This Year....

It’s been a year since I last posted a blog post. This year has been very difficult for me in terms of work and Uni. I will definitely write a blog post on this.

As 2018 is approaching, what are you trusting God for? Is it something that you prayed for last year and you are choosing to trust God again? Are you trusting God for your dream job, dream house, to finally meet your future spouse etc.?

I remember when I completed my first degree in 2013, I trusted God for a legal job every year. But when I was applying for jobs, all I received were rejections. I then started to question my purpose in life and even regretted studying law.

In December 2015, I remember crying out to God, telling him that I give up and I no longer want to seek a career in the legal field, as I thought that it was clearly not for me.  But God thought otherwise 🙌🏿: my prayers were answered in May 2016. 

That season of my life taught me to trust in God’s promises. He will never disappoint you. My relationship with God has been growing since. I learnt that everything will happen at its appointed time. There’s a reason for the delay and all we need to do is to trust Him.  

I applied this in every aspect of my life, especially during my season of singleness. I was one of these girls who would pray “next year by this time I will meet my future husband” and still single on 31^st December 🙈. 

I hope this post encourages someone. God hears your prayers, even though it does not look like it. Continue to pray and trust God. He will not disappoint you. His plan is to prosper you not to harm you.

Lamentations 3:25-33 (MSG)

25-27 God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from God. It’s a good thing when you’re young to stick it out through the hard times.

28-30 When life is heavy and hard to take,  go off by yourself. Enter the silence.

Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face. The “worst” is never the worst.

31-33  Why? Because the Master won’t ever walk out and fail to return.

If he works severely, he also works tenderly. His stockpiles of loyal love are immense. He takes no pleasure in making life hard, in throwing roadblocks in the way:..”

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (ESV)

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

I wish you all a Happy New Year 😘 🎉

 Ps. I will post more frequently in 2018 🙏🏾

Confession of a Single Christian Woman

So I am going to be a bit vulnerable right now. Lately, I have been feeling very down. I hate feeling this way. God has been so faithful; there shouldn’t be anything I should feel sad about.

I have been single for over 5 years now. I decided to concentrate on myself and grow in my relationship with God. I have grown so much in the 5 years. In my opinion, during your singleness you can learn so much and get to know yourself as a person. 

Lately, I have been struggling with my singleness. A lot of people around me are getting married, having children. I am probably not the only one, but when I was younger I used to say that I will be married by 25 and have children by 26. Well, that’s not how it worked out.  I am 27 and single.

I’ve been getting silly thoughts like “You won’t ever have a life partner; you won’t get married before 30 etc.” I would literally feel fear when I had these thoughts and get very sad about it.  I would get very upset when I get comments like you will get married soon. My response to that is always, yeah whatever, as I “didn’t” see it happening any time soon. Or I would get comments like how are you going to meet anyone, if you only stay at home. (These comments used make me upset, even though I knew it came from a good place).

All this made me feel depressed about my singleness.  However, I may not be married right now or in a relationship, may not get married before 30, but God has done so much in my life that I am thankful for. He is a faithful God. My friend recently told me, that I should praise God more during this season of my life. She’s totally right. I feel like a lot of us only praise God when He has answered our prayers. He has done and is going to do so much in our life beyond our imagination. I literally can’t wait to see what He has in store for my life.

I hope this post will encourage someone. I felt very nervous sharing this. Know that God has a great plan for you. Please don’t compare yourself to others. We all have our own destinies.  “Comparison is the Thief of Joy”

God’s Perfect Timing

Hi everyone!

Wishing you all loads of love and joys on this New Year!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. I am very excited about this year and I can’t wait what God has in store for me in 2016!

In the beginning of January until mid January, I have been struggling with my faith. I believed for things to happen, yet they seemed unrealistic to me. One evening I had a conversation with God regarding that and He told me that ‘Faith is a thing unseen’, which corresponds with Hebrews 11:1 (NIV): ‘Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.’

I had to realise that I have to trust God and  that He will answer my heart desires in His perfect timing not when I believe that it is the right timing. Sometimes we want things so fast or don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel and end up making drastic decisions. 

We strive for the perfect job, perfect husband, perfect life… But we have to realise that life has its ups and downs and that we will eventually get to the finish line. The bumpy journey that we are currently going through will straighten out in God’s timing. This is all a learning process and I also believe that God is preparing us for the thing that we are praying for. Look at David’s story, when he was living in the wilderness, God was preparing him to fight against Goliath.

1 Samuel 17: 33 – 37 (NIV)

‘And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.” But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him. Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.” And David said, “The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.”’

If David wouldn’t have been in the wilderness fighting bears and lions, he would not have been prepared to fight Goliath. We have to allow God to let us go through the wilderness so that He can prepare us. We also have to realise that God’s promises upon our lives will come to past. Again lets look at David’s story:

2 Samuel 7:8 -11 (NIV)

‘Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will establish a house for you’

Being the youngest of 8, David was anointed king by prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 16:10-13). He did not become King until the age of 30 (2 Samuel 5:1- 4).

What we have to learn from this is that we have to trust God’s promises upon our lives. We may think that it is taking too long and we may feel ready to receive the new job or whatever we are believing God for – we must remind ourselves that only God knows when we are ready. Just be steady in your faith. When you start to doubt, keep on reminding yourself of His promises.

Also do not compare your journey with other people. Their journey is not your journey. It may have taken them less than a year to get where they wanted to be, but with comparison comes envy. By envying someone else’s life, you stop focusing your own purpose.

Galatians 6:4-5 (NIV) says that: ‘Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, for each one should carry their own load.’

I hope this blog post has encouraged you. Trust in God’s perfect timing and keep on reminding yourself of his promises.