Coffee Talk with Linda Davis

First off, don't read this if you intend on seeing Black Panther but have not yet gone! I went to see the movie Black Panther this weekend. I'm not really a big "superhero" movie person buy my son talked me into it and I really enjoyed it. A few things spoke to me in the movie but one thing really, really jumped out to me that I wanted to share with you. There was a point in the movie when King T'Challa appears dead and his long-lost cousin with a bitter and angry heart takes over the throne. The King's ex-girlfriend, Nakia, wants to dethrone the cousin and "save" Wakanda from his evil intentions. General Okoye who very much loved King T'Challa cannot help her. When Nakia and Okoye talk about these plans Okoye says something that really stuck with me. As much as it broke her heart to do so, as much as she loved King T'Challa, she told Nakia "my loyalty lies with the throne and it is the throne that I must defend." I began to p...

I always thought Proverbs 31 was about and directed to the woman but as I read it today I realized it's a guide to the man and what they should seek in a woman and what they should stay away from in a woman! Take a read from that perspective. This is my paraphrasing of the Passion translation. Proverbs 31 Listen my dear son, the son of my womb, you are the answer to my prayers and you are my son. So, keep yourself sexually pure and away from the alluring but deceptive woman. Please don't waste the strength of your anointing on someone who could ruin it. You will live to regret it. For you are a king! It is never good for a king to get drunk because when they drink they forget justice and they ignore the rights of those in need, those who would depend on their leadership. Be a king who fights for those who cannot defend themselves. As a king who should you look for as a bride, as your queen? This would be a wife to treasure , one of strength, great courage, full of wisdom an...