Peace & Poetry

Tag: christianity

  • Create Your Own Realty.

    Create Your Own Realty.

    Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruits. Proverbs 18:21 (ESV) I’ve always heard the saying that words are powerful; and that life and death are in the power of the tongue. An example of this spiritual principle is when the Messenger spoke to the…

  • FIN.

    FIN.

    Wisdom Challenge: Day 31 It is not for kings to drink wine,Nor for princes intoxicating drink;Lest they drink and forget the law,And pervert the justice of all the afflicted. Proverbs 31:4-5 Many of the people I look up to, both in spirituality and in business, abstain from alcohol. Sure, it’s not a sin or anything but I…

  • The Name of ‘the Lord’?

    The Name of ‘the Lord’?

    Most principally, the name of the Almighty Creator is proclaimed when we seek to love Him and our neighbor through our obedience, our words, and our actions.

  • Time to Ditch the Excuses

    Time to Ditch the Excuses

    The only way to accomplish anything in life is to do it yourself or pay someone to do it for you. If you can’t afford the latter, then you’ve got some work to do.

  • What do you say about yourself?

    What do you say about yourself?

    Your words determine the direction of your life. Careful how you use them because what you say is what you get.

  • Poem: On Wisdom’s Path

    Poem: On Wisdom’s Path

    Don’t fret my soul, You’ll have your laugh; As all men do, On Wisdom’s path…

  • Only Black or White

    Only Black or White

    Wisdom Challenge: Day 8 Insights from Chapter 8– …all those who hate [Wisdom] love death. Proverbs 8:36 (NKJV) I remember sitting in his office– The dim lighting–The stick figures and dinosaurs doodled on the marker board–The big box of crayons (the kind with the sharpener on the back) plastered with a Marine Corps sticker proudly…

  • Ballad of a Depressed Person

    Ballad of a Depressed Person

    Wisdom Challenge: Day 6 A little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the hands to sleep–So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,and your need as an armed man. Proverbs 6:10-11 (TS2018) Today’s verse inspired me to write about depression…A poetic excerpt: Imagine being sad that you woke up in the morning.…

  • So You Want to be a YouTuber.

    So You Want to be a YouTuber.

    Wisdom Challenge: Day 5 Insights from Chapter 5– Drink water from your own cistern,And running water from your own well. Proverbs 5:15 (NKJV) Stay in your lane! In the YouTube space– behind the scenes– you’d often hear people say stay in your lane. Usually the exchange is made between peers creating content in a similar…

  • Wisdom Challenge: Day 2

    Wisdom Challenge: Day 2

    Insights from Chapter 2– If you seek her as silver, And search for her as hidden treasures, Then you would understand the fear of YHWH, and find the knowledge for Elohim. Proverbs 2:4-5 Nothing that’s good in life comes easily. In many ways it’s almost as though the hardship and persistence in the pursuit proves…