God and GPS? What do these two have being in the same sentence? Hear me out. You are driving to an event at a place you haven’t been before. Prior, you have been sent the address and you have a GPS. You type in the address and the familiar navigation voice comes on. … turn …
Plantain and patience
What relationship does plantain have with patience, aside the obvious fact that they both start with a P? So the other day, I was craving some African food. Decided to visit the local African shop to see what they had. Even though their prices are ridiculously expensive, once in a while, I like to indulge. …
Suicide, Christianity, mental health and so on
Life can be tough. Life can be hard. I will be the first to admit this. Fair warning though, my thoughts are all over the place right now and it will be reflected in this post. Many times in life I have given thought to its meaning, and why the need to even push on. …
Do you have something to prove?
How many times have you done something, not necessarily because you want to do it but because you felt the need to prove to someone that you can do it? Afterwards, the feeling might be that of emptiness, or why did I even waste my time with this person/thing? It was not worth it. People …
How God sees me
I recently got into a disagreement with somebody, and then the person used some words to describe me. After that, I lost all appetite, just wanted to crawl under my blanket and sleep. But sleep was not forthcoming, so I stood up and took a walk around my neighborhood and had a heart to heart …
Everything blooms in its own time
There are lots of beautiful things on planet earth, plants being one of them. They are wonderful testament to the Ultimate creative mastermind that is God. When I was little, we lived in a house that had a front garden which my father meticulously took care of. It had primarily rose plants, but there were …
The danger of temporary comfort…
7 minutes feels like eternity when you are sitting out on a lonely bus stop bench, waiting for the bus in freezing temperatures. That was me yesterday, sitting and shaking. You would have thought I was being electrocuted, by the way my body vibrated as a result of the cold. Even though, I had on …
… Sometimes He calms His child
The past few days saw my anxiety level skyrocket through the roof. Normally, I pride myself on being calm when faced with situations, but this time I just could not be calm. My anxiousness was actually leading me to behave in certain ways that I look back now and I marvel. At some point, I …
A tale of the forbidden fruit 2
What I Imagine went down at the beginning Read part 1 here EVE AND THE SERPENT AFTER THE BITE… Eve starting to feel the effects of the fruit “Oh, what have I done? this was against God’s command.” Serpent: “Well, you were not forced to eat the fruit. I only mentioned that you could try …
A tale of the forbidden fruit
What I imagine the beginning was like. Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, everything going great… All they had to do everyday was eat, sleep, talk to the animals, check the plants, and fellowship… THE SUBTLE SERPENT AND CAPABLE EVE Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the sea… …