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WHAT DOES FEAR OF THE LORD ACTUALLY MEAN?

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“When the people He created start planting good seeds, a harvest of fresh fruit will grow. But those that produce bad seeds, will harvest weeds that will overflow and never produce any fruit.”

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Well, can I start by saying Fear of the Lord sure doesn’t mean the Wrath of God is going to come upon you for being human. But it does mean you may want to be mindful of the seeds you’re planting in your life, and in others. I am so tired of “Churchy people” giving false messages and speaking Jesus’s name at the center of fear! God should be at the center of all you do, YES! But God is LOVE! NOT FEAR. Let me make that very clear!

Now, to add to that statement, let me just say, YES, there is a certain way God wants us to live our life. But some people make this so mystical that the average person never feels worthy to take the journey. In fact, salvation is the reason Jesus came to earth. So that, you, me, and EVERYONE may have an opportunity for salvation in this life. Let me give you the definition of salvation since so called “Jesus followers” will try to manipulate this…

“Let those who have ears, Hear.”

WHAT IS SALVATION?

  • Definition #1 Preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss.
  • Definition #2 A source or means of being saved from harm, ruin, or loss.

This is where freaking church people really manipulate you.  “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Their words are not encouraging, nor do they offer any long-term salvation. They keep you stuck in your mess, and you never actually move forward. The bible has a lot to say about our tongues being a sharp knife. You should read it sometime. Your tongue gives life or death to people and their situations. So, whatever comes out of your mouth better come from a fruitful and fulfilling place because you just might be destroying Gods plan for His creation.

Contrary to some beliefs, most of these so-called prophesying Jesus followers, are hostile, ignorant, and lack common sense, and enthusiasm for this life. WHICH GOD CREATED! So let me add this statement, harm, ruin, and loss look very different to each of us. (BASED ON THE BODY AND LIFE HE GAVE US) Everyone’s circumstances are different, and we were not created the same. There are no two people the same in this world. Not even twins are the same. But that is an entirely new topic we can save for another day.  

Salvation is being delivered (saved, freed, unchained) from a life that is unfulfilling and stressful. When you are saved, you are introduced to a life with possibilities. Eventually, once you begin walking freely, you become unchained from the world’s expectations for your life. Did you hear what I said? “The worlds expectations for your life”. When you have been unchained from everyone else’s expectations, you will begin to choose the paths less traveled, and those paths offer abundance.

However, abundance also means something different to each of us. Jesus tells us that he sent an advocate to help us make better decisions. That advocate is the holy spirit. The Holy Spirit is our guided intuition.  Here me when I say, your intuition holds the key to achieving the desires of your heart and your ego will try to distract you. The path you choose leads you to a life of abundance or a life of complete misery. The only way you discover the true desires of your heart, and live in abundance, is when we choose to release all the negative and bad stuff going on in this world and focus on the good things God has prepared for you.

I can prove it! Jesus gave Wisdom in a verse to help you live an abundant life. It goes something like this, “I came to this World, so that you may have life and live it more Abundantly.” Another verse says, “The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy.” Here is a simple question, what is destroying you? Or better yet, what brings joy to your heart? What does living more abundantly mean to you? The Lord also said, “Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth”. Meaning, set your mind on things that are heavenly (divine, delightful, lovely, etc.) This comes naturally once you DECIDE to listen to wisdom and develop the 9 fruits of the spirit.  

Oh, what are the 9 fruits of the spirit, you ask?

Well, It’s “LOVE JOY PEACE PATIENCE KINDNESS GOODNESS GENTLENESS FAITHFULNESS AND SELF-CONTROL”

So how can we experience a life lived in abundance? Easy, by not bringing attention to the worldly things that destroy your personal spirit, but rather living a life that represents these 9 qualities in your spirit. How do we do that? Again, easy! By using the advocate. You will know it is coming from the Holy Spirit when your thoughts, desires and actions represent love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and when you maintain self-control through it all. You produce good fruit by encouraging the broken hearted and keeping your heart on things above. It really is simple, it’s just not that easy to choose the narrow path. Or the path less traveled.

YOUR EGO KEEPS YOUR HEART CHAINED TO BITTERNESS

Proverbs 14:10 says “Each heart knows its own bitterness and no one else can share its joy.” Meaning, no one in this world can share the things that bring Joy to your heart, if your own ego keeps your heart chained to bitterness. It shows in your words and actions. What comes out of your heart pours out of your mouth and onto others. Stop being bitter, angry, hatful people. Stop regarding everything in this world as bad and negative. Stop reminding people of the bad shit going on! I am pretty sure we are all aware evil exists. God created this world, good and evil, and it all has purpose. People with bad attitudes make it ugly! People who have wisdom make it a time to grow and learn in the storms. Being curious and full of wonder is the only way to experience abundance.

There will always be bad things happening in this world, and every world beyond our little galaxy, because people have the free will to make choices. Can I also say you are not the only one struggling! Every soul experience difficult times. There will always be a season for learning, a season for growing, a season for laughter, a season for mourning, and a season to celebrate. There is a season for everything under the sun. If you don’t believe me, check out Ecclesiastes chapter 3. Do you think God makes mistakes? When the people He created start planting good seeds, a harvest of fresh fruit will grow. But those that produce bad seeds, will harvest weeds that will overflow and never produce any fruit. So, salvation is setting your thoughts on everything and anything that is GOOD…. To start over means to renew your mind so you can harvest good fruit. 

