It's Been A While

So, it's been sometime. Not that I haven't been writing. It's just that I've been mostly writing poetry lately. It seems like I was in this place where the words just wouldn't come for my next blog entry. I'm pretty sure many writers have been here before. Anyways, what's new? Well, I've learned so much about myself lately. I believe you never really stop discovering new things about yourself. Just because we're such a complex species. These new discoveries sort of taught me what my boundaries were. And at the same time, I questioned whether it was ok to be as determined and precise about what I want and what I would except in my life. Isn't there any room for the gray? The in between?
What I've learned about the gray is that it's a place where indecisiveness can often take center stage. It's the safe place, the middle. When you are in the middle  you're not on the right nor the left. In other words, you don't quite own a definite place. And what I've found is that most people are comfortable in the middle. In this place there's no demand to produce who you are.
The best example of someone whose definite in all He is and says is Christ. He definitely is one  the most controversial men to ever walk this earth. He definitely died because of who He said He was. He definitely performed miracles. He definitely pushed the boundaries of religion and traditional perceptions.  most of all. He definitely died on the cross to save the world. There was no middle ground where Christ was concerned. All of the followers of Christ during the period of the early church were definite in character. Christ introduced Himself to them in different ways. But once the gospel was received they became followers of Christ completely...totally. Their lives were definitely for Christ's use and His alone.
So, ultimately I'm learning to become more definite in all I say and do. The middle place isn't necessarily right or wrong. But it can keep you stationary, never growing past mediocrity. A life in Christ requires you to be definite. Christ wanted to know from His discipes, "Who do men say I am?" His disciples anwered... But it meant more to Christ to know definitely who His followers said/believed He was. To say the least, for a believer the middle, the gray, is an unsafe place. I challenge you to find your definite place in Christ, take it, own it, most of all, live it.
Until next time, Peace

PRESENT PAST

What is it about the" past" that never remains in the past? When dealing with life-altering events, there seems to be a pull to revisit the things that have been left unfinished or rather just undone. I believe that although the words unfinished and undone carry the same connotations, there’s a slight difference. Unfinished is like leaving a situation mid-sentence, with no punctuation. Undone is more like a tornado, leaving things in devastation, in a mess.  The past has a way to grasp you and stop time. The human life experiences and events can alter the course of life and our emotions.  Every perception of what our lives are can change in an instant. With that said, the question arises: when does the past become the past? What makes it the past, time? Most would say that time is a healer. But time can also make wounds deeper, more callous more fragile. The longer an event stays in the past without being handled, we build upon unfinished moments.

What I’ve learned about the events of life is that time is just a guise. Time has a way of deceiving you. Especially when one instant can trigger and bring back emotions associated with a past event immediately into your present. Needless to say, many people are crippled by the past. Experts offer positive thinking as one solution for individuals wanting to overcome the past. However, positive thinking can be possible or rather a success only once the foundation (thought pattern) has been relayed.  That is to say, if your mindset isn’t altered, you won’t know how to begin to think positive.

One thing that the unsettling events of the past can do is create mindsets/perception/ an established way of thinking that has the power to shift a person’s entire world. Everything from the way an individual responds to situations can be the result of the past, a moment, an episode. It’s sort of like saying the individual becomes a different person from each moment and event. Ultimately, thoughts are produced based on the experiences of the past, which is ultimately a part of an individual’s make-up. Most people will agree that our experiences make us who we are. But is it who we were meant to be?

Looking at what makes us us gives a better understanding to why Christ says that we must be born again. In other words, we must come through a canal that is designed to create in us a new heart and mind. In this world, there so many distractions and images constantly flashing through television, magazines, bill boards that come, seemingly, at the speed of light. This world’s pace is as a world wind. It is so easy to miss the important element that seems to be hidden behind a vale but actually is right in front of us, God.

Getting back to the natural-ness of who we are without the stigmas of the past is a process, but it a process that is worth the work. We can’t move forward when we walk backwards. That is what the past does, causes us to look back and change our course from forward to reverse. Take the time to look at the things of your past that has held you prisoner. And know that those things have no right to hold you without your permission. Overcoming the past isn’t a fairytale, it is a reality, a reality that God desires each of us to have. As He said, in Him we are new. No extra formalities, just new. So purpose within yourself that the only thing you will take into your future is you. 

AGAPE

The Question of Worth

The question of worth comes up suddenly. One day you are consumed by trivial things and the next you are wondering, what's it worth? All of the  relationships and places we have encountered must fall somewhere. But what's it all worth? Looking into this world and seeing the worth of others or rather what they consider worth, gives a deeper meaning to this question. We make worthy the most mundane things, which ultimately cost us our worth. Is it natural to do so? I guess. It's the plight of being human.  Most never ask the question, what will this or that be worth? I think if we all consider this question more we'd be more cautious and careful with our worth.
There are so many things in this world that waits to violate our worth. But the problem is we aren't aware of our own worth. So, we are like spoil for the prey. However, life wouldn't be life without our experiences both good and bad. Some will never find  their worth, for it will be snatched up in moments never to recover. And it's unfortunate that we don't consider worth until it has been taken away. Much like Samson who did not consider the worth of his consecration through his Nazarite vow until his strength was gone. We must be careful to ensure that the question of worth never comes up too late. Because after your worth has been spent, what's next? Eternity.

First things First

So, I've been contemplating blogging for sometime. I really don't know why it has taken me so long. Either way... my first blog. I guess I should start with the source, me. I've been writing for sometime now. Writing has always been easy. Not that I've not had challenges or what's that thing called? Yea, writer's block.... It's just that writing words always seemed to be as natural as life. In my opinion, I write to right the words of my experiences and perceptions of the way the world is going. I don't quite know what sort of writer I am, but oddly I'm in no rush to find out. The scenic route is quite pleasurable. Well, I think this about wraps it up for the first blog. Besides, trying to come off interesting is a bit too much pressure for a sensitive writer as myself. So, I bid you Ad do until next time.