[Free Resource/ Gift included]---> Of course, I don’t think that everything that happens during a year falls into that category. There are events that we or other people plan, create or cause. Impactful or insignificant, these may or may not happen. But I’m talking about those other events that just come as if a specific year was their “appointed time”, they still happen regardless of anything or anyone. Those are the ones that change the way I now approach the beginning of the year versus the end of the year.
That’s basically what was going on for me in the dark and cozy atmosphere of the bus, when I started feeling something like fingers furtively searching in one of my pockets. The girl next to me (she looked older than me), a total stranger, obviously thought that I was deeply sleeping, so she was low-key doing her thing…
"Love your neighbor as yourself". What if you don't love yourself? Well my friend, then your neighbors happen to have terrible luck! and I know someone who wouldn't want to be in their shoes 👀! This command sounds to me like Jesus already expects us to be treating ourselves well, and that's why He can ask us to love the next person the same way. Well, Lord you were wondering if there would still be faith upon your return... basic self-love has taken a strike too. Indeed faith and love are so closely knit: if we don't trust, we won't be able to receive anything from God, not even His fully given love. When the cisterns are broken (families, communities, societies), we need to go back to the Source: our Father God. It's time to fill our love tank...
To me, it’s quite obvious that the time you give away you can never take back. When we understand that time is actually our life running, it becomes hard to part life in sections. For example, you can’t say, there’s my work, there’s my family, then there’s my life. Your life will be spent in everything you do, whether at home, at work or enjoying yourself somewhere else… -unless you could name one thing we can do that doesn’t involve our time...- because as long as it will involve our time, it automatically will involve our life…
[Free Resource/ Gift included]---> I was not good. Smh… At all. It was also clear to me that these evil things were bright open doors flashing the demons to access me. I was afraid and very sorry when I realized how I had put my soul in such a vulnerable position. I was suddenly conscious of all that. So I was confessing them as they kept coming one after the other. I needed God’s forgiveness and rescue; otherwise, it would be just a matter of time, I kind of knew that. So there I was, confessing and calling on Jesus, in my heart, to save me, when suddenly, OUT OF NOWHERE…
Growing up, I heard that story about God & humanity over and over. But I was in no rush to decide whether to believe it or not. The story and I simply coexisted alongside each other. The idea of an existing God was not particularly bothering me. That could always be as possible as the fact that I actually had no particular reason to mind it. As for me, I was just being told stuff. I did not know for sure. However, I could always see that this God was very real to my parents. I respected that. Somehow, I even felt protected by their faith and prayers. But it never seemed to require for me to have a faith on my own. Until that evening...
"It" doesn't seem to suit my little guy, sorry! I tried, but I guess all the acrobatic moves to catch him and the intense moment that bird and I went through remained significant to me enough. Not that I'm taking part in the pronoun war going on though. Just saying...! But it is a true story. The pictures were taken by a friend who doesn't feel comfortable around animals; but since she witnessed it all, she wanted to keep some memories. And I'm glad she did. So, if you ever see a flying bird missing a tail, that could be our little guy! And in case it's not, at least you'll be reminded of him...
Have you ever taken the time to sit with yourself, assess the current aspects of your life and define new visions for each of them to improve them? By aspects, I mean physical, emotional, social, spiritual, educational, financial, etc. I've been adding some more specific ones lately like: preferred mindset, wishes (desires/ dreams), skill sets, weaknesses (where to improve), hurting areas, strengths, things I'd like to do, to have, to learn, places I'd like to go, etc. and here is why:
