Do You Have to Much Fear?

     Do you have to much fear? Is fear ruling over your life? Sometimes we want to do things but we hold back and we do not know why. We avoid situations that makes us feel uncomfortable. We isolate ourselves in order to protect ourselves from some occurrence that may never happen. We do what we think is expected from us in order to avoid unwanted attention. We do our best to fit in the background and not be notice. What is the result of all these actions. We missed out on things that could have made our lives more enjoyable and fulfilling.  

     Life is passing you by if fear is ruling over your life. You are not taking any risk so you are not learning anything new. Failure is apart of learning a new skill but if you think that failure will make you look foolish to someone you may not even try. You maybe to scared of their laughter or negative comments. Fear can make you stay in one place all your life without you ever venturing out to see what is out there.

     Fear may have a grip on you on a subconscious level, ruling over you in a hidden way. It may have been that you were abused as a child. You may have been raised in a family where there was drug and alcohol abuse. Your emotional growth could have been stunted by the early events that went on in your life. The emotional child within you never really grew and now all it wants to do is hide away from anything that might harm it. We may have grown up but the child within is still scared to death and influencing our decisions.

     It is good to really look at ourselves and to try to see what is hindering us from moving forward in life. We all are different so what maybe effecting me might not be effecting you. But I have to say, take a good look at fear and see if it is one of the causes that is keeping you from enjoying your life. Then if it is look for some solution that may help you because there is a lot of things that you could be doing and enjoying if you did not have to much fear.  

Isaiah 41:10 "fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

Cake and Icing

       I always like writing about our basic self. Like what do we have if all we have is ourself.  However I need to write about our need for companionship as well. We have a need to feel that we are not alone. We have a need to feel that we are accepted and that we matter to someone. I believe we all want a family and friends who care for us and maybe even love us in someway. I will call this the cake that we need.

    I believe, the icing in life is our successes, our money, house, car and all the other material wealth and gain that we have accumulated in our life. The icing really taste good with the cake and it makes us feel satisfied. However if all we have is the icing we will always feel that there is something missing from our lives. No amount of icing can replace the satisfaction that we get from the cake. On the other hand a cake without a little bit of icing our life will not taste so sweet. We need both the cake and the icing to make our life more livable.

1 John 4:19 "We love because he first loved us."   

What You Were Meant to Have

     What you were meant to have is to be happy, to have love and respect in all the days of your life. You were meant to be selfish in this by having has much love, respect and happiness that you can want. There is no limit to these things. No one can stop you from having love and respect. You give your own self permission to have it. If you did try to look to others to give you these things, you will be very disappointed.

     I know that you want people to love and respect you but most people do not love or respect themselves. They do not know how to give these things to you. They judge themselves way to harshly and come up short in their own expectations, so if they judge themselves that way, they will judge you even more. So I say do not wait for their approval but give yourself your own approval because you do deserve to be happy and not just for a few days but everyday of your life. This is your purpose in life to be happy, to have love and respect in all the days of your life. The secret in doing this is doing it for yourself and not waiting on others to do it for you.

     If you give yourself permission to have love and respect, you will be happier and more emotionally and spiritually stronger in life. You will be more center and at peace. You will be more capable at handling your problems. You will not let life roll on top of you but being at the center you will roll much easier with life. 

     Our happiness start with ourselves and so does our love. We cannot continue to be beggars in life for these vital things. We cannot let others to control us by their empty promises to love us more or working hard to earn their respect that never comes. It lies within our own hands whether or not we are loved and respected. Our happiness is what we give to ourselves or allow ourselves to have. It is our choice to make. 

     Allow yourself to have what you were meant to have. You were meant to be happy, to have love and to be respected, not just by others but most importantly by your own self.

     

     God believed in us enough to give us his only begotten son so don't you think it is time to believe in yourself if God believes in you.

