Category: Lessons Learned

Have you ever had to wait for a phone call or an answer for something so much needed? The longer you wait for it, the more impatient you get. Trusting God while waiting is very difficult because it challenges us to replace our impatience with trust. There are three things that I would like to…

They said you need to be more grateful and make it a lifestyle. But how can I be more thankful if I don’t truly know what that means and how to go about it, especially in the middle of chaos? The truth is, expressing gratitude is the last thing I want to do when I…

According to the dictionary, integrity is the quality of honesty, strong moral principles, and moral uprightness. In other words, it means doing what is right and being sincere with your words and actions even when you think nobody is watching or listening. Everybody wants to have this kind of personality trait. People like to interact…

TESTIMONY THE UNEXPECTED NEWS One beautiful cold afternoon in Rhode Island, right in the middle of the business of the day, I picked up a phone call from one of my cousins who had recently moved to Canada. – “Hello, what’s up, cousin?” I answered in a perky voice  – “I’m okay and you?” he…

We live in a microwavable era where everything must be done in a certain way and fast. We must cook, clean, eat, sleep, shower, get dressed for work, raise the kids, and even use the bathroom fast because those days of reading our newspapers or magazines while sitting on the toilet seat are over. We…

We all have experienced shame and guilt in our lives. No matter how meticulous or cautious we have been in life, we always have that moment where we feel remorseful or embarrassed because of something we shouldn’t have done or something we should have done but didn’t. As I was researching these two words, I…

TESTIMONY  I remember being involved in a court situation in my late 20s because of a school loan of over $50,000. Ever since I was aware of the debt even before the court was involved, I started praying to God about it and God never said a word about it. The problem was getting worse,…

We know God to be an Omnipotent God meaning He is all-powerful, an Omniscient God meaning He is all-knowing, and an Omnipresent meaning He is everywhere. We also know God to be the God of love. So why doesn’t He respond to us after each prayer and why does He remain silent in our most…

Growing up, I used to hear church people say that the battle belongs to the Lord or God will fight for you, you need to be still. Though these words sounded very reassuring, I didn’t always know their true meanings until I had personal experiences with the Lord about battles. Sometimes, when God wants my…

When we talk about Jesus while He was here on earth, we tend to focus more on His divinity than His humanity. Because He was walking around healing and helping people with all kinds of problems and diseases, it’s easy for us to think that Jesus had it made. We tend to forget that He…