Conflicted

There are many conflicting facts that hold true in life, because each fact is contextual.

There are many conflicting paths to success that have stood the test of time, because each path is perfectly designed by (and for) the traveler.

There are many conflicting emotions we hold that define our actions, because we are both humane and inhumane.

You are not conflicted, you are only more aware of the inconsistency in you.

– Osasu Oviawe

A disciple

Luke 12:22-31
And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, nor about your body, what you shall put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith! And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be of anxious mind. For all the nations of the world seek these things; and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things shall be yours as well.

Homily:

We only own what is within us, every other thing is rented.
We chase what flees. The harder we chase, the harder it flees.
What lies outside seems within reach, but is never reached.
What is within is within reach and holds all our treasures, but we allow it to lie fallow.
If we are lucky, we meet someone or a circumstance that helps us unearth the treasures within.
If we are unlucky, we keep chasing, weary faced, till the end.

What is life teaching you?
Ignore the noise of what the world is screaming at you.
What is life teaching you?
It is time to be a disciple.

God is the life in you.