Sensitivity

Don't brag about your money in front
of a Poor Person.
Don't brag about your power in front
of a Weak Person.
Don't brag about your health in front
of a Sick Person.
Don't brag about your happiness in
front of a Sad Person.
Don't brag about your love in front of
a Person with a Broken Heart.
Don't brag about your Father and
Mother in front of an Orphan.

BECAUSE THEIR WOUNDS
CANNOT WITHSTAND MORE...


(Courtesy of Pearls of Haddasah)

Life may not be the party we hoped for

So it's raining outside.

I'm home alone. I keep myself busy by cleaning everything clean-able whether dirty or not.

Of course Hope Fm's playing the background...and you should know Binti here loves to dance while cleaning....*chuckles

This specific dance was not to a specific song playing.

It was not even danced in tune to any dance move possible.

Nah...it was a dance of reflection.

Don't envy me...

Don't envy where I come from..

Not even the smile on my face deserves your envy for it covers a million tears of aches you'll never know of...

My previous job, was done because there is need to pay for bills and debts...so don't envy that either...

Don't even envy my so called outward beauty, you just be comfortable in your own skin...

And my love life, I had to part with so much of that past wrecked life to be where I am.... Thank Jesus!

We all have people in our lives who many at times we envy.

There are those who would envy the virgins since they lost theirs along the way.

There those who would envy the rich since they've never known how it feels not to have money as a problem.

There are those that envy the employed....the brainies...the leaders...the talented...the skilled ....the beautiful...the tall,dark and handsome...the married...the ones in relationships...the ones whose lives always seem to have it all figured out...the ones who have what we long for.

But one thing is for sure, envy does not get you there....appreciating what you have does.

No one lives a perfect life,not even the ones you envy.

We all are trying to live up to something greater than today.

We all are trying to walk in blind faith that the tests in our lives shall eventually be transmitted into a testimony.

So keep on...as I keep on...

Encourage me...as I encourage you...

See past my faults and failures... I'm trying to do the same...

And as I dance to this dance of reflection....

I now know that I'm nowhere close to the word LUCKY... I'm operating under a lot of GRACE from the GREAT I AM!

Daily Prescription of Envy

What if all your friends' posts are on their perfect relationships and how they're progressing from 'in a relationship' to 'engaged' to 'married'?

What if all their status updates are about their happy families?

What if they keep on uploading beautiful photos reflecting their beautiful lives.

What if they have a great inner circle of friends who always remind them of how important they are?

What if they keep posting on how God keeps blessing them day after day,and they give evidence of blessings as well?

What if they keep talking of their joy in salvation? 

And it does happen daily on facebook and all these social cites.

Yet You're experiencing none of it if any.

You wonder why or how they've got their act together and you don't.

I'll be clear about one thing,JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXPOSE THEIR STRUGGLE DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T STRUGGLE! Otherwise they'd seize to be human beings.

You can't ask THEM to quit.

Others post to convince themselves that they have perfect lives,which no one does.

Others post because they're trying to run away from the reality of their struggle.

Others post out of pressure.

Others post because they simply and selfishly want to stir envy amongst their peers.

And others post,because they innocently desire to share their JOY(note that I only said joy) with the rest of the world.

You envy them forgetting that they too,even in that good relationship that they portray to be in...even in that perfect family they post about...a beautiful life they live...they do have joys,but at every one point in their lives,they too have struggles.

If you can handle the heat,REJOICE with them!

But, QUIT if you can't.

Who said your life depended on social media?

You deserve so much better than a daily reminder of how,amongst your peers,you're the only one stuck on the same page.

You can't progress with a daily prescription of ENVY.

You either overcome envy...or it will overcome you!

Choose one!