A Black Woman's God Daily Devotional

The fig fruit develops as a hollow, fleshy structure called the  syconium  that is lined internally with numerous  unisexual  flowers. The tiny flowers bloom inside this cup-like structure. Although commonly called a fruit, the syconium is botanically an  infructescence , a type of  multiple fruit . The small fig flowers and later small single-seeded (true) fruits line its interior surface. A small opening or  ostiole , visible on the middle of the fruit, is a narrow passage that allows the  specialized fig wasp ,  Blastophaga psenes  to enter the inflorescence and pollinate the flowers, after which each fertilized  ovule  (one per flower, in its  ovary ) develops into a seed. At maturity, these 'seeds' (actually single-seeded fruits) line the inside of each fig.  See  Ficus: Fig fruit and reproduction system . The edible mature  syconium  stem develops into a fleshy  false fruit  bearing the ...

Joseph had no friends. We learn that Joseph was his father's favorite son. He was the son of Rebecca, the woman Jacob loved. But even with 7 brothers and a sister, we are not told that he was close to any of his siblings except perhaps his little brother Benjamin. Otherwise he had no favor with his siblings. We learn that David had a friend in Jonathan; Paul had friends in Pricilla and Aquila, Timothy and others, and Jesus had friendships with both men and women alike. Even without the bonds of friendship, Joseph was able to make his way with the favor of God and God's blessings. Joseph was thrown in a ditch and there was no friend to rescued him. He was lifted from the ditch by his brothers, but yet, sold into slavery. No friends were mention that he obtained while enslaved. He was in Potifer's house, but other than a lustful desire for him by a married woman, he had no friends. Even as he was jailed for a crime he did not commit, he acquired no friends. Though, he might h...

When I worked for a Christian University in Southern California my department head suggested that I get my license as a minister. He said it was an easy process and told me that I would get tax breaks. I was yet a babe in Christ, but what he said disturbed me. I thought to myself, "If my motive in becoming a licensed minister was so I could get a tax break, then something ain't right with my walk. To hell if he gone get me in trouble with the LORD." I had not absorbed a lot of the bible up to that point, but surely the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom was something that stuck out all the time for me back then. As I read and learned more about Jesus and his walk, I ran across scripture to guide and affirm my thoughts in Christ. Matthew Chapter 17 (The Temple Tax) 24 After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?” 25“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus...

How long is too long? For Simeon and Anna it was a lifetime of waiting. With what they witnessed, it was the confirmation and the manifestation of what they believed was to happen. What if it takes a lifetime for your beliefs to manifest? Will the Holy Ghost come upon you and open your mouth to confess Jesus is Lord? Will you ask God to give you leave of life at that moment? What exactly are you waiting on? Luke Chapter 2 verses 25-38 reads: 25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in pea...

Today I set out to walk for a few miles before my job interview. I have been seeking the Lord for the last few days. As I was walking, I said to myself, "Lord I am trying to hear from you, but there is nothing. I am getting not one word." At that point during my walk, the Lord lead me to take out my cellphone and pull up a Grace For Purpose video. I didn't want to walk nor was I very interested in listening to Grace For Purpose. Usually when I awake I listen to the day's video, but this morning I did not until I was lead. Below is the video posted for June 2, 2021. This video was right on time. It was an affirmation of everything I had thought this morning. I am thankful to the Most High God for His provisions. I pray this video blesses you this day as much as it blessed me. In Jesus' name!

2 Corinthians  Chapter 2: 5-7 For we walk by faith and not by sight. Micah Chapter 6 verse 8   He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the  Lord  require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to  walk   humbly  with thy God? Running can be about time and completion. Running can be about setting a pace and freeing your mind and strengthening your body. Running can be about busying yourself by running here and there and never slowing down to rest. Just like mercy and justice take time, so does humility. Walking on the other hand can be void of requisite competition or completion time. Walking can be leisurely and can give you time to stop and smell the roses. Walking here and there is closer to the pendulum of resting than running is. While walking you might just hear the voice of direction and the voice of goodness. As a child I loved to run. I would run ahead of my mother into the store. I burst with excitement taking i...

Isaiah 55:8 "For your thoughts are not my thoughts; neither are your ways my ways." Robert S. McGee published a very good book entitled: Your Parents and You . I have read this book a few times and have passed it on to others I thought might benefit. I was always careful to avoid giving the book to a parents because the book is really for adult or young adult children seeking understanding and healing. To give it to parents of a child who themselves were broken risked the reader judging themselves as parents rather than healing their own inner child. The book begins by introducing the reader to the fall of man. With the fall of man came a life of brokenness. When sin entered the world though disobedience, (listening to voice of someone other than God/Parent) life was forever altered. The life that God had not originally designed was made void though sin. Adam and Eve were separated from God. Often when children sin or miss the mark, it can cause a separation between child and...