The Drifter

Side to side she sways around
From her, not a whisper,
Not even a sound
Her face so pale,
No life to see
She walks, she moves,
Like a creature, Like a zombie.

Too and Fro she passes by
With no sparkle, no glimmer
No life in her eyes
Wandering around from space to space
Not sure of her purpose, her plan, or place.

Squish, squash is the disturbing sound
That her bare feet makes,
As they touch the moist ground.
Is she mad? Is she serious?
Were the shouts that came from the crowd
She never turned to face them,
Her gaze forward bound.

Tick, Tock the perfect Rhythm
As she moved across
Face now grief stricken
Terrified and mortified at what she had just done
She could have had a daughter, or maybe a son

Tears now welled up as the rain began to fall
She was headed for the cliff
Just beyond the brick wall
It serves her right,
Exclaimed the town
For what she had done
She deserved much more

Twenty Five, Twenty Four, Twenty three steps more
She could see her way out
She could see the open door
Soon it would be over
Soon the pain would end
Soon no one would be able to hurt her
Soon they would be reunited again

Four, Three, Two, One
Its time, Be brave,It must be done
To rid this earth of its greatest failure
I must face my fear
I must move over
"To all of you that I have hurt
I am sorry, For what its worth"
And that was that
She disappeared
Over the cliff
Smiling from ear to ear

The crowd gasped
In shock and horror
They could not believe
What they witnessed that hour
Is she dead? Did she do it?
Were the silly remarks
That came from the crowd, of the town of Lenmax

If only they knew, that they were the cause
Of this poor girl, taking her cross.
Over a cliff and too her death
Unable to live with the guilt, pain and distress

You see she was so innocent
At the age of fifteen
But that was raped away from her
By the village fiend
A man of power, of status and class
A man with a family, a man with a past

No one believed her, as she tried to tell,
Of the pain she endured, the suffering, the hell.
And if that wasn't a bad enough thing
Imagine her depression, when she began experiencing
Sickness of the morning, cramps and so
When her belly began to show,
She was labelled a whore.

She cried, she screamed, She hurt inside
As everyday, a piece of her died
What do I do, What do I say?
How do I make, this problem go away

She found the solution, on the internet of course
She would get rid of it, No matter the cost
And indeed she did, That very same day
She went to someone, who took the problem away
Now filled with the guilt, remorse and shame
She would go for a walk, but oh the pain

So Four, Three, Two, One
Its time, Be Brave, It must be done
If ony this young girl had met the Son
Who redeemed us, loves us, Bought us at a price
Its because of Him, we have eternal life
Had she met the Father of all Fathers
Who's unconditional love supercedes all others
Had she met the Comforter The Healer, The Friend.
Would that day, been her end.

Proactive vs Reactive

I write this blog not to bash, not to accuse and not to blame. I write this blog to share the reality of the situation and this world. This morning I woke up and reflected on my life and how it impacts the lives of others. I woke up this morning and I reflected on how we, the church, affect the world. I woke up this morning and reflected on what is happening with in the church and wonder if we see it. I woke up physically and mentally tired of planning programs and going through the motions. Youth service is now a lime. We meet, there is some devotion time, we play two games and then we lime. Oh and we must mention that most youth don't come to youth meeting unless there is an outing.

Church is no longer a place where we become equip to deal with the unsaved. It is a social gathering for the believers who turn their noses down at the sinners, because blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly. We plan evangelism service, in the church, healing and deliverance service, in the church, revival service, in the church. What happen to the days when we would pitch two tents on the street corner and have church outside.

We dress to impress and we have the best things. The iPad, iTouch, iPhone and all the other i's but what about the I AM. We sit in church and we become filled with spiritual food and then we sit on it. Because the salvation and the love we experience based on our relationship with God is out little secret to keep. As it is in the physical it is in the spiritual so if I eat all day and don't walk, run or move I don't burn off the food. If i don't burn off the food I become obese. So then we can liken being fed and sitting down on it to Spiritual obesity.

