To the EMPIRE ...

Thursdays on FOX!!! 

700th win for Venus ...

Congrats Venus Williams ...a true Tennis legend!!!

Affirmation ...

Dear Heavenly Father

Happy Sunday everyone ... I'm humbly come to you, to give praise.  Please continue to Bless Me.
GOD grant me the serenity ...

I'm a work in progress, trying to do your will.

“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” Deuteronomy 31:6

TGIF

Maturity speaks, when foolishness ends, and accepting the consequences good or bad, in the choices that you make. #TGIF

Emmys ...

Heidi Klum

Affirmation ...

Dear Heavenly Father

I thank you for all the many Blessings in my life.  You are my rock and my shield.  Please continue to keep watching over me.   

I trust in the Lord with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding. In all my ways I acknowledge Him and He directs my paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Beauty ...

Affirmation

Dear Heavenly Father ...

I thank you for the gift of Life.  Please continue to Bless and Keep me.  I need you all the days of my life.  I ask that you continue to guide and direct my path.  I am merely a Vessel to spread the word of your goodness and your mercy.  Living In acknowledgment and gratitude is the only way to get into the Heavenly Gates.

'Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. #psalms25'

For all the Blessings in my life I do give thanks. Amen~

Congrats Pennetta ...

US OPEN champion Flavia Pennetta

Remembering ...

Thanks Mr. Police Officer ...

RACE Factor - Tennis star James Blake experienced racial brutality, from the New York finest COPS in yet ANOTHER blatant racial act.  New York City police officers have mistakenly detained a former professional tennis player as he waited for a car to take him to the US Open.

James Blake told the New York Daily News that a group of five plainclothes officers slammed him to the ground and held him for 15 minutes on Wednesday.

The police said in a statement that the officers mistakenly believed he was a suspect in a theft case.

Once it was determined that Mr Blake was not the suspect, he was released.

Mr Blake, 35, said he suffered a cut on his arm and bruises on his legs. He said the officers did not speak to him before they pushed him to the ground.

"You'd think they could say: 'Hey, we want to talk to you. We are looking in to something'," Mr Blake told the Daily News.

"You would think at some point they would get the memo that this isn't OK, but it seems that there's no stopping it."

Once the fourth-ranked player in the world, Mr Blake was set to make an appearance at the US Open for the Time-Warner Cable company.

He retired following his US Open exit in 2013 after winning 10 singles titles in a career in which he also became the number one US player.

Police said a "cooperating witness" mistakenly identified Mr Blake as being involved in "a ring dealing in fraudulently purchased cellphones".

Racial concerns

Mr Blake, who is black, said race may have contributed to the incident. All of the officers were white.

However he said his primary concern was with the amount of force used.

"In my mind there's probably a race factor involved, but no matter what there's no reason for anybody to do that to anybody," he told the Daily News.

The New York Police Department said it was investigating whether the officers used excessive force.

The department has recently been involved in a number of high-profile cases involving accusations of police brutality.

In the most prominent case, a man selling illegal cigarettes died in July 2014 after being subdued by several police officers. Eric Garner's violent arrest was filmed by a bystander.

A decision not to criminally charge the officers led to widespread protests across the city.

Winning ... The Weeknd

'The Weeknd' rules the charts, as his Beauty Behind the Madness LP debuts at No. 1.

According to Billboard, the album scores the second biggest debut of 2015; moving “a whopping 412,000 in the week ending Sept. 3, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 326,000 were pure album sales (his best sales week ever).”

His debut trails only that of Drake‘s, whose If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late earned 535,000 units (495,000 in album sales).

Beauty Behind the Madness, released through XO/Republic Records on Aug. 28, is the third consecutive top 10 album for The Weeknd – and was was led by three hit singles that have all reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “Earned It,” “Can’t Feel My Face” and “The Hills.”

 

Winning Williams Sisters ...

27th Meeting as CHAMPIONS!!!