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The First, The Last, My Everything

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With a nod to Barry White’s classic You’re The First, The Last, My Everything

You put it together, didn’t You?

You definitely put it together, didn’t you Lord?

Isn’t that nice?

I mean, when you really sit and think about it, isn’t it really, really nice?

Nobody but you and me

You’ve put it together, Lord

 

The first, my last, my everything

And the answer to everything

You’re my sun, my moon, my guiding star

All kinds of wonderful, that’s what you are

 

I know there’s only, only one like you

I know you can do all things

No purpose of yours can be thwarted

Lord, you’re all I’m living for

Your plans stand firm

Your love for your children endures forever

I’ll never abandon the works of your hand

You’re the first, you’re the last, my everything

 

You allowed me to return home

You let me find you

You forgave all my sins

And in you I’ve found so many things

You’re my strongest defender; the one who saved me

My faith is so great I could only give you

I proclaim to all how great you are

You’re bring us all to a new day

 

I see so many way that I

Will love you till the day I pass out of death into eternal life

You’re all of our realities, yet some of us remain lost

But you still forgive them through Christ

You’re the first, the last, my everything

 

You and me, Lord

Just you and me

You are the first, the last, my everything

 

Passing the Baton

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The POTUS delivered tonight! Eight years ago, I watched as the newly elected Barak Obama, his wife Michelle, and their two beautiful daughters walked into a Chicago park to celebrate his election. I admit as I watched tears streamed down my face. Why? Because never did I imagine in my life I would love to see an African American President. They look like me, I thought, and I was so very proud. In his eight years as President Barak Obama has faced more push back than probably any other President in history. From day one, there was no desire to work together, no willingness to compromise. The mission was clear from the right; this man must fail. Was some of it political? Undoubtedly so. Was some of it racial? I think the rise of Donald Trump and his message of division answers that. Yet through it, all the President remained dignified and pushed on with his agenda. His administration remained scandal-free. Time will pass, and history will tell his story. If I were to bet, I would bet it will be a remarkable story indeed. Tonight I couldn’t help but see that there was something symbolic in our nation’s first African American President passing the baton to what very well could be our first woman president. Come this November, a generation of young women may get to look on as President-Elect Clinton takes the stage to celebrate her victory. She a woman just like me, they may think, and they will undoubtedly be very proud. There is no disputing the fact that we’ve come a long way, but it is evident that we still have a way to go in regards to race relations and gender equality as a country. Yet if you watched President Obama and Secretary Clinton together on stage tonight in Philly, it’s clear, we are on the right road indeed.