Looking back at my 2018, I can honestly say it’s been a great year, one that I haven’t had in a while. If you’ve read my previous blogs or heard me share in a household then you know the past couple of years were challenging to say the least. So what changed this year? Well first, I won’t say that this year didn’t come with its fair share of challenges and struggles. But perhaps what was different was my attitude and ultimately my trust in God. Continue reading New Year…Simply Me
When we were younger our bodies changed quickly to accommodate our growth. Our parents and peers often told us to ‘grow up’ especially if we weren’t keeping up with our responsibilities or with the mental awareness deemed ‘fitting’ for our age. Many times in our lives and through a various number of ways, we got pushed to grow.
But there are those times, where we don’t want to grow. Of course we don’t want to; we’ve finally found our groove. We know how things work and we’re fine with it. We are comfortable and content. We’ve found our comfort zone and refuse to deal with the discomfort we’d inevitably feel going past that.
But growth has a lot of positives! Growth forces you to learn from your mistakes. Growth challenges you to react differently, to see if you are capable of whatever it is that you’re attempting. Growth also allows you to shed your old self and your old life so that you are better able to embrace the newness of this new life.
More often than not, our Lord is behind these growing pains. He allows for situations to happen in our lives so that we may learn lessons through them. But He’s not just a teacher, He’s also our friend, willing to go through the growing pains with us! He draws us near so that we may learn His voice and then He allows for silence so that we can learn to listen. Yes, growth is hard but sometimes the best stuff, the best life is just outside of our comfort zone!
Thank you Lord for this never ending journey filled with growth and love. Thank you for being patient with me and for pushing me to grow; grow closer to you and grow more in love with your people.
“Iron is sharpened by iron; one person sharpens another” – Proverbs 27:17
You always hear this verse put into action with brothers. I have literally seen them after brothers forums, beating their chests and shouting what seem to be war-cries. Kewl? But it is true, although people can bring out the best in others, it takes a true man to show how a brother should act. And it takes a true woman to exemplify how a sister should act.
I have always surrounded myself with strong, faithful brothers. I became tough. I started taking on roles I had no right taking. I started disregarding what the brothers could do for me, because I believed I could do it myself. But as they would go off to brothers forums and their households, I was left wondering how I should be.
My brothers and sisters, a diamond is one of the strongest materials on Earth. So strong and resistant that they are only cut with other diamonds. Try and use iron to shape a diamond and you’ll be out of luck. It is the same with us.
Although I love my brothers – my strong, protective brothers who lead me and guide me, I truly grow with my sisters. With their love and support and, most importantly, their examples, I can truly say that I am becoming a better woman. I am learning to live out my role as a daughter of God.
Iron may sharpen iron, but only diamonds can sharpen diamonds.