"Pause for Poetry"

the validity of my epiphany has sovereign authenticity. the sorrow of my morrow is cause for favor to gallows. the essence of my present is neither incandescent nor pleasant. the crash of my past is translucent as a looking glass. there is no mystery in my constant misery. a story of false glory. but there is a hope that i grope. a place where God and peace elope. the tranquility of Gods soliloquy inherited to me. A voice of reason, of a voice of passion. An axiom that's everlasting...

"And Your Point is?" Pt 3

So I wrote all of that just to simply talk about one thing, relationships. Just be careful when choosing people you want to hang with in your spare time. This is not just about dating, but about friends as well. Don't just choose someone to be friends with cause they have a little bit of dough and they can spend it on you and not care. Don't do things that are beneath you just because you see the success of a man and you want to be worry free financially so do whatever he tells you. Fellas, don't change your values just because a woman is insanely beautiful and is giving you play, women are users too!!! You can live without all these people. You were fine before you met them, you will be even better afterwards. Make a man or woman appreciate you. Surround yourself with positive energy and positive people. Prophesy into your life all the things you want, the places you want to go, the people you want to meet (and marry). Ask God for Guidance and selection. I swear He will not lead you wrong!

" The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther The King Jr" - Pt 2

"This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day."

Here is a man who truly projects one of thee most untainted definitions of Character in the last 100 years. Dr. King knew what he was up against in his race against equality amongst the black community during his time, yet his Character did not allow him to deter from traveling down such a temerarious road. His courage so impregnable, even the fear of a forthcoming death did not sway his concise judgement to continue fighting against the oppression of Coloreds.

In the final portion of the earth's architecture is the Core. The core, also made up of two parts, represents your Character. Your inner core is what you KNOW to be right or wrong, while your outer core is what you chose to do with that information. This is why it is cloaked by your the mantle or your personality, because your personality is usually a derivative of your Character. Character is what has been instilled into you since you were fresh from the womb. And that doesn't necessarily mean your mother's either. Character being morals and values and beliefs, thats not something you are born with. Its when you decide to live life a certain way regardless of prior teachings, believes, or actions. This could be good or bad. Character is what etches your DNA on the Mural of life. It is your psychological blueprint designed for others to read and build from.

"Bugs Bunny" - Pt 1

Whats up Doc? Ohhhh, nothin' much I'm Chilled!!! Listen, everyone take your seats, including you Bugs. The Doctor is in the building, so the show must begin...

Today I want to speak on Character. Character is defined as "the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing; moral or ethic quality." Everyone that knows me is in a parallel accord that I am a Looney Toon. But that is just the surface, I am a doctor at heart. I want you to invision the earth as the mascot for my analogy today. The earth has three layers. The crust, the mantle, and the core.

The crust is simple, its what you see when you look at the earth. The crust is the extensions of ourselves. It what we wear, what we drive, what we eat. All things created by Mother Nature. Mother Nature is our environment. Depending on how Mother nature decided to feed us and make us grow, depends on what we take interest in and what we chose to show that interest. This is where most relationships get caught in and never proceed to something real because they love someone for what they can do for you, and not the person themselves.

The mantle, being a highly viscous property, is where your personality lies. This is how you act under certain conditions, which is why there are two sections to it, upper mantle and mantle. The upper mantle is more resistant to pressure that the mantle is. Keep that in mind as I define the two different circumstances. Circumstance one being normal, circumstance two being abnormal or extreme. Normal is just our everyday interaction with nouns (person, place, or thing). The verb (action taken) that is accompanied by that noun is dependent on the derective of the noun, I.E. if someone has an attitude or some approaches you with positive energy. Since your upper mantle is first and is more resistant, you may not act a fool if they have an attitude. But if they irritate you enough to reach your mantle, there may be a different result.

"For $45 You Better Tell Me Something!!"- Chris Tucker

Today is the first entry I am going to write that is is apart of a philosophy I call, "Interviewing the Elephant." Its where I talk about the things no one wants to talk about. You know, the elephant in the room.