Remember this…

What’s good for YOU is NOT good for the crew. I will get to the part where I tell you what fearing God really means,

but I must first tell you this…

AFTER SALVATION

So, after you decide to choose the path of salvation/recovery, (becoming new, changing your ways, etc.) you will have to make some new choices and decisions based on what “salvation” looks like to YOU (not to your neighbor, not your sister, not your brother, not your friends, not social media influencers, or anyone else, just YOU). What area of life do you need change? (Relational, financial, health, mental, is there an addiction you need to overcome? etc.) This is different for everyone no matter what religious people or churchy people say! Life comes in seasons and seasons change. And even though we walk this world together, we experience it differently because of the lens we look through.

A true follower of Christ knows they must shadow the footsteps that Jesus left behind. Did you ever see your shadow do something you didn’t do? Living by his teaching, guides a path that is pure and easy. He says his burden will be light. I promise you; life is light once you realize everything happens for you and not to you.

TOO MUCH INFORMATION CLOUDS OUR JUDGEMENT

Unfortunately, our paths get clouded by all the information given out today and it becomes clouded by all the opinions of other people. It’s not just our parents and teachers who influence our beliefs and ideology. No, it’s this entire world of people with different cultures and beliefs. Some of them with no filter and no moral values or respect toward others or their circumstances. Some people live with big egos and have the audacity to call it the holy spirit guiding them. So many people representing Jesus by screaming radical beliefs behind fear. This only creates more weeds in the wilderness, not fruit from the true vine.  

Can I just say to those who are in a season of darkness right now, the holy spirit is not arrogant, selfish, fearful, or boastful. The chaos in this world is not created to harm you but to strengthen you. Jesus didn’t come here to get famous. He became famous because his teachings made people feel safe and helped people overcome their fears. His teachings were healing, they were encouraging, and they sent people off with a new outlook on their personal circumstances, and their future. It gave them hope in the midst of their storm, so they could keep going with faith that everything was going to be okay. He never shoved scripture, laws, or rules, down people’s throat. He shared good news about the kingdom of heaven and said, “whoever has ears let them hear”.

Salvation does not give permission for anyone to be a bully! So many people get saved and forget where they met Jesus. I apologize for their arrogance and ignorance.

Salvation is just making the choice to change the steps you take from the time you wake up in the morning, to the time you go to sleep at night. It’s not looking back on the people you hang with, the places you’ve been or the things you’ve done. Yes, those people and places impact you and they can have a positive or negative affect on your life. It means you must constantly forget all the harmful people, places and things in your life and leave them in the past where they belong. Let go and Let God! To have a renewing of the mind you must find new people, new places, and new things that bring nothing but joy to your heart and encourage the soul. Protecting your heart is the most important part of the journey. This has nothing to do with anyone else! This has nothing to do with what they think is true or not true!  Your walk in this life is between you and God and that is it!!! Stop worrying what other people will think! Salvation is releasing the past and stepping into a new you! All those people with opinions, have no place in your future. The next step is where you discover Fear of the Lord. You will have to let go of all human beliefs so you can adapt to Gods plan. Which is the only way to abundance.  

WHAT IS FEAR OF THE LORD

Proverbs 15:33 tells us “Fear of the Lord teaches Wisdom” It continues by saying “Humility precedes Honor.”

The bible is constantly telling us to get wisdom. This verse tells us that when we are afraid of the Lord, we learn wisdom. We are not scared of his wrath! We fear the consequences of our bad decision making because we know there will be consequences. We will always face consequences when we go back to our old ways or do something outside of what we know was right. It’s kind of common sense! You get these signs and wonders for your own life when you read the “Word” properly.

I personally Believe fearing the Lord means, we keep searching Him out in our own life. We get deep into the word and when we read it, we hear instructions on how we are supposed to walk in our own life. Please hear me when I say, we are not supposed to read the word so we can point the finger at everyone who lives outside our belief system. The word was not created for other people, it was created for you and your personal growth.  

We should strive to become more like Jesus, so we can be less like our selves. Our “earthly being” is tainted by temptations and desires, and we need to learn self-control to overcome our urges and impulsive behaviors.  Fear of the Lord means you know better, you strive to do better, and you become a better version of yourself every day. Again, not so you can point the finger at other people and have a big ego, but so you can grow in Christ.

You make the choice to forgive those who treat you badly, but you also protect yourself by not enabling them to continue to hurt you, but instead dismiss them from your life. Yes, there is a scripture on letting your enemy smack you across the face 7 times 7 times. I know! I have wrestled with this verse for years! Ugh, we really must discern (distinguish) between the people who are giving us constructive criticism (giving a healthy assessment and positive view on life), and those who are just wicked (giving an unhealthy perception and negative views of life). He doesn’t want you to burden yourself with people who benefit themselves at the cost of losing your own joy in spirit. That is evil and not good, and you need to eliminate all toxic people from your life.

