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To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Paul writes to Timothy, his young Christian prodigy about what it takes to possess total spirituality and how to go about getting your heart's desires by be surrounded by those who have already aspired someone to whom you can look up to who'll always have your back a mentor to guide you on the right spiritual track someone who'll encourage you to further succeed someone who will push you and on your behalf will intercede when it comes to the culture of being young, gifted and black white racists will try anything to knock you off your track they are still stuck on that Mandingo-slave mentality they're still intimidated by a black man's superiority we're faster, we're stronger and they now know we're just as smart they'll attempt to keep us down and not allow us to make a head start we're survivors and on little we have learned to live be it the worst homes, jobs or whatever rations the slave master did give society is under the misconception that anything black has a bad reputation but being black has power and the world needs to see that a black man was the leader of all Christianity Paul informs Timothy that of him he was proud for Timothy had gotten the best traits from his ancestral crowd he reminded him that his belief system was a blessed legacy with a strength of faith that was passed down through his family a true anointing was handed down a Godly commitment in Timothy had been found as adults and mentors it's up to us to be about truth and not to be fronting not act pretentious to our youth we need to be sincere in our criticism and in our praise and remember as youths the hell we ourselves once raised to be young, to be gifted and to be black to know that there's nothing in this world that you can't hack God gave you the power and capability to face any challenge that comes before thee God gave you His pure and unconditional love so don't let anyone tell you that you're not good enough God gave you a sound and functioning mind with the ability to learn and the means to climb God does not go about giving His children the spirit of fear for a scared person can't function in this atmosphere so go out and cultivate relationships through your shared faith don't let the world hinder you with its bigotry and hate you have intelligence and a survivor's skills just let your will be God's will God's grace has endowed you with a special knack because you're young, you're gifted and blessed to be black

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