Sometimes

Sometimes, life feels meaningless when you find yourself performing something that you neither have interest in or passion for. Every week feels like you are in a loop of this painful struggle that just won’t end. 

The sad part is, you have to stay in it because your options are few. No, it’s not because you are lazy and therefore not able to make a change. Sometimes you go through pain because you have fewer options. Sometimes you go through pain because you are scared of change. 

In such situations ask God to help you draw near to Him because He is able to make a way where there seems to be no way, and also, to give you courage and wisdom to make a move when the opportunity presents itself. 

There is Purpose in Your Pain

Is 2020 really over?

Is 2020 really over? I know it's not December 31st yet, but it's the last month of the year. 2020 has been the year of loss and gain, the year our faith has been shaken and strengthened, the year most of us will remember not because we bought cars, houses, got married, or had children, but because of Covid-19. We shall remember that we were able to buy cars in the midst of the pandemic and financial hardship, or we were able to have kids in the midst of this health scare, or the year we had to have a wedding ceremony with just the priest and a few loved ones, or the year we had to work from home as we've always prayed for and loved it, or the year we have saved so much money because restaurants were closed and we didn't waste money on gas for unnecessary trips. 

2020 has been a year that God has given us like any other. 2020 has been a blessing to many and not a blessing to many. But above all, we have seen God's goodness in 2020, we have seen His love, protection, mercy, grace, and above all GOD's FAVOR!

I can testify to walking in God's Favor for this year, in the midst of tears and headache, my God has favored me and I am thankful for the year 2020. It may have started great, got crazy and made me shed some tears along the way, but it has gotten better than I expected and I am grateful for that, and I call that Favor.

As we end this year, what are you thankful for? What has 2020 taught you? What do you wish you would have done differently and what will you do differently moving forward?

My advise to you the reader of this post, don't be too quick to pray this year to end. Take the time to look back and pin-point areas that God or the universe wanted  you to learn from and carry that with you but not with pain and anger or bitterness, but carry that so that you can do things differently and better moving forward. 

Be blessed and Happy 2021.

PS - I have seen quite a few jokes that 2021 may just be part 2 of 2020, or the month will extend to December 32nd 2020, I pray that wont be the case 🤣

You are Home

 Home is Where The Heart is

Often times I have heard it said home is where you make it. As much as this statement is true, I would also like to believe that sometimes Home is where the heart is, where your loved ones are, where you feel a sense of belonging. You may live in a town or city for years and never feel like you are home. And there are those who move to a new place and feel at home from day one. 

There are those who've never felt a sense of belonging in their homes of origin, be in a house, town, city or country, this group of people may likely feel at home  elsewhere. But for those whose home roots are deeply ingrained in their hearts, they may find it somewhat or extremely difficult to make a new place their home. 

I heard someone say that she is very adaptive and hence she was able to make a new country her home and she loves it. That too can be a reason for belonging to a new place and feeling like you are home. 

Adaptive or not, find out what works for you early-on in life. If you have never experienced living in different places, try it out and then decide what works for you. Just because you feel at home where you are at now, it doesn't mean you won't feel the same somewhere else. Give yourself a chance to explore.

When I was a teenager, I lived in two cities and they both became my home. When I was in my twenties, I lived in two countries and they both equally became my home. And now in my thirties I have found myself living in two countries and have called both my home but with slight favoritism to one over the other which sometimes make me homesick. That's because, so much about me, my circumstances and my mindset has changed since my twenties and somehow the idea of being home is more than what I used to believe or think.

Love,

MamaTembo Safari