction in countless, merciless ways. But here’s the thing – she couldn’t
break my spirit, no matter how hard she tried to break my body and mind. So, defiantly, I kept daydreaming.
In those days, daydreams were about being a famous writer who would tell the most captivating tales of magic and
wonder. Or, being a famous musician (after all I was classically trained on several instruments), or being a Rockette,
since I was an award-winning tap dancer. But the recurring theme in those daydreams was finding a way to leave the
life I was forced to live under the care of people who couldn’t have cared less about me. When I was ten, I wanted to
be fifteen – when I was fifteen I wanted to be twenty. I never learned to live in the moment of those years because I
was always planning an escape. But those dreams didn’t come true and I regretted even having them for a very long
time.
My escape came in the way of college. I was a voracious reader and that, in fact is what saved my life. I could
disappear into a book and no one could call that “daydreaming” because it looked like school work. Most of my family
could not read above a third grade level so I decided that I would “get smart at them” and be able to read what I
wanted without the fear of punishment. Being the first person to go to and finish college in my family was a struggle,
but I did it. I also earned two master’s degrees – my dreams shifted to being an academic, not a writer or a musician
or a dancer. But that didn’t work either. Being a “hood-rat” as I was often called by my colleagues didn’t fit the
“vision” of an academic – those people are the ones who spent their whole lives in the academy – white, men, with
money. So, clearly, I couldn’t fit that bill.
So, I changed my dreams again. And in the process of changing dreams and looking at the past without minimizing it,
dismissing it, or wallowing in it, I was able to begin to love those things I once found regrettable. I love that little girl
who had such big dreams of being famous. I love the teenager who dreamed about out-thinking her abusers, I love the
young adult who struggled to make it through college and try to give back to people just like her – teaching in colleges
where women, so many women, faced the same struggles that she did. She helped them to find their way and
overcome the barriers to their dreams.
I love the woman I am today – at 40 years old, I am learning to love the regrettable. It’s regrettable that I didn’t have a
family who loved and took care of me – how many of us actually get that? It’s regrettable that I didn’t throw myself
into developing my artistic crafts. It’s regrettable that I couldn’t be a tenured professor. BUT – what is not regrettable
is who I am because of those experiences. We women, are not resilient “in spite” of the pain, but rather because of it.
Can you love your regrettables? I bet you can. I challenge all of you to look deep inside to find that little girl who
wanted big things for her life. Then go get them. You have the power to have the life you want – but might have to slay
a few dragons on the way. But you can slay them. In fact you’ve been doing that your whole life.
No matter who you are, where you came from, what you lost, what you gained, what you wanted and what you needed
but didn’t get – YOU are not regrettable. Start unpacking the luggage you’ve carried that is full of your regrettables.
Look at them honestly and openly and love them. They belong only to you. Only you can love them.
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SUGAR MOMMA BY MARQUETTA PRICE
Growing up I was always the child that said I wouldn’t EVER have any children, because being an only
child we tend to be a little selfish and we can’t relate to other children since we’re always around
adults. Fast forward to December 1990 I married my high school sweetheart (Yeah that worked out); we
worked and traveled a lot! We enjoyed life to the fullest extent and watched as our friends around us
started families. Of course the inevitable happens and I get pregnant much to everyone’s surprise.
Fast forward – I give birth and I feel this agape type love like I’ve never felt I could possibly have for any
one person when she was born. Thus begins what I’d like to call:
The Set Up.
Oh yeah she charmed me,
manipulated me, guilted me, hell she even peed on me; and I took it with a smile. All of this before she
was 3 hours old. Yep, I was her instant Sugar Momma.
When my ex and I divorced I tried to fill the void of having a part time father by being her everything and
taking her everywhere and exposing her to all that I could. Showing her the world is hers to do as she
wanted. Birthdays came and went and time just kept ticking along and that’s when I was hit with what I’d
like to call:
The Blindside.
See this funny thing happens when they get to be between ten and thirteen years old, they develop this
thing called “friendships” and begin to bond with others outside of the circle of me and her. I felt like a
one night stand with money on the nightstand as she walks out the door and I whispered “call me” knowing
the call would only come on an as needed basis but yet holding out hope that she would still see me as
a valued member of her life. (Yeah I’ll let you know how that worked out for me).
