iHeartHope

I came across the  purpose of a certain blog sometime ago: Your daily source of signal in a world full of noise. How true! It is most easy to be distracted by the many things that is thrown your way as you try to navigate this life. Distractions from workplaces, schools, the streets, our homes and even the church. We live in an era where everyone is talking. and everything seems to catch your attention.Day in day out people share their opinions on different matters and by virtue of technology we come across stuff we probably did not even go searching for. When you have so many things being thrown your way, one of the things you may easily do is to lose focus. Some times you may not necessarily lose focus but you may give priority to things that do not matter,to the detriment of those things that do. You may so admire that business your friend is involved in or the platform another has , and in trying to adopt certain things from them end up practically becoming a clone of that...

There were days in this year that I felt like the sun had betrayed me by simply rising. Like, did it not know many things were wrong with me, with life, with the world? And there were days that I didn't understand why some people were unhappy! The world was beautiful! There were many things to be thankful for! How ungrateful they were for not recognizing the beautiful things life released daily! And that is life. With the ability to present things that makes you feel overwhelmed with gratitude one minute And the next minute make you feel like hiding under the biggest rock and never coming out The first day of this year, I captioned my blog post: into the 'unknown', because I believed God alone knew the hidden things in this year. Indeed. This year has brought a number of losses that has rocked my world. Took beautiful people that meant everything to me and many others This year revealed the hearts of some people around me in a way that I wasn't ready for This yea...

My first blog post this year was captioned 'Into the unknown'. As the name suggests, we were entering into a year that no human being knew what was ahead in the year except God and who He decided to show coming events to. I knew anything was possible in this year but I Hoped and prayed only pleasant things would come up( don't we all?). Well, in this year a beloved relative passed away. I took solace in the fact that he had lived a healthy life and strived to leave a good legacy behind. Then this week a terribly heartbreaking news rocked a dear friend of mine that has left me shaken. I find it amazing how I usually can go and on but when the emotions are stirred up, words fail. What do you tell someone who has lost a loved one full of life at such a young age? It is well seems not the best thing to say. Sigh. And this was definitely unknown. So you ask yourself, did God know? Why didn't He stop it? And unless He gives you one on one closure, you would never get to ...

A few years back, on the Oprah show, what was considered 'beautiful' by people in different countries were discussed. People in country 'A' were of the opinion that women who were slim or should i say thin, even skinny were beautiful. Country 'B' believed you were not beautiful unless you were plump, or thick. In country 'A' women who gave birth started working out and dieting almost immediately in order to shed the weight gained, whereas in country 'B' women who gave birth were pumped with food so as to look good to society. In country 'C' the more flawless your complexion, the more beautiful you were. Women here obviously spent a lot of money on cosmetics. In country 'D' wearing neck bracelets or bangles more like hoops ( lol can't even tell what they are) were what to them made a woman beautiful. In country 'E', women spent a lot of money on nose surgery, because to them having a certain kind of pointed nose wa...

   I have come to realise that it is not everything you receive now that is absolutely useful for you Now. However you would find it most valuable to you at a different time, maybe a week, a year or even a decade away. There are also somethings that you receive and you get a little bit sad because you know things may have changed in a positive way if only you had known then what you know now. That is why it is most important not to discard things so quickly and especially necessary to keep records of valuable information.    It is also why you need to treasure the words of God especially and teachings and messages that shine a light on the things God wants you to hear. It is also one of the reasons why this blog was started. To keep reminding you of all the beautiful thoughts God has for you, so that they bless you now and for you to save some in your heart for the day that you would need it most. Trust me there are days that you would need the reassurances of hope ...

I do not remember what exactly it was that got me feeling rather down, but one evening, i went to bed very early,  really unhappy.I was awoken by loud knocks from my uncle very early in the morning, to tell me about a dream. At first i was like 'oh so this man could not wait just a few more hours before?', but when he told me the dream, i was shocked. It related so much much to the mood of yesternight and i knew God had virtually sent me a direct message through him. There is also this one time where something i was looking forward to very much did not work out. I logged on to my Facebook and the first post i saw was from my friend talking about 'not giving up because God was still on your case'. So timely. These are personal examples, and now let me give you  two biblical ones. Elijah, once upon a time was so depressed he got into suicide mode. And he told God he wanted to die. God heard him and granted his request. Not until after correcting some errors Elijah ha...

Feelings? They can be nice sometimes. Like when you have deep feelings (of love) for someone and they love you right back. But they can be that thing that stays right with you when you want nothing to do with it. Like when you love someone who doesn't even know you exist. Or you still love someone you were with who is totally over you, and doesn't even remember the first alphabet of your name. Most of us, as humans have feelings. It is a part of us: whether we want them or not. However, we cannot make major life decisions simply based on feelings. We cannot accept to marry someone simply because whilst proposing they looked deep into our eyes and our hearts started beating faster than we ever thought possible. You can't take a knife and go stab someone simply because the way they talk or walk or dance annoys the heck out of you. Feelings can be fickle. Even Jesus had them and they were on full display in the garden of Gethsemenae and all he wanted to do was give u...