Thursday, 24 December 2015

The perfect gift for Jesus this Christmas

Have you ever wondered what the perfect gift to give Jesus on his birthday would be ?
Am sure we'll all be willing to give even more than we can spare knowing that his gift to us on Christmas is much more than we could ever afford and yet he freely gave it to us.
We could give him the latest brand of car, shoes, a house worth millions of dollars, the list is endless but though the gesture would be nice he has no need of those things but there is something you can give him this Christmas
YOU!!!
Jesus is all about you, he loves you, he is constantly thinking about you. His thoughts of you are as numerous as the Sands on the sea shore, that's a lot of thoughts about you and everyone one of them is good. How to bless you, how to help you at work, school, marriage etc.
You can give yourself as a gift to Jesus by asking him into your heart and living each day with him. Because as in love as he is with you he wants to be a part of every facet of your life. Call him and tell him about your day, ask him what colour of lipstick to buy, what guy to date, how to ask that girl out... Anything "you" interests God. So this season give Jesus the perfect gift, give him YOU.

Sunday, 13 December 2015

For the love of books

Books are my passion, my greatest passion being God of course :) and as with the things I love, I have a desire to share it.
   These days it's becoming really hard to find clean yet awesome books and by clean I mean no sexual content. If you are like me you'd have felt numerous times the frustration of how limited such books are to find so to lessen yours and my frustration I've decided to share some of the awesome books I've read and I'd also love for you to send in a list of your own books.
I have some of the books listed below so if you are interested just send me a mail and I'll send it to you and if you want to share your's with me I'd love to read it just send it to my email.

Dystopian
  This is my favourite genre

1. Divergent series (divergent, insurgent, allegiant) by Veronica Roth
  In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world,
society is divided into five factions, each
dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue
—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless),
Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and
Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of
every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the
faction to which they will devote the rest of their
lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between
staying with her family and being who she really
is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice
that surprises everyone, including herself.

2. Altered series (altered, erased, reborn) by Jennifer rush

Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who has stolen Anna’s heart. When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them.

3. Stitch series (stitch, shudder, stuck) by Samantha Durant

Still struggling to find her footing after the sudden death of her parents, the last thing college freshman Alessa has the strength to deal with is the inexplicable visceral pull drawing her to a handsome ghostly presence. In between grappling with exams and sorority soirees - and disturbing recurring dreams of being captive in a futuristic prison hell - Alessa is determined to unravel the mystery of the apparition who leaves her breathless. But the terrifying secret she uncovers will find her groping desperately through her nightmares for answers.

4. Not a Drop to Drink
Written by Mindy McGinnis

5. Reboot (Reboot, Rebel) by Amy Tintera

Romance
1. Heart on a Chain
by Cindy C. Bennett
    17-year-old Kate has lived her whole life in abject poverty, with an alcoholic father and drug-addicted mother, who severely abuses Kate. At school, her second-hand clothing marks her as a target. Her refusal to stand up for herself makes her the recipient of her classmates taunts and bullying. That is, until Henry returns.

2.
Rock and a Hard Place by Angie Stanton
   One day while watching the Interstate exit for her dad’s long awaited return, Libby’s life is rocked when Peter Jamieson steps off his tour bus and into her life. After a couple chance meetings with Peter, Libby breaks away from her rule abiding behavior and her life changes course.

3. Sophie & Carter by Chelsea Fine
     While other high school seniors are dreaming about their futures, Sophie and Carter are just trying to make it through each day. Carter is overwhelmed by issues at home as he struggles to support his mother. Meanwhile, next door neighbor Sophie is left to care for her three younger siblings in place of their absent and troubled mother. All that holds these two best friends together is each other, and knowing that each night they'll sit together on Sophie's front porch swing and escape from reality, if just for awhile. But as their relationship reaches a turning point and high school graduation nears, will their friendship become something more?

These are just a few, I'll be sharing more in my next post.
Happy reading

(book description from www.goodreads.com)

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

This Christmas

 Christmas is about Jesus and Jesus is about people, so this Christmas surround yourself with all the people who you love.
   There is a song that says "we all need someone to lean on" and I know we have all had our moments when we have needed to lean on someone and we can also write dozens of books on how selfish and unreliable friends can be in our times of need. But i need us all to stop ranting for a moment and ask ourselves "am I a reliable friend". It's easy to criticise others but hard to do it to ourselves,let me tell u something that happens to me once
      I was in the car, a few years ago, on my way back from a hotel where I had just had a fun day swimming with friends and stuffing my self full of food. We stopped at a traffic light and a little boy came to me begging for money and I turned my head away thinking "I don't have any money"  then I heard in my heart "what about what you have in your hands", I looked down and sure enough I had half a bottle of coke and a cup cake in my hands. I'd been saving it for later so I had a moment struggling within myself (it's half eaten, it can't be enough surely..). Of course I decided to give it to him but immediately I did the car shot off down the road and I couldn't give it to him.
Now this happened when I was young but it stuck with me and since then I try to help immediately and with what little I can.
This Christmas don't hesitate to give, it doesn't have to be a little boy on the street and they don't have to ask you first, for Jesus didn't wait for us to come to him before he paid for our salvation.
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Monday, 7 December 2015

MY OWN GREEN

No matter how green the grass looks on the other side you are far better off on your side of the lawn because you know just what to do when the dry season comes to endure till the next rain comes and you sure don't know what the other person has been through or will go through  come next season.
I spent 4 years at home after high school without admission into college and through those years I went through my up days and my down days. I felt useless and a burden to my family but though I felt those things it didn't make them true. I had people telling me "God will see you through this"  and I had days I believed it and days I didn't want to hear it but it didn't change the fact that God saw me through it. I am currently in school now and it is like a dream. If I had known what I do now I would have just praised God and had more good days than bad.