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" When it ends somewhere, it begins elsewhere .." When the month of December begin, I kept repeating that I needed to learn how to love the right way. A desire to open myself up completely and letting healing and love in was eating at me. Then I heard about the 21 days of fasting and prayer at my church. Now ... I am no good at fasting but I had the DESIRE for it. It was beyond me! When I started, I felt I needed to write about it. I would open my page and begin to write and I'd close it after five minutes because honestly, there was nothing. All I had the desire to do was pray. I had daily missions to take care of. I needed to focus. These daily missions were either: forgiving, learning, accountability, passing on a message to someone, self analysis or rebuke.. no matter what it was, there was something to work on everyday. I was on the bus on my way home one night and the title " TAG, you are it! " came to me. I wrote it down on my notepad and I wanted to...

" It all clears up when you stop running." For my older brother's birthday this year, we decided to throw him a surprise birthday dinner. After the celebration, on our way home he asked :" yo, why do people run man? " I laughed. Not at what he said but at how he had said it. Then he continued by saying: " What pleasure do you get from running? look at this post, 700 thousand people went LIVE just to watch people run..what sense does this make? when you run you're tired, you're sweaty and then you go back home more tired than when you arrived.. where is the fun in that? anyways...maybe it's just me...my brain is just unable to grasp the importance that people put in it. " and then he went back to doing what he was initially doing. as I sat there quietly thinking I begin to look at his question in a different perspective. Now this is not going to be your average expected answer telling you that people run because they want to be healthy ...

Dear God, You have made a way for me to see the month of November and I thank you. Father, there are challenges coming my way, emotionally, spiritually and physically. I ask for your wisdom knowledge and understanding, to proceed me. I ask that your spirit of discernment be upon my decision making. I pray that I get in the depth of who you are. I pray for my family and friends, that no matter what they are going through, they always remember to call on your name. In these last 60 days of the year 2018, I pray that you change our lives for the better. I pray for victory and I pray for supernatural miracles. In Jesus' precious name, Amen.

" Not everyone you love is meant to be tangible. Praying for them but keeping them away from your space is also a form of love." - Gloria Mwange It's been a little over a month now that I have been trying to crack the code on forgiveness and I can't lie, it has been the hardest thing I have done since 2018 has started. We all know how the mind works sometimes and if it doesn't forget, you will never know true forgiveness. I remember a story in the bible when Peter asked Jesus how many times we had to forgive those who sin against us; and Jesus replied " Seventy times seven times everyday " - Matthew 18:21-22. Not a lifetime, but every time someone wrongs us, we have to forgive. Can you imagine? we live in a world that continuously tells us that we can forgive but never forget what the person has done, do you know how hard it must be to truly forgive? There is a specific reason why I'm insisting on forgiveness. It's not JUST because I am C...

" There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." - John Ruskin Dear God, As leaves begin to fall and nature changes its course,  I pray that you strengthen us; Teach us to not only focus on the bad weather but to be focused on You the creator of all things with purpose. That everything we bottled up during the summertime be stripped from us so that you may work in us thoroughly. Teach us to see the beauty in fallen leaves. Set us free, for this is our clean beginning. Amen.

" You can't change your fate. It will always find you "  Wow! it has been a long time since I wrote. Growth is something that you think is a myth until you get to a certain stage in your life and look back to who you used to be, what you used to do and how you used to think and all you can do is pat yourself on the back for knowing what you know now and moving forward. My mother had the chance to go to Congo this summer and left me and my brothers home alone. To me it made no sense because I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING !  I mean I do contribute in paying the bills but my mother does it all. I have never seen her go through the process of the payments. I just know our lights never went out due to no payment. Water never stopped running and I can always be in the comfort of my home when I need to and not be bothered. Of course before she left she told me everything I needed to know and still I was nervous. I just never knew how to do all of that besides pay for my pho...

" I once read somewhere that if you wake up in the middle of the night with a prayer at the tip of your tongue, it's because God wants to speak with you. So you should never ignore that precious moment." Last night I woke up feeling blue and full of words. They were so all over the place that I decided to take some time and just sit up and re-organize my thoughts. I was so sleepy though but I couldn't go back to bed no matter how hard I tried. After a lot of hesitation, I came to the conclusion that I had to face myself. I realized just how overdue this prayer was so I started it like this: " Dear God,  I know you're probably laughing right now, saying to yourself that you knew I'd be back at this exact spot - laying on my back - trying to find the words to tell you.  You probably also know exactly what I am about to say next. But for my sake, I will say it out loud to also hear myself when I say these things. I need answers. I have a lot of ques...

Sometimes the ground that you walk on does not feel like anything because you are consistently numb; most times your tears are just water that the soil needs in the heat of summer; your prayers often feels like a boomerang and it takes too long to come back - none the less you smile and try your best to enjoy the little things that life gives you. Happy Born day Gloria.

I am struggling to find the positioning of my altar I am walking and cannot remember the road I used to take to get to it and each time I recalculate, I get lost. There were places I used to sit and write about you on the altar, I had questions only you were able to answer. I conversed with you often through writing but each time I dare hold my pen now, the ink dries. There were places I used to go and find you, places we met and came to conclusions about things, Though often times, words were bigger than I could of imagined, you were there and understood exactly what my heart was full of. Now I go there and I can't seem to feel your presence as I once did. When we first spoke I was rooted in your word, and you were the anchor that held me together now I stutter and became more unbalanced than a dry leaf and I can't seem to refocus on you who kept me together. I lost the rhythm in which I used to play the drum to get your attention the way in which the cor...

