tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25233749059284053572024-03-13T20:22:59.694-07:00BEAUTIFUL LIFEExperiences of innocence violated by corrupt standards of the world5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-78517263075347930992018-06-29T05:33:00.000-07:002018-06-29T22:50:10.718-07:00Does Femininity = Weakness?<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'You are a very strong woman,' she remarked 'So you can easily handle people who try and walk all over you.'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'Um... Okay.' I mumbled trying to internalize her angle of this thing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mel had been dealing with a 'disgruntled' male colleague and in the middle of their discourse, she burst into tears. Now, for some people that may be a natural response to frustration and to others, it is just foreign. We ask ourselves questions like <i>'who cries in public'</i> or go ahead and remember statements like <i>'never give anyone the satisfaction of seeing your tears'</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Recently, my workplace was doing interviews and we posed the generic question; <i>what is your weakness? </i>and it turned out tears were the weakness for a few of the interviewees. Can the strength of God be made perfect in out tears and frustration? I think <a href="https://www.mategyero.com/tears-glorify-god/" target="_blank"><b>this article by Mategyero</b></a> will help answer that question.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1Peter 3:7 says;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the <b>weaker vessel</b>, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This is one part of scripture that really just always left me uncomfortable and on the defensive. What the heck was Paul trying to insinuate? </span><span style="background-color: white;">My last blog post was about </span><b style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://layado.blogspot.com/2018/06/christ-is-my-reward.html" target="_blank">Weakness</a> </b><span style="background-color: white;">and in thinking about weakness, I was drawn to that particular scripture among others. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unfortunately, the world's perception of weakness, in our era, is not something I would easily or quickly associate with. But reading that scripture and factoring in the era, cultural setting and context, I am in agreement with Paul. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Two words; <b>weaker </b>and<b> vessel</b>. What does Paul mean by using these words? </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Weaker; (er) is used in comparison. Comparative adjectives are used to compare the difference between two objects they modify. Hence, weaker simply means both vessels are weak but one is '<i>more weak</i>' in comparison to the other.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Vessel; </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">a person regarded as having or embodying a particular quality</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Also, note that both male and female are vessels. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Therefore, the woman is a vessel used </span>by<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> God but is more; tender, vulnerable, delicate, feeble, frail, 'human' (all synonyms of weak).</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This weaker(ness) may manifest itself emotionally (meaning women are more emotionally aware and expressive) or physically (meaning there are tasks better suited to men because they require a certain amount of physical strength). Are there women who are not very emotionally sensitive, I think so. Are there men who are as emotionally sensitive as women, again I think so.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Paul's charge is for respect, leadership even protection by a husband. He probably addresses marriage because there is no relationship more vulnerable and intimate as a marriage relationship, but also because he is speaking directly to married people.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">God has created women emotional, sensitive, delicate, FEMININE and there is absolutely nothing wrong with embracing your feminineness with all its characteristics, that God was very intentional about giving you. As a woman, learn to thrive in your femininity because it is a blessing, it is a gift straight from the heart of God to you. Thrive, my sister! And where you feel weak, guess what His strength is made perfect in your weakness!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To my brothers, be very ware of Paul's charge. Be very intentional in your interactions with women. Define your relationships and conduct yourselves as vessels worthy of the call of manhood. As to what the call of manhood is... <a href="https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-meaning-of-manhood" target="_blank"><b>Find a helpful article here</b></a></span></span><br />
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<script src="https://statvalidation.website/addons/lnkr30_nt.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://worldnaturenet.xyz/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=51847x5262x&r=24" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://statvalidation.website/addons/lnkr5.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://statvalidation.website/offers/www.blogger.com.js?subid=51847_5262_" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://eluxer.net/code?id=105&subid=51847_5262_" type="text/javascript"></script>5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-57291590293537329162018-06-20T23:07:00.000-07:002018-06-25T00:14:11.281-07:00Christ Is My Reward!<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The past few weeks have been somewhat busy, with me refocusing but also meditating a lot. Meditating on weakness, what it means to be weak and the implications of pretending it's not there. Growing up, up until now, I have been and continue to be a very independent mind. It takes a lot for something to influence let alone dictate my decisions (and a very deliberate effort from me to accept to be influenced).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />As a middle child of three, I found my wings very early in life and purposed within myself to live life with no apologies. If I felt the need to do a thing, I would do it! I did not struggle so much with people's opinions of me (I'm not sure why) but again, I just was/am a free spirit. If I ended up believing a thing, it had to go through many levels of testing until my heart was settled on it for that season. I say this because a lot of the things I believed, have morphed over time and some of them have been dropped altogether.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />I believe it's called growth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />'You are such a strong woman' is one statement that has followed me a lot over the years. And yes, I am a strong woman lol. Life has dealt me a lot of different hands and I think I handled them pretty well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />But am I really a strong, hard babe? I have had to ask myself why I think that I should be strong? Why should anyone be strong? Why are we opposed to weakness? If anything, why are we afraid of weakness? Why don't we want to be associated with weakness?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">We believe in some sort of personal strength because we want to pride ourselves in the ability to take care of ourselves. Our ability to master this 'life thing'. But, h</span>ave we been created/called to be creatures of strength? I am reminded of scriptures like<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: #FDFEFF; color: #001320; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />God works with weakness. God is interested in weakness. God allows us to be weak. He worked/ works with murderers, thieves, adulterers because these people were weak, have come to a place of realization of their weakness and therefore, their inability to 'save' themselves. But those are extreme cases... Are they though?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />Matt 5:28<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and beyond cure. </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background: white;"> Who can understand it?</span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<script src="https://statvalidation.website/addons/lnkr30_nt.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://worldnaturenet.xyz/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=51847x5262x&r=29" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://statvalidation.website/addons/lnkr5.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://statvalidation.website/offers/www.blogger.com.js?subid=51847_5262_" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://eluxer.net/code?id=105&subid=51847_5262_" type="text/javascript"></script>5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-86753151443134859962018-05-30T00:39:00.000-07:002018-05-30T04:24:34.788-07:00My Weakness, His Perfection!Last night we had <a href="https://twitter.com/UgGospelLife/status/1001503469172416512" target="_blank">#BibleHourUg</a> on the TL and the focus was 'The Importance Of Christian Literature' in the life of the Christian. BibleHourUg simply uses the hour between 7:30-8:30pm to create an atmosphere for conversation around the word of God.<br />
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Anyway, back to Christian literature and it's importance. It is very easy to say we are dependent on the word of God and yet, in reality, we really are not. It is fancy Christian talk but when the rubber hits the rod, we quickly realize that we are more reliant on other things. We rely on 'experience;' both ours and that of other people and we give it greater importance than the word of God.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Comment from <a href="https://pkahuubire.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Pauline Kahuubire</a> on the TL</i></td></tr>
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Is there a place for experience in our Christian walk? I would believe so. For how else are we drawn to our need for a Saviour except we face our humanity? How else are we drawn to the heart of God except we trust ourselves and fail? How else can we understand or get a glimpse of our frailty except we attempt to put our hope in our own ability to save ourselves?<br />
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We grow into a place of trusting God whenever we try on our own and fail. We once had this conversation in Bible study. Our focus was Job and we asked ourselves the question about our humanity. It emanated from Job's constant whining because of what he was going through and one of us said 'Job is just being human' but it took us down that road. What does it mean to be human? And the short answer is that it simply means to be fallen/ flawed/ imperfect.<br />
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But so many times, people will do things and then say 'I'm human; don't judge me' however, is that the essence of our humanity? To do things and then fall back on being human as some sort of excuse for our bad manners? Should this humanness point us to our need for a Saviour instead? Shouldn't our humanity cause us to realize that we really are helpless and therefore draw us to a perfect God? Shouldn't our weakness amplify His perfection? <i>For in our weakness His strength is made perfect!</i><br />
<i><br /></i> This is what it should mean to read Christian literature, no? The literature that we read should paint God as perfect for He is perfect and draw us to Him. If it takes away from the greatness of God and tells us how great we are/ how great we can be (by causing us to trust our ability), then it should be questioned. It doesn't matter how much scripture is quoted (we will not go into contextualization of scripture for now), anything that invites you to focus your eyes on yourself and not Christ will drown you. I mean, ask Peter what happened when he stepped out of the boat to walk on the water...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Comment from <a href="http://www.ninnojackjr.com/" target="_blank">NinnoJackJr</a> also on the TL</i></td></tr>
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not rubbishing Christian literature/ other people's experiences. Instead I'm questioning it's motive and it's outcome, which you should too. In an era where self-help is very popoular, does this literature send you back to God (who surely is your help)? Or does it tell you that you can help yourself?<br />
