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SMOOTH SEAS NEVER MAKE SKILLFUL SAILORS [Contemplation]

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 20:24:00 +0000

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Lawrence Ssekalembe; Author of the Book "Recovery of the Broken"

Smooth seas never make skillful sailors

As the year ends, I contemplate upon the journey.

The author of life , seem to have tied my hands and legs and taught me in the way he wanted , contrally to my wish , but in the best way I have never imagined. Making losses beyond my control, moving from bad through worse to worst. A perfect way to learn how to cultivate calmness and Serenity. For circumstances don't create man, but they reveal him to himself. Through the purification process , cooked in the best cookery , the lessons of enligtment began.

Calmness is not a passive state of loneliness, but rather an active choice to embrace serenity in the face of life's challenges.

Breathing consciously becomes a faithful companion on this journey of calmness. Each breath became a reminder that I am alive and therefore have the power to choose my response to the world.

Smooth seas do not create skillful sailors.

Resilience , the ability to bounce back from adversity , becomes the pillar upon which calmness is built.

Life is unpredictable journey filled with ups and downs , joy and sorrow , triumph and setbacks. Learning to bend with the winds of change rather than breaking under their force becomes a rope that takes us home.

The day you stop racing , is the day you win the race ._Bob Marley

When faced with adversity , rather than succumbing to despair we see it as a catalyst for transformation. Resilience, therefore, lies in the willingness to embrace challenges as opportunity for growth.

By reframing setbacks as lessons , we tap into our inner strength and realise that even in the most uncomfortable circumstances, we have the power to rise above and have calmness within .

When life throws you off the balance (as it did for me this year, working for two people and they refused to pay me - I mean money in millions!) the gateway of getting off the truck opens , if you react in anger and fear. On the other side , the gateway to a more enlightened path opens , a pause that empowers you to choose your next step consciously.

Cultivating a mindful pause , allows you to witness your thoughts and emotions rather than getting lost in them. It grants you the space to respond rather than react , guiding your action from a place of clarity and intention. In this sacred pause, you find the strength to embrace compansion, understanding and empathy both towards yourself and others. The embracement of the space of choosing to speak only if it improves upon silence , awakens.

When faced with adversity , you choose to respond with words that heal rather than wounds that destroy . You embrace the consciousness of the language you use -for it carries the power to uplift or tear down. By speaking from a place of compansion, you not only shape the world around you but also cultivate unwavering calmness within you.

Article By: Lawrence Ssekalembe

Author: Recovery of the Broken

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HOW TO HELP/ SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:46:00 +0000

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There are numerous ways to help and support others, and the specific approach can vary depending on the context and the needs of the individuals or communities involved. Lets look at some of the common ways to provide assistance and support:

1. Emotional Support: Offer a listening ear, empathy, and understanding. Be there for someone who needs to talk or express their feelings.

2. Practical Support: Provide practical assistance with everyday tasks, such as cooking meals, running errands, or helping with household chores.

3. Financial Support: Offer financial assistance to those in need, whether through direct donations, fundraising efforts, or connecting individuals with relevant resources.

4. Mentorship: Share your knowledge and experience with others who could benefit from your guidance. Mentorship can be particularly valuable for personal and professional development.

5. Volunteering: Dedicate your time and skills to organizations or causes that align with your values. Volunteer work can range from serving at a local soup kitchen to participating in environmental conservation efforts.

6. Advocacy: Stand up for the rights and well-being of others by raising awareness, speaking out against injustice, and advocating for systemic changes.

7. Education and Training: Help others acquire new skills or knowledge by offering educational resources, workshops, or training programs.

8. Networking: Connect people with others who can provide opportunities, support, or resources that they may need. Introduce individuals to your professional or personal networks to expand their horizons.

9. Physical Assistance: Provide hands-on help in times of crisis or emergency. This could involve offering shelter, medical aid, or assistance during natural disasters or accidents.

10. Empowerment: Encourage and empower others to believe in themselves, pursue their goals, and overcome obstacles. Help build self-confidence and resilience.

11. Spread Kindness and Positivity: Show kindness and compassion in your daily interactions. Small gestures like offering a smile, compliment, or words of encouragement can make a significant difference in someone's day.

The most effective form of support often depends on the specific needs and preferences of the individuals or communities you are trying to help. Approaching each situation with empathy, respect, and a willingness to listen and learn is often the best way.

Article By: Walter Oryema (DpE)

Email: waltercanoon@gmail.com

UNDERSTANDING LOVE WITHIN THE FAMILY _BY BENARD KIDHE

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 22:38:00 +0000

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Family love is the bond characterized by affection, respect, loyalty, and healthy attachment.

The Bible teaches about love and relationships between wife, husband, and children in several passages. Here are a few key teachings:

Husband and Wife Love: The Bible describes the love between husband and wife as a sacrificial and selfless love.

