Building On A Solid Foundation

You are what you eat is a common phase that is used when one is considering taking the advice from those who are concerned about serious dieting.  In other words, what we consume is reflective of our habits and it does not take long for those habits to reveal themselves in terms on how we look, feel about ourselves and the impact it has on our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. 

Similarly, in the rest of our lives, what we practice or the habits we undertake also affects the way we look at things, feel about things and see other people.  In some cases people who have bad habits too often find room to criticize others when they really need to first take a good look at themselves.  Take a look in the mirror before you point the finger at someone else.  For many of us have a long way to go in building our own homes, we all have cracks in our lives, have limited number of chips to use, need some kind of makeover or repairs. 

If the truth were told, none of us are operating at our full potential or where we need to be in the eyes of the Lord.  For Victoria is not the only one with some secrets or two, we all have fallen short, not playing with a full deck or come up with empty or weak hand.   See, one thing about shortcomings, it puts us all on the same level, in the same neighborhood.  None of us are perfect, complete, none of us are so righteous, or holy and without faults.  We all have some growing to do and a ways to get there.   See what some people have is a bad case of secrets and secrets feed addictions.  And when you have an addiction and if it is an unhealthy one, can only lead only to an early destruction and an early grave.     

Habits define us and reveal a lot about us.  If we smoke, it affects our lungs, it shortens our breath, it affects our vision and if we continue on, it leads to lung cancer.   If we drink alcoholic products, it affects our emotions, depletes our energy, it takes away our ability to reason well, and if we continue on, it leads to numerous complications.  If we have a habit of procreation, it affects what gets done, it limits our ability to get and hold a job, and if we continue on, it leads to missing a lot of God given opportunities.  

On the other hand, if we have a habit of attending worship, being on time for prayer and praise, not when I feel like it, not when it is convened, not when other people like me or not, but when you have a habit to worshiping God, regardless and when your values are aligned with God values, commandments and statues, then we got something going on… a solid foundation.    …And great things will always happen.