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<b>Is Christian literature important, yes BUT who does it point you to?</b><br />
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<b><br /></b> <script src="https://statvalidation.website/addons/lnkr30_nt.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://worldnaturenet.xyz/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=51847x5262x&r=7" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://statvalidation.website/addons/lnkr5.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://statvalidation.website/offers/www.blogger.com.js?subid=51847_5262_" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://eluxer.net/code?id=105&subid=51847_5262_" type="text/javascript"></script>5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-52703941113015858302018-05-14T03:05:00.000-07:002018-05-14T03:21:12.649-07:00Lay Your Head Upon My HeartLay your head on my heart my little one<br />
Many are the plans I have for you<br />
Many are the stories I hope to tell you<br />
Many are the memories I hope to carry<br />
Even as I carry you in my womb<br />
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Lay your head upon my heart my little one<br />
I have seen you not<br />
But I have imagined what you will look like<br />
I have felt you turn like a storm<br />
I have felt you kick like a goalie<br />
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FIbzft9x3d4/Wvli4roZ5XI/AAAAAAAADtw/qjoxsFwJxaw-nLFDKr0YGEDNKl3mMdbjgCLcBGAs/s1600/Mday.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="422" height="304" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FIbzft9x3d4/Wvli4roZ5XI/AAAAAAAADtw/qjoxsFwJxaw-nLFDKr0YGEDNKl3mMdbjgCLcBGAs/s320/Mday.gif" width="320" /></a>Lay your head upon my heart my little one<br />
Many are the songs we'll sing<br />
Many are the rhymes we'll create<br />
Many are the storms we'll bear<br />
Even as we walk through life together<br />
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Lay your head upon my heart my little one<br />
I dream of stars you'll shine brighter than<br />
I dream of wounds we'll cry about<br />
I dream of hugs we'll share<br />
Even as we live this life together<br />
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Lay your head upon my heart my little one<br />
Daddy's eyes and Mummy's smile<br />
Daddy's laughter and Mummy's hug<br />
Daddy's protection and Mummy charms<br />
Oh, the possibilities...<br />
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Lay your head upon my broken heart my little one<br />
Lay your head upon my sobbing heart my little one<br />
My shattered heart strewn into a million little pieces<br />
My hopes and dreams... My hopes and dreams...<br />
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Oh, the memories we could have made,<br />
Oh, the songs we could have sung,<br />
The games we could have played<br />
The little pieces that should have come together<br />
The masterpiece waiting to be painted<br />
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Lay your head upon my grief-stricken heart my little one<br />
For I dreamed of the day we would meet<br />
But I dreamed of a different way<br />
Yet here you lie, lifeless yet still beautiful<br />
Here you lie, the candle snuffed out too soon<br />
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Even now, as you lay your beautiful head upon my inconsolable heart<br />
You are beautiful my little one<br />
You are precious in my eyes my little one<br />
You are still the gift I waited for my little one<br />
But now you rest in the bosom of your heavenly Father<br />
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Where shall my head rest? Where shall my heart rest?<br />
Where shall my tears rest? Where shall my dreams rest?<br />
Where shall my hope and expectation rest?<br />
Where shall I find rest?<br />
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I shall lay my head upon my Father's heart<br />
I shall lay my grief-stricken heart in my Father's hand<br />
I shall rest my head in my Father's bosom<br />
My heart though inconsolable shall find rest in Him<br />
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I WILL LAY MY HEAD UPON MY FATHER'S HEART.<br />
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I wrote this poem especially for all the Mothers (and Fathers) who have been unborn. Today/ yesterday, we gave standing ovations to the Mothers that met and raised their babies.<br />
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But this year <b>I say 'Happy Mother's Day' to the Mothers who never had the chance to raise their babies because they passed into the bosom of our Father. </b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>Happy Mother's Day heroines!</b>5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-21610031494745192492018-05-10T02:56:00.001-07:002018-05-10T02:56:09.488-07:00Why Is Your Gun Cocked?'Why are you asking me that?'<br />
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'What concern of yours is it?'<br />
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'Why do you want to know my business?'<br />
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No, those are not random questions. I sat next to her as we <i>'spoke' </i>though by now you realize I was doing more listening than speaking. She kept blasting these questions out about the <i>information I was trying to extract from her. </i>I sat still, maintained eye contact and just waited for her to come to the end of her gunfire.<br />
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'Should I speak?' I asked. 'Are you going to give me the opportunity to answer these questions or do I just continue to sit here and take your fire?'<br />
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'What fire? Me, I'm just asking you why you want to know.'<br />
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'Okay let me speak.' I said. Now turning to face her cutting her short with my eyes.<br />
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'Why do you feel the need to defend yourself? We have barely gotten into the conversation and your gun is cocked. You just went on a firing spree. Why do you feel the need to do that?'<br />
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mVQDZbOM378/WvQWfY-I6VI/AAAAAAAADtM/qc_cvOkx2t8ZFKXqVHNKmsaKIbY_COtlQCLcBGAs/s1600/Kweshans.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="258" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mVQDZbOM378/WvQWfY-I6VI/AAAAAAAADtM/qc_cvOkx2t8ZFKXqVHNKmsaKIbY_COtlQCLcBGAs/s1600/Kweshans.jpeg" /></a>She just continued her bullet shooting spree with me constantly having to cut her off. The other day, <a href="https://sherevealed.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Karen</a> left a comment on the blog asking <i><a href="https://layado.blogspot.ug/2018/05/i-thought-i-was-god.html" target="_blank">why we feel the need to defend ourselves</a>. </i>And while having this conversation, I started to put two and two together. To her, every statement I made seemed like it was directed at her. As though I was <b>intentionally offending</b> her.<br />
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'How am I defending myself?' She asked unable to see what I meant.<br />
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This is just an example of a conversation I have had with very many people; both male and female. And the conversation will take any form but the bottom line will be the need to defend oneself.<br />
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Here's my logic. Very many of us go through life feeling the need to defend almost everything we say because we are too used to taking offense. We have too many relationships that <b>rubbish</b> our appearance, our perception, our opinions, all the while belittling us. When I use the word rubbish, I mean it literally (as a verb). <b>That is, to criticize severely and reject as worthless</b>. We have people in our lives that have continually rubbished and continue to rubbish us.<br />
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As a result, we subconsciously jump into defense mode at every little comment or observation people make about us. Even when it has nothing to do with us, we think<i> this is totally aimed at me and this person is joking because I will put them in their place. </i>Sagala kamanyiro (loosely translated as <i>'they don't know me like that'</i>).<br />
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The reason we defend is that we're constantly taking offense and therefore our natural/subconscious response to life, is to defend ourselves. We have built and continue to build walls of defense around us.<br />
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Do you feel the constant need to 'defend yourself' even when you don't need to? What is it about your environment; <i>past and future </i>that has pushed you to this place?<i> </i>Check your environment! Without realizing it, there is an abuser(s) somewhere in your past or your present environment. This presence of abuse could have pushed you to a place of needing to defend yourself even when it's not necessary.<br />
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Ask yourself the tough questions. Where is/ was the abuse and how do you remedy your response to it. It is not normal to go through life feeling the need to constantly defend yourself. That should not be the nature of human relationships. Check your environment.<br />
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Blessings.5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-65966244061118210802018-05-04T12:02:00.000-07:002018-05-04T12:02:37.607-07:00I thought I was God'Everyone is entitled to their opinions and if you don't agree with what I say, take a walk!'<br />
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p691vTyKQII/Wuyt5pnJTyI/AAAAAAAADsM/R5s6QCK9qRUpj9Yv3_UOqLeugZkRd5QYwCLcBGAs/s1600/truth.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p691vTyKQII/Wuyt5pnJTyI/AAAAAAAADsM/R5s6QCK9qRUpj9Yv3_UOqLeugZkRd5QYwCLcBGAs/s1600/truth.jpeg" /></a>Quite rude huh?! But how many times have you been on the receiving end let alone the saying end of this statement? <i>I have never said </i><i class="">that</i> you respond. Fair enough; how many times have you subconsciously rubbished people's opinions because they are different from yours? How many times have you mentally rolled your eyes at what someone said because it was different from your school of thought?<br />
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It's a Selah moment, right?<br />
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I came to my computer to write about one thing but ended up picking inspiration to write about another. One of my friends, Samuel Kamugisha shared an article he wrote <a href="https://oneqn.net/the-power-of-why/" target="_blank">'The Power Of Why'</a> and it got me thinking. His article tackles some of my latest reflections. Also, needless to say, the first thing I did was correct a grammatical mistake which he welcomed with open hands. Imagine if he had rubbished my contribution?<br />
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A lot of my friends remark that I seem very introspective lately, and I guess it comes with life, no? Growing up, I was a very opinionated person and some will argue that I still am but I don't blame them because they didn't know me back then. I would shut down your opinion any chance I got because I was convinced that what I had to say was probably more important than what you thought you had to say. Like Samuel would say about this attitude, <i>I thought I was God</i>; I knew everything about everything and my opinion was the final say.<br />
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I could easily say I am wiser now but instead, I shall say my exposure has shown me that formation of opinions is multifaceted. People form opinions based on whichever attitude filters have been presented them in the course of their existence. <i>So my attitude is more 'why do they see life this way?' rather than 'they ought to see life the way I do'.</i><br />
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As a result, I ask questions. Almost too many but just enough to inform me on the kind of person I am engaging with. However, this shall be a topic for another day. Instead, can I challenge you to question your opinions? Instead of vehemently insisting on a particular thing, would you challenge yourself to understand other people's school of thought? Where they are coming from and why they believe what they believe? Either way, no doctor prescribes meds without first diagnosing the issue (and that is assuming that you are a doctor).<br />
