Chocolate Vent's articles Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What’s a song in a different language that you enjoy? Original link August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – Which startup failed most spectacularly? Original link August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What are some stereotypically feminine things you think it should be more acceptable for men to do? Original link August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Is Changing A Man Such A Bad Thing? I know, I know. I’m not supposed to get into a relationship with the expectation of changing the person I’m with. However, as a woman, it is instinctual to see potential in someone and want to help them reach their fullest potential. So as a “helpmeetâ€� (check the Bible if you don’t know what that […] August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Quote of the Week: “YOU CAN’T BELIEVE IN GOD & NOT BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.” “But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.” {John 2:24 – 25} Original link August 19, 2018August 20, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked God Always Has Your Back! It’s okay to desire a true companion in life, one who walks with you in agreement, whether it’s a friend or significant other. The word, ‘companion’, means, one who keeps company with another, one with whom a person frequently associates or converses. One who accompanies another. A partner, an associate. A lot of times we find this type of companionship […] August 19, 2018August 19, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What is your mom’s catch phrase? Original link August 18, 2018August 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What’s worth the wait? Original link August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked #ThursdayReads: Melissa Harris Perry Melissa V. Harris-Perry was the host of msnbc’s “Melissa Harris-Perry.” until 2016. Currently, she is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, an endowed position that recognizes and supports exceptional faculty who embody Wake Forest’s teacher-scholar ideas. Harris-Perry joined Wake Forest from Tulane University, and has previously served on the faculties of the […] August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – If there was a dating app where you could only see pictures of a person’s room, what would you look for in a match? Original link August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What band do you wish had stayed together & made at least 1 more album? Original link August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The Right Man In The Wrong Body I just can’t believe how hard it is to meet someone. In a world of 7+ billion people, there are millions of us who can’t seem to find someone to be with. Why is this? *If it sounds like I’m about to complain, don’t worry cuz that’s exactly what I’m about to do.* Why do […] August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What have you successfully fixed by hitting it? Original link August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Quote of the Week: “GOD USES YOUR TRAGEDY FOR STRATEGY.” “And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” {Job 42:10} Original link August 12, 2018August 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Take Off the Mask & Behold His Glory Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head… 
—Ephesians 4:15 It seems that many people struggle to be real. We act one way on the outside, when […] August 12, 2018August 12, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What got you through your last break up? Original link August 11, 2018August 11, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What is the most common thing people lie about? Original link August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked #ThursdayReads: Assata Shakur Assata Olugbala Shakur—political activist, author, fugitive, and step-aunt of the famed, slain hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur—was born JoAnne Deborah Bryon on July 16, 1947, in New York City, New York. Following her parents’ divorce in 1950, she moved with her mother and maternal grandparents to Wilmington, North Carolina. Shakur spent much of her adolescence alternating […] August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – Which song and movie are forever intertwined? Original link August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked So This Is What It Feels Like To Be In Your 30’s With every passing year I truly realize how much older I am getting. Little things that didn’t use to be an issue have now become a whole ordeal (if you’re over 35 you know what I’m talking about). Things that no young person would think about have started to happen to me. Here are just […] August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What is NOT worth the money? Original link August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What ALWAYS makes you nervous when you drive? Original link August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked So, I Met A Guy… I was out of town recently and happened to meet a nice guy. Or at least I thought he was a nice guy. Well, he is a nice guy he’s just not for me. When we first met I could tell right away that he was taken with me. He asked me a lot of […] August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked So, I Met A Guy… I was out of town recently and happened to meet a nice guy. Or at least I thought he was a nice guy. Well, he is a nice guy he’s just not for me. When we first met I could tell right away that he was taken with me. He asked me a lot of […] August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Quote of the Week: “THE SPIRIT SHOULD BRING COHESION NOT COLLUSION.” “So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two […] August 5, 2018August 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Ever Get Weary? Ever get weary? Ever get tired of doing the right thing, only to not get the result you wanted, or at least not in the time frame you expected to receive it? Ever feel like giving up and throwing in the towel? If you’ve answered yes to any of these, know that God has the […] August 5, 2018August 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What software should everyone have installed on their computer? Original link August 4, 2018August 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What is an item you swear by and think everyone should have? Original link August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked #ThursdayReads: