Welcome to June...
I have
gotten to the thirty-seventh day of my Soul Fast and I must say, with only three days
to go, I will miss it. It has been an enlightening and educating experience. I
have learnt so much about myself, my prayer life, the power of words, thoughts
and attitudes, the unshakable path of destiny and also about faith.
That is what I want to talk about today. Its easy to be swayed by what you
hear, see and touch. The tangible things are convincing. But faith requires you
to believe in what you can't see or feel. It requires you to believe in the
impossible. Without saying too much, I will touch on an experience I just had
that has affirmed my faith in the power of good.
I have been going through
something. This something has required a lot from me, physically, mentally and
emotionally and has left me drained. It has also strengthened my character and
resolve. Many times in the midst of this situation I was forced to look and
see, and what I saw was so bleak, a situation so hopeless, a series of events
so painfully demoralizing that the only logical and sensible thing would have been
to give up.
I did not.
Something inside so strong kept telling me, one more
day, one more step, one more smile you will reach Kilimanjaro's peak...and I
held on to that. I stayed positive. I looked at the good. Many times it
outweighed the bad but there were times when the scales did not tip. In those
times I had to have faith that everything would come right, that I was not
wrong in choosing this course of action, repaying hard words and painful
actions with love, forgiveness, understanding, gentleness and patience.
It was
not easy. Not in the least. But finally the storm broke.
And when it did and
the sun came out I realized that it was all worth it. Because I'm not all the
way up yet but the view is already amazing.
No matter what it looks
and sounds and feels like, there is a voice inside your heart that knows what
is real, that hears the things that go unsaid...that voice,listen to that voice
it will not steer you wrong.
Believe.
And dwell on what is good. Philippians
4:8 has gotten me through these tough times when all I had were memories and
voice notes from months ago to keep me going...but I kept going...and I kept
believing and I thought of noble, good, lovely, peaceful things and in the end,
there was no negativity to keep forgiveness out.
I am in a better place now, my struggle, my dalliance with pain is completely over and I am finding my feet again...but I just wanted to encourage someone...if its real and you know it, don't let go, don't stop believing, you never know what you will find on the other side of that cloud...
#TitaniumSolid #Kilimanjaro
Unforgettably Yours,
Miss Mahogany...