" I had to disappoint you on one level for you to dream bigger on the next" I just want to give myself and you, 5 tips to remember for the month of May 1. Not everybody in this world is like you or has your heart. The courtesy that you are extending to one person, will not be reciprocated to you often times. Instead of getting upset and try to get even. Thank God that he showed you who they are and which doors you shouldn't open next time. 2. Take responsibility for your actions. There is something magnificent that happens to you when you take responsibilities for your actions. " How did you contribute to your misery, procrastination, lack of empathy ..etc.." The day you begin to answer these questions, everything becomes clear and you learn right away how to take care of conflicts in your everyday life. 3. God is in the midst of everything that you do. The reason why you are disappointed right now is because you needed to see that situation in a differe...

" When you begin to tell your mental to recognize when you care, you start demanding different." - Sarah Jakes Roberts. Allow me to remind you just how great God is and how precisely he shifts a situation to fit the destiny in our lives. Let me tell you just how connected I am with what God has been doing in my life because I forgot I had it in me but the accuracy is so precise that it scares me sometimes. Let me go back to April 11th, I knew something wasn't right about my day because everything set me off. My mind was there but everything in me was bothered. I didn't feel like praying, I didn't feel like doing anything but I still went to work. That day, I received bad news at work and for some very odd reasons, I wasn't moved. Instead, I was calm. Everything in me kept telling me that this is when my eyes need to start opening and my strength needs to begin to be molded because a storm is coming. I have been comfortable for too long and I needed an aw...

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" You want to make God laugh, Tell Him your plans. " Have you ever given your 100% into something and did not get recognized for it ? I remember in high school, once every year, there was a science exposition. I wasn't the best science student.. I didn't understand much of it but when it came to projects, I TRIED to give my best. That particular year I was partnered with someone. While working on the project I noticed that she consistently rejected my ideas. After awhile we parted ways because we could never meet in the middle. Are you familiar with people who have never agreed on anything you proposed simply because it was always their way or no way at all? How did that make you feel? Science wasn't my best subject but she was a good student and together I had hoped we'd be good partners but ...life happened. It was 3 days before the science expo and I still had my original idea but she left such a hole in me that I really thought my idea was trash. I n...

It is unwise to make decisions based off of your emotions. Get out of your feelings for a moment. Use logic. Do you believe in the universe coming together for you? Do you believe that God is able to disrupt everything in your life so that you could spend 5 minutes with Him ? Do you believe that God listens to you when you speak ? How is your relationship with Him ? In January, I worked on connecting with my environment. I was told that everything that you have around you represents who you are. So I worked on keeping my spaces tidy, organizing my thought process, I worked on discipline (how to save money. Not go on social media before a certain time etc ..) do things that are mentally good for me. Fast forward to February. I wanted to really focus on my spiritual journey and because God is an amazing teacher, He sent me back to myself. I meditated on proverbs. Part 1 and 2 are already posted and this is the finale of the series... I am supposed to write down the remaining last ...

" Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform ( or pause and reflect)." - Mark Twain Day 9/28  - Folly. ( Proverbs 9,10) Be careful  with those around you who wrongly advise you. They are leading you down the wrong path and modifying your destiny.  Day 10/28 - Lifestyle of the badmind and the just. ( Proverbs 10,31-32) Everything in life is a choice good and bad. You're the one who chooses where you want to stand. Be stable with your decisions and stick to it until the end.  Day 11/28 - Balance ( Proverbs 11, 1-2) I am reminded everyday that lukewarmness and unbalance are two things I need to really acknowledge about myself and work on. There isn't water further down the road. it's just a mirage. Day 12/28 - Less is more ( Proverbs 12,9) " Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food ". This scripture described exactly what this new generation is and it amazed me b...

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates This month I decided to go through 28 days of learning; And what better way of doing so than learning from the source Himself. Ever since January, I have been looking towards zooming out and refocusing on what's more important this year so I reopened my Bible and went to the book of proverbs. Here's what I've learned so far ... Day 1/28 - Bad Company (Proverbs 1, 10-19) " The path of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it." Choose wisely who you want to be by your side for they represent who you are in front of God and in front of people. Day 2/28 - Wisdom changes our paths. ( Proverbs 2, 6-12) God does not bless what He is not a part of. You can try and force situations and convince yourself that " it's God's plan " and the whole time, nothing is going accordingly and then you get upset. But, was it FOR you ? Day 3/28 - R...

" Believe me, when you're not looking, someone is clapping for you." I was on the bus on my way home from work one night and I was listening to music. I can honestly tell you that most of my best adventures happens on public transportation. This time though, I noticed a familiar face. At first I couldn't place where I've seen this person before and it took me a little while; Only to realize that he was a manager at one of my old jobs. This was the second time I seen him that week. The first time I didn't pay him any mind but this time I couldn't believe that it was actually him. The bus was full and he was looking for a place to sit, luckily for him two people from the same row were getting off at the same stop so he decided to replace them. He was in such a rush to sit that the bag that he had around him, he didn't fully remove it so he sat uncomfortably. A couple of minutes went by and the bus was approaching his stop. That's when I noticed...

" Whenever you find yourself in a difficult situation. Don't always be so quick to run away. Try your best to face the situation at hand. That's a sign of growth." - Dad The first week of 2018 is coming to an end. And I'd like to end it with a bang! " New year, New me!" at least that's what most people say whenever the new year arrives. But I personally never understood why people said it. It's as though they fail to realize that it's only the numbers that resets. The days, the years and the months .. but everything else still goes on. Yesterday's problems still needs fixing. That project you were working on still needs to be finished etc... Ps: Could you imagine if it did though? Wow!! Okay, let me not stray from this subject... Moving on.. Before I get into too much, let me recap last year for a little bit. 2017 was amazing to me. I. Learned. A. Lot ! I appreciated every bit of knowledge that came with it. I also was able to buil...