This is love...

this is Love...

People especially in this age are being more and more mystified at what love really is. We have defined love in more selfish ways and the proof of love has now been totally lost into the quandary of self-centredness. People have started defining love by what is done for you and not what you do for others. I would like to note that no one has ever fully known how to love, no one can give you a study course on love, we spend our whole lives learning to love.
It is hard to love someone who doesn't love you back and as we can learn from The Perfect Love of our God we see that He loved as first and all we have to do is reciprocate the love he has flooded us with. It is important that we learn that we can not reciprocate God's love by loving Him back directly, we can only reciprocate His love by loving our fellow human beings who will be our wives, husbands,  children, parents, friends, girlfriends and people that live around our circles every day.
I heard a lady one day saying, 'I know my boyfriend loves me because he buys expensive stuff for me'...I have only this words, one can give without loving but no one can love without giving!! This is evident from our God who gave His only treasured son to die for our sins. True love is giving more than receiving, it is giving something that you treasure-like your life! Learn to start loving truly and remember that what makes sense in this earth when you're gone is not how many people loved you but to how many people you showed love!

                                                               Eric Kimaita.

                

                               Love first then leave the rest to work its self out!

              

                  Reflecting Jesus in our lives by expressing love with the best we have to offer..:)

 Like the Lions...


The lion is one of the most fearless animals in the jungle. The  sight of this awesome creature can send panic into the heart of even  bigger animals. There are some basic lessons we can learn from this  wonderful creature.



Boldness

Boldness is the capacity to stand against any opposition and come out unscathed.

It is a prominent feature of all lions. Their genetic makeup will  not allow them to be scared of other animals, no matter the size. It is  not in their mentality to be afraid.

As individuals, we would definitely encounter difficulties in life  which will require some measure of boldness. The opposite of boldness is  fear, which can destroy purpose and destinies.



Persistence

When this amazing creature is stalking a prey, one of the most  visible quality that gives it the edge is persistence. A lion can  persistently pursue a prey with all its might as long as the prey is  within its radar. Persistence is the ability to continuously hold on to  your dream without wavering or giving up. It is a quality that has  countless rewards. Immediately the prey is caught, the battle for  survival and conquest begins. The persistent eventually emerges the  winner in a battle for superiority. This should be the attitude of any  aspiring entrepreneur.



Anticipation

To anticipate means to have a positive expectation and outlook about  a situation. It cab be compared to faith. This fearless creature has  this awesome quality in abundance. They make use of it in their haunt  for food and survival in the jungle. There is no feeling of negativity  or pessimism where these creatures dwell. The moment they have the  opportunity to haunt for prey in their territories, they start making  anticipatory moves to go for the kill. As individuals aspiring for  success, we must anticipate major or minor opportunities that may come  our way and prepare sufficiently awaiting these opportunities.



 Dominion

This is the ability to be in charge or to be in control of a  situation. It is a characteristics which gives the lion the power to  totally take charge of affairs in the animal kingdom. When there is a  mixture of the weak and strong struggling for the same limited  resources, a scenario will arise that gives room for the strongest to  dominate the weakest and this is exactly what takes place in the animal  kingdom. This is also true in the life of humans, as the financially  strong often dominate the market and determine where the trend and  economy will tilt to. These unique creatures have the dominion mentality  on their inside, that gives them the ability to rule over others. It is  a quality that is also in every human. The moment we come to the  knowledge of this awesome quality deposited in us, our mentality about  wealth, power and success is transformed significantly.

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We regret inactions more than mistakes....just take risks!

Have you ever really wanted to do something that required some risk and while you were still trying to make up your mind to be bold enough to do it, the opportunity went right on by, and you knew you could not get it back? I have - on more than one occasion. I believe that closer to the end of our lives, we'll experience more regret because of missed opportunities than mistakes that we made.

Actions or Inactions - Which brings more regret?

Two Cornell University sociologists conducted a study and showed that time is a key element in determining what we regret. In the short term, we lean toward regretting our actions, but over the long haul these sociologists found that inactions were more likely to produce regret.
I've done some really stupid things and said some really dumb things that I wish I could turn back a cosmic clock and undo. I regret those things and those words. But now that I'm approaching my 6th decade on planet earth, I find that I have more regret about the things I didn't do, or the risks I didn't overcome, or the opportunities I didn't take advantage of, or the dreams I let die.

The Story of a Lion Chaser
There is a short and obscure Scripture in the Old Testament, found in II Samuel 23:20. I think it deserves a look. Here it is: "Benaiah chased a lion down into a pit. Then, despite the snow and slippery ground, he caught the lion and killed it." Now, we're not told what in the world Benny was doing or even where he might have been headed when he came across this lion. We're not told what he was thinking. All we know from this writing of antiquity is that on a gut response, he took a huge risk and despite all odds, he chased the lion and...killed it.
This is a very unlikely thing to take place. Usually when a man-eating animal is encountered, a normal person would take one and only one action: RUN!! But not this guy. After all, wouldn't this look good on his resume: In 600 BC I chased a lion on a snowy day and killed it." Well, it must have worked, because Benaiah landed a job as a bodyguard for King David of Israel. In fact, he worked his way up the military chain of command to become the second most powerful guy in all of Israel. I like to think that his stellar career can be traced back to a snowy day when he had to make a choice to run away or chase a lion. If he had run away, he would have always wondered, "What if...?"
So let me tie all this together for you. The scariest and most difficult situations can become the greatest of experiences, and can actually become defining moments in your life. David Whyte, English poet, author and speaker, says this, "The price of our vitality is the sum of our fears."

