Walk in his purpose..

I am listening ♥

I've had my own share of troubles,,bad decisions and despite this being e most hectic week so far,, i've learnt a few things along the way..talk about bad decisions and regretting after,,,i found myself making a decision i thought was e best only to discover later on i had just failed to listen to the voice that was whispering within me DO NOT!!

counting down

One of them happy days :-)

Okay, so its been 3 years since i stepped my feet in this foreign land.....I hated the fact that i would be away from my family and at the same time the thought of being away from the "nagging parents" (i miss all the nagging it helped me grow) made it seem worthwhile...
So i embarked on this journey which was rather a life-changing experience for me...it was exciting at first,,and when i became home sick,i so hated being in this country.i got used to it as time went by and i adjusted, especially to the hot and humid weather,,,. i've learnt a lot for the past 3 years and i must say i am grateful to have been here..God knows what he does and ive grown physically,mentally and even spiritually during my stay here....ive grown to love this place partly because it never gets cold and because i hve met wonderful people along the way..(the list it too long for me to mention names)..i've faced hardships along the way, even heartbreaks but through it all, nothing compares to the way this phase has helped me grow and learn,, but most of all change to become a much better person. 

Judge not

i'm ready to love

Recently as i was going through my Twitter updates, i came across one tweet from Rev Run that totally made sense and made me say to myself.." Girl you need to gather yourself up and change". It read "when pple speak bad about others, its a sneaky way of tryin to praise themselves " mmmhhh  if you have never ever said something bad about someone and felt good about it afterwards, give yoself a pat on the back,i applaud you. i myself have done it before, i wil not deny it, not that i am proud of it but i feel ashamed, totally ashamed,,, it took me this long to realise how bad it is and all i was trying to do was to make myself look good, perfect...the very same bad things i say about others are e same things i hate about myself and i try and make myself seem like i am one little angel, or maybe i was jus tryna be acceptable im not sure...

Daring to Hope

I dared to HOPE

First and foremost,,i thank God for such a beautiful day and for giving me the chance to see this day and to walk in his purpose. So many nights i have cried myself to sleep, so many nights i have asked the "WHY" question..why me Lord, why not turn it around, what have i done wrong and why why me Lord?..On these nights I would curl up in a ball under my covers, face the wall and hope this time there would be a break-through in my prayers. Many nights, as I cried myself to sleep, I believed everything I had hoped for was lost and the situation was hopeless. I tarried in the pit of despair much longer than necessary..in some circumstances i failed to trust.. my heart has been broken a few times, my plans have failed several times, friends have deceived me, some have left, some hated, some stayed even though they never cared much.

Forgiveness

"SO PEACEFUL"

So we are all not perfect and most of us strive to becoming close to perfect, we each have our own flaws, we each have our own preferences,, my preferences are clearly different from yours and we barely even come across people who like exactly what we like, dislike exactly what we dislike and i mean in every aspect. Of course very often we will come across people who like most of the things we like and we're close to being compatible with them and they become our friends. But even in spite of how much we can agree on and how much we can care about each other, there will come a time when we disagree on certain things, usually stirring up arguments, there will come a time when either one sins against the other. Be it people are friends or not, as a result of us being imperfect and failing to accept one another with all our flaws, we tend to act in certain ways that upset others, we take others for granted, we deceive others, we lie to others, we tear apart relationships that were perfect by gossiping etc..and very often we fall victims of such behaviour and very often we fail to forgive.

Defeat bad thoughts by thinking of something better ~ Rick Warren

I found this helpful a lot and decided to share :

Fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honorable. Philippians 4:8 (TEV)

The more you think about something, the stronger it takes hold of you, which is why the Bible teaches that we should, "Run from anything that gives you the evil thoughts . . . but stay close to anything that makes you want to do right." (2 Timothy 2:22, LB)

Temptation begins by capturing your attention. What gets your attention arouses your emotions. Then your emotions activate your behavior, and you act on what you felt. The more you focus on "I don't want to do this," the stronger it draws you into its web.

Ignoring a temptation is far more effective than fighting it.