As a child, my father was concerned that I would become an adult who would be apathic. He was fond of scanning my face because I was almost always moody.
The older I grew, I accepted that I indeed had a mood issue. It was hard to remain happy or joyful for a long period of time.
In a conversation with my mother she encouraged me to pay more attention to my triggers and how my mood fluctuated.
That was the beginning of my journey to choosing internationality with my moods.
We make choices everyday and one of them will be how we respond to the difficulties we face in life.
the discomforts
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
to find the little joys in your life
I have encountered different people and observed their attitude to life. I came to the conclusion that joy is a choice.
For example, I met someone who worked menial jobs but always smiled and remained lighthearted, adding to my daily happiness.I can remember her voice greeting me joyfully everyday “My friend”
I also believe deeply that Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, and what this means for me is that the Holy Spirit strengthens our joy and gives us the right perspective in every situation.
Sometime in 2021, I created a podcast and shared a little bit more on this.
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LET ME HELP
you practice it better
You can do this by replicating what I have been practicing
Derive joy from nature: this is one of my favourite thing to do. I intentionally take pictures of nature whenever I step out of the house.
Today’s joy
Listening to music: I always play songs that uplift my spirit. I try pick songs that uplift my spirit or help me get through difficult moments and moods. I will always recommend good music.
I make myself hearty: I recently got a comment from someone who had been observing me during a tense period.
“Your ability to remain cheerful regardless of the stress you were put under was remarkable. You see, in other to go through life well and manage positions, you need to have good control your emotions”.
I felt good hearing this but deep within, I knew the long road it took to get there. I used my housejob to practice and I am good I was able to replicate it in another situation (I may repeat this scenario in another post).
Laughter × ♾️ :I find something to make me laugh even if painful tears follow after. Laughter relieves stress. No extra comment.
Family and loved ones: If you got them, great. They will boost your immune system (I can lecture you on this but I’ll spare you the details). A warm hug from a loved one can go a long way, and if that is not your thing then their company will do.
Gratitude: There is something to be grateful for. Find that reason and find some more. This has been a great therapy tip for the last 3 years of my life. It has improved my outlook on life and I believe it will for you.
I have been sharing my daily gratitudes here, you may add yours as well.
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SO WHAT IS YOUR PLAN?
Especially as I have shared with you?
The truth is that we may not be able to prevent every uncomfortable situations that happens but we can face life with hope.
Christmas is a reminder that we have hope and through the birth of Jesus, we can experience true joy.
Therefore, whether you are busy in this season or you are taking it slow…
Find joy in simple things, this one of the ways to get through difficulties ❣️#loveandlight
As always, if you are enjoying it, kindly share with others and leave a gracious like.
Let ride in…..
LITIGATION?
There were sour experiences in the past where court cases came up and these experiences made my seniors extra careful with the process of managing patients. They went extra miles to make sure everything was in place. There was always a crosscheck of every written word and supervision was followed strictly.
“Rose, make sure you write the name of the patient on the front and back of the sheet” my senior mentioned as I wrote her findings down on the sheet of paper (I was in a center that was yet to be computerized).
CLINICS
We had two clinics in a week and they were long.
It took a while to get used to them but after a while I did. The clinic was a unique part of my time in this unit. I had to do many things at the same time. I was designated with collection of data from patients, I also had to see new patients, old patients and still review with a senior.
After the clinics, we had ward rounds and those bit into chunks of the remaining day.
HISTORIC WARD ROUNDS
The ward rounds were excruciating.
We often spent long hours on a single patient and that meant standing for long hours and this was irrespective of the number of patients available. It was one of the moments I dreaded because there was no time frame for the among of time we were going to stand. However, it was not everyone that made us stand that long and we had a favourite who will looked forward to having lead the rounds especially as there was going to enough teaching and a lighter atmosphere.
I specially looked forward to having this very senior person come around
There is no way my story about this unit would be complete without mentioning about the ward rounds.
Interestingly, most of the patients we co-managed felt more loved as they knew we would come everyday and still spend a reasonable time explaining and taking them along with us in the management of their conditions.
CALLS
Now, I had about three calls I was to respond to and they were the unit call, departmental calls which could either be a ward call or medical team on call, then the general casualty call (which could either be once or twice in a month).
All these were preferably best not to be but on the same day, however, it also meant that the days of the week were scarcely free.
