IT'S......................#EncoreWednesday!!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Before we get knee deep into #EncoreWednesday!!, I gotta STOP and give a Big Shout Out Warm WELCOME to our newest Mona Girl Blog Family members from South Korea, Bangladesh and Slovenia!! 

Oh Yeah Lord!! THANK YOU for continuing to grow Your Mona Girl Blog Family!!
Welcome, Welcome Loves!!

OK, now for Today's **Featured Message** for #EncoreWednesday!!, we get a helping hand from a Family Member in Chicago (aka Chi-Town) who's taking us back to SHAKE YOUR GROVE THANG! from Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Thanks Paulie!!


**Remember**: Email me at wincty@aol.com or Post in Comments below or DM me on Twitter @MonaGirlNYC to have your Fave Mona Girl Blog re-posted the last Wednesday of the month for #EncoreWednesday!! 

SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THANG!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Today's Mona Girl Blog is about one of my FAVE things to do.........DANCE!!!  I've decided that this Summer, I will make it  **My Goal** to go out once a month and Dance the Night Away!!  Whether I'm on Fire Island at Low/High Tea, in The Village, Meatpacking District or Miami............that's one of my Summer 2015 Goals. Who's in with me!?! 

Yeah, *DANCING* is good for the mind, body and soul! It gives you FREEDOM and allows you to release and let your spirit soar, unfettered.  AND being an Old School House Music junkie, whewee!! When the D.J. gets into a groove......I'm good to go for at least 6-8 hours :)

Most of my adult life I lived in Chicago (The Home of House Music) and became a BIG Frankie Knuckles Fan! Awww my mind goes back to the MANY, MANY nights my friends and I set out for The Warehouse in Chicago at 11:00p and walked out the next morning around 6:00a as the sun was rising over the City. Yeah.......#GreatMemories!!

Frankie, born in The Bronx and moved to Chicago, was known as the 'God Father of House Music'.  He set the World on Fire with his music.......nothing but a Gift from God!!  He was truly Blessed and Talented. And when you listen to Frankie's music, YOU ARE INSPIRED.  You feel the passion and love he had for his craft......he was truly musically anointed and he left a deep and lasting mark on the Music Industry.

I say all this to say that *MUSIC* (whatever your Fave genre) is an Awesome way to break out of your comfort zone, leave the drama of the day-to-day, free yourself, let your emotions soar, enjoy time with family/friends, meet new friends and get a great workout :)

As I close today's Mona Girl Blog, I leave you with some of my Faves from Frankie!! And with the encouragement to join me in my Summer 2015 Goal to Dance the Night Away once a month :) Enjoy the Music and See you on the Dance Floor my Loves!!

"Dance is the Hidden Language of the Soul" (Martha Graham)

Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!








Mets Gushing Moment:
Yes I KNOW..........but You Still Having Fun?




Metsies Winning Season - Scripture #30:
"He has made everything beautiful in its time." (Ecclesiastes 3:11, NKJV)

OH YEAH! IT'S ON!!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Welllll Loves, Today Holy Spirit's got me in a "I just gotta get this off my chest" kind of mood.  And if you follow me on Twitter @MonaGirlNYC, you'll see that from time to time I tend to be a tad passionate when it comes to injustices and stupidity in Politics, injustices regarding Animal Rights and injustices in Sports! 

I have a compassionate heart for ALL God's Creatures and I just can't tolerate when I see those who feel they have Power in this world, use it against those who are less fortunate or against those who are bold and courageous enough to challenge the status quo. I am ALL about a Good Cause.  And once I go in Prayer with what's being said or done by those who champion the Good Cause Holy Spirit's dropped in my head and heart space.......OH YEAH! IT'S ON!!

I've been sitting back quietly reading the many articles, listening to sports radio, watching the stories on SportsCenter, reading what's been posted on ESPN.com, following the Twitter Feeds........and y'all already know from up top, I'm in a "I just gotta get this off my chest" kind of mood. So here we Go........

Back on October 2, 2016, Colin Kaepernick, the biracial (African-American/White) Quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers decided to kneel during the National Anthem before the Dallas Cowboys Game in Santa Clara, CA. And Whewee! Has that choice from his heart to take a knee as a protest against what he deemed as injustices and wrongdoings in our society along with the horrid cases of police brutality against African-Americans and Minorities in the U.S., opened up a whole new Play Book in his life. I'm not going to get into ALL the many details of his choice to kneel and what folks are saying, you can Google "Colin Kaepernick" and get your fill of the DRAMA but I am led to speak to the fact that because of his choice to kneel in protest for a Cause that he's compassionate about, I like tens of thousands of others, feel he's being blackballed by the National Football League. And if you take the time to do your due diligence, you may arrive at the same conclusion.

