Sounds of My Writings: Leave your Mantle On

When swimming in the ocean, and the tides of life sway you back and forth never be tempted to remove the outfit that protects you. The dangers at sea are real, and there are many big and small fish, some dangerous and other pleasing to the eyes that desire your attention.

Yes, the ocean is beautiful and vast, and it was put there by God himself. But, in all it’s beauty it is untamable, and at times can be destructive. We all have to visit the ocean to fish and eat, but while enjoying your meal be found wearing the proper attire and/or outfit.

Never take off your priestly mantle, for it is your life-saver.

John 21:7-9

7Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.

8The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. 9When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it and some bread.

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Sounds of My Writings: Opinion Driven

Opinions are wonderful freedom that you and I possess. We exercise it every day, around every corner, in public or in private. We mingle with it in an obscure way. We have full conversations with it, in which it confirms our speculations. It echoes and dictates the way we should relate, and respond to others. It creates a world full of walls, where we are always right and in defense.

Being strongly opinionated can win you the battle in relationships but at the cost of losing the war in your friendships. Remember that your perspective about a matter may be full of blind spots, short-sighted, and fogged. Leave the room and allow others the opportunity to prove themselves. We are all faulted.

Filter your opinions through the lens of love and truth. Breathe hope into a situation by loosening the knots of opinion. Recognize and lay down your paradigms, your prejudices, your preconceived notions, and allow everyone a chance.

Proverbs 12:14-16

14 From the fruit of their lips, people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

15 The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. 16 Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult.

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Sounds of My Writings: Keep Moving

Keep pressing, keep moving. Don’t overthink matters, nor freeze your momentum. There are times when things don’t make sense, and they don’t seem as though they are in line with God’s promises.

If you stop, you may forfeit your progress and be succumbed by inertia, speculation, and assumption. If you started right, continue right, and finish right!

Leave all your antics on the waste side, and do what God has told you to do. He has not changed his mind.

Philippians 3:12-14

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

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