There were unit weekend calls that often interrupted the weekend plans. This call was not meant to be a tasking but for my unit, it remained a demanding call.
I already told you about meticulous.
There was a patient that came in during one of these calls that became a core painful memory for me. I’ll share my experience without sharing details about the condition or anything patient sensitive.
In this part, I will be sharing the unique experience I had during my short break from all the intensity of my previous rotation.
Let’s ride in…
DORA THE ADVENTURER
As usual, I was not sure if I wanted to travel or not. I was tired though and needed some free space to air out.
I finally made the decision to travel again for my short break.
Before then, I had a unique experience during my Paediatrics posting where I was opportune to volunteer in an outreach and also visit a natural tourist centre.
I did share more of this on my Instagram or YouTube but for the mean time I explained a little on a reel on my Instagram page.
Then I visited the beach where close to water, I gained deep memories and had release.
In these adventures with people I had come to care for and enjoy their company, I got some refreshing and release I believed was going to help me begin the next posting.
I prayed for a calm posting because honestly my previous posting drained me and using what I call the sunshine drop therapy, I was able to maintain a calm and smiling countenance.
Don’t worry, I may tell you about this therapy in a podcast
I completed my short holiday and headed back to base.
My next posting was medicine but what specific unit?
I will tell you if my fears were confirmed or if I managed to escape.
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The neonatal ward was meant for neonates, the most fragile in all of the wards.
They needed to be handled with extra care and monitored as closely as possible.
And for me this reality meant less sleep.
I got attached to the babies I managed and would check up even when there was nothing I was supposed to be doing.
In managing these babies, we had the ones in intensive care; that is in the incubator and those who were put in a cot and for most of them, a regular blood sugar check was needed. Those in the incubator were the premature babies that needed to still complete their needed developmental period before they could be released out of it.
I had some unique experiences and I will share a bit of them.
When transfusing these babies, we needed to do it in what we call a Aliquot method and this needed intentionality. So on one of the nights, I needed to transfuse a neonate but the baby was too active and kept disrupting the procedure. A new line had to be set and yet the neonate’s arm in active movement kept tampering with the line and it frustrated me.
It was as early as 3am and I was still battling to complete the procedure. The child could not understand my frustration and we both were frustrated with the procedure. My eyes were with sleep and my body fatigued from leaning over and holding the child little arm. Gratefully, I was done and cleaned up to rest my head for only few hours.
Being on the neonatal ward call also meant we had to cover for special deliveries which included caesarian sections or neonatal emergencies that presented during call hours and that to added bulk to the load work as one’s presence could be demanded for in many places at the same time.
There were days that in the process of multitasking, some our routine work suffered. However, in the process I got to appreciate the resilience of some neonates with some of the least expected making remarkable improvements and recovering faster than expected.
Then there were the loses, some very painful as they showed often showed signs of being able to pull through.
The mothers of these little ones were heroes in my eyes. Most of them handled this very challenging period with grace and patience and sometimes when they became edgy, I could easily give them a break and offer comfort the way I could.
THE BURDEN OF PAIN
I will continue this part actively in the next part as this will be the most emotional section of this chapter.
In the last part, I ended it with a hanging sentence.
I will continue it here.
Now, even though the emergency unit was the first point of contact for all the patients before dispersing them to appropriate units, it remained a place where some patients remained for a while under care even though they were no longer in an emergency state.
The emergency was a bubbling space and attention was needed frequently.
Gratefully, I worked with people I enjoyed and eased work sometimes.
But there is an aspect I am yet to talk about and it is part of the reasons the previous part was ended on a hanging sentence.
HERCULEAN CALLS
The calls in pediatrics were not a joke. They were the main reason that this unit was exerting.
Now, it was one thing to be in the emergency unit and another to continue a call there. It felt like a continuous journey with small spaces to breathe.
Being on a call in the children emergency unit also involved being in charge of the wards and hands were few.
Two house officers manning about 4 wards plus incoming emergency cases
Children being children could be demanding and their lines difficult to site. One had to be mindful and careful when attending to them and hence despite the bulk of patients to see, one could not rush processes with children.
It was hard to have a proper blink at night.
And this will not stop the fact that one had to be ready the next morning to continue work as usual excepted to be fresh and properly composed.
