PREAMBLE

Hello there!

Thank you for being patient with me.

I am here again.

Welcome to this part.

Let’s ride in as usual.

PREPARATION

We prepare for important event.

We prepare for important people.

Preparation requires attention to details and even attention differs according top person and purpose, as long as it is important some level of preparation is done.

Success is a product of some level of preparation.

However, the truth is that sometimes our preparation may not be enough.

We may try our best but sometimes our best may not be enough and this can be disheartening.

Does this mean we should stop preparing?

YOUR PLANS

We have certain plans for our lives and sometimes it does not usually go the way we hope for.

Sometimes, we prepare and do all the necessary things but sometimes things the way we plan.

It is possible to set certain benchmarks for our lives and work towards them but still not reach them when we desire.

Just sometimes, it happens that way

As a Christian, making plans is not enough.

God is still the most important factor when preparing.

Proverbs 16:9 A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life],
But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them. (AMP)

How important is God in the plans you are making?

Proverbs 16:3 Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him],
And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance]. (AMP)

GOD’S PLAN

God has a plan.

This verse was written at a difficult time, therefore its premise is not a jolly one. Therefore it speaks volumes of God’s plans for us even when things do not look the best.

How God’s plan look good even when there is no sign of hope that things will end good?

This has been a question that has been hard for me to answer.

However, it tests my trust in God.

How far am I willing to trust God?

God’s plans for me are good even when things are not good.

God’s plans are to bring an expected end.

To bring me into eternity with Him.

I will comfort myself with God’s promises at all times.

God is good because that is His nature.

Difficult situations can make us loose interest in making plans because it feels like “Why should I bother?” but I am learning to remain disciplined even when I don nit feel like making plans.

There should be a lot to say about plans but I’ll stop here.

You can share yours below.

Until next part, stay safe and God bless.

#daughterofabba

30 Days of Intentionally Seeking God: Day 19

Preamble

Hello and welcome.

How was today?

God is good…

Lets ride in as usual…

Prepare it

In recent times in my church, the messages that has been preached by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit has centered on ‘Planting, Seeds, Growth and Harvesting.

Call it agricultural messages

There are basic requirements for planting, such as:

The condition of the seeds to be planted
The soil to be planted on
Availability of adequate water
Access to sunlight
The presence of weeds, parasites and destructive animals
Presence of manure if needed.
A caretaker

Without these basic requirements, planting a meaningful seed to expect fruits may turn out to be a waste of any effort.

To plant, you need to prepare well. The soil needs preparation.

Different plants need different preparations. Some are delicate and some are not.

Different plants need different portions of the basic requirements.

But for any seed, there has to be a preparation of the soil it would be planted in.

For any service I am intentional to attend, I am intentional to prepare my heart for it.

Because God has prepared something for me as well

Doing this helps me to remain sensitive to what God is doing in the service.

My attenna remain up for a specific word for my life thus I do not take any part of the service for granted.

God has something for you

Matthew 13:8  But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.(KJV)

Prepare well

Do not prepare anyhow.

Prepare intentionally. Prepare well. Prepare with expectations.

Do not prepare half-way. Prepare well.

God has something for you

As I prepare my heart to receive from God in any church service, I carefully watch out for the state of my heart and spirit.

I am careful to look out for distractions, and an unstable spirit because it is easy to miss God’s blessings due to distractions.

Pass me not oh gentle saviour. Hear my humble cry. While on others thou art calling do not pass me by….

Matthew 13:23  But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.(KJV)

Manage your requirements

Do not be careless with your requirements.

Use them well.

Requirements include:

The word of God
Prayer
Repentance
Spiritual people
Worship and praise

Use your requirements well.

Prepare with faith

Prepare knowing that God is ready to bless you.

Prepare knowing that you will not leave empty handed.

Prepare with expectations knowing that God will come prepared as well.

For every gathering in the name of Jesus, God prepares special packages and those who are ready, they will receive.

To receive well, we need to be prepared well because receiving well depends on how you are ready to receive.

If you are prepared for small, you will receive small.

If you are prepared for more, you will receive more.

More will be given to whom is ready for more

Accompainment

On YouTube, I made a video that complements this post.

After preparing and receiving from God what next?

That video addresses what next to do after receiving.

Click CAN YOU KEEP IT to watch.

Prayer

LORD, thank you for today. Thank you for everything. Thank you for the soil of my heart. I present my heart that you make it a suitable soil for your word. Help me to prepare well for all the good packages you have prepared for me. Thank you because you are eager to bless me well. May I not lose out on your blessings due to lack of preparation. In Jesus name. Amen

Conclusion

I thought I was going to share this post in later days of this series but it rang loudly on my heart to share today.

I am blessed by it because it is one I practice often and I reap the results each time.

Thank you for being here.

Kindly share with others.

#daughterofabba

Preamble🕳

My hands are freezing and no I am not in Antartica, I am in Tropical Africa. It is harmattan. It is really cold.

