This is Beyonce’s face photo shopped unto Nikki Minaj’s profile…How sick can you get?

– “A woman’s loyalty is tested when a man has nothing….but a man’s loyalty to his wife is tested when he has everything…”

Timing Can Make The Difference

Another section in the Church Epistles shows Paul’s tenacity and perseverance in prayer and action. Again Satan hindered him, but Paul’s persistence did result in his eventually getting to Rome.

Romans 1:8-15
(8) First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
(9) God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
(10) In my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.
(11) I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong —
(12) That is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
(13) I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
(14) I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
(15) That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome.

One thing we see in the above verses is that timing is often a critical factor in our accomplishing the will of God. Because of the configuration of spiritual forces that are beyond our perception, it is not always possible for us to “waltz along” on our mission from God. Sometimes we have to crawl through heavy artillery fire, and sometimes we must even stay in our foxhole for a while. The record in John 11 of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead comes to mind.

John 11:6
Yet when he [Jesus] heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days.

Why didn’t Jesus go immediately? We do not know, because God’s Word does not say, but certainly there was a reason. John 7:1-14 is also a most pertinent record, showing both the spiritual battle and Jesus’ concern for the right timing in his actions.

His brothers, who at that point did not believe in him, urged Jesus to go up to the Feast of Tabernacles and “show ‘em his stuff.” Note Jesus’ reply to them:

John 7:6-10, 14
(6) Therefore Jesus told them, “The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right.
(7) The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil.
(8) You go to the Feast. I am not yet going up to this Feast, because for me the right time has not yet come.”
(9) Having said this, he stayed in Galilee.
(10) However, after his brothers had left for the Feast, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.
(14) Not until halfway through the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.

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WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS ARE YOU  HAVING WITH THE SITE…I WILL REPAIR AS WE GO ALONG

Sadeke Brooks, taff Reporter

Money-throwing United States-based artiste Flippa Mafia described himself as the ‘Flossing King’ with expensive cars, jewellery, houses and clothes. While he may be a little extreme, other artistes, too, lead a flashy lifestyle. But what of savings, investments and their retirement?

Millions of dollars are earned in the entertainment industry yearly. While the actual figures might not be readily available and revenues are hard to track due to the mostly informal nature of the industry, it is quite obvious that entertainment is one of the big earners for Jamaica.

Among the earners is the usually colourful Elephant Man. Although he claims to invest in real estate, the artiste admits, “Yes, I am a flosser, but I floss with caution. If I have $20,000, mi floss wid $10,000 and put the other $10,000 in the bank.”

While he believes it is imperative for everyone to do less “flossing” due to the current economic landscape, Elephant Man says sometimes the liquor bill for him and his crew can reach as much as $30,000, sometimes more. In the same breath, Elephant Man says this is not necessarily a case of him squandering his money.

“It’s not really flossing, it’s going out. You work hard so you need to give your ears a breeze fi see what’s happening in the streets, stay inna di vibes a dancehall,” said the artiste whose Mercedes-Benz was seized by the Inland Revenue Department for unpaid taxes in 2010, and who was also in legal ramblings with the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) last year for abstracting electricity.

An entourage member, who wished to remain anonymous, was very vocal as he spoke about the spending habit of some entertainers. While it is not necessarily the norm among all artistes, he says on a daily basis some of them spend between $30,000 and $60,000 after they have made their rounds at the two or three weekly events each night. Making up the bill are top-shelf liquors like Hennesssy and Nuvo, as well as numerous bottles of Guinness, cranberry juice and water.

But portfolio adviser at Proven Wealth Investments, Stephanie Harris, says persons in the entertainment industry need to save for a “rainy day”. In order to advise a potential client, Harris says she would need to find out what the individual’s interests are so that she could put together a portfolio with their short-term, medium-term and long-term goals.

“Persons in the entertainment industry have to put in place a plan because their income stream is inconsistent. Usually they don’t have a pension plan so that is something that they should look to put in place,” she told The Sunday Gleaner.

In addition, she noted that most artistes don’t stay on top of the game for very long, so they also need to have a business plan. Some of the popular ventures for persons in this field are clothing lines, energy drinks, acting and restaurants.

“These can give them an income even when the entertainment dries up. Elizabeth Taylor, for instance, even after her death, her perfumes are still top sellers,” she said.

For the very long-term, Harris says it would be best to invest in things like stocks that appreciate over time.

Rebel invests

Although tight-lipped about some of his more personal ventures, reggae artiste Tony Rebel says he invests in his stage show Rebel Salute that was first held in 1994, his children and their education and his company, Flames Production.

“I think it is overly important to save. You have to save your reputation, you have to save your dignity and morals and save the money that you work because artistes will not be in demand all the days of his or her life. Save so that you can survive in tamarind season,” he told The Sunday Gleaner.

As it relates to his retirement, the 50-year-old says he has put a lot of thought into it.

“When it comes to artistes that have made good songs, that’s a wonderful retirement plan: royalties. Once your song plays, you will get paid from that,” Tony Rebel said.

A much younger dancehall artiste, Spice, says she has investments in the form of her clothing store, Spicey Couture, as well as Spicey Salon.

“My belief is that it is not what you make, it is what you save. You need to allow your money to make money for you. That is why I believe in investments, so that I can have continued income. As an artiste, today you are hot, tomorrow you are not. So when you do make that money, you have to know how to spend it wisely,” Spice said, noting that she wants Spicey Couture to become a franchise within the next 10 years.

Wiser than some, Spice says it is unfortunate that some entertainers squander their money.

“That is very foolish. Those who squander and floss, they are not thinking about the future. When you become a legend, you have nothing to look back at, you are just a name. They need to remember that they are going to get old,” she said.

See Part 2 of 3 in the ‘Dollars & Sense’ series, as we look at some artistes of yesteryear and how the financial choices they made then have impacted their lives today.

Nature song World Peace is number on the Fiwi Choice CVM chat, and now this

Me talking about my Jamaican fans missing me, my goals and other dancehall artists: “I’ve been here for like probably five months now. Four, five months I’ve been in America just working just to make Jamaica proud. Just to make my family, just to make everybody proud. It’s not even about me. This is about Jamaica, because imagine me reaching to the top and then I could reach back and pull another