Keep in mind, the places you hang around govern your thoughts. The things you think of will determine your actions. Be very careful and surround yourself in environments that keep your mind clean, genuine, authentic, and in absolute enthusiasm to learn. Be wise in your decision making. Where your flesh wonders your mind goes. So, keep your mind safe by walking in places that bring clarity and wonder.

THIS IS FEARING THE LORD

Fearing the Lord means making difficult decisions today because you know it will benefit your life tomorrow. You fear the Lord by making difficult decisions for his good and perfect will for your life and His Kingdom. Choosing Gods path is sometimes very difficult, but the burden is light because in the end, you will have peace, and your heart will be filled with joy. There will be no more pain and suffering. When you follow His teachings, you discover His Will for your life. Your faith becomes stronger in the storms of life because you’ve witnessed the miracles before. You are confident in knowing Him so you trust Him no matter what path you’re on.

To fear him is to love him so much that you want to do good by him. You make wiser choices because you want to please him by the way you live your life. It’s like a child who wants to make his/her parents proud. God doesn’t want you around certain people because they don’t bring you joy. He doesn’t want you going to certain places or doing certain things because it is more harmful than good for your life. “For the Lord knows the plans he has for you. To prosper you not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11). Maybe you are being asked to eliminate some people from your life this season. Maybe some people have some heart work to do on themselves before you can be around them again. Maybe you’re not strong enough in self-control to go to certain places. Maybe He has a better place for you to work or a better partner in life. Whatever it is God is asking you to do this season, listen to the still small voice inside you and do the thing. Even if you don’t see any results right away, God has a purpose and a season for everything under the sun. Allow the holy spirit to guide you. Remember, the Lord will give and take away for the good of his people.

He won’t just take your troubles away, heal you from illnesses, or change conditions and circumstances. He will take away things that are not serving you and give you the life He knows you are worthy of! The life he created you for. But you have to be willing to do the hard things. It’s easy to do the hard things when you fear him enough to trust that he knows what he is doing. Get wisdom, have self-control, and know that everything was created for his good and faithful servant. “The Lord works out everything to its proper end— even the wicked for a day of disaster.” (Proverbs 16) So, choose to humble yourself this year by being honest about your bad decision making in the past. Own your part! But then choose to have a renewing of the mind and make better choices moving forward.

Let go of your old ways and put on confidence in your new ways…

“When the people He created start planting good seeds, a harvest of fresh fruit will grow.
But those that produce bad seeds, will harvest weeds that will overflow and never produce any fruit.”

CHASING WISDOM

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LIFE REPRESENTS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU CHASE WISDOM

For centuries religion and politics has kept us divided and at war with one another. So why than, do we continue to follow the fools who lead us to destruction year after year, and century after century? When will mankind seek wisdom for themselves so we can all live together in peace? Life! It is so difficult and has some real challenging moments. And yes, life also has many mountains to climb, but it doesn’t have to be so complicated. There will always be another fire to put out, another illness to overcome, another loss of a loved one, and another storm to clean up after, but we don’t have to burden our hearts with the heavy burden of things we can’t explain or change.

Life is complicated because people complicate it. We complicate our own life, and we complicate each other! Every time we lack wisdom and understanding, we do things that complicate our own life and the people in it. We have so much judgment and way too many opinions. Why are humans so desperate for attention and so rude when life doesn’t meet their expectations? We speak about things we know nothing about, and we have high expectations with little or no sense of purpose. When did we become so impatient? We need to take time to observe and learn in each season of life.

Let me start by saying this, all that chasing your doing, is meaningless!  Chasing “Money, fame, and power will NEVER buy you happiness, love, or intelligence!” You may experience these things temporarily but nothing in this world brings permanent joy. But for the sake of this blog let’s say it did! What then? If you had all the money, all the fame, and all the power in the world and you were happy, in love and you had achieved all the knowledge you could ever gain in the world, what would be left for your life tomorrow?

And who is to say what makes you happy and content today, is going to be enough to keep the person you fell in love with, happy tomorrow? Or furthermore, who’s to say the people who follow you (making you famous and rich) are going to agree with you in the next season of their life? They may end up committing suicide because the things you say or do are not in alignment with how they feel or believe internally. As a result, you end up making them feel unhappy, unloved, and lacking wisdom. What then? How can we have personal gain that doesn’t align with the ones we love? Truth is, when you lose one thing it leaves you wanting something more! What is it you are really chasing in this world? And when will enough be enough?

ENOUGH IS NEVER ENOUGH

It seems like people are never satisfied. Life has gotten so complicated, and people are living foolishly. They have no sense of time, no self-control, and they lack eagerness for wisdom! Oh, for those that think their smart, umm, I say this as gently as possible, “smart is not equal to wise my friend”! To live and walk-through life with a “just passing through” attitude, you lose time and miss so many important things that are right there for you to see, feel, touch, learn, and experience. When we go through life with no regard for the way we are living it, (with our words, our actions, how we treat others, our expectations, our choices, etc.) it’s such a sadness. We wreck ourselves and don’t even realize it as we run full force into danger zones, year after year.

