Reflections by Beautiful Woman

Fear will cause you to withdraw from purpose and miss out on incredible opportunities.   Hi, I hope you are well. Sorry for the long hiatus, hopefully what follows below will provide some context of what has been going on.   I have, over the past few months written four blogs, which are unpublished; this is the fifth blog. I am still contemplating whether to post the others or not, hopefully I will arrive at a decision soon. Anyway, a few weeks ago my pastor offered me an opportunity to share a word on Godly Friendships during our Women’s Wellness Wednesday i.e., our Church’s annual Women’s month initiative. I agreed with immense excitement; it’s obviously something that is dear to my heart i.e., sharing about God, life, etc.   Fast forward to several days later, I went from extremely excited to borderline terrified and anxious about the whole thing. On one hand I was so excited because it is a dream to speak on incredible platforms with people of like minds b...

Good day,   I have been thinking about Samson and how the women in his life made his life difficult. I asked myself why he would make such decisions i.e., choose those women in particular. I then decided to write something about it but then did not know how to start. So, I thought back on my own journey with the Lord and remembered that I have my own experience that I could share. This story / experience was an avenue that I believe the Lord used to reinforce His stance on the nature, as well as quality of relationships that we should   have / build as believers. It also revealed my own hypocrisy as I read about Samson and judged him greatly.   This is by far the most personal that I have ever been with you. Here we go…   So, did I not have a crush on a man? Yes, I did! This exclamation mark says it all. I met this guy, and he was funny, kind, compassionate, understanding, attentive, etc. So, I fell in something (I am not going to call it love but it was ...

Good day,   I am still in utter disbelief that I titled this blog “lessons from Delilah”. I mean, we all know that Delilah did Samson dirty, what could we possibly learn from the girl? So, my pastor has been teaching a series on Samson; well, it started as a teaching on the various judges but then slowly became a series on perhaps the most notable judge recorded specifically in the book of Judges: so (as I wave my hands in surrender), no shade to Samuel, I know that he was exceptional but this is solely looking at the judges recorded in the Book of Judges. Now that I am done overexplaining myself  😊 , let’s get to it.   As I was saying, we have been learning about Samson, and Delilah is one of the key figures in the story because of the role she played in the capturing of Samson by the Philistines. Delilah is introduced in Judges 16 after Samson spots her and falls in love.   “4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek,...