Making It Plain

  There is something that has been brushed under a rug and calling the room cleaned for so long. Let’s remove the rug and see exactly what’s under there. It’s not going to be pretty so be ready to get your feelings hurt. It’s big girl panties time and broccoli really is good for you! Are you ready? It is the older that must tell the younger what she needs to know in order to be successful, as it is written for the older woman to do ( Titus 2: 3-5 AMP ). It is also written in the Old Testament for the older generation to tell the new generation the mistakes of the forefathers so they would not repeat them ( Ezekiel 18:19-20 AMP ). This is wonderful advice, only if adhered to and understood. Also if the one giving the advice has good intentions and no malice in his/her heart. But how would you know? The One who created him/her would. Just ask. Alright, moving on. Keep the aforementioned in the front of your mind, we will be returning to that. You see, and this might not just be me, b...

  I recall being immature in Christ when I heard the phrase, carnal Christian. It was something that caused an expression of concern because it is everything as believer we weren't supposed to be but also everything that we are . It was a rudimentary crude way of defining an oxy-moron . This phrase I heard came from a well known tele-evangelist to this day still uses that term. In the context that the evangelist was using it, I wondered if anyone else was perplexed. You see unless it is saturated in the Word, it is undoubtedly drenched in error ( 1 John 4:1-6 AMP ). To explain this point clearly and what it has to do with Christian singles is recollecting an episode of a well known but since cancelled television show, NYPD Blue . The episode is found in season 5 (aired in 1997, entitled Lost Israel - part 2), where there was a homeless mute man being used as a witness to a scene that Lt. Sipowicz was investigating. The only way the man could communicate to tell the detective what ...

  ...but everybody doesn't like to clean a house or keep a house clean. Do you know anyone like that? Is it you? There are varying depths of this topic and it's not like we haven't been here before. If you need to refresh your memory, please check out these entries here , here , and here . As a Qualified Mental Health Professional, I have seen all sorts of people trying to convince the staff of what they are trying to do and failing miserably, yet they keep trying (some of them) until they get what they want. In this profession, it used to be when a patient has reached his/her bottom, they are ready for treatment in order to resume a life of being a sober yet viable portion to society. These days, one can apply for government assistance, be granted the benefits, and therefore never getting to the "bottom" which is necessary for many of those who are dependent on their drug or substance of choice. I have seen men who did not put forth nearly the effort for a job i...