One day,my friend shared with me the new perspective of seeking to know what your creator had in mind about you, I saw this psalm and thought it is right for us to rehearse it daily in our lives.

PSALMS 139
O Lord, you have searched me

and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue

you know it completely, O Lord.

You hem me in—behind and before;

you have laid your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

if I make my bed in the depths,a you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

if I settle on the far side of the sea,

even there your hand will guide me,

your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me

and the light become night around me,”

even the darkness will not be dark to you;

the night will shine like the day,

for darkness is as light to you.

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you

when I was made in the secret place.

When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

your eyes saw my unformed body.

All the days ordained for me

were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

How precious tob me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

Were I to count them,

they would outnumber the grains of sand.

When I awake,

I am still with you.

If only you would slay the wicked, O God!

Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

They speak of you with evil intent;

your adversaries misuse your name.


Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord,


and abhor those who rise up against you?


I have nothing but hatred for them;


I count them my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting

Something to Learn About Stress

Did you know that stress is the body's normal response to an abnormal situation, n that its a potential you can use for the betterment of yourself? Indeed, how u get to handle it may drive u toward a state of self discovery and understanding that will makes you better, understand what you are experiencing and get the best out of it. Indeed, you are able to generate internal energy and use it to go through the tough times. When u take it as such, we call it eustress. 

However if you are negative and feeling desperate, fatigued and bila morale, the reverse is true. You lack the internal strength to drive you through the situation n start seeking exogenous energies. Negative body condition like cognitive dissonance, headache, stomach upset n other diseases masks you such that you are unable to see the opportunities that lies within the stressing situation. Now, that we call it distress. In managing our stress we should strive toward turning it eustress much more than distress. Its said that tough times challenges one toward realizing their hidden potential. 

Therefore you may choose to either avoid the stressor, alter it, accept it or adapt to it. Simple things that i do when am stressed is writting down what is stressing me, how its affecting me what the stress is making me feel. Then i divert my mind from the stress n do thing that relaxes me. Maybe listen to music, read or take a walk or talk about it with a pal. 

Sometimes i find myself crying if am overwhelmed n feel very relaxed! Well maybe u can even try this simple 'first aid' activity for stress. Sit comfortable on a chair, relax, close your eyes n drift into a sweet memories. Take 5deep breaths making sure you hold air in your lungs for close 30seconds. Am sure your tension will easen up. All the best dear and i hope you find my sharing useful. Cheers. Rem God loves you!!! 

Who Am I?

Understanding oneself is a very important aspect of personal development, realization and actualization. In every way of our lives the key important thing that really determine our achievements, be it at personal social economic or spiritual level, is not much of our background, money, or how big our dreams are, but much of how well we understand ourselves, and the people who are around us. 

To start it is my hope and belief that we all, that is you and me agree that we are human beings. That unlike other animals that we may be sharing taxonomic groups with, we show a high level of complexity and development in anatomic, physiological, social, intellectual capabilities. Above all is that we have over time acquired great and dynamic skills that help us to thrive quite well in most environments.

As earlier stated, human beings are complex in nature and it is therefore hard for me as it is for you and many other to really get a definitive way of defining and understanding oneself. But one thing that am very sure of is that understanding oneself is so vital that we can not overlook it. As far as am concerned, it is actually the basic essence of realizing what one is destined to be and achieve. It is indeed a diving board into one’s life.
There are different ways that people define themselves. Some will go by their names, others by their status in the family society, others by their profession, and others by their sexual orientation. Well at personal level we maybe satistifed with the definitions that we offer to ourselves, however are those definitions really good enough to define who we are? Given the fact that human beings are complex in nature and that who one is at this instance is as a result of an interplay of different factors, forces and influences over one’s lifetime, I tend to believe that there is some static part of us that would not really change under whichever circumstance or place we are. And that is the real us. At some point I take it as the constant in every human being, such that one can say that he or she is a product of the constant call it K and many other influences in life. In fact one person once said that we are a product of nature and nurture. Therefore what people see and appreciate about of you on the outside stems from that innate constant and your environment. Just as in genetic they say that one’s phenotype is a product of genotype and the environment.

