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Challenge yourself to start something new with the New Year. Not because it's the New Year, but because it's also a new day. A new day also means new opportunities, new possibilities, and new blessings just waiting for you to find.

Step out into the limelight and claim your birthright. If you're seeing this post, it's a sign for you to start working on that dream you have put on pause the past 3 years.

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Why the God of OT is harsh

You have heard that the God of the Old Testament has no mercy and loves to kill people, and that every little mistake results in death. Though the appearance is true, the motives and reasons are a different story all together.

Let's compare the two different times for a moment: The Old Testament and the New Testament. In the OT, we see a lot of sacrificial deaths, killings, murders, etc., even in the YHWH worshipping Israelites, and we also see that too in the neighboring, pagan cultures. But when we came to the NT, when God stopped killing, the pagans also seemed to stop, or reduce their actions.

What we're seeing here is that when God does something for good, satan will create a very close counterfeit and popularize it so much so that one could not tell the difference apart.

Here is my controversial thought: Satan invented child sacrifices, ritual prostitution, and many other death threats to counterfeit God's sacrificial love for his people.

There were so many pagan cultures who kill for sport, so when God killed someone for an "insignificant" sin, we only focused on the fact that God killed and not on the why.

God's nature could be seen most clearly in the story of Abraham when he was ready to sacrifice his son Isaac. God may ask you to kill, even for a test, but at the end, He would love to see everyone alive and saved, that's why he provided the ram as a substitution - showing that God would rather let himself be killed as a sacrifice rather than having any of his precious children die.

God is love, through and through, but Satan made it look as if God killed out of spite and judges harshly. What we don't know is that the people God killed are like grown, baby Hitlers. They are so evil that there is no hope whatsoever for them to repent, but at the same time they haven't done much damage for the Israelites so God struck them down to protect his people.

Disobedience to the law of God is a sin, and it has very grave consequences. So whether that act be eating a simple apple, or something worse, it still has its consequences.

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Words have Power

Words have power. When you say “oh he/she is fat/short/ugly”, it hurts. I’m not saying “oh everyone is beautiful and amazing and sexy” because that’s not true. Instead of pointing out what you can see, ask and look for the reasons that you cannot see. 

Is he fat? Maybe he’s depressed. Acknowledge their pain, then push them forward. Depression is only in the mind, pain is but a figment of our imagination; it’s the real deal, but nothing we cannot overcome. 

Don’t dwell in the negatives, and don’t let your friend dwell in it either. Words can empower or tear them down. Imagine a wilting flower, many will say “what an ugly flower” and leave it be. But you will look beyond what you can see; you will look into the ground and notice the absence of life giving water. You will say, “hey, let’s get you some water” and watch the flower bloom. 

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Strong Independent Woman?

JN 11/18/22

Some people say that it’s important for couples to have their own individuality, having separate things going on for them.

Many girls hear this and thought, “oh this is so empowering for women!” But I have come to realize that just might not be everything. 

I have thought about it, and here's my conclusion. I used to think that it's good for couples to have their own things, but here's a research I want to share with you:

Couples where the man and woman are both leaders of big, successful, DIFFERENT companies. The romance is not big, but it works.

Couples where the man and woman are both leaders of the SAME company. This is a disaster. 

The best is where one person leads, and the other supports and follows. 

Here’s something from the Bible:

God told Adam and Eve to stay together. Eve left and they sinned. 

God told Eve to desire her husband.

So for a woman who would one day love to get married, my controversial opinion is that either you trust your man with your future and live with him, or you don’t. Men in our society have been terribly emasculated by society and the feminist movement. How ever women are able to help is appreciated.

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How to talk to good men

JN 11/18/22

Girls sometimes can be really bad when talking with good men. And I’ve come to realize that it's because of a few reasons:

You didn't grow up with your dad so you don't have a good example.

All the guys you’ve met so far are bad boys who only do what they want and don't care about you, so you have to assert yourself and say no to get what you want, otherwise you’ll never be happy.

Well, a good man cares about you and what you think, so if you reject them, they will be deeply hurt because they will think you don’t care or respect them. For men, respect is everything.

So the past few days I’ve been feeling hurt, but I had to stay silent till I know how to speak to you because, otherwise you’ll misunderstand me and you still won’t want to try to understand me. 

So today, we’ll let go of the past and I’ll teach you how to talk to a good man. Try this with me, your brothers, even your dad. You’ll see a difference.

Here's a scenario, “You want to go to a bar to relax? I'm worried that people will start fighting and you’ll end up getting hurt. What about lets go to a park?”

Tell them what you’re worried about. Never say no.

Give them a suggestion.

After you say what you said, let them go. 

If they go to the bar, don't make them feel guilty. Just love them. 

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Don’t coddle, just guide..

JN 11/14/22

This is what I learned today, I do not need to be coddled, sympathized, nor praised. Just guide me, and let me do my work. Love me and have faith in me, no matter how much I may fail. Just stand by me and bring me food. Because when you’re proud of me, I will see it in your face. 

