Sio Kwangu.

Hello:)

Allow me please, but most of the words I'll use today are not my own..Today, I found myself singing this song, and really, everytime I sing it something quite heavy builds up in my heart..

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth,
would care to know my name
would care to feel my hurt?
Who am I that the bright and morning star,
would choose to light the way for my ever wandering heart?

I don't know how you feel when you consider that the Lord of all the earth knows all your names, all your thoughts, the number of hairs on your head.........It's too amazing! It's so humbling, and it makes me realise just how special I am, no matter what the world may think of me.There is the only one who matters, up in heaven, and He is concerned about every single thing about me.
But what about me?
Am I really deserving of all that love and honour?
As I was singing this song I found myself placing myself in God's position and I figured just how hurt I'd be if I were God..Being so concerned about someone who many times forgets about me, doesn't bother to talk to me.....you know.
My ever wandering heart, is still cared for, is still considered..the sun, under His command, still lights up the way for me in that I still rise up each day and go about my business..

Verse 2:
Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin,
would look on me with love and watch me rise again?
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea,
would call out through the rain and calm the storm in me?

He sees my sin, but He still love me..
Really, this kind off love is beyond compare.

The chorus says:
I am a flower quickly fading,
here today and gone tomorrow,
a wave tossed in the ocean,
vapour in the wind,
still you hear me when I'm calling
Lord you catch me when I'm falling
And you told me who I am
I am Yours!

Sigh!Doesn't it give you such relief to know that you are His anyway..no matter what?!
Pause, I'll get back to that....

I'm a flower quickly fading, here today and gone tomorrow;
A few days ago, my great childhood friends lost their Mum over sudden illness.Being there for them, seeing them doing their best to stay strong, hearing them speak of their Mum now in the past tense and also recalling how she was such a lovely and sweet woman, brings tears to my eyes..And it reminds me that life is not forever, our forever is in heaven.It brings that spark within me to get up everyday, be grateful to my Father and give my all to pleasing Him through all I do.
My condolences to the family.Goodbye Mum Stella, we'll miss you.
Tutaonana tena!(we'll meet again)

Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
You are His my dear..and he loves you despite your battle with lust, alcoholism, hatred, you name it.He's willing to take it up from where you stopped, so let Him do it.What Jesus did on the cross was so great, and He's not even done yet..

Bridge:
Not because of who I am
But because ofwhat you've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who you are

It's ALL because of Him!

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.

And remember, you are not too bad to be loved by Him..
Psalms 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

In Swahili, we say, 'Sio Kwangu..Ila ni kwake Yesu'.

Blessings!
Love,
Laura.

I Don't Roll With Your Type!

Hey!:)

Here's a converstion between my good friend (who I'll call Noel) and I..

Noel: May I please ask you something?

Me: Aha..

Noel: You don't drink or smoke or do all those crazy stuff people do nowadays, right?

Me: Right.

Noel: So, I kind of have a problem here.I'm not sure if it's really a problem....

Me: Aha..
(I might have been sleepy or something..Haha..those one word answers!)

Noel: I tend to shun off guys who do that.People tell me I'm not perfect, which is true, so I shouldn't judge peeps who do that stuff.
Do you have friends who do that?

Well, the answer is yes.I am acquainted to a couple of young teens who have chosen to live that kind of life that my friend Noel was talking about.I totally understand what Noel was trying to say because many times I also found myself thinking that I should stay away, in fact flee, from such people.I didn't quite do that though, which also got some of my friends feeling like I wasn't being real with myself and my faith.
This was my reply to Noel's concern:

"I believe that shunning them away would not be the best thing to do.Just be the perfect example and you may find that they will desire to be like you someday."

Before I began texting back, I wasn't really sure about what I was going to tell Noel.(Considering that I'm equally not perfect, so I could well relate with his sentiment)By the time I was done typing, I was pleased and I just looked up and whispered, "thank you".
It was that "Aha!" moment..that moment when you really don't know what to say then the Holy Spirit guides you.

Truth is, the Bible is such an amazing book, but not everyone will read it.Instead, they will watch you.In the simple way you live your life day after day, you can change the life of another person who really wishes they could do things right in their own lives.Your life in itself can be an entire sermon, enough to spark up in someone the desire to know God and to live in accordance to His will.

I was born of Christian parents.Going to church was a norm.And I believe my parents have raised my brother and I well enough to sustain us in the ways of God.That's me.It's probably the same for you.But you know what?The case is not similar for everyone.There are people who desperately desire to change their lives for the better but they do not know where to begin.Some may be arrogant, I know..but that's where patience comes in.
Matthew 5:13-16 talks of us being the salt and light of the world.
I recall this song we used to sing back in nursery school:"I want to shine, shine, shine..I want to shiiiinnneee.I want to shine, shine, shine..I want to shiiiinnnee.When people see me, they see you Jesus!I want to shine!Oh my Lord I want to shine"

Need I say more?

 To read more on self righteousness, kindly click here. 

The next time you're about to utter, "I don't roll with your type"..kindly remember that Jesus wouldn't do the same..

It's been a long time coming since I posted due to technical issues..
Keep reading now:)

Lots of Love.