Psalm 139:14 I will praise You; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are marvelous and my soul knows it very well.
Every one of us is special. There is no one who should be written off just because of the circumstance in which they find themselves. God has created each and everyone for a purpose. For that reason he takes his time to create a unique person, not just a copy of another person. God does not keep molds when it comes to making human beings. Like a perfect artist, he takes time to craft each person in very unique ways so that each individual is different.
There are a lot of things in you that show that you are precious to Him. When you contemplate a little on the verse for today, you will agree with the Psalmist that you are wonderfully and fearfully made.
The whole human body and how it works is a big mystery. There are no Doctors who will fully comprehend the things surrounding the human body. If there is any complex mechanism in the world, then the human body is the first. And you are part of that wonder of God.
Take a little time and consider how your body has grown over the years. Look back to when you were just a child and lacking knowledge and wisdom in many things. Compare it to what you are toady and you will see the wonders of God in you. You are a wonderful creation and you must accept that and treat yourself as such.
That is why you need to respect yourself. There is no one like you, and there will never again be another you in the world. You must let this show in your actions and relations. You are highly esteemed before God. If God could take his time to create such a unique person like you, then you must also treat yourself well in reverence to God, as a way of gratitude to him. Destroying yourself in any manner – physically, emotionally or spiritually is the greatest ingratitude to God.
Before you do anything to yourself, remember this little fact: YOU ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE.
You are blessed.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
You are the image of God
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.
This is one the wonderful things you get to know when start reading the Bible. Man is in the image of God. Man in this sense is gender neutral. You have been our very nature is a reflection of how God. We must however be careful not to take it the other way round by assuming that God is the reflection of man. The image cannot take precedence of the real object. The image is but a small drawing or representation of the real. God is the real and man is the image.
Being the image of God should not only be a matter of form, but it should reflect in our actions and behaviour. We know generally that God is good. This means that his image must be good. If you see a photo of a beautiful person, the photo is beautiful because the person is beautiful. If the image is not beautiful, then it will be rejected by the owner.
Being the image of God also mean that you should not be mishandled by anyone; not even yourself. You deserve to be treated well; you must give the necessary care to yourself. Don’t allow anyone to look down or you, no other human being is superior to you. All human beings are created the same.
No matter your circumstances, you still deserve dignity and you must work hard to preserve that. God whose image you are is a dignified being; and so is his image.
STAY BLESSED
This is one the wonderful things you get to know when start reading the Bible. Man is in the image of God. Man in this sense is gender neutral. You have been our very nature is a reflection of how God. We must however be careful not to take it the other way round by assuming that God is the reflection of man. The image cannot take precedence of the real object. The image is but a small drawing or representation of the real. God is the real and man is the image.
Being the image of God should not only be a matter of form, but it should reflect in our actions and behaviour. We know generally that God is good. This means that his image must be good. If you see a photo of a beautiful person, the photo is beautiful because the person is beautiful. If the image is not beautiful, then it will be rejected by the owner.
Being the image of God also mean that you should not be mishandled by anyone; not even yourself. You deserve to be treated well; you must give the necessary care to yourself. Don’t allow anyone to look down or you, no other human being is superior to you. All human beings are created the same.
No matter your circumstances, you still deserve dignity and you must work hard to preserve that. God whose image you are is a dignified being; and so is his image.
STAY BLESSED
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Love Yourself
Mark 12:31. And the second is like this: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
I have chosen to talk about this topic because this week the word love will be receiving a lot of attention. The 14th of February is celebrated as the day of showing love to one another. There has been, and there will continue to be a lot of controversy as to how this day should be celebrated, and whether it should even be celebrated at all. But there is one thing that I want you to consider as you go through the day and the week that follows; and that is “Are you loving yourself enough”
We have been told time and time again that we should love our neighbours and most often those who give this admonishment forget to add the second important part of the saying “as yourself.” In trying to love others, the standard we must follow is the standard we must apply is ourselves. Those who love themselves well will be quick in knowing what is good for them and so transfer the kind of love they give themselves to others.
