The Nothingness

About "The Nothingness"

     "Back up off me!", "Shoo fly!", or "That's not what I do!"are just some of my responses when an  annoying voice in my head tries to convince me to give up. We all experience rough patches when we are striving towards a goal. The devil times his whispering in our ears perfectly. He knows when we are most susceptible to his unwelcome and unnecessary advice.
     The devil will keep coming at you to convince you to give up. Faith is your primary and best weapon. As with any weapon, faith needs to be in good working condition for utmost effectiveness.
     Don't just practice faith when you need something. Make having faith in God a regular and natural part of life. Nourish it so that when you need an extra dose, it is readily available.

 The Nothingness

Giving up is incompatible with my faith.
I’d easily reject the notion of its existence except
I  see  folks doing so all around me  
seems all the time.
I become confused.

Giving up is so beneath my realm of thinking, 
I had to look up the words to even write this piece. When I did so, my stomach became full of disgust. 
I imagined burning my dictionary
except that I need and love it so.

Giving up is poles apart
from anywhere I fancy myself.
It is absurd to a spiritually ambitious child of God 
who knows that He has plans for her.
Those plans were laid out and perfected
even before  the earth was warm.
All I have to do is show up and obey.

Allowing the option of giving up  
creates discord in my universe.
It has no place.
It is a spot of nothingness  
surrounded by an abundance of blessings  
the Lord is waiting to bestow upon me.
That spot must be obliterated.

Giving up doesn’t apply to situations that are unnatural or wrong in the first place.
It does not apply to those things
that are against God’s will, 
those very things that
our endurance and abilities
are meant  to change.

It is not the same as rearranging, resting, reevaluating,  reconstructing or reconstituting.
It is unlike formulating a new route
when the path is  blocked.
It is unlike designing a new key
when there is no other door  to that particular goal.
It is not abandoning a mission
that would otherwise lead you 
away from God’s designs.

Giving up?  It is bullshit and
is different from anything
I ever want to know.

"The Nothingness" is an excerpt from
Role Reversal: Turn Pain Into Power