“Good things come to those who wait.” Violet Fane

Or as I’d like to say, “God things come to those who wait.”

You have embodied what is, to me, a divine characteristic - patience.

Your patience has and will continue to divinely reward you.

In a world that desires the instant, get this quick, and receive that now ideology, patience will keep you.

We all know a friend that rushed in and eventually felt the consequences. Some of us have been that friend. Whether it was rushing into an unfruitful endeavor, a toxic relationship, or a hectic and high-stress work environment, because of a lucrative salary; each decision proved more of a lesson than a blessing. We’ve witnessed what happens when “fools rush in.”

“And Yahuah came down in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name, Yahuah. And Yahuah passed before him and proclaimed, ‘Yahuah, Yahuah, an El compassionate and showing favour, patient (emphasis added), and great in kindness and truth …” Exodus 34:5-6

Patience is sacred.

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1

If you feel rushed, stop running.

Rest a moment and be still.

Take a breath, a deep one.

And another.

And yet another.

Where are you going in such haste?

Why?

Once you do arrive at that desired destination, what else will you then seek after?

The grass is just as green where you are now, even if you feel it is lacking in luster. Experience the current pasture, because inside there is a lesson. Wherever you find yourself, there is always a lesson, sometimes covert, that life teaches. However, if you are in a rush to experience the next phase of the journey, you will find yourself in a very similar situation of discontent at the next destination.

You see, love is sacrificial, with limitation. That is, love will not sacrifice its intrinsic value, identity and essence of essential longevity.

Love is unselfish, therefore it will rid itself of anything that is selfish.

Love is order and structure, therefore it will rid itself of anything that brings chaos.

Love is alive, therefore it will rid itself of anything that is dead or dying.

Love is eternal, therefore it will rid itself of anything that is not.

Love … will rid itself of anything detrimental to its infinite survival.

In order for you to continue in real, true, and pure love, you must rid yourself of anything or anyone selling you the contrary falsely so-called.

“But if anyone keeps Yahuah’s word, the love of Yahuah has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Yahuah:” 1 John 2:5

To live according to the expectations and dictates of others when you are no longer a child is a ridiculous amount of pressure for anyone.

Just live.

Why hold yourself hostage to the accomplishments and caprice of others?

The Mango tree, planted in its season, will have its fruit at the appointed time. It doesn’t look at what the other trees of its kind are doing.

It simply continues to grow.

I love you.

You haven’t allowed the vitriol and negativity of others to thwart you from your passion and purpose.

Keep going.

Never cease to be the you that fulfills.

Don’t look back.

Exist in the eternal now.

Your dreams will work for you, if you are firm, never doubting and without fear.

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. Because fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.” 1 John 4:18

“… love is from Yahuah, and whoever loves has been born of Yahuah and knows Yahuah... because Yahuah is love.” 1 John 4:7-8 (partial)

A need is something necessary for your survival.

The very definition of a needy person is one lacking the necessities of life; someone who is in poverty or considered poor.

If you have been labeled as “needy,” I ask that you question this monicker that’s been placed upon you.

Is it that you indeed lack food, water, shelter, and clothing? Are you considered a beggar out on the streets?

If you’ve answered no to any of the aforementioned questions, then you are not needy.

Now if the “neediness” is akin to a certain clingy nature or attention-seeking behavior, then this letter is for you.

When you cling or seek attention and validation from others, it is due to an ignorance of your own power.

You are a powerful being, with everything you need already built inside of you. Of course, this world will manipulate you into believing otherwise. But do not be deceived.

“Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that You have given me because You loved me before the foundation of the world.” John 17:24

Be still.

Busyness is a common occurrence in our current world. We always have a million and one things to do and less than enough hours in the day to get them done, accounting for quality sleep time and social hours with friends and family.

“But Martha was very busy and distracted with all of her serving responsibilities; and she approached Him and said, ‘Adonai, is it of no concern to You that my sister has left me to do the serving alone? Tell her to help me and do her part.’ But the Adon replied to her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered and anxious about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part [that which is to her advantage], which will not be taken away from her.’” Luke 10:40-42

In our minds, busyness is necessary in order to get things done. However, upon further investigation, we must be honest with ourselves and realize that though this may seem to be the case, not every errand and every task is beneficial to our ultimate goals in life.

