YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

In the movie, "A Few Good Men," Jack Nicholson belted out a phrase that became an iconic Hollywood line, "You can't handle the truth!"

Sometimes, when it comes to dealing straightforward with the things that have held us bound for generations, some of us decide to stay bound because we can't handle the truth.

The path to freedom often includes passageways and doorways we simply do not want to open. The irony is , the more we guard those doors and fight to keep them closed, the more we shut ourselves in and shut freedom out.

The Lord has given my husband, Kendrick Curry, a vision to gather families on a regular basis to join together and tackle the tough issues that have held us down for far too long--issues like Domestic Violence that make our families and homes battlegrounds instead of sanctuaries.

The challenge is, we have to fight, push, and prod some folks to deal with the real.  Many of us are personally familiar with the challenges the African-American family faces, particularly the devaluing of the role of the father in the family unit.  We see it, live it and breathe it every day, but we don't want to address it.

Instead, we let our issues pile up under the rug where we hide everything else, until we are not only shut tight behind the doors that are supposed to lead to our freedom, but we become trapped behind the ever expanding pile of debris, like compulsive hoarders.

This year's Family Summit is designed to deal with the fatherhood issue head on --not in any way condemning to fathers, but simply attempting to hit the reset button to give fathers, and families as a whole, an opportunity to move forward instead of in circles and cycles.

It's time to go below the surface if we want true healing to occur in our homes and in our communities.  However, if you are only interested in putting a bandaid on your issues, then the Family Summits are not for you.  If you are only interested in coming out when we have a moonbounce, cotton candy and hot fish in the deep fryer, but not when we are giving a no-frills escape plan to break free from the tricks of the enemy, the Family Summits are not for you. If you can't handle the truth, the Family Summits are definitely not for you.

But if you understand that "ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free," then you will not let anything keep you from sowing seeds of truth and uprooting seeds of destruction in your life. 

God provides many opportunities for us to be healed from the inside out.  The Family Summits are just one mechanism.  Be determined to get in an atmosphere where you can be transformed by the renewing of your mind and help set future generations of your family on course for a future and a hope. God will honor the desires of your heart and direct you to a path of help and healing.  If that path leads toward the Family Summit, meet us this Friday, July 20 at 6pm and Saturday, July 21 at 8:30am at 3000 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE and let's work together to not only handle the truth, but rightly divide the Word of truth so we can be set free.  For, whom the Son sets free is free indeed!

BNcouraged! (emphasis on the "couraged")

Rev. Karen