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BIBLICAL GUIDELINES TO BETTER LIVING

 

Everyone longs to have a better life, to be treated specially, talked to lovingly. 

We all long to have a great and sweet life. For this sweet and loving life to be possible, we will have to live by certain guidelines.


I tell people when I have the opportunity to that life will be sweet and enjoyable if we all strive to be nice to each other; but recently while studying my Bible, I came across these golden guidelines with which we should live our lives. 




Shall we discuss? 


Guideline 1: JUDGEMENT

Judgement has dual definitions and most times when this word comes up we think only of the second definition which relates to punishment for a certain action.


WHAT IS JUDGEMENT? 

Judgement is the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions. It is making considered decisions, putting ourselves in the shoes of others to know how they'll feel when we take that decision we are about to take. 


This golden guideline is also found in the golden rule: Do to others as you want others do unto you. 

Stop hasty decision makings, stop jumping into conclusions when you have not gotten the full load down of the matter.


The problem with us young ones is that we think with our emotions rather than with our brains. As long as you constantly think with your emotions and not your mind, you'll end up with wrong decisions. 


EMOTION VS THE MIND

-Emotions are fleeting, never steady.

 - The mind is stable, can be stretched and won't complain. It is scientifically stated that we have more than a million brain cells; and for every new information, the cells multiply. 


-Emotions are irrational and erratic

  - The mind is rational in thinking and is interested in the intention of an act rather than the action itself. 


Guideline 2: MERCY

Mercy. A kindness that results in the forgiveness of someone. People will offend you, people will hurt you. Love life aware of this fact and always have mercy as your watchword. 



Mercy is a big house with compassion in it. The reason why our world is chaotic and seems unbearable is because humans have lost sympathy, empathy for one another. 


Despite the ill attitudes of people toward you, do not lose the virtue of mercy in you. I know you said to yourself that after the last incident that someone repaid your merciful act of kindness with evil. "You will never be kind to anyone again." Please do not go through with it; continue living a merciful life. 

If we live with mercy as a lifestyle, we won't hurt another and we won't repay kind gestures shown us with evil. 

Live with mercy guiding your actions. 


Guideline 3: FAITH

This is the lifeline of every man. If your faith fails, it is likely for you to die. 

The reason you go to bed at night though exhausted but brimming with joy is that you have faith you would wake up. 


Faith is deep rooted trust in a thing, someone or yourself. Faith is constant believe in a thing, process or promise.

Despite the ups and downs, you must trust the process.


It may not look nice, it may seem blurry, believe you will come out winning. 

Never lose faith in yourself, never lose faith in the process, everything will fall in place. Faith is fuel or oil constantly applied to the vehicle of passion on the way to achieving a desired future (vision). You can lose your house, lose money but do not lose your faith.





You deserve a better life, you deserve to be treated specially, talked to lovingly.  You deserve a great life. 

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Bible Reading: Matthew Chapter 23 


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