The Walk

Time

2011-01-10T13:57:00.000-05:00

Hello,

Happy New Year to you all and I have to officially welcome myself back. Since 2011 is the year of reading, I have made it my aim to be a prolific blogger in order to provide you with much to read.

You will notice that the link to this blog has the phrase "why waste the time" in it. This rhetorical question has been on my mind and heart for a while- about a year. How fast the time goes by and before we know it we have accomplished little or do not have any time left to accomplish much.

Also, a major shocker in the lives of many people is the time of their death. Whether or not you are made aware of the tentative death date, it always comes as a surprise. Somehow we are deluded in thinking we will live forever or time is not passing by. Maybe it's because He has set eternity in our hearts (Ecclesiastes 3:11)?

Why waste the time is to spur us on to fulfill our destiny, walk the talk, and achieve that which is burning in our hearts to do NOW! Not tomorrow, next week, next month. We are also deploying all mental and physical capacities to destroy the spirits of procrastination, laziness and low motivation in our lives. This is a community and this is a family.

I pledge to have a new post every Monday, you pledge to do what God has laid on your heart to do. Have a good week.

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How to avoid straying...

2010-05-28T18:02:00.000-04:00

I have been unfair to my followers.

It's been a while. I have a few confessions to make. I ditched blogging for a minute because I questioned the point of this medium.

The good news is I have decided to return to this. But first, I have to set a goal and analyze the reasons of keeping a blog (just like everything else in life). Having a goal and a vision helps to streamline things and maintain focus. Because what always happens in life is that there is a tendency to stray from the main path and a vision or plan keeps things, should I say, "nice and dandy". Seriously, setting goals and visions is not for the major activity of building a business or having a savings account. Regular and seemingly insignificant activities also require goal setting or you could end up like a person who did not finish what they started. A quitter or a looser. Proverbs 29:18; Where there is no vision, the people perish.

I have to apologize for taking such a long vacation. But

Transformation???

2010-04-19T00:58:00.000-04:00

The plan for Saturday was to meditate on the word of God as written in Joshua 1:8 so that I will be careful to do according to God's Word.

So I focused on Galatians 5:22-23: now the fruits of the Spirit are these; love, joy peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and SELF CONTROL. I was hoping to start bearing the fruit of self control. And I had hoped that when I sat down to blog, I would announce that I controlled myself to study and not sleep half the day away.

Funny enough, as I meditated on that scripture, I indulged my flesh (watched online shows and slept like a hibernating bear) and did very few hours of studying... for which I am paying the price (drinking 5 hour energy drinks)!

So is the scripture a bit idealistic when it says if you meditate on it you'll be careful to do it? You know what? I am not sure. But I know that there's more than one way to kill a cow. The scriptures also say that resist the devil, give no place to the flesh, fight the good fight of faith. Thus, as I meditate on the word, I have to physically resist and put a fight against the oh so bad yet feels so good tendencies. Like sleeping instead of studying.

I did not put up a fight against my flesh. I only meditated. All things work together for good. And the commandments should not be taken in isolation.

Lesson 2: Meditate on the word, actively resist the natural tendencies. Put up a good fight and do not just succumb to your feelings in the moment. See you in the week

Transformation continues.... understanding grace and fellowship

2010-04-16T15:53:00.000-04:00

Understanding 2 Corinthians 12:9 is key in getting to those higher heights.

I will be studying this and praying for revelation also. As the revelation comes and I apply to my life, I will be sharing the process with you.

The major thing I discovered today was the importance of fellowship.

Of course, when I woke up.... I just did not stay in a state of depression, I prayed... and boy did I pray... in between falling asleep and waking up... I was on the verge of thinking I will disturb the neighbors...

After praying and reading the Bible, I still had that sunken feeling so I called a good friend to ask her to help me pray....

She called back later and said she had been where I am before and gave me such words of encouragement filled with such power that that sunken feeling immediately left and I was filled with a joy and fire (motivation) to go forth and overcome every obstacle!!!

Lesson 1: Never isolate yourself when you are going through trouble. That's where the devil wants you to be. God has provided a christian fellowship which helps us overcome, we can't do this alone.

Transformation Begins....at the lowest point in my life.

2010-04-16T13:47:00.000-04:00

Today is ultimately the lowest point in my life. We all have those days when it seems like life could not get any worse.

The reason why it is the lowest point is because I am determined to not let this happen again because history has a way of repeating itself. Also, I am ready to learn from my mistakes and make a change.

The hardest thing to change is yourself because it takes an effort against the very nature you were born with.

So how is this possible? I am going to take this fight one day at a time and apply the word of God. Taking the word of God seriously and not just reading it but applying it to my life daily brings the TRANSFORMATION!

will i succeed...? three months down the line, will i be battling the same things that i have been battling with. Lack of motivation, sleeping in, having financial trouble?....

Matthew 19:26: with God all things are possible..... we shall see! My life is now a test of the power of the Word of God.