Sounds of My Writings: Don’t lose your Innocence

Like a newborn child comforted and wrapped in the arms of his/her mother. Or, like a couple immersed in the bliss of love. Or, like the smell of freshly cut pastures. Or, like the soul whose sins have been forgiven - is he whose conscience has been washed, and renewed with innocence.

It is like something pure and refreshing when righteousness takes residences. When your guilt and your shames have been exposed, and the power of self-condemnation no longer has a grip on your daily affairs. When you see good in everything, and everyone. And, your eyes have not been infected with prejudices.

Harmony dwells there, goodness swells in her, and God pours out His blessings upon it. Brothers and sisters don’t surrender your innocence, don’t let go of what is good, hold tight to sound truth and taste of its rewards.

God is watching! #godiswatching

Psalms 133:1-3

1How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! 2It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe. 3It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.

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Sounds of My Writings: Lawful vs Lawless

Over thousands of years, every civilization that has been erected formed creeds and laws which has helped keep sociological harmony, and the value of life at its core.

God himself gave us his sovereign wisdom by designing 10 perfect laws to guard and protect life from its evils. We till this day as humans have struggled with anything that may infringe on our liberties, and any principle that may restrict the use of our indulgences. Just like Adam, we still want to bite the forbidden fruit not knowing that within her there is a poison that will decay our human soul.

Even to the modern-day believer the law has become something of the past, and we have navigated our Christianity by what we feel rather by the full counsel of God. Don’t you know that the moment you reject the law, and order you are inviting the lawless spirit!

Don’t you know that the law is good!

1 Timothy 1:8-10

8We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

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Sounds of My Writings: We all suffer from Racism

Decades ago I return to complete my college degree in Business and decided I would take a class in one of my favorite topics in multicultural studies. It was a way for the university to address the beauty of difference.

The professor had silently taken 15 minutes to write on the “chalkboard” various words with no instructions. While parts of the “chalkboard” were still empty he had asked students to fill in the gaps with any words that came to their minds, and many of us did.

Suddenly, he asked for volunteers to participate in an exercise which he would later explain - after you have raised your hand. He then proceeded to use an empty side of this large “chalkboard” to write down different nationalities, and he assigned each volunteer a nationality. He or she was to only use the words that would describe what was in their hearts from the words provided on the “chalkboard” regarding each nationality.

No one was to say a word - nor judge anyone for their brutal honesty until the entire exercise was completed. As we continued, the atmosphere became dense, some were agitated, and others were laughing. The exercise had certainly revealed some of our deepest feelings, thoughts, and secrets.

In the end, we learned that regardless of how colorblind we think we are the entire class suffered from racism. And, how we reviewed diversity was influenced by many variables. If you, and I are brutally honest we all suffer from some degree racism.

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