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day 30/30 || 11/09/2024 || memoriesndew gbc✰
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reflection:
𐙚 today marks the last day of this challenge, though I didn't update consistently I was definitely focused on this challenge and I think I'm now at a point where I can get back into routines. Thank God
achievements:
really just completed today's agendas
completed today's workout and part of tuesday and mondays workouts
habit tracking:
30mins+ daily movement 5mins+ journaling 30mins+ language study complete 2+ work tasks quiet time
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The seed
Jesus uses a parable about a seed in Matthew 13. In this book he refers to the seed as the message/word of God. Now there are three kinds of people who react to this seed after it's been sowed.
Someone who hears the message and jumps for joy at it, but they do not understand it so they are weak to Satan's schemes. Matthew 13: 18-19
Someone who hears the message and understands it but is so worried about their life and their financial situation, they don't apply the word to their lives. Matthew 13: 22
Someone who hears the message and understands it AND applies it to their lives. This is when the seed had been planted into good soil. Matthew 13: 23
What does this all mean? Well reflect on how you are after reading he bible, or just finished listening to a sermon. How are you remembering the word of God. How are you taking his word and applying it to your life?
“God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go wrong or right. Some people think they can imagine a creature which was free but had no possibility of going wrong, but I can't. If a thing is free to be good it's also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. A world of automata - of creatures that worked like machines - would hardly be worth creating. The happiness which God designs for His higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to Him and to each other in an ecstasy of love and delight.” C.S. Lewis
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Obsessed with how 'Jesus of Nazareth' at the time would have been like 'Jesus of Peterborough' it was not a good neighbourhood lmao
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of hour death. Amen.
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My Christmas Story
Hey Cortana,
It’s been a while. Writing has not exactly been my strongest trait and yes, I postpone any bulb that lights up in my head to write about something (a terrible habit) and after typing it out, it sounds shameful so I will strive to be better. So yes, oh la la, Christmas is a few days away I believe and the conventional harmattan hasn’t set in yet, but we will certainly chop the Bronya, Africa winter or not.
About a week ago, my quiet time was centered on Gabriel’s visit to Joseph and how prior to the visit, Joseph had made up his mind to divorce Mary quietly although the law insisted it should be done publicly which was accompanied with stoning. I have always questioned why Mary and Joseph were chosen, why them? Mary was said to be highly favoured when Gabriel visited. What do I have to do to be considered favoured and noticed by God? That must be a Wowza experience but daily in my walk with God, it is my request that as He sits on His throne above, may He consider me favoured. Yes, those are questions I asked and this is where it sunk in with regards to Joseph, “Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and YET (that word won the day for me) did not want to expose her to public disgrace.” (Matthew 1:19)
Everyone needs a companion and a buddy. It is needed and although we have a friend in Jesus, people here on earth help direct our life path and life decisions. Your companion can make or unmake you. They help in your growth or fasten your death process and in our bid to find such a person is very difficult and confusing as we are fenced with individuals who are constantly in a haste to please the world, share in your happy moments and privately loathe your development in whatever path you have chosen to tread. With Joseph, what hit me was his sincere love, respect and, care for Mary. He was a friend. Just put yourself in Joseph’s shoes. The angel had not visited him then and your fiancé tells you a “bogus” story of how she is pregnant when you haven’t slept with her yet. His most valued jewel, the apple of his eyes. Ah, Mary, you are mean! And all I can think of is, not only do you lie to me, but you must think I am stupid as well. What makes this story beautiful for me is the fact that Joseph seemed to know his fiancé. I am definite Joseph believed Mary. Trust was central in their relationship. He was “faithful to the law” yet he thought of Mary and how the public disgrace of being stoned to death was going to be for her. It was a tough decision for him to do the right thing, choosing between the law and his fiancé. When I was done reading the passage, I felt Joseph was wrong. He should have let Mary pay the price. It was the law after all.
We all need that one friend who is not in a rush to hang us to dry (Don’t get me wrong, I am not in any way asking us to compromise on sin and not do the right thing. He was doing the right thing ultimately because he sought to divorce Mary just not with the public ridicule). May we find companions who will not want us to go through extreme pain than we already might be going through because of decisions we made or wrong choices. May we find partners who will carefully examine their options and do the right thing and minimally ease the pain and sentence. Mary was already going through a lot, I believe. Feeling down and ashamed and even confused about what was happening. God, Love, Respect, Trust and, Care are the most important traits I look for in a relationship (at least for me). A man who respects you is vital. He considers all his decisions towards you and how you might be affected. He doesn’t pursue without you in mind and vice versa.
