Tag: a blessing

What about the caregivers of those who are ill?

No one talks about the caregivers. It is a thankless and exhausting job to take care of a loved one who has physical or mental concerns.

Yet, it can be a blessing

There are good days and bad days, but looking at the situation with a compassionate eye makes the weariness of each task almost fade away into nothingness.

Some people say it is a calling. Clearly, those folks are the ones who have never seen another person’s most basic needs. 

It is not a calling but is a creation or necessity of life with all its varying circumstances.

One thing I know for sure is that when times get tough, never turn your back on that vulnerable loved one. If you need help, just ask.

My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12 verse 9.

An Everlasting Love

God’s love is greater than my understanding. Why he loves me is unbelievable. Before the world began, he loved me with an eternal, undying love.

Who am I that he should favor me?

Who am I that he sees me and cares for me with unmerited affection?

I am nothing before the Creator before the Lord of life, and yet he could condescending to think of me.

I love him because he first loved me.

Isaiah 43 verse 4

Since you were precious in my sight… I have loved you.

Do you only pray to get something?

Sometimes, it is good to pray for giving thanks sake. We don’t have to ask to receive. We can also give him praise because of what he has done but also for who he is. Or we can give thanks because of what he means to us.

Prayer is our way of talking to God. We should make the most of it.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will i praise him.Psalm 28 verse 7.

Promises, Promises All God’s Promises

It is a universal fact that people fail to keep their word.

But God is the Almighty, and he can never go back on his word.

There shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life. God said, “I will not fail you nor forsake you.”

Joshua 1 verse 5

He will do the Same For You

Don’t be selfish.

When others move forward in health, finances, or lifestyle, rejoice with them for the same God who blessed them will bless you too.

Look at Job from the Bible. He received blessings after he prayed for his friends.

And the Lord turned the captivity of Job when prayed for his friends; also, the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Job 42 verse 10.

I am learning just like you, my friend, to wait and trust God. He has not forgotten you. It is just not your time, not yet, but soon.

When God knows you..

God is powerful.

At times, we miss the fact that this same God who created the universe is also our father.

He is a father to those who believe in his only son and who put their trust in him.

We are all God’s creatures. But as a born-again believer, we are called  children of God.

If we are children of God, then he will provide for us.

He will protect us.

He knows us.

He knows even our name. This is an intimate relationship he seeks to have with us.

Trust him. He does not sleep. It takes only one cry to awake his ear. 

Prove him today, and see if he will not come through for you.

But now thus saith the Lord that created you…and he that formed you.

God said, “Fear not; for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name; you are mine.”

Isaiah 43 verse 1

Praying is simple in 2025

Praying to God should not be complicated.

Right?

God loves to hear our voices as we call on Him.

Keeping things simple yet relevant is important. We don’t have to make a fuss.

Ask and it shall be given unto you.

Easy.

For example, if you were on board a sinking ship and you need help. You scream…”Help.” There is no time to beat around the bush.

So, when you come to God in prayer, just tell him what you are in need of, and He promises to answer.

Isaiah 41 verse 10

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea I will help thee…

He will always be there to hear whatever you have to say.

I call Him Jehovah Rapha; the Lord my healer.

Who is God to Me and How to get closer to Him

As a christian, a close relationship with God is something I need to strive towards by praying and reading the Bible daily.

As this year comes closer to an end and a new year begins to rise on the horizon, we all begin to make resolutions to do things better in the new year. We look forward to a fresh start.

I am here to say why wait for that new year.

Now is the accepted time.

We have no way of knowing what will happen tomorrow, let alone in a new year we have only today.

We have now and we need to live in the present.

My advice is to start now and get things right with God. It does not have to take hours on end praying and reading but just start small.

Read a verse one day and think about it. How does it work into your life.

Repeat it over in your head throughout the day. This will cause you to memorize it. 

Write it down. This, too , helps to secure it into your memory banks. When the time comes, you can recall it without difficulty.

Where do you start?

A wise man once told me to start in the  gospel of John.

Or if you want to see the first works of God, start  with the book of Genesis.

And like the John one verse one,we are again back at the beginning.

Life comes in a full circle.

Morning, by morning, he awakes up my ear so I can hear his instructions. ( adapted from Isaiah 50 verse 4)

Who is God to me?

My relationship with God began before I was born. He knew me. I was not an afterthought. None of us are afterthought in God’s mind.

Going back to the blog entry before.

God was not alone in the beginning. He took counsel and said, “Let us make man.”

In the Old Testament book of Genesis chapter 1 verse 26, Jehovah is called Elohim, meaning God. There is more it in the Hebrew language wbut simply put here, it is a plural noun followed  by a plural verb.

Some say he took counsel with his angels.

Really???

Let me get this straight:

The Creator needed to tell his other creatures who were his ministers doing his will, what he planned as if asking permission?

If you believe that, then you bring God down to your level.

He is the almighty

The One who formed the world’s at his our will. Who planted the stars in the heavens, who made all creatures great and small. At his will, everything subsist.

Again, think about who we serve.