The Beauty Of Helplessness

If there is ever a prefect situation for God to do what he does best in our lives is when we are helpless. His glory revealed so great in moments we have deemed our darkest. Do not get me wrong, God is not a cruel God, He is not a God who enjoys to see us in pain or hurting. In fact He is so loving and very much close to us when we are helpless1.

God is much more close to you and I in our helpless state than we could ever think of or imagine. He loves to be there for us when we  are helpless and we run towards him. A parent never turns away from their child`s cry for help. Helplessness is your advantage as a child of God, it makes you more dependent on God, which has always been God` s plan for us from the beginning that in all that we do we are dependent on him2.

Helplessness teaches you to stop fighting and let God do the fighting. Helplessness brings you closer to God, helplessness activates a supernatural move of God in your life. I am reminded of the Children of Israel, reaching the Red Sea and realizing there was no way they could escape the enemy closing in from behind them. They cried out to God, their cry for help reached the ears of God and we all know what happened next3.

Helplessness in the sight of God does not make you insignificant rather it makes you so very much significant. A dependent man is a blessed man. Throughout the book of Psalms, David shows us the beauty of helplessness, this King understood that he was a helpless man and so he made sure that he remained dependent on God through and through.4

I have hated being helpless for a longest time. I hated not being able to control everything that comes my way and the more I wrestled with it, the more it drained me. However I did come to the realization that if I continue on this road I will burn out. So like Apostle Paul, my resolve became this 5I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses(helplessness), so that Christ’s power may rest on me. For Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in helplessness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Be Encouraged ❤

1Pslams 34:18, 2Jeremiah 17:5,7,3Exodus 14,4 Psalms 121,52 Corinthians 12:9

Daily Prompt #8

What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?

The Change I Wanna See…

Have you ever had a burden so big for certain things but you just didn`t know which channel to offload it through. For the longest time that is how I felt till I got introduced to blogging. I came on here with the burden to encourage and influence positively based on biblical principles. Firstly myself and anyone who needed just one more reason to keep going on with life and never to give up.

  1. To win a soul for Jesus Christ
  2. To bring words hope to every weary heart
  3. To bring joy and laughter

My Blog, a hub for Victorious Living ♥️

“Make it make sense God!”

Make it make sense God, is daring prayer!
It’s giving, boldness!
It’s giving, confidence!
It’s giving, audacity!
It’s giving, God I need answers now!

In the Bible there are several people that were straight up with God. Not to challenge him but to simply understand what in the Heavens was happening in their lives. Gideon for me goes on the top of the list because this young man was so bold with God from the very beginning he encountered Him. Check this out:

Judges 6:11-13, “One day the angel of God came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, whose son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress, out of sight of the Midianites. The angel of God appeared to him and said, “God is with you, O mighty warrior!” Gideon replied, “With me, my master? If God is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the miracle-wonders our parents and grandparents told us about, telling us, ‘Didn’t God deliver us from Egypt?’ The fact is, God has nothing to do with us—he has turned us over to Midian.”

Basically, he was saying, “excuse me Sir, with all due respect make it make sense.” He is like, you calling me mighty-warrior but nothing about me right now is giving hero-vibes, can’t you see I am in hiding from the enemy. To many it may come off as being rude but he was asking in honest. And I love how the Angel of God was not bothered by it at all. As if that was enough, the following happened:

Judges 6:17‭-‬18 MSG
Gideon said, “If you’re serious about this, do me a favor: Give me a sign to back up what you’re telling me. Don’t leave until I come back and bring you my gift.” He said, “I’ll wait till you get back.”

Hehehe, not the “Sir if you serious, ummm can you do me a do me a favor.” The Audacity! He kept bombarding, demanding answers. So God said cool, I will give you answers. God knows that sometimes you need the assurance of his promises. I would be honest with you and say that in as much as I aspire for the Abraham kind of faith, of just listening to God’s one instruction and going along with it, without questions. Ummm 🤔 I still haven’t reached that level of faith, I need a little signs along the way to keep me going. And I believe God knows this and loves us nevertheless. He did exactly what Gideon asked for.

If you read further in Judges 6 and 7, Gideon asks again for signs. His motives were not impure. God saw through him, saw that this young fella needed a belief- boost to keep him going. He was ready to follow the calling but somehow he just need some assurance that it was not his mind messing with him, that in actual fact God had called him to such a place and position.

