03/09/2011

God promises to give you something to laugh about.


Job 8:20-21
So, are you a smiler or a frowner? Do you naturally notice happy things, or are you a walking vessel of gloom and doom? How about laughing? Do you remember the last time you laughed until your sides hurt and your eyes watered and you begged for mercy? However long it's been, whatever your natural disposition, God promises to give you something to laugh about. He promises to walk right into your most depressing day and turn things around. God didn't put you here to see how awful he could make you feel. He put you here to glorify him and to enjoy life. So invite him into your day, and tell him you really need something to laugh about. Watch him do a miracle on your behalf. No heart is too hard; no day is too far gone, when the Maker of laughter keeps his promise...
As Lagbaja would say: show me your '32'.

Everyone should listen to this song (Preferably watch the video) once everyday!

01/09/2011

Who is SHE?


Something's wrong. The modern woman is on major overload. She struggles to find time in her day to swap hats among the numerous ones she wears: Wife, Caregiver, Employee, Mother, Taxi Driver, Volunteer, Teacher, Neighbour, Chef, Counselor, Friend. And she fights to catch her breath between all her duties, she is bombarded with conflicting messages every time she turns on the TV, fixes dinner, runs on her treadmill, or sits down to a meeting at work. These messages attempt to define where she fits in the world, as well as her relationships, her spirituality, and her identity as a woman. She struggles to feel beautiful when she's probably not the superfit woman the media portrays as ideal. 

Intimacy eludes her, and the feeling of being unprotected overwhelms her in a generation ravaged by the breakdown of family. She wrestles with loneliness in an age that has lost the art of mentoring. She is confused in trying to figure out what it means to be truly feminine amidst the feminist messages screaming all around her. Purity of both body and mind is a battle for the married as well as the unmarried, and the younger as well as the older woman-when sex sells and the world treats it so casually. She finds physical, emotional and spiritual boundaries rare or nonexistent. Purpose is difficult to discover in a time that glorifies worldly success and downplays faithfulness to family, friends and God. And freedom is tough to find even for the woman who has fought to overcome past hurts and baggage. It's no wonder she struggles!

You want to be your best, give and get the most from life...but just what does that mean? And how do you accomplish those things?...Stay tuned.

Love, Love, Love!

"Love... is a shining thing, like a golden fire or a silver mist. It comes very quietly, you can't command it, but you can't deny it either. When it does come, you can't quite see it or touch it, but you can feel it - inside of you and around you and the person you love. It changes you; it changes everything. Colors are brighter, music is sweeter, funny things are funnier. Ordinary speech won't do - you grope for better ways to express how you feel. You read poetry. Maybe you even try to write it... Oh, it's so many little things. Waltzing in the dark, waiting for the phone to ring, opening the box of flowers. It's holding hands in a movie; it's humming a sad little tune; it's walking in the rain; it's riding in a convertible with the wind in your hair. it's the quarreling and making up again. it's that first drowsy thought in the morning and that last kiss at night." - Arthur Gordon.

Wow! Do people still love like this these days? I hope so, cos love really is a beautiful thing, and the best part is - GOD IS LOVE...need I say more? Hmm, I know when I'm ready (yep, I said it) my 'story' will read something like this...except the 'walking in the rain' part..cos I just don't get it. Lol.