Praying with Understanding

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Prayer, I believe is a conversation between us and God, either we are giving thanks, making requests or even asking questions. Yet it is not uncommon to feel like a prayer could be such a complicated and maybe even a delicate conversation to have, after all, it's God we are talking to here. There is no way that wouldn't be somehow daunting! I remember learning to pray as a child during family devotions and how nervous I'd get, mumbling through my words, hardly able to get anything coherent out. My auntie, bless her, would jump in the middle of one of my many long pauses to rescue me and carry on with the prayer but once we were done, my uncle would almost chide her for not giving me a chance to learn and develop my confidence. I didn't blame her; I found those long pauses very uncomfortable too! So, I usually understand when people tell me they do not know how to pray and would prefer others to pray for them or they'll just avoid it altogether and some even ask if ...

Hey June!

Welcome to the month of June everyone!!

There is just something about June, it's different compared to every other month, in my opinion. You get this sense of tranquillity in your spirit and I think it's romantic, people tend to express their feelings more.


You see, I did have plans for what I wanted June 2020 to look like, every blessed day of it, of course that was before the lockdown. I was planning birthday celebrations, mine and friends. For mine, I decided that a tree top adventure with Go Ape was a good way to celebrate turning a milestone age like...40!. I'm not one for such things, but I carefully considered the risks to my aging and aching joints and said, why not?What are the odds of me falling off a tree and breaking my neck on my 40th birthday?? Almost impossible, right?!
Well, that's not happening for another decade! I mean tree climbing not falling off a tree.

I am super excited for this month and as a matter of fact, for the rest of the year 2020.
There has been a lot of doom and gloom about 2020 on social media platforms, especially with what we have all been through but I will encourage us to look at things differently. Let us all decide that with the start of this new month, we will not let our lives be ruled by fear and we will take it a step at a time. Let's look and see the giants of different situations towering over us at the moment as conquerable. They can all be successfully managed, one step at a time is what it takes.
As far as my birthday goes, a zoom party will do but if not pizza, spicy wings, chocolate brownies delivered to my door will be equally satisfying. I might even throw in a good movie as well... The Goonies?!

Now, allow me share an excerpt from a prayer by Joyce Meyer with you all:

…help me to dwell on the good things in my life, and not on the difficulties or disappointments...

My prayers continue to go out to families of those we've lost these past weeks, especially those who would have been looking forward to birthday celebrations in June. I pray beautiful memories of your loved ones fill your heart as you remember them this month and that it puts a smile on your face and gives you some comfort.

I love you.









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