We wait until something happens to us to pray. If the bandit doesn't come into my home or the home of a family member. But when it does, there is a big prayer meeting. The entire Church has to come out and 'agree' with us so the bandit can come to justice. We are very reactive and so when something happens, we act.

I am sorry I am tired of not being ready. I am tired of arming myself after the fact. I am tired of playing church. I am tired of the programs that reach no one. I am tired of sitting down on the gifts that God has given me because the church is not yet ready for it. I am tired of us not equipping ourselves to deal with the issues at hand (i.e. homosexuality, drugs, domestic violence etc. ) So what am I going to do about? Study, seek, listen and act! What are you going to do about it?

A Unique Fascination

Between yesterday and today I came to a realization. The only thing that can keep me focused on Jesus is the revelation of Jesus Himself. You see, I am attracted to anything and anyone that fascinates me. The problem is, I get bored very easily. So my fascination in material things, or earthly beings never last that long. People fail you. Things fail you. Life fails you. So then what? What do you do then? Move on to the next thing that catches your attention.

But I know a man. Who when He reveals Himself in all His splendor and all His wonderous Majesty, I will have no choice but to be captured by it. Captivated by the beauty, the splendor, the love, the joy, the glory, the grace the exceeding Greatness of His Power. I am captivated by my Jesus. You see a fascination of one that Great can't just fade away. An interest in the only one who has the power to keep me, protect me, to empower me, to love me, to care for me, to be concerned about me not only when I am going through doesn't just go away.

I encourage us to beg, to plead, to go before the throne of Grace and ask for a revelation of Jesus. Ask that He captivate your Heart. Ask that He Fascinates you to the point that your gaze may never stray from Him. God will respond.

I stand in Awe of God's Majesty, His forgiveness, His love, His grace and all the other gifts that He chooses to give me. I stand in Awe of a Mighty God. I am Amazed at His love and glory.

A Lesson Well Learned

As most of you know I am a singer. I was entrusted with this gift and I have made it my mission to use it. That I believe was my downfall. All my life I have had people tell me that with a voice like mine I should have a CD. Everyone expects me to have a career in the music industry because that's just what good singers do. So for year I have been waiting my turn. Waiting for God to open the door, give me the opportunity to be the star. I cried, I prayed, I argued because for me , it was what I was meant to do. Everyone else said so.

So recently doors have opened and opportunities arrived and I took it upon myself to run after them. I didn't feel like I shouldnt. It was cool. With every door that opened something was required of me. It wasnt anything that I hadn't done before. Simple right.  I asked God to give me signs. I just believed that this was for me. It was my time. However with every passing day I grew more and more stressful. Things were falling a part and not coming together. Learning from the perspective of a Manager, an Agent and musician was very different. Having to deal with photo shoots and traveling and all the other cray stuff that comes with the territory was stressful and tiring. 

Today I sat and considered all that's happening in my life right now and I almost cried. I felt so over whelmed. I felt like I was going crazy and I kept saying Help me Jesus Help me Jesus Help me Jesus!

It was then, in my most vulnerable state, when I could take no more that God had to show me I was doing my own thing. You see He knew what the business was like from the beginning. He knew how stessed out I would be in it. He knew that it wasnt for me. He tried to tell me but I allowed what others defined me to be, to be the thing that I aspired for.

I have been asked to choose between my ultimate career goal, (To open a school for the performing arts) and what I like to do (sing). After being so deep in it I just want out. I know that I wont enjoy it. The fun of doing what I do now is that I do it out of the love for it and not to make money. I do it for ministry purposes and not for the fame. I do it as service unto the Lord and not to make my Manager happy.

I have acknowledged that God would never afford you opportunities to stress you out or drive you crazy. God will not give you anything that makes you uncomfortable or uneasy or stressed out. God just knows best. This week I learnt that I know cannot run my life. God has to be the driver. God has to be the author of my story, otherwise I will go CRAZY! The minute I accepted that I don't know what I need and what's best for me I was at peace. All worry and stress left.

