Suburban Summer: The Late Anticipated Article (08-11-2012)

Greetings once again, this is your friend Victor coming to you with another late weblog entitled "Suburban Summer" Though the title remains the same, I would like to apologize to my readers for not posting this blog in time, for I was late. So shame on me. Anyway, I hope you have something to snack on with you as I narrate this blog. Just close your eyes and picture a scene as I paint it for you. Okay, here we go...

On August 11, 2012, I thought it was some typical tedious day as it seemed. That day, I was finishing up some work for my neighbor. I was working for long hours. I did however take a few breaks though. I was pulling weeds away from gardens and I was cutting dead leaves from her plants and elephant ears. It was taking me a long time because it was plethora work. I did eventually worked my way though. By the time when I was finished, I saw my cousin walking the road. I was wrapping everything up. My cousin and I talked about things as we were walking to our grandparents' house. I grabbed my green steel water bottle to carry with me. My cousin and I were chatting until we made it there. I greeted my grandparents, and then I proceeded to the kitchen to put ice in my water bottle. My grandmother was making sure that I washed my hands first because she knew that I was working for my neighbor. After we spent some time, I then walked home. My cousin and I were talking about college (which I am still working on trying to set foot into). I stayed home for a few hours, and then my dad asked me to walk with him on the street, so I walked with him. And just a block away from mine, there was a live party going on. At first, we were looking for someone; we did, and then another person asked us to stay and we were welcome anytime. We stayed there for a while, and we ate some food: I had fried fish and fruit salad. Music was played by a live band and a disc jockey. I later had dessert, which was brownies and ice cream. And while I was there, I met two ladies who used to work at a day care I used to be at when I was ages 7-9. People were having a blast! It was someone's birthday. Oh, earlier that day when I was busy, I was hearing music. I didn't know where it was coming from. When we walked home, I called it a day. So all of this had put my boredom to bed. I even tried repelling it off by doing some work during the day, but the party event had knocked it out cold! Anyway, thank you for listening to me.

Be God's.

Confronting My Own Greedy and Selfish Motives

As a sincere man of God, I feel the need to call this off. Even though I humbly serve the Most High and others, there is a sin which I am kind of struggling with. Even though I don't do it on purpose, it still needs to be confessed and repented of. As a Bible-believing, Holy Ghost-filled Christian, it is up to me to take immediate action and be responsible for my own actions. As followers of Christ Jesus, we ought to be in continual repentance, according to our sinful nature.

For example, being greedy is not only disrespectful to peers, but also disrespectful to self. Let's say if one conducts a giveaway at a place, and there is a gathering at that particular place. The conductor of the giveaway asked every individual to be mindful of the person standing behind another person. Whenever something like this happens, thoughts of greed runs through my mind, but not every time. A person is supposed to wait until everyone gets served first. As stated earlier, it does not happen to me every time. It is true that we sin everyday according to our sinful nature; so therefore, we must repent daily. Being greedy is a no no. It is unfair to our peers and everyone. My aunt once said, "A greedy person won't have nothing." That is absolutely true, because those who exalt themselves will be abased according to the Sacred Scriptures. If we have a problem with anything, we should go to the Lord for help, and He will fix it, no matter the situation. Sometimes; even rarely, I think about taking more than  what I am being offered. You see, we need to be considerate about others. It is like going to a formal dinner, or a party, or anything on any occasion, you ask for seconds, and the conductor asks you to wait until everyone else gets served. So I have no choice but to call this off and confess it. We are not perfect, but God still loves us unconditionally. If we are serving the Living God, then we must humble ourselves under His mighty hand.

LUKE 14:11

"For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."

Another example, let's also say there is a duty which anyone may volunteer doing. If a little child wants to play cards with friends and wants to deal the cards each time. When the kid gets real selfish with dealing cards, an adult tells him or her to let someone else to deal the cards. This is somewhat the same with me. As a Christian, I attend church. As you know, the vast majority of churches across the nation does the "tithes and offerings", which is part of church service. After every person had gave, then a person prays for the blessing of the offering. Each time when I pray over them, I mostly feel the need to do it every time. One time, my cousin gave me a rebuke and told me to let someone else bless the offering sometines, because I was being a little selfish. I thanked him for letting me know about it and the reproof. As I said once before, "I think it is good to accept correction from someone when we get carried away doing certain things, even by accident. I believing listening and being humble are part of it. Pride is the sin that is of the flesh." When we are wrong on some points, when we get carried away doing certain things, and when we get greedy, selfish, and prideful at times, we need to be corrected on and rebuked for them.

PROVERBS 9:8

"Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee."  

As you already know, I detest greed, pride, and selfishness. But at some point, we must clean up our own backyard and confess our own faults. We all make mistakes, have our imperfections, and fall, but we can always get back up and confess our faults for the better. We all grow, and learn things as we walk with God. As Christians, there is always a hunger for more wisdom, discernment, knowledge, and understanding.

JAMES 5:16

"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." 

Well, this was a brief confession of my own errors. So I ask for your prayers as I continue to walk with our Lord and I pray for you. Thank you all for listening to me. 

Be God's!

-Brotha Vick for Life!