What if, you could see life through a lens of “enough”! Enough will only be enough when you chase something that has true meaning to you. And nothing in life has any meaning if the world around you can change the perspective on it. Life only has meaning when it comes with wisdom. But how do we find meaning in life and get wisdom? It didn’t take me very long to realize wisdom was just truth in “Gods Words to me”. In All my mess, behind all my tears, and at the edge of a breakdown, screaming and yelling at God, (who was always with me through all my crap), I had to trust “I was never alone” and then I had to trust in His timing. I had to realize that in my time of waiting for him, I had to sit and be silent. That doesn’t mean I am not doing anything. I am always observing and learning while I wait.

When I decided to just sit quiet and get alone with myself, my own thoughts, my own anger, and all my pain and confusion; I found strength in His Words and in the promises, I heard in those words. In truth, I realized there is goodness in every light and every dark road I have traveled down. Every mountain I had to climb, every fire I had to put out, and every loss in life, there was Wisdom. Wisdom is the ability to understand life through Gods perspective. The reason I trust the Bible is because it is filled with different authors who encourage us throughout our walk-in life. Solomon is one who inspires us to get wisdom!

Those who get wisdom love life; It’s better to get wisdom than gold. Those who get wisdom find life and receive favor from God…”

Those are just a few versus. But he encourages us to chase knowledge and not this life. If we chase life, we will always be fighting our own battles without understanding. Which leads us to make decisions based on our own understanding and we continue making the same bad choices year after year. If we keep our mind open and listen to the words, we become disciplined and discover an understanding in every season. To become wide means you don’t hate discipline and hold yourself accountable to do the things that are difficult. This my friend is priceless and leads you to freedom!

If we go through life never having enough, let us chase Wisdom! We can never have enough wisdom and you are never too smart, or too old to get more understanding. Wisdom means we gain something at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of every season of life. And if your wise enough to clear off your lens, you will discover wisdom every second of every hour, and every day of your life. Life won’t just be filled with seasons of tragedy; it will be filled with experiences that bring insight! You will always take something with you and that something can never be lost, stolen, or taken away. Because it comes in a package that is irreplaceable. Inside your mind, body, and soul.

Whatever people, power, and material things bring you pleasure in this moment, I promise that pleasure won’t last long. So, get wisdom and you will live a long, happy journey you can be excited to explore. Don’t waste time chasing fools in this life who don’t know you or what you’re capable of! Understanding is for the Wise, not the simple minded! Don’t follow people who limit their own worth by chasing a life today, which holds no value tomorrow.

HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND RESILIENCE

What is your perspective, and do you have the resilience to handle adversity in the next year? Did you know your soul gets weaker every time you look through someone else’s lens? Especially if it’s foggy, uncomfortable, and doesn’t speak to you! Your stability is in your perspective, sometimes you just have-to trust in your own discernment and believe that everything in life is moving you forward. When we get lazy because we don’t see instant results, we’ve failed before, or our perspective gets tainted by unexpected tragedy’s, we live curiously and foolishly through the lens of others. We lose so much time and knowledge when we depend on other people’s perspective instead of Gods Word. Some of you may believe this, others may not, but my belief is that God created us each unique with a different perspective, and He did that on purpose!

When you embrace the thing that makes you different, you will discover wisdom behind your own perspective! You just need to shut off all the noise!

Weakness comes when we’ve failed too many times, and we no longer trust in our own skills and talents. I get it, we need immediate results in all we do, or we think we are unworthy. Some of us on spiritual journeys think we are not loved by God because of our mistakes. Others believe He is just not listening. Some of us may not even believe in a higher power, at all! While others believe in many Gods. Sometimes, we do things in life based on our own understand, which comes from other people and their opinions about us. Sometimes we deceive ourselves by adopting other people’s beliefs which inevitably make our situations worse. But what if we decided to chase wisdom above all things in this world? What if we started listening, and keeping track of the disciplines that life offers to give us wisdom?

What if life is happening exactly the way it was supposed to, because you still need wisdom to handle the things that are waiting for you on the other side? How many times have you said, “Thank God I went with my gut and didn’t go there? How many times did you take someone’s advice and realize it was a bad idea? But still, we try to do things without thinking or listening to the influences and voices around us. We push time and rush things because we are so impatient! When we sit still and quiet the noise, life will give us wisdom. By teaching us something new in every minute of every moment, we discover happiness in all of it. But if we don’t take the time to get Wisdom, we never increase our resilience in this world. So, hold on a little longer and chase wisdom in this moment!

HOLD ON A LITTLE LONGER

What if you held on a little longer? What if the difference between your happiness and failures is somewhere in between your perspective and your ability to sit still this season?  How many times have you overcome what others thought you couldn’t? How many times have you surprised yourself? How many times were you happy you embraced your intuition and made a new discovery in the unknown? If you know that you have experienced a time in life where you had a breakthrough before, who is has any say in what you are or are not capable of in this next season? You don’t know what you’re capable of, so don’t let others assume they know what your capable of! Don’t make decisions this year based on the seeds other people planted in you. If in doubt, I promise all your answers are somewhere in-between Wisdom and your uniqueness. What if this season you didn’t give up and instead, decided to get quiet and chase wisdom?

