{{go read Ecclesiastes and be confused}} the poem on Vanity

Vanity vanity all of it is vanity

Can it be, that what you see is vanity?

Sittin in front of the mirror on your vanity

Brushin hair applyin makeup settin up the view of plasticity

Missed it B, or should I say Mrs B, yeah you a barbie

being plastic, having the mansion, buying the bottles, havin the diamonds, is all vanity

Yes it can scream prosperity, but when you go to heaven or hell you'll leave it all behind from thee

Honestly, why do we bury or people with diamonds and money and expensive suits

And we wear RIPs airbrush outfits head to toe like in the end it means something, see

Its all vanity

The journey of getting to the top is probably the only fun you'll have cuz if you're not pulling people up with you, simply pushing them down, the top is real empty

And the top probably looks like something the early people saw when they tried to build a tower to heaven and got nowhere because its all vanity

Vanity

So picture this:

you're locked in a room, no key no way to get out with a million dollars in the middle of the floor...

What value has it now?

Or imagine you open up you 3 mil dollar home after steppin out your Ferrari, lookin up at you're crystal chandelier, lookin down at your marble floors, walkin up to your master bedroom, see your california king bed, walk in closet flat screen and diamonds for days and ..... no one to talk to, no one who has your back no on

Who loves you.

Does it really mean anything.?

and even if you do, its all still

Vanity

Gaining everything you every thought would take your mind off being hurt

Your daddy was never there so you went out and bought a purse

And some clothes and some shoes, drinkin down your sorrows with booze and you go get a boo who claims that he loves you but

He treats you like you're nothing

Talks to you worse than a dog

Then leaves you

Left you

Just like your daddy

So then the cycle repeats and you contiue to gain everything

Except peace

Gaining everything is 

Vanity

Our very lives are but a vapor so the things we chase are just but atoms, so small not even making a difference

We work hard for everything and everyone, to get those praises, to get the admiration, to get the virtues of American life

We work hard for ourselves, for our families

We work hard, play harder and do none of it for the one who allows us to work

Won't even speak to the one who gave us words

Hide

Behind the things that we feel give us purpose

But if I stuck you in some ratty clothes, really Annie like, took your contacts, took your makeup, took your fitteds and snapbacks, your jays and your polos and vans and chucks and adidas, took you louie and your cooji and your nikes, took you hollisters and your locs, your oakleys and your coach, took you cologne and perfume, hair extensions, told you you couldn't get another tattoo, or peircing or weave or relaxer, not another hair cut or edge up not another flat iron could touch you're hair

Hand over the credit card and the ones for the stores, give me your ipod, you cell phone, your beats, give me you jewelry, no more starbucks and fancy eating

Give me your degree and job title, fork over the keys to your house and car no more hanging with the friends and family, your groups and associates, no more watching sports and listening to music and no more doing those things either.

Now.......

Who are you?

Vanity vanity everything you do to survive on this planet is vanity!

Nothing you do on this earth will matter at the end of time because its all vanity

Only what's done for Christ is not vanity

Save your life you lose it, lose your life for Christ you gain it

If you have something to fill your stomach and something to clothe your body, you have no need to complain

for these are the basics

And some don't have them

Overly concerned with the rest of man made goods is vanity

Vanity vanity all of it is vanity!

30 Days of Kia ♥

Day 8

What’s important to me

Now, when I was putting this thing together, I initially was thinking about the type of guy I need in my life aka future booski aka my future boyfriend that (Lord willing) will be future husband. But as I went on, the type of people I need in my life period need to possess (because these are the qualities I try to possess) (and like Katt Williams said you gotta be around people that’s doing better and better and better. You gotta stop hanging around people who are doing that same stuff) (and of course that’s the G rated version of what he said lol).

Now, with the future man analogy, I used a guy who was average looking, but possessed everything I will list in a minute and a guy that I thought was very attractive but I knew his lifestyle was off (in this case, it was Fabolous). Now the top factors here are obviously looks and personality. Personality includes everything about a person, whether people realize it or not, beliefs being the top thing controlling the whole operation: what a person believes (religion, opinions about life, etc) shape their words, actions, style, dress, everything.
So then I said, what if I was on Bachelorette. If it was down to the average, wouldn’t be a double take, probably wouldn’t give him a second thought AND the dude I thought was very sexy. Both dudes were pretty much the same in musical ability, money, all that stuff, except lifestyle and looks. I thought, who would I honestly pick? What dude would get that rose or whatever they do on that show (I don’t watch Bachelorette, so I don’t know what they do lol). I honestly, I would pick the no double take dude. Now, if you would have caught me about 5, 6 years ago, maybe even three or two years ago, I def would have picked the Fabolous dude. “Why?” you say. “I thought you loved Jesus soooo much?! How could you pick a dude that’s so not like you, Kia? That’s something I would expect somebody else to do, but not goodie two shoes Kia.”
First off, nobody’s perfect. AND I was younger in age back then and a babe in the faith. Still trying to figure stuff out, still trying to understand what was important in the long run and what was important to me. I was still trying to figure out what I liked in a guy anyway. So, that’s some transparency for you. (Actually, if you would have caught me last month, the chance would still be there for me to pick the dude I knew was not the right puzzle piece for me. I had to pray on that one. Ya girl would have bent a little for this dude. Not a good look, I know I know).
Anyway, so I started to think, why would I pick a no double take dude over Fabolous dude? And I realized it’s because of who I am and who I've become.
So skip skip skip, the things I started speaking out of my mouth were scriptural. A few years ago, half of what I spoke of my mouth would have been scriptural, and that would have been on a good day. But the stuff I said is as follows
• If he on his Romans 12:1-2 (his mind and body)
• His Ephesians 4:29 (his speech)
• On his Philippians 2:5 (his mind)
• Philippians 13:4-7 (love)
Few in number, but powerful in meaning. If a dude is doing these things, that’s a beautiful thing. Now if he just so happens to be beautiful with some swag, ay, I'm not gon complain. But there’s just something that is so beautiful about a man’s mind, something that will forever exhibit his true beauty better than any Armani suit and cufflinks, better than any amount of money he could ever spend on a wardrobe, a car, a haircut, a tan.


How does this translate into friends? A made family? Your crew? Simple. You want like minded people around you. Somebody that thinks like you. Unless that "opposites attract" thing is coming into play (which that opposite components have to end somewhere), it’s not really gonna work, in any relationship. So yeah. Embrace it, fear it, love it, share it, comment, blog, reply, all of that!!