So about today's post, I learnt something a few weeks ago - that you and I need to be reminded more than we need to be taught. There is nothing wrong with new information, but it is also vital that we relearn old lessons as well, ponder over them, get a deeper insight from what was learnt the first time, that is not always necessary to have a new thing.
That led me to deciding to share a few of my short posts from my facebook page Rita Mirembe that came to life this September.
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Seed, Time and Harvest
We are a society of quick fixes and a lot of us fall in this category. We want success now. We want that promotion now. We want sex now. We want to find that husband or wife now - We want what we want ..... NOW ! We have no faith in the process or we are not patient enough to wait things out.
The principle of Seed, Time and Harvest .. when did we forget ?
Think of trees or flowers or crops. Seed is planted, time must come to pass ...... and then we will have a strongly rooted tree .. or beautiful flowers blossoming .. or food and crop to see us through.
Time time time !!! For our harvest to be worthwhile, we must go through time.
Yes it is slower. No it's not always easy, in fact it is the harder way, but so much refining goes on during that season to make the harvest worthwhile.
We need to re-evaluate how things get done / 'must' be done.
Let's us unlearn the bad and learn the good . Let us get empowered so we can teach others and the cycle continues for future generations to come !
The principle of Seed, Time and Harvest .. when did we forget ?
Think of trees or flowers or crops. Seed is planted, time must come to pass ...... and then we will have a strongly rooted tree .. or beautiful flowers blossoming .. or food and crop to see us through.
Time time time !!! For our harvest to be worthwhile, we must go through time.
Yes it is slower. No it's not always easy, in fact it is the harder way, but so much refining goes on during that season to make the harvest worthwhile.
We need to re-evaluate how things get done / 'must' be done.
Let's us unlearn the bad and learn the good . Let us get empowered so we can teach others and the cycle continues for future generations to come !
Embracing your dream!
As you go into your new week, I want to share with you what I took home with me from Church today ..
"God the dream giver gave you a big dream even before you were born. It is time to wake up to your big dream.
Always remember your dream is what you do best and what you most love to do. Why do you want to continue living your life without fulfilling your dream?
There will be many sacrifices to make, changes that will enable you to pursue your dream, but it will be worth it all.
Embrace Your Dream !! " - Pastor George Mathu, Senior Pastor, EFCC .
Let me now share with you my verse for the week from Matthew 6:33 - But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you .
"God the dream giver gave you a big dream even before you were born. It is time to wake up to your big dream.
Always remember your dream is what you do best and what you most love to do. Why do you want to continue living your life without fulfilling your dream?
There will be many sacrifices to make, changes that will enable you to pursue your dream, but it will be worth it all.
Embrace Your Dream !! " - Pastor George Mathu, Senior Pastor, EFCC .
Let me now share with you my verse for the week from Matthew 6:33 - But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you .
Purpose - Life
It is important to me to find my purpose in life .. but it is MOST important to me to find God's purpose for my life !!! ...& that the two align .
God intends a great purpose for each one of our lives. But first we have got to get out of the conventional thinking of the term great.
Our journeys will be different. Our stories won't and shouldn't be the same. But each one of our stories - in God's divine purpose for us - will be great !
I think of the Parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30 . Some of us will have 10 talents, others 5, others 1. But if we don't compare, and each begin to ' till our land ' , to ' water our grass ' .. our 'land will produce harvest', our 'grass will be greener ', and to each one of us the same thing will be said " - Well done, good and faithful servant! You've been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your masters happiness ! "
Don't go through life, GROW through life .
God intends a great purpose for each one of our lives. But first we have got to get out of the conventional thinking of the term great.
Our journeys will be different. Our stories won't and shouldn't be the same. But each one of our stories - in God's divine purpose for us - will be great !
I think of the Parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30 . Some of us will have 10 talents, others 5, others 1. But if we don't compare, and each begin to ' till our land ' , to ' water our grass ' .. our 'land will produce harvest', our 'grass will be greener ', and to each one of us the same thing will be said " - Well done, good and faithful servant! You've been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your masters happiness ! "
Don't go through life, GROW through life .
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This post reminds me of my very first blog post that talked about What's in your hand . I encourage you to read it.
A few weeks after this post, Hope FM - one of the Christian radio stations in Kenya that I listen to ( FYI you can stream them online ) on their morning show introduced us to a lady by the name Christine Mweteeli who is the Author of the book Play to Win because life isn't fair . The book is based on the teaching of the parable of the talents and Christine does an amazing job challenging and inspiring one to get you out of " playing the midfield and to finally scoring " in life, getting one to maximise their potential. I absolutely love how she teaches the 360 of success, that is, success is not solely about making more money or having the best things and the like. I think this is a vital lesson many of us have miss.