Okay, what I am about to say to you may be even more difficult to understand but stick with me for a moment! Try to hear my words! I promise at some point in my life, I have been where you are! Searching for answers, seeking for something more, and stumbling through life season after season. What if this season you did something different? What if you sat quiet with yourself and did something unordinary? What I am about to tell you is something that I have done before, then turned away from, and then came back to. And I can tell you this “my life has gotten easier when I came back”! I can’t tell you if this is going to feel natural for you, or how this will change your life, because I don’t know you personally. But what I can promise you is this, “you will discover a wisdom like no other person around you, and your life will change drastically and miraculously”!

Take a moment, any moment, in the morning or in the evening, when you can hide away in a room by yourself. Take that moment to look through some of the words in the Book of Proverbs. I know! I know! Churchy religious people preaching about their God! First, let’s make something clear. I am not churchy or religious. And second, I have attempted life so many ways and I can tell you that every area of my life has never been clearer then when I get instructions from the WORD! You want the key to a happy life? Get Wisdom! Seek for Wisdom! Crave Wisdom! I promise there is a God (I call it God, you call it whatever you want), who created you and He hears all your thoughts, emotions, and concerns about your life. He won’t just hear your thoughts and concerns; He will show you the answers to all your questions. They are right there in the words of the many authors who contributed to the Bible.

 I get it! So many churchy people think God speaks audibly and they mystify everything! It’s kind of annoying! But I am NOT here to dictate what you should and should not believe, I am here as a friend and a witness. And I am here as a witness to say “the bible is not a mistake”. It is full of men and women like us who stumbled through life with struggles, illnesses, pain, loss, and trauma. It’s fill with wisdom and information from people who walked side by side with a man who had enough faith to give up all the pleasures in his own life, to just be present with people who were different then him. He walked his life being a living example for us so that we could have a ‘Heaven like experience’ here on earth. This man never took advice from people, but rather gave Knowledge to the people! I have experienced a different kind of God then most. It’s personal!

I believe we were all created differently on purpose. I also believe we were created to interpret things differently, but not dispute all our differences. We were created to seek wisdom in our journey and get understanding for the things we can’t comprehend. To get Wisdom and understanding, we must allow “God”. Who always moves in silence and teaches me to do the same.

So, before you allow another distraction in your life, Hold on a little longer. Give yourself time to build strength, wisdom, and knowledge this season. Move silently forward so in the next season of life, your burdens will be light. If we want to experience a life filled with blessings and happiness, our perspective on life must be transformed. We need resilience to hold on in the unknown moments of life that offer blessings. When things get confusing, sit silently in the Word and you will see all the blessings in the wilderness. You will discover wisdom in all your experiences.

CONCLUSION

Sitting still sometimes means doing what you know brings joy to your heart but could also add value to others. What do you love doing that could result in helping someone else? Sometimes it means you need to let go and let God! There are just some things we can’t control. Do the things you can and stop doing things that distract you and burden you. To break chains means, we must stop forcing ourselves to hustle, grind, work, and chase things today that hold no real meaning tomorrow. Stop keeping busy on things that offer no value to your soul. And whatever you do, even if you do something you don’t really like, do it as if you’re doing it for God. You will find the joy in it, and your burden will become lighter, because you’re paying attention. Your survival and life depend on how well you handle adversity. You can’t handle adversity if you’re not paying attention to yourself. Your life is filled with experiences that offer you an opportunity to gain strength and wisdom! So go out and chase wisdom!

LIFE IS FILLED WITH STRENGTH & WISDOM

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LIFE REPRESENTS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU CHASE WISDOM

For centuries religion and politics has kept us divided and at war with one another. So why than, do we continue to follow the fools who lead us to destruction year after year, and century after century? When will mankind seek wisdom for themselves so we can all live together in peace? Life! It is so difficult and real challenging moments. And yes, life also has many twists, turns, and mountains to climb, but it doesn’t have to be so complicated. There will always be another fire to put out, another illness to overcome, another loss of a loved one, and another storm to clean up after, but we don’t have to burden our hearts with the heavy burnden of things we can’t explain or change.

Life is complicated because people complicate it. We complicate our own life, and we complicate each other! Every time we lack wisdom and understanding, we do things that complicate our own life and the people in it with our judgment and opinions.  Why are humans so desperate for attention? Why do we speak words that we hear from other people and sometimes don’t even believe ourselves? We speak about things we know nothing about, and we want everything, and we want it right now! We have no patience, and we don’t take time to observe and learn in each season of life.

Let me start by saying this, all that chasing your doing, is meaningless!  Chasing “Money, fame, and power will NEVER buy you happiness, love, or intelligence!” You may experience these things temporarily but nothing in this world brings permanent joy. But for the sake of this blog let’s say it did! What then? If you had all the money, all the fame, and all the power in the world and you were happy, in love and you had achieved all the knowledge you could ever gain in the world, what would be left for your life tomorrow?

And who is to say what makes you happy and content today, is going to be enough to keep the person you fell in love with, happy tomorrow? Or furthermore, who’s to say the people who follow you (making you famous and rich) are going to agree with you in the next season of their life? They may end up committing suicide because the things you say or do are not in alignment with how they feel or believe internally. As a result, you end up making them feel unhappy, unloved, and lacking wisdom. What then? How can we have personal gain that doesn’t align with the ones we love? Truth is, when you lose one thing it leaves you wanting something more! What is it you are really chasing in this world? And when will enough be enough?

