Join me as I continue to countdown to 30.
10. God knows our abilities and He's one person we can ask to reveal these and position us so that we can use our skills to benefit others. When we say yes to minister, our talents become clearer to us. If you find yourself in a space where you feel unclear, keep serving those nearest to you and as you continue you'll know.
11. Ask God to guard your heart. I now realize, God is an author of love and when we ask him to guide us, it saves us from a lot of heartache. I love how my fiance often tells me: I prayed and fasted for you. It speaks of the intentionality. And just watching how our courtship unfolded has been an answer to my request to God. Let God do the choosing! He knows beyond and sees beyond what we see.
This guarding of our hearts also includes choices we make in other areas. We also need protection from ourselves!
12. Do not let society define the trajectory you should take. God's ways have proved the best in every aspect. Rather choose to seek his way.
13. Guard jealously your time with God. When we consistently spend time with God, we are transformed daily. We gain power to live for him. We learn and Holy Spirit convicts us and shows us where we need to overcome. It's one relationship we should prioritise over everything.
14. Family - how crucial it is to nurture this relationship with loved ones. Spending time together, supporting each other, forgiving, loving etc. These relationships require effort too.
15. The other extreme of Christianity is that hobbies aren't important. I look back and wonder why I didn't play tennis. I wish I took part in recreation and took walks more. I also realize, my hobbies need to extend beyond podcasts, watching YouTube and reading. I need to actually be outdoors. I'll try hiking next year.
16. In a time of social media, I'm realizing not every aspect of my life needs to make it on the gram or my WhatsApp status. I wear my heart on my sleeve, but I've realised that I want to guard the sacred parts of my life. So I've become mindful of what I share.
Also, it's so important to check from what place I'm sharing from. I never want to share from a place of pride but from a sense of gratitude to God's goodness towards me and conviction.
17. What a gift health is and how much I need to guard it. I'd like to walk more. I'm doing it daily, but not as intensely as I used to.
18. Choices! What a solemn responsibility comes with making a choice. And I've realized, when we read God's word and other useful books they shape the way we think and the decisions we make. Because of the books I read and what I observed growing up I decided earlier on (when I was 18 y.o) that I wanted to honour God with my body. I didn't want to mother a child in my 20s and I didn't want to ever make decisions out of pressure. My point is - think things through, envision your life and don't find yourself making choices out of pressure instead of what you want.
Also, don't make choice out of fear or from a place of hurt. Choose a path even if failure is inevitable. It's part of the journey. Sometimes we give up on a dream because we deem ourselves as failures, but we need to continually push through the lies and our immediate circumstances.
11 more lessons to go!
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