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Photo Credits: Njeri Kiruku How do you define identity? To me, identity denotes a sense of association and power. This means that, whatever I have given power over me and allowed myself to associate with, defines my identity. Today, we shall focus on two people in the Bible whose identity changed forever, on account of Jesus Christ. Woman who had bled for 12 years and received healing In Luke 8:43- 44, we are told about the woman who had bled for 12 years. This is what the verses say,  Now, a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped.   You see, for this woman, her condition had become her identity to a point her name was never mentioned. I would imagine people no longer referred to her by her name because the condition had superseded who she was as a person - or so we think. Perh...

Photography: Njeri Kiruku;  Location: Rungiri Waterfront park When I was 5 years old or there about, my bigger cousins made my small cousin and I memorize Psalm 23:1. I vividly remember how excited I was reciting the first five words. I would use my fingers to count the number of words I recited , "The Lord is my Shepherd." As a child, these words were to me just another verse I needed to memorize but as an adult, I can confess that I have tasted and seen the truth in these words - God is indeed my Shepherd.    Like many of us, 2020 was supposed to be "that year". That year of change, that year of transformation, that year of crushing goals, that year of change, that year of new beginnings, that year of clarity, that year of getting married for some :). Well, as it turns out, this year, brought about change - but not in the way we anticipated. I always say, 2020 didn't catch God by surprise, nor its happenings. I will speak of my story since everyone's c...

Photo Credits: Njeri Kiruku In the last couple of months, I haven't managed to share a personalized blog. I was in what you could call a dump of sort. However, I woke up today feeling the nudge to write and share a blog piece with you. Recently, I have been reflecting on the Love of God for me.  A few weeks ago, I was feeling very anxious over my next steps in life especially where my career is concerned. I began applying for jobs, not because I knew God is able to give me one, but because I was afraid of being out of one. All this while, God was watching and telling me through the Holy Spirit, "Hey, how about you believe what my Word says?" After a week or so of doing it on my own, I surrendered and told God to have His way. He lovingly reminded me that I do not control anything in my life including my respiratory or digestive system. He reminded me that He knows what is happening and that His plans for me are to prosper me and not to harm me -   Jeremiah 29:11 ( For I...

  He is my Way maker; He is my Redeemer; He is my Perfecter; He is my Protector; He is my Savior;   He is my Restorer; He is my Deliverer;  He is my Comforter; He is my Beautifier; He is my Purifier;   He is my King; He is my Rock; He is my Shield; He is my Lord; He is my Wisdom;   He is my Light; He is my Joy; He is my Peace; He is my Grace; He is my Faith;   He is my Praise; He is my Life; He is my Breath; He is my Strength; He is my  Friend; He is my Forever!    

  I don't promise it won't hurt; I don't promise you won't cry; I don't promise it will be easy; I don't promise it will make sense; I don't promise all the answers; I don't promise the entire picture; I don't promise, but this I promise   I promise to truly love you; I promise to never leave you; I promise to feed, clothe and shelter you; I promise to comfort you; I promise to shield you; I promise to keep you; I promise to redeem you; I promise to restore you; I promise to correct you; I promise to teach you;  I promise to favor you; I promise to be faithful to you; I promise to be kind to you; I promise to be gracious to you; I promise to be gentle with you; I promise to be patient with you; I promise to walk with you; I promise to cry with you; I promise to be with you, forever.    

  Will you let me in?  I have been standing here for a while now; I know everything is not okay in there; Still, I will not force my way in; When you are ready, let me in. It's me again, still here knocking; I can tell you are sad by your soft cries; I won't get tired of knocking; You know I have a really comfortable shoulder you can cry on; I'm right outside your door, I won't move an inch. Today, you are having a rough day; I can tell because, just like yesterday, you are sobbing; It breaks my heart that you are in there alone; Knock Knock!  I can come in and you can tell me all about your day I hear footsteps coming towards the door; I am excited that you finally want to let me in; Oh wait, the footsteps are silent now; Where did you go? Are you afraid? Are you still there?  You make a sound as though trying to get up; I hear the footsteps once again; The door knob is turning; You are crying - now loudly.   The door flies wide open; I take you in my arms; The...