I am going to dive right in, and keep it 100. Expectations in a relationship. The quote from the movie Rush Hour, Chris Tucker is demanding he get some REAL information since he gave the guy $45 and is EXPECTING some results from that. Now there are many things to speak on so the first thing I will bring to your attention is rewardzone. If anyone shops at Best Buy, then you know rewardzone is a program to where every dollar you spend equals a point. Gain so many points, you get money back in the mail and qualify for special offers. Now ask yourself, "what are the benefits of my rewardzone program?" We all do things in a relationship that we feel proves our love and affection for our mate. We buy gifts, take you places, stand by you on good, and bad, decisions, and so on. We put in work, as the young kids say. But what if that kinda work is a required? Is there even a reward for that kind of work? How do you measure what's over and beyond and whats expected? Because over and beyond gets you promoted at the job, doing whats expected just keeps you getting a paycheck. Gotta put in some overtime if you want some better results.

Lets continue with this rewardzone idea for a moment. In rewardzone, it requires currency to purchase things, but not everything you purchase is worth any points, only "tangible items." Tangible is defined as having actual physical existence...therefore being capable of assigning value [to it]. Whats expected in a relationship first of all comes from whats valued. How much currency to you really have to be able to buy something tangible in someone's rewardzone? Is what you are bringing to the table on a daily basis substantial? Loyalty is a huge reward in my book. If you stick by me through the good and the bad, put up with my attitude, and all that comes to follow, you get double the points. I reward people based off the moments that count, the little things you know. When I am at work and I have no money because I forgot my wallet so you buy me food. Thats love! When i open the door for you in the car and you reach over and unlike mine, THATS LOVE! Thats what I reward. Not the fancy dinner, or the birthday gifts, (unless its something I REALLY like), or anything TRADITIONAL. You have to do something outside the box to get my points. 

Lets take another example I spoke on a while ago. Mixing friends with your mate. On the one hand, she introduces all her male friends to her boyfriend and they all cool, even sometimes talk on the phone. But the boyfriend doesn't introduce ALL her male friends and keeps some distant because its not a good idea to mix the two. The girlfriend becomes jealous, demands to know the mysterious person, and uses the fact that she introduces all her friends, so why can't you!? What if the guy doesnt care about meeting ALL of your friends? You will never know unless you ask. You cannot expect him to do the things you do to show love if thats not what he feels defines love.

I reward when you do something out of the ordinary, like bring me a present on a random tuesday, or cook me Cinnamon banana pancakes because you know I have been craving them. Doing things to show you are listening to me. Now do not come and try to attack me saying, "Well, I do this, this, and this, for him and he doesn't even appreciate it!" How we ever stopped to try and figure out whats actually important to the person we are serving? She expects certain undiscussed actions because we are in a relationship. Just like women expect that after 4-5 years of dating, YOU, not her, YOU are going to pop the question with a Diamond ring to solidify the purity and sincerity of your request! The saying goes, "you get what you pay for." Well how about you get what you work for. 

So hop up out the bed and turn your swag on, then you can have the things you feel you deserve.

"Bitter"

"And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground....But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."

We all like to focus on the future, when our present seems so dark. The future can be that one distant star of hope, brightly shining as dim as a weakened candle. While holding on to the future's reward is often the tylenol of enduring the present heartache, for a moment I want to talk about the Ghost of our own past.

In the story, Lot and his family was spared from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorra. As the verse says, she turns around and becomes a pillar of salt. I want to bring a much deeper meaning to that verse. Looking back into your past and wishing it was still your present, or regretting the changes you have made, or just simply being bitter about the things that happen, will destroy your future. It will leave you planted in the same position eternally until you decide to look forward to your future, instead of falling backwards into your past.

"And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed."

When God relays a message to you from someone else, make sure you are listening. It may not always be what you want it to be, but its for your own benefit. God told Lots family not to look back and to escape to the mountains where you can not be consumed. God wants to take you to the highest place, spritually so that you will be above all the things that come to harm you. And when I say above, I mean not only physically, but spiritually. So when someone forms a weapon against you, if you are in Gods will and his grace, you will know that it shall not prosper against you. And not only will you rise above it, you will be reborn in him so you will not be bitter towards that person because you are higher mentally. In fact, you will pray for that person and that they find God.

