Keep It Sybil

It has been a couple of weeks since my last posting and there is a good reason for that. I have never in my life been so busy with the goings-on in my life. This semester of school has been a real challenge for me. I am used to putting in the work to get things accomplished but I have been having a bit of a struggle. Don't get me wrong, I am up for the challenges that life has to offer. I also know that a struggle is the only way for growth and I want to continue to grow. All I can do is to continue to pray and realize that this will all work for the good according to His Word.

So I have a friend that is a self-described agnostic. Now the difference between someone that is agnostic and atheist is that an atheist does not believe that there is any such thing as God. An agnostic person believes there is a God just that the Bible is not the answer or does not tell an accurate story. So as most people that are not religious, he is pretty well versed in the Bible. We can exist together because I am not trying to make him what he isn't and he isn't trying to make me what I am not. We are very similar people in most other aspects of life and I appreciate him for who he is. At any rate he reminded me today, of something that religious people do that is the silliest thing, in my opinion. He and his wife met a couple and they were hanging out. Well, during this time they were hanging out they meet one of the Supreme Court Justices and the wife of the other couple proceeds to ask a question of the Judge about gay marriage rights. Well, the judge gives, of...

There is this wonderful show that comes on NBC called Who Do You Think You Are? and this show is so terrific. It follows celebrities on the journey to find out who their ancestors are. Along with ancestry.com, these celebrities go on a search for the information that will give them a history of their family. So far, all of the stories have been unbelievable and unknown to the person and it is a Revelation where they come from. First there was the journey of retired Dallas Cowboys player, Emmitt Smith. He found his roots in Africa and his life was seemingly transformed as he realized that his jersey number was also a historically relevant number for his family history. Slavery was a dark moment in history for the families that were broken apart in Africa and for the African diaspora remaining in America. Being able to find a piece of history that connects you to a specific region of Africa is a special thing. Then another dark, more recent time in history would be the Holocaust. ...

You have to be one in order to have one. That's what my father said. But my question is, what happens if you are being one and the person or people you are being one towards are not being one back to you? If you haven't figured it out yet I am talking about a friend. Over the past 35 years of my life I have had many friends. Some for a very long time; and some for a very short time. There have been the ones that give back what I gave and then there were the ones that took took took and never gave anything back. I am also sure that I did the same thing to others also. Well those are not the friendships I am talking about. The ones I am talking about are the ones that I have put my time and energy into. Whenever I try to figure this out I remember what one of my aunt's told me about the way people treat you. She said that you teach people how to treat you so if you always do what others want then you are letting them know that it is okay with you that they use you eve...

Learning when there is seemingly nothing to learn is a skill that can be learned. I have always been the type of person that would listen and watch. I would rarely speak to people I didn't know and this gave me the opportunity to study. Studying the ways of people is an interesting thing to do. I have been doing it for so long that I can watch someone and pick up, through their actions, what they have going on in their minds about the situation they are in. It's also an interesting thing to do because when a person doesn't know they are being watched, they are less likely to be guarded. They will let their faces scrunch up if they are displeased or they will begin to fidget if they are uncomfortable, nervous or bored. These things are easy to spot when you know what you are looking for. Some of the less obvious things I like to look for are the nonverbal interactions between couples. A couple will let you know what they have going on in the home by the things they do...

I have been wondering a few things lately! One of the things I wondered about for the past week or so is how do you know what your limit is? Not pertaining to other people but as far as what you are able to obtain in your life. I came up with an answer to my question as I frequently have conversations with myself and then ask for the guidance from my Creator. And there were two answers that came to me while I meditated over this question. The reason is, is because, there is always a negative and a positive side to everything. I like to look from the positive side of everything. Being a Christian affords me the ability to realize that anything can happen but the positive thing is that, according to His Word, all things work for the good. I know and believe that all things work for the good, even when that thing seems like something bad and devastating, that is an earthly thought not an heavenly one. So the way to know what your limits are, when being negative is that you will rel...

The advice given to young women is to watch how a guy treats his mother. And I do think that this is good advice. But why has there been advice only given to young ladies, what about advice for men? Men need guidance just as much as a woman does in the game of love. I do have advice for the men. I have a son of my own so there are certain things that I will not accept from him. To the men out there. If there is a man interested in me then he should pay attention to my son. Not in a creepy way but in the way that he behaves because that shows what types of things I am okay with and what I am not okay with. My son knows that he is to open the door for his mother when the two of us are out together. That means this too, is a requirement for any man that would like to be included into my life. My son also knows that raising his voice at me is inappropriate. The reason it's inappropriate is not just because he is my son but because it is a respect thing. Long hair, as far as ...

So my fast is over. The fasting was accompanied with prayer and now, according to the Word, I can go into my waiting time. I must be of good courage and faith and wait. The funny thing about that is that I do not like to wait on earthly things. I don't mind at all waiting for my heavenly Father. The wait is well worth it when the reward is coming from God. That is the only thing that I have no problems waiting on. I am excited to see what the Lord has in store for my life. It makes me encouraged and happy for the outcome. I am so encouraged!

I am a little afraid. The problem with my scariness is that the reasons I am scared can change at different times. Right now it is for the younger children, the generation after my generation. I know you may wonder why am I afraid? Well, turning on the television can answer this question--tenfold. I love to watch shows like the First 48 and Addicted. On these types of shows you have a bird's eye view into the lives of the younger generation. The sad thing is that they show a total disregard for the traditions that got previous generations to the places they are currently in. They also lack a respect for people. They don't respect themselves and they certainly do not respect others. This is the reason they can take a life without any thought. It's the reason they can delve head first into the world of drugs. They have no sympathy or empathy. I am afraid that this is not just a phase and that they will not grasp the realm of what they are doing. I am afraid they will perish i...

Worrying about what other people think about you can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, there are situations that a person's opinion is something that you have to worry about, like at a job interview. On the other hand, it can be a bad situation to be concerned about someone else's opinion about you, like in the case of you reaching for your goals. When you are headed to a job interview there are a few things that you must keep in mind. You have to be dressed appropriately. That means, as a woman, you shouldn't wear anything too short and too tight or too shiny and too sparkly. You should also not wear stripper heels or makeup that you could see on the runway of an avant garde fashion show. If you do any of these things you could run the risk of your interviewer thinking ill of you. No responsible employer is going to hire the chick that may or may not be moonlighting as a stripper or prostitute. So yes put your best foot forward as the opinion of someone else is...

The Bible lets us know that when the time is drawing close to the end that things are going to change. One of the things it tells us is that people's hearts will turn cold, they will no longer have caring and loving feelings towards others. This is a sign of the times. The fact that people care less about others is so evident whenever I watch the news(which I don't) or just getting online the front page of most search engines give you a piece of the news and people are doing the craziest things. What type of person would stick an 82 year old man into the trunk of his car, regardless of whether they killed him or stashed him there after he was dead. That is a mentally sick thing to do. I am so far removed from this type of thinking, I am not sure how people even come up with these ideas. When ever someone does cruel things to the elderly or to the babies or little children it shows that they are followers of satan and are cementing their places in Hell. That's okay th...