February 12, 2019 – Osasu Oviawe

Mark 7:8
You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.

Homily:
There are 10 commandments, simplified into 2 when Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” – Matthew 22:37-40

Read God’s Word and pray for understanding.

The traditions which men set as requirements for righteousness are biased to the times.
You serve a timeless God.

The traditions of men are an unequally yoked burden, ultimately undermining God’s word.

Heed the advice Jesus Christ –

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart; and you will find rest. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” – Matthew 11:28-30

It is harder to live under the yoke of tradition than the yoke of God’s word. And only God’s word holds the promise of forever. Go to God.

Long term investing is hard, because we have been conditioned for eons, to eat our full now and let tomorrow worry for itself.

One strategy that has worked for me is to stop checking my seeds daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly.
I plant and check back in a minimum of 1 year.

A yearly planned check reduces my anxiety and helps me make investment choices that I expect to be worth checking after 1 year.

Have I lost money? Yes. Have I lost sleep? No.

With long term investing you are acting on a faith that you will be here. Planting seeds now, for a shade, a view and some fruits tomorrow.
If tomorrow comes, you are better prepared. If it doesn’t, you are better prepared. Win-Win.

What I have seen, is that we are prone to act when we check. If we reduce our frequency of checking, we reduce our frequency of acting. The difference between short and long term investing for me, is hinged on the frequency of checking.

– Osasu Oviawe