Back to Basics

07 - (<---That's a coincidence...lol...perhaps..)


Everyone needs to come back to the building blocks of their foundation every once in a while. It's simply going back to basics. I feel like I have lost myself through the pain and past battles my mind had to go through. My strength has been roughed up, but I will regain my ground. In order for me to do this, I have decided to go back to the things that had built my philosophy on life. But first and foremost, I wanted to refurbish my philosophy and role as a man in a mature and real relationship. These are my reflections.


Eph 5:33 - "Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."

Love and Respect. I will love and respect you. As you do to me.

Gal 6:2 - "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ"

I walk alongside you like you do to me, carrying each others burden by being their for each other.

James 5:16 - "Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed."

I must be able to admit my faults to you. This is something I need to work more on.

Phillipians 2:3 - "Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind, let each esteem others better than himself."

I rather honor and lift you up, then to be selfish and put myself before you.

Eph 4:26 - "Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath."

I know that we can and will get upset with each other. But I know that we will handle this correctly, maturely, and not end our day without finding reconciliation with each other.

Eph 4:29 - "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."

I will choose to speak to you with gentleness to support and build you. Rather than speak out of anger which can surely hurt you.

Eph 4:32 - "And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you."

I must and will forgive you, like I have been forgiven, allowing me to be a better person.

James 1:19 - "My dear brothers and sisters, be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry."

I will listen to you. I will focus carefully and speak without anger during times of conflict.

Proverbs 15:1 - "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."

I won't raise my voice to you in anger since this creates more anger. I should speak softly and with respect. I'm slow to anger but when I am, it's hard to control my volume. I need to keep getting better at this.

Proverbs 5:15-18 - "Drink Water from your own well - share your love only with your wife. Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you."

I will give all my energy, love, strength, and faith into the one I love. Because I believe the one I love, You, is my blessing.

1 Peter 4:8 - "Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love makes up for many of your faults."

I know I'm not perfect. But I will love you with all that I have within me.

1 Timothy 5:8 - "If someone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."

Although I believe what I believe, I will keep my priorities straight by working hard so that I can not only provide for myself, but for the ones I love. If I don't, I've denied who I am making me worse than someone who has no faith in anything. And I do have faith in what I believe in. because it has gotten me to where I am today.

1 John 3:18 - "Let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and truth."

Words are nothing compared to actions. And I will prove my love through my actions.

1 Corinthians 13:13 - "There are three things that remain - faith, hope and love - and the greatest of these is love."

I love you

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 - "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."

I will not fail...