Know your value.

You are of more worth than you can even imagine.

“Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:29-31

When those around you refuse to value your time, affection, or presence, you have the right to go elsewhere. If you are unable to leave due to work or some other obligation, focus your energy on whatever task you have at hand.

Insecurity comes as a result of ignorance. Ignorance of one’s own value, and by extension, a perception of others’ importance exceeding that of one’s own. Love for your own self has taken a back seat when you have esteemed others over you. Their ideas, their opinions, their lives become a gauge through which you measure your own self worth.

Abandonment is a blessing.

I know it may not seem that way now.

However, think of it as Yahuah’s way of moving the people who aren’t for you out of your life.

It is a part of the eternal now.

It is flow.

It is infinitely better to go with the flow than to beat against the waves.

It takes more energy attempting to keep the ones that want to leave in your life than to allow them to go.

Let.

Them.

Go.

Have that good cry and bid them goodbye.

Get it done.

Whatever it is, do it. Stop making excuses, stop choosing the mundane over the important, and with all that’s within you, stop allowing constant distractions to waylay you from accomplishing your goals.

There’s nothing more disappointing than knowing you could be on a vastly more elevated plane when it comes to accomplishing your life goals, but only having yourself to blame for not getting there.

“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.” Proverbs 6:6-8

The aforementioned proverb really captures an important lesson you can learn from the ant - accountability to one’s own self. Knowing that tasks need to be completed in order for a full harvest at the appointed time, and ensuring they are done forth with, is at the forefront of climbing out of the pit that is procrastination.

A people pleaser is someone who feels a strong prompting to please others, even to their own detriment.

If you are such a person, this letter is for you.

“The second most important commandment is like this one. And it is, ‘Love others as much as you love yourself.’” Matthew 22:39

In order for you to love yourself, you cannot waste your life constantly trying to please others.

The truth is other people’s desires are for their own good, not yours. Their wants and their needs are solely based on what they deem advantageous for themselves. I dare say, they love themselves more than they could ever love you in many a circumstance, leaving you holding nothing but empty baskets after you have filled theirs.

NB I do not discount a bonafide friend or two and those certain family members who know you and want the best for - they are on an entirely different plane than the individuals I highlight in this letter.

“Silence is golden,” are words of an ancient proverb that perpetually rings true throughout the ages.

Gold is one of earth’s most precious metals. It never corrodes. It has innumerable valuable properties and uses, and it cannot be destroyed. In the aforementioned proverb it is made comparable to silence.

A powerful comparison, indeed.

If you, however, find silence “awkward,” and feel the need to “fill” it with any number of sounds and words, you lose power, credibility and respectability with each unnecessary syllable and utterance.

“In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.” Proverbs 10:19

To overthink is to think about something too much or for too long.

If you are an over thinker, you are not alone, because this is still me.

For me, this will be a special letter, because it is a mirror to my own life. I, like you, still struggle with overthinking just about everything. I live in my thoughts a majority of the time. For a good portion of that time, I find myself thinking way beyond what is necessary about a particular situation or subject. To some extent, this can be beneficial because it allows us the time to thoroughly flesh out the subject. However, it becomes a problem when we psychologically impose our mindset about something or someone onto a reality that does not exist. Instead of taking people at face value, we end up placing on them, thoughts, motives, and attitudes that are at times unfounded. In some cases, our thought process is so far from the truth, we end up self-sabotaging ourselves in relationships, careers, life goals, etc.

“I think therefore I am.” René Descartes

“For everything that is in the world the desire for fleshly gratification, the desire for possessions, and worldly arrogance is not from the Father but is from the world.” 1 John 2:16

If you are fleshly-minded, you are in enmity against the Most High and the higher mind to which you are called; living daily to fulfill your lusts, obeying the very nature that has been degenerate from birth, and seeking those things that do not profit.

It is essential that you rise above your fleshly desires. Transcend the very nature that you have been born with from a world steeped in deceit, constructed on lies - a world marked for destruction. In order to do this, to rise above, you must be one with the One, go within where the Kingdom of Heaven is, through the help of the Holy Spirit, gifted to us through the Father of lights. He is love, and through your transformation you will be as He is. We are called and chosen to be love in a loveless world.

