Thoughts and Other Things

I’ve struggled so much with trusting God’s plan for my life this past year. I used to think that the biggest exercise of trust in God’s plan for my life would be when I said ‘yes’ to his calling into ministry. But it turns out that every turn of this journey requires my trust. The past year has been particularly difficult for me. I have wrestled with God concerning how I pictured my life would be at this stage compared to His unfolding plan for my life.   In the early hours of Sunday morning as I fell in and out of sleep, I heard a voice command me: Trust God’s plan. When I awakened a few hours later, I scribbled the instruction as to not forget it and grabbed my Bible. I read Ephesians 1:11 which says: “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.” Through this text, God led me to understand why I can trust his plan.   1. I can trust God’s plan because it is firmly e...

I' ve learnt one thing from the nameless female characters in the Bible: You don't need a name to leave your mark. You don't need a title, a position, a following or a long list of accolades.  These women are proof that... Even when you're only known through the man you're attached to, God can still talk to you and trust you to incubate a Samson to destroy his enemies. Even when you're only known through the death of the man your provision was attached to, you can still feed and house an Elijah through a three-year drought. Even when you're only known as a slave girl, you can still drive a mighty Naaman to know that there is a God in Israel. ` Even when you're only known through the son you've birthed, you can still mould a leader and shape a kingdom through your oracles. Even when you're only known through your nationality as a Samaritan, you can still turn many to Jesus through your testimony. Even when you're only known through your...

One thing you’re sure to come across in this adulting journey is disappointment. God recently helped me understand how I (often) end up disappointed and I’d like to unpack it to save you some further heartbreak too.   I don’t think I need to explain what disappointment is. If you’re old enough to read this, I’m pretty sure you’ve experienced it on more than one occasion. However, for the purpose of the understanding God gave me, we’ll define it. Simply put, disappointment is a feeling of sadness caused by expectations going unfulfilled. If unmet expectations are the root of disappointment, we must consider what informs our expectations to deal with said disappointment.   “As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the maker of all things.” Ecclesiastes 11:5   If we are to escape disappointment, we must acknowledge the limitation of our knowledge. This is because what we know ...