Then that’s when we transitioned into this thing called:
The Fake Out.
See the Fake Out happens between
14 – 16 ½ years old. She’s my friend again and I’m so cool, although I know this feeling is fleeting,
I’ll take it because after all I am her Sugar Momma. By now she has me thoroughly entrenched to all that
it is about her performances, awards, practices, etc…you get it. I feel this renewed sense of being needed
all over again and I’m happy. But I have this voice whispering “tick, tock, tick, tock”. But I refuse to pay
attention, and as time passes that voice stops whispering and on her 17th birthday that voice yelled at me
“TICK, TOCK, TICK, TOCK!”
That’s when this thing I like to call:
The Reality Gut Buster
happens. It’s her senior year, college is inevitable
and this creature I created and cared for since before birth is leaving me. How DARE she even
consider it! But not only did she consider, she is doing it, off to Florida to go to her next destination in life
and there ain’t a dang thang I can do about it.
For me the tears, the negotiating, the considering of moving to Florida, the worry, the anger all types of
emotions I didn’t think I could have for this one person surface and still love her. Someone to whom I
gave my entire self without a backwards glance is leaving me. But the most important emotion I could
have for her after realizing I have given her the tools to survive on her own is acceptance, joy, encouragement
and more importantly strength. The strength to push the baby bird out of the nest and do it with a
smile, (and hidden tears) and watch her soar to her next phase in life and be the success I know she can
be and support all her dreams, because that what I am supposed to do, after all I am her Sugar Momma
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If ONLY YOU KNEW BY STEPHANIE RICE
“So she said to the king, ‘The report was true that I heard in my own land of your accomplishments
and of your wisdom., but I did not believe the reports until I came and my
own eyes saw it. Not even half of the greatness of your wisdom had been told to me; you
far surpass the report I had heard.’” 2 Chronicles 9:5-6
Whether I have one thousand dollars or one dollar in my pocket, one of the things I never allow
people to do is dictate my value. I caution everyone not to assess my skills, until they have seen them in
action. And I tell people what you see on the surface is only one indicator of what lies beneath. And the
reason I make these declarations is because I have learned not to show my entire hand because not everyone
can handle all that I am, and I am still working on all that I am. And if I happen to fall in my endeavors
in the beginning, I do not need someone close to me kicking me when I am down. So even the things
that the world may speak of concerning me are mere speculation and rumor until I let people in to see for
themselves. And almost every time the response is always the same: I had a feeling, but I didn’t know it
was like this.
That’s exactly where we find the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon. She had heard all of the rumors
about the wisdom and riches of Solomon and came to see the marvel she had heard so much about. After
a conversation and tour and spending time with Solomon, she began to realize that it wasn’t what she had
heard that was impressive, but what she came to know that left and impression. And that says a lot because
the Queen of Sheba was somebody. She had access to resources of the best kind. She knew who she
was. She had her own court, she her own land, she had her own people, she had her own money. She was
secure in her own being. She was not someone who was impressed easily. So what was it that Solomon
had that made this woman of means and stature stop in her tracks???
Solomon had three important wisdom keys we could all learn from. First, Solomon had the wisdom of discretion
and discernment. He was a king, not everybody could get to him. The average stranger could not
just walk up and start a conversation with him. You had to be somebody who was about something to get
a Queen of Sheba audience. And we know he had discretion because she said the rumors she heard did
not reflect half of the truth. Solomon didn’t brag or advertise all he had. People could tell he had, but they
didn’t know how much he had. Second Solomon had the wisdom to treat people right and take care of his
servants. The queen noted that everybody was happy. Too often people get into a position of power and
position and think that everyone is duty bound to serve them. And in that service they can treat people
any kind of way. When you have happy help, you can keep your secrets safe. When you treat your people
right, they will take care of you. And lastly, Solomon had the wisdom of recognizing all that he had was
given to him by God. No where in the scriptures do you ever hear Solomon say he was a self made man.
You never hear Solomon not giving God glory and honor for who He was and how He had blessed him.
Solomon was continuously blessing God. And when he blessed God, others became believers and blessed
Solomon in the process.
Now, its my favorite time in the whole piece…. How is your poker face? Do you show everything up front
to impress people, or do you leave an impression on people by what they find out from you? There is a
difference, and if you don’t know maybe you should seek the wisdom of the Lord to find out.
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