Tears of Hope

     I listened to a man singing a simple child song on television. His eyes teared up during his performance. The song was about not giving up on hope and the positive connection that we can have with each other. It was about not giving up on our belief that our world can be a better place. This singer lived a hard life of doing drugs and getting drunk. Just like many celebrities he lived his life excessively. I believe that song brought back memories of his own childhood where he was more hopeful and had a better outlook on life. In a way that song soften his heart and brought a few tears to his eyes.
     I saw in the tears of this musician even though he was very old there was still hope for him to change his ways. Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." When the hardness of the heart softens it starts becoming pure and in this purity the light of God's truth can be understood. Empathy and hope can still be restored if your heart can still move you to tears. I believe as long as we are still alive and no matter how old we are we can still be redeemed and start a new path in our lives. Tears in our eyes brought on by a song that we heard could restore our hope and bring us a new beginning.

Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me."

I Don't Fit In

     What if you feel that you don't fit in? What can you do? You can wait until the world changes around you but I feel that it could take a long time before that happens. You could change and be like them however I do not feel that you want to be like them. I feel the only option that you have is to be the person you want others to be. If you want others to change you must set the example.
     Jesus Christ was rejected by others. Jesus said in John 15:18 "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you." The world hated the Savior of the world, the most perfect man who ever lived. So if the world hated Jesus you know that they will find a way to hate you. What does this mean? You have to keep on living even if some people will hate you because you will eventually find the ones who will love you as you are. There are people out there who do not live their lives by hate there some who have good hearts.
     If you are around people that do not understand you and they even dislike you, look elsewhere for your friends. There are other people in the world who also feel that they do not fit in maybe in time you will find each other. In the meantime keep on being the person you want others to be. If you want them to be friendly, be friendly yourself. If you want them to be more understanding then be more understanding as well. If you think our world is lacking love find that love within you and pour it out onto our world. When we try to change ourselves for the better our world will look better in our eyes.

Our Path to God

     Jesus Christ is our path to God. Through him, we are saved. The way he lived his life is how we should live ours. He patterned his life after God's and he wants us to do the same. In his ministry, he shows us what true love really is. He submitted totally to the will of God and gave up his life for us all.
     Jesus had the courage to stand against those who persecuted him without giving in. He endured and stood firm. He persevered and kept on serving God. His faith was not weakened nor did he doubt his purpose. He gave his love for his people. He forgave them and comforted them with his words. Jesus spoke and taught us what the real truth was. He conquered the world without violence and lived his life in peace.
     Jesus Christ is our role model or should be. He is our only path to God. I know that I fall short of his example but I will keep on trying anyway. He showed us what we could be if we just follow his way and make the right choices for our lives. His way is the way out of our trouble and a way to a better life. Love and happiness are within our grasp through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

John 14:6  Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
   

The Burning Embers Within Your Soul

      I met a guy who had an anger problem. He was mad and spoke a few swear words my way. This made me angry and I wanted to confront him however I fought back that feeling and walked away. I carried that feeling of anger toward him every time I thought about him, throughout my day. I could not understand why a stranger I did not know could provoke such intense feelings within me. I thought about it and then I began to understand. I had hidden anger within me that I was not aware of. These were like burning embers within my soul. All someone had to do was to pour some fuel upon them to set them aflame like that stranger did with his swear words.
     When I realized that I had hidden anger within me this realization brought me a feeling of peace. I realized that it was not the stranger that was making me mad but those burning embers within my soul that was causing me trouble. If they were not there that stranger could not have set them aflame with his words. If they were not there when I had met that stranger maybe I would have just smiled and walked away thinking that guy was just having a bad day. I would not have let what he had to say bother me throughout my day.
     I do not know exactly why I have a hidden anger problem but it is there sensitive to the words of others. It is something that I am working on and trying my best to have a total peace within my soul instead of a partial one. I do not like having strangers being able to ruin my day with their hurtful words. If I had no burning embers within me there would be nothing to set aflame. I love the feeling of peace within my soul rather than a feeling of hate towards another.
     I have to be more aware of myself in how I am feeling. When you think you have everything under control then something happens like a few swear words from a stranger that set your emotions aflame. I can have peace if I can find those hidden burning embers and put them out before someone sets them a fire. Maybe this is a way that we can have a peaceful world if every one of us would put out the burning embers within before we get the fuel that will make us feel angry and to burn out of control.

Romans 12:18 "If  possible, so far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."