Family, as I stated when we started our time together today, I just can't tolerate when I see those who feel they have Power in this world, use it against those who are bold and courageous enough to challenge the status quo, to speak (or in Colin's case to take a silent, non-violent action) in support of a Good and Important Cause. And what I've learned from my experience of coming along side/standing in agreement with folks who society labels as radical, audacious, risk-takers, defiant, loose cannons, over the top, etc. (all names I've been called by the way - LOL!), to champion their Good Cause, they end up emerging from the Drama as heroes, as more than conquerors, as Victors and not Victims! These folks end up shining a Bright Light on Dark injustices; exposing those who are behind the injustice; and making our crazy, messed up world a better place, a more compassionate place, a more loving place for those who are being minimized, targeted and hurt by society's injustices.

Now Loves, you know me by Now and You KNOW when Holy Spirit puts something on my heart that I'm passionate about, I ALWAYS have an Action Plan for us.  So take a look-see at this Amazing Video that a group of Pastors and Leaders created to support Colin and take a major stand against the NFL in its blackballing of Colin.  I so LOVE the fact that it was created by a group of Pastors (and I'll say it again).......once I Pray over an injustice that Holy Spirit drops into my head and heart space......OH YEAH!! IT'S ON!!

And no matter where you are in the world of our Mona Girl Blog Family, you can join me and tens of thousands of others in taking a stand against the National Football League by committing to follow the easy Plan of Action the Pastor's outline in their Awesome Video!!

OK! So I'm gonna get off my soap box for *Now* and let you watch this Powerful, Important and NECESSARY Call to Action!!

And if you want to follow Colin on Twitter and check out what he's doing REAL TIME to help the less fortunate and fight Oppression, which by the way, the NFL should be jumping on the band wagon to support instead of blackballing him....click here: The Million Dollar Pledge. And to check out his Foundation's Website....click here: Colin Kaepernick Foundation


"But He's already made it plain how to live, what to do, 
what God is looking for in men and women. 
It's quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, 
be compassionate and loyal in your love, 
And don't take yourself to seriously - take God seriously." (Micah 6:8, MSG)

"You bless those people who are honest and fair in everything they do." (Psalm 106:3, CEV)

"Good people celebrate when justice triumphs, but for the workers of evil, it's a bad day." (Proverbs 21:15, MSG)

Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!!









Mets Gushing Moment:
PRAYING FOR FULL & COMPLETE HEALING FOR MY METS MEN in Jesus' Name. Amen!!




Metsies Winning Season - Scripture #29:
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." (Psalm 46:1, NIV)

https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/900097616486309889

GOT PEACE?

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Well Loves, I come to you today fresh off a Wonderful Holy Release from a not-so-Peaceful environment into a perfectly Peaceful environment. And I must say, I am Happy and Blessed to be right here with You this Wednesday to experience what "thus saith the Lord."

As Holy Spirit was ALL up in my mind last night with today's Mona Girl Blog Word, He brought to my attention that We ALL can experience PEACE in our natural environments despite the circumstances or situation.  Whether sitting in traffic, dealing with a toxic relationship, being bombarded by noise and confusion throughout the day, being around folks who are not Peaceful, being overwhelmed by the world's drama, dealing with natural disasters like storms, etc. In each of these circumstances, We can dig deep and get to a place of *LIFE PEACE*.  Getting our thoughts and minds to a place of PEACE despite the current stuff we are walking through in real time. Getting our minds and hearts to a place of "sleeping in the back of the boat kind of Peace" that our Jesus experienced when His Disciples were freaking out in the midst of the natural Storm (Matthew 4:37-38) Oh Yeah! That's the kind of PEACE I've leaned with the help of Holy Spirit to experience........*LIFE PEACE*. Being at PEACE no matter what's going on in my natural circumstances.  It's not an Instant Manifestation but it is attainable if we keep a positive attitude and remain calm in our hearts and minds.

