Dear Readers, our explorations together has found a new home, thus, the Liv2Rock ends here as a blog, but continues in essence via my new website: www.samuelibrahim.com. This change has come not for ill reasons but for the writer's struggle for improvements suitable to you the derserving reader.
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
The Richest Man In Babylon
Deep down I always knew there was some sizeable good sense
in the admonition: “Do not judge a book by its cover.” But stubbornly, I have
either neglected or ignored such goodly advice for the sake of my insistence on
“excellent quality and branding”.
For how do you get people interested in your book if you pay
little attention to how it’s presented and packaged? Surely, every man does
love a beautiful thing, as all that glisters is not gold; or so I thought, until
recently, that upon a particularly boring day I decided, against my worse judgement, to steal a peek of what
might lie within the pages of a poorly reprinted version of the book, The Richest Man in Babylon.
The Actual Copy In Question |
Quite unsightly was the paperback, and to look within was to
behold prints not fitting for my delicate eyes, but what great fortune, that on
that day my impetuously judgemental tendencies were nowhere to be found. For by God's favour I fell upon the glorious opportunity to learn from one of the
greatest and wisest manuals of finance.
Never have I seen in stark simplicity the blessed path to
monetary success. And above all, the most beautiful impression made on the
reader was that it's all “just” common sense. As in proffering one of seven cures
for a lean purse, the author states quite reasonably: “...put each coin to labouring that it may reproduce its kind even as
the flocks of the field and help bring to thee income, a stream of wealth that
shall flow constantly into thy purse”.
Yet the gems contained in this little volume aren’t really
common as they ought to be. For man is complicated. For if he weren’t so, his purse
would lack every reason to be empty. He would have his coffers filled with
enough gold to provide for his needs and that of his family and the world
around him.
Anyhow, however it is that just a few men have stumbled upon
these insights and used them and have become rich, the rest all stand
the chance to be counted rich and prosperous by doing as this few have done.
So, I have always believed that upon a certain stage in a
man’s maturity there is that familiar wisdom that settles upon his senses,
telling him that being one of great means is essentially necessary. It is in
this view that I have shared with you my encounter with The Richest Man In
Babylon, with the hope that your may read as I have read, to become enlightened
as I have become, in this very important matter of our finance.
Hence, let’s get
rich and do it well.
“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.” –2Corinthians 8:9
A Well Packaged Version. You see what I mean? Lol |
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Thinking Temptation
11:46pm
In this, it’s only God. There is no other way. Even the
option, “I can handle it”, is nowhere near a possible solution. As an idea it’s
far flung from me already; so far that I can no longer hear its counsel. It just doesn’t work. Never did, never will. It only puffed me up into
thinking I am the “Main Man” in charge.
11: 50am
And I’d say, it pretty well settled on my senses, touched my
mind, deep, deep inside, that self-control was, on my own, futile. It’s only
God, only Him that can save me.
12:26am
For when it felt sweet to do, when all that mattered was the
moment’s pleasure, I was almost always completely stripped of whatever
willpower I had. Yup, before temptation came with all her charm and allure, I
thought I was invincible, but soon enough I realized I wasn’t. Not even close.
3:06am
While I thirst for growth and seek to be better, strong and
firm; and while I long to live a life progressively pleasing to my God and
Maker, I always did find myself in this vortex that draws me again and again to
an ill center – a familiar place of woe, a vomit, a bloody addiction that
tempts me at every turn, mocking my redemption and my faith.
6:31am
God will help me through it. I believe. And I will overcome.
But this time I fight and stand with God. His Word in my heart, my dependence
on His strength, and trust in His promises, I know I will overcome.
Monday, February 6, 2012
In One Verse: The Recipe For Success
Let's search no longer, for here lies the recipe for success, the eighth verse of the very first chapter of the Book of Joshua:
"This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth [1], but you shall meditate on it day and night [2], that you may observe [3] and do according to all that is written in it [4]. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success [5]."
"This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth [1], but you shall meditate on it day and night [2], that you may observe [3] and do according to all that is written in it [4]. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success [5]."
2. Your Continuous Study & Contemplation Of The Word Of God
3. Your Knowing Of The Word Of God
4. Your Doing Of The Word Of God
5. And In Your Doing Of The Word, Achieve, Prosper & Have Good Success.
*Scripture: Joshua 1:8 Amplified Version
*Photo from Google Images
Saturday, February 4, 2012
SET APART [What Does It Matter]
You are to be holy to Me because I, The Lord, Am holy, and I have set you apart from the Nations to be my own. - Leviticus 20:26
Photo Courtesy of NOTW (Not of This World)
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