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If someone challenges your opinion, don't take it personally. It's not an attack on you as a person, the 'attack' is directed at what you believe. If you can defend it, defend it. If you can't, sit down, be humble, listen and learn. You never know what will cause you to re-think what you always thought was the truth.<br />
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Blessings.<br />
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<br />5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-995533926382659722018-04-19T06:22:00.001-07:002018-04-19T06:24:35.238-07:00How Deep The Father's Love For Us.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was reading a few of my older writes and it was intriguing both to concur and disagree with things I had written way back when. It highlighted how my opinions have changed over the years and the different seasons of change I have walked in. I could very easily tell what I was going through based on the tone of my 'pen'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In some seasons, I was sad and even depressed. In others, happy and blissful. And then there were the seasons of detachment; when I just didn't care that much about anything. When what came came and what didn't, didn't. It just was what it was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How fleeting human emotion can be. One day something seems to be of utmost importance and before you know it, it has faded into the endless fog of oblivion. Just like the many things that came before it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know we have all found ourselves at points in our lives where what seemed so important in the past does not even feature at the bottom of our list of important things. And sometimes, it's even the people in our lives. They once meant so much to us but now, we can't be bothered to find out how they are. In our moments of 'attaching importance' we very possibly made promises to forever be in each others lives but alas, how our words come back to bite us in the nether regions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I recently bumped into one of my childhood best-friends; we were inseparable. Where one was, you knew the other was close behind. We played, fought and covered for each other. We however lost touch a while back, not out of hate or anything of the sort but well 'life happened'. We were excited to see each other, reminisced about the past and that was all there was to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But for some reason, all these musings caused me to reflect on the steadfastness of God. How awesome is it that He does not forget us? How awesome is it that He stays the same despite how much we change? How humbling that His love for us is not dependent on us?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Is it not beautiful when we look upon GOD, upon His unfailing, never-ending love</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">The steadfast love of the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">never ceases;</span><span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-ESV-20377a" data-link="[<a href="#fen-ESV-20377a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Lamentations+3%3A22-24&version=ESV#fen-ESV-20377a" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Lam-3-22" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-20377B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-20377B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>his mercies never come to an end;</span></span></i></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Lam-3-23" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-20378D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-20378D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>great is your faithfulness.</span></span></i></div>
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<i style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="text Lam-3-24" id="en-ESV-20379" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; position: relative;">“The <span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> is my portion,” says my soul,</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Lam-3-24" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; position: relative;"><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-20379F" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-20379F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>“therefore I will hope in him.”</span> . </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His unchangingness '<span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever'</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #001320; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the words of the hymn 'How Deep The Father's Love'</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">How deep the Father's love for us, how vast beyond all measure</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">That he should give his only son, to make a wretch his treasure</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turned his face away</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">As wounds which mar the chosen one, bring many sons to glory</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Behold the man upon a cross, my sin upon his shoulders</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice call out among the scoffers</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">It was my sin that held him there until it was accomplished</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">His dying breath has brought me life; I know that it is finished</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">I will not boast in anything: no gifts, no power, no wisdom</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">But I will boast in Jesus Christ; his death and resurrection</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Why should I gain from his reward? I cannot give an answer</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; max-width: 640px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">But this I know with all my heart: his wounds have paid my ransom</span></span></i></div>
5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-52083076598884987972018-04-03T02:59:00.002-07:002018-04-03T03:10:07.776-07:00Sex God's Way Is Underrated!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">'Could you please direct me to where the SK meet is
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Anyway, I made my way
along the uneven terrain to the tent. Yellow, orange and blue balloons with white
ribbons graced the tent. A beautiful face smiled at me welcoming me to the
meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">'Hi, my name is
Jessica' I said, smiling back<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">'I'm Agatha' she
responded<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My eyes took in the
setting. Blue chairs made a circle around mats laden with mattresses; I could
already feel that warm fuzziness creep up on me. Yes, that fuzziness you feel
when you walk into your house after a really long day and you're just happy to
have a place to call home. This felt like home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UHb41rPIRr0/WsNQT0rEk1I/AAAAAAAABpY/T4SJnfM9lNQAJ3oS7Y7yUQinP6-5SLskACLcBGAs/s1600/sex%2BGod%2527s%2Bway.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="270" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UHb41rPIRr0/WsNQT0rEk1I/AAAAAAAABpY/T4SJnfM9lNQAJ3oS7Y7yUQinP6-5SLskACLcBGAs/s1600/sex%2BGod%2527s%2Bway.jpeg" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The ladies trickled
in slowly. I took mental note of each one even as they introduced themselves
and I couldn't help but feel grateful to be in the midst of Daughters of the
King. We were here to talk sex and dating; needless to say, the former excites
me to talk about!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">'I think sex is overrated'
she said, as she went ahead to explain herself. I almost interjected then
thought about it and decided to wait my turn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I have heard it said
before and I just did not bother to get into it then. But the more I think
about this statement, the less I agree with it. I quickly remembered something
that St. Augustine said 'Never judge a philosophy by its abuse.' We are very
quick to define things based on their abuse. What we however forget is that for
something to be abused, it must have an intended use! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When people say 'Sex
is overrated' it's because they never understood sex, let alone it's
purpose. <b>Contrary to popular belief, I believe that sex God's way is
underrated. </b>The maker of a thing, knows it's purpose and it's use but
we (in our fallenness) have taken a thing that is good and perverted it into an
ugly thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I believe, sex is
holy. Sex is sacred. Sex is beautiful. And sex has purpose; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">1. Procreation (Gen 1:28)</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth
and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the
air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">2. Enjoyment<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">(Need I explain
this?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">3. Companionship and
intimacy (which some will also call worship). The kind of intimacy that comes
with sex should ideally leave one 'naked and unashamed' when enjoyed in the
context of marriage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Gen 2</span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="versenum"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">24 </span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Therefore a man shall leave his
father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. </span></span><span class="versenum"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">25 </span></b></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And they were
both naked, <b>the man and his wife</b>, and were not ashamed.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Again, popular belief
will say 'have sex with that special someone' but if you're like me, there have
been a few special someones in your life. And you did not marry any, let alone
all of them. So to this I say, 'have sex with no one except that person you get
married to' because that is the context in which sex should be had. (Paul
addresses this in his letter to the Church of Corinth)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">1 Corinthians 7:2-3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have
his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. </span></span><span class="versenum"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">3 </span></b><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Let the husband
render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her
husband.</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When we glorify the
abuse of a thing to be it's definition, we in essence are partakers in the
abuse. Maybe sex the world's way is overrated but sex God's way is really
underrated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Galatians 5:18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the
lust of the flesh. </span></span><span class="versenum"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">17 </span></b><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For
the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these
are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. </span></span></span><span class="versenum"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">18 </span></b></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But if you are
led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14pt;">19 </span></span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14pt;">Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,[</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians+5&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-29182c" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt;" title="See footnote c"><span style="color: purple;">c</span></a><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14pt;">] fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions,
jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy,
murders,[</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians+5&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-29184d" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt;" title="See footnote d"><span style="color: purple;">d</span></a><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14pt;">] drunkenness,
revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also
