Win Some and Lose Some

fist-fightI was watching the reality show “Blackzilians” during my gym run on the treadmill and found it quite intriguing. It caught my attention because one of the fighters said, “I don’t care if I lose 4 out of 5 fights, I just know that the fire is going to come.” They had to discuss the reality of loss.  He had a very positive perspective on fighting. It doesn’t always mean that you celebrate the victories, but that you also learn how to deal with the losses.  Don’t allow loss to make you quit and throw in the towel.  If passion is what drives you, not winning, then you should never quit because of a loss.

There was another guy scheduled to fight and he caught a seizure.  The whole team felt the impact of him being down. They had to find someone else in the team to step up and fight. As all the men stood, you see that there were so many.  I think what really brings success is having a team of good fighters put together.  Of all the men there, each will have a different gift, skill set, talent, speed, coordination, agility and strength. Does that mean that one is less than the other? What it means is that every person on that team has something unique about them in order to fight.  This makes each of them valuable in their own way.  For when one is not able to fight on that day, someone else can fight for them! Continue reading


Inspire Me

imageInspireto fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence; to influence or impel; to communicate or suggest by a divine or supernatural influence; to give inspiration; inhale, breathe. 

It is time to make a commitment to inspire yourself. Maybe that could certainly be through inspiring others but find a way to inspire yourself.  You deserve it. You need to be good to yourself. You need something in your life that is animating, quickening, that will exalt an influence over you and impel you to move forward everyday.
Here are some quick tips to practice. Continue reading


Staircase

image I’m standing at the staircase… I see the only way is up. Why am I just standing there? God wants me to go up, my family wants me to go up and those that love me want to see my climb higher. There are a lot of steps, curves and angles.  It is tiring. No one understands. I once stood in a place where I thought I was higher, stronger, and the biggest conqueror of all. Until I landed flat on my face. God showed me and told me, “Its not about you climbing up the steps, but now its time for you to climb down from the place that YOU took yourself to! I didn’t tell you to go there nor did I lead you there but it was your own way that took you until I stepped in! I had to rescue you and stop you from going any higher into a place that was only disastrous for you!” Continue reading


A Life of Worship

imageSunday~ Our Most Precious Day of Worship.
How important is worship that it is mentioned in the bible 8,629 times {Bible Gateway}.   To worship is to show reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.  We do this for those that we love such as family or other important relationships.  Perhaps even towards things that we love, we show worship towards. However the Word of God teaches us to worship the King of kings and the Lord of lords.  It teaches us to worship God first and have no other gods before Him as stated in the ten commandments in Exodus Chapter 20.  Worship is an act, it is a choice, it is a behavior that we show towards others.  Worship should be a regular part of a Christian lifestyle.  

Worship is something we can even practice during trying times that will allow us to walk in peace and harmony as the bible states in Ephesians 5:19, “Sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, making music to the Lord in your heart.”  We must choose to worship.  A lifestyle of worship.  To make songs among each other and to make music within our hearts.   Continue reading