Lillie McCloud

“Alabaster Box”

Thoughts About The Burdens Of Life

How Strong Are You? How much weight can you lift? That is relative. We must consider the weight and how long we must hold the weight.

Holding a glass of water for a minute, is no problem. Holding it for half an hour, is painful and you won’t be able to hold it for an hour.

Time makes your burdens heavier. If you always carry your burdens, you will feel them very heavy and you won’t be able to move forward.

You must release your burdens to cease your pain, so you can continue your way forward and achieve your life goals.

Jesus said: “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”

Seek Jesus and give him your burdens, and you'll see how light you run with Jesus, towards your goal.

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How Strong Are You?

How Strong Are You? How much weight can you lift? That is relative. A glass of water does not weigh much, about 200 g or 7 oz, and is very easy to lift. However, the absolute weight is not always the only factor to consider. We must take into account how long should we lift or hold the object. If you hold a glass of water for a minute, it's no problem. If you hold it for half an hour, your arm will hurt and if you try to hold it for more than an hour, probably you won’t be able to bear the weight. The weight is always the same, but time makes it feel heavier. The same happens in life. If you constantly carry your burdens, eventually you will feel them very heavy and you will not be able to move forward. The same way you have to release the glass of water to cease the pain and recover the use of your arm, you must release your life burdens to cease your pain, so you can continue your way forward. You may have to repeat this process more than once, so you can achieve your life goals. Jesus said: “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Seek Jesus and give him your burdens, and you'll see how light you run with Jesus, towards your goal.

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Thoughts About Ignoring Our Neighbor

Do Invisible People Exist? Yes they exist, because we create them when we ignore them.

We make people invisible when we don’t answer when they talk, we don’t look at them when we talk and we are with them without noticing them.

We ignore people if we don’t care about their feelings, we decide about them without consulting them, we make plans and don’t include them.

The connection is broken when we make people feel our things are more important than them and we don’t let them complain about it.

We usually ignore family or people that because of their position, they have nothing to contribute to our race for money, power and fame.

You don’t make invisible anyone in an instant, but occurs over time, by the way we manage our relationship with them.

To ignore and make people invisible is to corner and separate them, and diminish them, until they disappear, not physically but emotionally.

We can make invisible our children, parents, grandparents, family members, neighbors, employees and sometimes unfortunately, our spouse.

Our neighbor deserve our love. We should not ignore them or reject them. Don’t forget that Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor.

Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor as ourselves and treat our neighbor as we want to be treated ourselves.

If you don’t want to be invisible to others, don’t make anybody invisible to you.

Do Invisible People Exist?

Do Invisible People Exist? Yes they exist, because we create them. We make people invisible when they speak to us and we don’t answer them, we speak to them without looking at them, we act around them without noticing them, we don’t care about their feelings, we make decisions that affect them without consulting them, we make plans and don’t include them, they try to connect with us but don’t succeed, we make them feel that we attend to much more important matters than they are, and our power over them is such that they don’t dare to complain to us. We usually do this with children and the elders, with employees or subordinates or other people, that because of their position or their situation in life, they can not demand anything from us or have anything to contribute to our important race for money, power, fame and success. This effect is not instantaneous, but occurs over time, by the way we manage our relationship with them. We corner and separate them, and diminish them, until they become invisible and disappear, not physically, but emotionally. We create people to become invisible people, who are very important to us, like our children, parents, grandparents, family members, neighbors, employees and sometimes unfortunately, our spouse. They deserve our love. We should not ignore them or reject them. Don’t forget that Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor as ourselves and treat our neighbor as we want to be treated ourselves. If you don’t want to be invisible to others, don’t make anybody invisible to you.

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Thoughts About Teen Sex

Teen sex is good because you learn, is fun, everyone is doing it, protection avoids pregnancy & sexually transmitted diseases. Right? Wrong!

Teen sex is safe. Are you kidding me? There are ample research results showing the consequences of teen sex.

Teen sex results in tarnished reputation, psychological problems, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Teen sex is linked to relationship violence, depression, substance and alcohol abuse, suicidal ideation, and risky sexual behaviors.

God created us and He knows us better that any scientist. In His instruction manual, He told us not to fornicate, to protect us.

God knew why we should not fornicate, but we always think we know better than Him. Right? No, we are wrong again!

Jesus warned us in Matthew 15: For from the heart come evil sexual thoughts and these are what defile you.

What is wrong with teens having sex?

What is wrong with having some fun? What is wrong with teens having sex? Let’s see the facts: Everyone is doing it. You can’t get pregnant your first time. You can’t contract sexually transmitted diseases if you’re on birth control. Oral sex is not real sex. Right? Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. Are you kidding me? Teens are young, impressionable, impulsive and with lots of hormones. Add to that: peer pressure, insecurity, invincibility, some alcohol & drugs, and you’ve got yourself a teen sex cocktail. However, there are ample research results showing that the consequences of teen sex are: Reputation is tarnished, Psychological problems, Pregnancy and Sexually transmitted diseases (Terri McCarthy - St. Paul Parenting Examiner). Also, research shows that early sexual activity is not an event isolated from the rest of an adolescent’s life. Instead, it is often linked to negative behaviors, such as relationship violence, depression, substance and alcohol abuse, suicidal ideation, and an increase in other risky sexual behaviors (Quinn Harr -  Michigan Family Forum). I have a very simple conclusion about this subject: God created us and He knows us better that any scientist. In His instruction manual, He told us not to fornicate. God knew why, but we always think we know better. Right? No, we are wrong again! Jesus warned us in Matthew 15: For from the heart come evil sexual thoughts and these are what defile you.

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