Life starts in the delivery room. That room where no one is really certain of the outcome. A place where pain is what echoes all round. Yet, its the same place that a mother will come out joyful. When carrying the pregnancy, a woman goes through hormonal changes, cravings and all crazy and weird things. She waits for the due date with her all. None anticipates bad news from that room, but many are the times when instead of tears of joy, its tears of sorrow. There are always these probabilities that the following will happen: Either the Mother will live and lose her baby; The baby lives and the mother dies; Both the mother and baby die: Or the best, when they both live.
I remember taking myself to the hospital in high spirits for I knew I was going to bring forth a life. After the first checkup, the doctor told me my blood pressure was too high. I had never had it before nor anyone in my family! When the signs of the baby coming were evident, I was rushed into the delivery room. Then came the pushing part! If you don't push at the right time the midwives ask you, you risk losing the baby and endangering your life as well. So I pushed and pushed but no, the baby wasn't coming out. I sunk into unconsciousness twice. Though the second time as I was now drifting from the world slowly and heading to wherever, something startled me!
"We are risking with this one. If she fails we rush her in the theatre"
'' Yes, she was a complicated case, that's why I brought her to you as I couldn't handle her"
Those were the words I heard from the midwives in the far away place I was drifting into! I couldn't bring myself to be conscious and I knew I was dying. My blood pressure had shot up and here I was: helpless. Then I remembered a Name that's above all other names, and I said "JESUS, please don't let me die." I immediately started calling on HIS name continuously and I could feel life coming back in me. In a few minutes, my baby was out and all the nurses were coming to congratulate me! They knew I wasn't going to make it but God's plan had come to pass!
This is what happens in our spiritual lives too. Just when we are about to birth our miracle, gift or breakthrough, the devil always shows up!
1Pet 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
The devil isn't after you, but what you carry in you and he will do anything to kill , steal and destroy it as that's his nature (John 10;10) He attacks just when you see like everything is falling in place and you are expectant. These are the times when you can either stand up and fight or risk losing what you are carrying or losing your life as well. But whose report will you believe in when that friend you have trusted all along tells you that what you are planning will never work out? When that brother or sister, puts you down because of your vision? When everything seems to be working against you at the point you were so sure of a miracle or breakthrough?
Like in a delivery room, for you to birth out your miracle, you need a midwife: They come as mentors or spiritual parents. For they are the ones who will tell you whether you should push that miracle or breakthrough or whether to relax and breathe first. The moment you push at the wrong time, you risk losing what you are carrying and your life too.
We need to come to that point where we say like Job in Job 13:15 - That "Though HE slay me, yet will I trust in HIM". That no matter what the enemy is using, be it sickness, losing a loved one, breaking up with the one you love, losing your job,right when you are in the Spiritual delivery room, that you will be strong and speak what God said. HIS word never goes back to Him empty,but will accomplish what HE desires and achieves the purpose for which HE sent it (Isa 55:11) We only lose when we keep quiet and not speak to the situations we face. The tongue has the power of life and death (Prov 18:21)
May we be strong enough to not give up in the delivery room, speak HIS word and stand by what HE said in Isa 66:9 : Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
Shallom as you deliver what you carry in you!
Dear Boaz,
You sure don't know me, but I know you so well; You are every girls' dream man. Fortunately or is it unfortunately? I am not in that crowd. Why, you may ask? Well, I don't go with the crowd sir! I just love doing me...having my own understanding of things sir.
You are that wealthy man, with a so tender heart, caring, loving and everything sweet and nice. Not like I wouldn't want that, oh no..I want that and much more! I know you are thinking that I am too demanding, but well, you got it wrong. You are too perfect for someone like me. I am a lady who has messed alot in life and it's by the Grace of God that I am where I am. So you may not really understand when I open up to you. Wait! You believe you can understand me, the same way you understood Ruth? Well, I may not dispute that..You were an outcast and I can't look down on that. But I also need to know your other weak points sir...Do you have them? You see, every lady has this picture of a perfect you and believe in that like a fairy tale.
I see life in colour..sometimes the hues are pale, and other times, everything is all bright. When I read about you, I fall in love with that man,a love that is only skin deep sir. That's why I choose to stay away from you, for I know I cant love you with every blood cell in me. But to those who do desire to have you, I give my blessings and I know they will have the best and you will enjoy your lives.
With Blessings
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Dear King David,
I can't fathom how many ladies run from you your majesty! You are the one who melts my heart and my knees too. From a shepherd boy to sitting on the throne, man you sure are the true description of rags to riches! The battles you faced in the wilderness that you had to kill wild animals with your bare hands, and who doesn't know the way you killed the biggest of them all,Goliath?
