James W. Inspirational Thoughts

Thought for the day: Blessings are often times confused and mistaken for that of material items, confusing even the most honest of people into thinking that's God way of showing us our worth. Contrary to popular belief, our ONLY gift from God is the gift of life, eliminating any possible confusion or misunderstandings. Life is only as complicated as we make it out to be, as we often times create our own misunderstandings by injecting our own philosophy into an otherwise basic blueprint laid out for us to follow.

Have you ever noticed how some people hit a brick wall in life, never seemingly able to grow internally? Many times these brick walls are a direct reflection of ones unwillingness to expand their knowledge, choosing only to remain stagnant with no desire to grow. It's those same individuals that will never acknowledge the growth in you, opting only to speak negatively of you. Sometimes in life its difficult accepting ones lack of growth due to our once fondness and love for that individual, as true love never dies.

If a loose woman is considered a Jezebel, does it lesson her self worth as a woman? According to today's society, loose women have a plethora of titles placed upon them by man, as well as being lessened by the common man. If indeed a woman carry similarities of Jezebel, why doesn't God lesson them? Yet it appears MAN has created his own standards in which women are defined by. Placing titles as if he were the creator of woman. Fortunately for women, MAN did not create woman, nor is he qualified to set the guidelines for women to follow that define them as a woman. But then, maybe if man were to be the MAN God created him to be, Jezebel's would never exist. Man is not qualified to neither change, judge, manipulate, or characterize God's creation in his creating of the common woman.

It's so easy to love someone YOU choose to love, knowing you can direct your feelings towards the person of YOUR choice. But we must learn and understand, its important to love unconditionally, filtering and eliminating those wrongful thoughts that prevents you from loving those that need your love. It's nothing wrong with loving your enemies, it's nothing wrong with loving those that betrayed you, nor is it anything wrong with loving someone just because. Swallow your pride and stop being afraid to love and understand, love is good, love brings peace, and love brings happiness. Always remember, "pride leads to destruction and humility leads to honor". -Proverbs Chapter 18 verse 12.

Sometimes a person can say or do something so hurtful, it angers you to the point of disgust, disappointment, resentment, sorrow, or even pain. But despite of that, one must somehow someway, muster up enough strength to overcome those pitfalls that can lead to these assorted number of emotions that can leads to condemnation. Condemning a person is a definitely no no, especially since you know you aren't perfect, knowing you have said and done things you can be judged by in the eyes of God. FYI: Don't condemn others and God won't condemn you as he will be as hard on you as you are on others. Matthew Chapter 7 verses 1-2.

Thought for the day: Is it possible to love someone you don't even know on a personal level? If not, why? Because loving someone has nothing to do with knowing them, yet often times people tend to refrain from exerting love, feeling as if you have to be acquainted with them to show it. Love has nothing to do with knowing a person, nor does it have to be affiliated with personal feelings. Love is unconditional, and does not pick and choose whom is qualified to receive it. If Jesus picked and chose whom he wanted to have his love, our existence would be nonexistence, and the idea of love would be pointless.

Thought for the day: We can never project the life of our children, nor can we predict their adulthood, as some teenagers grow into adulthood taking life by the horns, as others tend to fall flat on the ground, not having a clue as to what life is all about. We can only prepare them the best way we know how, but it's up to them to retain the knowledge given to them in order to succeed in life. Many of today's children are simply unprepared for adulthood for various reasons, with the common thread being the parent/parents giving ill advised advice, or none at all. This is why many of our children lives are ruined before it even gets started, straight down the toilet, and that's a shame.