Monday Message: “The KING”

“We’re Caught in a Trap”

My Sunday morning started out with a meeting at work to discuss the day’s schedule. Everyone was either in a good mood or kind of average (due to lack of sleep), engaging in light chit chat. Then one person came in late with a frown on his face and began complaining about this and that and before I knew it the whole room was in an uproar. Isn’t amazing how no one wants to jump on the happy bandwagon but everyone quickly gets on the downer train. Hatred, evil and violence really do breed the same. I truly believe that humanity is caught in a trap. There IS however a way out. Whenever someone around us gets down we need to try to pick them up instead of letting them bring us down to their level. When someone around us is violent, it is up to us to break that chain and stop the violence. It is up to us to push evil aside and stomp out hatred whenever we can.

“Devil in Disguise”

I have come to the realization that although these “sour” people are not the devil they have the devil inside them. My mother used to say “if you lay with dogs you get up with fleas”. I took that to mean that you become like the people around you. I think that is what happens to a lot of people. They get down then start hanging with other down people and before you know it their attitude spreads to others around them. The devil loves it when people get like that. Once you get down, you start to feel bad about yourself and get even deeper in the pit of despair which makes you angry and that leads to more despair and it is an endless cycle.
Those of us who are trying to diet know that stress tends to make our diets fail. Think about it. We get stressed then lose focus on our diet or even worse eat to relieve stress. Then we see our diets failing so we get more depressed which leads to stress which leads to more eating. Etc etc etc.

“Return to Sender”

I have had enough grief and strife in my life. I am at a point when I only want harmony and peace and I intend to get it from here on out. When someone comes in pouting and trying to bring everyone else down I will from now on ask what is wrong and analyze the situation right there on the spot. I will do what I can to enlist the help of others (and God) to turn the situation around and return those bad feelings back to the sender. I am sure their (usually little) problem that has them upset won’t hold water in the light of day. It may sound like an impossible task but all things are possible through God.

“It’s Now or Never”

There is a popular song out right now called “Waiting on the World to Change”. The song insinuates that we can’t make change right now so all we can do Is wait for the world to change and hope that it changes in the ways we want. Gandhi once said;” You must be the change you wish to see in the world”. It’s time to stop letting other people around us make the changes. If the good people of the world sit quietly then change will be driven only by evil people. It’s time to stand up and fight for the things we believe in and the things we want for our children.

“Elvis has left the building”

Now for those Elvis fans that are with me, I am sorry but I have some bad news. First off Elvis HAS left the building. Secondly Elvis is dead. And finally the really bad news: Elvis is not the KING and never was. I know to some that comes as a great shock. There is only one KING and he still lives today. His body died but he rose again and unlike Elvis, he has never left the building. Elvis got what he got through the power of God but fell from grace and got caught up in the world of drugs and died because of it. As popular as Elvis was, just think where he would be today had he not gotten caught in the trap like so many entertainers do. Elvis was a great entertainer, don’t get me wrong. His love of money and drugs however became greater than his love of God and that is what ended his life. I hope this message hasn’t offended anyone.


Have a really great Monday, I know I am.
Greg