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Heyyyyyyy ! I am V OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. Welcome to the Yielded Center. Through my reflections on faith, my meditations on scripture and intimacy with Holy Spirit, l aim to inspire my readers to cultivate an authentic transformative walk with God. We yield by living a spirit led life.
Do you desire this? Then keep showing up here and let’s get practical.
And hey, God loves you. 💞 [ We laugh and love here]
Hey guys this week we are looking at what to expect at the event. We will continue with our usual blogs next week.
A DEEP TALK ABOUT HEALING
“So the Lord spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.” Zechariah 1:13 NIV
Opening up to people is sometimes a daunting task. It can be even more challenging when you have received negativity in exchange for doing so. Finding someone in your life who has a good ear is hard. People do story competition, pain competition, testimony competition all the time. You find that when someone opens up and the moment should be about them, the listener can easily turn it and make it about themselves or say things like ,”That’s nothing, let ME tell you about MY own story.” A listener must be selfless and not (for lack of a better word) steal the show.
You don’t have to share your story at the event. You can talk about general stuff that will make you feel more comfortable , the listening is more important. We will talk about depression, addictions, how demons thrive on our mental health , Gods word to the broken, suicidal thoughts, grief, how to bury the dead in your heart, and many other topics. Being vulnerable is easier said than done. But eventually, you need to learn how to open up to people if you want to maintain good relationships. If people are not aware of how to treat you, they will never say the sorries they must say or give the hugs they must give.
Join our talk on Saturday the 19th. Let’s discuss and have some laughs! Do you have a ticket? Get one today. Here’s the link below;
Many people struggle with emotional maturity. Grown women with the emotional maturity of a teenager or a grown man with the emotional maturity of a boy. Some people are just victims of circumstances and so it’ll be unfair to blame them but refusal to own up to it and heal is also a sign of Ignorance.
Pride is one of the things that keeps people in the bubble of emotional immaturity. They often reject reality and best thrive in the emotions and places that help them to avoid looking into the mirror. For example , the ‘naughty corner’ is often used as a behaviour tool help to isolate children to a safe place so they can think about their behaviour. The purpose is to reflect or think so they stay in the naughty corner for a period of time, and if they have not calmed down during the allotted time, they might have to extend their stay. When the time is up, they apologise and carry on with the rest of their day. While this measure is used for children, adults need it too.
We each have a decision to make concerning our emotional, physical and psychological well-being. Unfortunately nobody can do the healing for you. No one will do the work for you. No one can reflect on your behalf. Why do we have so many failed relationships? Because while one invests healthy emotions, they may be too demanding for the one who struggles with regulating theirs. So we find that a man is demanding a woman out of a girl because the physical says this is a grown woman but the inner man says no, I’m still a 7 year old girl,vice versa. You don’t judge emotional maturity by physical appearance.
Yes we don’t judge mental and emotional health by , beard and six pack. The work needs to be done from within. Join us on the 19th as we dive deeper into such issues. Remember , nobody can do the work for you. YOU must surely show up for YOU!
Just to let you know that whatever you water grows. The plant. The mind. The relationship. Everything grows when carefully and intentionally tended to. The beautiful flowers you see at the florist , the inspiring couple you see on social media, that individual you look up to, the business that is thriving, the person who keeps elevating in career or business, all these things don’t just happen. Someone is intentionally working hard at it.
If you my darling, thought the plant just remains beautiful without you watering it, you’ll be shocked to find the same (once) beautiful plant, withered to its roots. I don’t know what this applies to in your life; maybe your prayer life? Maybe a relationship. Maybe a career. Maybe your education. Whatever it is, water it. DAILY. Consistency is a language of those who have discipline and order. Anyhoo don’t forget to get your ticket for the event. If you want to attend but don’t have the money right now please do dm me on Instagram and I’ll reserve a ticket for you: here’s a movie for us to watch today, l love you.
Hey guys! Happy Wednesday! I’m sorry for posting late today , it’s just been a zig zag of a day. I hope we are all good good aaaannnnnnd I hope we’ve been inviting people to the event. You can’t be part of the Yielded Family and miss a Yielded Family Event. You’ll be that cousin that never shows up to family gatherings .. eii!
