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The place I call Goshen

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  The word Goshen has been coming up in some conversations that I have been having with some of my friends. I remember telling one of my friends that a certain coastal town in Kenya is their Goshen. I later told them that it was because every time he experienced a season of dryness or stagnation, he would visit this town and there God would grant him clarity or a breakthrough. I also recall speaking to another one of my friends who told me she had moved to a different church. She explained to me how she had plugged into that church's discipleship ministry and even how she had started experiencing open doors in her life. I told her that the church she was attending was her Goshen . If you have read this far into my article you are probably wondered what is this Goshen that I am speaking about. Well let me take you on a small journey through the book of Genesis from chapter 37 to 47. So there is this young man named Joseph who happens to be sold by his brothers as a slave. The merch...

In Him I live, I move and I have my being

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I can't believe it's almost 2 years since I last wrote here. As I type this, I have just gone through some of my past blogs and all I can say is that as the name of this blog suggests, all I wrote was powered by the Holy Spirit. I was particularly drawn to one of the short poems I wrote about God calling me His. This poem demonstrates how patient God is with us especially in our lowest seasons.  I may not be in a position to pinpoint the exact reason why I stopped writing but I know I have missed it. In the last 1 month, I have had this push to get back to writing. Today, I am taking a step of faith and my topic primarily focuses on how God has sustained my life and all that I am in Him. In 2021, I was in the final stages of nursing a heartbreak and I will admit, that relationship affected my view of relationships. I was as one who had lost hope in ever experiencing a good relationship. I was confused and to an extent bitter. It took a lot of God's strength, Grace and a fr...