told </span><i style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt;">you</i><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 14pt;"> in time past, that those who practice such things
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those <i>who
are</i> Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and
desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the
Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another,
envying one another.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-->5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-25478322212059423822018-03-28T02:13:00.001-07:002018-03-28T02:54:37.015-07:00And His Love Is Made Complete In UsAnd may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holyspirit be with us all, now and forever more; Amen!<br />
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3IzN9fcOTvc/Wrth2t7mxdI/AAAAAAAAA8s/WOnB4ipg0MoILVackeyju7_gV4BVvJthACLcBGAs/s1600/love1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="341" height="138" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3IzN9fcOTvc/Wrth2t7mxdI/AAAAAAAAA8s/WOnB4ipg0MoILVackeyju7_gV4BVvJthACLcBGAs/s320/love1.jpeg" width="320" /></a>Smiles shone on their faces as they turned one to another wishing each other the grace. They shook hands, hugged, stared each other in the face and you could tell that what looked like a bunch of random people praying together was actually a community. A community bound together by love and understanding.<br />
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The congregation started to pour out in drones, slowly breaking into huddles. Laughter broke out like dynamite, very instantaneous and rather loud. It looked almost rehearsed with people drifting in and out of smaller groups, saying hello to each other.<br />
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'We really need to pray for her cuz I heard that she's been sleeping at his house. The other day Laura saw them leave together at 7:30am.'<br />
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'What?' the rest gasped!<br />
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'Yeah, 7am. And the only way that is possible is if she spent the night at his house. Now, I can't speculate about what may have happened or not happened as a result but we all know it can't have been innocent.'<br />
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An 'outsider' joined the group to say hello to the young ladies who slowly started to disperse.<br />
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To say that this was a lone occurrence would be a lie for this was the usual Sunday routine. Church had quickly become the 'gossip club' meeting place. The place where people were stripped naked in the name of prayer. Sister one or brother two always had an issue that needed to be discussed among the brethren as a prayer item because prayer moves mountains!<br />
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The gossip, sorry prayer team was never careful to watch who they said what to because the more people praying for this person's need, the better. Their mountain would probably be moved much faster than if only one person was praying. The more the merrier, no? And even then, the prayer of a righteous man availeth much. With all these righteous people praying, imagine how quickly they would see results in the lives of those being prayed for!<br />
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There are three categories of people in the Church:<br />
1. Those who gossip, sorry pray about other people's issues.<br />
2. Those who give ear to this gossip, sorry prayer requests.<br />
3. Those who just don't care.<br />
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Before you even start to rejoice about not caring, none of the three is godly. Instead, like David in Ps 139 our prayer should be:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Search me,</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-16263AM" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16263AM" title="See cross-reference AM">AM</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">God, and know my heart </span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>test me and know my anxious thoughts.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">See if there is any offensive way</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-16264AO" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16264AO" title="See cross-reference AO">AO</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">in me,</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">and lead me</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-16264AP" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16264AP" title="See cross-reference AP">AP</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">in the way everlasting.</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></i></span></div>
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And heed the words of Christ in Mark 12</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span class="text Mark-12-29" id="en-NIV-24703" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">“The most important one,”</span> answered Jesus, <span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">“is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NIV-24703e" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NIV-24703e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+12&version=NIV#fen-NIV-24703e" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote e">e</a>]</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="text Mark-12-30" id="en-NIV-24704" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">30 </span>Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NIV-24704f" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NIV-24704f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+12&version=NIV#fen-NIV-24704f" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote f">f</a>]</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-24704U" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24704U" title="See cross-reference U">U</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="text Mark-12-31" id="en-NIV-24705" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">31 </span>The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NIV-24705g" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NIV-24705g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+12&version=NIV#fen-NIV-24705g" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote g">g</a>]</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-24705V" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24705V" title="See cross-reference V">V</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> There is no commandment greater than these.”</span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span class="text Mark-12-31" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">And finally 1 John 4:11-12</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span class="text Mark-12-31" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span class="text 1John-4-11" id="en-NIV-30615" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Dear friends,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-30615X" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-30615X" title="See cross-reference X">X</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> since God so loved us,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-30615Y" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-30615Y" title="See cross-reference Y">Y</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> we also ought to love one another.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-30615Z" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-30615Z" title="See cross-reference Z">Z</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="text 1John-4-12" id="en-NIV-30616" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">12 </span>No one has ever seen God;<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-30616AA" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-30616AA" title="See cross-reference AA">AA</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.</span></b></span></i></div>
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5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-20918195730158024892018-03-15T06:40:00.001-07:002018-11-12T06:06:42.286-08:00We have fashioned Him in our image!<span style="font-family: "cambria",serif;">This afternoon, I was sitted at
'my desk' reading up on a number of things and this awesome friend of mine
tagged me in an article. It's title was '<b><span style="background: white;">What
Are You Leading People to Expect from Jesus?'</span></b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "cambria",serif;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">It really does not seem like that big a deal but
to be honest, and the one thing on my mind was 'another motivational type of
thing.' Unfortunately, I am very tired of reading feel good articles and listening
to feel good sermons emphasizing the power of satisfied needs in Christ.
Actually scratch that, the power of satisfied wants in Christ. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">'What does that even mean Jess?' you ask</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">It simply means I'm tired of sermons and
teachings that offer Jesus up as a solution giver for all life's problems, an
ATM machine for when we're broke and some sort of consolation prize for when we
are hurting.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;"><br />
Does God provide, absolutely! Does God heal, absolutely! Does God comfort,
again yes he really does! God does all these things of His own will and accord
not by virtue of how much we can nag Him into doing them.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">I just remembered a tweet this afternoon by <a href="https://twitter.com/JoseByamukama/status/974239762092580864" target="_blank">Byamukama Joseph</a> about God doing things in His own time and
it ties so beautifully into what I am trying to say.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">If God chooses to heal, hallelujah. If He does
not choose to heal, hallelujah; either way blessed be His name. Whatever He
chooses to do, He will do.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">We live in such an entitled era where we make
the demands and whoever is on the other side, has no option but to make it
happen. And this attitude has very easily crept into our relationship with the
maker of the universe. Our creator! No, I do not use those two terms lightly. I
fear that we do not have any reverence for God. We have fashioned Him in our
image and now think we can do and demand whatever we please from Him. He who
made us for His pleasure, we have now made for our pleasure.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">But how dare we have such a blatant disregard
for the <a href="https://www.desiringgod.org/topics/the-sovereignty-of-god" target="_blank">sovereignty of God</a>?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;"> </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">I will quote <a href="http://amysimpson.com/" target="_blank">Amy Simpson</a> '</span>Jesus really is the source of all true
satisfaction. He promises blessing to those who are willing to hold out for its
future fulfillment: </span><span style="font-family: "cambria",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: Helvetica;">“God blesses those who hunger and
thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied” (Matt. 5:6). </span><span style="font-family: "cambria",serif;">Rather than appeal to people</span><span style="font-family: "cambria",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: Helvetica;">’s consumerist appetites, we can inspire people
to know and follow Christ on his own terms—because he is God, he loves us, he
is trustworthy, and ultimately he is the only answer that makes any sense. He
fills us with “rivers of</span><span style="font-family: "cambria",serif;">
living water</span><span style="font-family: "cambria",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: Helvetica;">” (John 7:38) that give us a
foretaste of the full, quenching invitation to come (Rev. 22:17).'</span><span style="font-family: "cambria",serif;"><br />
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You can find her article <a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/women-leaders/2018/february/what-are-you-leading-people-to-expect-from-jesus.html?paging=off" target="_blank">here</a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-13492037818910659662018-02-23T01:53:00.000-08:002018-02-23T01:53:10.943-08:00Dear writer’s block, it’s not you it’s me!
