Who is A.L. Cooper Written By A.L. Cooper

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who I am.

Who is A.L. Cooper Written By A.L. Cooper

To begin, who I am can be summed up in three words; Happy, Creative, and Loud!

My mom told me that when I was born I was not like most babies; I did not come out crying she said that I came out happy, smiling, and full of life. And as of date, I have not stop being happy and smiling ever since. As crazy as it sounds, in my world there is nothing so stressful or unpleasant about life that is worthy of stealing my joy. If you are having a bad day, just call me and I promise that I will help you see the “Happy” in anything.

The next word that describes me is Creative. I have always followed the beat of my own drum and lived outside of the box. I am a self-taught abstract artist and love to create pieces that reflect emotions of love. My portfolio Love Is a Beast, The Modern Heart Collection is one of the creative fruits of my spirit that I am proudest of. If you were to visit my home you will not see any accent walls, or creative color schemes. What you will see that I have art on every wall and it makes my heart swell with pride to know that I painted some of the pieces on my wall as well.

The last word that would best describes me is Loud. Now when I say loud, I do mean volume but most importantly I mean personality. I will never forget a business trip to Dallas a few years ago. I was meeting with a client and when I walked in, she jumped up and exclaimed, I LOVE YOUR HAIR and I replied slightly startled, “thank you” and I asked her, “Do you don’t think that it’s too big???” She replied, “Heavens No! You’re in Texas and we believe, the bigger your hair the closer you are to Jesus.” That’s when I found my peace.

So to sum up who am I:

I am a Happily Loud and Creative Person that is passionate about life and lives it out loud. It has taken me years to embrace the Loud in me but I have and now I am complete. I invite you to explore the journey of my thoughts in my blog “The Truth According to A.L. Cooper. To learn more about my talk show “Talking Out Loud with A.L. Cooper, visit www.TalkingOutLoud.biz. To learn more about my art, visit www.TheModernHeartCollection.com.

Hungry Lame People By A.L. Cooper

In life you meet people who are hungry for power and money. The “Truth According to A.L. Cooper” is reflected in my written thoughts titled "Hungry Lame People."

Hungry Lame People

By: A. L. Cooper

Look at these Hungry Lame People scurrying around like this is their finest moment; always feeling superior to the ones who really don’t care. They leave behind family and foe just for a fixed game of “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire.” They never realize that 9/11 showed us that the rich man and the poor man both had the same fate and at some point we will all be a headstone at the end of life.

Look at these Hungry Lame People, thirsting for the high of knowing that their life is complete; the high that God only blesses His special ones with. The high of discovering the real meaning of your purpose and the high of understanding your self-worth outside of the faux façade of a silver Mercedes and Gold Platinum Membership Card.

Look at these Hungry Lame People, preying off one another and committing every commandment known to man. Do they not think judgment has came, is coming or is here?

Hungry Lame People, look at your life, look at your families!

While you fly to another unnecessary meeting, your daughter is sucked into a Godless culture that glorifies the darkness of this world. And your son is counted among the dead; because, you have sold him to the evil one in exchange for your soul’s temporal success

Hungry Lame People, look at what your need for greed has done to you; your heart is hard and your desire is insatiable. Your moral conviction that once separated your thoughts from right and wrong has been buried to its death.

Hungry Lame People when will you learn?

Will it be when God’s wrath comes down, swallow you whole and spit you out into hell where there will fire and gnashing of teeth?

Or will it be when you stand before all you have worked for and see it set on fire and burned into ashes as quickly as it came?

Will it be when you stand before the throne, ashamed and alone?

Realizing that the game you played was all in vain

Because you and the homeless man that you passed everyday on your way to work have the same fate 

Which is…LIFE> DEATH>AND JUDGMENT

Tell me Hungry Lame People, will you learn NOW 

Or in the moment of death call TOO LATE?

Tell me Hungry Lame People when will you NOT

Be Hungry Lame People anymore.

Is He Really To Blame?????

Is He Really To Blame?

By: A. L. Cooper

Often times when a relationship ends, most women can successfully point out all the ways that the men in their lives help contribute to the demise of the relationship.  

I mean I have heard just about everything from the good, to the bad, and of course, no truly wronged woman would ever forget the last straw that broke the camel’s back ugly. I also have to admit that I have preached a sermon on how he wronged me before the congregation of women in my life.  So please understand, I am not writing this article as a narrow-minded insensitive woman. Instead, I am writing this as a woman who wrote, composed, and sang the Wronged Women’s Anthem for years. However, now as I sit back and take a second look, I have to ask myself…Is He Really to Blame? 

I started to ponder on that question a few years ago when I noticed a disturbing trend with my girlfriends.  Their cycle was the same, they would tell everyone about how they were verbally and physically abused.  Then go on to share about how their man cheated and was disrespectful. Yet regardless of the level of drama, they continuously ran back to the same men who disrespected them in the relationship.  

Now one story of such tales earned them my pity. Two or three warranted my sadness but more than ten tales of this disrespect made me questioned their sanity. It also forced me to take a hard look at why they kept going back. And I could only determine that it is because did not really know or understand their God given self-worth. I say that because knowing and owning who you are is the first step in discovering your self-worth.  A woman who has accepted who she is will not settle for anything less than the goodness the Father has given her.  We are all Queens and should require a level of respect that is not mixed with fights, lies, abuse, infidelity and negativity. Let us stop emulating the reality freak shows that the media feeds our minds and create a new sense of wholeness. We need to realize there is no greater love than the love we have for ourselves. Once we realize our value, we permit the fabulous spiritual gift of “goodbye” to grow strong within us.  We learn to let go of the fear of lacking love and allow the blessing of love to flow and usher in a new freedom of increase. 

  

I challenge my entire fellow female sisterhood to really grab hold of God’s word and digest the power in it. Then break free from the bondage of thinking that the kind of love that is given in an abusive relationship is proper and sufficient.  The bible says in 1Corin:13:4-7 “Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud, it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.  Love never fails.”

This, my sisters is real love. Which is perfect, complete, and not filled with any Friday night drama. It is the true definition of “real love” and should serve as a measuring stick for all of our relationships. 

So, to answer my question, is he really to blame; yes, he is to blame if is he is being physically, mentally or verbally abusive. Yes, he is to blame if he is disrespecting you in any manner. Yes, he is to blame if he is lying to you and committing adultery. However, it is not fair to solely blame him if you accept and stay in that abusive relationship when God has given you a way out of that same relationship?  I feel that just as he is responsible so are we as women. 

So, let us stand accountable and stop lowering our expectations of love; by starting or staying in a relationship that clearly is not what our Father intended for us.  Let us stand up in our righteousness and realize that Jesus Christ has made us worthy of the perfect love of God.  Let us require and expect in faith the love that our Father has promised in His word.  Let us honor God in our singleness by wearing robes of righteousness and walk confidently into healthy relationships knowing whose daughter we are. Lastly, let us always remember Proverbs 31:29, 30: “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.  Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting: but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised”.

Now let the church say Amen.