The Ash Story

If you are a smoker, wouldn't it be nice if you could leave your cigarette or cigar as ashes and never return to smoking it again? That is what Ms. Daniels wanted to do to Cigar the Man. She believed that he could be destroyed out of the lives of millions of people. To Ms. Daniels, it was not impossible. However, Little Benny warned her that Cigar was a bad spirit that could not be destroyed.

At the Charact Website, I am starting a page for The West Street Journal. There you will find out how Cigar got turned into ashes by a character named Ms. Daniels.

Mr. Fear

Old Bad Fear is another one of Little Benny's enemies. He puts fear and doubt into Benny's heart, mind, and eyes. Fear get's in the way of Little Benny's faith. He slows him down from doing the things that he could do. However, it is good to have some fear which makes Little Benny cautious.

There is Danger in Smoking!

Little Benny is always remembering his past. Especially, when he is tempted. He is always tempted by his enemy, Cigar, an evil spirit. He tells Benny to live a little. When Cigar tells Benny to live a little, he means only a little. He does not want little Benny to live at all. What he is really telling Little Benny is to die. Cigar tells Benny to smoke, drink, and have a ball. He tries to make Benny see that there is no danger in having a drink or two, smoking a cigar every once and a while, and so on. For a long time, it does seem okay until it all catches up with you later on in life. When you look in the mirrow, you began to look old before your time. That is death talking to you right then and there.

Am I Good Enough

Romans 3:10 Tells us that there is none righteous, no, not one. (Gal. 3:22) But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. (Matt.19:17) And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good?there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. (18) He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, (19) Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Little Benny had to ask himself, "Am I a sinner or am I good enough as I am?" Little Benny was led by the scripture as he read Matt.22:37, "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. (38)This is the first and great commandment. (39) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. (40) On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Fear

Today, I see a lot of fear on faces. People are afraid that they will loose their jobs wondering if they will find another one. We are in bondage to work, credit cards, and bills. Some people are in great debt. They are sick, tired, and worried about their hospital bills. There are families that are sad and unhappy together. We live in so much fear that it is a shame.

(St. Luke 21:25-28) And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; (26) Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. (27) And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the cloud with power and great glory. (28) And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Breaking a Smoking Habit May Be Hard

When a person wants to stop smoking, it may be very hard. To be around others that smoke sure doesn’t help. Smoking can become addictive because of the nicotine. It may attack the lungs, the mouth, the bloodstream, and possibly more. Nicotine is nothing but a drug. I have noticed that when friends are stressed out, they feel that they need to smoke. I guess that it must help calm their nerves or something.

When I see them smoking, I believe that it attacks their brain and way of thinking. The reason I think that it attacks their way of thinking, because if they didn’t know that it was time for their cigarette break, while they were lost in their work, they would not think to smoke. I have caught a few friends on the job that smoked that almost missed their cigarette break not knowing. When they feel that they need to smoke, maybe it is just all in the mind. I’m only speculating.

Some people stop smoking and never go back to it. For some, damage may have already been done to their bodies. I knew of someone that died of cancer because of smoking. Friends that saw her die are still smoking. Some people that I know that are smoking seemed to have aged over the years. Their skin looks so wrinkled.

It’s terrible to be around friends when they are smoking. It may affect you although you may not smoke. You may get itching and burning eyes, and it’s possible that it can get into your nose, throat, and lungs too. Being around cigarette smoke has always made me cough. Whenever I am riding in a car with a friend that smokes, the smoke attacks extremely bad. I have got to roll the windows down. I try not to be around the smoke.

Little Benny Meditation

From the Face Page

Little Benny never got the chance to talk to Jessica because she was just too busy moving in across the street. He had not been talking to Tommie Girl either. Tommie was having so many problems, and Benny felt that he had to let her have some space. Little Benny thought he needed to sit quite and spend time alone to meditate about his own life and God.

He was beginning to understand what his great enemy was all about and how he was trying to deceive him and the whole world. Cigar was an enemy that the world could not see or understand. So Benny decided to explain to little children how smoking cigars was a poison and how an evil spirit called sickness would attack their health. They did not know that Little Benny was talking about a real person also from a dark evil world. That part was kept secret. Benny felt that if Cigar ever approached some of the children, they would recognize the mystery of his story. Explaining to children about a real man named Cigar would have been too much. Nobody believed his story as it was.

Little Benny began to see how the scriptures of the Holy Bible were telling the story of what was truly going on in the world. Cigar was a man that was from evil and high places. Not all of the world could see him. Little Benny could see, but it was not time for him to tell the world.