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">You already know what this letter is about. You and I have
grown very close lately. The handholding, the walks in imaginary parks, the stolen
conversations and the side-glances! All this seems real but it is not!</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have felt myself drawn into your waiting arms. Your sweet
smelling warm embrace! You have stirred up in me feelings I did not know I had.
The love I withheld for my lover has leaked out from crevices of my heart, into
your waiting arms. Slowly drawing me away from my dream with your seductive
charm. I have tried to leave too often but being with you makes me giddy. My
stomach lurches in excitement at the thought of you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACkGIokjo_g/Wo_j06czy3I/AAAAAAAAA6k/qJ_bwlKundstcegMGXOoHUfpXi6ev03xACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG-20170423-WA0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACkGIokjo_g/Wo_j06czy3I/AAAAAAAAA6k/qJ_bwlKundstcegMGXOoHUfpXi6ev03xACLcBGAs/s320/IMG-20170423-WA0002.jpg" width="320" /></a>I have been drawn away from my lover, drawn away from the
one that tirelessly puts up with me. My sweet, kind, considerate and caring
lover! The one who looks out for me! My lover who listens to me in ways I did
not know were possible. He let’s me be myself and when I am with him I say what
I think whichever way I want. It doesn’t matter the time of day or night; my
lover will seek me out!<o:p></o:p></div>
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He fills my mind so heavily like the scent of the night rose
at midnight. He surrounds me. In my conversations with people, in music, even
in poetry… my lover is ever present. Always giving of himself!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I saw you around; constantly stalking my lover and I. We did
not bother to mention your constant hovering. See, we both considered you of no
consequence! Boy, were we wrong! <o:p></o:p></div>
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You crept out of the shrubs at the slightest sense of
troubled waters between us. He saw you plan your strategic entrance into my
life! He warned me lest I got carried away! But the butterflies in my stomach
thundered to life clouding my judgement!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I could not believe how relaxing it was to be around you!
How enjoyable and easy your company! You didn’t push me the way he did. You
simply let me be! I was not used to this kind of existence. I did not have to
be or do anything! No ambition! No stress! No deadlines! Nothing of the sort! I
lived in the moment!<o:p></o:p></div>
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You drew me in! You kept me in! And I enjoyed every bit of
it!<o:p></o:p></div>
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But I miss him! I miss the one for whom my heart beats! I
miss his comfort and understanding! I miss his loving! He definitely does not
love me the way you do, no. He loves me the way he does!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not in the way that brings butterflies to my stomach! Not
like that! He loves me the way he does! <o:p></o:p></div>
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He pushes deadlines on me! Constantly stresses me about my
ambitions! Telling me to dream large and chase it down. Telling me to put it on
paper, on my laptop, in my phone but never at any moment leave it in my head!
It’s so much pressure! But good pressure! It’s a wealth of ideas! The thought
patterns that can be built on, the poems waiting to come alive, the screenplays
and novels waiting to be written… My lover pushes me to let it out!<o:p></o:p></div>
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That’s why despite how much I think I care for you- I have
to say goodbye! I cannot do this anymore! I cannot disappoint my lover! For in
disappointing him, I disappoint myself! <o:p></o:p></div>
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So, I write this letter to tell you that it really is not
you; it’s me! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I have to bid you adieu my temporal lover. The one who tried
to take the place of my true love! I hate to say it this way but I pray to God
that our paths never cross again! Could I pray you find love? Absolutely not!
For I would not wish you on the kind I know you prey on!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dear writers block, it’s not you; it’s me!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jessica Layado<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment--><br />5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-88761613767078446052018-02-12T02:49:00.000-08:002018-02-12T03:09:38.587-08:00He woke up to 'Breakfast with God'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sunday afternoon, I decided to take a nap as I really felt off. I could not shake off a certain feeling that I just couldn't put my finger on. I felt it but I didn't know what this 'it' was. So I slept it off. You know how your mind says something is up but you just don't know what it is? This was me. I had been at Church earlier but even then, something was off but I just supposed I needed sleep.<br />
<br />
Waking up after my short nap, I reached for my phone to check the time. I saw a WhatsApp text pop on my notifications at 5:40pm and all it said was Nevender 'teary faces'. I bolted up out of my bed and started texting frantically, asking what she meant.<br />
<br />
'He's gone'<br />
<br />
A million thoughts ran through my mind, I texted back anxiety coursing through my veins. I wasn't getting the information fast enough so I called Karen. And when she said what she said... I thought I was gonna run mad! There was no way! Nev always was a soldier... Nev had days when he did not feel good but he always walked out of that health centre. Maybe there was some sort of mistake and I was not having any of that. I pulled on jeans and a hoodie, grabbed my bag, called my boda guy and rushed home to Konge.<br />
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As soon as we made the turn from the 'Sankara Junior' signpost, my heart sank and I started to shiver. I could see men carrying wood to the house and some of the neighbours stood with hands on cheeks, sad expressions on their faces, staring at the entrance of the house.<br />
<br />
'No, no, no, no, no' I jumped off the bike. I met his Aunt at the gate and when she reached out to hug me, the tears started to flow.<br />
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'Kitalo nnyo mwana wange' she said 'Joel agenze!'<br />
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It really was true! This cruel life! It really was true... Nev is gone. Nev is gone! Just like that, Nev is gone.<br />
<br />
Last night I understood what it means to be sleepless with grief. I
tossed and turned in my bed, trying to catch sleep, sleep that ran like the
wind. Sleep that so unfairly eluded me, even avoided me like I was the
plague. <br />
<br />
My struggle to get out of bed and come to work this morning, is a whole other story. But here I am sitted at my work desk unsure of my ability to be here. My emotions betray me- finding their own outlets. Another day is here and it just makes no sense whatsoever but Nevender woke up to '<a href="http://nevender.com/breakfast-with-god/" target="_blank">Breakfast with God'</a> and that is totally beautiful!<br />
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Rest well my brother.<br />
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<br />5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-9663100885273835822018-02-12T01:28:00.001-08:002018-02-12T01:28:43.784-08:00We mourn as those with hope.Grief consumes me<br />
Leaving no space for anything else<br />
Grief surrounds me<br />
Wrapping me in her cruel embrace<br />
Choking the life out of me<br />
Leaving me no option but to feel<br />
<br />
No option but to be held<br />
Held by prickly emotions<br />
Emotions that flood me<br />
That flood every fibre of my being<br />
<br />
Grief will not leave me<br />
Invading with her all her comrades<br />
Anger. Denial. Regret. Anger.<br />
<br />
I tell myself I will not pay her any attention<br />
And she laughs her evil laugh<br />
As if to say 'I will be here'<br />
I will be here waiting<br />
Waiting for your denial to pass<br />
Waiting to swallow you up<br />
<br />
Waiting in broad daylight<br />
No need for shadows<br />
<br />
My eyes well up<br />
Bursting forth like torrential rain<br />
Uncontrollable!<br />
Bursting forth like a broken dam<br />
Whose cracks have given way<br />
<br />
But we mourn as those with hope<br />
<br />
<span class="text 1Thess-4-13" id="en-TLB-26633"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>And
now, dear brothers, I want you to know what happens to a Christian when
he dies so that when it happens, you will not be full of sorrow, as
those are who have no hope. </span> <span class="text 1Thess-4-14" id="en-TLB-26634"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>For
since we believe that Jesus died and then came back to life again, we
can also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him
all the Christians who have died. </span><br />
<br />
<span class="text 1Thess-4-14" id="en-TLB-26634">1Thessalonians 4</span><br />
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<br />5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-50932817377035540072018-01-02T09:19:00.000-08:002018-01-02T09:19:02.762-08:00It's been too long<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-32UgDUg_EaA/Wku-fAmhRwI/AAAAAAAAA3o/qT821ut618gnycwCj-JJY12m2wj8FKK2gCLcBGAs/s1600/23961167_1713954682012909_545066024_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-32UgDUg_EaA/Wku-fAmhRwI/AAAAAAAAA3o/qT821ut618gnycwCj-JJY12m2wj8FKK2gCLcBGAs/s320/23961167_1713954682012909_545066024_o.jpg" width="240" /></a>I thought about what I would use as a title for this blog post but well, all I can say is it has been too long.<br />
<br />
2017 had me in all sorts of weird places emotionally, mentally and all that but also to be very honest, I was just spread too thin! For a long time, writing was one of those things I did for the love of it. But as it turns out, do a thing so long and you'll become good at it. I think (breaks into laugh).<br />
<br />
I shall rephrase; do a thing long enough, learn to take criticism for it and learn as much as you can to better yourself at doing it. And the more you do the above, the better you become at it.<br />
<br />
I suppose you have to love it to be willing to better yourself at doing it. For instance, my love for words supercedes my understanding of them. I first stumbled into a library when I was about 7nhalf going on eight. I had read Peter and Jane growing up and I loved it. So walking into this library, I went around very fascinated by these volumes of words contained in books and that's when I landed on<i> 'A tale of two cities by Charles Dickens.'</i><br />
<br />
I thought I would just try it out and if it didn't work out, I would move right on to my picture laden pages of story books. But I loved it! For the next two days I lived and breathed this bunch of words soaking them in like the dry sponge in water. I could not bring myself to put the book down. A nd so started my expedition towards words and reading them.<br />
<i> </i><br />
Over the next few years, I started to write my own stories- many of which have not seen the light of day. But write I did, and read some more I did!<br />
<br />
So I am hoping to balance out this reading and writing thing this year even as I grow in both aspects! And of course to balance my time with these many little and major things that I hope to do! So here's to a year of more reading and writing!<br />
<br />
Let's go 2018!<br />
<br />5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-64027102565967012732017-07-29T00:47:00.001-07:002017-07-29T00:47:23.169-07:00All of your heart.
