MEMBERS ONLY

THE G.E.M.

~GROUP

Going The Extra Mile

-Quote of the Week

“Having A Rough Morning???

Place Your Hand Over Your Heart....

Feel That?

That's Called Purpose!!

You're Alive For A Reason

So....Don't... Give...

Up!!

~ Said to Blk Pearl by

Bryant Jones Mitchell

(Nephew)

I usually write about positive things..... Because I don’t see the point in bitching about what’s wrong. Something will always be imperfect. Something will always be broken.

But, I think it’s important every now and again to stop and acknowledge how hard life can be. Because sometimes, it can be really, really damn hard. Sometimes, you’ll be in seasons where you have to go through an unimaginable kind of pain.

You’ll wake up in the morning feeling exhausted and wonder how you can get your energy and zest back for life.
You’ll get hurt or lose your health and not be able to do things you once took for granted.
You’ll run out of money, and wonder how you are going to make it another week.
You’ll find out someone you love is dying.
You’ll feel totally lost, wondering what your purpose is.
You’ll struggle with whether you are lovable, and worthy of love.
You’ll realize you fell out of love with your husband or wife.
You’ll lose your job.
You’ll lose a company you started.
You’ll walk away from the great love of your life.
You’ll wrestle with the most intense kind of loneliness imaginable.

There will be moments—seasons—in your life when things feel hopeless. You lose confidence in yourself. You lose trust in others. You hit rock bottom. Your former view of the world, people, work, relationships, love crumbles. You’ll have to deal with things you don’t want to, and say goodbye to people you do.

It won’t feel good. It won’t make sense.

When you hit that moment, I want you to STOP.

Stop moving, stop thinking, stop letting your heart race faster than the rest of your body can keep up with.

Take a really BIG, deep breath.

If you’re alive, there’s a reason for it. I don’t know much—-I'm trying to figure things out too, and coming up with theories to help me make sense of it all. I don’t have all the answers. I don’t know why loss, and pain, and heartbreak happen the way they do.

But I know for sure that if you’re alive, there’s a reason for it.

God put you on this planet to do something incredible.

To build something unforgettable.
To love more people than you’d ever expect to love, better than they’d ever expect you to love them.
To learn lessons that will forever change you.
To lose hope, and then get it back again, stronger.
To find and understand God.
To experience pain, if only to help you see how strong you are in the overcoming of it.
To fall in love...even if only to remind you of your capacity to love someone.
To meaningfully connect to the people and the world around you.
To adventure..... To explore new places, leaving you with fresh eyes.
To find your meaning and purpose in the context of it all.
To experience what it’s like to have a soul full of gratitude, for the joy and for the pain.

So, can you feel that?

Your heart is beating.

You’re alive.

There’s a reason.

Go find out what it is!!!.

Group Discussions

Thursday 09/25/14

Discussion start 9:04pm EST- 11.00 pm EST

Opening Song ~ Encourgage Yourself

Prayers open with ~ Faith Forward

Recite of Pledge ~ Beloved

Reading of Mission/Vision Statement ~Omited

Roll Call ~ 12 present

Minutes taken by Blk Pearl - Tuesday 09/23/14 -Omited

Welcome ~Omited

Urgent Announcement from Blk Pearl

Fabulous Girl daughter is missing, she may have ranaway, she is 13yrs old & the police has been called, and is looking for her. Fabulous Girl is very distraught right now, and will not be on tonights call.

Please let give a special prayer for her missing daughter, as well as The Author missing nephew which has now been over a month!

Moment with Melaine

Be Unstoppable

Taken from a passage from her book Dosages of Determination, Melaine points out that we must be DETERMINE & NOT GIVE UP!

Galatian 6:9 ~ And let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap,

if we faint not.

In conclusion: Keep moving forward, Don't give up! Be unstoppable!

KIR ~ Comment: Listening to you right now, I feel mountains being moved

Beloved ~ Comment: No surrender; No retreat...When emenies try to attack our family,

Look to God that cometh our help

We just been seranade by Michigan singing I just called to say I love you!

Breaking News from Peacemaker

On Open Mic...Art (OM Member) stated that he recieved an email from his contact at UST, that the Iraqi Dinar was pinged to the USD!! me

Members~ What does that me for us?

The Author & DNC ~ Answer: It's a signal for activation. Ping message pair are used to test application connectivity by sending some specific text and determining if the receiving application is able to echo back that same text

This news has caused a big cheer from our G.E.M. Family with a comment from Blk Pearl that it must had something to do with the Visionary Boards of our Family, (LOL)

Members thanks DNC for bringing in the concept of the Vision Board, But DNC said he couldn't take all the credit he commented: Whatever you believe in, pray about it, & beleieve you shall recieve. Sometime you just have to think outside the box!

Beloved ~ Comment: Teamwork makes the dream work. It was DNC who had the inspriation

& Faith Forward who had the know how!

The Author ~ Comment: Pastor Bailey stated when we find ourselves in situations sometimes we have to learn to pratice saying "NO"

Let's make a group committment, after the RV if we find ourselves making large purchases and it just doesn't feel right or make sense, let call each other to get other opinions.

DNC ~ Comment: With my own children I plan to have then attend Rayren class, then I will listen to their vision on how they want to obtain things. Then the trails & errors wont be to costly.

I was also told that if my 1st week check doesn't cover your rent, then maybe it too high for you. Don't rob Peter to pay Paul

(see DNC ideal budget in the Member's Contribution page)

Closing: We closed with prayer by DNC

In Attendances

Beloved

Blk Pearl

Dance All Night

Cancer Free

Keeping It Real

Peacemaker

Faith Forward

Michigan

DNC

Crystal From Texas

The Author

Candid Yams