Ohhhh but Loves.  Holy Spirit brought another kind of PEACE to mind last night that's like NOTHING else on this earth!! It's a PEACE the Apostle Paul speaks of in our lives that goes beyond ANYTHING We can naturally produce on our own. (Philippians 4:7)  It's a PEACE that wayyyyyy surpasses and outweighs *LIFE PEACE*.  It's a PEACE that's anchored deep down in us...at the core of our Being.  It's a PEACE that comes with KNOWING and LOVING and LIVING with Jesus! It's a *SOUL PEACE*. A PEACE that one ups *LIFE PEACE*. A PEACE that is a constant and steadfast by product of a life lived with Jesus as our focus.....Jesus as our priority.....Jesus as our foundation!!

Family, please understand, there's nothing wrong with *LIFE PEACE*. It's a good thing to have but it's finite...it can only take us so far because it's something We Do in our own strength.  But *SOUL PEACE*?!  Whewee! It will take us to destinies and mountain tops with Our Lord Jesus that We could never create or produce on our own because it's a result of HIM Living in US.....it's something We don't Do in our own strength but it's something we Have because of HIS Strength!

Y'all know one of my Fave Mighty Men of God in the Bible is King David!! And Lordy, did King David have lots of stuff (and that's a HUGE understatement) to be a 24/7 disturbance to his *LIFE PEACE*. But because King David was a "Man After God's Own Heart", he spent most of his life (even with all of his foolishness and fleshly shenanigans)  in the place of *SOUL PEACE*.  He had a PEACE that was a constant and steadfast by product of a life lived with Jesus as his focus....Jesus as his priority...Jesus as his foundation!  And because of his *SOUL PEACE* life style, King David penned one of my fave Psalms on PEACE in the Bible.  And if you take a close-look-see, you won't even see the word "PEACE" noted in the Bible Verse. But it's there......it's present in King David's perfectly selected words.....it's present in his passion in the Scripture......it's present in each and every syllable......

"The Lord is my shepherd; 
I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever." (Psalm 23, NKJV)


Oh Yeah! As you can see, the word "PEACE" is no where up in this Powerful Psalm but it radiates, it hollas.....it screams PEACE!! And Loves, this is where I'm hoping We can get to, stay and experience 24/7 just like King David.........a life of Nothing But God All Up In The Mix *SOUL PEACE*!!! These are the kind of folks I want to have in my Tribe......I want to be a part of my Life Journey.....folks anchored and living out lives from a place of *SOUL PEACE*.

So when folks ask or We inquire of ourselves, GOT PEACE? We can unequivocally say with certainty and assurance........YES, I DO.......I'VE GOT *SOUL PEACE*!!


Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!













Mets Gushing Moment:
Goooooo Mets..........Beat StankYees!!




Metsies Winning Season - Scripture #28:
"And God will generously provide all you need.  Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others." (2 Corinthians 9:8, NLT)

**I SEE YOU**

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Well, Holy Spirit has yet another Short, Sweet and To The Point Message (well actually more like an Exercise or Activity) for us today.

I read this a few weeks ago on the Holy Land Moments Devotional by my fave Rabbi, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein.  And Holy Spirit brought it back to the top yesterday to share with YOU today.

So here we go.......


**Try this Exercise:** 

For one day, imagine that your life is being broadcast on national television. What differences would that make in What you Say, What you Do, and How you Conduct your day-to-day activities?



Oh Yeah!! LOL! Well, You In?!? Looking forward to receiving/sharing emails with those of us who take on Rabbi's **I SEE YOU** Challenge :)

But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him.  The Lord does not look at the things people look at.  People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7, NIV)

Continued Success and Abundant Blessings!











Mets Gushing Moment:
I KNOW.........I KNOW.......but I'm still Drinkin the Kool-Aid!!

Metsies Winning Season, Scripture #27:
"Watch for the new thing I am going to do.  It is happening already - you can see it now!  I will make a road through the wilderness and give you streams of water there. (Isaiah 43:19, GNT)

A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR YOU!!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Loves, I'm popping by Mona Girl Blog today to Convey to You, Say to You, Give to You A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE!

JESUS LOVES YOU

AND

SO DO I!!

Yep!! That's It! That's ALL I have for YOU today! But what an Amazing, Priceless Gift of Knowledge!!

Please Receive It, Believe It, Own It, Share It and most of all......Live It!!

Love You Loves!!

Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!

Mets Gushing Moment:

To My Metsies Men: Keep On Doing YOU, Being YOU and Shining Brightly STARS!!

#LoveJesusInYouAmedRosario!!

Metsies Winning Season - Scripture #26:

"But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.  They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water.  Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought.  Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit." (Jeremiah 17:7-8, NLT)