Psalm 27

Of David.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked advance against me
to devour[a] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
who will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then I will be confident.

4 One thing I ask from the LORD,
this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple.
5 For in the day of trouble
he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent
and set me high upon a rock.

6 Then my head will be exalted
above the enemies who surround me;
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make music to the LORD.

7 Hear my voice when I call, LORD;
be merciful to me and answer me.
8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”
Your face, LORD, I will seek.
9 Do not hide your face from me,
do not turn your servant away in anger;
you have been my helper.
Do not reject me or forsake me,
God my Savior.
10 Though my father and mother forsake me,
the LORD will receive me.
11 Teach me your way, LORD;
lead me in a straight path
because of my oppressors.
12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
spouting malicious accusations.

13 I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.

What is love? Is love unconditionally loving someone ,knowing their faults but loving them too much to correct them? Or does love means loving someone acknowledging their faults and try to steer ”your love” in the right direction?
What does your love entail?
As mothers we are blessed with inner eyes that see through our daughters and sons. We see that daughter who has always had the spirit of promiscuity , we see their deceit yet we subtly cover what our eyes have seen – out of love??
That daughter who we know will amount to nothing, we know this because they have always shown signs of this yet we cling to straws that will soothe our love for that daughter
– ”People obeah har”
-”People put dem mout pan har”
-”Teacha neva like har”
-”She nave no lucky”
At what point do we acknowlege out children’s short comings enough to stop feeding the beast?
The sons you raise as pawns, the son that looks just like his dad that did not want you and the son was the tenure the beast who came fourth to calm the inner beast.
-The son who you always needed something, only for his father to come by.
-The son you say you love with your lips but secretly hate because he wasn’t bait enough for the catch
-The son who is a ticking time bomb because he has always lied, stolen and cheated.
-The son who is gay but includes you in the deceit of unsuspecting young women.
-The son who showed signs of a murderer from very young?
-The son who everyone was was hard on
-The son who was always in ”need why he stole”
At what point do we stop/start feeding our children’s beasts? Is it really love or is it the desire to want our child’s demise in a very underhanded / diplomatic way?

How have you fed the Beast?
Do you know anyone that has fed a Beast?

ah Cure’s reflections – ‘It is all about rehabilitation’

HE WAS evasive about the incident, no longer forceful in his declaration of innocence. He thinks there’s a move afoot to stymie his upcoming appeal for parole. Siccaturie Alcock or Jah Cure wants to get out of jail and believes that the time to do so is drawing near.

“Me get sentence a’ready. Mi nuh know why dem woulda waan come with this again,” he said, looking to the sky. He was referring to a report published in last week’sSunday Gleaner in which the woman he was convicted of raping outlined her ordeal.

According to the rape victim Suzanne Ferguson, she, her two male cousins and her aunt were walking to the Flamingo Nightclub in St. James to play a game of pool when she observed a tinted, two-door Turbo Starlet motor car going in the opposite direction. Within minutes, the group noticed the same car coming slowly back down the road. She took a mental note of the number of the licence plate.

The group went to the club and after spending about two hours there, decided to head back home. On reaching Windsor Road, the car which they had noticed earlier, drove up and blocked their path. Two men were inside. The occupant of the passenger seat jumped out with a gun in his hand and immediately gun-butted one of Suzanne’s male cousins. The gunman then ordered the other cousin to walk over to him. Both cousins were robbed and verbally abused.

VICIOUSLY RAPED

Said Jah Cure: “This can mek me get another sentence. I don’t know if dem ago mek she mek me no get no parole. But that should never be so, because de warder dem a watch me behavioural pattern and if me get hold down because of her argument, den me know sey rehabilitation nuh real.”

The fit-looking Rastafarian in the military-green outfit could have been mistaken for a visitor at the General Penitentiary, the maximum security prison at Tower Street in Kingston.

He is pencil-slim and militant in his manner but still very much the entertainer – a man on stage, and it seems the prison bars cannot hold back his impact. Even on the cell blocks, Jah Cure – currently one of the hottest acts in hard-core reggae – remains larger than life.

Serving a 13-year prison term for rape, Jah Cure has been at the penal facility since 1999, one year after he sexually assaulted a young woman in his hometown of Montego Bay, St. James.

