Peek-a-boo!

Hi there! Long time no see. Three days! (lol).

You said? Oh, I missed you more. I promise it’s the truth.

No boring apologies, today. I am pretty sure you have been busy, thriving. Well, me too.

In the last year, I completed coursework for a master’s degree, held a job, wifed and mothered, served in church, and wrote a manuscript (big deal!). It’s been such a blast. Yet there were days, many days, when I longed to connect again, with you, here. Simply put, it either felt too much or too little to share. Do you know the feeling?

Heading to class, but I’ve got time for a shot

I also think the cold freezes my words (Holy Spirit, abeg, na joke o!). However, dear reader, you should know, that for me, here, writing, unhinged, sharing vulnerably, with no clue who gets to read, is such a happy place.

It is a new year (is it still?), and like every new year, it holds a lot of promise – so much time to do more, and be more. Some folks say “Oh please, it’s all just a continuum”. They are right. However, I prefer the other outlook; I believe it is ok to see a new year as a clean slate (if you need one). In the same way you’d long for a hectic (or draining) day to pass, so you can try for a more relaxing (or rewarding) one the next day. Everyone, please be. Feel excited and hope again how you want to.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, today is a rant, just a rant. There is no punch line (or paragraph) coming.

Read my top for a punch line

I will leave you with one thing though. It is this – you get to decide how you feel about the year when it ends. Did you spend yourself in every way possible to pursue the things that mattered to you? It is a simple question, almost too basic for consideration. But it is a critical question, that weaves different important aspects into focus.

First, you get to decide what matters to you (and perhaps why it does) this year. Next, you acknowledge what is yours to do and determine ‘the how‘. If you are a believer, this is particularly important, as it gives you clarity on how to pray – there is just so far you can take yourself, even though you must. A part of Deuteronomy 23:12 goes “…and bless all the works of your hands.” There are works for your hands.

Dearest, this is the year you ‘do’. Do it, and do it, and do it. Storms will rise and floods will come, keep doing. Some days will be easy and some terribly hard, Keep on your path. Do what is yours to do, and tell me how you feel when the year ends. I mean that. I would love to hear from you then, and perhaps tell you how I feel as well. Deal?

I know you love my photos, oya take a bonus one:

He leads me beside the still waters.

Let Him lead you. I love you!