Makasha Dorsey — a wife in progress

Knowledge + Understanding = Wisdom

August 3, 2011

“For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.” –Proverbs 2:6 NIV Marriage is not easy and married women need to stop pretending that it is. Throw a couple of kids in the mix and it gets a little more difficult. The problem is that we expect marriage to make us happy because [...]

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When Fathers Make Rainbows

June 17, 2011

“Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” – Genesis 9:16 Earlier this year, my youngest son began to understand the promise of the rainbow. Now, whenever he (or his brother) prays they both ask [...]

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Forget What You’ve Heard About Black Men …

June 10, 2011

It’s probably wrong. A common commentary in the lives of black women is the lack of availability of desirable black men to marry. To some, all of the good black men, really all black men, are either married to white women, in jail, uneducated, jobless, desolate, violent, dead beat dads … well, you get the [...]

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Yield Not …

June 8, 2011

While reading Michael Hyatt’s post on The Difference Between a Sin and a Mistake, the words of Trinity Hymnal #582, Yield Not to Temptation kept playing in my head. Yield not to temptation, For yielding is sin; Each vict’ry will help you Some other to win; Fight manfully onward; Dark passions subdue; Look ever to [...]