I hope you haven't totally forgotten about me? I know, I know that it's been more than a month and you really don't need to roll your eyes, yunno -
I'm sorry.
Will you take my biscuit?
How have you been?
For me, I have been happy and working. I have been so fixed up also. I know - I know, I'm not placing my work above you.
You're wondering how I came up with today's topic? Does it sound familiar? Or you're part of those who used to run away from children's Sunday school?
That's not the main thing right here by the way...
One of the things I've come to understand with a lot of people is that they walk around with a heart heavily burdened with thoughts so much that it impedes them from manifesting their lights.
Think about those days you feel overwhelmed and tired and down and unhappy, were you able to give others happiness? Was that not the days you were angry with everyone for no reason or was that not the days you chose to be selfish with the Jollof rice your mum said you should share with me — your best friend?
To be pretty honest, we don't talk about how tiredness and past experiences can hinder us from the forthcoming ones.
A background story to the topic:
I'm going Scripture baby!
And the naḥash was more crafty than all the lives of the field which יהוה Elohim had made, and he said to the woman, “Is it true that Elohim has said, ‘Do not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the naḥash, “We are to eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Elohim has said, ‘Do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest you die.’ ” And the naḥash said to the woman, “You shall certainly not die. “For Elohim knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like Elohim, knowing good and evil.” And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, and she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made loin coverings for themselves. And they heard the voice of יהוה Elohim walking about in the garden in the cool of the day, and Aḏam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of יהוה Elohim among the trees of the garden. And יהוה Elohim called unto Aḏam and said to him, “Where are you?”
Berĕshith (Genesis) 3:1-9 TS2009
oh! I know, I use The Scriptures Bible which is why some texts are in Hebrew. Oh yes! I love showoffs. Pained?, Off your show :)
But why do you think Adam was hiding?
because he was afraid and ashamed.
simple right?
But do you know that these days most of us are just like Adam? Scared to take the next step, scared to be happy, scared to believe that we're meant for greater things, scared to believe in the good people, scared to see the better in things, scared to reach out…
And to be honest, this is not really our fault. We've once opened our hearts to love and we've been broken afterwards, we've once totally trusted but were met with deceit. So, we have formed a barricade to quickly block out any similar events or feelings.
But how do we get the hell out of these things?
I don't even have 3 or 5 ways to go about it but one thing I want to let you know is that,
being deliberate whether you want to be seen or you want to continually hide lies within you.
I hope to hear the best from you.
You don't have to hide any longer, it's high time you showed yourself.
I really love June, but it was hectic for me.
I didn't read, but I watched a couple of movies and in all make sure you watch:
RRR
Breaded Life
before this year ends.
It's good to hear from you, Bukummi. I can totally relate with wanting to just hide and scared to take the next step. I've learnt to always pick myself up, look out for the way forward and audaciously taking bold steps. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your next post.