Ephesians 5:25 says, "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."

Colossians 3:19 encourages husbands to love their wives and not be harsh with them. This love should be based on mutual respect, support, and a willingness to sacrifice for one another.

Wife and Husband's Submission: The Bible also teaches about the concept of submission in marriage.

Ephesians 5:22-24 says, "Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior."

Wives, you ought to love your husbands first for it is the right order before God. Stop saying that "if it wasn't for the children, I would have left my marriage". You met your husband first. Children were the fruits of that good thing God begun in two of you. You are frustrating your own marriage due to lack of Godly wisdom.

This submission does not imply inferiority but rather a mutual respect and cooperation between spouses.

Parental Love: The Bible emphasizes the role of parents in nurturing and loving their children.

Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work_C.S. Lewis

Ephesians 6:4 instructs fathers to not provoke their children to anger but to bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Proverbs 22:6 encourages parents to train up their children in the way they should go, so that they will not depart from it. The Bible also teaches about discipline and guidance as expressions of love, aiming to shape children into responsible and godly individuals.

Generally, the Bible teaches that love within the family should be characterized by sacrificial love, mutual respect, submission, nurturing, and discipline.

Article By: Benard Kidhe

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HOW TO PARENT A CHILD IN A HEALTHY WAY

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 22:26:00 +0000

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Parenting in a healthy way is important for the overall well-being and development of your child. Here are some tips to help you parent your child in a healthy manner:

1. Build a strong and loving relationship: Foster a warm and loving relationship with your child. Spend quality time together, engage in activities they enjoy, and show them affection and support.

Parenting is a life time job and does not stop when a child grows up.” – Jake Slope.

2. Set clear boundaries and expectations: Establish clear rules and expectations for behavior. Consistency is key. Make sure your child understands the consequences of their actions and consistently follow through with appropriate discipline when necessary.

3. Communicate effectively: Encourage open and honest communication with your child. Listen actively to their thoughts, feelings, and concerns without judgment. Use age-appropriate language and explanations to help them understand the world around them.

4. Encourage independence and decision-making: Allow your child to make age-appropriate choices and decisions. This helps them develop confidence, problem-solving skills, and a sense of responsibility. Offer guidance and support when needed.

5. Be a positive role model: Children learn by observing their parents' behavior. Be mindful of your actions and attitudes, as your child is likely to emulate them. Demonstrate kindness, respect, and healthy coping mechanisms.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. — Robert Fulghum,

6. Nurture their emotional well-being: Help your child understand and express their emotions in a healthy way. Teach them how to manage stress, handle conflicts, and develop resilience. Provide a safe and supportive environment where they feel comfortable expressing their feelings.

7. Encourage a healthy lifestyle: Promote physical well-being by encouraging regular exercise, a balanced diet, and sufficient sleep. Limit screen time and encourage activities that promote physical, mental, and social development.

8. Support their interests and talents: Discover and support your child's interests, strengths, and talents. Encourage them to explore different activities and hobbies, which can contribute to their personal growth and self-esteem.

9. Foster independence and responsibility: Gradually give your child age-appropriate responsibilities and encourage them to take care of their belongings, complete tasks, and contribute to household chores. This helps them develop a sense of independence and responsibility.

10. Seek support when needed: Parenting can be challenging. It's important to seek support from your partner, family, friends, or professionals when you need it. Joining parenting groups or seeking advice from trusted sources can provide valuable insights and guidance.

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Remember, every child is unique, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to parenting. Trust your instincts, be patient with both yourself and your child, and adapt your parenting style as your child grows and develops.

Article By: Walter Oryema (DpE)

Email: waltercanoon@gmail.com

FRIENDSHIP__BY WALTER ORYEMA

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:05:00 +0000

💓🇺🇬____FRIENDSHIP____🇺🇬💓

📝 People may vary with their ideas of friendship. Others value friends to the extent of puting friendship at the top whenever they are listing the important things in their life. Some people on the other side, put friendship at the bottom of their lists. We all desire to have wonderful and rewarding friends.

"You may have succeeded because of that true friend & if it wasn't , you wouldn't have".

Oh my! What a profitable kind of relationship this is!

📝 " Friendship is a total commitment since it requires us to first find the person and then build/groom friendship with the person. Good friends are very hard to find, harder to leave, and very impossible to forget.”

With a true friend, there exists loyalty. You can weep with them, laugh with them, pray with them and you never feel bad about telling them who you really are.

” Remember, a good friend is someone who walks into your world when the rest of your world is walking out ".

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Trust, support and acceptance are the three major pillars of a true friendship.

There are categories of friends that come to our lives. 📝Each type of friend shapes our life in different ways. Some might be the reason for our success. For sure, some friends help to build self confidence in us, Others might give us hope that we didn't have before. Some might have more important purposes in our journey of life, while others might make us to have deeper and recognized values.

someone who can socially or professionally have support in a community or on different levels, this is what I call a true friend.

Trust is very Paramount when starting or maintaining a friendship and that's when the friendship can be even more beneficial in a professional community setting. Without trust, you don’t feel comfortable enough to truly be yourself.

Acceptance must truly exist as we continue to nurture our friendship. We should accept our friends the way they are, value their goals and encourage them where necessary.

We accept them the way they are, as they accept us the way we are.

"Without acceptance, how hard it is for a true friendship to prevail since we are constantly judging the other or being judged!"

Support is one of the fundamental pillars of a true friendship. " Being there in the hard times is what I'm trying to mean"

Philosopher Aristotle wrote sometimes back on the importance of cultivating/grooming true friendships and he said:
“In poverty, challenges, difficulties as well as in other misfortunes, people believe that friends are their only refuge,”

Unstable friends disappear during the dark times (i.e. when we’re sick, going through a tough time at home or work) and reappear when the troubles have disappeared. They choose when or when not to be a friend.

Sincerely, being let down by a friend hurts. Especially when you’re in a tough spot and in need of someone to support you, give you hope, motivate you, confide in or ask advice from.

👥Be a friend!

LEARNING AND SOCIETY__BY WALTER ORYEMA

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 18:37:00 +0000

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LEARNING AND SOCIETY

📝 Only a learned man is able to help the society in a better way. A man must devote some time everyday to learning. Any waste of time is very harmful.

A man should not be totally dependent on others to teach him something. He must take a personal responsibility towards learning. The more a man knows, the better way he will be able to serve the society.

Do not learn just to earn money, or to gain success and fame. Such selfish learning is of no use.

“Anyone who stop learning is old, whether at twenty or at eighty”__ Henry Ford. 🤭

📝 Learning about topics that interest us makes most of us feel happy, at least in the moment, as does spending time honing hobbies we are passionate about (which is also an act of lifelong learning!). It stands to reason that building time for these things into your personal life would contribute to your overall happiness.

Continuous learning also helps us to keep pursuing our personal and professional development goals, and all the achievements along the way are a great source of happiness for many of us.

People who don’t prioritise continuous learning enough in their own lives are likely to be less happy or fulfilled, as they spend less time exploring their interests and working on personal development.

📝 Several scientific studies have shown that lifelong learning activities can help people maintain better brain function

A man

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 07:51:00 +0000

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A man should always try as much as possible to get exposed. He or she should explore as many places as possible. When a man changes environment, he learn various things of which others are directly connected to his life or even the life of others. What a man should know is that, the kind of environment he is living in determines whether he is going to succeed or not.

A man should make friends wherever he goes; at the party, at school, from the church, while traveling (*if possible) and so many other places.

In my previous blog post I said: "Personal relationship is everything in life. Do you Know why ?

Walter says!
Thanks & be blessed 🥂

As if it's not yet enough! The kind of friends a man associates with determines his destiny. The person he connects with matters! He/she should connect with people of favour/success, people who speak positively, people of manners and respect, people of visions/missions, people of perseverance, people of courage, people of.. people of... people of...

Joel Osteen in his words said:

“There are people God put in your life not to compete with but to connect with”

and if one is not careful, he may fail to identify such people and then misses his destiny.

A man should be very careful about things he spends his time on. Among are; gossiping, planning evil things, deception, Jealousy. Greediness, Selfishness, speaking negative things all-time & etc..........…things which are not constructive, wasting almost all his time given by God.

We should at all times know that God is always happy when a man is living a happy and a blessed life.

Anyway, he can tempt you not to destroy you but to correct you. What a man should know is that God punishes just like your earthly father does, only that we can’t hear the strokes.

A man should desire a rewarding environment and to choose a good company of friends, the one he learn from. A man should choose to live with vertical friends so as to receive vertical favour.

A man should spend most of his time learning, whether he is in the restaurant, in for leisure, chatting with friends, travelling. He should consider getting wisdom all the time since it is the one that controls us throughout.

A man should be unmoved in criticism or praise. Neither should he be concerned with victory, nor with defeat. Neither hate nor love sways his mind. Neither does he gets dictated by emotions. Neither does he seek pleasure, nor avoids discomforts. Neither does he get angry, nor feels sad. Neither greed of money nor power can change his way.

A man who doesn't become a slave of his/her own thoughts, nor does he enslave anyone , Looks at a piece of gold and a rock with an equal eye. Never makes enemy of his fellow beings, nor makes fun of others. Corrects his own mistakes first rather than looking at the mistakes of others, Treats others with courtesy and respect, rich or poor. Does what is right. Lives for betterment of society and others. Free of all attachments and desires for the worldly things. ...is a happy and a very peaceful man.

Personal Relationship and our surrounding

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 11:35:00 +0000

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*Personal Relationship & our surrounding*

"Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life begins. _Ben Stein

The people you know, and who know you in a favorable way, will do more to determine your success, happiness, and level of achievement in life than any other single factor. No one achieves anything of consequence by himself or herself.

In life, relationships are everything*

One of mentors said : 'You will be in five years what you are today except for the books you read and the people you meet.'

Dr. David McClelland, author of The Achieving Society (Van Nostrand, 1961), concluded after 25 years of research at Harvard that your choice of a ''reference group'' would have more to do with your success than anything else. McClelland interviewed graduates of the university, as well as those who had attended his intensive seminars on achievement in American life. He tracked these people for many years. Many of them took what they had learned and did wonderful things with it. They built profitable businesses and successful careers.

However, many of the graduates failed to turn the information and ideas they had learned into later success.Why not? When he went back and surveyed them, he found that invariably they had returned to the same group of people they had been associating with before they had taken the advanced courses on achievement. As a result, they went back to the same old ways, the same old habits, the same old customs and manners of living. Because they were immersed in their old reference groups, nothing changed for them.

Your reference group

Your reference group is defined as the people you consider yourself to be similar to. For example, if you belong to a particular church, the members of that church are part of your reference group.You consider yourself to be like them. If you belong to a political party, a bowling league, or a particular profession, people in those groups and organizations are parts of your reference group. You identify strongly with them.🫂

Over time, through a process of absorption(*self evaluation is needed here!!), you will adopt their attitudes, mannerisms, ways of speaking, levels of aspiration, and even their style of dress. Your reference group will exert an inordinate influence on the kind of person you become.You will adjust your goals, behaviors, and thoughts to be consistent with what you feel they will approve of.You see this with teenagers all the time

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My Conscience is Never Wrong

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Sat, 08 May 2021 08:26:00 +0000

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My conscience speaks every microsecond of my life but I have realized it's me who silence it. I should do all things possible to motivate my conscience to keep speaking. By the way, conscience is 100% truthful when it speaks.
E.g You killed someone-You are Arrested-Verdict says Life imprison-But because you have money-you decided to pay those corrupt officers a lump sum of cash-You are freed. But "My dear, you might think you won the case by paying your billions. Never! Your conscience (inner voice) keeps reminding you...* You killed , you killed , you killed. to the extent that ghost may even appear, makes you mad or something.. #Infact your money forgave you but your conscience can't forgive you.

#Your Conscience(the small voice within you) should be feaerd/respected the most.

Because It tells the truth and in case you killed or murdered or bla blá blá blá blá blá blá, It keeps reminding you about your quack action.

Every thing in life has potential

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 19:29:00 +0000

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Everything in Life Has Potential

All men are sent to the world with limitless credit, but few draw to their full extent.

It is a tragedy to know that with over five billion people on this planet today, only a minute percentage will experience a significant fraction of their true potential. Perhaps you are a candidate for contributing to the wealth of the cemetery. Your potential was not given for you to deposit in the grave. You must understand the tremendous potential you possess and commit yourself to maximizing it in your short lifetime. What is potential, anyway?

POTENTIAL DEFINED

Potential is…dormant ability…reserved power…untapped strength… unused success…hidden talents…capped capability. All you can be but have not yet become…all you can do but have not yet done…how far you can reach but have not yet reached…what you can accomplish but have not yet accomplished. Potential is unexposed ability and latent power.

Potential is therefore not what you have done, but what you are yet able to do. In other words, what you have done is no longer your potential. What you have successfully accomplished is no longer potential. It is said that unless you do something beyond what you have done, you will never grow or experience your full potential. Potential demands that you never settle for what you have accomplished. One of the great enemies of your potential is success. In order to realize your full potential, you must never be satisfied with your last accomplishment. It is also important that you never let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life that never realized its full potential. You must decide today not to rob the world of the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you. Potential never has a retirement plan.

THE POTENTIAL PRINCIPLE

To simplify this concept let us look at one of the most powerful elements in nature…the seed. If I held a seed in my hand and asked you, “What do I have in my hand?” what would you say? Perhaps you would answer what seems to be the obvious…a seed. However, if you understand the nature of a seed, your answer would be fact but not truth. The truth is I hold a forest in my hand. Why? Because in every seed there is a tree, and in every tree there is fruit or flowers with seeds in them. And these seeds also have trees that have fruit that have seeds…that have trees that have fruit that have seeds, etc. In essence, what you see is not all there is. That is potential. Not what is, but what could be. God created everything with potential, including you. He placed the seed of each thing within itself (Genesis 1:12), and planted within each person or thing He created the ability to be much more than it is at any one moment. Thus, everything in life has potential.

NOTHING IS INSTANT

Nothing in life is instant. People think miracles are instant, but they really are not. They are just a process that has been sped up. Nothing God created is instant, because God does not operate in the instant. He is a God of the potential principle. Everything begins as potential. He did not create a ready-made human race—the earth was not given an instant population. God made one person—not a million people. He started with one seed. Then from that one He created another. Then He said to those seeds, “Bless you (that means, ‘You have My permission’). Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.” In Adam, God gave the earth a seed with the potential of one…one hundred…one thousand…one million…. The five billion people on the earth today were in that one man’s loins. God knew that in Adam and Eve there were enough people to fill the earth. That’s the way God works. He knows the potential principle because He introduced it. It is Him. DON’T

SETTLE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE

Potential is always present, waiting to be exposed. It demands that you never settle for what you have accomplished. One of the greatest enemies of your potential is success. God wants you to maximize the potential He has given to you. You are not yet what you are supposed to be—though you may be pleased with what you now are. Don’t accept your present state in life as final, because it is just that, a state. Don’t be satisfied with your last accomplishment, because there are many accomplishments yet to be perfected. Since you are full of potential, you should not be the same person next year that you are this year. Never accept success as a lifestyle—it is but a phase. Never accept an accomplishment as the end—it is but a mark in the process. Because you are God’s offspring, there are many selves within you that lie dormant, untapped and unused. Your primary problem is that you do not think like God does.

There are many selves within you that lie dormant, untapped and unused.

God is always looking for what is not yet visible. He expects to find inside each person and thing He created more than is evident on the outside. On the other hand, man is often satisfied with what he has— or at least if not satisfied, he thinks there is nothing better. Thus he settles for what he has. Therein lies the tragedy of life. The minute we begin to settle down and be satisfied with what we have, we lose the possibility of revealing what is really inside us. Too often we die without exploring the gifts, abilities, and successes that lay hidden within us. Our thoughts, ideas, and possibilities are not used. We fail to realize the vast potential that is stored within us. We are like batteries in a radio that is never played—our potential is wasted.

SUPPOSE…

Suppose Shakespeare had died before he wrote his poems and plays—the potential of Macbeth would have been buried. Suppose Michelangelo had died before he painted the Sistine Chapel or DaVinci the Mona Lisa—the beauty of their paintings would have been lost. Suppose Mozart had died with all that music in his bosom. Suppose Moses had died before he saw the burning bush…Paul before he met Jesus on the Damascus Road…Abraham before Isaac was born. How different the pages of Scripture and history would be. Suppose Martin Luther had died without writing the thesis…Charles Wesley without penning the hymns…John Wycliffe without translating the Bible into English. How different the history of the Church might have been. Can you imagine how many great works of art, music, and literature are buried in the graveyard near your house? Can you imagine how many solutions to the problems we face today are buried with someone you knew? People die without getting out their full potential. They fail to use all that was stored in them for the benefit of the world.

DON’T DIE WITH MY THINGS!

I wonder what would have happened if your father had died before you were conceived or your mother before you were born. What would the world have lost if you had not been born? What will the world lack because you fail to live out your potential? Will you carry songs, books, inventions, cures, or discoveries to your grave?

What would the world have lost if you had not been born?

Our teens are committing suicide. I wonder who they were supposed to be and what they were supposed to do that we will never know. Have we lost some great leaders? Was your grandchild’s professor or another Martin Luther King among them? As the time for His crucifixion drew near, Jesus spoke of the potential principle in terms of His life. He compared Himself to a kernel of wheat that falls into the ground and dies (John 12:23-24). A kernel of wheat, when planted, yields many more kernels. Within Jesus was the potential to bring millions of people to God. Thank God Herod didn’t succeed when he tried to wipe out Jesus. If he had, Jesus would have died before He could offer Himself as our atonement. His great purpose in life would have been wasted. The seed of His life was much more than His disciples could see. That one seed had the potential to give life to many. There was a time early in his ministry when the apostle Paul said, “I’d like to leave.” Though he preferred to die and be with Christ, he knew his purpose in life had not been completely fulfilled. There was yet much fruitful labor for him to do. It was necessary for the Church that he continue to live. Thank God Paul did not die. The benefit of his wisdom would have been lost to the early Church and to us. His potential to write Colossians and Ephesians may have been forfeited. Later, near his death, Paul wrote: “Timothy, I’ve run the race. I’ve finished the course. I’ve kept the faith. I’ve done the work. My award awaits me. I’m ready to die. Keep working after I’m gone” (see 2 Timothy 4:5-7). Everything in life has the potential to fulfill its purpose. People who die without achieving their full potential rob their generation of their latent ability. Many have robbed me—they’ve also robbed you. To die with ability is irresponsible. Perhaps you are wasting your life doing nothing with all you have. God packaged some things in you for the good of the world—use them. We will never know the wealth God planted in you until you bring it up. There’s always something in you that we haven’t yet seen because that’s the way God thinks. Release your ability before you die. Use the power and strength within you for the good of yourself and others. I believe there are books, songs, art works, businesses, poems, inventions, and investments in you that God intended for my children to enjoy. Don’t give up until you have lived out the full extent of your potential, because you have no right to die with my things. Don’t rob the next generation of the wealth, treasure, and tremendous gifts buried deep within you. If you want to succeed, strike out on new paths. Don’t travel the worn paths of accepted success. No man can climb beyond the limitations of his own belief. Every day sends to the grave obscure men and women whom fear prevented from realizing their true and full potential. Failure is not the absence of success. Failure is the neglect of trying. What you see is not all there is. There is something in everything.

What you have done is no longer your potential. Potential is what you can do but have not yet done.

PRINCIPLES
God created everything with potential.
Nothing in life is instant.
Everything in life has the potential to fulfill its purpose.
Don’t be satisfied with what you now are.
Don’t die without using your full potential.
The greatest threat to progress is your last successful accomplishment.

Why were you born?

noreply@blogger.com (Oryema Walter) — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:17:00 +0000

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Why Were You Born?

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt

The people I have met who are progressing in life and affecting other people’s lives—people like Dale Carnegie, a tremendous man who has touched many people’s lives, or Robert Schuler, who is ministering to people all over the world to help them improve their self-esteem—all seem to say the same thing: If you feel good about yourself, you will feel good about other people. In other words, only after you see yourself as a worthwhile person can you appreciate others as worthwhile people.

If you feel good about yourself, you will feel good about other people.

That’s a very important insight because many people do not feel good about themselves. They look at themselves and wonder why God made them; or they doubt that anyone can find any good in them. But remember, God sees what others, and we ourselves, can’t see. God looks at us and sees that we are worth feeling good about. We are special to God. We are valuable and important.

GOD PLANNED YOUR LIFE

The crowning work of creation came on the sixth day when God created human beings. As He looked around Him, God pronounced His creation to be good. That includes you! God looked at the man and the woman He had made and declared them to be “very good.” God has a good attitude toward you. He created you in His image and drew you out of Himself. Before you were born, you were in God. Part of His potential has been placed within you. Do you remember the verse we suggested could be considered as the first verse in the Bible? Before the beginning was, God is (Genesis 1:0). God is so big He began the beginning. There could not be a beginning without God, because God got start started. Before start started, however, God had a finished plan for your life. Your potential is not a trial and error experience. God designed and predetermined you to be a success story.

God designed and predetermined you to be a success story.

Psalm 139 tells us that God planned each of your days before you were even born. Before you were formed, God knew you. He took great care in creating you. No part of your being was made without God’s knowledge and careful concern. God wants each of us. He gives us what no other part of His creation received: His breath of life (Genesis 2:7).

You Are Not a Mistake

Have you ever felt like you were a mistake? Have your parents told you they wished you had never been born? Are you a child whose parents have told you: “I wish you would have died when you were a baby”? You may have come into this world as the result of a rape. Your mother may have hated you in the womb because you reminded her of a man she wished to forget. But the fact that you were conceived is more important than how you were conceived. People go around dealing with how things happened, but God is simply concerned with the fact that He allowed your conception to happen. Now when I say allow, I’m talking about the fact that you were conceived. You may be a bastard, conceived out of wedlock. Being omnipotent, God had the power to prevent your conception. Yet God allowed it because He wanted you to show up. You are here because God wanted you to be born. How you came isn’t important. What matters is that you are here. And if you are here, God created you with care (Psalm 139:13).

You are here because God wanted you to be born.

King David doesn’t describe your mother in Psalm 139—she may have been an old alcoholic or a drug addict, a bastard or a prostitute. He is concerned with you. He describes how God knit you together in your mother’s womb without describing what that womb was like. The womb in which you were knit together is no longer important. You are important. Your very existence means God wants you to exist. You are somebody special simply because you were born. God saw you in your mother’s womb when you were a tiny baby— a one-centimeter embryo. He looked into the secret place in your mother’s womb and saw you. From the second your father’s sperm and your mother’s egg joined to form a child, God tenderly created you and watched you grow. God never would have allowed the sperm and the egg to come together if He had not planned for you to be born.

My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body (Psalm 139:15-16).

Although some parents feel their baby is a mistake, their thoughts are not true. God planned for that baby to be born. The manner in which the child was conceived may not have been in God’s plan, but the child himself is surely part of God’s plan. Those of you who were brought up in a nice family with a mother and a father who love you may not understand those who have been put down by their family since the day of their birth. You may not understand how important it is for them to know that they are not mistakes. Be patient with them. Help them to see that God designed them long before they were born! Every child who comes into this world comes as a setup from God. That little boy or girl doesn’t need to arrive to see what is going to happen, because the happening was already set up before he or she came.

God Has a Book on You

All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be (Psalm 139:16).

God designed you to be somebody. He looked at your unformed body and declared, “This child is good.” All His plans for your life were set out long before you took a breath. He wrote out the order of your days before you lived even one day (Psalm 139:16). There’s a book on you. Some chapters God wrote about you haven’t even been touched yet. Some of you are playing around in the index or you have spent years in the table of contents. Perhaps you are 30 years old and you still don’t know God’s plan for your life. That’s playing around on the contents page. You are 30 years old and still wondering what you are supposed to be. You haven’t even started yet. Others have jumped ahead of God’s plan. Though His design calls for you to be married in chapter 17, you got married in chapter two. You have ignored the things God wanted you to learn and experience in chapters 2 through 16 so you would be prepared for marriage in chapter 17. You have missed out on many experiences and discoveries because you moved ahead of God’s schedule. Some people are so busy peeking into chapter 17 they don’t have time to live chapters 2 and 3 and 4…. Or perhaps you have pulled chapter 17 into chapter 2 so that the rest of the book is destroyed. You will never have the opportunity to experience all the chapters if you pull parts of later chapters into the early ones.

God Offers You a Rewrite

God wants to take you back to the beginning, because His plans far outreach your plans. His design for your life is so great that King David describes it as vast (Psalm 139:17). You are thinking about being a teacher while God wants you to open a school. You have plans to be a clerk while God wants you to own the store. You want to work in a neighboring town while God wants you to go to Africa. You often cheat yourself because you don’t realize the potential you have. Why settle to be a doorman when God wants you to own the house? David says it this way: “God, when I look at your thoughts in the book on me, it’s like all the sands in the ocean. Your thoughts are endless. I can’t fathom your confidence in me.” God designed you to live out the careful plans He prepared for you. You are made in God’s image. The plan He wrote for you is perfect and right. No detail or part is missing. You have the potential to live out all that God has planned for your life—but only if you accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord. That’s the first step toward understanding why you were born. Though you’ve messed up God’s perfect plan for your life, He graciously offers to write another book for you. It probably won’t be the best-seller the first book was designed to be, but at least God gives you the chance to start over. He comes and puts you back in chapter one so you can live the many details of His plan. That’s what being born again is all about. It’s the opportunity to start over—it’s finally getting back to the first chapter of God’s book on you. God has great plans for you— that’s why He gave you life. Self-acceptance is the key to healthy selfesteem. Accept yourself as God made you. Allow His power to transform your weakness, rather than belittling yourself when you make mistakes.

BORN TO EXPOSE HIS NATURE

Not only did God carefully plan for the details of your life, He also determined how your life would fit into His total plan for man. Part of the answer to the why of our birth is revealed in God’s desire that we should show forth His glory. The glory of God is the excess of His nature. It’s all the potential of our omnipotent God that has not yet been revealed. He’s full of so much more than we can think or imagine and He’s waiting to use us to realize that potential.

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen (Ephesians 3:20-21).

Throughout the Bible, God tells us to make His name great in the earth. Praise and thanks are due God’s name, which is great and awesome (Psalm 44:8, 99:3). His name is to be proclaimed among the nations (Malachi 1:11) as well as in Israel (Psalm 76:1). His name is holy (Luke 1:49; Psalm 99:3) and mighty in power (Jeremiah 10:6). Everything is done for “His name’s sake.” To understand this concept, we must also understand that the Hebrew concept of “name” literally is synonymous with the object. In other words, the name of the thing is the thing. Therefore, the name of God is Himself, and He is His name. To glorify His name, then, means exposing His nature. God created you to bring glory to His name. His predestined plan for your life was designed to bring Him glory. He knows there is more to you than we can see because He placed part of Himself in you. His plan for your life is part of His creative work—through you God wants to continue the birth of His potential. Because you share God’s omnipotent nature, Jesus said you can do even greater things than He did, if you only believe (Mark 11:23).

KNOCK THE LIMITS OFF YOUR LIFE

The concept of Mark chapter 11 is that if you ask anything—if you can believe what you desire hard enough—God says it will be done. Somehow God gives us a little glimpse into our potential. He comes into our situation as if He’s disturbed. God is disappointed in the human race. It’s almost as though God looks at the ideas He stored in us and says with a voice of disappointment, “If you only knew what you can do.” That’s the attitude of God toward you and me. God is totally disappointed in us because He knows what we can do. But we don’t. And so He says to us: “All things are possible if you’d just believe, dummy.” He’s always knocking the limits off our lives. Too often we are not willing to believe like God defines believe. God does not say, “Everything is possible if you get the idea.” Things don’t become reality because we have an idea. We have to believe in the idea. We have to believe we can do it by committing ourselves to it—abandoning ourselves to it—even if it costs us our lives. That’s what it takes to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ—to lose our lives…to abandon ourselves. We must say, “I’m going to go into eternity believing in Jesus. I’m not sure what’s out there, but I’m going to ride on that Name and that atonement.” God isn’t impressed by your dreams. Most of us never wake up long enough to do anything with our dreams. You may have great dreams for your life, but you prefer to stay asleep because when you wake up reality says, “Okay, let’s get to work.” It’s easier to dream an idea than to work it out. Everything is possible if you will abandon yourself to an idea enough that you are willing to lose your life for it. Thinking is great. But all things are possible when we believe. Jesus said in Mark chapter 11, “Whatever you desire when you pray, believe you’ll receive it, and you will have it.” The word desire is the key. Being interested in or attracted to something is not desiring it. To desire means “to crave for something at the expense of losing everything.”

FROM THOUGHT TO ACTION

A thought is a silent word, so a word is an exposed thought. Everything in life starts in the thought form—it’s a thought first. After it’s said, it is no longer a thought. It becomes a word. The next step is an idea. An idea is the concept of the thought—it has moved into a reality. Ideas are potentials. The third level of operation is what I call imagination. Imagination changes an idea into a plan. If you have an idea it can come and go. You have many ideas in a day—what to cook, what to wear, what to do. You may decide the night before what you are going to wear in the morning and then wake up with a different idea. Ideas change. But if an idea develops into an imagination, it means the idea has become a plan. It is still not written or drawn, but it is in your head. Imagination is therefore a plan that is not documented. It is a visual display of your thoughts and ideas. Ephesians 3:20 challenges us to believe God is able and willing to do “exceeding abundantly far beyond all we can think or imagine.” He dares us to use our imaginations. If you want to be successful in life, take your ideas and turn them into imagination; then take imagination and duplicate it physically. Put it down. Let it become a plan of action.

Followers, Dreamers, Visionaries, and Missionaries

Many people never get beyond the idea stage. That’s sad. They are usually followers. The people who get to the imagination stage often talk a lot but they do nothing. They are dreamers. But when a man or woman takes his imagination and puts it on paper, you are looking at a visionary who is becoming a missionary. Visionaries see great things in their minds. Many visionaries are in the graveyard. They had visions, but their visions never made it to mission. When a visionary becomes a missionary, you have a man or woman who is going to change the world.

MAKE PLANS…SET GOALS

God wants us to become people who have plans. He says, “Use your imagination. I won’t give you a thought if you can’t do it. If you think it, I’m ready to do it.” Plans are documented imaginations. If you can document an imagination, you’ve developed a plan for action. If you are having problems in your life, I mean real problems, you probably don’t have a piece of paper on which you have documented your plans for the next five years. If you are disillusioned with life— bored and confused—I can almost guarantee that you don’t know what is going on in your life. You’re just living from day to day in the absence of a concrete, documented plan by which to live. You’ve been dealing with the same issues and habits and struggles for years. You slide forward a little only to slide backward again. Whenever things get hard, you start reminiscing about “the good old days” and fall back into habits you had conquered. If there is no goal in front of you, you’ll check the hazardous holes behind you. If there is no vision in front of you to pull you on, you will be dragged back to the path you know well. If your imagination does not become documented, it will soon ferment into vapor and disillusionment. Let me explain. If you do not have a paper on which you have written a general plan for your life, you may decide something one minute only to change it five minutes later. You will be confused, disoriented, misguided and frustrated. Progress requires a plan of action. Ideas must be put down if they are to influence the way you live. Many of us plan our meals for the next week, but we have nothing planned for our lives. The food we eat just goes away—it doesn’t touch the future. Stop. Set your course. Imagine into your future as far as you can. Chart what you are going to do for the next five months…twelve months…two years. Start imagining what you want to be…what you want to accomplish…where you want to go…who you want to influence. Do something and then put your plan in a convenient location so you can check your progress, seeing how close you are to your next goal. You will be amazed how that will make you work every day. It will encourage you to move. You will begin to see God’s power at work within you, and that will motivate you even more. Don’t worry how you are going to meet all your goals. God says, “You make the plan and I will give the answer how it will be accomplished.” God created you to change the world. He carefully designed a plan for your life that allows you to share in His work of creation. Because you were made in God’s image, you share His potential to be and do much more than is visible now. Everything you see was originally a thought in the mind of God—an invisible idea that God worked into sight. Make a plan. Give yourself something to be motivated toward. As you dream, think, imagine, and plan who you want to be, you will begin to see why God created you and the work He has designed you to do. You are destined by God to reveal His glory—His very nature.

PRINCIPLES
You are worth feeling good about because God wanted you to be born.
God has a detailed plan for your life.
The first step in living out God’s plan is accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord.
God created you with a part of His potential so you could expose and share in His glory.
God’s glory is the excess of His potential—His many plans that wait to be revealed through us.
Develop a plan for your life that fulfills some of the possibilities God placed within you before you were born. Then believe and work them into existence.

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