the seemingly trivial moments...

As i went my way i noticed a young boy gently pull a little girl to the side to tie her shoelaces that had come undone,
to me it was a beautiful moment so i smiled as i passed,
that moment to them two would have been a trivial one,
but to the ones who passed by it was one to smile about,
the love portrayed by a young boy who kneels down to tie an even younger girl's shoe laces,
i couldn't help but think he knew if he left the shoe laces undone the little girl would trip over them and fall,
he was merely looking out for someone he loved to protect them from potential danger,

if we paid attention to the moments that seem trivial we would realise that life is nothing short of beautiful,
moments like a man who sees his wife coming towards him and he walks the other way and they both laugh about it,
or when someone says words like "You're not just a pretty face after all",
or someone randomly walking up to and says "You're beautiful",
or even just that random "you're beautiful" in the middle of a conversation,
or asking your dad "do i look nice?" and he answers "you always look nice"
or the bank teller that remembers how to spell your seemingly complicated name,
or a person that goes out of their way to say "you look nice",
or one of my favourites when a random stranger says "smile, it can't be that bad"

Life is beautiful if we choose to see

That other "Godside"

Right, yesterday I read the book of Amos&it got me trembling a bit. It reminded me of another side of God that I don't often think about&i'm sure most of us don't either. Amos talks about the children of God not turning to God&following after things of this world. God became fed up and so he started doing things to get their attention but we can see from them Egypt days the Israelites have always been stubborn(much like us)&always needing God to do something drastic before they turn back to God(much like this generation,we probably worse).

Amos 3:6 says "...When disaster comes into a city, has not the Lord caused it?"
Now take note of the fact that it says "a city" not "this city" or "the city" so this is general talk. This is the other side of God that I want to talk about. God loves us so much&it really breaks His heart when we chase after everyone and everything else except Him! If your husband,wife or child did that I know it would hurt you too.

You know how our parents would discipline us when we did wrong? God is the same but on a larger scale&unless we turn to God-He will keep doing stuff to get our attention so the sooner we do it the better. This applies to us as Nations or as individuals. Do not harden your hearts,it is NOT beneficial in any way. Jeremiah 2:19 says "Your wickedness will punish you,your backsliding will rebuke you. Consider then and realise how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the Lord your God and have no awe of me" declares the Lord,the Lord Almighty.

Jeremiah 15:19 "If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless words you will be my spokesman..."

Obeying God doesn't benefit God but you! There is no greater honour than to serve Him, trust me :)

Do not under estimate God, clearly there's a lot of things we give the devil glory for when it's actually God at work for our attention&i say God always gets His. God is so loving&kind&compassionate&merciful&everything good&He isn't stupid, He isn't weak but He's patient. Serve Him for He is true, all he wants is the best for us-honestly :)

So just to wrap it up all this madness you see going on in this world isn't because of the devil(&i don't know if he is to be blamed for some of it) he isn't that powerful. I just think most of us simply want to paint a certain picture of God like merely focusing on how he blesses us and how he loves us and He is indeed all these things but He also gives&takes away as He pleases. Don't get caught on the wrong side I beg, serve God!

I think its safe to say the question "If God is so real why do we have all these bad things happening in the world?" It may not be the answer we want to give or hear but I think it's the truth.

My mind sometimes...

Right,thing is the thing: I have one grandparent left. Three of them passed away a while ago. The ones from my mum's side I grew up with them in my life,I know them and I have memories of them and I really really want to thank God for that,they were amazing! I also thank God for my grandma on dad's side coz she still lives.

But my grandfather on dad's side... I never got to know him. I know what he looks like from pictures,my dad looks like him. I'm glad he met me though because that means he died with memories of me. Now all I have left of him is what he looks like and the amazing things people say about him. I remember one of my older cousins saying "I wish you had gotten to know him", and I really do wish I had.
So sometimes I wonder if he knows I think about him a lot and how much I love him and how I actually cry for him sometimes...I don't know,only God knows! So hopefully one day I'll meet him in heaven but only God knows...

Random thought About standards....

So I'm chilling in my room thinking 'I should really be packing right now' but oh well,instead of just thinking about it I'm going to write about it. Crazy that I'm making this public but whatever,I'mma do it anyway.

Have you ever had something so good and then lost it or you don't have it anymore but you can't settle for less anymore coz you had that awesome taste. For example, I had a boyfriend once whom I was absolutely crazy about and to me he set the standard for every other guy,you either had to beat that standard or beat it! Sound crazy? Yeah I think so too! Lol,anyway so years later another guy came along and set a new standard... But it didn't work out so now I'm just wondering if and how some other guy is going to top that standard *insert thinking face here*

Another brilliant example is my relationship with God. Before I knew God he wasn't a big deal to me,I wasn't even sure he existed but that was until I was sure he existed. I won't long this one out,what I'm saying is I've had a taste of this life with God and now I want NO other. God is in a league of his own, He's incomparable and the standard he's set NOONE and NOTHING can top that! Sometimes people try to convince me that I'm missing out on this other life without God. HA! That's crazy coz I've been about that life and I wouldn't trade the life I have now for my old one,no way!!!