Bedtime Stories Worth Telling
I want my children and grandchildren to tell stories about me that are worth telling. Can't you just imagine the bedtime stories in Benaiah's household?
Stop running and start chasing. Make the most of every opportunity. Rather than just avoiding risks, decide to maximize all the potential and opportunity God has given each of us.

True test of character and manhood is who you are in private...when no one else is watching, what do you think of, what do you do...

Watch your thoughts, because they become your words. 

Watch your words, because they become your actions.

Watch your actions, because they become your habits. 

Watch your habits, because they become your character. 

Watch your character because it becomes your destiny

ERIC KIMAITA

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ARE YOU A TAMED GIANT?

                                          ARE YOU A TAMED GIANT?
I just read somewhere how some Asian communities tame their elephants for the circus. They will just take a baby elephant; put a huge chain around its rear leg and then chain it on a pole and it is like that for years. From that time the baby elephant will struggle to free itself to no success. After long periods of struggle and distress the elephant gives up and does not struggle to free itself because it realizes it will never free itself and gains the belief that it was meant to be there.
After some years the owners will just replace the chain with a simple rope and the elephant will always be under their control since it already quit trying to free itself. When the owners take the elephants to the circus all they do is put a rope on the rear leg of the elephant and it will think it is chained and will never be able to set itself free. Put a rope on its leg it will not move an inch.
This is the same to our lives. Some of us were tamed while we were young. There are some things that have limited you since your childhood; maybe a teacher said that you’ll never make it, maybe your friends thought you did not look good, maybe you parent told you that nothing much would come out for you, or maybe someone said some unpleasant things to you in your childhood. I
I do not know what was said to you but I can tell you that that was the devil trying to tame you by making you believe negative things about yourself. What they said about you is not true, what God said about you is true. The devil says you will not make it, and God says you are created in His image and you will make it! Who do you choose to believe? Do not be tamed, you were not born for the circus; you were born for the jungle. You are a potential giant and this is the time you unleash who you really are-Great!
A Louse can jump so high but when scientists put it in a small bottle, it will jump and hit the walls for some time and then stop jumping all together. When they open the bottle lead the louse will still remain in the bottle since it got to believe it was destined to be confined in a bottle.
What bottle or box are you confined in? Do not quit jumping, keep trying and you will be free soon. The devil wants you to quit trying. Jump out of the box, the lead was removed a long time ago, the devil made you believe that you were confined but you are free. Go get your dreams into reality, be all you have wanted to be and disapprove all the negativities.
 Maybe you are tamed by where you come from; maybe you are from ‘a slum, a poor background, or a disadvantaging background.  The devil knew you were great before you were born and that’s why he’s trying to limit you by having a poor background. But again God had a plan for who are to be an no matter what the devil puts against you, you will overcome. Do not be limited by where you are from, it not where you come from but where you are going that is important. Do not be tamed by the devil, God has great plans for you and it is up to you to work and realize God’s plan for you. You can never be limited….Break loose.

(I have written this from the bottom of my heart and it has so much connection to my heart. A special thanks for reading. ©2011 Eric Kimaita you can read more of my articles from my blogs on my profile)                         

                          

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MANN UP!! Vol 3

MANN UP!! (Maturity)

I was walking a street and someone says with bitterness in her voice..."Grow up! How can you do such a thing?!"  I had turn to see what was going on since the lady seemed to be very irritated. When I turned, I could not see any child or teenager, it was an older man, probably in his late thirties!! Then it got me thinking, growing up is not necessarily how much age you accumulate....!
Are you starting something or changing something positively in your life, like starting a business? well I have some manly advice for you..."If you're going to start, don't stop!!" "And if you're going to stop, don't start!" Men have ultimate responsibility for their decisions, and if you will achieve anything anything as a full  man(or woman) then it is time you face the consequences of your decisions and actions whether positive or negative. The essence of maturity is the acceptance of responsibility. And maturity is the essence of manhood.
The popular notion is that maturity comes with age. Not true. You get old with age. Maturity comes by acceptance of responsibility- in every area of life. Acceptance of responsibility for failures is that substance on which success rests. No one can be responsible for success unless he is willing to accept responsibility for failure as well. This is true in business, marriage and all of life.
No one should be ever be surprised by the latest statistics on runaway children/street children. They are`sad, but they should not shock us! Runaway children are only mimicking what they have learn t from their runaway parents- most of them fathers! In Africa, thousands of women live alone with their children because their husbands ran away from home.
Those thousands of African(and worldwide) men could not, would not, or did not choose to accept the responsibility of being a husband and father.
Divorce was not good. Today, it's fashion! Still this is usually just a cover-up for the evasion of responsibility!
Some men will move around from woman to woman, place to place. The ability to procreate is  not necessarily the evidence of manhood. In truth these are childlike/childish men, immature in spirit, infantile in understanding, living on a thin surface of life, rootless, without depth, without character!
Some men are mature at seventeen. Others are immature at seventy! Where do you belong as a man (or woman)?
Remember, being a man is an opportunity to serve, and note: I said being a man and not being male!
Mann Up! 

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(©2011 Eric Kimaita. This is the third part of the four part series of the article “Mann Up”. I urge all the men and the women who miss real men who used to be to follow through patiently to the fourth part of this amazing article that will hopefully open our eyes as men as to what we might be missing out or leaving out in our leadership!)