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...

What is it about relationships that cause men to stop and think that he knows better than the One who created him? We all come to the point where we have to be independent and deal with matters and problems the best way we know how. Some solutions are better than others but once we have learned the best way we don’t detour from it unless we have learned something better ( Luke 6:40 AMP ). What’s so hard about that? I was recently talking to a middle aged man who looked younger than his years. He has everything going for him but the desire to be out on his own away from his parents. He can’t think of a good excuse other than him being comfortable where he is. There are no challenges, no expectations, he’s not accountable for anything or responsible for no one but himself and whatever he has in his room. I gradually had to tell him what the natural order of things are. In that natural order of things, there are normal expectations. He looked at me odd because I was challenging his comfor...