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Enlightening women

JN 10/27/22

Here’s to enlightening women. Here’s a question for you ladies. Would you rather be treated like a princess? Or would you rather that you man treat you as an equal? 

While you’re thinking of how you can get both, let me tell you, you can’t be both. Either he treats you like a princess, opening doors for you, bringing you food and loving you tenderly, or he will treat you like his bros who are equal to him. 

If you’re having a hard time with this question, it’s because you think if you’re not equal to him that you are lower than him. First of all, let me explain why you think that and then I’ll show you reality. 

If you’re not equal, you think you’re lower because of this. First, when you go outside and see a couple, you most likely look at the woman and compare yourself. And then from your observation, you decide if you are prettier, better, etc. than her, and you put her below you or above you. This is biological because if you’re the queen above all the other women, you get the man. That’s how life works. So woman comparison goes up and down, either she’s ranked higher or lower. 

Here’s the psychology. Whoever you are or whatever you do, people assume others to be just like them. A thief will have a hard time trusting anyone believing everyone wants to steal from them. And if you rank people, boss and servant, you’ll assume others do the same. 

Women rank men from rich and attractive to ugly and broke and would only date the top 3% and talk to the top 7% if anything. Just a reminder that this is not talking about all women, but how things shake out in general. You don’t want to be the “servant” because you won’t want to date someone with such a rank either. This is an analysis from societal norms, now let’s discuss scripture. 

If you’re not equal, you think you’re lower because of this. Second, the Bible talks about men ruling over women (Gen 3:16) and that women have to be submissive (Ephesians 5:22), obeying everything that a man says and that she can’t speak back (1 Cor 14:34) or try to teach a man (1 Timothy 2:12) and has to cover her head (1 Cor 11:6) to show respect and this run-on sentence could go on. There are a few misunderstandings, misinterpretations, and a number of faulty assumptions wrapped up in this belief. Let’s look at the following key words: control, submit, obey. 

Control. First of all I had trouble finding references saying that a husband could control his wife. In fact, Genesis 3:16 has some interesting translations. 

NIV: “Your desire … for your husband, and he will rule over you”

ESV: “Your desire … contrary to husband, but he shall rule …”

KJV: “Your desire … to thy husband, and he shall rule …”

NLT: “You will desire to CONTROL your husband, but he will …”

I think the word we’re looking for here is not “control” but “rule” as in having “dominion” as a king (Gen 1:28). We now have a skewed understanding of what this means because over the course of Earth’s history, we have only seen corrupt rulers who abused their power for selfish gain. As God as the ultimate Ruler, we are to be rulers after His image. We are to be “gods” on earth who would rather not see their “creations” suffer but die for them instead. 

A ruler was supposed to protect and provide for his own. He was supposed to fight and die for his country, which incidentally is a feminine entity. If a country for a king was a wife to her husband, then a man who rules his household should provide and protect, fight and die for his wife to keep her peace so she can protect and raise the citizens of their home, their kids. 

We do see the word “submit” (Eph. 5:22), but that’s only talking to married women to their husbands, not all women to all men. Women in our society today do not like this word because it implies total obedience to the husband without room for discussion. 

This idea by itself is an amazing thing, let me explain. Total obedience, to me, implies a level of trust and trustworthiness. Ladies, if you found a man who you feel safe and secure with, and is totally obedient to without arguing, I can tell you who you are and the name of that man. First you are a very godly woman, and the name of that man is Jesus. Apart from him, there is no man you should be totally obedient to, no matter how holy he may seem.

Now to the question why many do not like the word, it’s because to submit your life to someone calls for vulnerability. If you submit your life to someone, they can do whatever they will. And especially for some women who have had bad experiences with men in the past, this will be triggering. 

You trusted and they broke your trust and hurt you, so now you say “never again” and close up your heart to protect yourself saying “I’m a strong and independent woman”. This response is not “what’s right”, but rather a “fight/flight response”. I am not saying it’s wrong, but that it is normal to feel that way. It is how many deal with trauma, and that is a different subject altogether.

All these talks about ruling, controlling, submission, obedience, they are not about who is greater or lesser, but more about providing, protecting and caring for the love we have built and the home we have shared. Don’t let society blind you. Look at the world for what it is, hurting men and women wanting real life, real love, but has been so scared by life and now out of fear acts in self defense, propagating the cycle of pain, abuse, and misunderstanding. 

It’s normal to be afraid, it’s normal to be confused. There was no manual for this adulting gig and those who could have taught you didn’t have it any easier. Your parents are so strong that they didn’t know what to do but still they won’t give up. They hung on and kept pushing, hoping that someday, one of their kids would figure it out and stop the pain from progressing further. 

Imagine how hard it must be, for them to be in pain, struggling and crying themselves to sleep many nights. And then they see their kids, you, going through the same thing and they don’t know what else to do but to come hug you and cry with you hoping that someday someone might find the cure. Remember this quote, “Hurting people hurt people”. If someone’s hurting you, they may be hurting, and if you’re hurting someone, maybe you need some love. 

Maybe the problem with our world today is not about controlling, submitting, or obedience, but that we are all hurting and looking for love, safety, and acceptance in our own way.