Loving yourself does not necessarily mean being selfish. It only means giving yourself the best treatment that you can give to anybody. It will be very difficult for any human being to give more than he/she has. By giving more love to yourself will mean that you will have more love to be given to those who need it.
If you love yourself, you will not do anything that leads to your own destruction. Then you will not do what will destroy your neighbour. That is because, by destroying your neighbour, you destroy yourself.
We fail to love others because we don’t love ourselves. The time has come to start fixing the standard of love in the world. That is by showing more love to yourself.
I have chosen to talk about this topic because this week the word love will be receiving a lot of attention. The 14th of February is celebrated as the day of showing love to one another. There has been, and there will continue to be a lot of controversy as to how this day should be celebrated, and whether it should even be celebrated at all. But there is one thing that I want you to consider as you go through the day and the week that follows; and that is “Are you loving yourself enough”
We have been told time and time again that we should love our neighbours and most often those who give this admonishment forget to add the second important part of the saying “as yourself.” In trying to love others, the standard we must follow is the standard we must apply is ourselves. Those who love themselves well will be quick in knowing what is good for them and so transfer the kind of love they give themselves to others.
Loving yourself does not necessarily mean being selfish. It only means giving yourself the best treatment that you can give to anybody. It will be very difficult for any human being to give more than he/she has. By giving more love to yourself will mean that you will have more love to be given to those who need it.
If you love yourself, you will not do anything that leads to your own destruction. Then you will not do what will destroy your neighbour. That is because, by destroying your neighbour, you destroy yourself.
We fail to love others because we don’t love ourselves. The time has come to start fixing the standard of love in the world. That is by showing more love to yourself.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Let Go
Heb 12:1 Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us
As we journey through life, we pass through many situations and challenges. These surely leave various impressions on us. We form habits, some good some bad. There are certain habits that we know are bad and we must just let go. But because they are habits, we find it difficult to let go. There is nothing best for us but just to let go. Letting go will free us and give us the opportunity to move ahead without any sense of guilt coming from self examination.
There are other things that, though they are not bad in themselves, prevent us from forging ahead in order to achieve our goals. That is where the difficulty comes. But, in order to move ahead, we must let go.
The passage chosen for today’s message talks about weights that draw us back. Those who desire to move ahead must by necessity throw away the weight they carry. When you watch athletes in an Olympic race, especially women, you realize that they throw away all the heavy jackets they wear just before the race starts. This they do to give them extra advantage to run as fast as they can. You cannot imagine any athlete running in suits today.
That is what your life is about. There are certain things in your life today; there are certain people you are holding to, there are several things that you consider good for you; but those are the very things, the very people that draw you back or slow you down. For the sake of progress, tell yourself when you realize: “It is time to let go”.
Take time and search for such unnecessary baggage and LET THEM GO.
As we journey through life, we pass through many situations and challenges. These surely leave various impressions on us. We form habits, some good some bad. There are certain habits that we know are bad and we must just let go. But because they are habits, we find it difficult to let go. There is nothing best for us but just to let go. Letting go will free us and give us the opportunity to move ahead without any sense of guilt coming from self examination.
There are other things that, though they are not bad in themselves, prevent us from forging ahead in order to achieve our goals. That is where the difficulty comes. But, in order to move ahead, we must let go.
The passage chosen for today’s message talks about weights that draw us back. Those who desire to move ahead must by necessity throw away the weight they carry. When you watch athletes in an Olympic race, especially women, you realize that they throw away all the heavy jackets they wear just before the race starts. This they do to give them extra advantage to run as fast as they can. You cannot imagine any athlete running in suits today.
That is what your life is about. There are certain things in your life today; there are certain people you are holding to, there are several things that you consider good for you; but those are the very things, the very people that draw you back or slow you down. For the sake of progress, tell yourself when you realize: “It is time to let go”.
Take time and search for such unnecessary baggage and LET THEM GO.
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