No Limits

This is the day that the Lord has made that I may be glad and rejoice in it!!! I am so blessed to be alive today. I have been reading "Your Best Life Now" and "The Secret" and really they are saying the same thing, and it makes sense. That we shape our lives and our universe around us by the thoughts we think and the words we speak. The Secret has a world view to it, and Joel puts it all in the Christian context, but it is really the same thing.

I love how the secret uses the scientific approach to talk about the law of attraction (I am a science major) especially when I remember that SCIENCE DISCOVERS WHAT GOD HAS MADE! God made this universe to respond to my thoughts and to bring to me what I think and say. That is why his word says "As a man thinketh so is he" Joel puts it very well by saying that when you think and say something, whether positive or negative, your subconscious mind takes that thought and those words as statements of fact, and sets about to make them happen. God made us that way!!! Start calling those things that are not as though they were, and begin to see it happen. That is why David said we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Even we do not understand how marvelously God created us and the universe. Having said that, and having been redeemed from the Curse through Christ Jesus, I put it to you that not only I'm I an heir to the Kingdom, I am a creator together with God. And so are you!!!

What I'm I saying? If you don't like what you see around you, change it by your positive thoughts and words. Change it completely and create what God wants to see on this earth because he made you that way and because he is always working as Jesus said. Therefore you too should get busy. Dream up skyscrapers and build them (Trump does it, why not you?), Dream up corporations and build them. Ask God to let you use more than just the 5% of your brain that science says we use at our maximum capacity.

I am convinced that we only use 5% of our brain because we have not gone to God and said show me your dreams for where I am. Show me the exploits you created for me to do ahead of time. I want to do more, to be more, to have more. Do you? Seek God. Ask him to visit you in visions and dreams of the night, like he did with Joseph and Daniel. Let him draw for you what he wants to see, work at his level not your own, for his ways are greater than ours, and his thoughts are so much higher than our own. I challenge you, just as I have been challenged. There are no Limits! I am convinced that I have stepped out of the range of thousands and moved in to my millions and will soon be talking Billions, Trillions, Gazillions all to do what he wants me to do. I can't wait to wake up everyday to create new things, to change the world around me and to receive the wealth of the unjust that has all this time been piled up for the just (Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!).

And I recently learned how that works... You sow into God's Kingdom, and he in turn causes you to reap from the enemies camp. The transfer of wealth is here. Dream big, sow much, and let God plunder hells finances to give the righteous what we need to make those dreams a reality. So stop saying you have no money. There are no limits!!!!

Now Faith...

Now Faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you CAN NOT see! It is calling those things that are not as though they were. It is doing that which has never been done before not by power, nor by might, but by the Spirit of the Most High God! It is knowing your God, so that you can do exploits in the earth!!!

I have just met up with one of the leaders in the call centre industry in Kenya, and he was very discouraged to the point of saying that he is not sure if Kenya will make it in this industry. Now Faith...

He is of the belief that Jesus and God have no place in business and that once God comes into it all, it goes to Hell in a hand Basket. But I know different!! Maybe if he knew Jesus he would look at the industry and see something else. God asks this question of you and I today. "What do you see?" When you look at your job, your business, the industry that you are in, What do you see?

Do you know what I see right now? I see the call centre industry flourishing in Kenya. I see the wealth of the Nations pouring into this country through this industry. I see elevation. A new middle class coming from it. I see thousands of jobs created in this industry. I see this country's GDP rising, the economy growing at 20% per year.

What do you see? Now Faith....

Behold I do a new thing. Now it springs forth. Do you not percieve it?

Now Faith...

Update!!

It's been a while!! I am happy to report that my surgery was very successful and I am recovering faster than I could have ever thought possible. And God has been teaching me all kinds of things, I can't wait to start blogging regularly again so I can share!!! Here is something to think about though:

a) Prophetic Entrepreneurship
b) Leveraging the Universe

He is just blowing me away. My faith is huge and he keeps pumping me and pushing me to believe him for the impossible. Dan 11:32 comes to mind "They that KNOW their God shall be strong and do exploits" This is where we are at in the business world. So all you wonderful business minds out there, begin to call on the name of the Lord. Seek him until you find him. Let him come down and show you great and mighty things you knew not about! He is faithfull and I love him! Hallelujah to the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, the author and the finisher of all I do, the Great I AM, Alpha and Omega!!

Seek him fervently

God is not a respecter of persons. What he does for one, he will do for another. If he can use one, he can use another. I am challenged by Daniel this morning. Challenged by his desire to know God and to understand his ways and where he is leading him. Constantly you find him praying and seeking to understand. And always he gets visitations from angels to give him insight and understanding. God revealed the future to him because he sought to understand.