Looking back into your past with "wishful thinking" will cloud your future. Looking back will even sometimes have you bitter towards God because you miss some of the things you had you feel may have actually had some good in it. Let me break down the difference between "good" and "God." Good is a four letter word that looks like God with the letter O being replicated. But there is only one God, and he cannot be duplicated, though he is often imitated. God is a three letter word, which is a prime number so it can only be divided by the number one and itself. Since God is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, so the only thing that can divide(serparate) you from him is Himself. He is number one. Thats why the things that are good are not always God, but the things that are God are always good.

When God gives you something, he does not take it away. And even if he does, its because he is upgrading you for your obedience. So do not look back into your past wanting some things to return to your present. The only time we should be thinking about the past is when we are thanking God for our present and that he brought us out of destruction. God wants your future to be on a high mountain, filled with milk and honey. Far from destruction, and closer to the heavens with him. But first you have to listen to him when he is calling, and you have to climb that mountain. Trust me I know, going up that mountain is painful, tiring, and streneous to the body.

God can put you through so much you become bitter towards him because life was easier when you were on your own it seems like. He will make you want to give up, but you can't. You must have faith in him. Because when you are done climbing, your legs and calf muscles are stronger so you can walk through life and stand your ground without getting knocked down. Your arms are stronger so you can fight against tricks of the enemy. And finally you will be in a place where you are so close to God its like you can see him and talk to him personally. Its like He is in the room with you, talking back to you as you pray. He wants you so high up that even if someone does come to attack you, they will be fatigued from all the hard work it takes to even try and harm you, and they will be easily defeated with your new strength!

That is why God tells you not to look back, because there is so much in front of you, just need to move forward. When you look back with bitterness, you become a statue, planted at that place in that moment, never seeing the future God has in store for you.

"Moving Mountains"

While being in a class once, the teacher made a very clear and concise presentation on the meaning of faith. Let me tell you the story...

"Class, I would like to demonstrate to you the meaning of faith. Take this rubber ball in my hand. Its soft, squishy, and when it is exherted by force against a dense object, it bounces. As so (Teacher displays the ball's ability to bounce.) So now that you know this ball can bounce, Myron, would you mind displaying the fact that it can bounce again for the class." I attempt to bounce the ball, but it doesn't bounce. There is confusion written all on my face. I look at the teacher for an explanation.

"There it is ladies and gentleman. Faith. The moral of the story is not that fact that the ball did not bounce when I gave it to him. In fact, I switched the balls and gave Myron a different one that doesn't bounce. Whats important is Myron just knew, without the shadow of a doubt that when he threw the ball it would bounce. No questions asked. He knew it, he believed it. He witnessed it before. That is faith and how it should be. Its what God wants. For you to believe in him blindly and to trust he will do what he says he will do. God is the ball, which is the instrument of faith or reason to believe it to be true, while the bible and our every day lives is the proof that the ball bounces."

This story came to me while I was preparing to fall asleep last night. Yes I made it up, but I hope it was as powerful for you as it was for me. God will deliver everything he promised, even if sometimes you reach out to make the ball bounce and it doesn't. That's because we need to move on God's time and not our own. The moment you rush God or begin to doubt him is when the ball doesn't bounce. And that's because its a trick of the enemy, an imitation ball. Just like how the teacher switched balls on me in the dream, the enemy will make something look like God, but it aint. So check the content for its authenticity. Then you will know why some rubber balls just aren't bouncing back like they are suppose too.

"Holy Suicide"

"People are dying to please others and themselves, instead of dying to please God. And I do not mean that in a literal sense, I mean it in a way of always looking for ways to please one another and being overly anxious to do so, instead of driving that same passion towards God." - Myron Hargrove

“Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.”- Luke 9:23-24

In this passage, God is not asking you literally die for him. What he is asking is that you stand for him, instead of falling for others. By denying yourself and that all you do or accomplish is accredited to God, you give Him the glory in all things. But by doing this and confessing with your mouth the Lord Jesus Christ, enemies are sure to follow you and persecute you. The enemy is always looking to test you and prove that God's existence is not only not real in you, but sometimes, not real at all. How many times have we been confronted by people who don't attend church and, "Church is so fake and nothing but a business. Everything you say not to do while you are in service, you do as soon as you leave." They have a point. Some people do act the same as "the world" in shadows, which is when they feel God is not looking. But they are some of us who Let our light so shine from within us and show that God is real.