Image source: Pexels.com Introduction I put this piece together, by the inspiration and leading of the Holy Spirit, because I felt that it is something that most people (both believers & non-believers) are not very familiar with. I feel that it is very important because we get to understand God’s purpose through various generations and dispensations. The scripture says that “My people perish for lack of knowledge….” Hosea 4:6, therefore, my prayer is that all of us will get to understand the times and season we are living in and prepare for what is to come. 'And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. '1 Chronicles 12:32 (KJV) As I was studying this topic, I went through a few biblical commentaries and expositions on the second coming of Christ and the tribulation, I learnt that there are two major views. W...

Guest post by: Rosemary Muniu Battle-weary soldiers is a familiar description of God’s children as they press on towards the goal. Life can feel overwhelming, with never-ending lists of things to do, places to go and things to see. Every day we are at war killing sin. Every day we are called to die unto ourselves, pick up our cross and follow Christ. Every day we are called to love God with our whole hearts, soul, strength, and minds. And every day, love our neighbors as we love ourselves. We crave for physical rest, we crave for emotional rest, we crave for rest in our souls.  In Christ, we find the rest that our souls, so long for. God has provided for us the means of grace through his Word, prayer, and fellowship where we can rest,  as we commune with him. And God promises to fulfill the desire for rest that is within our souls. Jeremiah 31: 25 “   For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.” We have already been gr...

On the mountain of the Lord it was provided for My hiking experience at Rurimeria (Aberdare Ranges) If this is your first time visiting my blog, welcome! My last two posts have been focusing on a testimony concerning our dad's medical bill provision. Click here for part 1 and here for part 2. The last time I shared about the "Breakthrough meeting" where we saw God's abundant provision that surpassed our imagination (See Ephesians 3:20). As planned, my auntie, and the lawyer went to the hospital on April 2nd, to make the pending payment and develop a collateral agreement with the hospital since even after the payment, we'd still have a pending bill of around Ksh.300,000. What we didn't know however, is that God had planned for my dad to be discharged that day and guess what, we discovered that the hospital had not included a Ksh. 20,000 payment that had initially been sent to the hospital directly, without our knowledge. We were so excited and immedi...

It is darkest before dawn Photo by  Jill Wellington  from  Pexels As I had mentioned in the earlier post, God provided in miraculous ways. As soon as I got the Paybill number, we created a Poster to help raise the hospital bill. I believe God's angels were very busy during this time since different people  gave, even people who are not familiar with our family. My sister and I constantly shared the poster on our WhatsApp status and friends would send any amount which we highly appreciated. Our extended family also helped fundraise and by God's Grace, we were about to realize the amount. The hospital needed us to raise 263,000 in a week, to offset the bill. God's favour was upon us because during this week, the hospital said they would freeze dad's account and only charge him for meds (God had done a great thing) Back at home people continued to give and by the following week, on Wednesday 1st April, we had raised around 127,000. This was far from ...

On this day, I had just left the hospital where my dad was r ecovering and ready for discharge. We thought he would be discharged that week but a few misaligned conversations on hospital bill payment ensued. I had gone to a Safaricom Customer Care shop at the Hub in Karen where my auntie had just dropped me on our way from hospital which was located in South C. I collected the application forms and on my way out, I met two women who I believe God had sent to encourage me. They knew the situation with our dad and I told them I was just from collecting paybill application forms. The two women are sisters and one of them sings at their Church choir where my dad is a member too. They had just lost their dad the previous week but these two women spoke life to me and said, "don't worry, God will provide." We talked for sometime and I was somewhat filled with hope. I still did not know how we could raise the amount the hospital needed but having spoken to these two God...