Cries From The Mothers

I hear cries of victims from modern day racism in South Africa. They are shouting at the top of their voices for the world to hear, but today is much unlike yesterday. Today, no one will help them, except the one who says, "train your child in the way of the Lord, so that when he is grown, he will not depart from it". That is the only help for the slave. Unslave your child, don't fill them with words of bitterness and anger, teach them boldness and confidence. Love them and give them the best. Be wise. And when they are grown, they will access far more opportunities and resources than you, they will draw the attention and admiration of the 'others', because they were taught better. Because you taught them in the way of the Lord, not religion, not polotiki, and not pretentious equality. If you want to know what this way of the Lord is, search your bible.

There redemption was made available to all, and the redeemed were causing havoc in the world. They did not fight yet they were men and women that the world still refers to up till now. We draw wisdom from them, people of all colours respect them, because they knew who they were, and they were in Christ, and Christ in them.

May God...

May the good Lord's light shine upon you. May you be an eternal recipient of God's grace and mercy. May you always be filled with praises to the Lord our God. May you know Him, He is LOVE. May you never be short of Him (LOVE) in your life. May you flourish as you drink the Word of life daily. May the Word continue to change you, to strengthen you, to mature you and to direct you. The Bright Morning Star is in you, how can you not shine?

Welcome To My Home

My home is not an art gallery, where we invite people to marvel at the tasteful objects haughtily displayed with a 'Do Not Touch" sign attached to them. My home is where love abides; what we have we want to share and we take pleasure in knowing that God alone is our source. We love and we are loved.

Whats In My Heart Right Now...

Fight the good fight of faith. Faith Fight. Confess what you believe. Do as you expect. Expect without failing. If the bible is your foundation, you are standing right, or rather you are in right standing. Again I say, that when you are born again, you become a son of God and nothing in this life beats that! I pray that you may all receive Jesus as your personal lord and savior. I pray that you may have an intimate relationship with Him and receive Holy Spirit into your lives. Holy Spirit is the friend you always dreamed of; He gives the best counsel, he never condemns you, he never leaves you, he knows exactly how to comfort you when you need comfort, and he tells you things to come so that you can be ready and strong. Holy Spirit will never shout at you or laugh at you when you make a mistake. You will never see Him, but His being in your life will be evident to you and those around you.

God

The more I get to know you, the more I realise that there is more to know about you. God.

I FORGIVE

I know you, I say

I molded that flesh in which you stay.

Though I breathed my own spirit into you,

I was there when you got betrayed by the fool.

And even though I came down, and went even deeper,

I rose again, and lifted you from being a mere sinner.

I restored you, redeemed you to myself,

I knew it won’t be easy, so I sent you a Help.

My Word tells you my child,

That there will be need to renew your mind.

Didn’t it also say,

Come boldly before the throne of grace,

That you may obtain mercy?

Shall I have mercy on you,

If you were perfect like me?

Be not ashamed,

But repent and take my hand.

I am always here for you,

And you will always have need of me.

Cry not, my dearest,

For though I was grieved,

I can never my love not give.

Ask, and I will forgive you,

And I will give you my peace.

God Is The King of Glory

I realize more and more that the more people try to sabotage you, the more God's power becomes evident in your life. I had nothing to my name, not even that special thing that makes people love you for no reason, so I took hold of God and claimed Him as my own. No one hated me then, they just didn't notice me, but when God became a part of my life, I began to glow and become lovable, I also began to have people who want me destroyed because they can't stand to see God's glory upon my life. Now I understand why they behave so, they see the riches in His glory around me. Now they can't ignore me, it's either they are drawn to the light, or like darkness they flee from the light. Isn't it amazing how people begin to sense your lifting before it even manifests in your life? God is the king of glory. If you want to shine, seek God.

Down the Valley

I thank God for allowing me to wander off into the valley of the shadow of death, I learnt who my friends are, and they were far fewer than it appeared.

Calling All Teachers!