Nathan McCall Nathan McCall was born in Norfolk, Va. One of five children, he graduated from Manor High School in Portsmouth and attended Norfolk State University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in journalism in 1981. Nathan has worked as a reporter for The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star in Norfolk, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Washington […] August 2, 2018August 3, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What do people take way to seriously? Original link August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Declutter Thyself! With Summer is in the air, it is time to clean! There are many aspects to cleaning – cleaning, sorting, organizing and decluttering – and it can be all be quite daunting. The cleaning part is the probably the easiest (notice, I didn’t say the most exciting) because it’s something that can be outsourced. You […] July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Quote of the Week: “GOD USES YOUR MISERY FOR MINISTRY.” “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will […] July 29, 2018July 29, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked He Set The Course For Victory “He holds victory in store for the upright, He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for He guards the course of the just and protects the way of His faithful ones” (Proverbs 2:7-8, NIV). Are you facing a challenge or difficulty that seems overwhelming? When you stand strong and remain faithful to […] July 29, 2018July 29, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What movie has that one scene that gets to you every time, no matter how many times you see it? Original link July 28, 2018July 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What’s something your employer did that instantly killed employee morale? Original link July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked #ThursdayReads: Omar Tyree New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction, and the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. He has published more than twenty books on African-American people and culture, including five New York Times bestselling novels. He is […] July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What made you attracted to someone that you hadn’t really noticed before? Original link July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Why Did She LET Him Make Her Pay? Woman paying restaurant bill A girlfriend of mine met someone online & for their first date they met at a restaurant for lunch. After coordinating the date, time and location, they met in the foyer of a well-known buffet style restaurant where payment was required upfront. He made the excuse that money was tight & […] July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What art form is currently at a low point? Original link July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked #MondayMotivation: Think.Do.Commit. Understanding that many of the challenges you may be facing in your life may just be a common problem among others, can help to normalize the discussion of unrealistic high expectations and to work towards adjusting them. And given that perfectionism is just one of the demons that some of you may face, you have […] July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What’s a song in a different language that you enjoy? Original link August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – Which startup failed most spectacularly? Original link August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What are some stereotypically feminine things you think it should be more acceptable for men to do? Original link August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Is Changing A Man Such A Bad Thing? I know, I know. I’m not supposed to get into a relationship with the expectation of changing the person I’m with. However, as a woman, it is instinctual to see potential in someone and want to help them reach their fullest potential. So as a “helpmeetâ€� (check the Bible if you don’t know what that […] August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Quote of the Week: “YOU CAN’T BELIEVE IN GOD & NOT BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.” “But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.” {John 2:24 – 25} Original link August 19, 2018August 20, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
God Always Has Your Back! It’s okay to desire a true companion in life, one who walks with you in agreement, whether it’s a friend or significant other. The word, ‘companion’, means, one who keeps company with another, one with whom a person frequently associates or converses. One who accompanies another. A partner, an associate. A lot of times we find this type of companionship […] August 19, 2018August 19, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What is your mom’s catch phrase? Original link August 18, 2018August 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What’s worth the wait? Original link August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
#ThursdayReads: Melissa Harris Perry Melissa V. Harris-Perry was the host of msnbc’s “Melissa Harris-Perry.” until 2016. Currently, she is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, an endowed position that recognizes and supports exceptional faculty who embody Wake Forest’s teacher-scholar ideas. Harris-Perry joined Wake Forest from Tulane University, and has previously served on the faculties of the […] August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – If there was a dating app where you could only see pictures of a person’s room, what would you look for in a match? Original link August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What band do you wish had stayed together & made at least 1 more album? Original link August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Right Man In The Wrong Body I just can’t believe how hard it is to meet someone. In a world of 7+ billion people, there are millions of us who can’t seem to find someone to be with. Why is this? *If it sounds like I’m about to complain, don’t worry cuz that’s exactly what I’m about to do.* Why do […] August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What have you successfully fixed by hitting it? Original link August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Quote of the Week: “GOD USES YOUR TRAGEDY FOR STRATEGY.” “And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” {Job 42:10} Original link August 12, 2018August 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Take Off the Mask & Behold His Glory Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head… 