This physical realm constantly appeals to the vain, fleshly mind of humanity, selling them every and anything to trap them, bringing them even farther into a dark lifeless pit of emptiness. I call this pit “the void.” Once brought the void, the soul of the fleshly-minded is trapped. This is evidenced in a life built on material wealth where the individual constantly receives, but there is no end to their satisfaction or need to acquire more. More money, more real estate, more sexual partners, more, more, and more. These individuals become automatons, mindlessly fulfilling the desires of the flesh, blind leaders of the blind.

“In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Messiah, who is the image of Yahuah.” 2 Corinthians 4:4

To be spellbound is to be completely entranced and taken over by something or someone as though by sorcery or magic. It is tantamount to being hypnotized, and on an extended level, brainwashed. Brainwashing is defined by the use of systematic and forcible means to pressure a people into adopting fundamental beliefs.

The moment we enter this world, from the safety of our mother’s womb, we are bombarded with constant messages and information. This propaganda is warped, and fed through the lenses and minds of a mentally compromised system.

The fact is since you were a child, you’ve been cycled through a system used to spellbind and keep you at a very low economy of thought.

“… in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts.” Ephesians 2:2-3

I was you … without experience or enough wisdom to weather this ruthless world.

It is with the deepest regret that I say to you, you cannot hide behind your innocence when others take advantage of you. You will, and I repeat, you will be at a disadvantage if you lack the necessary knowledge, wisdom, and artifice in dealing with the countless diabolical spirits in this realm. These individuals exist in all walks of life: at schools, churches, places of employ, positions of high status, etc. Without the necessary wit, you will be chewed up, spat out, and discarded before you were ever the wiser.

“Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the beasts Yahuah Elohim had made.” Genesis 3:1a

Do not be caught slipping. And whatever you do, do NOT be a pawn in your own life.

Delusion is defined as a false belief or judgment about external reality, held despite undisputed evidence to the contrary, occurring especially in mental conditions.

Snap back to reality …

When you were a child, it was commonplace to believe in tooth fairies, to create imaginary worlds while playing with toys, to believe and hope in the promises of our loved ones. However, with each passing year, with each layer of life, with each broken promise, you soon realized that the fanciful world of your childhood was just that, a passing fancy, a world that never truly existed, a world built on and within a matrix of sorts. Chances are you spent that childhood looking forward to growing up and being able to do those things your parents or guardians constantly denied you. When adulthood finally came however, you were so disillusioned that at times you wished you could go back to your carefree life as a child. Except, there is no escaping the fact that that world doesn’t exist anymore. That it in fact never did.

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” 1 Corinthians 13:11

A user is anyone who approaches another person with the intentions of extracting something from them. That something is anything that said approacher finds valuable. That could be the person’s time, money, body, advice, etc. A user does not intend to reciprocate, only receive, leaving the other person sucked dry of whatever it is that was extracted - ultimately their life energy. The user is a parasite, a real-life vampire of sorts, leeching and sucking. When the victim has been bled dry, the user will generally move on to another host.

If you find that any of the above pertains to you, you are a user.

If you desire healing, it will need to start from within.

“Whatsoever a man thinks in his heart, so he is.” Proverbs 23:7

Your heart is your mind, will and emotions. It is the source of your life. You would not have this incessant need to use others if you believed that within you, you already had all that is necessary. Therefore, the first place to start is with a transformed mind. The Holy Spirit through the Son of Yahuah is able to work within you this change. You simply need to ask and have a pure desire to change for the better.

You are seen

You are loved.

You are known.

“For passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Not knowing then whom to worship, I make Him known to you: Yahuah, who made the world and all that is in it, this One being Adon (that is to say, Lord) of the heavens and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands … For in Him we live and move and are …”

Acts 17:23-24, 28a

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”

“Write the vision and make it plain upon tablets.” Habakkuk 2:2a

“Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.” Proverbs 11:14

In anything you need to accomplish in life, it is essential that you plan. Otherwise, you leave yourself open to the spirit of procrastination, resulting in a stagnated life.

Do you work? When you go to your place of employ, do they not have a set schedule for which you need to accomplish certain tasks?