I said all this to say:

God will not give anything to you to fix. He will not give you anything that brings you hurt and pain. Some of us are in relationships we should not be in. We believe we can change the person. We believe that he/she is God's gift to us. God will not place you in a stressful, unhappy, abusive relationship. God loves you too much. Trust that the moment you let go and let God, He will show up. My prayer is that this day we relinquish all control and allow Jesus to take the wheel!

God bless!  

A Living Testimony

If someone had told me three years ago that I would be the woman I am today I would have laughed at them. If someone had tole me three years ago that in three years I would go through the things that I went through I would have never believed.

I realise I worry a lot. I am a highly organized goal- oriented person, so when my graduation time was coming up I began questioning God. God, in His Divine way of doing things told me nothing except to trust that He knows what He's doing. That was not good enough for me in my limited knowledge.

So I worried, I cried, I argued, I fussed, I cried (did I mention I cried) and all i ever heard was trust in me.
This was the most difficult thing to do ever! I never thought that It would be this tough. Waiting in silence was excruciating.

The great thing about God is, He is not moved by our tears. He is not moved by our angry venting or our fussing. God knows best. He knows the right timing for you blessing! He knows the desires of your heart. He sees how hard you work. He know what you're ready for and what you're not. Trust that He know what He is doing.

I had to. I became tired of hearing things like "Trust and Obey" and "The steps of a Righteous man are ordered by God". But in times like these, when you look back, it is exactly true. You may not have wanted to hear it but is true. God has your back and just when you think its over, just when you think your strength is gone and you have no more God shows up.

Your issue may not be mine. Your circumstances may not be my circumstances  but God wants you to Stand still and KNOW that He is God. He also wants you to know that He is able to do exceeding and abundantly above all we could ever ask or thing. Trust, wait and you will see!

Oh what a pleasure it is, to serve such a God. To have fellowship with a Mighty God . To have the assurance that He is concerned about you. I don't know about you, but I feel blessed!

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

Proverbs 3:5

A Beautiful Heart...

I was viewing a popular talk show today that was dealing with girls under the age of 12 requesting plastic surgery. These girls criticized everything from their skin colour, shape of their eyes even the shape of their mouths. These girls were serious. Some were influenced by the home environment and others just had low self esteem. I don't know about you but at 12 I was still playing hopscotch and marble pitch in my yard. I had no idea what botox or rhinoplasty was and I don't feel like I missed out on anything.

A study was done on how low self esteem leads to several of the issues facing us today. Promiscuity, drug use and gang violence can all be traced back to low self esteem and self worth.

I did have my issues. There were times when I didn't like what I saw when I looked in the mirror. When I was younger I never thought I was beautiful. I thank God though for a family (not only biological) who could help me see and understand that I was.

However, I did not really grasp the concept until I became a Christian. You see if we do not understand that we were created in the image and likeness of a perfect, beautiful, talented, mighty amazing God, we never see how beautiful and talented we are. We will never know that beauty truly has nothing to do with the outward appearance. We will never understand that beauty has nothing to do with how slim or thick we are. It has nothing to do with how many people tell us we 'pretty' or 'ah bess ting'.

A heart that seeks after God is a beautiful heart and that beauty radiates and spills over into every aspect of your life. A heart after God is what makes you beautiful. A heart that experiences the unconditional love of God belongs to a beautiful person.

So I am going to let you know just in case no one has ever told you.

YOU were created in the image and likeness of a BEAUTIFUL God. YOU are BEAUTIFUL. YOU are GOOD enough. YOU are STRONG, GOOD LOOKING, TALENTED, BOLD, QUIET, LOVELY, EDUCATED and EXCEPTIONAL enough to do whatever you put your mind to. Do NOT allow ANYONE to tell you who you are. GOD defines you and He is writing your story. LOVE YOURSELF cause there is only one you! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.  :-)

Ps 139: 14

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.

