Right What You Know


     It's Friday. And no, I'm not going to start commenting on Rebecca Black. OK, I kinda of just did. But never you mind that.

     I was just going to comment on our ability to be swayed into a decision. I mean, how does our resolute "No." Become a "Yes." Of course I have theories. Such a leap doesn't happen automatically--it's bridged by the ever so subtle and powerful "Maybe."

     Have you gotten conned into doing something that you know you didn't want to do in the first place? But then somehow, you found yourself fully subscribing and promoting the very thing you thought you didn't want to spend energy and time doing.

     I'm not one to be easily manipulated, but I do like to look at things from a variety of angles. I'm also painfully aware that I am not the master of the universe, nor do I know everything that is to be known from hence forward throughout eternity.

     With that said, I am open to suggestions. Perhaps your suggestions are better than mine. But at the end of the day, I'm not trusting in my knowledge or your knowledge. I'm trusting in the One who made knowledge and Whose understanding goes beyond definition, space, and time.

     Yes, it is important to stand your ground and have a foundation. And personally, I'd like to be one, whose foundation is on solid ground.

     Each day we exercise faith in little and big ways. Sometimes oblivious to us, but yet faith is being exercised still.

     My pastor's motto about faith and love is truly inspiring and powerful. Love fuels faith.

     Let that seep in for a minute.

Love fuels faith.

     So we may not know the outcome of all our decisions, but knowing that we are making decisions based in and on Love (Love is patient, kind, etc.) and not in fear, already puts us on solid ground.



Wisdom's Knocking:
"That Christ may dwell in your hearts though faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height--to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." --Ephesians 3:17-19

Before and After


     I like how some people just know you. They get you. They understand your soul without the need for frivolous talking.

     I am so grateful to have friends that have a great sense of humor. They don't take themselves too seriously, nor do they take me completely seriously. But at the same time, the pendulum is not swung towards the temperature of odd familiarity and disrespect among us.

     No, it's quite the contrary. Instead, it's a sweet sort of awe and honor. As I look at my friends and their perseverance and accomplishments, I am inspired. And as they approach the tender plains of my heart, they hold my moments with steady hands and with complete focus.

     And in these moments of being in the Middle, they have been with me in the Before and they have laid out their hearts plans, to be with me during the After.


Wisdom's Knocking:

Love is always closer to you than you think.

Fast Times

 

     Today, I woke up exactly where I left off last night. I was trying to process this new information that I had recently received. Getting this new information makes me doubt my discernment a little bit. A lot of things are unanswered. I let someone in, and perhaps they are not at all who they showed themselves to be.

     Yes, this happens all the time. But there are those special circumstances, that really affect your heart deeply. Because, you almost dared to dream. You almost believed the promise had arrived. You were just about to swan dive off that cliff...But then after jumping, you realize...You have no parachute, and there's actually no water down there.

     Divine Intervention Come.




     My mind is racing, and I just want things to slow down. Like slo-mo. I need to gather my thoughts, but they are running all over the track. They are no longer headed towards a visible finish line, but instead, they are frantic and possibly running in the opposite direction.

     It's easy to have  fast running start, but to sustain such a speed may prove dangerous. I'm praying for things to slow down--just so that I could understand. So that it can all be understood.

     Divine Intervention Come.


Wisdom's Knocking:

May my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word. -- Psalm 119:169



I Heard That You're a Pervert

Photo Credit: Yajaira
     

     What do you do with the news you hear about folks and the dirt they do behind the scenes. Oh, and of course, I'm not suppose to know any of it. This should be interestinggg, especially because I've turned into a pretty bad liar over the years. I mean, do I say something? Do I act passive aggressive. Duh, of course not. But you get my thought process at this point. I'm just like, "Yo, somebody break the ice already!"

     I'm just not sure how to fully handle all of this info at this point. But what I do know is, the truth will eventually come to light. It always does.

     And when the truth comes out, in all its unrefined glory, hopefully I'm mature and loving enough to embrace compassion rather than give it the stink eye.



Wisdom's Knocking:

Everything done in the dark will eventually be exposed by the light.


Could You Be Loved

     Honestly, I just wanted to title a blog post with a Bob Marley song. The past couple of weeks, I've been hearing a few of my favorite Bob Marley songs in the most random of places at the most random of times.

 
Photo Credit: Dakota LeBoeuf
 
     Does that ever happen to you? A song plays on the radio or in a car driving down the street that is more like the music score to your current life situation, rather than some random sound in the atmosphere. Somehow, I constitute that as a miracle. Really I do. I mean, what are the chances. And yes, you may be able to pull out an amazing mathematical formula, to show me the odds of such a miracle happening. But I will continue to answer the questions that these songs conjure up when I hear them.

"Could You Be Loved...And Be Loved?" Yes, I could. Yes, I could.


Wisdom's Knocking:

God communicates to us in a variety of ways.