What chair?

A philosophy professor asked his students just one question for their final exam, the question is “how are you going to make me believe that this chair in front of you is invisible?” It took all of the students one hour to finish writing the answer except for one lazy student who only took 5 seconds. After that day the results are already posted. The lazy student got the highest score, know what his answer is? “What chair?” LESSON: Don’t make simple things in life complicated.

I Spent Some Time With Me...

I spent some time with ME this afternoon and I relished every moment. I think I'm going to make this a weekly appointment. No one else is invited besides God. I spent some time just reflecting on where God has brought me to and the direction to which he was now pointing me. I reflected on the times I had allowed fear of failure and the comments of those around me to stifle and prevent me from shining as God would have wanted me to. I feel renewed and ready once again to take on all the obstacle that is yet ahead. Its amazing how even one minute spent in God's presence serves to put everything in perspective once again. So you can just imagine the renewal and growth that takes place when you put deliberate efforts into spending a hour or more with the only one who is able to restore balance to one's life. Wowww!!!

I wish that everyone would come to realize as I am now doing that we need to calue our own company. We need to feel secure in our own presence or how else do we expect others to feel comfortable around us. We should be the one making ourselves laugh first before we allow others to do so. We should be the one complimenting ourselves before we begin to accept flattery from elsewhere. We should love ourselves before we seek the approval and acceptance form frail human beings who are prone to hurt and put us down.

But the bible clearly says that we are unable to love if we do not know God because God is love. With that in mind, why not spend some time to develop a relationship with the Master Lover. I promise that this is a decision that you will never regret!!

1 John 4:7-10

The Message (MSG)

God Is Love

 ^7-10My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can't know him if you don't love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God. 

 

 

Claiming My Destiny!!

Thoughts are powerful, I realize, yet still I find myself ruminating on some really self-defeating words that I know are  a plan of the devil. Today I choose to be positive, I choose to believe God's words about me. I am indeed fearfully and wonderfully made. I believe God has my back because He promised never to leave nor forsake me. I am destined for greatness because he told me so in Phillipians 1: 6 which says "And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in (me) will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in (me)." Italics supplied.

I am going for great things and I may get deterred sometimes but I am very sure (now more than ever) that God's plan for my life will come to fruition. I wish more young people would come to believe this truth about their lives as well. I know that I have a role in this as I can be a beacon to the young people I interact with on a daily basis. My prayer is that God will give me the strength to care and look out for the best interests of those around me. I pray that God will give me the will-power to resist Satan when he tells me I can't. I claim His strength and power. Now I am off to empower those I come in contact with, starting with one young person at a time....