I guess I know why Mary and Joseph were chosen then to bring forth our Saviour. It takes a wise woman to be able to sell that story to her fiancé and an equally wise enduring man to understand it. Jesus is the reason for the season. Let us ALWAYS remember the Christ in Christmas. Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. Merry Christmas!
Was He Controversial?
Hey Cortana,
Yeah, I know I have been away and this is my first time writing to you in 2018. Technically second after the New Years’ Post. 2018 came with its perks but I am taking it a day at a time. I have made a conscious effort to read a chapter in the Bible a day besides my regular devotional guide and the book of John was recommended to me. Mind you I skipped a day or two and currently, I am stuck at Chapter 12. It has been a refreshing read and each time I read, I understand a different twist in the plot from the regular Sunday School tales I am used to. My favourite stories so far have been about Lazarus being resurrected after 4 days and the events that led to it (John 11), John the Baptist and how his disciples thought Jesus was taking all the glory and praise. I can relate to this because it still exists in the church and in our society. I choose to call it, the “I was here first syndrome.” And certainly, Jesus turning water into wine (John 2:1-11). I will share my different understanding to that story later in my next write up. I heard what you said about that, that should be another two months. Behave!
What intrigues me the most is how conflicting I sometimes feel after every read. Questions that popped up in my mind was if Jesus was with us in human form now, will I have believed him? The parables He spoke and some sermon he preached, seemed like a show off to me and in my mind, I’m like He is such a talker and sounds arrogant. How can you call yourself the Son of God when you are ordinarily a carpenter’s son from Nazareth? and add that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God, I mean how?! (Matthew 19:24) Sometimes I side with the Pharisees because their doubts and questions are understandable. I find myself questioning the Bible sometimes, yes, I do! These Pharisees knew the Law. They believed in Abraham and Moses, men who Heard God speak and yet did not consider themselves equal to God, so who do you (Jesus) think you are?
So yes, I get confused but then again, I believe! I believe not because of tales I have read or stories from people in church and Sunday School, but I too have tasted and seen the goodness of Jesus. It sounds unbelievable or just another “toli” or the universe is in sync with my thoughts as people say but Jesus has come through for me in countless situations. My leap of faith and belief that Jesus is with me has helped my daily walk with him. From that voice, thanks to the Holy Ghost that nudges me when I am about to decide on a matter. Answered prayers, I told Him alone on my bed or murmured under my breath that has been answered, I owe it all to Jesus and I believe.
This looks vague as I read it, but I pray that we have the strength to believe and hold on to our faith. Yes, doubts will come, and I know what I am saying because I too have had my fair share of disappointments, but Lord help us to believe even when we have not seen. We have you and you alone soothes us when our chests are heavy with doubts. Oh yes, you got our backs!
My Saviour was controversial to a point but when I compare the old school way of writing down the negatives and positives to consider which ones outweigh the other, lol Jesus wins because I myself I am a testimony. Hallelujah!
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Amen🙌 Thank you Lord God🙏🙏🙏
Come back home. He is waiting for you. ❤️🩹
Jeremiah 17:9
says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?”
I believe that is true of my own heart, as well as yours and every other heart beat within every human being.
Truth is, we need a spiritual heart.
Another reason why it’s disastrous to trust in our own hearts is because our hearts are at the center of our fallen, sinful nature. Jesus teaches us, “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander” (Matthew 15:19), and Proverbs 28:26 says, “Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.”
Praise you Lord God🙌🙏
Ecclesiastes 3:1
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Acts 1:7
He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.
Whenever we feel that God’s timing is taking too long, we become impatient and discouraged. Maybe some of us would give up believing for the dreams God has personally placed in our hearts.
“How long should I wait Lord?” we cry.
In our finite human minds, we could perceive the waiting period as delays. We feel we have been left behind and the plans that we have set will no longer come to pass. A dragging process, others would say.
With our present situation, we could be focusing on the lost days, or maybe, lost years, to those who are waiting too long already.
Dear brothers and sisters, know this: God has all the power to restore even those what we think as lost years.
Our waiting season is also a faith-building, God-revealing season.
Let us put our eyes unto Him, the author and perfecter of our faith, and believe that what He has promised and what He wills, will surely come in His perfect time.
All praises to God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 🙌
Keep the faith
God bless you🙏🏻