On some of the nights, the calls from the ward were excessive and sometimes uncalled for, however despite that one still needed to be available.
Sometimes, attention was needed in several places and the tension caused one to be on the edge.
Yet one had to maintain composure because everyone would be on edge at that point and as the doctor you had to be the least person on edge.
VAMPIRE?
On my calls, I did so many blood transfusions that I felt like a vampire.
There was a call that I did about three blood transfusions almost simultaneously and at the same time my attention was being called to attend to incoming patients. My colleague was attending to a critical in one of the wards and I had to attend to the different demands placed on me.
Transfusing blood products meant giving premedication and then monitoring to avoid reaction and also keeping vital signs in check.
With children, extra attention was needed and in times where I was attending to many children I still needed to pay attention to the ones I was transfusing making sure the transfusion went smoothly.
There was an incidence I had of transfusion reaction where the child began coughing when the transfusion started. I was transfusing platelets and was almost done with the first bag to commence the next one when the child began to to cough. I immediately stopped the transfusion. Commenced intravenous fluids, steroids and observed. a senior colleague was standing by to monitor then afterwards the coughing subsided and was relieved. we waited for about 20 minutes before commencing the second transfusion to which the patient did not react to.
This experience scared me because I had never experienced a reaction in all of the transfusions I had administered but once again it stressed the importance of paying close attention and observing patients during the first 10 minutes of commencing transfusion as that was a crucial time in notice transfusion reactions.
But this was not the unit I did more calls…
Talking about calls, the neonatal ward was a different ball game but that would be a story for another part…..
On one of those days….
I missed last week and I hope to cover up with a post this week.
If you are enjoying this series, kindly let me know and until next part, continue to stay safe and God bless.
So I had one week to rest before starting a new posting.
I wanted to stay at the place but on a request to travel instead, I decided to and that was a good decision I made.
For context I am not a fan of travelling
Travelling and being with people that were like family was therapeutic. It served as an opportunity to meet up with a close friend.
During this break I had the opportunity not to think about work and just rest, relax and have a warm time.
But…
Before long, it was over and I had to return to the new posting.
Now, the purpose of the break was to prepare for the next posting and I was only able to use three days out of it. The remaining days were used to travel and then prepare my ward coat. The day I returned, rain fell and beat me to it.
I will confess that for this part I thought I had something profound to share but realized that whatever it was I have forgotten but I will share something on Medium.
“They say: Ask for help. Ask for help. But asking for help does not mean you will get it. Anyway, ask if you cannot help it”
O. R. A
Today’s post is special.
I was supposed to write it as a spontaneous yesterday but it extended until today.
What makes this post special?
Nothing specific except that there is no preamble. Something I have not done in a very long time.
Another thing makes today’s post special.
The seperator
So, here I am, trying to convince you on how this post is special.
This post is special because it carries words that summarise a lot of feelings.
Do you have feelings?
who do you have?
Who do you have?
How many people do you have?
Who….?
Before it gets weird
I am not one who can boast of having people.
You know like “I have so so and so”
Even in times when I tried, it flopped.
Maybe I have not learnt the art of having people
Honestly, in the past I felt sorry for myself. I criticized myself for being so horrible at relationships. Maybe something was wrong with me. Maybe I was too boring. Maybe I was tiring. Maybe I was burdensome. Maybe….
Okay… I am not a burden. I am not boring. I am not tiresome
The problem about having to deal with constant negative thoughts about yourself is that it eats you up. It sucks you dry. You eventually become the thoughts you encourage about yourself.
As one who has had to deal with perfectionist tendencies and self-criticism, I am learning that many of the things I allowed myself to believe about myself were false. Sadly, I encouraged others to believe the same about me.
So it was hard to accept good opinions about me.
I am nice? I am kind? Wait until you know me then I’ll see if you would still say the same
Self-loathing thoughts are not from God. They are devilish. They steal God’s light in you. They make you wrinkled. They dry you up. They are horrible.
In God, I know my worth.
When you look at your life, who can you trust?
Who has your back?
Who can you depend on?
For me, since I was finding it hard to have such relationships. I wanted to be one to someone. I craved to be a heroine. I wanted to feel important by bearing other people’s burden even if it came at my own expense.
Tell me all your problems. I’ll listen. I will comfort you
Even though it meant I was the one spending my own energy while the other person only recieved.