What was the point of this blog? I'm not sure but maybe what I'll say is always hold out for the best and when you find the best don't ever let it go...

Demonstrating faith???

So one day i was childminding for one of my cousins, at that time their son was about 1 year old or somewhere there. Now you know kids run around a lot, they are filled with so much energy and i think they all think they can do everything and anything including flying. My nephew was no different. He saw one of his toys across the room and decided that's what he wanted so he started to go for it which wasn't a problem...except it kind of was. This lil man was NOT watching where he was going, as he ran his eyes where on the toy that he wanted, that was his destination. He almost tripped over something but he didn't even stop to check what was in his way, lil man kept going till he got to where he was going!!! What's my point??? FAITH!!!

My nephew wanted something and he straight up went for it non stop and as the adult there it was my responsibility to get things out of his way lest he fall and hurt himself. He did not care what was in his way, somehow maybe he trusted that everything should move out of his way as he ran, i don't really know what was going through his mind but what came to my mind was FAITH! See as the bible says "Unless we become like the little ones we can not enter the Kingdom of God".

Imagine if we trusted God enough to go where we're meant to go without worrying about what's in the way and what could possibly make us trip and fall, without worrying about things that might make us fail our mission. Imagine if we had a little kid's mentality and our eye was on our destiny knowing and trusting that obstacles WILL move or be removed from our way... How would our lives be like then?

God is responsible for us as believers, the bible says the just shall live by faith. To me that means i go my way trusting God to stop me when i'm going the wrong way or to remove the obstacles as i go without so much as worrying. Someone said "If you can't do nothing about it, don't worry about it" so my advice to you is have no worries, have no fear and i mean that. The God we serve does not sleep he does not slumber but he watches over us constantly(check Psalm 121 and 125)

Keep your eye on your destination, how you get there is God business coz he's responsible for you!!! God is the adult in this relationship and i expect him to take care of my needs, every single one of them and i never have to worry how because He has always taken care of the "HOW"

I FEAR FAILURE  I HAVE FAITH,i don't have to see the next step to take it!

*Proverbs 3:5-6 = Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean NOT on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to him and he will make your paths straight*

I dare you!!! Do you dare?

Hey there lovers, how ya'll doing in 2013? I'm feeling good as always ;)

So anyway for a while now i've been wanting to blog about this thing i'm about to write now,lol.
For a while now i've had a problem with my arm, i have this constant pain,sometimes it feels better sometimes it doesn't. One day i was at work and i moved my arm a certain way and the pain i felt was crazy!!!! Why i'm making a big deal out of it is because at this time i thought the pain was going away but do you know what i realised??? I realised that the pain had always been there but i had learnt how to move my arm and how to NOT move my arm in order to not feel the pain... Where am i going with this?? Follow me....

A lot of us are like this with so many issues that we have in our life, we've been going through some things for so long we've gotten used to putting up with them, it could be a habit, someone hurt you, anger issues, i don't know only you know what crazy issues are in your life and for some the world knows your issues,lol, especially if you put them up on things like facebook and twitter but that's not even the point-it's just the fact that there are things you've gotten used to and comfortable with or that you put up with when you shouldn't have to!!!!
Some of these issues we have lie dormant until they erupt and we're reminded "Hey, that issue's still hanging inside of me". What's my advice??? Deal with your issues!!!! For example myself, i should go see a doctor about my arm- what do you need to do or who do you need to go and see in order for your issue to get dealt with?? And may i also say a lot of us will need discipline to overcome our issues, some will need to let go of some things or some people. Do whatever it takes to be free, ask God to help you because i know for sure there is nothing he cannot fix, after all He's the maker of you *wink*.

According to Ephesians 3:20 God is able to do whatever we can ask of Him or whatever we can imagine, so       
as far as your imagination goes God can go further than that-you get what i'm saying?

BOUND and hello FREEDOM

I dare you to be free from your issues, i dare you!

what's the point though?

I'm sitting in my bed thinking 'what is life really about?' I know the question gets asked a lot but am i the only who thinks if i die today or tonight what's going to make my life count? What have i done to touch the world? What have i done to change a life? I was talking to someone yesterday and she was telling me how someone told her to change her friends because they are uneducated.... Is this how shallow human beings are? A degree is what qualifies us? I watched a video today of a man who has dedicated his life to feeding the hungry and homeless, isnt that amazing? Isn't that what life is about? I know most consider the finer things in life to be material things, living a certain standard of life but is that all there is though? I say the finer things in life consist of loving the supposedly unlovable and the supposedly undeserving, giving to the needy and homeless, being there for one another unconditionally, give your time, give your money, lend a shoulder... these are some of the satisfying things in life believe it or not. 

I choose to touch the world, one of my favourite poets says "I may not change the world, but i will touch it" so i, Chiedza Bvundura, say "I may not change the world, but i will touch it and i cannot fail at it other wise- what's the point?"

We're here only for a little while, make it count and make God your number one ;)