Showing posts with label character development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label character development. Show all posts

Saturday, November 17, 2018

9 Types of Men


Listen, my son. 
Let me tell you something about men and their women, something I know that you really need to know. 

Son, after reading this, realize that how you treat your woman determines in which category you will fall.

Women are to be treated special; because the LORD GOD says they're fragile and special: beautiful and created in His own image to fulfill His purpose on earth. Son, if you think otherwise, then you don't value what God says about women, and it's almost true that you won't listen to me either. 

Son, there may be 8 types of men, but there are actually three major types in this world that I will talk about below: those who praise their women in public, those who don't praise their women in public and those who have the audacity to flatter other men's women.

What I say below concerning men has nothing to do with the character on the women in these men's lives but the intentional choice a man makes to treat his woman in a certain way in public whether his woman is a "devil" or "angel".

Son, use this critique to also evaluate how I treat my woman. Then you'll know what kind of a man I truly am. 

So here goes...

TYPE 1: MEN WHO PRAISE THEIR WOMEN IN PUBLIC 
Under this class, there are three types of men;
  
(a) Those who praise their women in public because these women are worthy of their praise. 
These are blessed men whose women's private and public lives speak the same language of integrity: they are women of valor and of great character. 
Because such a species of women are rare today, these men are truly blessed; and their praise of their women is like pouring oil on an already deserving head. 

(b) Those who praise their women in public even when these women are not worthy of their praises. 
These are men of steel. They are men who choose / decide to praise their hideous women in public because it's the right thing to do. 
Son, honor these types of men. It takes lots of grace from our good Lord to always say good things about an undeserving person. Honor them. 

(c) Those who praise their women in public because these women coarse them to do so. 
Such men, for the sake of peace, have learnt the art of beautifying sadness. 
They work under close monitoring and supervision, analysis and scrutiny from their trigger-happy women who are ready to pounce on them in the evening if they dare say a negative thing about them. 
Son, also realize that these men never ever say a negative thing about their women even when it could bring a lot of good - even just as an act of humor! 
These men are liars, son. Avoid them if you can. They are super-hypocrites! 


TYPE 2: MEN WHO DON'T PRAISE THEIR WOMEN IN PUBLIC 
Now, son, let me tell you something about the other class of men who don't praise their women in public. They are of three types too; 

(a) Those who don't praise their women in public because these women don't deserve these praises. 
These have chosen to say totally nothing good or bad about their women. Maybe it is because of the unworthiness of their women's tendencies. Or, maybe, they're just cowards. 
It doesn't matter. 
A man who never talks about his woman is either a wolf amongst sheep or the lamb itself. 

(b) Those who don't praise their women because they have never been taught that it is the good / right thing to do. 
Son, when a man has lived all his life without hearing and seeing women praised, he grows up thinking that there is nothing like praising women. 
He grows cold and incessantly unchivalrous towards women, and this is not a good thing. 
Son, women were born to hear words: they're addicted to them. So a man who has not been taught in the skills of flattering his woman because she deserves it, is likely to be read in very many bad books amongst the womenfolk. 

(c) Those who don't praise their women in public because fellow men have coarsed them to do so. 
These men, out of a high sense of egotism, think praising women in public makes a man less of who he already is. 
Son, such men think that they're better than God... Ahem... Even God praises women... See this: 
Luke 1:28 (NKJV) And having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!"
If God is in the habit of praising women in public, son, never let these men lie to you: it is the right thing to do!

(d) Those who don't praise their women in public because they have taught themselves not to. 
Some men learn things along the way. See, life has a funny way of teaching us lessons, and we all need to learn the right things from it. 
Son, don't be such a man, who after being mistreated by other useless women, is coarsed into saying that you'll never value a woman to the extend of praising her in public. Don't. 
Don't teach yourself what will cost you the joy and happiness of your woman. 

TYPE 3: THE MOST DANGEROUS TYPE OF MEN
But son, beware of other type of men - the third type - the most dangerous type. 

(a) Men who have no women of their own but thrive on praising other men's women. 
Oh! Son, if you ever have to be any type of man at all, don't be this one! A man who hasn't accepted the responsibility of having his own woman but nonchalantly praises other women day in day out should be known as the man who empties a fuel tank when the relationship vehicle is moving. 
He crashes relationships and destroys marriages, son. Such a man, if there was any mercy in me, is better suited for the cells. 

(b) Men who have women of their own but only praise other men's women. 
Like their first brothers, these ones are adulterous men filled with lust and whose main intention is to steal other men's women. 
They are not satisfied with their own women and are not ready to commit to make their women better. 
They are greedy beasts who feast on meals they haven't prepared. 
Shut them out of your life, son! Shut them out! 

*******
Now, son, of these 9 types of men, which one do you choose to be?


Bonface Morris. 

Saturday, August 8, 2015

21 Things that Can Make Your Life Better

I have a tendency of always wanting to simplify things. A love a simple, intentional and relevant life.

I sometimes dream of a day when I can "Google" for my "lost" socks in the house. (Yeah, crazy, right?) Or a day when I can send my bae a great TV Show I just met in minutes via some network at a cheap cost...

Can you now hear me?

I'm crazy about a simple, hustle-free life.

My phone's launcher has got to have gestures, shortcuts and beauty. If not, I'm gonna ditch it sooner than that Android Central recommendation can even blink. I want someone to go to school on my behalf (yeah, that's lazy, but it's a way of simplifying life); my remotes have to be at an arm's length from where I am etc etc.

