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El Roi: The God who sees me. Hagar was an Egyptian slave. When Abraham and Sarah couldn't yet conceive, they grew impatient and were unable to wait on the promise of the Lord. As a result, Hagar was given to Abraham so that Sarah could have children through her. Bearing in mind that Hagar was a slave, it means that she probably didn't have a choice and she was bound to heed the word of her mistress Sarah. After Hagar conceived, she stopped respecting Sarah and as a result, Sarah mistreated Hagar. Genesis 16:4 (NKJV) So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes. Genesis 16:4 (EASY) Abram had sex with Hagar and she became pregnant. When Hagar knew that she was pregnant, she no longer respected Sarai. As a result, Sarah dealt harshly with Hagar, and she fled into the wilderness where she met with the Angel of the Lord. The Angel of the Lord told Hagar to go back to Sarah and submit to her authority, an...

I ntentional - done on purpose or deliberately. In my previous post, I shared my decision to be intentional with my walk with Christ. I have decided to delve into what it means to live intentionally for Him. The first and most important thing is to choose Christ by your own volition. I grew up in a Christian home, so Christ was all I knew. As I grew up, I tried to find my identity in Christ, but it was always short lived — due to my actions. I would have a burning passion for Christ for a week or so. Then the inconsistency would start, and eventually, I would fully withdraw myself from His presence. This would be a cycle for many years, but I decided to end it. I had to come to terms with how unhappy I was with my relationship with Christ, and I had to be the one to decide to do better. God has always been waiting for me, all I had to do was surrender to Him. This is very cliché, but who you surround yourself with is very important. I am surrounded by friends who are pursuing Christ, s...

P erspective - a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something.  I have come to a realisation that perspective influences a lot of things from my mood to my state of mind. How I view things is the delicate line between me feeling motivated or me being on the brink of a mental breakdown. We often face failures in our lives and we usually take those failures as a sign to give up but having perspective enables you to take those failures as motivation to work harder. Truth be told, that is so much easier said than done but like everything else in life, practise makes perfect. Towards the end of last year, nothing in my life was going as planned and that caused me to fall into a deep hole of sadness. I was so ready to give up. One of my biggest flaws, that I am working on, is throwing in the towel too easily. When things dont go my way I am quick to give up, wallow in self pity and go down the "Am I not worthy?'' cruise ship. Buuuut I am proud to announce that, that...