She listens

There's 4 days left before 2019 ends and it's usually around this time that the "I haven't done enough syndrome" (I made it up 😂) starts to attack. It's when you look back at the months past and you're overwhelmed with feelings of inadequacy.  STOP! Have you considered why you've felt like this? Could it be that you've compared your accomplishments to someone else's? Could it be that the reason why you're feeling this way is because you're secretly competing with person A and you want to outshine them? There could be any reasons.  The "I haven't done enough syndrome" got me and the Holy Spirit quickly revealed to me why I was feeling like this. The reason behind it was that I was comparing my life to other people's lives, specifically those in my age group ( early 20s). I felt as though I had done the bare minimum compared to them, because everything seemed to be 'hunky dory' on their side.   Below are some p...

The Holy Spirit laid the word  faithfulness  upon my heart. What is faithfulness? The Oxford dictionary describes it as "remaining loyal and steadfast". Does that sound like a character trait you possess?  Are you faithful with what God has given you? Are you faithful during the tough times? Are you faithful with the little that you have?  If I asked you to rate your level of faithfulness on a scale of 1-10, what would your answer be? Would you confidently answer me with a loud voice saying "It's a ten" , or would you rate yourself highly in order to avoid embarrassment? The truth is that a majority of people are faithful only when its convenient for them. Imagine if that was the case with Jesus. Just imagine if He decided not to die for us on the cross because of the pain He was to endure. The fact that He (Jesus Christ) died on the cross for our sins shows His faithfulness amongst other things; it shows us that He went through great lengths in order to rec...

Arthur Ashe once said: "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can". I reckon he was a pretty wise man.  It's so easy to focus on the things that you want, rather than on what you already have. I felt discouraged and unsatisfied with certain things in my life for numerous reasons and the Holy Spirit said this to me: "Use what you have". I didn't understand what that meant, but I was reminded of a story in the Bible about a certain widow. Her story is found in 2 Kings 4:1-7. This woman had just lost her husband & was scared that a creditor would turn her two sons into slaves because she had owed him some money. She asked prophet Elisha for help and he asked her a few questions. "What should I do for you?" "What do you have in your house?". That sounds like easy questions right? But how often do we fail to see what we have and we choose to focus on the things we don't have?  es.wikipedia.org The woman's ...