This post is a very dear one because I struggle so badly with it.

The previous post was on Late Coming and this topic flows in the same stream…..

The problem

The problem with procrastination is multifactorial.

It starts with a reasonable reason before it accumulates into a syndrome.

It is attached to emotions that are too much to handle.

Procastination is emotional before it becomes habitual.

Emotions such as:

Fear
Doubt
Insecurity
Laziness
Tiredness
Anxiety
Perfectionism
Distractions
I have tried to mention them😌

These emotions and tendencies accumulate in different ratios producing the final result of inactivity.

Sometimes the procastinator did right by procastinating.

Why? How?

They may get a better deal

But from experience, it is rarely favourable.

Consequences

Losing out big time.

Losing money, opportunities, progress, activities, productivity, time, relationships, results.

I admire those that have built the resilence to always do things at the moment they have to do it.

I am a fluid person, and that has affected my activities in multiple ways. It has slowed me down multiple times.

I once wrote a series in 2018 titled ‘NOT FOR THE FAINTED HEARTED’ and in the articles I made invisible resolutions to be less procastinating.

I did fulfill them

After multiple struggles with procastination.

I still struggle

It is still a time problem

Time is still the problem.

There are still lies resounding in the head saying ‘there is still time’, ‘there is still a perfect time’, ‘I am not ready at this time’, ‘right now, I do not have everything’

All these lies recycle and not long after, the victim is doing something less rewarding.

Another factor is loving the comfort zone.

I love comfort zone. I love to convert wherever I am to a comfort zone, to a replica of where I stay. I love to have a trademark of my presence and once I do that, it becomes hard to move, just like a cat(meow)

I love doing things from a particular place and anything that would cause me to meet a lot of people, see faces, talk too much is already draining. These are mental reasons I have to overcome before stepping out and that is the catalyst for my habitual procastinating.

Sensible?

Not a lot….

Getting things done is vital to productivity and progress, especially things you have to do yourself

Dealing with the problem

Deal with the reason you procastinate

Deal with the emotion

Give yourself a time frame

You have today to do it. You may not have tommorrow
o.R.a

Someone is doing that which you are procastinating to do
O.R.A

If you do it today, you can do something else tommorrow.

Deal with the distraction, remember there is time for everything (talking to me)

Truth is that dealing with a habit takes time, and sometimes you need a spur to get a better.

I have been getting spured to do better.

My mother is one true example of a do-it-now person. She never procastinates, I got her genes but I also have to get some of her habits😅😅

Another truth is that, a lot of creatives procastinate because they are always flooded (in their mind), and I am victim of this too. This situation can be dealt by making a list and sticking to it. Create a plan and tick.

The above is one of the process I go through to overcome the cold feet.

Ecclesiastes 11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
King james version

Ecclesiastes 11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or wether both alike be good
King james version

What you do?

I still have projects I carried over from previous years and I am full of hope that I would share them this year.

What of you?

For Now: #fromamedicalstudentfaraway

Happy New Year or Happy New Month 5

Preamble🐩

The day almost everyone shares their resolutions….

First of all….

Yay!!

2020 is finally here. It used to be faraway but it is here and so are you.

Welcome😇

The day with two honours👑

It is only on this day bearing 1st of January.

Do you wonder what greeting to say?

Happy new year? or Happy new month

Okay

We say both..

2020 is finally here and the hopes and aspirations that has piled up from last year is enormous.

2019 drained most people and they cannot wait to breath in 2020

Plans, businesses, and several committments have been prepared to push forward in this year

2019 was the year of weddings💐 maybe 2020 will carry on with the wedding celeberations😁

2020 has two 20 and hopefully we get double of every great expectation we have.

January🐚

I have heard people say January has seventy something days😂😂😂😂😂

It takes time before 31st arrives…

Whether you make resolutions or not or decide to roll over your last year’s resolutions, I hope and pray that your steps move forward and not backwards.

So Have you gotten your gift?🎁

I gave a gift in my last post (Appreciation Post). Go get it….

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected End
King james version

As for me…

2020 is a year to continue moving in God’s direction. It is a year to grow more and blossom more. It is a year to continue being a gift. It is a year of courage, hope, and trust in God…

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths
King james version

Amen….

Happy New Month and New Year…

For now: #fromamedicalstudentfaraway

BlogMas Series: 3

Preamble🍄

I wanted to write about something else but at the last minute, topic changed.

Today’s topic is a sensitive one for me because it bothers me everyday and almost all the time.

It is an important topic for this series and I hope you get it….

Preparation🌱

This is the season to prepare.

The season to bake!

The season to cook!

The season to work!

That is if you are the mom or if you are the one that cares to join in the kitchen.

This is a time to strategize so that after the celeberations there would be something for the next year.

