Lessons of Life (Personal Reflection)

Today I look back and see how all this started and I see the people I believed much, putting me down: I look back and see the many times I have had false starts; I look back and see the many times I tried and failed; I look back and see the many times I gave up and gave in, but with God’s Grace I somehow persisted; I look back and see the many times I was told that I didn’t get through or I wasn’t fit for something or I was a joke and I could never amount to anything. I look back and reflect on the many blows life and people have punched right in my face and those times I lost faith, trust, belief and confidence in my own abilities and potential.

Some may think I am immune to such circumstances, NO! no one is immune and you too will encounter them today and tomorrow. But when I look at all the above, I reaffirm that it has not been my power or my education, or luck as some call it or even any advantage of any sort, BUT GOD’S GRACE AND MERCY. I cannot say, I was the likeliest person to do what I do; I cannot say, I deserve to be who I am today; and I cannot boast around with confidence saying that, I knew it would be like this: I can say, It has been and still is, GOD’S GRACE AND MERCY. However, my yesterday isn’t a waste, but a testimony for those I meet every day that, no matter who you are or where you come from, God can lift you up to heights you cannot imagine.

So in the midst of challenging storms, hopeless nights and dark moments of deteriorating faith in who you are and what you can achieve, never give up on your faith, love and commitment to God the almighty. The challenges you go through today or the problems you face now, are the opportunities God presents to His people to learn, be mentored and be prepared for the great calling he prepared for them.

Therefore instead of crying and pitying yourself, choose to be glad that you have been given an opportunity to learn and to be the person you must be. Stand in faith today through the power of your tongue and affirm that, “I am powerful beyond measure and I am heading straight to my greatness.” Have you lost a job? Are you sick? Have you been told that you’re nothing? Have your own people let you down? Have you failed to finish your degree? Have you been forced out of your dream? Have you been abused and put down by the very people you believed in or inspired you? Whatever it may be, I tell you “God cannot lift you to great heights before you have enough lessons and many people who will testify.” Keep moving, talk the impossible, think of only great things, do what is bigger than you and never stop believing while moving.