Dead Weight!

John 15:1 and 2 states“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

I woke up this morning with the words dead weight on my mind. I was confused at first but I allowed God to show me where he was going.

He asked the question why are we holding on to the branches He is trying to cut of in our lives? There are a lot of Christians walking around depressed all the time. Don't give me wrong, I am not saying that we are to be happy all the days of our lives but it depression should not rule our lives.

We walk around depressed all the time because we chose to hold on to our dead weight. These branches that bear  no fruit in our lives. We hold on to them, become depressed and then ask God to help us carry them, when God wants you to get rid of them.

This dead weight could be anything or anyone. It could be a disruptive relation with a man or woman we believe we can change. This dead weight can be unforgiveness. This dead weight can be worrying about tomorrow and not letting it worry about itself. This dead weight could be friendships that prevent you from reaching your full potential or accomplishing what God wants you to.

I know from personal experience that it is not easy to get rid of dead weight and even today I am still learning. Just think though of how light you would feel when its off. Think about all the things you will be free to do, all the things you can accomplish if you would just allow God to cut off these branches and get rid of the dead weight your carrying. I hope this is your prayer also-

God, I am tired of carrying around this dead weight. It is heavy and getting to unbearable. Help me to trust that you know what's best and that you will withhold no good thing from me. Please Father, help release this dead weight, in Jesus name, Amen.

Tye Tribbett - When the Rocks Hit The Ground

Just some thoughts

Its amazing to me that no matter how far God distances us from our past, we run right back to it.
It amazes me how we preach a word we don't live.
It amazes me how we do the exact same thing and expect a different result.
It amazes me how many of our leaders are getting so caught up in their ministry that they forget whats important, people.
It amazes me where we lay our priorities sometimes.

It amazes me how God loves. God'd love is truly a too good to be true kinda love. The great thing about it is that it is true. God's love keeps no record of my past. God's love propels me into a sucessful future. God's love gives me joy. God's love comepletes me. God's love is truly unconditional. God's love is a gift. We can never repay God for His love. God's love is second to none. God's love should be how we love. Unconditionally, understanding, caring, kind, forgiving, longsuffering and all that jazz.

God's love is truly unfathomable. We are unable to comprehend it in our natrual minds. God's love does not condem. God's love is available to you.

Do you want it?

A message from My friend :-)

Christianity in chains…..
Bible says, that where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom
Some Christians say, what you did in the past is not forgotten
Bible says that in Him you are a new creation
Some Christians say that the new is just the old, in a new formation
Bible says, we are whiter than snow
Some Christians say your sins are for the world to know
Bible says that your conscience has been cleared
Some Christians say that you’re an individual to be feared
Bible reveals that gossip is like gangrene
Some Christians say, it’s the only way the truth can be seen
Bible says go forth and sin no more
Some Christians have portraits of what you did before
Thus I’ve come to one grave conclusion
That sometimes Christian people create the greatest confusion
Refusing to let go of someone’s past
Always regurgitation scenes from and old cast
I wish that love will always reign
And that some people wouldn’t feel like Christianity in chains
I wish that we will learn always to forgive
And not allow God’s love to pass through us like a sieve
You see when we gossip, we hurt so many
And we taint the true tenets of Christianity
We make others feel that there is no resolution
And that they’re the only ones who fell to sins seduction
But I thank God for the Cross and for Calvary
That lets us know that we do have victory
So if today you heart has been broken
Just know that in Christ you have been chosen
Chosen to walk the life of Christianity…..
Christianity in chains…Hmmm No Beloved
Because as a Christian, you are FREE!

