Trust and obey

One of the greatest themes throughout the Bible is obedience. It may not blatantly stated however it is implied by every hero in the Bible that showed great faith. It is because of their trust in God, their ability to do what God said and their belief that it was for the greater good that…

The called one: the chosen one.

  Chuck Norris is not a legend because he was a normal guy and he did normal things. He became a legend because he was daring. He was courageous enough to do all the risky things that other people were too timid to do. This is what made him become a television legend. In this…

Mind your mouth

In the Bible, Joseph has one of the most remarkable “grass to grace” stories. He was the second most powerful man in a country he was not native to. Imagine a Russian being the second most powerful man in Canada. Unfathomable right? Joseph had already been set out to be great from when he was…

Live and love yours.

With 19 years of experience, I am only getting the gist of it i.e. life. It is ever changing and unique to every individual. This is its nature and this is why one cannot simply just copy a solution from someone else’s life and paste it to their own situation. We are all original, unique,…

Tirivakundi ( We are conquerors)

Esau's  life was far from fair. Esau's blessings were stolen by his brother, Jacob. Esau's father, Isaac, was deceived by Jacob and all he had left for Esau was just a word. The blessing made Jacob very prosperous and he ruled over his older brother Esau. This pained Esau, he only had a word of…

Private Victories

I’m no makeup queen, but I have had the pleasure of sharing my living space with one, Chris. Whenever we had events during our senior year in high school, she was the go-to girl for a large percentage of our year group (including me). Praises and accolades, she got plenty, however, no-one really knew how…

Red Velvet Cupcakes

You don't have to wait for the 14th of February for you to be treated /treat yourself to red velvet cupcakes. Ingredients: 1 ½ cups self-raising flour 1 ½ tsp baking powder 2 tbsp. cocoa powder 2 large eggs ¾ cup sugar 1 ½ tsp vanilla essence ½ cup vegetable oil ½ cup buttermilk (Mix 1…

Not in your comfort zone

We’ve all run before and we all know that the burning sensation that you get from running isn’t favourable. Hence not all of us are pro Athletes. That burning sensation is what top athletes thrive from. Nothing great ever came from the comfort zone and this is what any successful person has understood. Genesis 12:…

Don’t worry, be happy!

We like being in control. Consequently, fear of the unknown often grips us when we are uncertain of the future. We often need to know, for example, where we are going to get our next meal, how we are going to afford it. This not only relates to food but to other things that we…

Be a person of vision

Imagine you are running. You don’t really know where you are running to but you think you’ll know when you get there. Then, all of a sudden, you trip and you fall. As a result, you have lost momentum and possibly the little direction that you had before. Getting up is going to take some…