TruthOrator's Blog

Who can deny that we live in an overly sensuous culture? The popular media have done a very effective job of awakening sensuality even in children. I’ve seen G-rated, family movies where pre-teens shared mouth-to-mouth romantic kisses. Such displays are the natural and normal course that romance takes, but are these actions appropriate for that stage in life? Where can a romantic relationship go at the age of 12 or even 16? The awakening of romance at this age is often a futile road that can lead more to lingering pain than to long-term pleasure. Let’s look at a few warnings in the Song of Solomon and examine some reasons why teens need their parents to help them cautiously guard their hearts, not only their physical purity. “Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the swift gazelles and the deer of the wild, not to awaken love until the time is right.”  (NLT) Song of Solomon 2:7 “Don’t excite love, don’t stir it up, until the time is ripe and you’re ready.”   (Message 

It happens to most of us at some time or another. A neighbor will buy something extravagant, like a gorgeous new car, and you look at your older car in the driveway and feel some envy. A relative will get a great job and make more money in a year than you ever have. You’ll overhear talk of that person’s salary, think about your own salary, and feel some envy. You’ll visit an old friend who has a huge, nice house with plenty of room for their family and some really beautiful decorations. You’ll go back to your own small home or apartment, look around, feel like it’s a dump, and feel some envy. Envy. It’s an emotion that we all feel at some point. It’s also a really  dangerous  emotion when we’re trying to build a strong financial life. After all, envy encourages us to make some pretty poor decisions. Envy causes us to buy things to “keep up with the Joneses.” Envy causes us to get in way over our head with a car loan or a mortgage or a furniture loan. Envy causes us t

1: Make your relationship number one. Every relationship requires work, and you have to be willing to commit the needed time and energy to it. So, the first step is to make improving your relationship a priority this year. If your loved one is truly important to you, they should be a top focus of your time and efforts. 2: Accentuate the positive. It is OK to discuss ways your partner could improve or point out something they do that is bugging you. However, too much correction or negativity can make anyone feel unworthy and unloved. “We are quick to criticize and find fault and pick on shortcomings, but fall short on showing how much we care,” explains Sheryl P. Kurland, Author of Everlasting Matrimony: Pearls Of Wisdom From Couples Married 50 Years Or More. So make sure you are giving far more compliments than criticisms. Kurland recommends giving three sincere compliments a day to your loved one. “Three compliments a day is a simple reminder and easy way to make a consci

A war is defined as a state of armed conflict between two opposing sides, and when it comes to your mind, this war is non-stop. Everyday, a new battle ensues on a new battlefront, but the question is which side of your mind has declared war, and which side is defending itself? If you’re a naturally positive person, then you’ve declared war on any negativity that appears in your mind. If you’ve always been a negative person, then you’re always trying to defend yourself from the forces of positivity. Why? It’s because your negativism is your identity and you fear a positive life. Fearing a Positive Life How could someone fear a positive life? They fear it because they don’t believe it’s genuine. They feel that positive people are self-deluded and unrealistic. The negative person is convinced that a positive mind will operate in denial of the harsh truth about the real world. The opposite is true for the positive person. That person believes that the negative mind is blind

Friends from our  childhood  or  adolescence  are special, no matter how much time has elapsed between visits. These compelling connections are the result of shared roots during the formative years. Our childhood friends and teenage sweethearts experienced with us all the wonderful, horrible, boring, and embarrassing moments that helped to make us who we are today. Yet, when children are young,  parents  may regard these relationships as insignificant. If the family must move to a new community and the children's close friends must be left behind, so what? They will make new friends, the parents assure them. But, is a friend as interchangeable as a new toy for an old one, or is there more to  friendship  than that? Why are we so elated to rediscover long lost friends in our adult years if, as some parents believe, they were so dispensable to us as children? Even more belittled by many parents is a teenager's (or preteen's)  love  for a boyfriend or girlfriend. Adu