George Washington Carver's story is so encouraging and endearing in the sense that his life story revealed he not only did overcome his limitations, but primarily because his life proved a Divine Truth:
"If God has a crucial program and purpose for any man regardless of his colour,height,background,circumstances,or past; though there might be oppositions and restraints on the way.Yet,the inevitability of accomplishing such assignment(s) is indisputable!
Though George was born in Obscurity, yet his good works still outlive him today.
This humanitarian protagonist,cook,mentor,and gifted artist cum brilliant pianist had a humble and painful beginning. Born in Diamond Grove, Missouri on a farm to a slave woman -in 1864, which meant that all his freedom,entitlements, and choices in life then were nil! His frail life was ransomed -from the hands of racist kidnappers -with his mother's life, and her master's horse. He subsequently adopted the name of his adopted parents -his mother's master. In his extraordinary thirst for intellectual knowledge, he surpassed all the obstacles he ever faced, by seeing these roadblocks as a blessing-in-disguise to achieving his goals.
God faithfully brought his way great helpers,admirers,fellow students, mentors, and Christian Organizations alike that either helped teach him to read and write,nudged his educational career into being on sighting a rare opening(when black people were refused college education): these assisted him through his darkest periods until he reached the top.
It was the words of one of these helpers that really spurred his life to go all the way as a visionary: Mariah Watkin had told him "You must learn all you can, then go back into the world and give back to the people." George was never driven by the knack for fame, materialism,or power but saw nature and life differently from the eyes of its Maker. Thus, like King Solomon, he harnessed the abundant provision of nature to perform wonders in the vast world of Agriculture. Graduating as a botanist from the Iowa University was one miracle on its own; but converting an empty laboratory out of nothing on joining Booker T. Washington at the fledgling Tuskegee Institute, into a world renowned inventor's lair is a greater miracle! For from this little known laboratory,did the creation of 300 applications from the peanut, 118 application from sweet potatoes, and dye extracts etc come. Telling the story of George W. Carver as a man, an inventor, the mentor, an advocate e.t.c. will be incomplete without the mention of his spiritual side. This was the greatest influence that fueled his sense of purpose and drive.
He always saw God in everything, and God couldn't but grant him all "the other things in" Matthew 6:33-
But seek ([a]aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness ([b]His way of doing and being right), and then all these things [c]taken together will be given you besides.
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The DVD was narrated by Wintley Phipps(No need to fear
),the world-renowned classically trained baritone and affable motivational speaker. The 2-Part DVD includes personal accounts from his past students, and those privileged to have met him during his last days,plus those he impacted.
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