Bad jogging day!

It's my first day 'blogging' and I am already entering a second post! Excitement or what? I wish I could say it's excitement. Nope! It is condition-motivated!

After writing my first post and doing some other things, I decided to go jogging. I am trying to loose some weight and keep fit. Been frequenting the gym lately but today, I decided to jog as I occasionally do. By the way, I am a 'black person' living in 'white people's land'.

As I approached a junction while jogging around my neighbourhood, I saw a white van making motions towards the junction so I doubled up to cross the road. I decided slow down to catch my breath on the other side of the road only for me to feel a fountain of liquid on me! Turning back, I saw that the boys in the van intentionally splashed the liquid on me from a bottle one of them was holding. I was furious but incapacitated. The one who splashed the water on me made faces as the van drove off. I was so dumb-founded I could do nothing! I'm glad I didn't do any silly thing I would have regretted as a believer but I wish I got the van's number or somefin ( as if that would help, right?) When will this end?! When?

I continued jogging after recovering from the shock. And as if that humiliation was not enough, I suffered another before getting back home! At this time, I was jogging by the main road and I noticed that the lace of my left shoe was loosening but because I wanted to hold on more and to prove to the passers-by/drivers that I could endure, I hesitated bending down to tighten it! How foolish!!! I told myself that I would do it once I got around the corner. A few steps from my target, I tripped over the lace and bam! there I was hitting the ground hard! OMG, what a shame. See, I got humiliated again in the very presence of the people I was trying to impress. Meanwhile, I'm not sure anyone one noticed me jogging as I have learnt that you are strictly on your own in this place. Also, the people I passed by did not even show any sign of concern as I hit the ground. Were it in my country, a couple of people would have helped you up. Anyway, back to my gist.

In everything, there's always an opportunity to give thanks. Though a portion of my left knee had swollen by the time I got home, I am grateful to God that I did not sustain major injuries or any open wound because I was told by the nurse when I went for some vaccination yesterday that any open wound I sustained was to be treated as and emergency and I'm in no mood for the hospital!

I remember this quote by Will Rogers:

"Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like."

This summarises my action today in trying to impress the passers-by; though in my case, I do not dislike them cos I don't know them in first place! My experience today points to a bigger lesson- Whatever we do, let's do it right and not just to please or impress others.

" Whatever you do, do heartily as for the Lord rather than men" Colossians 2:23

God bless you.

Never thought...

Being a private person and one that is really bad at keeping diaries, I never thought I'll blog. I just didn't fancy it. But it seems different things make people do what they do as I now have a reason to blog. This sends an important message across to me that I should not criticize people if I do not understand reasons for their action. Of course, this does not mean that every action has a good reason.

Now, back to my own reason...I just want to inspire and be inspired, period!

Since, I am new at this, forgive me if I bore you for the first few right-ups and if I am not frequent. I'll catch up! I salute bloggers who have gone ahead :)

I read a book recently. Though I have read it before, it struck a chord in me when I did again. It's about unconditional love. I searched within me to see if I understood what that means. I bet I don't and I'm sure many of us probably don't even fully understand what love is not to talk of it being 'unconditional'. It's hard but that is what is expected of us.

Here is my summary of the book titled Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers:

In the 1800s, it was time for a young man called Michael Hosea to get married. However, God led him to Angel, a woman who was sold into prostitution at the age of 8. He married her though almost against his will but trusted that there must be a reason for it. Though Angel kept running back and hurting Michael, he didn't give up on her. He loved her unconditionally. Eventually, Angel came to know God's undying and forgiving love through Michael and her own experiences when she ran away the third time.

Angel's story succinctly illustrates unconditional love- God's love for mankind. He loves us despite all we have done and been through and longs for us to come to Him. Can we extend this to fellow human beings? Yes we can but only by first receiving God's.