Day: February 16, 2019

The pathway to sin and return

~ osasuoviawe

Genesis 3:9-24
But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 
And he said, “I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” 
He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 
The man said, “The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 
Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.” 
The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above all wild animals; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, `You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 
And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them. 
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever” — therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 
He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Homily:
The pathway to sin and return:

Rationalisation 》 Disobedience 》 Judgment 》 Fear 》 Blame game 》 Consequences 》Introspection 》 Confession 》 Sacrifice 》 Forgiveness 》 Reconciliation 》 Rejoicing.

Throughout this path, God’s love remains ever present.

Debt

~ osasuoviawe

When friends engage me on their finances, I always ask one question – How does debt make you feel?

If debt makes you feel uncomfortable, why do you get into it at the slightest nudge?

The truth is, debt does not make a lot of people uncomfortable, paying back is what pisses them off.

If debt truly makes you uncomfortable, get out of it with a plan – use the debt avalanche or debt snowball method.

If debt makes you feel motivated, why do you complain about it like the crowd do? Embrace it and let it drive you to your goals.

For a lot of people, the highest and most important investment they can make, is to pay off their debt.

In fact, just flipping your actions from current debt/instant gratification to current investments/delayed gratification, makes a significant difference.

– Osasu Oviawe