A teacher must love to educate, to enlighten others and add value to their lives. A teacher must be to the child, a mentor. A teacher must be willing to teach even if it cost them something. A teacher knows how important their words are to the child. A teacher invests extra time in their students to help them do better. A teacher is not partial. A teacher builds confidence in his students. A teacher is a lover. A teacher gets their reward from the hearts of every student they teach. A teacher is a gift, loved and respected by the child. A teacher is a mother/father to all. We need teachers in Africa.

YOUR FIRE

I wonder why it can be difficult for some people to write about their passions. They go in circles writing a lot about things that don't move them meanwhile issues are burning in their hearts for a release. Does it have anything to do with fear? Lack of confidence? Or is it about timing? The truth is that the one thing that will make you shine above all this is your passion. As a writer, you can be skilled at writing in various styles, and get somewhere with it, but your fire is what will draw greatness to you. It is the light that the world can't miss and if I were you I would start lighting up that fire and sharing it with all mankind. What have you got to lose?

LET JESUS IN

You might be thinking that no one sees you,

    You try much as possible to be invisible,

    To say nothing cos you feel it isn’t sensible,

Shame has made you ugly; there is nothing you can do.

You talk to yourself and imagine wicked things,

    An outcast, you turn to evil pleasures,

    Your loneliness cannot be measured,

Your life is suicide, rising on cocaine wings.

Who told you this is the end?

    They might have been revolted by your presence,

    And said there is no way for you in the heavens,

But Jesus is here for you as a friend.

When you see yourself as dirty,

    He wants you to come to him; and he will cleanse you,

    For you, everything he will do,

Because God sees you as worthy.

I am talking to you, enslaved being,

    You sold your soul, finding no worth in it,

    And now await your flesh to lose heat,

Do not lose hope, find strength in Him.

Jesus knows how empty you feel,

    He wants you to accept his love and receive life,

    He bought back your soul and will clean you white,

Take hold of his hand, he will set you free.

His love is the greatest

And he wants to share it with you

Don’t be afraid of him

He has nothing but love to give.

Go To Church Girl

I know you are feeling terrible and you don't want people to see you because you feel ashamed. Think about this, how many people out there can dare to judge you when they know their own issues? They say Christians are very judgemental, but I have been around some really mature ones, with an an odd bunch of the immature ones. Even those don't judge because they think they are better, they are actually only relieved to realise that they are not the only ones with a thorn in the flesh. So please, go to church and fellowship with the people that love you and miss you. Girl, own your righteousness, it's yours whether you sinned last weekend or not. As long as you are saved, let your confidence be in the unfailing God, not your own ability to withstand sin. That way when you sin you will not feel less of a believer, but you will repent before your loving Father and move on up.

Morning,

I pray that this attitude will last forever, and only get better. I mean the great state that I have been in lately. I avoid using the word "feeling" because it's more than that. It's a spiritual 'knowing'. I have my UNISA assignments due very soon and I am confident that I will do well. This time it's not just because I am psyching myself up, I am sure of the material I am studying and I am not counting on chance. Studying Literature and Creative Writing is the best thing I ever did for myself. My intellectual confidence has been restored because again I can actually do well without having to spend sleepless nights. I enjoy what I am studying, but this year I am putting an extra effort so that I can get those distinctions I am aiming for!

Being saved is good, but I must say that it's only when you are close with God, when you talk everyday like father and son/daughter that you can really enjoy most of the benefits of salvation. That's where I am right now, but it's not where I want to be. There is more. I want to flow in the gifts of the spirit, so that I may not enjoy salvation only for myself, but I may be able to have God help others through me. And this one comes by greater effort. I would have to spend more time praying in the spirit, listen to more messages and aggressively study the scriptures.

My dearest friends, it is good to be grateful for where you are, but in the Kingdom of God, you must always strive to do more for God lest you become stagnant. And we all know that stagnation is not of God.

Have a great day!