How many times do we seek to understand what God has in store for us? Our purpose here on earth? How we can be more effective where we are? If I was to seek God with the desire to understand how to run this company under Kingdom principles, would he not give me guidance? If I was to ask him where the industry is going, so I am better able to strategize would he not show me?

I have been remiss in calling on God for insight, foresight and understanding. As such, I have been average and have not stood up above the competition. Daniel and his friends were found to be 10 times better and wiser than all the rest. I believe it is because they sought God earnestly for understanding, revelation of mysteries, guidance, insight, foresight and the way forward.

Lord grant me the desire to seek you more, to call to you more, to seek understanding from you, to rely on you like Daniel did. How else will I be the best in my industry. Give me the grace I need to fast and pray, to seek your face for this industry in which you have placed me. That I too like David may serve my generation faithfully. Cause me to seek you fervently, with renewed urgency. I thank you and honor you, in Jesus Holy and Mighty Name I ask this, Amen!

Daniel

I'm reading the book of Daniel and this guy just challenges me with every chapter. First he refuses to defile himself with their food, then he refuses to pray to their gods, then he is thrown in the lion's den and comes out unharmed. I noticed a pattern in his life. Always there is a test that he has to pass, then God is glorified and then he is promoted to another level in the Kingdom. It is clear that God still works like that in our lives as well. As you are promoted from Glory to Glory, you have to pass some tests to go on to the next level. God has to check your maturity.

The other thing that challenges and blesses me about Daniel is that the Spirit of the Lord was clearly on him. He had great wisdom, understanding, could decipher dreams, visions and enigmas. He was excellent in Character, faithful in his work to a fault. Such that the guys who were plotting against him said, "we will never get this guy based on his work or character, the only way to get him is pertaining to his God." He had an excellent relationship with God, praying 3 times a day with thanksgiving something he had done from his early years.

This is the example of a market place christian that I should be. So that God is seen in me and uses me to bring success to my company and my country, by the power of the Holy Spirit. I am so challenged. I am praying for the same Spirit that was in Daniel to be on me as well. "The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me..." Amen!

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me!

I find that God is speaking to my heart about the year 2008 already. He is speaking of favor that he is pouring out, of forgetting the past and pressing towards the mark. This is a first for me. I have never before had God talk about the following year in advance like this. That tells me he has something specific he wants me to do for him. I want to be aligned to his will and his purpose. I want what he wants for me in the coming year. I need to hear from him clearly. I am convinced that he planned for me to have my surgery now so that we can have more time together. I pray that I will draw closer to God in the 6 weeks I will be at home. I want to know him more, to hear his voice clearly. Speak Lord! I am listening. My heart yearns like never before to hear what the Spirit is saying. He is hovering over the waters, waiting for me to decree a thing that it may be established. But how can I decree unless I hear? "Prophesy daughter!" is what I hear "But what shall I prophesy?" I answer back. Lord, make my ears as the ears of the learned, that I may hear your word clearly for 2008. Light a fire in me, and align my purposes, dreams and desires with Kingdom purposes, dreams and desires. "What shall I prophesy?" I ask again, and I hear him say " Prophesy and say":

Isaiah 61
The Year of the LORD's Favor
1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,

2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,

3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.

4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.

5 Aliens will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.

6 And you will be called priests of the LORD,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.

7 Instead of their shame
my people will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
they will rejoice in their inheritance;
and so they will inherit a double portion in their land,
and everlasting joy will be theirs.

8 "For I, the LORD, love justice;
I hate robbery and iniquity.
In my faithfulness I will reward them
and make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 Their descendants will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the LORD has blessed."

10 I delight greatly in the LORD;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise
spring up before all nations.

Dog Tired

My job calls for innovation a lot of the time but lately it has taken on a whole new turn. We had a trainer scheduled to start training our new agents yesterday morning. Well, they got delayed and will not be able to start till the 9th or 10th. In the meantime, I can't send my agents home as they will likely get other jobs, so I have to train them. Well this morning I realised I had nothing to train them on and had to make stuff up first. God is faithful though, I managed to train them on american states, pronounciation, cities and the like. We had a good time in class too. Now I have to come up with something for tomorrow. It can be done. I am Dog tired right now though, but can't rest just yet.

Get set... Go!

I have all my papers in place, ready to do the tests and scan and then I can be admitted the night of the 10th for surgery the 11th. I feel good about it. The only thing is that I won't get to go to the coast as I had planned because of all the pre-surgery arrangements. No biggie. Will do it after recovery I guess.

