This quote comes from French author Andre Gide and serves as a reminder that getting angry and inciting an argument can often be the worst way to resolve a problem.
It’s often tempting to resort to anger, and we often feel like venting will make things better, but it won’t. Venting frustrations generally makes your anger worse, so bringing that anger into a conflict isn’t going to help matters at all. Even if you feel like your anger is deserved and you want to use it to make a point, it’s almost always better to calm down and approach the situation judiciously. If you think a conversation may lead to a quarrel, step aside and give yourself time to cool off. Few situations are better served by losing your level head.
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Are our priorities in order? We place such high value on things that probably don’t mean as much as we think they do.
Take a look at the gentleman in this video. His actions are so very simple, but the impact is so very profound. Speaking truth and displaying love is more powerful than anything else we can do. People will forget the words we say, but they will never forget the way we spread our love and joy.
Don’t be afraid to be real, to be raw. We’re all human. We don’t have it together, regardless how hard we try to give off the impression that we do. Dare to stare at doubt, fear, failure and risk and say - you have no power over me. Then have the faith to carry on. Here’s a great example:
I am the CEO of Svpply, Inc., a social shopping S-Corp operating out of New York City. My company has been the recipient of over half-a-million in investor dollars, for the stated purpose of building an unknown, 3,000-member web service into a cultural phenomenon, and I truly have very little…
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This song is DOPE! Live & Let Live by Lecrae & Statik Selektah
Let’s change the way we do manhood. It’s a revolution that occurs inside.
You won’t find this on 104.7 The Fish. This is just the beginning. It’s a movement.
Since July 2010, God’s been showing me that if I want to truly represent Him, through a display of love, or joy, or any other characteristic, it has to first be something He has placed in me. You see, I tend to think I can do it on my own. Sure, I depend on God when I NEED Him, but do I behave as though everything I say and do comes from Him? Now that’s tough! But that’s also the beautiful thing about it.
If you are going to represent Him, then you need to be of Him, and the only way that’s happening is if He transforms you from what this world has made you, back into what He created you to be. I’ve struggled to put this into words, but last night, God gave me those words (in a particular form).
Although it is short, maybe one day I’ll revisit this and expand upon it. But for now, it’s exactly what I needed. I humbly pray He may use me to reach those way beyond my small reach, using whatever means He sees fit. My rhyme:
If there’s somethin you wanna display,
first turn to the Redeemer and His marvelous way.
Let Him teach you and reach you;
He’ll turn the wickedness of your heart upside down and breach you.
The more you make less of you,
the more He makes much of you.
It’s not about redundancy or an elaborate hoax of autocracy.
You won’t be a part of His light until He’s your only appetite.
He’s not a four course meal, and it ain’t a one night deal.
You wanna know why I love Hip-Hop so much? Because the redemption of Christ is so evident through this music and culture.
It’s not about swag, how gansta you are, or how hard you’re stuntin’ – it’s about Christ. And He is taking over the Hood.
Where some might see poverty and death, I see the future glory of Christ. This is why I have fallen in love with the ghetto. I put on for my city.
Written 4/9/11:
I want something this world can’t give me.
I see fleeting flashes of masterpieces, but none sustaining.
His future glory is temporarily replaced by my stumbling act of servitude,
something I pray isn’t alway misconstrued.
I so desperately want to be the man of God I know He has made me capable of, but every presented opportunity dashes away into the familiar face of failure.
Inconsistency has become a persistence, see, I take my eyes off the prize and begin to look around and idolize.
Torn, tattered, and bruised, I press on, feeling used.
Unloved, unliked, beaten down, I lay my self-made crown aside.
I’ve got nothing left to give, no fight from within, I no longer yearn for life.
This battle’s reeked havoc, leaving me with nothing but strife.
Motionless, I lay, as the darkness overcomes.
I tried to win it outright, but now, I leave the battle, having lost my sight.
So utterly destroyed, the anguish, I no longer try to avoid.
With my last waning breath, I cry out “Lord save your little boy.”
You see, we’re chasing the wrong glory, ‘cause that one’s empty of a redemption story.
For this very reason, Jesus took the wood, ‘cause only He could.
So next time you ask Him to save you, stop and realize what He already gave you.
Though nothing in this life is free, the price, His Son, said “I’ve already paid.”
And though you’ve already rehearsed,
we’ve got to stop acting like we’re the ones needin’ to be reimbursed.
We can’t take that purse to the hearse and in 3 days resurrect to reverse the curse.
You wanna know Him? You gotta DIG IN! Lyrics here. Take time to dig in today.
