—–Albert Einsten
Choose your habits wisely.
There’s power, deliverance, and peace in gratitude and praise.
I’m reminded of a time, about two years ago, when I had an epiphany.
Just before, I’d come across a post that completely gutted me. It was a post whose message took for granted the things I’d done for this person, a giving which came from a place of sacrifice, but which obviously wasn’t appreciated. I couldn’t even sleep, it was that hurtful, to the bone marrow gan-gan😭. It’s not that I was doing it for the praise, No.
And then, Kpoof!! – it hit me. From a very deep place, I began to understand the import & place of gratitude & praise in one’s life with respect to the Father. Just as I would have been gingered to do more for this person as soon as the provision arose if I’d felt the appreciation, so God is moved to do even more when that gratitude & praise is genuinely offered.
We bitch about what has not yet happened in our lives, what we’ve not acquired, achieved, or accomplished. We forget what we’ve come through. The miracle of life, health, intelligence, & wholeness that we’ve been given. Our children’s wellbeing, food to eat, a roof over our heads, a good livelihood. Yet, we find ourselves crying for what we don’t have but want, asking for more. Behaving like our suffering is uniquely immense. How deeply hurtful it must be to Him. If I could feel this way, how God must feel, especially after His ultimate sacrifice, His constant provision, and protection. My own that I did for this person completely pales in comparison. Completely. And yet I was so hurt. I prayed that night. For forgiveness, & an offering of a heartfelt “Thank You” from the deep depths of my belly & being. Because I do know that I am so so Blessed & favored. There’re so many things that have happened in my life that are just too numerous & mysterious for me to term coincidences. No, a Divine Hand has been orchestrating it all, & His orchestrations are perfect, coming down from the One in whom there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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