When Briars Becomes Dogs and Pigs

       When  Briars becomes dogs and pigs...it will be the harder to deal with them. While briars hardly moves..the dogs and pigs..beasts...are highly mobile..and they can attack you. Count the number for it is the number of man, says the good book regarding the beast. Who" let the dogs out? asked a song." Man is a dog to man", is a famous quote.
       "Beware of dogs!"said the Good Book. Do not give your pearls to dogs nor your golds to swine, says Jesus Christ. These are the warning advised regarding them.
       And my advise since you will mostly be among them.... "I send you as sheeps among the dogs (wolves)" said Jesus, "Be therefore be wise as serpent but harmless as a dove!" " Beasts are illogical, unreasonable and unloving....Love them anyway!" is my advise still,  rephrasing a quote of a Christian elder.
       LOVE THEM ANYWAY!

THE KIND OF LOVE THAT SHOULD BE YOUR SOLID GROUND

       What do you think is the most primary reason for many a broken relationship? Why do people who started in love and togetherness, ends in hatred and separation?
       The answer: They did not know the kind of love that should bind them. I've seen one local congressman grew nuts when he could not effectively deal with the hatred that his wife hurled against him in the media. He wondered why despite his care for his family, they were against him? He was ignorant of what real love is. So what kind of love should we use in dealing with these problems?
        No it is not romantic love, nor brotherly love alone..it is the most highest form of love taught to us by our Creator when He died for the whole lot of us who did not love Him. It is the love that is not a feeling. Hate is a feeling, but the highest form of love is not. It is not based on how we feel against someone, but is be based upon what our Maker said we should deal with others.
       He said, "Love your neighbor as yourself!"Forgive and you shall be forgiven!"
       "Love your enemies! For if you love only those who love you, what greater deeds have you done, even the unbelievers do the same. I tell you, Love your enemies! Pray for them that persecute you and do good to them that hate you!"
       Don Francisco sang,
              Jesus didn't die for you because it was fun,
                         He hang there for LOVE
                             because it had to be done....
                                coz love is not a feeling
                                     it is an act of your will!"

       Believed me, if you make this your solid ground, your foundation, you will effectively handle the problems of the over abundance of  Ragierows! Practice it NOW! For a thorough description of this kind of love open the Good Book to 1 Corinthian Chapter 13.

How to Effectively Deal with Briers (RAGERIEOW): or THIS WAY?

       "WOE IS ME!" said the lonely man, "...THERE IS NOT A GOOD MAN ON EARTH..THE BEST OF THEM IS A BRIER...'
       He advised: " TRUST NOT IN A FRIEND; PUT NOT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN A GUIDE; KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT EVEN FROM HER THAT IS SO CLOSED TO YOU...FOR THE SON DISHONORS THE FATHER...AND THE DAUGHTER RISE UP AGAINST HER MOTHER...A MAN ENEMIES ARE THE PEOPLE OF HIS HOUSE!"
       I want you to notice that the lonely man focus was first for his whole place and then later it narrowed down to the family. Yes, someday you will experienced this as you grow mature, you will notice that the problem of you versus the brier, will not be you against the outsider, instead even from among your families, you will experienced this. So will you destroy the brier? Even if they are your family?
       One of the best way to deal with RAGERIEOW is to continue LOVING THEM AND KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! Think and pray! Be wise yet harmless! Put on the whole armour from...you know from WHOM,  but if you do not know where that armour will come..do some researching.
        Billy Sprague asked,"what do you do if all those you depended on had all  turned you down?" He answered, "LET LOVE BE YOUR SOLID GROUND!"
When Love is your Foundation then no weapon formed against you will prosper! But what kind of Love should be your solid ground? Well next post hmmm?

      

How to Effectively Deal with Briers (RAGERIEOW): THIS WAY?

       From my childhood, RAGERIEOWS had constantly hurt me. They made me cry, made me abhorred myself...made me doubt my normalcy. Even until today they are still at their games of causing sorrows, pain and trouble. 

       In one instant, one tried to constantly threaten to bring me to court. Having not enough guts and money, I tried to be nice to her, but she persisted on terrorizing me. I am employed as a property custodian of a certain school here in Bacolod; and she had borrowed a computer set donated by a senator. She wanted to replace it with an obsolete model, and when I reasoned with her that this is not allowed, her  verbal tirade made my blood to soar. One time when we met in the school path walk she again bullied me with harsh words repeating again that she will bring me to court if I did not sign her clearance. Having lost a little control of myself I took out a knife and would have spilled her guts, good thing my mind cleared. I told it all to our school agency head, and the next day, she was now saying to me ,"good morning!".

      On another instant a " brier friend", who I had helped for several years kicked me in the stomach hitting my appendix. This friend had constantly borrowed money from me without paying; eaten free when he did not have enough money to pay with the money coming from my pocket; I helped him not to lose his job and many other goodness I showered him. But now, our fate had change. I was financially poor while the friend now had plenty of bucks. And I was on his house drinking with him and his buddies whom I hardly knew. And he began to reveal personal secrets I had told him in the past, making ME the laughing stock. And if that was not enough, he poured whiskey on my head when I told him to shut up. So I stop being a friend to him. One night when I was riding my bike near his house with a gun in my pocket. You know our place had plenty of thugs and hoodlums. I happened to meet our common friend who chatted with me. And in the corner of my eye, I saw this brier friend crawling upon the grass; run toward me and "yaaaah!" kicked me in my appendix. I myself was surprised by the word that come out of my mouth, "I WILL SHOT YOU!" Good thing he went away from me so fast.

        There were many other brushed with the thorny shrubs I experienced, but I stop here. If you want more stories just post. So these were closed, if I had killed even one of them, I won't be here to even write this.  We know of many other people whose lives were destroyed by these noisome shrubs.So ....

        I thought and searched on how to effectively deal with them. On the next post I'll tell you the most effective way of dealing with those pests.

The Term "THE BEST OF THEM ARE BRIERS"

       The term "the best of them are briers" means that if the best of them are that bad, those lower would be much worse.  It also means that those looked up upon by these group as examples of goodness, are actually failures if measured correctly.....Who sets the standard anyway?

       In our locality, people who are briers are called "Ragiriouw!" It means someone who do not have a clear mind, they are illogical and unreasonable-dark minded. They are  unpredictable, could not be trusted. In one situation they might help you, and in another situation they will fail you .And when you talked to them honestly, they often will hide what they are thinking.They are false  to agreements.
      Of course there are various shades of  being briers. On the next post I will will write on how to effectively deal with briers....so....so goodbye for now.
      

The Difference Between You and Them

       You are a refined, an educated person, right? I know, because you are reading this. You are searching for higher things which only a civilized person does. You are hungry for beautiful and nice things...looking for virtues. In fact you possessed many virtues, not all of course...You may have patience, self control, joy, peace, goodwill to all men and many other wonderful trait. But you wonder why despite all those virtues you have, you experienced bad treatment from many of the people around you. The bad treatment maybe off and on, or non stop.  In fact, they may have even branded you as some what of sinister person or other malevolent names.If these things are happening to you, then know that the BEST OF THEM ARE BRIERS.
       Do you know what briers are? Briers are thorny bushes that may look good, but will caused you to bleed. If you do not know how to handle them, they gonna hurt you. Many a peaceful birds were entangled within these briers, and died. They are symbols of  uncultivated people. Desolate in terms of a good heart. So this is the difference between the briers and you. On the next posts we will discuss what is the meaning of  the term  " the best of them are briers".
      well, it is 1:21 a.m. here in Bacolod, Philippines...so i sign off now!