ENOUGH IS NEVER ENOUGH

It seems like people are never satisfied. Life has gotten so complicated, and people are living foolishly. They have no sense of time, no self-control, and they lack eagerness for wisdom! Oh, for those that think their smart, umm, I say this as gently as possible, “smart is not equal to wise my friend”! To live and walk-through life with a “just passing through” attitude, you lose time and miss so many important things that are right there for you to see, feel, touch, learn, and experience. When we go through life with no regard for the way we are living it, (with our words, our actions, how we treat others, our expectations, our choices, etc.) it’s such a sadness. We wreck ourselves and don’t even realize it as we run full force into danger zones, year after year.

What if, you could see life through a lens of “enough”! Enough will only be enough when you chase something that has true meaning to you. And nothing in life has any meaning if the world around you can change the perspective on it. Life only has meaning when it comes with wisdom. But how do we find meaning in life and get wisdom? It didn’t take me very long to realize wisdom was just truth in “Gods Words to me”. In All my mess, behind all my tears, and at the edge of a breakdown, screaming and yelling at God, (who was always with me through all my crap), I had to trust “I was never alone” and then I had to trust in His timing. I had to realize that in my time of waiting for him, I had to sit and be silent. That doesn’t mean I am not doing anything. I am always observing and learning while I wait.

When I decided to just sit quiet and get alone with myself, my own thoughts, my own anger, and all my pain and confusion; I found strength in His Words and in the promises, I heard in those words. In truth, I realized there is goodness in every light and every dark road I have traveled down. Every mountain I had to climb, every fire I had to put out, and every loss in life, there was Wisdom. Wisdom is the ability to understand life through Gods perspective. The reason I trust the Bible is because it is filled with different authors who encourage us throughout our walk-in life. Solomon is one who inspires us to get wisdom!

Those who get wisdom love life; It’s better to get wisdom than gold.

Those who get wisdom find life and receive favor from God…”

Proverbs

Those are just a few versus. But he encourages us to chase knowledge and not this life. If we chase life, we will always be fighting our own battles without understanding. Which leads us to make decisions based on our own understanding and we continue making the same bad choices year after year. If we keep our mind open and listen to the words, we become disciplined and discover an understanding in every season. To become wide means you don’t hate discipline and hold yourself accountable to do the things that are difficult. This my friend is priceless and leads you to freedom!

If we go through life never having enough, let us chase Wisdom! We can never have enough wisdom and you are never too smart, or too old to get more understanding. Wisdom means we gain something at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of every season of life. And if your wise enough to clear off your lens, you will discover wisdom every second of every hour, and every day of your life. Life won’t just be filled with seasons of tragedy; it will be filled with experiences that bring insight! You will always take something with you and that something can never be lost, stolen, or taken away. Because it comes in a package that is irreplaceable. Inside your mind, body, and soul.

Whatever people, power, and material things bring you pleasure in this moment, I promise that pleasure won’t last long. So, get wisdom and you will live a long, happy journey you can be excited to explore. Don’t waste time chasing fools in this life who don’t know you or what you’re capable of! Understanding is for the Wise, not the simple minded! Don’t follow people who limit their own worth by chasing a life today, which holds no value tomorrow.

HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND RESILIENCE

What is your perspective, and do you have the resilience to handle adversity in the next year? Did you know your soul gets weaker every time you look through someone else’s lens? Especially if it’s foggy, uncomfortable, and doesn’t speak to you! Your stability is in your perspective, sometimes you just have-to trust in your own discernment and believe that everything in life is moving you forward. When we get lazy because we don’t see instant results, we’ve failed before, or our perspective gets tainted by unexpected tragedy’s, we live curiously and foolishly through the lens of others. We lose so much time and knowledge when we depend on other people’s perspective instead of God’s Word. Some of you may believe this, others may not, but my belief is that God created us each unique with a different perspective, and He did that on purpose! When you embrace the thing that makes you different, you will realize life is ! There is so much wisdom behind your perspective! You just need to shut off all the noise!

Weakness comes when we fail too many times, and we no longer trust in our own skills and talents. I get it, we need immediate results in all we do, or we think we are unworthy. Some of us on spiritual journeys think we are not loved by God because of our mistakes. Others believe He is just not listening. Some of us may not even believe in a higher power, at all! While others believe in many Gods. Sometimes, we do things in life based on our own understand, which comes from other people and their opinions about us. Sometimes we deceive ourselves by adopting other people’s beliefs which inevitably make our situations worse. But what if we decided to chase wisdom above all things in this world? What if we started listening, and keeping track of the disciplines that life offers to give us wisdom?

What if life is happening exactly the way it was supposed to, because you still need wisdom to handle the things that are waiting for you on the other side? How many times have you said, “Thank God I went with my gut and didn’t go there? How many times did you take someone’s advice and realize it was a bad idea? But still, we try to do things without thinking or listening to the influences and voices around us. We push time and rush things because we are so impatient! When we sit still and quiet the noise, life will give us wisdom. By teaching us something new in every minute of every moment, we discover happiness in all of it. But if we don’t take the time to get Wisdom, we never increase our resilience in this world. So, hold on a little longer and chase wisdom in this moment!