—Ephesians 4:15 It seems that many people struggle to be real. We act one way on the outside, when […] August 12, 2018August 12, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What got you through your last break up? Original link August 11, 2018August 11, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What is the most common thing people lie about? Original link August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
#ThursdayReads: Assata Shakur Assata Olugbala Shakur—political activist, author, fugitive, and step-aunt of the famed, slain hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur—was born JoAnne Deborah Bryon on July 16, 1947, in New York City, New York. Following her parents’ divorce in 1950, she moved with her mother and maternal grandparents to Wilmington, North Carolina. Shakur spent much of her adolescence alternating […] August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – Which song and movie are forever intertwined? Original link August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
So This Is What It Feels Like To Be In Your 30’s With every passing year I truly realize how much older I am getting. Little things that didn’t use to be an issue have now become a whole ordeal (if you’re over 35 you know what I’m talking about). Things that no young person would think about have started to happen to me. Here are just […] August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What is NOT worth the money? Original link August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What ALWAYS makes you nervous when you drive? Original link August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
So, I Met A Guy… I was out of town recently and happened to meet a nice guy. Or at least I thought he was a nice guy. Well, he is a nice guy he’s just not for me. When we first met I could tell right away that he was taken with me. He asked me a lot of […] August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
So, I Met A Guy… I was out of town recently and happened to meet a nice guy. Or at least I thought he was a nice guy. Well, he is a nice guy he’s just not for me. When we first met I could tell right away that he was taken with me. He asked me a lot of […] August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Quote of the Week: “THE SPIRIT SHOULD BRING COHESION NOT COLLUSION.” “So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two […] August 5, 2018August 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ever Get Weary? Ever get weary? Ever get tired of doing the right thing, only to not get the result you wanted, or at least not in the time frame you expected to receive it? Ever feel like giving up and throwing in the towel? If you’ve answered yes to any of these, know that God has the […] August 5, 2018August 6, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What software should everyone have installed on their computer? Original link August 4, 2018August 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What is an item you swear by and think everyone should have? Original link August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
#ThursdayReads: Nathan McCall Nathan McCall was born in Norfolk, Va. One of five children, he graduated from Manor High School in Portsmouth and attended Norfolk State University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in journalism in 1981. Nathan has worked as a reporter for The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star in Norfolk, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Washington […] August 2, 2018August 3, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What do people take way to seriously? Original link August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Declutter Thyself! With Summer is in the air, it is time to clean! There are many aspects to cleaning – cleaning, sorting, organizing and decluttering – and it can be all be quite daunting. The cleaning part is the probably the easiest (notice, I didn’t say the most exciting) because it’s something that can be outsourced. You […] July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Quote of the Week: “GOD USES YOUR MISERY FOR MINISTRY.” “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will […] July 29, 2018July 29, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
He Set The Course For Victory “He holds victory in store for the upright, He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for He guards the course of the just and protects the way of His faithful ones” (Proverbs 2:7-8, NIV). Are you facing a challenge or difficulty that seems overwhelming? When you stand strong and remain faithful to […] July 29, 2018July 29, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What movie has that one scene that gets to you every time, no matter how many times you see it? Original link July 28, 2018July 28, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What’s something your employer did that instantly killed employee morale? Original link July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
#ThursdayReads: Omar Tyree New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction, and the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. He has published more than twenty books on African-American people and culture, including five New York Times bestselling novels. He is […] July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What made you attracted to someone that you hadn’t really noticed before? Original link July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why Did She LET Him Make Her Pay? Woman paying restaurant bill A girlfriend of mine met someone online & for their first date they met at a restaurant for lunch. After coordinating the date, time and location, they met in the foyer of a well-known buffet style restaurant where payment was required upfront. He made the excuse that money was tight & […] July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Chocolate Vent’s Question of the Day – What art form is currently at a low point? Original link July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
#MondayMotivation: Think.Do.Commit. Understanding that many of the challenges you may be facing in your life may just be a common problem among others, can help to normalize the discussion of unrealistic high expectations and to work towards adjusting them. And given that perfectionism is just one of the demons that some of you may face, you have […] July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked