Word To Remember

1 Corinthians 7:37

But whoever is firmly established in his heart [strong in mind and purpose], not being forced by necessity but having control over his own will and desire, and has resolved this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he is doing well.


Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Growing Up Types --- Safe Havens

CV White Quote: (Adversity is the engine that sparks creativity)


"If you are going to just hang around somewhere make sure that it is a safe, productive, wealthy and healthy place so that you can become what you desire, otherwise you may drop off and never come into the desires of your heart." Remember, you will always be going through some kind of process because the more you advance, the more you know that you need to advance further.  Be wise about the people you choose to hang around with and the places you choose to hang out in.  Look around at both and consider what you see, then ask yourself is that want I want to be, if so, you are in the right place.  These caterpillars are all going to look the same when they finish this process.

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Running out of Time?



CV White Quote:  (The Greatest way to manage time is to never touch the same thing twice)

Many times people run out of time to do all that they want or desire to do because they create so many not so obvious time sealers.  One of the most common time sealers is touching the same thing more than one time.  An example of that is taking off your jacket and not putting it in its proper place.  It belongs in a closet on a rack or where ever jackets are kept.  If you take it off in the kitchen and lay it on a chair that is the wrong place.  It took you some time to move the jacket and you lost time every time you moved the jacket.  Now that it is time to cook something you do not want to get food on the jacket so you take it from the kitchen and place it in the living room on the sofa, later you decide to read a book, however your favorite place to read is the sofa so you move it to a chair, as you finish your reading time a family member comes in to speak with you and now you decide to put it where it belonged in the first place.  You have wasted so much time moving that one item and if you do that with other things such as dirty dishes you will find yourself out of time to do what you need or want to do because now you have to clean up all of these items that a laying around when you could have touched it once and removed all of the extra pick up chores.  Many times you can't remember where you left it last if you should need it before you put it in its proper place, now you spend extra time trying to find it.  How many times do you touch things before you eventually put them where they are normally kept?  Touch it once and save time. Put it in its designated place the first time you touch it and you will find that it is so much easier and quicker to clean your private space and so must easier to find things.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Growing Up Types – Be Decisive

CV White Quote:  (Your yes can never be yes if you don't know how to say NO)

"Adult Wisdom - Let your yes be yes and your no be no because this will save you the trouble of repeating yourself. Talking to people over and over again because you say yes now and ten minutes later you say no. That makes it easy for them to get you to do what they want because they will keep asking (pressure) until you say what they want to hear. You cannot get a butterfly to change its mind about what it knows it must do. It cannot be enticed by beautiful flowers, the weather, or any other source to hesitate and wait too long to lay its eggs or it will lose the opportunity to reproduce and multiply. Some people may not like your yes and some may not like your no but at the end of the day it is yours to give or take.

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

First Impressions are lasting, let yours and mine be of love becasue love never fails


         This flower is a Jonquil spring's first impression
The reason we do a particular thing is because we love to do it.  Have you ever heard someone say "I hate to do this but",  no, what they really mean is  I am loving this, but because they know that this does not feel good to you, they want to buffer you so that you will still love them.  This is not always bad. Sometimes people that love you have to be tough on you in order to get you to grow up naturally or spiritually.  They don't hate doing that, they love doing that because the reason behind it all is love. However, they do wish that you would do what is right and in order so that they will not have to be tough on you.  Remember, everybody wants to be loved and if you practice love as a part of your lifestyle you will find that love never fails.  If you want to know how to make love a lifestyle check out my book, "Winning Battles With Love"  the following is a passage from the book.
First of all, the war is won but we as believer are going to have to fight some battles. If we want to succeed in winning any battle, we must begin with love. We must begin our conversations with love in mind. Operating in love is a lifestyle not just a state of mind. God began everything with love in mind. Love is the highest form of actions that God uses to get desired results. He saved the entire world with love. Love is a part of who God is and He does nothing without love in mine.