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The Blessing of Believing

Are you doubting the promises of God? Here's what happens when you believe.

Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!” Luke 1:45 NIV Years ago, I put up a status on Facebook saying, “hold tightly to your faith more than you do your dreams; it will keep you going when all else fails.”I might have taken for granted what the enormous time of Bible scholarship and assembly fellowship could ultimately mean to me. I put in a high…

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New in Nature

Nature's constant renewal is testament that we cannot forever stay the same. We must change. We must be new.

Mosi-oa-Tunya, The Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe 2022 “The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” Claude Monet The past three years have been the examination room we never knew we needed. The global pandemic was somewhat for us to reconsider what might be important to us; why we count such as important and whether they should be the things to hold on to. In many ways…

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S E C R E T: Dear ex “future-husband” I sat in a circle of family and friends internally analyzing the things that once were, and the things that brought us to where we today.

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Determining the Unprincipled

Determining the Unprincipled: What we could know of him...a kiss we feel but can never be mortal enough to speak about.

Who among us is friends with death? Who has played with the locks of his hair, pushed him into a puddle and exchanged poems? Who has played childhood pranks on him, heard his sneaky laughter in a corner during tiresome hide and seek? Collapsed into his arms and found comfort, peered into his eyes and saw kindness? Who has ever shared a meal with death? Or felt his warm lips kiss the backs of our…

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Beneath the Capricorn Sun

Beneath the Capricorn Sun...you are the strength of Kalanga and the soundness of San.

“I grazed the marshes of the Okavango, singing quietly with a voice of hope for the delight I was seeking. The perennial rains of trouble fell on me, harshly wounding my heart, and roots of lilies tugged at my feet beckoning me to stay. But I sought a tune of love that would not let me go, to dance on dry land in arms that caressed until we reach the end. My love, I want the sweet chirping of…

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How I Survived

Psalm 121;7 “The Lord will keep you from all harm, he will watch over your life”.

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Home is a People A smile is the universal welcome.-- Max Eastman That swift hand pulled me gently forward, saying "Come, let me show you my people." And there I stood in the midst of them, radiating warmth, feeling their kindness only a few breaths away, inwardly hearing their laughter for future days, their strength empowering me from shoulder to shoulder, our tears mingling in the name of a clan.

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When You try to Skip Church but God...

How to Tie a head scarf Comfortably enough to cover the ears: Cold hearts and unheard Sermons.

“So? What do you mean your dress is wet so you are not going?” my mother, the earliest early bird I know, waited for my answer as I got up confused with a slight tugging at my heart I had went to bed with that I did not want to go to church in the morning. Home was alive with the warmth of things baking in the oven, mealie porridge simmering in a pot and hymns playing softly in the background.…

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My #BASICGIRL BANNER

My #BASICGIRL BANNER: A final word on balancing self, building character and settling down.

Fleeting definitions of myself range from my lowest points on a blue Monday, the only beating my face knows is one of an exhausting weekend. Or others, when I happen to be in a good mood, and walk around the house and not anywhere else, most likely, as if Debswana diamonds fall at my feet and I exhale strawberry-flavored hair. Mmadikolo ideas.Most often, you might catch me unawares in the…

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Good Vibes Only

Trials.

Tribulation.

Severe conflicts.

Illness.

Uncertainty of life.

Heavy Aloneness.

Fatigue.

Lord, rescue me from my gloom! I hurt at being a friend to my agonies whilst being indifferent to my little joys! I’d like to be cheerful through the storms and happy in your comfort. Your rest is my peace and joy, and my love is a product of your righteousness. I learn from You. I know I cannot…

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Vana Illusion

Vana Illusion Whatever do dreams mean?

“It was in the evening. It is always the evening. I laid on a faux leather couch the deepest shade of maroon. The tiny apartment had little to occupy the hands or mind. So I lay on the couch in my long skirt and giant sweater, an old wives’ doekon my head. It was unclear whether I was in my sadness or just low spirited on that particular day. But I lay there as if engulfed by loneliness in that…

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Why Approval is the Downfall of Ubuntu

Why Approval is the Downfall of Ubuntu: A case of misapplied virtue in Botswana.

**rant alert!**

“We are slowly losing Ubuntu.” I whispered to myself as a few colleagues talked about one Motswana man who had posted on Facebook promising to parade naked if Township Rollers soccer team won the match against Esperance.

He declared on social media that he was going to walk around naked if the Botswana team won. Well, this is not the first such an idea has passed down my feed; a…

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Strength to Let Go

Strength to Let Go

“Let go and let God.” “Why are you choosing to stay in a situation when there’s a way out?” “Quit!” Just delete-block-bye.

“Quit!” That was one of the first words that opened a new week of conversation between me and my mother. I was 19, tired with the fight gone, depressed and ready to quit college. Every other Monday, my walls came crushing down-Jericho style– and destroyed my two pulas of…

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Written on Your Heart

Written on Your Heart

Love & Faithfulness

  Without the inspiration to love and be faithful, we might just be forfeiting a life of growth.

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The Uncommon Graces of Being Woman in the Bible Times

The Uncommon Graces of Being Woman in the Bible Times

How often have you thought about what being a woman meant in the times of the Bible? If we don’t look closely enough, we’d be quick to suggest female insubordination, abuse and humiliation. Well, it wouldn’t differ much from the life we live today if such was the case. But, maybe you’d point out the fact that Feminism and Women’s rights have brought on extraordinary changes that have liberated…

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Easter is Coming!

I am not ready for Easter.

Dear Lord, sometimes we get so caught up in our problems, our successes, our missions and aims, our happiness, our health, and forget to look to You. Sometimes, we let our art run loose while denying You the credit of being the ultimate inspiration.

I found myself this first few months of the year doing some work in Your fields, offering my hand and even going out of my…

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Joy is a Place

Joy is a Place

Joy is a place

Joy is a long wave of moments under the shadow of His wings, in the secret place of the Most High.

Joy is the Holy of Holies to which the veil has been torn, where His presence marks epochs in my small life. Joy is a tabernacle of peace; and a pavilion of preservation.

Joy is the hill to which I lift my eyes, from whence cometh my help; it is the spot where I see the Sun of…

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