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”A” for effort.
You wore many of us down.
In different ways.
With different methods.
What you did not count on is
Strength.
If you will allow me to say, to speak, with all the respect:
The problem was that you only saw strength in numbers.
Quotas, end of month “stats”. A piece of the pie, pie chart, food pyramid. The numbers were used, the numbers sliced, diced spun and masked, mashed…… and smashed them all to smithereens.
Sowing division.
The conclusion of the story-was it to finish another? Gumming it all down, while dumming it all down, while summing it all down.
Whew.
Chalk one up for us loud mouths. Who saw it coming and never shut up or shut down when feelings overwhelmed-ness to shut up and shut down, showed up.
We loudmouths tend to go with, tend to think it is important, even best to just “show up.”
And the occasional glass of vino.
You know, to make it over the hump.
What you did not “count on” was the ones taking complete and thorough notes.📝
Specific even.
Experiential too.
Expressively even.
Outrageous too.
The ones who kept the faith.
When you tried to take that away too.🤨
🙏🏻🤸
Thank God for the small favor of God🙂
He held the key—not the local BNB.
You took a different oath and that is ok.
Because. A small circle of folks did not—seek the favor the giants-of-ego-felt over-worthy over us to allow to be bestowed. Upon us.
Phew.
We dodged a bullet, an arrow and a fist to the face all in the name of your plan. Of us.
Thank you.
You made a choice. That is your choice.
Pardon my not joining you in your “clashing faiths” plan.
James Madison. “So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities that where no substantial occasion presents itself the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly passions and excite their most violent conflicts.”
We do faith a disservice in laying at its doorstep the fundamental causes of faction.(wjb)
Nice try though.
The Golden Rule. Is recognized universally.
But not your way. Your violent way.
Wrapped in a neat package dropped on the doorstep.
Not your “Do anything, say anything” way.
A human being without faith, without reverence for anything is a human being morally adrift.
The world’s major religions provide time-tested anchors for drifters; they furnish ties to a larger reality for people on the loose.(wjb)
Faith can contribute.
Faith can contribute important elements to the social stability and moral development of individuals and groups.
You lost the key.
Sorry buddy.
Thank God I hold a spare.
Deep within my heart.
But if and only if praise is bestowed rightfully, thoughtfully and reverentially.
Not your way.
He surrounds us with a shield.
From you.
God’s favor is a huge key to living a life of victory every day!
Favor.
The next time you ask if you can do me a favor.
Don’t bother. To ask.
Your favors are loaded with a bunch of microscopic bugs.
Ick.
Yuck.
No thank you.
I will take my chances.
On a practice of favor wherein I can look in the mirror and not feel all nauseous and disappointed that I could not say, “No.”
Favor is defined as receiving preferential treatment and special privileges.🧐😾🙅🏿♀️🎺.🍺🙏🏻✍🏻💪🏻🫵🏻
Pick your poison.
I pick affection.😍
His power.
His power working in me in order to live a victorious life. Real favor through any barrier you place in front of me.
We cannot earn his favor. We do not deserve his favor. He freely gives his favor to us because we are his children. We must receive it and activate it in our lives. Sadly, some folks, many believers miss out on the favor of God because they don’t know HOW to receive it or resist it.(bit)
See what fighting the wrong fight can result in?
Whatcha got?
Wanna piece of me?
Wanna piece of the action?
First class BNB,
Triple AAA coverage?
A lesson in “ego management”?
Talk to God.
Daily.
He will set you straight.
Real quick.
But ya gotta receive it.
Ya gotta activate it.
Take the good with the bad.
Why?
God has promised you favor. Believing is at the heart of receiving the promises of God. Even if and when we don’t know it, feel it, see it. We are still angry. ‘ Bout stuff.
A bout of the angries.
James 4:6-7: “You must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like the wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”
Yep.
Blowin’ in the Wind.
Believe and expect God’s favor in your life.
To do so, we must remain un-ego-ly humble.
God has promised you knowledge to grow with and in. It is all ‘bout access.
A “bout” of His access. Not a “bout of your kind of access.
When you increase your relationship with Him you increase your access to Him.
Sounds simple enough.
But. How?
God is trying to get His favor to you. It can only come through the connection that you have with Him.
But.How?
Worship.
Prayer.
God’s Word.
Spending time with Him.
Sounds simple enough.
But. How?
Sow favor.Show favor toward others.
Psalm 112:5: “A good man sows favor, and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.”
You will reap what you sow.
Yep.
Sow favor into the life of those that do not deserve it and you will receive favor that you do not deserve.”
Activate the favor of God over your life.
Give favor to others.
Don’t be a know-it-all.
Only He knows it all.
Sounds simple enough.
But.How?
You will have what you say.
There is power in your words. The words you speak influence the direction of your life. Start declaring God’s favor.
Thank you.
Speak favor over your life on a daily basis.
Sounds simple.
But. How?
As mentioned before, and may be the most important.
Stay humble.
James 4:6 says: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
This may be one of the most difficult to receive.
Why?
Pride.
Pride will shut down the flow of God’s favor.
God’s favor is NOT the result of anything you have done.
It is based on what Jesus has done,
He never gets angry with us.
We get angry with us.😡😤🤯
He is slow to anger.
We must learn daily to be slow to anger.
Radical Acceptance?
Insecurity?
Unfair to influence a child?
When we come to the age of discretion and choice, as adults, we have much time to learn humility. The best way possible.(wjb)
Sounds simple enough.
But. How?
The key.
The keys.
The garden.
The weeds.
The liberty.
To grow.
Without prejudging.
Without prejudice.
🥀🍓
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