HOLD ON A LITTLE LONGER

What if you held on a little longer? What if the difference between your happiness and failures is somewhere in between your perspective and your ability to sit still this season?  How many times have you overcome what others thought you couldn’t? How many times have you surprised yourself? How many times were you happy you embraced your intuition and made a new discovery in the unknown? If you know that you have experienced a time in life where you had a breakthrough before, who is has any say in what you are or are not capable of in this next season? You don’t know what you’re capable of, so don’t let others assume they know what you’re capable of! Don’t make decisions this year based on the seeds other people planted in you. If in doubt, I promise all your answers are somewhere in-between Wisdom and your uniqueness. What if this season you didn’t give up and instead, decided to get quiet and chase wisdom?

Okay, what I am about to say to you may be even more difficult to understand but stick with me for a moment! Try to hear my words! I promise at some point in my life, I have been where you are! Searching for answers, seeking for something more, and stumbling through life season after season. What if this season you did something different? What if you sat quiet with yourself and did something unordinary? What I am about to tell you is something that I have done before, then turned away from, and then came back to. And I can tell you this “my life has gotten easier when I came back”! I can’t tell you if this is going to feel natural for you, or how this will change your life, because I don’t know you personally. But what I can promise you is this, “you will discover a wisdom like no other person around you, and your life will change drastically and miraculously”!

Take a moment, any moment, in the morning or in the evening, when you can hide away in a room by yourself. Take that moment to look through some of the words in the Book of Proverbs. I know! I know! Churchy religious people preaching about their God! First, I am not churchy or religious and second, I have attempted life so many different ways and I can tell you that every area of my life has never been clearer then when I turn to the WORD! Look for Wisdom! Seek for Wisdom! Crave Wisdom! I promise there is a God who created you and He hears all your thoughts, emotions, and concerns about your life. He won’t just hear your thoughts and concerns; He will show you the answers to all of your questions! They are right there in the words of the many authors who contributed to the Bible.

 I get it! So many churchy people think God speaks audibly and they mystify everything! It’s kind of annoying! But I am not here to dictate what you should and should not believe, I am here as a friend and a witness, that the bible is not a mistake. It is full of men and women like us who stumbled through life with struggles, illnesses, pain, loss, and trauma. It’s fill with wisdom and information from people who walked side by side with a man who had enough faith to give up all the pleasures in his own life, to just be present with people who were different then him. He walked his life being a living example for us so that we could have a Heaven like experience here on earth. This man never took advice from people, but rather gave Knowledge to the people! I have experienced a different kind of God then most.

I believe we were all created differently on purpose! I also believe we were created to interpret things differently, but not dispute our differences! We were created to seek wisdom in our journey and get understanding for the things we can’t comprehend. To get Wisdom and understanding, we must allow “God”. Who always moves in silence and teaches me to do the same.

So, before you allow another distraction in your life, Hold on a little longer. Give yourself time to build strength, wisdom, and knowledge this season. Move silently forward so in the next season of your life, the burdens will be light. If we want to experience a life filled with blessings and happiness, our perspective on life must be transformed. We need resilience to hold on in the unknown moments of life that offer blessings. When things get confusing, sit silently in the Word and you will see all the blessings in the wilderness. You will discover wisdom in all your experiences.

CONCLUSION

Sitting still sometimes means doing what you know brings joy to your heart but could also add value to others. What do you love doing that could result in helping someone else? Sometimes it means you need to let go and let God! There are just some things we can’t control. Do the things you can and stop doing things that distract you and burden you. To break chains means, we must stop forcing ourselves to hustle, grind, work, and chase things that hold no real meaning tomorrow. Stop keeping busy on things that offer no value to your soul. And whatever you do, even if you have to do something you don’t really like, do it as if you’re doing it for The Lord. You will find the joy in it and your burden will become lighter! Your survival and life depend on how well you handle adversity. Your life is filled with experiences that offer you an opportunity to gain strength and wisdom!

At What Age is Old enough? And Why Generations are so misunderstood?

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If you clicked this title your probably asking, “old enough for what?” Old enough to drink? To Drive? To Vote? To become an adult? What exactly are we talking about here? At what age is Old enough to do what? Some would say it depends on the country, while others would say it depends on the state laws. But my real question is “At what age does one become wise?”

Ya’ know, someone not so long ago, told my 19-year-old daughter that she would not be an adult until she was 25 years of age! Well, I don’t agree with that, per say!

First, if a person can vote at 18 years of age, and drink at 21 I would hope adults didn’t create a law that allowed children to vote or to drink. Because what good decisions could be made if children, were getting drunk and had majority vote? (This entire statement was sort of a joke but not, obviously!) When I think of our laws here in America, I do question the many decisions these so called “adults” have made over the years. Especially concerning our laws or state regulations. The truth is, I have met many 40- and 50-year-olds who are still living with child like mentality and have not gained any wisdom over the years. In fact, my 19-year-old and 14-year-old daughters are much wiser than many people over the age of 25.  Actually, I have seen many people I know personally wake up and do the same things day in and day out for the past 5, 10, or 20 years. Their life never changes and neither do their circumstances.