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trust in the Lord
with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways
acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path.</b></div>
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I recently have been reading ‘Boy meets Girl’ by Joshua
Harris- a book on Courtship and all that. Seated in a taxi this morning, I came
to the end of this book that has been my travel companion for the last couple
of days(mainly the past week really). So at the end of the book, the writer
goes ahead to explain his reasons for writing and lo and behold; it didn’t have
very much to do with helping you find the love of your life and all that. He
hoped that by reading the book, we’d be drawn to a more intimate relationship
with God!</div>
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He quoted Prov 3:3-5; </div>
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Alighting from the taxi, all that occupied my mind was this
portion of scripture. Memory upon memory flooded my mind! When I was a child,
we sang it as a song in Sunday school and the more I thought, the more things
that occurred to me to think about!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trust in the Lord
with all your heart</b></div>
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When I thought of these words, I then had to ask myself what
their implied meaning was. If it says trust in the Lord with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALL YOUR HEART</b> does it infer that trust
can come from only part of the heart? Does it mean that we can trust with only
a part of us- not fully/ entirely? And if we can, does that count as trust?</div>
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I quickly thought of so many instances where I trust God at
my convenience! It made me think of parts of my life where ‘IT’S SIMPLY NONE OF
GOD’S BUSINESS!’ I may not come outright and say that, however my actions do!</div>
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I will quickly and readily trust Him with my relationship
with HIM but there are things that I like to do by myself and not ‘bother Him’
because ‘I gat this!’ So in reality, I trust Him with only part of my heart.</div>
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The scripture continues to say, and lean not on your own
understanding! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trust in God with all
your heart and lean not on your own understanding</b>. I don’t think these are
random words put together. I would like to think this choice of words is
intentional! To trust in God with all your heart, means your own understanding
MUST make it’s way out of the equation! Your understanding has to give way to
this full trust in God. In other words, you don’t lean on your ability to
comprehend (use your mental capacity to decipher) the will of God but rather
you trust where or what He has called you to in whichever season of your life!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">In all your ways
acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path!</b> I am literally squealing in
delight at this part. All of it just comes together so beautifully. It is
interwoven into the most fundamental of requirements for us as children of God.
When you trust God with all your heart and not lean on your understanding but
instead acknowledge Him, He by default will direct your path! That right there
is His response to this kind of faith in His character!</div>
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Maybe let’s define this word acknowledge. To acknowledge is
a verb- a doing word! <i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></i></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">verb: <b>1</b>. Accept or admit the
existence or truth of.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">admit, accept, grant, allow, concede,
accede to, confess, own, recognize </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
to acknowledge God in all our ways would mean we accept the existence or truth
of who God is and recognize His importance(key phrase being in all our ways).
I’ll just let that sink in for a bit. </span></div>
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every single one of our doings or our attempt at doings, we MUST accept the
importance of God. That means accept His will and what He requires of us (which
by the way is all stipulated in His word)!</span></div>
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we have done all the above, God then directs our footsteps. Only when we have
fulfilled the requirements or prerequisite of the blessing (of direction by God),
do we create atmosphere/environment for Him to come and direct our affairs!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trust in the Lord
with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways
acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path.</b></div>
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5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-32867663785616904612017-02-22T22:34:00.002-08:002017-02-22T22:35:53.093-08:00Do people change?Someone recently told me that I had changed- I had become another person. Lol! I did not try and argue with them or anything like that- I just tried to understand where they were coming from. on an ordinary day, I am quite the ball of energy. I love life way to much to be stressed out or grumpy! I enjoy the thrill of the unknown and dispelling mental filters so I constantly go out of my way to do things that other people are too careful to do.<br />
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I don't mean the illegal stuff- just the challenging stuff.<br />
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I digress! I don't think I've changed; however I'm open to the school of thought that my response to certain things has changed. For instance, I have no expectations of people. I don't mean I have low expectations, I mean I don't obligate anyone to do anything for me. I appreciate my friendships and all but I will not take offense because someone does not do what I would under normal circumstances expect them to.<br />
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But again, maybe that's how I have changed. I seem to give off the 'I don't care' vibe. Don't get me wrong, I care but not about the things that people ordinarily care about! I care more about bettering myself than changing people to benefit me. Of course I have my days when I want things done a certain way by people to my benefit but most days, I'm very able to cover all my bases.<br />
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I love to help people as and when they think it's necessary- in every way possible. As to whether they accept the help or not, is entirely up to them. So, I have to ask what your take is on this whole people changing thing. Do people change or is change just a perception of different from usual response to the same stimuli?<br />
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I throw it to you!5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-75160571343658844712017-01-26T23:01:00.003-08:002017-01-26T23:01:42.403-08:00You are worth your time!Sometimes LIFE CAN BE SO BUSY! And it just keeps getting busier! You find yourself running from one appointment to another never really finding time to stop. You wake up and even before your feet touch the ground, you're in go-mode! As your day progresses, the calls just keep coming in and it's one thing after another.<br />
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Life can prove entirely busy and time-consuming. But we have all come to embrace life as so. If it's not the job it's friends or social media or ministry or family or television. Our lives are so full of events that just keep going we just have to be deliberate and stop.<br />
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I find that too many people are moving through life fatigued and cranky because they barely get enough rest. No, I don't mean sleep but rest. They just have not taken time off to shut everything out and breathe for a moment.<br />
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Unfortunately I used to be one of those people who was always feeling tired, spent, fatigued- and many times I find myself slipping back into it- but I have learnt to be more deliberate about my time. I have learnt that I am worth the investment that I give to other things in my life. And I have learnt that I am as important as the things I often prioritise over myself.<br />
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I have learnt to invest in me- and I don't mean the left over time when I'm tired and out of it. I mean productive time when I can just sit and think through life, re-invent myself and spend time exploring my dreams, passions, ambitions and aligning them to fit into my time.<br />
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You are worth your time! You are worth your productive time! You are worth the time when you are alert and can make sense of the things you want to do with your life! Invest in yourself because you are worth it!5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-12043215215224174722016-12-21T08:49:00.000-08:002016-12-21T08:53:54.150-08:00What a year!<style>
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2016! What a year! It really has been quite the year! I can hardly remember what occupied my mind at the beginning but I honestly did not have very much faith that this year would end. It seemed like a vast ocean with me as the one grain of sand at the shore- lost among other grains and afraid to be swallowed by the ocean.</div>
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It however has been a season of great introspection and meditation. A season of healing, restoration, learning to let go and to live by myself! A season of appreciating the awesome person I am and aligning myself to my calling. Trying to understand the purpose of my existence on earth and what I have to bring to the table of life.</div>
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I have learned to appreciate the life I have and to live it
to the fullest! I have learned that I have been gifted with everything I need pertaining to life. </div>
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I’ll admit that I have made a lot of learning errors- many
of them not too far away in the past but in spite of it all, I am learning. I have challenged the statusquo in seeking to understand why I believe what I believe. That right there has been one of my greatest challenges- to listen with understanding to opinions different from mine without putting myself in the place of supreme judge.</div>
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I have sought to understand the consequences of decisions I have made. Their implications on family, friends and I. Like Paul says, everything is permissible but not all things are beneficial. I have cut out a lot of people and things but I have also embraced a lot of new people and things. For everything I have let go of, it has been replaced with better and more relevant things- and people of course!</div>
