Lord I consider Esther and the price she had to pay, all those women around her and her man; the concubines. I consider Ruth, the loss she had to stare at and still stay. I consider Mary who to travel such a long distance with her belly full of baby. And what do I see in common with all three women? The discomfort of Jesus. There is a price to be paid to be with …
My sister swims competitively. She had once told me that one important thing they’d been taught in swimming was that the less you pause for a breath, the quicker you go. When we grew up, learning to swim, we were taught that for every stroke you pause to take a breath. This shook me to my core. I literally paused when my sister shared that with me. But what got me was what she told …
I grace myself. I let go of my flaws. I accept I can’t always go according to my plans. Things don’t go according to plans, period. I grace my significant other, he cannot do everything I expect him to do. He cannot make manifest every single imagination I have. I grace our relationship; it does not have to follow every single timeline. I poured out my heart to the Lord and I asked that He …
On the 1st of July, I was trying to delete media files from my phone, then I opened a certain video and heard myself singing. In a split second, I thought to myself that I like the sound of my voice. Please understand, all of my life these few decades or less that I have been on this earth I could not stand the sound of my voice. I did a BBC interview less than …
Lord, I consider Esther and the price she had to pay, all those women around her, the concubines. I consider Ruth who lost and gave up the rest, I consider Mary that had to travel such a long distance with her belly full of a baby, and what do I see in common with all three? Jesus and discomfort. There is a price to be paid to be with a great man, there is a …