Who I am

I'm learning daily who I am. You see before others defined who I was and the minute I realised it my relationship with those peope changed. I for too long depened on people to define who I was. I allowed them to shape my attitude and my appearance. I allowed them to tell me how to dress, how to act, how to exist. I allowed persons to 'dictate my pace'. Sad but so true. I am learning everyday how to think for myself. How to form my opinions and make my own decisions. I am learning that based on what I choose to believe ad stand for I will lose friends. I will be pesecuted, I will be frowned upon but I will be happy. I will be happy because I now allow God to dictate my pace. I no longer have to depend on others to give me purpose. I can be confident in who I am and who holds my future. I am learning everyday who's opinion really counts. If God is fine with me and created me this way then i am too. I refuse to change who I am and what I believe based on your perception of who I should be. I am learning everyday that I am different. I am not like you and will never be.

So I am Nataki Aatifa Lendor. I am strong, intelligent, bold, loud, assertive, passionate and much much more. My God created me this way and I will not change for anyone. It is time we accept who God created us to be and stop trying to be who others perceive us or want us to be. If God wanted us to all be the same he would have created us that way.

We in turn need to quit trying to make others into who we perceive them to be but view them as God sees them. A diamond in the rough who's purpose is just as important as ours. 

I am learning everyday who I am and who God wants me to be. Who are you?

What u really need..

It truly amazes me how we treat God sometimes. I look at the facebook statuses and lifestyles of some people who profess Christianity and wonder how serious are we. We beg for God's protection but we going to a party where there will most likely be violence. We want God to bless us with a job but we ain't looking for one. We ask God to forgive us of our sin, taking grace for granted and still commit habitual sin. I ask myself the question do we want God. A father who corrects and punishes us when we are wrong. One who praises us when we are right, or do we want a sugar daddy. A man who is there to give us what we need and want when we need and want it.

Let me tell you now GOD IS NOT A SUGAR DADDY! So please do not treat him like one. God cares so much for us but our actions do have consequences. Consequences that we cannot choose.  For those of us who are keeping the faith and keeping our eyes on the prize and seeing the ones playing the fool 'prospering', know that God has not forgotten you. Every action has a reaction and we are not allowed to choose them. So do not be discouraged or dismayed God has not forgotten you.

To those treating God like a sugar daddy please beware. God will not stand for this disrespect much longer. Its either you are in or out. Lukewarm just wont cut it. I encourage us to search ourselves and see if we have been treating God like a sugar daddy. I pray we find the error in our ways and get our priorities organized. God truly wants this relationship with you. Don't you want it too?

And the difference is...

As a young singer in the making the only avenue to use my growing talent was the church. I sang in competitions as a soloist, part of a duet and in the choir. But what about my other gifts? I love drama, I love photography. I love interior and fashion design and I'm pretty good at all of them. Are there though avenues in the church provided for us to use our other talents. Not only to use them in ministry to make a living. Will these gifts make away for us. And when I speak of these gifts that don't have to be what I mentioned before. They can be any different and peculiar gifting that you have. It is taught that your gift is for ministry and everything else u do by the way side is a job. Something you do on the side to make a living. I ca assure you that if I get stuck working a normal nine to five I would go crazy.If I don't love it, it will never be done to the best of my ability.  My passion lies in the arts and I plan on using it not only for ministry but to make a way for me. I believe the different gifting that I have are to help unsaved persons come to know God.  If i don't work with them, doing what I am passionate about how will I reach them. How do we reach them if we continue to exist in the bubble the church has created for us. We do not venture out into the unknown because we are comfortable where we are at. Well I am not. I am different and so are my gifting.  I will not sit down on them or use the strictly in the church. I want to show singers how they can minister as oppose to sing. I want to teach them the truth about God by teaching them about purpose. The purpose of music and helping them to understand that they have purpose. I want to show the dramatist and dancers the importance of doing what they do in a Spirit of excellence and show them how powerful and influential they are. I want to teach them how to use their use this influence for the glorification of the Most High God. I want to teach them how to make a difference in this world. I want to show the gang member who sings on the block how fulfilling it it to minister through his music.  I want to teach the prostitute that through her drama she can be somebody and do something with her life that she can be proud of. I just want to use the arts to lift Jesus higher. What are you different and peculiar gifting? Are they understood? Are they being used? God gave you these talents. Are you going to multiply them or bury them until he returns?

