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Sunday, 20 January 2008

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    i'm just here because i'm taking a breaky while studying for my board exam coming up on saturday....prayers please. 

    i love my new french press and my coffee grinder.  i love how my younger brother, ife, listens.  and the way my mother laughs.  i love the way carlita sang in service today and that i felt like dancing.  i'm thankful for kindred spirits, for words that breathe fresh life into weary bones and literally swollen calves.  i'm glad that i'm learning where to place my expectation...that it's still good to hope, to look forward to, to wait for something beautiful, to wrap all that in the person of Jesus...and rest.  i'm grafeful for good conversations, those in which you sense the iron sharpening iron.  i'm grateful for side-splitting laughter, where i'm dangerously close to aspiration.  i'm thankful.  blessings. 

Saturday, 22 September 2007

  • Currently Reading
    Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
    By Henri J. M. Nouwen
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    I'm 28 today!

    I'm in Austin with my grandmother, my parents and my little brother, Ife and absolutely delighted.  Ife is trying to convince me to go the UT game with him this evening.  He thinks I owe him because I made him go with me to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.  I went to A&M for crying out loud! 

    I asked God this morning what this year is going to be about.  And I think it's about being a bride. Honestly.    It's surrendering to love.   Jesus loves me.  He LOVES me!  Like absolutely, passionately, intentionally, completely, honestly, sacrificially, wonderfully...superlatively loves me.  And this year is about surrendering to Him and His love.  I will not resist Him.   I will relish being His Beloved. 

    So whenever I forget that, friends, please feel free to remind me this year that I am betrothed!  And you are so invited to the celebration which is taking place every day of this year! 

Thursday, 20 September 2007

  • Currently Watching
    The Pursuit of Happyness (Widescreen Edition)
    By Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen
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    Leaving Nassau

    So I made it to The Bahamas.  Some of you know I didn't wake up in time for my flight on Monday, so I flew out on Tuesday.  It turns out that the alarm never went off even though it was set.  It seems like God had other plans. 

    Absolutely beautiful...My flight left Houston at 6am.  I always get a window seat.  Always.  The plane took off heading east, so around us was the dark blue of night as we headed toward the red and gold of dawn...we went through a thin layer of cloud, so eventually underneath us was this sea of grey...glory and mystery at the same time.  Took my breath away.

    Given how tired I was, it seemed like I came all this way just to sleep.  But it turns out, I came to simply be.  My treats were not going to be sunning out on the beach enjoying a mojito, chowing down on grouper fish...but my treats were simply the smile of Danielle, a 10month old girl, Deborah's passion as she works with youth through the Christian Counseling Center, the balmy breeze of a Bahamian night, with the moon over the water and seeing lightning strike the ocean afar off.  Simple.  Just being embraced by a sliver of a rich community.  I wonder what God is trying to teach me as I struggle to rediscover and hold on to joy? 

Sunday, 05 August 2007

  • A year ago,  I turned in my application for Living Waters.  Over the course of the year,   I also turned in my application for residency, another for a job at a consulting firm, and three rental applications.  A lot of doors have been closed over the past year, oh but the few that opened have changed my life.  I thank God for closed doors and for giving me the courage to walk through the open ones. 

Monday, 11 June 2007

  • Leaving Cairo

    I'm at the airport in Cairo waiting for my flight back to Lagos.  It has definitely been an adventurous trip.  I've definitely learned a lot about my bro, me and getting a taste of another culture very foreign to mine.  It has been fascinating and frustrating...we've been scammed, escaped scams, spent more but had some irreplaceable experiences, been able to laugh about it, while at times I've been on the verge of tears, and have cried because some things were so beautiful like watching the sunrise on Mt. Sinai.  I've felt like cursing the nation and I've had my heart broken for it, and even wanted to embrace it. I can't believe the trip is nearly over. Just one more night in Nigeria then back to the States.
     
    One interesting thing has been the opportunity to pass as an American or Nigerian depending on the situation.  Most Egyptians recognized that we were African right away, and would guess a country.  I think my brother and I may be the only people who went to Israel for one day, and it was worth it!  I have to go now but pictures are coming. See you soon!
     
     

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