At the end, I comforted yet recieved no comfort.
But I was addicted to feeling like a superwoman and I continued to push my emotional needs aside. I continuously craved for relationships where I was the comforter even if I did not recieve same comfort I gave out.
But, I was dying inside. For everytime, these relationships waned and the gap seperated, I felt like a failure.
You could not even maintian this one?
I had become a comfort tool who was only needed when comfort was needed but put aside in other activities.
You are such a sweet girl. One of the best people I have met. Blah blah
I believed that if I was good enough to be a comfort tool then I was good enough for many other things but it semeed I was too much to handle.
Babe, the other sides of you are too……
Intricate
I had made an idol of friendships.
I had made them the most relevant aspect from whence I drew my importance from.
I needed that dose of nice words to feel good about myself.
I needed those compliments to feel relevant.
And unfortunately, I was not ready for the whole package.
At the side, God for years had been reaching out to my heart telling me how unhappy He was about the importance I had placed on people.
I could feel God’s sadness about how I placed my relationship with others above my relationship with Him.
I was seeing my worth in other people’s eyes and not His.
I could feel God’s hurt
I knew what it felt like to feel used for the good that I possesed then I was doing the same to God.
The victim sometimes can become a preparator of the same crime they were hurt by
It had to take many crashings and disappointments to accept that God indeed was my constant factor.
I had to learn through pain
The one thing I longed for so long kept crashing and I was getting disappointed in myself.
I lost hope in myself and in who I was.
In relationships
Why keep giving myself if I could not get what I also needed and wanted?
And those who offered themselves either disappointed or were not enough for me.
Talk about being chosy
God had remained constant. I talked to Him everyday. I shared my deepest secrets, fears and concerns with Him. He knew my fears, He saw my secret tears. He knew my longings. He knew my hurt.
That was when I relaized that I needed God more than my illusions.
I needed God more than people
Because
People are fickle. I am fickle
You like today. You don’t like tommorow.
My confidence began to heal. I could look at the mirror and see who I was.
God loved me.
That was enough
Because of the process, my first pointer is God.
My relationships are surrendered to God.
He decides who stays and who leaves.
When I struggle to love, I let Him know.
When I feel confused about any relationship, I ask Him for clarity and wisdom on what to do.
And even though relationships mean a lot to me, I do not dive into any, no matter how enticing.
I am not quick to give all of myself without restraint.
God is my restraint
My hope lies not in another imperfect human
It lies in God
Who helps me love imperfect humans
Like me
The love I show is not to prove that I am kind, lovely or sweet.
Thankful for the relationships I have experienced.
I have learnt a lot.
I hope you learn from yours as well.
N.B
I have experienced pure love but they were not always enough.
You see, when you depend on the love of another imperfect person you make an idol out of that relationship and any disappointment that comes with it is too hard to bear.
I have met good, nice and kind people but until I dealt with my internal conflicts, I was going to keep struggling to keep ‘people’
And maybe because when I love a person, I love them for them not exactly for what they could give me. I thought most people loved that way.
So as I wrap my head around how other people percieve relationships, I am learning to balance my own perceptions.
I told you today’s post was special.
Or was it ?
If you picked nothing, pick ‘Chose God’
Deuteronomy 31:8 And the LORD, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. (KJV)
Until next post, spontaneous or not, stay safe and God bless.
I have two older posts that I have stalled for so long yet this post is as fresh as freshly baked bread.
Have you eaten freshly baked bread before?
You know how the aroma of baked smell is, right?
These two posts will get their time to shine but for now, they remain drafts.
Today’s post kept jumping on the trampoline of my mind, so I had to allow it the space. I hope the written words in this post will express it fully.
Lets wishwosh in (don’t take that word seriously 😂😂)
Your dream came true
After waiting all these years, you finally achieved your goal(s)
Congratulations!
You finally completed your educational journey
Congratulations!
You finally married the love of your life
Congratulations!
You finally bought your favourite car
Congratulations!
You finally went on a vacation to the place of your choice
Congratulations!
You finally had beautiful children
Congratulations!
You finally built the magnificent house or bought one
Congratulations!
You opened your eyes, and all your good dreams were now a reality
Congratulations!
You…….
Congratulations
Is there more?
After you tick off your lists, are there more to create?
Why can’t we just end it on one list?
Why do we have to create more lists?