So, why are humans so hung up on age? Furthermore, at what age is old enough for one to realize “it is time”? Time to what? A time to do any of it! A time to vote, a time to drink, a time to drive, time to have kids, time to get married, a time to make better decisions, and how about a time to grow up!!! When is the right time for any of it? Especially when most of that stuff has a beginning, a middle, and an end. I mean why does age matter when all things come to an end anyway, right? I mean in reality, we all feel a little lonely at some point in our life, no matter what age we are. A moment of loneliness is inevitable.

The Truth Behind Loneliness

The human being must be the most complex species roaming our planet. In fact, sometimes I feel very alone, even when I am surrounded in a room full of people. Mostly when I’m around people who have closed minded ideas. In other words, no wisdom! I was raised with a Lebanese father in America, so I can tell you that feeling uncomfortable, not fitting in, and staying silent in a room full of people has become quite normal for me. But in a society where everyone is so outspoken and doesn’t really care who is in the room, it’s like we’ve lost all respect for ourselves, for others, and for boundaries. I’m used to blending in as a Lebanese female living in America. Keeping my eyes open and my mouth shut was the rule in my home growing up. I didn’t speak until spoken to and I had to always watch what I said and who I said it to! If I didn’t, there were consequences. Bottom line! Although, I know that is not the way of today’s society, I do think there are some lessons in life worth embracing.

As children we grow up with parents who have these rules, or no rules at all. And we try to fit in to our environments when we become a prime age of curiosity. We can either choose to run wild from too many rules, or we can run wild from not having any rules at all. On the other hand, we could become tamer if we have no rules, because we’ve experienced the temptations and turbulence of a life with no rules. Similarly, we can become too aware and too cautious later in life if we had too many rules. So, it just depends on our individual life experiences, the seeds that were planted into us throughout life and of course, the realties we create for ourselves.

Loneliness only comes from an emotion of not being in community with other like-minded individuals.

I don’t know what your religious beliefs are, but there is a history book called the bible and it has many stories. In the very first story, called Genesis, the first time the creator says “it’s not good” is when He created man to be alone. Humans are not meant to be alone. In fact, no species of its kind in all of creation is meant to be alone. There is in fact Male and Female of every single species walking our planet today.  

Age is Just a Number Your Wisdom Determines Your Growth

I don’t know what your gender is, and I don’t really care to know! Especially since we are using way too many gender pronouns today. And if I am totally honest, my dispute on that could create an entire blog or maybe even a book! Which I have no time for right now! This article today was created to help those who feel like their age has literally defined their entire existence. I don’t believe our age should determine our life or our experiences, but rather our stages of life. I believe that the wisdom we gain throughout the years has more to do with growth then our age does. And I Believe that one can experience true growth at any stage of life through knowledge and wisdom. If you’re not learning, you’re not changing, and if you’re not changing, you’re not growing! It really is that simple!

Every single human being on this planet has experienced emotions such as pain, loneliness, contentment, and excitement. We have also experienced connection, love, passion, and joy. I can even go as far as to say that we have experiences loneliness in love and pain in things we once got pleasure from. I don’t care what anyone says, there is no material thing, no person, no experience more exhilarating in life then gaining wisdom. All love stories and relationships have an ending. Whether individually or mutually decided or by death, all relationships come to an end eventually leaving you in pain or feeling lonely. That is why we need to surround ourselves in “community” not alone with one or two in solitary but full communities.  Material things can break, get lost or taken away. People lose connections or die. People and things don’t last and there is always another thing or person to desire. The good emotions we carry around from people or things never last long. There are too many stages of life. And we all experience different stages at different ages!

But wisdom, that is forever! Growth never ends! There is always room for more growth in our human existence. No matter our age or our gender we can continue to learn and grow and get more knowledge. We can search for people and gain a moment of pleasure. We can search for things and gain a brief taste of excitement of something new. But when we search for Wisdom, “our cup runneth over” forever. There is no end, there is no limit, there is no age, and there is no loss when we gain wisdom.

So Why are We Misunderstood and What Age is Old Enough?

Generation after generation we have judged and been judged and misunderstood. If you’ve been feeling lost, scared, confused about life, stressed about your age, have people judging you based on your age, or just completely misunderstood by others, I would say don’t allow yourself to get too caught up with age! Age is just a number. Remember this, wisdom has no age limit, but there is joy, there is good judgment, protection, and in light of all life’s struggles, in gaining wisdom, there is understanding and an intelligence beyond human comprehension. When we gain a desire for wisdom, we gain life lived through a lens of perception. Awareness and discernment cannot be bought or purchased no matter how old you are. Behind wisdom is not an age, but rather a purpose and excitement for this beautiful thing we get to call life. There is no depression, no heartbreak, and no long-term trauma where there is wisdom! There is just an understanding of all things. Get wisdom and no matter what age you are, you will discover a life filled with so much emotion that your cup will overflow onto anyone you meet. You will be understood because you will have the knowledge to know when to speak and when not to. You will know who to connect with and what group of individuals to stay far from. You will know better in all situations because you took the time to get knowledge before the experience even happens. No matter a persons age or yours, you will be the one who will always have a knowing and understanding inside you, that is meant for only you. Being misunderstood because of age, is only from lack of knowledge to respond wisely to those around you. Because age is just the number of years you’ve journeyed here, your true view of life is in the Wisdom you gain in the journey.

“Get Wisdom and Gain a Great Life”