The biggest impact you can have is not the words you use, but the actions you take. More people are watching you than people that are listening to you. This is why God said, "take up his cross daily and follow him." Think about this. When Jesus was being crucified, there was a multitude of people below him, watching him, waiting for him to pull himself off the cross and prove He is Lord. People do they same to us, they put us on the cross everyday and judge us and wait for us to prove that God is real within us. Its subliminal, because they don't really want you to come down off the cross, they don't want Jesus to show he has power over all things including simple nails in my hands and feet. They do not want to be proven wrong. Because then there is accountability at that point for there actions and people want to live free and without rules and they look at religion as rules. And to a great extent it is. But Christianity is more than rules, more than a religion, its a lifestyle. And people are already comfortable with their own lifestyle and they do not want to change. So I just encourage you to show them how beneficial this way of life is, instead of just telling them about it. "Actions speak louder than words."

Just something to think on.

"Love is Blind" - Pt 2

First off,  you must/will be equally yoked when God joins you together.

As an example of NOT being equal, I was talking to my brother-in-law yesterday and he was telling me a story of his ex from some years ago. One day they were hungry and he requested pancakes. Pancakes being an easy request, she got right on it. As she was cooking the pancakes, she ended up making mistakes and messing the pancakes. So instead of starting over again and trying a new approach, she pouted like a child, threw the pancakes and the PAN in the garbage and told him with an attitude, "We aint having no pancakes today."

Now I will give you a moment to stop laughing (I know I was) and lets look at the big picture of that. Her actions/attitude was a DIRECT reflection of her inner core. It was clear that she does not handle pressure well and when things do not go her way, she scraps the whole idea and gives up. Who wants to be married to that?

I fear some of you will Question the title of the entry seeing as how the focus is not necessarily love, but of unconditionally loving God so much you have blind faith in him. Some have requested that I go into more detail about the love itself. At this moment I have no bible verses to back up what I am saying, so just take it as a life experience I am speaking on.

Unconditional love has come to me as loving without prejudice. It's a blind love not in the idea of not seeing the truth about someone, but in fact the exact opposite, knowing all there is to know about someone and loving them anyway. This love is a hard love to accomplish and I have found that it can only produced by God and not by man. Since we are born into the flesh, we naturally only accept the people who we like, for whatever reason that may be.  Thats who we hang around, call on the phone, and attend events with. But an unconditional love runs deeper than the heart of the oceans. Stronger than the most durable metals. And more beautiful than the most precious diamonds. Now, I'm sorry, but as a human being, I can not love just anyone with that much intensity. For me, they have to earn that kind of love. And that is why God is who he is. We don't deserve a single thing, but he loved us anyway. Loved us so much he gave his only Son. Now thats a father for you. 

"Love is Blind"

We have all heard the saying that love is blind. But I think there are two sides of that coin. Follow me around the room for a second here...

We are accustom to the definition meaning when we are in a relationship, there are things that we don't see because we are busy falling in love. We are on this emotional roller coaster moving so fast that we miss out on the scenery surrounding the "ride" we are on. While this is still true, people do get stuck in that box, I want to talk about the mysterious definition no one speaks on. A love that God meant for us to strive for; an unconditional, trusting love.

The next question becomes, "Well, what kind of love is that then? Give me an example." I am going to give you more than an example. I am going to give you God. I was thinking about a bible verse that says "we walk by faith, and not by sight." This verse is so powerful to me I can not even begin to tell you, but here is my most solemn attempt. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." If we are following God so faithfully, we should not even be distracted by the things around us because we can't even see it. If we put him in charge of our every step, how can we fall? Our love should be so blind that we can walk through the valley of the shadow of death and fear no evil. We can't see the foggy mist that wouldn't allow us to drive down the road because God is in the drivers seat. God guides us as if we are children, because like all children, we are disobedient and we want to do things our way. Stubborn. The enemy can place MANY distractions to try and have us falling by the wayside. Just have to trust God.