Embrace the Within

"It's easy to want everyone and everything else to change . . . the difficult thing is to change ourselves." Embrace the Within. Folks...

“Peace to your house.” Embrace the Within. I can’t live a life of dishonesty and portray honesty. I can’t tell folks to do one thing...

“Peace to your house.” Embrace the Within. Choosing enslavement is easy. Enslavement takes no thought, no action, and no change. Folks...

“Peace to your house.” Embrace the Within. People are always going to find reasons not to like you. Some will even find reasons to hate...

“Smell the Friday!” Embrace the Within. I didn’t start this blog with anything more than the intention of documenting my journey over the...

“Peace to your house.” Some days I don’t feel like I am doing enough because, in spite of all the work I do, I am not constantly busy....

“Peace to your house.” Embrace the Within. Folks will gladly bring you into the struggle they are fighting in their minds, their hearts,...

"Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny." -Charles Reade Embrace...

“Peace to your house.” Embrace the Within. Because folks are a mess it is easy for me to decide that folks are never going to change. It...

“People are a mess.” Embrace the Within. Folks are rather frustrating. Don’t you find that as well? And as a person with a lot of...

You have graced me with more insight than the old sages because I have not failed to walk in the light of your ways. 101I refused to bend...

How would I discern the waywardness of my heart? Lord, forgive my hidden flaws whenever you find them. Keep cleansing me, God, and keep...

But no one can tame the human tongue; it is a restless evil [undisciplined, unstable], full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord...

He told them many things in [a]parables, saying, “Listen carefully: a sower went out to sow [seed in his field]; 4 and as he sowed, some...

Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain...

“This is your last chance, my final warning. Your time is up! Turn away from all this evil, or the next time you hear from me will be...

“I’ve learned that there is nothing perfect in this imperfect world except your words, for they bring such fantastic freedom into my...

“So, as God’s own chosen people, who are holy [set apart, sanctified for His purpose] and well-beloved [by God Himself], put on a heart...

“Teach a wise man what is right and he’ll grow even wiser. Instruct the lovers of God and they’ll learn even more. The starting point for...

‘For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you...