Don’t Be So Quick to Give Up | Showers’ Blessing Picspire | Jacqui Showers

Even when I tried to give up, I couldn’t. I tried, but I kept pushing forward and encouraging myself. Sometimes it appeared as though I was so exhausted I was going to drop. But I knew I had to keep forging ahead. If you have ever had to do anything, you know what I’m talking about. You know that it is not by your might or power, but by God’s spirit that propels you forward against all odds.

That’s why giving up can never be an option. You will do whatever it takes to persevere. You must recognize those things that will cause you to want to give up. There has to be something that loosens you from the grips of mediocrity, complacency and passiveness to become diligent, assertive and passionate in your pursuit to go all the way.

I push myself hard. I recognize that I can be consumed with perfectionism and never accomplish what I need to accomplish. I recognize it. There was a time when I didn’t want to recognize that it was a limitation that prevented me from being successful. Now, I confront it head on by calling it out and proactively operating with a spirit of excellence. How? I don’t have to have everything perfect—even if there was such a thing as perfection.

Excellence provides me with an understanding that everything is a work in progress and along the way I can always go back and perfect it. I cannot give up on it. Howbeit, when excellence is at the forefront of my game, I push myself hard. I know that I am not operating within the finiteness of my own strength. That means, if I pull all-nighters and only get a few hours of sleep within a 48-72 hour period, so be it. It’s all worth it!

You must be relentless in your assignment. Recognize those familiar foes that try to creep back into your life and cause you to stumble, fall and never get back up. Recognize new ones that try to blind sight you to give up. When you embrace the reality that every assignment given you has its own set of destiny busters, you will also be alert to their antics and thwart their assignment against your assignment. You won’t be so quick to give up.

Do you easily cave in when the going gets tough? What is causing you to give up? What are you going to do not to give up?

#donotgiveup #showersblessing

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Commitment to Humanity | Showers’ Blessing Picspire | Jacqui Showers

As you celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday remember that we have a responsibility to humankind that extends beyond the boundaries of our existence to the greater good of society. As you walk out this day, remember the legacy of King and his commitment to love humanity, even sacrificing his own life. In today’s climate of divisiveness, know that each of us have been created to serve humankind with compassion and love. Hate against hate breeds hate. Love against hate breeds love. It is the strongest force in the world Love is more powerful than death. We must show love, even to those who do not show love. It is the legacy Martin Luther King Jr. left with us.

1. “There are divisions that continue to exist, but when it is symbolized with an actual wall it becomes very depressing.”

1. “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

3. “We need leaders not in love with money, but in love with justice.” Not in love with publicity, but in love with humanity.”
4. “Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.”
5. “Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
6. “It is not possible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people.”
7. “We’ve learned to fly the air like birds, we’ve learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven’t learned to walk the earth as brothers and sisters.”
8. “We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love in the veins of our civilization.””
9. “Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power.” We have guided missiles and misguided men.””
10. “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
11. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
12. “Love is the most durable power in the world.”
13. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
14. “We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.”
15. “Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.”
16. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
17. “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit.” You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.”
18. “I have decided to stick with love.” Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
19. “Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.””
20. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

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Saddest Words I Ever Heard | Showers’ Blessing PicSpire | Jacqui Showers

Growing up there was a song, “Almost,” that started with the singer bellowing, “The saddest words I ever heard were almost…not quite, but almost.” The lyrics illustrated various scenarios of almost achieving victory. But, the one I remember the most was the guy who likes this girl but he is too shy to let her know how he feels. Once he gathers the nerve to tell her, she is dating another guy. I often think about these lyrics and realize that so many people live them out every single day.

Almost is never good enough. This sad word haunts many about all the missed opportunities that slipped away. You were almost there, but you never quite hit the mark. So it is with many of our dreams, visions and our goals.

We have them and we ponder over them year-after-year. We dwell in the land of “fit tin’ to” and we never quite can get to the land of accomplishing it.

When I was a young girl I remember a pastor telling us about his dreams. One dream was that he was going to have a great affair at Cobo Arena in Detroit, with renowned guests and singers. The place would be packed out.

Well, it never happened when I was young; but it did happen when I was an adult. Just like that guy who finally got up enough nerve to approach the girl but it was too late, so it was with him. Sure, he had the event, but by that time the dream had fizzled to about 200 people in a place that could seat 12,000. He almost realized his dream, but he was too late for its complete manifestation.

