Thoughts

Is it true that we should always have what we want? Is it true that as individuals the idea of being without, is anathema? When did this thought come about? Where and when did this sour cold reality of our being come to be?

To answer that, one has to look into the history of our lives. Individually, that is. My well to do Father, God rest his soul, refused to buy me things on principle. He knew that he could buy the doll, the car or the dress but simply, did not.

The idea was a reminder, a lesson, that, just because you want it, does not mean you have to have it. It is discipline and self control to stay a need, hold off on a desire and practice patience and perseverance.

In this world of love and love touted by simpletons preaching a weak Christianity, these important words patience and perseverance, have been forgotten to our world of easy life. We were never promised a bed of roses or an easy walk. The road is still narrow, years after the Bible preached it. The purification by fire is still our mantra, still our way. Take the narrow road, stay the course and you will come out Victorious.

Read people like Watchman Nee, Oswald Chambers, Mac Donald and C.SLewis who did not dilute nor lived as citizens of this world, but knowing that they belonged to another world to come. Never let your guard down with an easy life, there will be hell to pay for the lack of precaution and foresight.

When faced with decisions on whether to take or give, give freely, it is not yours anyway. When faced with taking, take graciously, accepting with humble gratitude since you may face days without. Never ever take your life and your blessings for granted, it will come back to haunt you in the future.

Accept with graceful abandon the gifts of today, remembering that all is temporal, all is instant to disappear when you are alone leaving this pit stop for the rest of eternity.