Preparations come in different forms and different styles, everyone has their own format. You get?🐹

Preparations involves taking a stock of what you have and how it can contribute to what you want to do.

Preperations involve planning. If you do not plan while preparing then it is not neccessarily a preparation, it is a spill event (I do not know how that came into my mind but I meant to say; it as good as not calling it a preparation. You get?🐹)

So, when you prepare, you plan. When you plan, you are preparing.

Should I say it?

You get?🐹

Productivity🍐

When this word comes up, it signifies that something would become a product at the end of the process.

It signifies actions that are well purposed to give an expected outcome or expected outcomes

When you plan, prepare, your aim is to produce. Productivity is the process.

As we get to 25th, there is a alot to do.

I am not talking about presents or cakes and candies. I am talking about everyday life, I am not talking about only 25th, I am talking about the end of the year….

Everyday is very crucial in order that you may end the year better.

Everyday is a reminder that a new page called a new year is some days away.

Everyday you open your eyes, it is a reminder that you have to move more steps in the right direction, to get things done.

I will confess big time:

I have not been very productive. I have not been my normal self and if I would blame something then I would blame👇

I will blame the weather…..🤒

Scratch that……

I have been extra lazy even though I have tons of books to read. Tons of school work to do and I will confess that I been so distracted.

Sleep is not the culprit, we are, I am

If you are not productive, then it is your fault not the weather or other conditions you may want to mention because I have realized that the human will is so strong. If and when we decide to do anything, we would.

Better steps🌼

I have been struggling for weeks now, and I am hoping and praying that before the end of this week I would tick my boxes better.

One of the steps that would help in being productity is to remember your goal.

Why did you start?

What is even your goal?

When you remember that, it should serve as a drive to pick up your boots and march..

What are you planning to complete before the year runs out?

Pick your boots and march!

There are tons of distractions, crazy distractions but you have to remind yourself that you got goals to accomplish…

There is a bible passage that has been taunting me for days, I will share it😂😂

Proverbs 6:4, 9 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out
Proverbs 6:10-11 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that trave
KING JAMES VERSION

It has been a reminder that girl you are becoming too distracted.

We personally know our distractions and yes we can stop being distracted. We have to make up our mind.

You may not tick off all the boxes but let it be that you tried, you made meaningful efforts…

I am keeping up with this series and that is one of the productive things I am managing to keep up, cheers to me☕

How are your preparations going?

Don’t forget to like, share and comment on this post…..

#fromamedicalstudentfaraway

BlogMas Series: 2

Preamble 🌺

In this series, the topics will vary but the focus of it, is to make us ready for 25 and for the rest of the month.

As usual, I would be using real experiences happening currently around me to write posts.

Kindly leave your comments, I would love to engage with you😌

Moody time🍂

In tropical Africa it is harmattan time. In some other countries, it is winter. In some other places, the weather varies.

Where I am, it is harmattan.

The coldest time of the year.

The time no-one wants to get out of their bed and the urge to pull the blanket over and continue the cozy sleep. When alarms are most annoying and you wish you do not need to go anywhere.

This feeling comes with its own moodiness as you drag yourself out of covers so that you can get things done…..

The mood🍃

I did not know I was quite grumpy yesterday. I had slept more than usual and I had to go to school and I wanted to read because morning time is my favourite time to read.

I warmed myself and left for class, greeting my classmates I met with a smile.

I realized I was grumpy after I had reacted unneccessarily to an innocent looking girl from another class whose offence was her eagerness to sit on the seat I had occupied. My lecture was over and I was supposed to leave the class for the next lecture and I was still seated down.

My facial expression was really not friendly and I wish I can remember her face to apologize.

I continued grumpily until I reached home before I decided to snap out of it……

Mood of the season🍈

It is celebration time

It is merry time

Everyone is getting their presents ready and getting foodstuffs for pies, food, snacks, drinks.

People are getting their houses decorated for 25th.

Along with all these prepartions is the mood changes, sweet-sour, tiring, exhausting feelings

Also, feelings like disappointment, unfulfilled desires and all the sad events of the year come rushing in plus the realization that the year is almost ended.

In all these moments, with the mixtures of emotions, how in the world can we cope with them and get properly ready for the day we have set aside for Christmas?

How can we sincerely get into the right mood for celebrating Jesus in swaddling clothes…..?

Getting into the mood🌳

Wear warm clothes to sleep. Do not forget your socks. Remember I mentioned gratefulness for them in the previous post😂😂
Drink something warm and Eat
Take a warm shower
Use a warm body cream (vaseline is good)
Start your day with gratefulness
Be intentional to keep your heart stocked wuth goodies….

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoevr things are if good report. If there be any virture and if there be any praise; think on these things
KING JAMES VERSION

Keeping your hearts stocked rightly will help to subside the moodiness that may come with the season.

As you prepare, singly or collectively, I hope you have moments of peace and silent joys🤗

#fromamedicalstudentfaraway