Timing is critical when you are in pursuit of your dreams. There is an allotted time for everything and when the iron is hot, you just have to strike it hard with everything you got.

These are haunting words when you were so close to success but for whatever reason you didn’t quite succeed. More often than not your inability to succeed is steeped in fear, just like the guy who was too shy to pursue the girl.

In a conversation with the pastor, he indicated that listening to others prevented him from pursuing his dream. You have to be so careful of those “others” who claim to support your dream when in actuality they are there to stop your dream. Everybody who says they are with you is not really with you. Especially when you share your dream and they find myriad reasons why you shouldn’t pursue them.

Later for haters! Who need them? For sure, not me and not you!

You do need to have faith and passion in your dreams. You do need to have the courage to step out and to do them. You do need to be relentless in your pursuit. You definitely need to move away from the saddest words I’ve ever heard, “not quite, but almost.”

#showersblessing #ohbreakout #themeplace

Thank You So Very Much! Happy Thanksgiving!

Greetings,

God is so expansive in all that He does. Sometimes a mere thank you doesn’t suffice. Every day God does exceedingly abundantly far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of—infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. He does all of this because of the best gift that He has placed inside each of us to succeed in every facet of our lives.

Grammatically speaking it may appear that “thank you so very much” goes overboard in our expressions for all that God does. Truly, there are no words in the human vernacular to adequately express our gratitude for all God does every day—known and unknown.

As you go throughout this Thanksgiving season, move beyond the superficiality entrenched in shopping from Black Friday to Cyber Monday to embrace the exceeding-ness of God’s love and the thankfulness of the season. Throughout this Thanksgiving weekend, take precious moments to thank God so very much for infinitely blessing you beyond your highest prayers, dreams, desires, thoughts or hopes for your success in every facet of your life.

Have a Happy Blessed Thanksgiving!

Jacqui Showers

PRAYER FOR SUCCESS May 8

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Father, I may dream in the dark, but I live those dreams in full-living color. Regardless if I can see nothing but darkness, my faith allows my heart to envision nothing but the light of the abundance of Your blessing. My dreams become reality, enabling my eyes to envision what my heart conceived in darkness. Amen.  #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

 

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS May 5

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Father, No longer will what I see distract me from what you are saying. Even in perceived darkness, I trust, hear and allow Your Spirit to lead and guide me. I am no longer afraid of the dark. It’s in the darkness I move circumspectly, as my visions and dreams become my reality. Amen. #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

 

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10 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes to Do the Right Thing | Showers’ Blessing Picspire | Jacqui Showers

Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was committed to live out his purpose in service to humankind without fear of the consequences to his own life. As you kick-off your week in celebration of Dr. King’s life and legacy, be committed to rise above yourself in truly living out your dream of service to others by doing what is right regardless of its political, social or cultural consequences. These are 10 quotes by Dr. King to help you through your journey.

1. “You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid…. You refuse to do it because you want to live longer…. You’re afraid that you will lose your job, or you are afraid that you will be criticized or that you will lose your popularity, or you’re afraid that somebody will stab you, or shoot at you or bomb your house; so you refuse to take the stand. Well, you may go on and live until you are 90, but you’re just as dead at 38 as you would be at 90. And the cessation of breathing in your life is but the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit.”
2. “The time is always right to do the right thing”
3. “On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? Conscience asks the question, is it right? There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.”
4. “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”
5. “The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But…the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?”
6. “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
7. “Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.”
8. “The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.”
9. “Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.”
10. “The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS January 16

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Father, Bless us to rise above ourselves and self-centeredness to a place of creative altruism for humankind. Bless us to use our human resources with determined faith in making creative contributions to make this world a better place as we live out our dreams rooted in service to others. Bless us to accept the humanitarian responsibility to make this world a more harmonious place of equality and acceptance, not just for today, but for generations to come. Amen. #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

 

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS January 10

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Father, I am excited that You are a big God who delivers big. I ask big and I receive big. I seek out big things and big things come to me. I knock on big doors and big doors are flung open to me. I have big expectations because I serve a big God who does exceedingly abundantly above all I could ever ask, think, imagine or dream. Amen. #showersblessing #prayerforsuccess

 

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS December 11

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Father, Regardless of my wildest imaginations, dreams and visions, there is nothing I cannot achieve. My imagination runs wild because You are doing exceeding, abundantly above all I could ever ask or think according to the power that works inside of me. There is nothing I can’t achieve or accomplish! I am already successful in everything I do! Amen. #showersblessing #prayerforsuccess

 

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