In the interview with The Sunday Gleaner last week, the woman now 25, said she is upset with repeated statements made by Jah Cure, proclaiming his innocence.

However, speaking with The Sunday Gleaner from behind the high brick walls of the Tower Street Correctional Centre, Jah Cure did not offer to tell his side of the story.

Sitting on a chair inside the superintendent’s office, Jah Cure’s laid-back persona changed when he was told that the woman was about to go public with the story that has put him behind bars for the past six years.

“Right now me a rehabilitate and it is not a case of guilty or innocent anymore. It is all about rehabilitation and I am coming out, either or (e)ither, time is winding down,” the entertainer said.

Detective Sergeant Cecil Clarke, a trained forensic specialist, who investigated the case against the singer, told The Sunday Gleaner that no Deoribonucleic Acid (DNA) test had been done because the evidence against him was overwhelming. The matter was a jury trial.

At that time, Det. Sergeant Clarke was the sub-officer in charge of crime at the Coral Gardens Police Station in St. James. He is now based in Westmoreland.

Apart from the positive identification, Det. Sgt. Clarke said the condom which was used by Jah Cure’s accomplice to rape the young woman’s aunt, was found at the scene of the crime in Spring Farm, Montego Bay, St. James.

“When the rape incident was reported to us, we traced the licence plate of the car and the owner turned out to be Siccaturie Alcock, alias ‘Jah Cure’,” the Detective Sergeant said.

“I was able to identify him (Jah Cure) because his voice was distinct. They kept talking in the vehicle. Anywhere I hear that voice, I will always remember it. During the incident, he tried to kiss me and I could smell the ganja scent on his breath,” Suzanne said last week.

According to Clarke, during their investigation, Jah Cure’s mother gave a statement to the police, saying that on the night of the incident, her son was not at her house and she had not seen him, although she had heard that he was somewhere around the place.

The detective said Jah Cure in his statement said on the night of the incident, he was at his mother’s house and had taken a meal of fried chicken for his younger brother.

Jah Cure’s mother Pansita Campbell was again mentioned by Suzanne last week.

“When I had to go over the whole ordeal in court, it was devastating. He (Jah Cure) tried talking to me, trying to say it was not him. He introduced a pregnant woman to me at the courthouse, saying that she was his expectant baby mother. He was trying to get me to become sympathetic toward him. But afterwards, his mother – who was at the courthouse – told me that the woman was neither pregnant for him, nor was she his girlfriend.”

Head of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Major Richard Reese, toldThe Sunday Gleaner that Jah Cure applied for parole last year but was denied. His case was reviewed by the Appeal Court and the appeal turned down.

“He has not applied so far this year, and even if he gets parole, he will have to be monitored, so he will be unable to travel outside of the country,” said Maj. Reese.

According to Jah Cure, he spends most of his days in prison praying and counselling other inmates and preaching “one house of love”.

He had high praises for the rehabilitation programme at the centre, which he says has worked for him and many others, but he believes it needs a lot more financial support. He has promised to help to finance the programme as soon as he is freed.

“A one thing me a tell de youth dem, just use me as an example and look, because the world want me and because of what me get in trouble for, whether me innocent or guilty, you see sey me have wait until certain time, either dem give you parole or wait on yuh time,” he said.

When asked if he was regretful of any incidents in his past, he paused, then took a deep breath and said: “The only thing me sorry sey, is dat me never get to finish my schooling. Dat a de only thing me sorry bout, but anuh my fault.”

People people why is it that some girl feel dem pretty, love talk in a video bout dem eva cute and say dem a di total pakage. 1 Don’t have a job an a beg man a dance fi get by. 2 How yuh fi seh yuh have good hole and when yuh a dash out gal fi pick it up and caan hold a man fi yourself, why anybody shoulda want it. 3 Even di nu man weh yuh get afi run like thief cause him know you a crosses. 4 You think yuh and everybody a fren yuh nuh see seh di people dem nuh like yuh 2 FLAP DANCE INNA 1 YEAR. 5 How yuh fi be pretty and yuh right eye bigger than the left one in case yuh nuh know it’s called a LAZY EYE. Last but not least people judge fi youself before and after bleaching. Maryland’s waana be fashionista stylas yuh need fi upgrade yuh from the barrell dem and get tv stand

**NIKKI MINE IS SMADDY MAN YUH TEK OH CAUSE DIS SOUNN —–**