You are one man who makes me appreciate the love of God and His tender mercies. You killed someones husband your majesty, just because of his wife! Who does that? I now understand why ladies are afraid of you. They believe you will cheat on them with another woman. I do believe you won't do that, but even with those weaknesses, you still remain my hero! You do realise your mistakes and repent of them without sugar coating them. Show me a man who does that, who puts his ego and pride aside and puts on sack clothes to ask for forgiveness. I believe you can truly understand me when I do wrong, and I will understand you too for we know we are not perfect but striving to be like Christ. What others have feared, that is what I go for. In your weaknesses, God strengthens you, and well you are just so real to me.
A worshipper is what you are. I have always desired to be a worshipper like you. They say, worshippers make the best lovers, for they don't hold back but open up their all as they do to God! Your majesty and the way you dance for God, oh my! Did I tell you I love dancing too? Well now you know, and I can imagine our home filled with praises to the Most High as we dance for Him. You won my heart oh king! The man after God's own heart!! Words that God Himself spoke! You see! They concentrated on your weaknesses and forgot that there is One who looks at the heart!
Now Oh your highness, your majesty and king, I promise to stand with and by your side. No I wont feel ashamed of you when You worship God as you feel best, but I will join you! I know that to others it's foolishness, but the same way I dared to be with you and not with Boaz, is the same way I will be on your side when others try to put you down. You as the priest of our home, you will love me to submission. Honouring, respecting, loving, clinging and cleaving to you is why God brought me to you.
Long live the king... My King!
The Kings' Queen.
This goes out to that person who was molested while still young,
And you have no one to turn to,
No one to open up to, lest you be judged.
To that person who lacked somewhere to sleep,
And a stranger took you in,
Despite you having relatives.
That student who lacked fees,
And the one who chose to help you,
Is the same one who took advantage of you.
The one who has looked for jobs everywhere,
Just so you could be like your peers,
But all doors seem locked.
To the one who lost all hope in life,
And suicide was the only escape route,
But God rescued you.
The strong lady who walks head high,
Yet carries wounds of being raped,
For most people blame the lady.
That scared lady,
Who feared what people would think about her,
And chose to abort.
That single mother who defied all odds,
Who chose to carry her baby to full term,
Yet looked down upon by the community.
That person who tries to reach out,
Yet gets misunderstood,
For very few can connect with you.
The heartbroken,
That love no longer has meaning to you,
For the cycle keeps repeating itself.
To the young couple,
Who are struggling to get a baby,
Yet everyone keeps asking you.
Those young parents,
Who lost their baby,
Yet they had great plans for it.
JESUS, came for You!
HIS arms are ready to embrace You!
HE is the Only True Friend You can count on!
HE will never judge You, but show You Mercy!
Turn to HIM, for HE alone is God,
HE alone is good!
HE loves you to Death!
And HE says, HE knew You,
Before HE formed You in your mother's womb!
HE has good plans for you!
HE will never leave, nor forsake You!
Whatever happened, was to make You strong!
Strong enough to stand with others who will go through the same.
Don't despair, for HE cares and loves You more than anything!
Put your trust in HIM.
With love: Someone who understands you :)
Friends come and go, so they say...But others come and remain in your life . Some may talk to you in their free time, others will free their time to talk to you, while others will not talk unless you initiate a conversation. To some, your absence doesn't alter their life, while to others, your presence means alot in their lives. Some may only remember you when they are in need, then you become like vapour in the wind once they get what they want; While others will stick by your side in all seasons. We all get to that point in life when we feel we are all alone, when friends seem too distant and those you care about seem not to care. Such is life...
How much do you value the people God has allowed to cross your path? Do you first gauge what you will get from them? Do you look at their outward appearance, their educational background, the car they drive or their financial status before you value them? I have ever been in such a situation, where I didn't "fit" the picture some people had and it wasn't an easy thing. But years down the line, God has made me into the person HE purposed me to be (and is still working on/in me) and I have seen the same people now coming back. When you understand the value of something or someone it determines how you handle or treat them.
Gen 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Joseph in the bible didn't look like he could amount to anything, leave alone a Prime Minister; Esther was an orphan who no one could see the queen in her; Rahab was a prostitute and who could tell she will be in the lineage of our Saviour? David was just a shepherd who could take care of sheep and not a nation as a King; The great apostles were just mere fishermen and well Jesus was just a carpenters' son. All these had no visible mark on them as to what they would become so I can imagine the people who looked down on them when they were in their low state, and how they felt now that God had elevated them.
Do you value your friends? We have Jesus who laid down His life for us. Would you go an extra mile for someone without expecting anything in return? What if that is the person who's carrying your blessing? When you have a high value for people, you are careful with what you do and say to them or about them just in-case you loose them. Someone who doesn't value you won't mind losing you. When one takes you for granted, like the great people in the Bible, put your head up and do what you do best. Sometimes it will mean to move on because it's better to be where you are accepted than where you are being tolerated. Know your worth and make new friends, because unlike family, we can choose our friends.
My Prayer is that God may give you the right friends who will see beyond your appearance,your faults and inspire you to become a better you.Friends who will be with you through thick and thin and value you because you are Christ's image; as you become that kind of friend to them too in Jesus Name.
Shalom.
