Copastetic.
Cool, Calm and Collected – I am, or so it appears.
The perception is I have it altogether.
It's been that way for years.
I have no desires, no needs unmet,
no doubts or worry, no reason to fret.
Everything is "Surface Fine"
I'm cool, I'm smooth as a baby's behind
I don't need you to rock this boat.
Keep your turbulence at bay.
Don't bring those changes or waves my way.
I like this "pseudo peace" in shallow water.
Yell at me? Why I ought to!
I realize I row my boat but I'm getting nowhere,
gaining no ground
I am spinning upside down, round and round
Drunk with the illusion that I am getting along,
safely cruising - so far gone.
Yes, I am stagnant; so why won't you let me be?
This is the closest I've ever known of peace…
with no relief and no time to spare.
I chop it up to I just don't care.
Unaware, that I am hurting everyone including myself.
I have to admit this can't continue…
Lord, I need Your help!
Have you ever been so complacent with a bad situation that you are satisfied to stay in the mess so you avoid the conflict that resolve will bring? Have you walked the same path so long that it feels like it's right, so you just keep treading, over and over again? Do you feel like you are in a vortex, perhaps stuck in "Ground-hog's Day", repeating the same lame while playing the blame game (it's everyone else's problem, but yours) Clearly, they all need to get the clue – until one day you realize you've been clueless and You are comfortably uncomfortable with your state in life?
GET UP, GET OUT, DO Something! Acknowledge where you are, access where you want to go, and advance to where you want to be. Take ACTION, NOW!
Faith is action. You can love until you are blue in the face, but until you demonstrate that love, you are just blue and so am I. It takes your actions to tell the truth. Whatever a man thinks, he does. If you want the situation to change, be the change in the situation. You dictate your circumstances. You choose your thoughts, your path. You have free will and you decide who you are walking with, who you are helping, and who you choose not to enable. This life and its choices are YOURS. Choose wisely. Think to yourself, "What would Jesus do?"
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. ~Proverbs 4:5-7
TGBTG!
~TQ
Monday, November 26, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
And...Oh, There's Revelation
Blinders, we all wear blinders at some point or another in our lives. We choose not to see, what is directly in front of us because we are complacent with how "things" are. We don't want to adapt, often don't want to think. We seek self-indulging pleasures and material gains. We surround ourselves with people and things that mean no harm but do us no good. We are subject to our devices and vices, constantly seeking the next big thrill. We live for the love of money, honey, cars, food, work, children, vacationing, and yet we won't take the time or make the effort to walk, talk, and praise the God who granted us this extended stay. He is the source of true joy. All else is fleeting, but God's love is everlasting. But we are content, even often as Christians, to walk with the world in it's temporary pleasures and comforts. That is, until adversity comes upon us.
It takes a loss (be it physical or mental) for us to wake up and realize that we have been walking around with scales on our eyes, like Paul; blinded to God's truth. Society is suffocating in our lustful ways. We need revelation. We need the scales to fall from our eyes so that we can see the truth and know that it is always present. And the truth will set you free. That truth is Christ. We need Holy Spirit-inspired discernment for a purposeful and fruitful existence.
When something is revealed, it is communicated, uncovered, exposed and disclosed. Your mind's eye is opened and you see the veracity, therefore, you are are enlightened with understanding. You have to dig deep within and purge yourself from the shackles of your situation to step into a life aligned with the will of God. It is only there that true peace and happiness is found - even in the midst of adversity.
There is an entire book in the Bible that holds truths for Jesus' triumphant return - appropriately entitled, Revelations. We read and ponder this text in awe, but we suffer with finding that same truth in our daily lives. We walk around with blinders, submitting ourselves to our own desires and agendas and constantly wondering why our happiness is remiss. We have to desist these pitfalls by relying on our only source of strength - Jesus! "I will never leave you or forsake you" is what He has promised us. But, we have to invite Him in, yield ourselves to the Holy Spirit, strive daily to walk with God and not run against your grain, your foundation, the reason for your life.
Open Your Eyes - "O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him." (Psalm 34:8)
TGBTG!
~TQ
It takes a loss (be it physical or mental) for us to wake up and realize that we have been walking around with scales on our eyes, like Paul; blinded to God's truth. Society is suffocating in our lustful ways. We need revelation. We need the scales to fall from our eyes so that we can see the truth and know that it is always present. And the truth will set you free. That truth is Christ. We need Holy Spirit-inspired discernment for a purposeful and fruitful existence.
When something is revealed, it is communicated, uncovered, exposed and disclosed. Your mind's eye is opened and you see the veracity, therefore, you are are enlightened with understanding. You have to dig deep within and purge yourself from the shackles of your situation to step into a life aligned with the will of God. It is only there that true peace and happiness is found - even in the midst of adversity.
There is an entire book in the Bible that holds truths for Jesus' triumphant return - appropriately entitled, Revelations. We read and ponder this text in awe, but we suffer with finding that same truth in our daily lives. We walk around with blinders, submitting ourselves to our own desires and agendas and constantly wondering why our happiness is remiss. We have to desist these pitfalls by relying on our only source of strength - Jesus! "I will never leave you or forsake you" is what He has promised us. But, we have to invite Him in, yield ourselves to the Holy Spirit, strive daily to walk with God and not run against your grain, your foundation, the reason for your life.
Open Your Eyes - "O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him." (Psalm 34:8)
TGBTG!
~TQ
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