In your life journey, you will get to a certain point were, you will just need specific answers. God is it A or B? God is it Yes or No? God is it Go or Stay? God ain’t intidimated by your demands or questions. He doesn’t ball up in a corner when you vent at Him. In fact he loves it raw, straight, and honest, no buttering. He welcomes us with open arms. In Isaiah 1:18; “Come. Sit down. Let’s argue this out… ” God is like bring it on. So go before your maker and get the matter settled.

I am literally in my “make it make sense God” season. Where I am like, God we are here now, what’s the next move, make this path make sense, give me a sign to back up what you are saying, we don’t want assumptions, straight up answers. “Sir with all due respect, what in the Heavens are we doing at this juncture!”

Hoping you have been blessed and encouraged♥️

“Unleashing the Power of Positive, Non-Verbal, and Unintentional Influence”

I never knew there was such a type of influence till I experienced it…

In case you missed it, I am an influencer and so are you. We all are influencing our environments in different capacities. Most influence we know is vocal and very much intentional. Rarely is non-verbal and unintentional influence talked about. This type of influence is basically how you do you in your everyday life that positively impacts those around you. People may emulate, admire and even copy what you do without you knowing or them telling you. For instance, the way you dress can positively influence someone to want to dress like you. Where your intentions were to look good for yourself, you unintentionally influenced someone to dress better. In most cases you wont even notice that you have positively influenced someone but in the cases that you do, it is priceless. And this brings me back to the cliffhanger of my opening statement.

Two weeks ago I started going to the gym but had zero knowledge on how to use any of the machines or the money to get a gym coach. But that did not stop me, I told myself I would learn as I go. I kid you not my work-out routines kept improving by the day. At one point I literally thought to myself the Holy Spirit is really with me during these exercises because I could not believe some of the routines I was doing. I tried looking at what others would be doing but I could not do it, you know people be doing unnecessary extra things in the gym (lol). However, what I did not know was that, a potential gym buddy was observing me as I was doing my routines. Believe it or not, I caught them red handed doing everything I had been doing from start to finish. At first I just thought it was a coincidence, second day I thought it was creepy, third day I just told myself to chill out because there weren’t invading my space or trying to be weird. Rather they simply emulated my work-out routines and copied! I unintentionally influenced them positively, I was doing something worth admirable to such an extent that someone saw it and wanted to do it too.

Lowkey I felt very proud and on days I don’t feel strong, I remind myself that they are specific people God has assigned in my life to influence and so I wake up and do what needs to be done. I refuse sleep on my purpose and assignment.

You may ask, how does one unleash a positive, non-verbal, and unintentional influence? It is simple really, live an upright life, do your best to do things right all the time because you do not who is watching you. Humans by nature are drawn to positive things or want to be associated with good things.

Hoping I have been a positive influence! Happy Influencing♥️

Daily Prompt #6

What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today?

My rugged torn looking white converse shoes.

I have had them for 7 years now. They are literally my to go to shoes everytime I am leaving the house. As long as whatever I am wearing fits well with the shoes, it’s game on. I can safely say they are my favorite shoes. It is going to be hard replacing them.

“I try to keep them white” 😅

#teamconverse❤️

K-dramas, New Obsession Unlocked 😅

I am here to admit that I have become a k-drama fanatic. I never understood K-pop fans and all the fuss about BTS but now I do. Even though I haven’t yet warmed up to K-pop, K-dramas have completely won me over.

I have thoroughly enjoyed every drama I have watched. The storylines are quiet intresting whether it’s crime, thriller, horror, romcoms, sci-fi and social dramas, I won’t lie these K-dramas are slow moving me away from Hollywood entertainment.

Though one episode is as long as a movie 🥵 I have learnt to endure 😂😂. Not forgetting the eye-candies😍. Them South Korean man did not come to play. Seoul is now on my  “to visit list”. I will just be there people watching 😅.

The best way to enjoy K-dramas is with subtitles rather than having the English audio. Also it’s a good way to learn Korean language.  Thanks to K-dramas I can now say annyeong haseyo (hi/hello), gamsahabnida (thank you) & salanghaeyo (I love you) and many more phrases. 🤗

Here are some k-dramas I highly recommend you to watch if you are planning on venturing into Korean Tv:

  • Queen maker (2023)
  • Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2023)
  • Alchemy of Souls (2023)
  • Dr Cha (2023)
  • Divorce Attorney Shin (2023)
  • Love To Gate You (2023)
  • Stranger (2020)
  • All Of Us Dead (2022)
  • Remarriage & Desires (2022)
  • Juvenile Justice (2022)
  • The World of The Marriage (2020)
  • Squid Games (2021)
  • Partners In Justice (2019)