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I can dress in high fashion clothes, shoes, and accessories – believe it or not, any woman who intentionally dresses up grabs the attention of numerous people because of their appearance! Men lust over her, woman want to be her; in addition to wanting her clothing, money, and lifestyle! In our minds, we think that if we have money, we have everything we need; including happiness! Yes, constant attention on you does elevate your ego! We begin to think more highly of ourselves than we ought to  (Romans 12:3) ; and become arrogant! If you read the bible, you will read several stories of people God blessed with wealth, and they deserted God because they felt they did not need Him anymore! Interior reconstruction of King's Solomon's Temple I do not own the rights to this photo King Solomon was the richest man ever to live and scripture tells us that there will never be another one again! (II Chronicles 1:11)  In Solomon’s glory he had walls, floors, and accessor...

If and when we have obtained the character of Christ, we can go into a person’s home, car, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, or laundry room and ideally understand why they are depressed, anxious, have self pity, confrontational, or have constant mood swings! Your thoughts and actions speak volumes in your surroundings! On the flip side, if a person is a “neat freak”, expect everyone and everything around them to be, act, and speak with perfection are legalistic! The reason why I say “if” and “when” is many resist becoming a Christian and feel they don’t need God to make them whole; others say I believe in God but I want some time! Time is of the essence! This is not always the case, but 90% of the time, proves accurate; because;  "Out of the heart the mouth speaks". (Luke 6:45) Your words, actions and once again surroundings says, “I am depressed, or I am a person of doubt, or I am a person of self pity, or I am a person who does everything right”! When in all ac...

Every day you leave the subdivision, make a right onto Ongoing Street and a left to exit onto the highway. You never encounter an oncoming car on Ongoing Street; and you have been in your neighborhood for close to four years now! Today is nothing unusual, other than you are running late and slightly distracted; because your make-up is not complete. You still have to put on your lipstick and eyebrow liner!   In your mind, you are saying, "I can finish the make-up in the car while I am driving to the highway"! Yep, you sure can; after all oncoming traffic is null and void; until you get to the highway! Smooth sailing with all eyes in the mirror; and the unthinkable happens ~ a collision! Where did that car come from? I promise the road was clear! How could this have happened? These are all the questions you ask yourself while waiting for the police to come!  There are times we all run late, so haste makes waste ~ and there is no such thing as early late! Could it...

Do you walk away from fights; or do you engage in fighting until one of you is seriously hurt; and end up in jail? Sure it doesn’t make sense to walk away, it shows weakness. So think long and hard about what the outcome will be if you do persist and fight an enemy verses walking away! If you fight you lose much, but if you walk away the only thing that will hurt is your ego. My nephew winning a wrestling match. There was not a fight; howeve, there is a winner and a loser in all battles 7  “But I say to you who hear,   Love your enemies,   do good to those who hate you,   28  bless those who curse you,   pray for those who abuse you.   29  To one who   strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.   30  Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.   31  And   as you wish that others...