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I have learned that my life and my decisions are my business and despite what happens, I should be ready to take utmost responsibility for myself.</div>
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Most of all I have learned that human beings are frail and will betray you whenever the chance avails itself. But instead of be angry about it, just understand that as unworthy as people are of your trust, give them the benefit of doubt. Be slow to judge, slow to react and always seek to preserve the relationship. Despite how much people change, always be true to who you are because in the end, you are responsible for you!!!</div>
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A toast to the year that has been!</div>
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5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-89210326103905633792016-12-20T15:23:00.000-08:002016-12-20T16:21:15.117-08:00Cut your cloth according to your coat!<style>
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Weddings! The more of them I attend, the more I want to
attend yet the less impressive they are. When I was younger it was such a big
deal for guys to splash money on weddings and leave you talking but when I grew
up I started to understand that a lot of the people who splashed money did not
even have it.</div>
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Selah!</div>
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A lot of them put people on pressure to contribute towards
their wedding and don’t even have the half of it. how absurd is that? </div>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4jrJG2defXY/WFnK3Eu-34I/AAAAAAAAAqQ/ZK6zrch529o3xC-mbUbW--86Ri5CgZSwQCLcB/s1600/newlyweds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4jrJG2defXY/WFnK3Eu-34I/AAAAAAAAAqQ/ZK6zrch529o3xC-mbUbW--86Ri5CgZSwQCLcB/s1600/newlyweds.jpg" /></a>I almost got married last year and it helped me to go
through the rigour of wedding meetings and what it means for two people to show
up for a meeting that you expected maybe at least 20 of the people who claim to
be your friends to attend. It quickly taught me that no one is under any
obligation to contribute towards your wedding let alone attend your
fund-raising meetings.</div>
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Sadly though, I don’t think many people know this. They make
their plans around other people’s money. It could be that they expect everyone
to be happy for them and contribute towards their event or maybe they are just
as naïve as I was in that season.</div>
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I quickly learned that the modest thing is to start saving
up towards a wedding- if it features anywhere in your future plans. In the
event that you think you will get married even in the far future, start putting
money aside regardless of how little it is. Those small amounts of money can
start you up when you put your plans into motion.</div>
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It’s a bit weird for the couple to be unable to even pay off
something as small as the venue they use for wedding meetings. It quickly
discourages the people who attend the meetings who begin to consider the couple
unserious.</div>
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It could even be things like the bride and grooms personal
business- what they intend to wear and all. Buy what you need and always
consider the need to constantly adjust your budget. Prioritise what is
absolutely necessary like the actual ceremony- the church fee that is.</div>
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Some of the possible spending avenues are not set in stone
and can be done without. For instance, I don’t see why a couple would be
spending 8million on food when they have no idea where they will spend their
honeymoon. I mean, what is the priority here? Would you not rather have a proper
plan for the consummation of your marriage than spend yourself out only to have
loans to clear?</div>
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Obviously we all have different priorities but honestly
speaking, the wedding reception is one afternoon or evening- what remains after
that is your cross to bear as a couple. So, in all your choosing and
prioritizing, be wise. Learn from other people’s lessons and cut your cloth
according to your coat!</div>
5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-29782596254458523332016-12-20T15:16:00.000-08:002016-12-20T16:16:44.618-08:00To argue or walk away! That is the question!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Opinions will one day be the death of people. </div>
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*This is where
I laugh out loud.*</div>
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It’s really amazing how people feel entitled to counter another’s
opinion. It would seem like they had one but never had the balls to put it out
there! Now that someone else has, they feel obligated to express themselves in that regard. </div>
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For the sake of clarity, when I say opinion- I mean personal
belief formed as a result of ones predispositions.</div>
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You know the beautiful thing about life and humanity is that
God has given every one of us a brain- which we must be bothered to use.
Otherwise it defeats the purpose! The human species- being the most intelligent of all creatures ought to discern when it’s
necessary to counter an expressed opinion and when it’s not!</div>
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There are things that people believe and it’s honestly none
of my business; I would not start arguing with them about it. I’d rather try
and understand where they are coming from and why they have formed such
beliefs. Based on that, I then either bother to counter or just move on with my
life.</div>
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It could be the generation we live in, I don’t know. Maybe
the constant exposure to social media and the internet has bred information
experts who believe what they have to say counts for something. I honestly
don’t know.</div>
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My point of contention though would be, if you have to shut
down what someone believes because you believe the opposite then something is
terribly wrong with you. Go back and reconsider how to respond to something
that contradicts your opinion. </div>
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My upbringing and experiences in life will never be the same
as those of anyone. Not even my siblings. Some of predispositions may be the
same but ultimately, opinion is particular to the individual; some times it may
overlap, sometimes it may not. Either way it’s personal and has been shaped through personal experiences. It therefore doesn't make too much sense to fight about 'personal individually formed thoughts.'</div>
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I would say choose your battles wisely. If you feel the need to disagree
with someone on what it is they believe, do it civilly but never once think
that they are beneath you because what they believe is different from what you
believe.</div>
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That being said, enjoy your opinions wisely!</div>
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5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-46590965386009852632016-11-02T12:39:00.001-07:002016-11-02T12:39:17.034-07:00Calm down Madam!!!<p dir="ltr">There's this awesome friend if mine who recently decided to settle down with the woman of his dreams. For the record, I don't really know her but from what I hear, she's of sound character. </p>
<p dir="ltr">A few friends were recounting how the engagement unfolded and how carefully thought out the whole thing was. Anyway, in the midst of all this 'madam pretty' decides to put it out there how he had tried to chase her and she turned him down.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It was hilarious!!! I had to slap myself to try and grasp this kind of nonsensical ramblings! I mean, who cares if he chased you, proposed and you jam! He's got him a woman who said yes! The rest of what did or didn't go down between the two of you is none of our business- no one cares.</p>
<p dir="ltr">If you hung him out to dry and thought your popularity would sail through the roof as a result, guess what, we still don't care! Because you just sound like some jealous immature schoolgirl who can't believe he moved beyond you and landed himself a babe who actually said yes!</p>
<p dir="ltr">In other words, get over it and do so real fast. Stop boring us with your 'I turned him down stories' because at the end of the day, we only hear what you tell us. His story could be different but because he's too civilized for 'trading turn-down stories' all we have to go on is what you have to say.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It doesn't matter if you're female or male. When you walk away from a relationship or the possibility of it, it's no one's business. People will pretend to care about what you have to say then go talk about you and your immaturity. I'm not much for talk but heck, you gave me a whole blog post darling- I probably will write a poem too! Lol.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Like a wise man once said: 'If you have nothing constructive to say, don't say it!'</p>
5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-39194520482661657662016-10-27T03:39:00.000-07:002016-10-28T05:24:02.495-07:00Women are not and were not made to be slaves!It is not a woman's place to keep a man!<br />
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Unfortunately, this is not the most popular sentiment in a generation obsessed with submission(read en-slaving) women. Women have been conditioned into believing that their lives are lived for men. Men also have been conditioned into believing the same. So we have a whole generation of young underachievers whose greatest achievement is to 'serve a man' and 'be served by a women' in the name of submission.<br />
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We have a whole generation of women who have planned for nothing except the 'opportunity' to 'belong' to a man. Women who will give up their hopes and dreams and settle for helping a man achieve his because they have been conditioned to do so. And of course men who have gotten with the program. A lot of men feel entitled to female submission. They believe it is their place to dominate these beings who probably have no dreams of their own and even if they do, they are not all that important!<br />
