Points to Ponder on Beauty

POINTS TO PONDER ON BEAUTY

- Some ladies strive for the favor of the crowd, in order words; they become unnecessary volunteers to gain this favor.
- This kind of favor is deceitful because it is so short-lived.
Today you may have excelled and gained the crowd’s favor, tomorrow you are forgotten as they find new heroes or heroine. Then you begin to feel unsatisfied and resentful.
- Beauty is vain – when your life revolves around your ego, you become lonely and empty.
- Ladies, some day you discover the truth to the old Swedish proverb, which says, “Good looks don’t last, good looking does”.
- Remember, the grass withers, the flowers fades, and surface beauty wrinkles.
- True beauty is not in the outer adoring of our body. A woman should always dress according to the truth that when a man looks at you he doesn’t misunderstand what you are.
- “But a woman that fears the Lord will be praise”
- Above all, nothing more attractive than a sweet love of Jesus emerging forth from your life.

Akintola

By Order of Love

BY ORDER OF LOVE

Have you noticed that every time you enter a store these days, cute little teddy bears and conversation hearts bombard you? Well, to be candid, I think it is disheartening how this world has slandered the name of Love, not to mention its author. It makes me sick to my stomach to think of the many ways the words; “I love you” are used and abused. There’s no word in the human language that is more misrepresented and misused. “God is loved that He gave,” does that sound like the version of Love that the world so casually passes around to suit whatever fancy or whim pleases it? Read 1 Corinthians 13v4-8 and ask yourself, “Is this how my love is presented to the world? Do they look at me and see God’s love or the nicely wrapped serpent kind of love that selfishly seeks only what it can get out of the other person.
So many write-ups, opinions and line upon line perception on Valentine’s Day is not far ro reach anymore. That is for another day. But I recommend you read Dipo Tipede article on Valentine’s Day from his website, www.dipotipede.com.

“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world know us not, because it knew Him not” I John 3v1

Akintola

The World Needs Men

The World Needs Men

...Who cannot be bought;

...Whose word is their bond;

...Who put character above wealth;

...Who possess opinions and a will;

...Who are larger than their vocations;

...Who do not hesitate to take chances;

....Who will not lose their individuality in a crowd;

...Who will be as honest in small things as in great things;

...Who will make no compromise with wrong;

....Whose ambitions are not confined to their own selfish desires;

...Who will not say they do it "because everybody else does it."

...Who are true to their friends through good reports and evil reports, in adversity as well as in prosperity

....Who do not believe that shrewdness, cunning, and hardheadness are the best qualities for winning success;

...Who are not ashamed to stand for the truth.

Akintola

BEAUTY - WHAT IS IT TO YOU?

"BEAUTY" - WHAT IS IT TO YOU?

Beauty is at the top of most women's priority list today in our society. When you walk into a room, do you left people speechless? please don't let or allow this take the place of God in your life - This is called "Barbie Bondage". You know what i mean... that 'oh, so perfect, perky, fashionably correct, irresistibly thin, radiantly beautiful doll:.
What is it about beauty that is so desirable to us that we are willing to give up who we are on the inside to perfect what we look like on the outside? Why is it when we look at beautiful girls and ladies we feel their image is always what we are not and just beyond our reach.
Many of us have paid a high price in pursuit of physical perfection (our health, happiness, friendships, even peace of mind). Even if we accomplish perfecting our outer image what did we really get? That beautiful outfit we thought we'd never fit into? The envy of all the girls or Ladies? The looks of lust from boys? - Is it really five more pounds and more money to shop that will make us feel good about ourselves? The truth is, how we feel about ourselves will affect every area of our life. The Bible tells us to love our neighbor as ourselves, but many of us don't love ourselves. Even the most beautiful women in the world see themselves as "not good enough", "not pretty enough", "not thin enough", "not talented enough". Where are we getting these mixed up, messed up messages? Who are we trying so hard to impress?
There is nothing wrong with looking our best and striving to be the best we can be, but the problem comes when we feel that what God created us to be is not good enough.
We let what we are NOT, stop us from being who we ARE, and that leads to a miserable life. Many girls and women in our society today battled with “Barbie Bondage Syndrome” (BBS). Even Christians are affected. Some battle with in clandestine, feeling that if I tell so and so how will she or he feel or say about me. The Bible says “share your burden with one another” - No matter how much you try to perfect your outer image, you will never – not even in a moment felt it was enough. “outer beauty without inner beauty and external beauty equals a life of loneliness, discontentment and despair. I guarantee you will never hear anyone on their deathbed say, “I with I had thinner thighs and bluer eyes. The good news is that there’s hope but its not found on the pages of a magazine or within the sweet words of an adoring boy or guy. Its found in the One who created you and has an awesome plan for your life.

Sherin Rose Shepherd

Train up your child

"Train up a child the way he should go and when he grow up, he will not depart from it" - Proverb

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn
With ridicule, he learns to be shy
With hostility, he learns to fight
With shame, he learns to feel guilty
With tolerance, he learns to be patient
With encouragement, he learns to be confident
With praise, he learns to appreciate
With fairness, he learns justice
With security, he learns to have faith
With approval, he learns to like himself
With acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world.

Parents, you are the first teacher your child would ever have before his/her teacher in school.

So, don't muff the ball with your children.

Akintola