It’s every easy to be distracted during worship. Distracted by pain. Distracted by Instagram notifications. Distracted by intrusive thoughts. Distracted by a call from a friend with hot gist or a lover. Distracted by self or even the devil himself. Many people don’t know how to focus on Jesus alone. We worship for a second then we quickly shift to “Lord l want five million.” We praise for a few seconds then we quickly shift to “Lord when is my wife or husband coming.” This is the reason why we are robbed of encounters. We don’t enjoy His presence , we always try to bring self; my job; my money; my this ; my that. “for our “God is a consuming fire.”” Hebrews 12:29 NIV Today we will pray that the consuming fire of God will consume whatever distraction may arise to quench our intimate moment with the Lord. If you are coming for the event , we will have a wonderful time of worship together. Remember , FOCUS ON THE LORD For now, here’s a worship song to listen to;
Happy new week my Yielded Family. We are starting a new topic this week. We will be looking at different characters in the Bible. Let’s study the woman – Leah. Leah is the elder daughter of Laban, the wife of Jacob and the sister to Rachel. Please refer to Genesis chapter 29.
The first time we hear anything specific about Leah’s is in verse 17;
“Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful.Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.” Genesis 29:17-18 NIV
My friend and l read this chapter a while ago and we quickly went to google to check if maybe there’s a visual reference to Leah’s physique, lol because , I mean, what are “weak eyes?” Other versions say her eyes were sickly, dull looking and tender. Whatever “weak” means I’m not sure, but the context is clear. Leah was physically unattractive (at least in Jacob’s eyes), whereas Rachel was beautiful (he was in love with her). He completely disregarded Leah. The bible says she was not his choice.
We live in a world of choices. I was scrolling on an online store last night looking for bags to buy and sell. I checked a few and added them to my cart. I checked out other bags and even though the reviews were quite good, “it’s good quality” , “it’s spacious”, “I love the design” , to me , they were not a choice I’d make. I love shoes but there are shoes I’d never buy, like these.
These ones can cost R3 or even be for free , l would never ever buy them. Why? Because human beings have a choice based on their preferences. You’d be shocked how many people would love them and even cry if you give them as a gift. Now the difference is, those are shoes, shoes don’t have feelings even if they are rejected. At worst the designer hears you talking bad about his design but that’s that. Leah was not a shoe. Or a bag. Human beings feel. Human beings yearn and Long to be chosen no matter the flaws they are AWARE they have, they still want to be first choice. Let’s go back scripture;
Jacob did not hold back his love. He declared it openly to Laban that he was willing to work hard to get his younger daughter , Rachel. Guess what? From the get go, Jacob knew the custom was to marry the first daughter first. If Jacob is a cheat, Laban is double dose! Anyhoo, Leah was aware that Jacob does not like her much so much so he’s willingness to cheat “culture and tradition” to avoid being with her. How did Leah feel about all this? Maybe Jacob was not the first man dodge her. Maybe he was not the only man to make her feel unseen. Leah.
When it came to Rachel, Jacob said “l will work” but when it came to Leah , there was silence and crooked plans. No one was willing to show up. I know many of us have had our Leah moments. You applied and they chose someone who wasn’t even as qualified as you. You thought because you have finally made it in life your parents would love you but the rejection continued. Rejected by friends. Rejected by men. Rejected by women. You are just never the first choice and you have built an identity around it so much so even before people say anything, you have concluded, it will be a no. What happens to you when you feel you’re not good enough? What happens to you when certain people destabilise our need to “belong”?
There are so many things about Leah that I want us to discuss. We should’ve been on our second post but I got tied up yesterday and couldn’t post. I want to encourage you to get a ticket for our event on the 19th, we will talk about such things and more. The truth is, many people think they’ll find healing in other people. No. Healing is found in God after you make a decision to start the journey. Healing from rejection . See you on our next blog, let’s find out how much damage rejection can cause.
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