EASE ON DOWN...


sometimes we make bad choices. those choices lead to consequences that we will regret. its easy to get caught up in the heaviness you feel when that happens. sorrow is a part of making bad choices.

but something i'm learning... it won't do me any good to sit around and boo-hoo about that bad choice made... it just won't.

just like lehi told his sons, in the second book of nephi in the book of mormon... chapter one versus 21 and 23... to be exact:

..."arise from the dust my sons and be men and be determined in one mind and in one heart, united in all things, that ye may not come down into captivity.

"awake, my sons; put on the whole armor of righteousness, shake off the chains with which ye are bound and come forth out of obscurity and arise from the dust."

somehow, my thoughts have gone to the scarecrow in the wizard of oz... don't ask me.

you see, the scarecrow was bound by his own self. he allowed others to tell him where he should be and he agreed with them when they told him he was weak. until dorothy came along, he didn't have the courage to move on... to stand on his own two feet. but sometimes, that's all it takes... to believe that it's possible.

then, you find strength in friends who are traveling the same road. you become united in mind and spirit. and before you know it... you are "easing on down that road." you might stumble at first... it might be a little shaky... but the minute you realize how to put on the whole armour of god... it becomes possible. and your reality becomes joy in the journey. the skipping and laughing.

no one could possibly illustrate my point better than diana ross and michael jackson. this is a throw back to my childhood...

THE WIZ