Battle Ready

When we hear battle we think war. What we fail to realize is that life is like war. We have our battles. We have our marching orders and we have our General...

But before we can even get into the war, we have to go through basic training or boot-camp... Now in the army of life, basic-training can take anywhere from 3 months to 10 years. We have to trust that our commanding officer knows when we are ready. He may put us out there, let us fail, but with failure comes the lesson and could very well be the thing that keeps us alive later. With failure comes the struggle, and with the struggle comes the refining.

The struggle sucks though. I'm not going to lie to you.. It sucks... It does not feel good. It does feel like you failed... But the thing you learn from the struggle is that there is always a reason for it.

A butterfly struggles to get it's wings. If it doesn't struggle to get out of the cocoon then it will never fly.... Our struggle is what helps us get our wings. It's what helps us soar...

 Are you taking your struggles and giving up or are you using them to become battle ready?

1Corinthians 14:8
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

Little Things in life

A clear min accomplishes much. We spend all of our time running. Running from left to right. Running around, doing stuff for other people. But when do we run to do things for ourselves? When do we take time to appreciate the little things in life? When do we take time to think about the things that we are running from. Silence is a deadly thing, but Loudness, excessive loudness is just as bad. Stopping to smell the roses is not a bad thing. It means that we are finally taking the time out to take care of ourselves.

My mind has been on a song lately: Leave This morning by Nappy Roots. It talks of how the group has to keep working to make money, to keep money and to stay relevant. There is this one part that sticks out.. The rapper says: I'm sorry there's hardly enough time for loving.. But baby the times coming... (2:05-2:09) Something as simple as spending time with our significant others and even our families get pushed to the back burner for the Grind...

I can say with the next few days- I'm going to enjoy the little things in life... Get my head clear to get back to the Grind. But this time... This time it's all for me. 

Check out the song here: Leave this Morning