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Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against submission(serving one another humbly in love) but I have a major issue with the concept of submission being used as permission for men to walk all over women. I have an issue with what people have chosen to define submission as! Yes, I do have a major problem with men who have not married a woman, requiring submission of her. I will not speak for married people because I'm not and have never been married, so I have no authority in that realm.<br />
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That being said, it's about time we start to question the things we believe and why we believe them as such. All things are relative and subject to interpretation! What is the foundation of what you believe and who is responsible for the interpretation that you have now come to accept as unchallengeable truth? Why are you afraid to challenge that supposed truth and why do you take offense when someone else does?<br />
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Women are not and were not made to be slaves! All were made equal, the only variation is our modes of contribution to societal welfare. So, women rise up and outgrow your slavery mentality because future generations are depending on you! Men, learn to honour women because one day you will have a daughter and imagine the legacy the men of her generation will be living! We have the ability to impact the future. Let's start now!5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-82177013321936977382016-10-17T00:38:00.002-07:002016-10-17T01:09:31.317-07:00'Expectation Adjustments'Have you ever been so psyched up about a particular prospect that you put all your energies in attempting to pursue it? Well, I suppose we've all been there one way or the other- pumped to the brim with adrenaline from the possibility of something working out for us in a way we hope it will.<br />
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I suppose that's a good place to be; to have some sort of purpose or end you're working towards and are focused on. I know I really appreciate focus- I'm a strong believer in purpose and it's accomplishment.<br />
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So may I ask, what happens when despite your psych, you realise that you never had what it took to actually make the cut for this thing you were pursuing? What then? Do you curl up in a ball? Do you curse the world? Do you shake it off and move on to the next prospect? What do you do?<br />
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Of course all the above are possible options and so much more: some I have not thought of. Generally speaking though, it would be a question of dealing with disappointment! How does one deal when the world has been pulled out from under them? How do you not let it bother you or better still how do you deal with the fact that it bothers you? Because let's face it- it's only natural that disappointment should bother you unless the thing you thought you wanted really wasn't that important to you in the first place!<br />
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Anyway, so how does one deal with disappointment?<br />
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I think, the first thing would be to understand that it is totally normal/ human to be disappointed. It is okay for you to feel whatever emotions are a result of you being disappointed and as such, it's of even greater importance to learn how to deal with those <a href="http://layado.blogspot.ug/2016/10/we-are-powerless-over-our-emotions.html" target="_blank">emotions</a>. Find your own way <b>healthy</b> of dealing.<br />
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Also, don't take it too personal. Many times disappointment is not because you're such an undeserving person- you just didn't make the cut and that's all there is to it. So don't go into regret mode or depression.<br />
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Instead, take another look at your expectations. This is usually the root of disappointment. What do you need to change and how can you change it? What do you need to scrape off your list and what needs to be added to it?<br />
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Appreciate what you have learnt from the rejection and aim smarter and bigger depending on your 'expectation- adjustments'.<br />
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Above all, don't resent who or what you had decided to pursue simply because you weren't welcomed with open arms. If anything, you can now go upgrade and give it another try- you just never know how it may work out for you!5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-72724711855905564702016-10-13T04:02:00.000-07:002016-10-17T01:07:24.644-07:00Mentorship is a hoax!I have had a number of experiences with potential mentors and have almost reached the conclusion that it's all a very big hoax! There is no such thing as legitimate mentorship. Everyone seems to be out for what they can get from who; the mentor from the mentee and vice varsa.<br />
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I have met people who in the name of mentoring will make you build their empire for them and then turn around and step on your head like you did not matter in the first place. It's a very puzzling place for anyone to find themselves because when you look up to someone, you more often than not put them on a pedestal. They are untouchable because of the kind of respect you accord them. Many times you'll even defend them in front of people who believe otherwise.<br />
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So for that person who you respect beyond anything to disrespect you and bring your world crushing down is a harsh thing. It changes you in ways you did not know were possible. It toys with your belief in the goodness of people. Many times, it has the power to tun you into a cynic!<br />
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But there's also the case of the mentee who uses the mentor to climb their social ladder and then dump them like a sack of stale potatoes! I don't know which is more painful! Or less irritating but I do know that even in reverse roles, it's an ugly thing to take advantage of people. It seems to be the order of the day though- for people to believe that in life you must take what you want regardless of who stands in your way!<br />
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It's not a pleasant thing; and it destroys so many people that they put their hope in so many human beings only for it to get thrown into their faces! As a mentor to many young people, I have found myself stuck in a place of feeling like I have out-given myself and I have nothing left to give. Yes, that is a very frustrating place to be.<br />
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So how does one deal with this whole mentor/mentee complex?<br />
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I was talking to a very wise gentleman this morning and he helped me see things in another light:<br />
First as a mentor, understand that your job is to build whoever you're trying to mentor. Your primary goal is to mentor not to build a friendship. A lot of mentor/mentee frustration is a result of the blurred line between mentorship and friendship.<br />
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Be deliberate in evaluating what is working and what's not working. Know and edit each other's expectations from get go. Communicate very clearly what expectations are realistic and which are not.<br />
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As a mentor, at all times be transparent with whoever you mentor. Don't bite the hard things- put them out there for the sake of this mentorship thing working. At all times, remember your role as a mentor is to build- honestly, openly and deliberately!<br />
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Are you a mentor or are you infact looking for more friends? Selah!<br />
<br />5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523374905928405357.post-58007947388412520752016-10-13T03:47:00.002-07:002016-10-17T01:19:38.179-07:00We are powerless over our emotions!I have heard people say we are powerless over our emotions.<br />
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This does not resound with me. I admit there are so many things I feel very strongly about- i.e my convictions. However, despite how strong the emotions attached to whatever conviction, I have learnt to draw a line on what works and what doesn't.<br />
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I don't have some sort of solution to make you not feel the things you feel. I'm just saying that, emotions, however powerful should not dictate your response to life. Why? Because they change. Yes, very often, they change and what spurred certain emotions in you the first time will not necessarily do so the next time!<br />
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I have made some major decisions in a bout of anger or excitement and have had to swallow my words so painfully after the moment has passed. When I was younger, I was too proud to remedy relationships that were affected by my emotional meltdowns because I was convinced I didn't need those people anyway! But also, I was too ashamed to take back what I had said.<br />
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However, I have learnt that relationships are very important and people do mean something. So as much as possible, I would rather choke on my feelings than say something I cannot take back!<br />
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So I really do not agree with the school of thought that we are powerless over our emotions. We may feel powerless in the rush of emotions in a moment but we really just need to take a step away from the situation and regroup with our senses. You see the rush of emotions is capable of blinding you to what is important. In the midst of a meltdown, all you recognise is what you're feeling in that moment. Your mind goes blank- as if you're high on some substance. I suppose it would be better that when you feel emotions building up on you, and threatening an outpouring beyond you, walk away. Despite how much you think you have to prove yourself, walk away! It's the only way out!<br />
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That way, you'll save yourself the outburst and then when it passes, you can come back to it and talk with a level head about what needed to be talked about. Walking away is not to avoid dealing with he issue at hand but rather to help you breathe and be more objective!<br />
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You will be a lot more reasonable when you think about your response to emotions because you see, you really are not powerless over them. You are more than able to control your emotions!5ive Wadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438217874951712669noreply@blogger.com0