...by faith and not by sight... :-)

hello there dear readers!!! :-) I know it's been a while, but hope you are all well... :-) the past six months have been AMAZING!!! :-) they have been months of tasting more and more of the Lord's faithfulness-most of the months have been more of a test of faith, but as a Christian, how else do we live? BY FAITH!!! :-) 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV).

To try and sum up all the past months, I will share my highlights: April was sad because I lost my step-dad and grandmother, in a span of two weeks. For the longest time I didn't really experience or know the kind of pain a person goes through in losing a loved one, until I experienced the two deaths... :-( But I assure you readers, the Holy Spirit is a comforter for real!!! John 14:26. I was so encouraged reading the word of God, sometimes I wondered if I was really strong, or just pretending, but the Lord was present and comforted me!!! :-) I am forever grateful for that, and now I know the feeling, and I am in a position to comfort another who has lost a loved one, the Lord encourages us to comfort others with the same comfort we ourselves have received...2 Corinthians 1:3-4. God is faithful. May was chilled, working on finishing my internship and finishing up my internship report, in time for submission, and I must say I really enjoyed compiling that report.

June was just the month!!! :-) I graduated from Daystar University!!! :-) I was in denial for a while, because those were the BEST years of my life, because a lot of my gifts and personality was shaped during those years, preparing me for ministry and spiritual maturity... :-) I am forever grateful to the Lord Jesus for those four years: the relationships formed, lessons learnt, networks developed, exposure, and leadership skills unwrapped... :-) July came, and I celebrated my birthday...a new year, with so much gratitude and expectation... :-) August was the month of serving at camps at Word of Life Kabete, where for the very first time we had campers from Marsabit. Every time I have served at Word of Life, I have grown and been blessed, and this August was a commemoration of a year since I started serving.

And now: September (though coming to an end), has been surprising!!! :-) God has been teaching me a lot on faith: reminding me that faith is just believing that God is able to do it, no matter what the eyes see, or the situation seems to say otherwise... :-) Proverbs 3:5 says: "trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding..." (NIV) let's iron out a few things here: I have discovered (and this is a discovery that I give all credit to the Holy Spirit for, because it is He who taught me this) that as a human being grows, somehow we become more knowledgeable-because we are always learning something new, and our understanding is growing. And the more we grow and mature, the more complicated our reasoning and understanding gets (hope we are still on the same page here), and with our understanding growing, somehow faith feels RISKY... :-) Have you ever observed how trusting a child is? If you tell a child that as their father you are a superhero and they will always be safe, they take it as it is and believe you- PERIOD!!! :-) Now I understand why the Lord asks us to be like "these"...Matthew 18:3 The Lord expects us to just trust Him-PERIOD!!! :-) If we believe He is Almighty, we should trust Him ALL THE WAY!!! :-)

Here comes my final remarks: there are so many things I am trusting the Lord for-a job, marriage partner, school fees and so many other things (just to mention a few)...but here's the thing: I know, that I know, that I know, that the Lord is not just able to do it, BUT WILLING TO DO IT!!! We just sometimes are limited by our understanding, based on logic, or past "failures" which birth worry, then doubt, then unbelief... :-( But I come to encourage someone: God is not a liar (Numbers 23:19)

I think if we are really honest with ourselves, we can agree that sometimes we actually have faith, then somewhere along the waiting period, we just give up... :-( Forgetting that even in the waiting, faith should still be the fuel to keep us on the road... :-)

You see, God is all about our growth, which to Him is character development, and not so much into making us comfortable... :-) He is so much interested in molding Christ-like character in us... :-) so there are many times that He will cause us to wait on Him, just so we can grow in trusting Him, and not by the standards of the world, which are based on logic and reason, but STANDING ON HIS VERY WORD!!! :-) ...and that is living by faith, and not by sight... :-) So help us God... :-) Soon I will testify the manifestations of God's promises to me, in the meantime, I am thoroughly enjoying the wait!!! :-) To God be the glory!!! :-) And an important reminder: what we cannot do naturally, ONLY THE LORD can do supernaturally, so let us involve the Holy Spirit and ask Him to help our unbelief...

here is a song declaration of God's greatness!!! :-) may it stirr faith in you, like it has me... :-)

Until I write again,

In His service,
BumbleBee me... :-)