I recently bought my copy and looking forward to digging in. From the little preview she has given us during her talks on the radio, I would highly recommend you get yourself a copy - or you could borrow mine when I am done :).
As we end this today, this being the weekend before Christmas, I would like to ask you what Christmas means to you? My guess is so many different things to all of us. To some it is the rush, the busyness, the deadlines. To others the holidays, the family time, the gift exchanging yet again to others it is the endless partying and drinking sprees - I used to fall in this category, while to others a whole different meaning still.
I would like to tell you the real meaning Christmas that many times gets shadowed by a lot of other meanings. Christmas symbolises a gift to us from God, the birth of Christ, the birth of the saviour and the hope of the world, the one who died for you and my sins and took it all away so that death would have no more power over us.
Christmas is this - that Jesus came that we may have life, and have it abundantly. To set you and I free from the devils plans to steal and kill and destroy our lives - John 10:10.
Jesus is the Grace that saves, the Love that heals ( heals all of you from inside out), the hope that changes our less into more, our good into great, our guilt into forgiven, our worst into best, our struggles into joys, our imperfections into perfect, our empty into full. Christmas is about acknowledging this as truth and if you haven't yet, it's about surrendering your life to the one who came to give you the real true meaning of life - Eternal life.
Jesus is the real reason for the season. Will you honour Him so that he can honour you? Surrender yourself to him, let Him hold your world, let Him transform you into the best version of you that you could never imagine could be. He will satisfy your soul, give you everlasting joy, this will be the best decision you ever make in your life.
" Christ says bring him your heart no matter how broken, just come as you are, just rest in his arms a while and you will feel the change. In Christ, all those who thirst will thirst no more, all those who search will find what their souls long for, the world will try but it can never fill you. Christ has what you need, what you keep searching for. He has done all the work but you keep on working, yet you are running on empty and can never find the remedy. You will spend your whole life chasing what's missing but that empty inside is not going to listen. Nothing is going to satisfy you and the world will always leave you high and dry.
If you come to Jesus you will be full of love beyond any measure, your joy is going to flow like a stream in the desert. Living water is found only in Christ, in Him you will thirst no more. " - that is my slightly edited version from the message in the song The Well by Casting Crowns.
Have a Merry Christmas and a blessed and wonderful 2015!
Love, Ree.
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Ps: If you are ever in Nairobi and are looking for a church family to visit with, during your short or long stay. My church Eagle's Faith Christian Centre ( EFCC) would be privileged to host you! OR if you live in Nairobi and are looking for a church family or if you simply want to visit and send our love back to your home church family, get in touch with me for directions, or Get Directions Here !
I would like to tell you the real meaning Christmas that many times gets shadowed by a lot of other meanings. Christmas symbolises a gift to us from God, the birth of Christ, the birth of the saviour and the hope of the world, the one who died for you and my sins and took it all away so that death would have no more power over us.
Christmas is this - that Jesus came that we may have life, and have it abundantly. To set you and I free from the devils plans to steal and kill and destroy our lives - John 10:10.
Jesus is the Grace that saves, the Love that heals ( heals all of you from inside out), the hope that changes our less into more, our good into great, our guilt into forgiven, our worst into best, our struggles into joys, our imperfections into perfect, our empty into full. Christmas is about acknowledging this as truth and if you haven't yet, it's about surrendering your life to the one who came to give you the real true meaning of life - Eternal life.
Jesus is the real reason for the season. Will you honour Him so that he can honour you? Surrender yourself to him, let Him hold your world, let Him transform you into the best version of you that you could never imagine could be. He will satisfy your soul, give you everlasting joy, this will be the best decision you ever make in your life.
" Christ says bring him your heart no matter how broken, just come as you are, just rest in his arms a while and you will feel the change. In Christ, all those who thirst will thirst no more, all those who search will find what their souls long for, the world will try but it can never fill you. Christ has what you need, what you keep searching for. He has done all the work but you keep on working, yet you are running on empty and can never find the remedy. You will spend your whole life chasing what's missing but that empty inside is not going to listen. Nothing is going to satisfy you and the world will always leave you high and dry.
If you come to Jesus you will be full of love beyond any measure, your joy is going to flow like a stream in the desert. Living water is found only in Christ, in Him you will thirst no more. " - that is my slightly edited version from the message in the song The Well by Casting Crowns.
Have a Merry Christmas and a blessed and wonderful 2015!
Love, Ree.
Come over to My Facebook Page to stay in touch with me when I am not on here :)
Ps: If you are ever in Nairobi and are looking for a church family to visit with, during your short or long stay. My church Eagle's Faith Christian Centre ( EFCC) would be privileged to host you! OR if you live in Nairobi and are looking for a church family or if you simply want to visit and send our love back to your home church family, get in touch with me for directions, or Get Directions Here !
