Finally I See

I once read (paraphrasing) that you are always becoming something and God is concerned about what you are becoming. These words strike a nerve because they act as a reminder for us to keep check of ourselves: heart, mind, emotions, character… OUR NATURE. Like any other human being in life, there are times when I completely forget my nature. Life doesn’t go according to plan and I begin “acting up”. However, over the years God has begun to unveil that my acting up is because there is a malfunction on the inside of me. That there are things that I am externally saying are healed but are actually internally still bleeding. That light is not penetrating everything. This will be noticed individually and pertain to each person emotionally, spiritually and mentally. Remember, God is concerned about ALL of us and not just parts of us. He wants the whole package! As we have already entered into 2018, let us make sure that we are building ourselves internally strong. As a builder ...

                                Looking back on 2017, it’s been quite a year. We have all had our ups and downs; our highs and lows, but the best thing is that we have made it to the end of another year. If you have been connected to us, you will know that 2017 has been the year of #SpeakLife for Beautiful Faces Ministries (BFM). A year of learning to capture and cultivate a lifestyle of speaking good health: physically, spiritually, mentally and emotionally over ourselves and over others. Our posts has looked at starting and finishing 2017 with a better perspective, new beginnings accepting who we are and valuing ourselves in a selfless way without vanity, wrong expectations, whilst believing that good things can and will happen again to all of us. It has been a great year of sitting with one another and sharing our lives together. God knows that we all need people who can #SpeakLife to us as...

Most of the time when we talk about something being valuable ( having importance or use, worth, having qualities worthy of respect, esteem and admiration ), we often connect it with materialistic items; things we can see, taste, or touch. However, what happens if we reflect this on ourselves? Is the value ( worth, respect, importance ) still the same or does it change? What would happen if we pulled up a seat, sat down, took out the imaginary mirror, looked into it, and simply asked, ‘Am I valuable?’ What would your first thought be? What would you say ?  Yes or no ? Would you even respond ? … something to think about. Why can it be so hard to value ourselves? Why is looking in the mirror difficult at times? How can such a simple question be challenging to answer? Is it because we allowed something or someone become the measuring rod for our self-value? Maybe we have let our characters, natures, situations, circumstances, relationships, behaviours, culture, s...

Not feeling accepted by anyone let alone your own family can be one of the reasons why you feel you have nothing left to live for. Your bank statements are always getting high, and you just don't know how to cope any more. Before you know it, your swimming in debt. You cry out for help, but you feel no-one is there, the stress and pressures of life closes in on you, it grows and grows some more to the point where you feel like the best way to end it all is to take your own life, that's it! all debts are gone, no more worry, no more stress and no more pain. Is this true? Is this the way out of a stressful life? NO! There's hope. God promises us that He has come to give us LIFE to the fullest. So let me explain how this all comes together: When reading my introduction, you might have felt depressed or even could relate to a few things I had said. The heart of this blog came from the announcements I tend to frequently hear at the train (metro) station coming into ...