So, if in that spirit of making life simpler and better, here are a few life principles I love and with various Bible examples to help:

1. Life is not THAT serious, so have some fun. Not too much useless fun though, but have good fun. Not wicked, evil fun but good, righteous fun. (Oh my goodness, so there is righteous fun?)
Too much of one thing is poisonous. Go out sometime. Take your bae out. Watch some movies or TV Show. Have some goofy time somewhere.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 (NLT) says, "So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that this pleasure is from the hand of God."

2. Don't judge yourself too highly nor too lowly.
Feeling too important raises a tendency of autonomy, self-righteousness and pride. You will end up thinking you are a god. You are not.
Feeling less important about yourself brings about low self-esteem, depression and self neglect. You'll get old and die really fast. See?
Romans 12:3 (NIV) says, "For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you."

3. Don't hold grudges. They'll kill you. Forgive people. Move on.
Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV) says, "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."

4. Release your anger, frustrations and emotions by talking about them to a person you trust and with God. The more learn to do this, the better.
Job in The Book of Job is a good example of someone who decided to release his frustration by talking about it with friends and with God. Though his friends turned out to be fake, it still helped.

5. Learn to deal with people and to treat them with a little benefit of doubt.
Jude 1:22-23 (NIV) says, "Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear - hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh."

6. Don't post your frustrations on Social Media. Nobody cares. In fact, we're all going to laugh at you for doing so.
Ever read this? »»
Proverbs 14:10 (NIV) "Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy." Good. Now youce read it. 

7. Live one day at a time and don't procrastinate the simple stuff.
Matthew 6:34 (NIV) says, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Proverbs 6:4 (NLT) says "Don't put it off. Do it now! Don't rest until you do."

8. Talk to God often. Talk to people often. You weren't created to be an island.
Ecclesiastes 4:9, 12 (NIV) says, "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work... Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

9. Always pause in life and reflect.
There's always that season in life when we think that we are right and that we know everything. We are not and we we don't know everything. Not always, really.
1 Corinthians 8:2-3 (NLT) says, "Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn't really know very much. But the person who loves God is the one God knows and cares for."

10. Love your family (whether you're married or not.)
In Genesis 45:9-11 (NET), after Joseph was made the Prime Minister of Egypt, he instructed his brothers who had previously sold into slavery, "Now go up to my father quickly and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: 'God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay! You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me – you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have. I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor – you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.'"
Paul the apostle also says, "But if someone does not provide for his own,especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." (1 Timothy 5:8, NET)

11. Serve God. Serve people.
Only in these is true satisfaction found.
Mark 10:44-45 (NET) says, "...and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

12. Work hard. Be creative. Don't waste anything that God gave you. If you can imagine a thing, know that it is absolutely possible. So go for it. Make money too but don't overindulge in it.
Proverbs 22:29 (NIV) "Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men."
Proverbs 14:23 (NIV) "All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty."

13. Make friends. Good friends, bad friends and all kinds of friends. Talk to them often. (Both types of friends are meant to make us balanced and to view life a wide range of perspective). But don't forsake your good old friends for fake new ones.
Proverbs 18:1 (NIV) "An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends; he defies all sound judgment."
Proverbs 17:17 (NIV) "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."
Proverbs 12:26 (NIV) "A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray."

14. Take care of yourself. Don't limit yourself. But don't compete or negatively compare yourself with others.
Galatians 6:4 (NLT) says, "Be sure to do what you should, for then you will enjoy the personal satisfaction of having done your work well, and you won't need to compare yourself to anyone else."

15. Expect less from men, and a lot from God.
Jeremiah 17:5 (MSG) says, "God's Message: 'Cursed is the strong one who depends on mere humans, Who thinks he can make it on muscle alone and sets God aside as dead weight.'"

16. Be inquisitive. Ask questions when you're lost. Be curious about how stuff works and why things happen the way they do.
Ecclesiastes 1:13-14 (NIV) says, "I devoted myself to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid on men! I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind."

17. Follow sensible people whom you admire and that can shape your life positively. But, again, don't worship them. That kind of fanaticism ain't good for anybody. 
1 Corinthians 11:1 (NIV) "Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ."

18. Learn some few things about self discipline and self control. Practice them. It will help you a lot.
Learn to control your anger, your pain, your emotions and feelings, what you listen to and watch, how much you eat, how much you relate with people.
It is said boundaries are meant to keep the dog in the compound and the cat in the house...
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 (NIV) says, "So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet."

19. Love God. Love People.
But without compromising. One article I read this week reiterated that "Truth without love has no decency; it’s just brutality. And love without truth has no character; it’s just hypocrisy. You can read it here.
Matthew 22:37 (NIV) says, "Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'"
Matthew 7:12 (NIV) says, "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."

20. Strive to learn something new everyday; even from the oddest places, occasions and people.
Don't limit your knowledge to what your pastor, your teacher/lecturer, your leader or your parent tells you. Explore. Find out more about something. Make your opinion on something count. Be able to teach someone something new. That's what life is all about.
Proverbs 19:27 (NLT) »» "If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you have turned your back on knowledge."

21. Be passionate about something. Have something that makes you think; something that drives you into a crazy feat of creativity. Something that activates that part of you that nobody knows about but they're all liking the product that comes out.
2 Corinthians 9:2 (KJV) says, "For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many."


You know what? I'm done.


Bonface Morris.