The Joy of our Salvation

During or walk with Jesus, we often get to a point where we believe we are at a stand still. We believe that we are no longer making a difference and we have failed in someway. Our passion and fire for God and doing the work of the Lord is stifled by the church 'protocol' and sometimes by even the leadership.  What do we do when we get there? What do we do when we feel like there is nothing else we can do? What do we do? We seek the face of God and ask him to renew a right Spirit within us. We ask God for the joy of oursalvation back. We ask God to give us the fire again and we ask God to show us how to use it. It is only God that can teach us how to use the giftes he has placed within us. For to long we have allowed persons and situations to steal our joy. No More! Enough is enough! God is not a God that can be defeated and I am His child so I refuse to accept defeat. God is Great and all powerful and he has the ability to restore unto me the Joy of my salvation. So what's it gonna be? Are we gonna stay in defeat or are we going to take back what the enemy has stolen from us/ Your choice?

The Holy Ghost Movement...

I was sitting with my friends tonight in "the holy of holies" (the name we have for our kitchen table) chatting about really truly knowing a 'good guy' when you see one. As we sat I listened to the usual banter of "you can never really know someone by seeing them" and I don't know he is a good Christian young man" when it hit me. We will know if he is a decent young man or not. How you ask? If the Spirit of the Lord lives within you, you will be able to tell. God gives us the Spirit of discernment but not only that, the Holy Spirit will enlighten you as to who this person is. Often we rely on ourselves to show us these things. But how about trusting in the God who knows the past, present and future of you and the individual to lead you. I have learnt that there are somethings we leave up to God but there are others that we try to do ourselves as if God will not be interested in the little things. I have realised thought that God is concerned about me holistically. He is interested in every part of me even the things that I don't think matter. Even the things that we believe are not big enough to handle, When we give God our ALL we think it to mean we give him the big stuff or the bad stuff that we cant deal with. I am here to let you know that God wants everything. ALL meaning the good, the bad and the ugly. The big things, little things and the ones in between. Give God ALL and watch him workout everything. Put him to the test, I am sure you will not be disappointed.

Trusting in you

Trusting God is one of the most difficult things for me to do sometimes. Why you wonder? I have been pondering on it for awhile now and I have come to the conclusion that it is because of my lack of faith. If Faith is the substance of things hoped for, for things that I do not see then that is so why I do not trust God very easily. It is very easy for us to believe what we see. It is so easy for us to believe the gossip we hear in passing. It is so easy for us to believe our politicians and earthly leaders; however it takes so much more out of us to trust in a God we do not see. A God that many deny exist. A God that we only know really because we have experienced him and seen him work in our lives. Isn't that enough though? Isn't the fact that God has shown up in our lives and situations enough for us? Isn't the fact that he has done it before enough? Well I can safely say that it is enough for me. I have doubted God long enough. I have allowed the enemy to pay mind tricks on me. I am fed up. So I'm trusting in you Lord. I am by faith believing that you can and will do what you say you will do. You have said it and that settles it!

No More Masks

I was once at a place where I hid myself from others I even hid myself from God. It is interesting because looking back I had no idea what I was doing. To me, I was hiding who I really was from people so that they couldn't hurt me. In my mind, the only way to protect myself, was to build these walls. These walls soon became masks that I couldn't take off. The walls blocked not only people from coming in, but God from working on me.
We sing the song Brokenness is what we long for, Brokenness is what we need but do we have a clue what this brokenness is? I didn't until it happened to me. Until I arrived at a point where I could do nothing but cry. Fall on my face and be naked and unashamed before God. Until I came to the place of complete surrender. Until I became vulnerable to life and others, trusting them with who I really was. I am in no way saying that people didn't hurt me when I did, but God was able to heal. I thank God for the opportunity to be broken before Him. I thank God for healing me, I thank God for rebuilding the correct mindsets. I praise him that now, I have no more mask.
It is really difficult to be vulnerable to human beings. Mainly because,lets face it, we are human beings. But God isn't. He is the only one we can confide in and be 100% sure that He gets us. We can lay our all at the alter. Our everything. Vulnerable and broken before Him and watch him heal!

