Once again I heard something very interesting in one of Joel Osteen's sermons. He spoke about the resilience of a palm tree. In Psalms 92:12 it says the righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
He went on to explain that we were not built to break. A palm tree can withstand hurricanes, tsunamis and severe storm without breaking. It bends sometimes all the way to the bottom, but it does not break. When the storm is over, it goes back to it's original position. Scientists have speculated that all that shaking and bending strengths the root when the storms are over.
The storms will end because they can only blow for a while. We will flourish like the palm tree. This gave me great inspiration that regardless of how many times we are shaken and bothered sometimes to the point of no return, we will not break. We have a resilience that is built in us by the Most High. We are rooted, where nothing will separate us from our source. So the storms can but only bend us, where they intend to break us. But break we will not. We can not.
Stay rooted!
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Thursday, 17 October 2013
The Eagle and The Crow (Knowing What to Ignore)
I recently listened to a Joel Osteen sermon (whom I have recently discovered is an awesome preacher). He was preaching on the topic Knowing What To Ignore.
"If you're going to live in victory you have to be very selective as to what you give your time and attention to." Right there I was captivated! He used the analogy of the eagle and crow. An eagle can fly as high as 20 000ft in the air. A crow, which is very agile and can easily maneuver its way around the largely built eagle, would often try to pester and aggravate the eagle. HOWEVER, the eagle knows it can fly at altitudes that the crow cannot. So, instead of getting upset or trying to fight with the crow at its level, the eagle simply rises higher and higher until eventually the crow falls off.
This was very personal to me because I am not a person who likes conflict. Infact, world peace would actually suit me just fine. Sometimes not every battle is a battle for you to fight. Learn to ignore somethings and trust on what and Who you know.
*Blossom*
"If you're going to live in victory you have to be very selective as to what you give your time and attention to." Right there I was captivated! He used the analogy of the eagle and crow. An eagle can fly as high as 20 000ft in the air. A crow, which is very agile and can easily maneuver its way around the largely built eagle, would often try to pester and aggravate the eagle. HOWEVER, the eagle knows it can fly at altitudes that the crow cannot. So, instead of getting upset or trying to fight with the crow at its level, the eagle simply rises higher and higher until eventually the crow falls off.
This was very personal to me because I am not a person who likes conflict. Infact, world peace would actually suit me just fine. Sometimes not every battle is a battle for you to fight. Learn to ignore somethings and trust on what and Who you know.
*Blossom*
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