After getting our dream everything, we are posed with handling them well and expecting more from we are.
When you get your dream car or house, you now want them to be plural.
When you get beautiful children, you oiw have to care for their present and futures.
When you finish one educational level, you are now waiting for another.
Must more lists be created?
Why is there more?
Is there more to achieve?
Why can’t we just stop somewhere?
We were made to desire more
It is not greediness.
It is the desire to get better.
I’ll call it that
Even contented people desire more but they are not overwhelmed by their desires.
Overwhleming desires have always been a point of concern
We were made to desire more.
The more we know, the more we want to know more. The more we have, the more we want to have more.
For every new step, there is another step.
The more we know God, the more we want to know God more
We were made for more
O. R. A
So do not percieve it a strange feeling that after achieving your goals, you want more goals to achieve again. That is the feeling of progress.
So what next?
I still have many things I want to achieve.
For example
Have an art exhibition. Own a……. Make vintage collections. Print hardcovers of my works. Write more off my huge book list. Create a…… Do……. Become a…. Complete….
Okay, that is enough for now.
It is great to look forward with excitement but know that it comes with greater responsibilities as well.
There is an advice my mother gave me and I have taken years to appreciate it.
Do not be over excited for anything. Handle excitement with caution. You can get easily disappointed and bored if you are too excited about certain things. (Paraphrased her statement)
My Mama
This advice sums up what I said previously: With every new level we are excited about comes a new level of responsibilty.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.(KJV)
In an opposite way, we may get overwhelmed by the thought of new responsibilities that we do not enjoy our current victory. This too, is over the line in a negative way. Enjoy your victory.
Enjoy your victories, please
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.(KJV)
There is a time to enjoy the results of your hardwork.
Enjoy it
Ecclesiastes 9:7-8
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.(KJV)
And as you continue progressing and meeting new responsibilities, enjoy your victories in every level.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.(KJV)
And while you are in your next level or waiting to get to the next level…
Conclusion
I am currently at this stage of my life and as I hope for the best and prepare for it, I am excited yet cautious of my next steps.
My confidence, however lies in God who orders my steps.
So as you check off your lists and praise God for victories make sure God is your determinant factor.
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Foxes are generally known in most folklores as being witty and crafty. They are in the same family as dogs, and are wild in nature. Few people have managed to have them as pets but they fare better in the wild.
Foxes as used in the passage above represents flaws, weak points, hidden sins, personal struggles etc.
The interesting thing to note is that these foxes as used in the passage are little, meaning they are easy to ignore but in the next line the destruction they cause are not small.
It represents the platform where the purpose of an individual will take shape in physical form. It is the area of expression of destiny.
Why Foxes have acCess to the vines
The foxes have access because they were given access. They feel familiar with the environment because they feel that they belong there.
Probably, even before the grapes started sprouting they were already there.
To them the vines were home first.
Our flaws and weakness develop over time and their evidences are noticed in the negative effects they cause to us and others and to our relationship with God.
They grow on us until we begin justify them. As time progresses our hearts are hardened towards reprenting from them because we have seen it as a part of us.
That is who I am. I easily get angry
And because we have accepted and justified our actions, we cannot get help and even when help is presented, we refuse it.
I cannot help it
We inwardly cherish the feeling they bring to us even though we know they are forbidden feelings. We love the momentary pleasure we get even though we know that in the long run, the after taste is bitter.
Venom to the soul
We convince ourselves that we are helpless and present ourselves in such manner to others. We can defend our reasons.
The flesh made me do it. The satan made me do it. The snake made me do it. The unknown creature made me do it.
And because we place ourselves in a position of blaming external factors, we will always find a new factor to blame.
If you do not catch the foxes and take them out of the vine, they will destroy the tender grapes. The foxes need to know that they do not belong in the vine.
We need to tell our weakness that they do not belong in our lives and then procedd to chase them out.
By now you understand that weakness used in this post does not refer to physical deformity or intellectual ability, rather it refers to character weakness that is ruining our lives no matter how minute it appears to be.
The moment you no longer justify the foxes, you are on the path to catching them.
Scandal and the Church
This is a post on it own.
But it will be included here briefly
I believe that the main reasons real scandals occur in the church is because boundaries and trust were broken due to pride, carelessness or negligence.