In such a case the most important thing that one need to be aware of and understand is that constant. This is because we have very little control over it unlike nurture or environment. In trying to do so, consider this:
• sexual being
What makes you be a boy or girl? What is it like being a boy or a girl? What makes me be attracted to boy/girl?
• Social being.
Do i need other people? Is my family worth being? Do i have friends? Are they important?
• Intellectual/mental being.
What makes me different from animals? Why can i make my world better? What control me such that i do not work on instinct always as an animal?
• Physical being.
Why is my body the way it is? Did i decide it to be the way it is?
• Spiritual being
Do i desire the to feel or experience a connection to a supernatural power? Of what importance is that to me?
I can not make any conclusive ending to this note because the conclusion is within you!!!!
Love you friends.

Tough times, for Tough People!!

In my difficult times, I often loose my ability to face the future optimistically, I do begin to think about my tomorrow negatively wondering what else is going to happen. I forget that tough times are here for a short while and soon they shall be gone. I concentrate on the problems that are bothering me today and not the opportunities of tomorrow. In so doing I not only loose the potential of today but also throw away the beauty of tomorrow. And that always makes my tough times a tragedy.

With all these happening in my life, I need only one thing. On medicine that shall cure my mind and cure my life all together. And that is hope. I need someone who shall encourage me remind me of the promises that the lord has set out for me. I need someone who shall instill some pie of hope in my heart and hence give me hope for a better tomorrow. Yah am still young and have a big life ahead of me. I want to thrive in my life, but sometimes I just don't have the strength to move on. I do not have the courage to step into tomorrow.

I want to design some sensational plan that will drive me through my entire life successfully, but sometimes I don't have someone to motivate me to start it up. Listen now, here someone called Robert Schuller has spoken a lot in my life. I have learn that tough times never last but do tough people do. I have to to stand tough. I do not want to wither with the times and the challenges, but stand with the promises that the Lord have made in my life. I am not going to give up in the toughest of all the times. Even if it mean to literally stand on the bible and tell God am standing on the promises he has made in my life, I will!

It does not matter what I have been through, what I have done, where I have come from. Who are my parents, bothers, sisters or friends. All I care about is that I have a tomorrow and have the option of taking it positively and making the best out of it, or throwing it away.

Sometimes I have been making goals and plans for my life, but something small disappoint me an j throw them away. Throw away my future. Do not start thinking how irrational and inconsistent I maybe, but I know you too whether you want to accept publicly as I have done or not, you have in one way or another been tearing and throwing away the dreams and the plans you have made in your life at one time or the other. Yah....i mean you tear and throw away your future. But from today you can stand with me and say that you are not going to do that again. Say that every idea is worth considering and pursuing. And that I wont waste away the possibility of a potential holding dreams and ideas.

APPRECIATE YOUR PAST, GATHER ENERGIES FOR THE FUTURE

Isn't it funny how most people blame their present circumstances on mistakes made in the past?

It is often easy to look at the past as a series of events that led to sadness, despair and bitter disappointment.
However, it is more healing to learn from the past, appreciate what we have today and plan for a brighter future.

Our past is a series of lessons that advance us to higher levels of living, loving and learning.

Without the past as our teacher, we would be unable to learn valuable lessons about who we are and gain greater insight into our character.

If we didn't encounter difficulties in our life or face adversity once in a while, it would be next to impossible to appreciate the blessings in our lives.

In short, be thankful of your past and of the circumstances that brought you to today. It is often past circumstances that lead us to find our blessings.

LISTEN TO THIS WORDS AS YOU READ THEM THEN RESPOND

I have loved you since before you were born. I understand all that you have gone through. I have been with you through all those times. My desire is that you should know Me, the God and Maker of the whole world, as a friend and helper.

But there is a wall between us. It is called 'sin', 'wrongdoing', 'going your own way'. Only I can break the wall down, but only if you ask Me.

Jesus has paid the punishment for your sin. He died for you personally. Turn around, and ask Me to forgive you. Serve me and follow me, as Lord and Messiah. I will be like a father and mother to you. I will show you love that you could never imagine. I have plans for your life - plans for good. By yourself, you will never find those good things. With me, walking together with you through your life, you will be a new person.

I will set you free to be yourself, and will never leave you. You will be with me forever. Hand over your life to me, and I will give it back to you - new, different, and wonderful."

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