A Gift From God

My wedding was a gift from God. How else can I explain such a beautiful day with our families and friends gathered to celebrate with us? Everything wen't perfectly well thanks to Cecile, and the food was yummy! The best part is that my husband is the sweetest, kindest, most loving man I know.

God does answer prayers, and he believes in you. After all the hard work of planning that wedding, misunderstandings with our families, we managed to get married in a beautiful way that glorified God. All the drama is behind us now and our families are very proud of us and supportive of us. The planning was also for us a testing time. A lot of endurance was needed from both of us and we made it through!

I'll post a few more pics when I get the professional ones!

All my sisters

My new Mums and Paps, they're lovely people!

Hubby and Dad

Mum and Dad proud of their daughter

29 October 2011: My wedding day

Genesis 1:26

Morning all!

Ive been meditating on Genesis 1:26. It says that I am made in God’s image and likeness. Image draws me to the more visible or physical aspects of myself, and likeness to the rest, my spirit, my intellect, my emotions etc. Inside and out, I am in His likeness. I do not have to stress about what I don’t have going for me because I am as God is. That means I can love the unlovable, and love myself completely! Hey, that even means I don’t need to care what other people’s opinions of me are, because according to God I am in his likeness.

Does that mean I am beautiful? Yes! Does that mean I am intelligent and creative? Yes!! And does that mean I am better than others? No. This is actually a responsibility. If I’m going to go around believing that I am godlike, then it must show in my character. All this means is that I have no excuses like, “I can’t do it, it’s not my strength.” If I don’t want to do something because it does not interest me, fine but not because I feel that I am not able to, the bible says that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. This means that I can’t say “I’m out of ideas” because I can’t run out of ideas, I have the mind of Christ! Hey, this means so much to me and I hope you too will read Genesis 1: 26 and see life open up unto you as well. If you want to do that PhD, what’s stopping you? And if you want to sing, go ahead, because you are not a failure if God isn’t one.

For me this means that I will no longer see myself as anything below the best when it comes to writing AND designing. I will have as many published articles as I write, and I will lack nothing. As God declared existence into being, I can declare life into being concerning my health, my home, all that concerns me. Guys, we need God and Jesus is the way to God, the truth about God and the light concerning God. We need Jesus to get to the Father (that is God).

The good news is that receiving Jesus as your lord and saviour is so easy, you don’t need to be perfect! All you need is to believe in your heart that Jesus died and rose up again, and to confess with your mouth that he is Lord. Say out loud,

“Lord Jesus, I am a sinner I cannot help myself. I believe with my heart that you came down from heaven, that you died for me and rose up again so that my sin may be forgiven. I confess with my mouth right now that you are Lord. I am saved, cleansed of all sin and freed from condemnation.”

See how simple it is! Now you can have the confidence that you belong to God, get a bible, study it daily and pray in the name of Jesus.

Hello my lovely sisters, and brothers! It's been a while, I was tempted to give up my blogging because it seemed like it was not helping anyone. But then I remembered that "one day is one day" as I have heard my Pastor say before. In other words, someday someone will browse the net in desparation and frustration and will find my blog and be blessed! Hey, who finds enjoyment in bondage? We all want to be let loose, to share ourselves and our beliefs with others; to help others as much as we can and to influence as many people as we can. Hopefully we are on the same page here; cos I'm talking about positive influence. I am talking about the kind of influence that changes a person's view of themselves and makes them re-align their aspirations with what is worthy and valuable, what is TRUTH.

This being only the second month of the year, there is so much to look forward to and I am bubbling inside with excitement and expectation. Right now I am like a child anxiously awaiting her father to unfold his hand and reveal the precious gift inside. The one she has been expecting from him since he left to work in the morning. You know that's a very long time for a young girl. Well, thats me. I have learnt the art of patience over time, the womanly kind, that never complains and now it's all about to pay off. Finally my year has come, the time to favour Zion has come, yea the set time has come!

I have so much to share but for now I must be off to do some work. I'm not yet self employed you know, so blogging is a luxury right now.