Forgivnesssssss...is more than saying sorry!

So tonight I sat in a car and considered all the 'social ills' we seem to be facing. I went all the way back and examined the Genesis of it all. Most of these wars, murders and even poverty is a result of the fact that we no longer care for and forgive each other. How did I get there you wonder? Most murders occur because someone was wronged in some way and instead of forgiving the person who wronged them, they think it best to kill them. Likewise with poverty, I must always have and I never have enough to give to my brother.

These things happen outside of the church. Sadly, it also happens in the church. Many persons are finding it very hard to let go of someone who hurt them in the past. Many persons are holding that unforgiveness in their heart to the point that they are physically sick. Check your church, do you know of anyone who is having a hard time? Is there anyway you can help? Our way of helping is saying "i will pray for you" Don't give me wrong, I am not saying that prayer is not important, What I am saying is the extra hour your taking to go home and watch TV, can be spent visiting a sick brother or meeting with a discouraged sister. In what way are we different if what is seen on the outside is what we see on the inside. Has the church lost it's saltiness? Are we effective anymore.

My encouragement s this, may we search ourselves and really check? How different are we from a person who does not know Christ. If not, please talk to God about it. Let him help you.

How selfish can we be?

It is amazing to me that their are so many things happening around the world and we (Christians) worry about things like denominations, dress codes and doctrines. Earthquakes, flash floods as big as tsunami's and murders in cold blood are running rampant all over the world and we are upset that Sis so and so bounced you during service. Rubish! We are also very quick to say oh well, its the end times, these things were boud to happen, so I guess there is nothing I can do about it. Again Rubbish! Persons believe for some reason, people believe that is will never affect them. It isnt our country being affected by these natural disasters, none of my family members are being affected so why shpuld I be bothered. Again more Rubish!

People its time we wake up amd smell the coffee. When Jesus spoke of this time in the Gospels he called this the BEGINNING of the birthing pains. THE BEGINNING! So what are we going to do about it. My aim is to ensure that not only I be saved but as many as can be. Now is the time when we aggressively go after lost sheep and bring them to where God needs them to be. Not for any acknowledgement but just because we care. Just because we love God and we love others. We need to stop accepting that this is how it needs to be. We need to get off our behinds and do what God has called us too. We need to become diciples of Christ and make diciples for him. It is time we Wake up people. Now is not the time to be sleeping!

Growing up!

We often call ourselves adults when we reach eighteen. We think because the law calls us legal we are adults. Men are all grown up when they get their first facial hair and when women get breast and begin their menstrual cycle, they are grown. But are those really the measuring stick for adults? Is that truly how you tell adults from kids? Or is it when is mature? What is maturity? How does one become mature? Is it when one begins having sex? Is it when one finishes secondary school? When does one become mature?


I ponder on this because many of us claim to be adults because we have jobs, make our own money or turn our own keys. We believe that we are mature and all grown up. I have been entering situations lately that had me asking myself “what would an adult do?” I have been getting my answers. It is almost never the easier way out. My first instinct is to forget it when the adult thing to do is take responsibility, deal with the consequences and face it. Just face it. When I don’t want to forgive or be the bigger person, the adult thing for me to do is to forgive and put away petty things.

Not only are those the adult things to do but they are the Christian things to do. Jesus requires us to be the adults, the examples for others to look at and follow. Are we being that, or are we too caught up in our feelings to see the bigger picture? I am not saying that it is easy. I am not saying that you’re a heathen if you are harbouring unforgiveness, I am saying check it. I am not saying that you are not mature if you run from your problems, what I am saying is check it. We all have on goal in mind; let’s not allow anything to keep us out of the kingdom of God. Nothing!