Cleaning Up My Closet!

“One BIG lesson I learnt in the year 2012 is to Forgive Quickly and Love Truly. It brings so much peace to your whole being.”  Yomie… Be the Best!

Looking back into the outgoing year, I can but give God thanks for all He has done for me.

Amidst my successes, triumphs and uncountable victories deep inside me I know I still need a lot of refining, polishing and above all I've got some cleaning to do.

I discovered in my journey through 2012 that I also went into various shades of pains, hurts and disappointments from various quarters {like Marvin Sapp the songwriter said ‘had my share of ups and down’}. Some were deliberately done to me while others out of ignorance. To all of you that have put me through these instances I say thank you, I forgive you and I love you sincerely {no matter my feelings}.

Some I walked into through disobedience and stubbornness but I am eternal grateful to God for His mercies that brought me out and for the timeless lessons I learnt during the period. To those through my actions and inaction have been hurt in one way or the other, please find a place in your heart to forgive me and accommodate my weakness.

I can’t imagine going into the New Year without giving God thanks for the exploits he wrought through me, I know the best is yet to come. To a wonderful spiritual family {The Dayspringers TFH} I love you so much that heaven is so much aware.

To my mentors I love you. To my new friends and the old ones let’s do it again.

To my parents and lovely sisters I can’t wish for another.

To my esteem readers thanks for the priceless time you took in reading my write-ups.

As we move on into the New Year let me share these thoughts with you:

The most important thing any man can possess is the Joy of Eternity.

Having the knowledge that eternity reside in you brings joy and hope.

You may miss a lot of things in life: business, spouse, children, relationships, friends etc. But do all you can never to miss the Joy of eternity. To have eternity in you is having Christ in you. If you haven’t please make sure you handover to Him before you crossover into 2013.

Have a Glorious Year!

These 3 Things...

As I sat on the red sofa, my heart all welled up and ready to spill all out to my best friend. With his ever listening ears and eyes of compassion and love looking at me I started unburdening my heart to Him, telling him about the answered prayers, miracles, new opportunities I experienced this year. I then moved to the disappointments experienced, heartbreaks suffered and unanswered prayers i am beginning to wonder if God ever heard.

Honestly, I did not mean to complain and count my woes along with my blessings, but though I am grateful for all the good things I have received this year, some disappointments and unmet expectations still cast dark clouds in my mind. But then I wasn’t finish, because my worry is not how this year turned out, but how I can live the New Year happy and joyful all through. How do I prevent repeating the same mistakes next year? How do prevent disappointments and heartbreaks from stealing my joy and peace of mind? How do I make this New Year my best year so far?

 Like He always does, my best friend listened undistractedly, not judging, but giving me the confidence that all I say is safe with Him. When I was done, He touched me and spoke: my dearest, you have spent a big part of your year and life listening and believing the lies of the devil rather than listening and believing the truth of God. You have allowed supposed unmet desires/expectations to rob you of the joy of things you already have. You have allowed worries to win the battle in your mind instead of peace. You have looked unto man for help, than you have to God. The New Year is just another year with days and nights, but what it turns out to be for you is up to you.

As the Spirit of God and His voice in your life, I am going to tell you three things you must do, and whatever you experience or do not experience, receive or do not receive, ensure you keep these three things in your heart and mind and do them.

1.      Always rejoice in who God is; no matter the situation or circumstance He is a God for that situation. Let the knowledge of who He is fill you with joy always whether you feel like it or not.

2.      Choose prayer over worry. Never think about anything twice without praying about it, and once you pray about it, stop thinking about it. Once committed to God in prayer, His peace would envelope your heart.

3.      Finally, fix your thoughts on things that are true, honourable, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and worthy of praise. Do not give ground to the wrong thoughts. Let your mind be a garden full of thoughts that are true, honourable, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and worthy of praise.

My dearest, problems and disappointments from men shall surely come, but with these 3 things you have joy, peace and God in control of all your affairs all year round, and of course you have me your counsellor, teacher and guardian. As you start this New Year may you live in the fullness of what God has freely given you, and in whom God has made you to be.

Shalom,

You are made for MORE

God Is Making A ‘Delicious’ Story Of Your Life.

Sometimes when I look at a food recipe, I’m amazed at the various ingredients that go into a particular food, and also the procedure to be followed in adding each of these ingredients to bring out the best taste and flavour.

When the chef is busy adding the ingredients, you may not be able to make sense of all that is been done, and possibly, you may wonder the need or importance of a particular ingredient in the food. But one thing you can be sure of is that when the Chef is done with all the cooking, a superb delicious meal is ready to relished. 

Right now you may feel like a pot of soup not knowing what the next ingredient is going to be, or what is going to happen next in your life. The heat is burning, and all you are thinking of is, when all of these would be over.

Isn’t God more than a Master Chef? He is the author of all things, the architect of the universe. He does not only write great stories of our lives, he gives us a greater ending. I am here to tell you brother and sister, every detail of your life or happenings may not make sense to you, but be rest assured it makes sense to God. He knows what he is doing and He is working it all out to a glorious and perfect end. Live with the confidence that God’s got it all in control. 

He is the Master Chef in your life and he knows the right ingredient to add and the right time to do it. Live with the confidence that whatever he does, he does for your good, and at the end of it all, your life would turn out greater and better than you ever imagined. Hasn’t God promised that His plans for you are of good and not of evil to give you a beautiful, glorious, great and DELICIOUS end.

Shalom,

You are made for more!