When those in authorities cannot be held accountable for their actions, there is a risk that boundaries would be overriden.
Importantly, those who are involved in scandals have an altered relationship with God where their concept of Him is not associated with holiness probably because they have not grasped that concept of God well or they have their own idea of God which God has not declared or they simply do not know God.
Failure of the Church to handle scandals biblically and effectively erupts into more scandals leaving trails of broken and damaged people.
There are many things to say here but I will leave this passage:
Ephesians 5:2-11 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. (KJV)
You deal with your weakness by facing them for what they are.
No need for camouflaging them. They are foxes, don’t call them ants or spiders or even hyenas.
Then the next step is to know the weakness of the fox.
Know the weaknesstriggers of our weakness
What makes your weakness stronger? What makes it active?
Observeyourself
Remove the elements of triggers.
Do not turn back. Continue.
To put it in points:
Seek help. Seek help
Pray about it (non-stop)
Remove the physical components that encourage your weakness to exert more power over you. (Books, movies, social media app, game app etc)
Tighten your boundaries in your relationships (Dissolve friendships that encourage your weakness, guard conversations, limit access to triggers, etc)
Encourage healthy influences that weaken your triggers.
Pray again and again.
Read your Bible (this works when you allow it work and when you pay it attention)
You may need a deliverance session (where other Christians will pray over you)
Seek therapy from licensed individuals if it is a psychological trauma.
Trust God and hold unto Him.
I have tried these options except seeking psychological therapy and they have worked and keep working.
Tested. Tried. Trusted.
The Truth
Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.(KJV)
You cannot hide it forever. One day it would be revealed.
Aka kasala go burst meaning you will be exposed if you are hiding it (Nigerian pidgin English)
Galatians 6:7-8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (KJV)
You cannot decieve God. You decieve yourself and other people. You can convince yourself and other people. You cannot change God’s ordinances and its operation.
Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.(KJV)
Even if it seems you are getting away because of your ability to control other people, one day it will all come crashing down.
This always happens even though humans never learn after observing it happen time and time again
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (KJV)
Give it to Jesus and do not collect it back. Do not turn back to the burden God has taken away.
Trust God. He does His job perfectly.
Podcast
This post did not contain everything I shared about this topic, some things were added in the PODCAST VERSION.
The podcast has the same body matter but a specific character was analyzed to explain this topic.
Foxes were used to analyse in this post, whereas in the podcast a human was analysed.
If you are new here, there is a PODCAST PAGE where you can listen to my podcasts if you not have the app.
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Conclusion
Our relationship with God is one of making daily choices of choosing God in every area of our lives.
The moment we stop choosing God, we start choosing something else. Therefore, we need to be intentional in our relationship with God and seek Him beyond what He can offer us but for who He is, God.
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Cavewoman was concluded recently (check previous post) and in this post, I will be sharing highlights from the art galleries I visited while making the documentary.
Location
Khartoum, Sudan.
Specifically Khartoum 2
I will share the specific location for each of the galleries in case you wish to visit.
Mojo Gallery
This gallery is small in size but filled with multiple artworks on different surfaces. They range from descriptive art to abstracts.
I was impressed with their warmness and the accessibility to the artworks.
There are art prints to purchase and sculpted works too.
I met an artist who came to display her artwork. She was super friendly and gave her contribution on how I could get supplies.
The curators in the gallery were encouraging too.
They have a percentage they collect for artworks they display and the possibility of having your artwork displayed depends on quality of media and surface and thier interest in the supposed artwork.
I love these collectionsMine featured🙈 (Affection)Some abstract presentations
I laughed more in this place. They were super warm. I met one of the main painters (I forgot his name, my bad 😳). He told me that he travelled to Lagos, Nigeria for an art exhibition. He along with two others were the only ones selected for the program. He said he loves Lagos and would love to visit again. I met him while he was painting and asked few questions which were answered.
With him was another who was probably just a guide in the gallery.
I also met the one who frames the pictures and his English was very good and it was easy communicating with him.
I showed them my artwork (Affection) and they commended and encouraged me to keep practicing. I also got directions to the art store where I could get better and cheaper supplies.
There should be more galleries but these are the ones I visited in the process of creating the last series.
I felt inspired and encouraged after checking these places and even though I felt sad for finding them in the last period of my stay in this location, I am grateful to have still viewed them.
Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. (KJV)
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