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  Philippians 2:3-4 NKJV – “ Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.”   Almost eight billion people in the world and somehow, individualism has crept in and taken a seat in the most communal spaces.  Self-love and self-gratification have become very popular  in our various circles today and we are reminded daily to set out with a daily agenda to put ourselves first in any situation. The idea of taking care of one’s needs first and loving one’s self, though very essential in developing self-worth, if taken in isolation, removes an element of loving as it pertains to Christianity and how the Bible teaches us to love; service.   As Christians, we need to understand that the premise of self is a false one. God has called us not only to love Him, but to love our neighbours as ou...

    John 13 :35 - By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.     Last week Sharon shared with us on how to deal with the pain and sense of loss that comes with the death of a loved one and receiving divine healing from God to fill the void. If you haven’t read that, please go back to our previous post and you’ll be blessed.   Today we want to talk about a different kind of loss. The kind of loss we don’t usually talk about in our Christian circles because it seems somewhat even embarrasing to admit to have felt  it. The kind of loss and pain that makes you wake up at 2am and scream “herrrrhhh” and then go back to bed. See where I’m headed now? Yeah. Let’s talk about that. Let’s talk about when your heart gets broken. Before all ye “Team Hard Guys and Girls” start shrugging an d waltz off  because this doesn’t concern you, I’ll entreat you to not retreat just yet.   Unlike the death of the loved one where the...

  Psalm 147:3“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” Eight years ago today, I lost my father. It was an otherwise quiet Wednesday night and I had made two four and half hour trips to my high school and back. I was exhausted; so I went to bed. I had heard from many people how a loss could change people; their perspectives,their response to situations and sometimes, their self-esteem. I couldn’t relate. People should be able to move on after a loss and do not have to be stuck in a place of pain; that’s what I thought. It so happened that when I went back to school that term, I was different. I never realized it, because I had suppressed my pain and tried to focus on being a final year student (hard girl).  I tried to do the things I did on a regular day and with support of my Joyful Way Inc family, I still had a way to focus on God. I would avoid any conversations about my father altogether because I’d tear up any time I had to talk about him. My system worked. It...

  KEEPING IT SIMPLE: THE FEMINISM CONVERSATION  Genesis 1: 27 “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”   Sometime during my final year in the University, I had an informal conversation with a freelance writer. She asked the question “when did you realize you were feminist?” My response was “ I have always been feminist, I just did not know the word itself existed”. I was brought up without the consciousness of gender as it pertained to capabilities. There was never a time where my family limited my dreams and aspirations because suitors may be scared off . I never felt disadvantaged because of gender. Nonetheless, as I grew, I realized the many different ways in which the scales of society are imbalanced against women, and then I became more vocal about such when I got to the university. What makes discourse quite difficult is the perspective of privilege from which men are inclined to think, as well ...