DECRYSTALIFE

I have had some challenges this past few weeks that really wanted to drain me. I had to really sit my self down and count my blessings; drawing strength from the word of God. My mind reflected on a 72 year old man that had challenges with his health that didn't permit him to urinate. He had to go through surgery to enable him urinate again. The surgery was successful. One of the days while still recuperating at the hospital, his doctor met him crying. He asked him what the issue was: The old man said "in all my 72 years on earth, I have not been grateful to God for always enabling me to urinate freely and unaided. Here I am paying huge amount of money just to urinate. I took my 'little blessings' for granted." Personally, have been blessed. Despite the challenges that come up. I may not be where I want to be right now but am not where I used to be. My past is better than today. You may be on the hospital bed hoping for a miracle and even angry a...

Lena Marie Johansson of Sweden was born with no arms, only one developed leg and foot, the other leg was shorter than the other. She is the first child of loving Christian parents. Who were despaired at first by their daughters drastic deformity but learned from the Bible on how to cope and help their handicapped daugther. Lena records in her book 'footnotes:a life without limits' that her parents treated her like every other normal person. She went to church, attended Sunday school classes. She developed her faith in God that she was not a mistake or a circumstance that just happened. Lena learned to use her feet to eat, to carry out basic self functions. She plays the keyboard and has conducted choirs; has a successful professional singing career. She has won swimming competitions and competed in Paralympics in Seoul, Korea. Lena also drives a car with special equipment. In her words "I prefer to rejoice in what I can do - not mourn what I can't." ...

At almost every point in our lives we seek for absolute peace, calmness and quietness around us. We wish for a place of solace from the storm that is raging; in the midst of it we feel so helpless. Don't be helpless. For storms come to build our faith in God. As a Christian, challenges will come but always remember that God promised to be with you in the midst of trouble and revive you.  Remember His promises concerning that issue. Finding all round peace especially peace of mind has become an unending quest for many. And the way to finding lasting peace is from the WORD OF GOD; the BIBLE. From scriptures, you find words that minister to you personally. This particular scripture holds a formula for peace. I call it a prescription for peace of mind and heart. PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with  thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which  passeth all ...

I wouldn't call it a coincidence but in a way it was; for I got to meet 'the woman with the baby again'. You remember the woman with a baby I sighted from my balcony, who was so distorted that I wished I had asked her what troubled her? Well, I met her again. She looked better than last time. Her hair was plainted in a neat weaving, the navy blue gown she wore brought out her beautiful figure. She looked really good. She was the one that actually recognized me and approached with a lovely smile on her face. At first I was taken aback by who could the stranger be. I responded to her greeting and she introduced herself. She said her name is Gloria. She came to the town junction to get baby food. I then asked her the question I wished I had asked her the first time I met her. Why were you looking so haggard, troubled and confused that day? This is her story : She lost her husband four months ago and was buried a month before I met her. She married for onl...

As many of you know, David & I celebrated our 1 Year Wedding Anniversary a couple days ago!! So exciting! In honor of that milestone and celebration, I wanted to share with you some of the things I learned my 1st year of marriage. The Little Things Matter I can’t stress this enough! Over the past year I’ve definitely learned how important it is to do sweet little things for my husband. This can be any number of things depending on what you and your spouse like! It can be a sweet text during the day or cooking his favorite meal. You can stop by his work to say hi & make sure you give him a hug and kiss when you both get home. These simple gestures really go a long way. They help your partner feel loved and appreciated and valued. David knows I loveeee flowers! He surprises me with them all the time and they’re always personalized in some way to the types and colors I like. It means a lot to me that he does this because he really pays attention to what I like and goes...

I remember most of my children's day celebration vividly like its yesterday. Its always been one of my favourite holiday back then as a child; even now i will definitely stay clued to the television to watch the 'march past' and cultural displays. The 'march past' being one i was always involved in. Putting in all my effort like my life depended on it. Days of rehearsals unending and i being eventually choosed to be infront of the school banner; leading the school to march past the governor of the state or who represents him in the event. My school uniform well ironed with no fault on it, sandals polished with white socks. My hair neatly done that i was always being teased as carrying Christmas tree on my head because of the colourful beads. The 'D' day arrives, 8Am am already at school. Our games master counts the number of children boarding the school bus and we head off to the stadium. The atmosphere is charged up with competitive spirit of...

In the year 2006, i took seriously ill in boarding school that i had to be sent home to my mother. Something i didn't really like because of the financial constraints she had; we had to move from one part of the town to another part to enable her pay rent comfortably and reduce some of her expenses. So, i didn't want to increase it for her but all the same i was sent home. I was high with fever that you could feel the heat coming out of my body, headache, body aches and appetite was gone. My mum did all she could for days and nights nothing worked. She prayed; anointed me with oil, feet washing and  used the mantle. Nothing still worked. She resorted to calling her sister and brother in-law who are medical practitioners. They too ran all the test, gave me all forms of medication to atleast bring down my fever but it didnt work. I was weak, no food eaten; surviving on glucose D and ORS (oral rehydration solution). In the pain of it all, God still kept me. Prayers was ...