I just found out that my godson has the chicken pox and I was with him all weekend. I have never had them, so I am praying that I don't catch them. Especially when I am trying to get surgery done. Man! That would be lousy luck. Say a prayer now

Postponed

My Doc postponed my surgery to October 11th. I am very disappointed. You kinda have to syke yourself up for this stuff and I had just got to the point where I was like "Bring it on!" and now I have to wait for a bit longer. That just deflates me.
I'm thinking I might take a trip to mombasa to pass the time. Just me, all by myself. And I can enjoy the beach, the warmth and the silence. Maybe I will go next friday and come back on Wednesday ready for surgery on Thursday. Not sure yet.
Yup! I may just go down to the coast!

Where did the years go?

Psalm 31:15: "My times are in your hands" Well, it's a good thing my times are in his hands or I would be in a full blown panic at this point. I am 31 today. Where did the years go? How can I be that old? I don't feel that old!!! But, I choose to look at the silver lining and say Thank you Lord. For another day, another year, another opportunity to be all you created me to be. I am blessed beyond words with a great family, wonderful friends and been placed in the best industry at such a time as this.

In a way I feel like an unfurling flower. Like I discover myself more every year. I am more settled now. More in tune with my wants and needs. That's a wonderful feeling. There are still things I wish I had like a family of my own, but I won't let those things take away from the gratitude I feel at just being who I am today...now. I know that I am blessed and that the best is yet to come.

Happy Birthday to me!!!

10 days to go and counting...

Well, it's just 10 days to surgery. I can't wait, but I am also nervous about it. There is a lot to be done at work and I want to make sure all is on point here before I leave. At the same time God is really talking to me about being anointed for business. I know that I am an entrepreneur so it's good to hear that God is backing up his children in the business world and blessing us to succeed. I want to look more into that during my two months at home.

Can't seem to catch my breath!

I am busy. I am recruiting for the company and this is an all day affair, but it is fun! I am acting up and doing all kinds of crazy, shocking things for my poor new recruits and they are eating it up. I am also getting ready for surgery and because I am so busy I have not had time to worry about it which is good.

Have to go do some more interviews, so... later!!

Filled to overflowing!

I have a confession to make that I think affects a lot of us Africans. We grew up without much affectionate love from our parents. No hugs, No kisses, no endearments of any kind, nothing. They would beat you up when you did wrong and say they did it because they loved you and if they didn't love you they would not care. There is a lot of truth to that! In the process, we the kids never learnt to hug or kiss each other, or show any affectionate love towards one another. And Lord knows, if your parents even smiled at each other, we almost fell over from shock!

Well, because of that I grew up not knowing what I was missing out on until I went to the US for school and found families that were affectionate toward one another. I remember looking at my friends mom as though she had lost it because she thanked her daughter for helping with the dishes. Almost dying of embarrasment when my friends dad gave me a fatherly hug like he did his daughter, and not knowing how to respond when her brothers playfully punched me.

Because of the earlier lack of affectionate love, I came to regard God's love for me in the same light as my parents love for me. Shown through punishment and discipline. Affection was not something God could do for me. As I grow older, I find that my need for affection has become hard to avoid or ignore. However, since I grew up without it, I have no idea how to ask for it or show it really and often come off as being self sufficient and hard on the outside, which is nothing like what is on the inside. I still have no clue how to respond to affection from the opposite sex which may be one of the reasons I am still single.

Anyway, today I read Ephesians 3 and verses 14 - 19 had me in tears:

"For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."

I want to know his love. His affectionate love. It is the prayer of my heart today that I may grasp his love with my heart and never let go. That this love will flood my soul to the point where I am totally filled with all the fullness of God who is love. And I pray that you too will know this love that surpasses all understanding. That God will fill your heart this day and evermore with himself. Amen!

I hear his voice!

This one has come from one of my favourite blogs "An helpmeet for him" it says:

TRUST: Believe in his intentions and abilities and don’t worry about what “could go wrong”.

WOW! I hear the voice of the Lord concerning my surgery. How awesome is that! I believe that your intentions for me are for good and not for evil, to give me a future and a hope (Jer 29:11) and I believe that you are able to do abundantly above that which I can ever think or imagine (Eph 3:20)and I determine not to worry about what could go wrong!!

Woo hoo!!!

We have to overcome!

So David walks up to this mountain of a man and threatens him in the name of the Lord his God. I have never thought of it, but that sounds plain ridiculous. However, it worked!!!! David killed Goliath!

I re-read the story this morning because I realised that I can trust God to provide for me financially, but when it comes to other things I struggle. David said, the God how helped me kill the lion and the bear will help me kill this guy too. So I am sitting here with a bigger issue than finances and instead of saying, the God who made provision for me in the past, will deal with this problem too, I am shaking in my boots. Fear is a terrible master!

The key to all of life's battles seems to be summed up in Goliath's words in 1st samuel 17:9 "If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us." If anything can overcome you, it will rule over you, however if you can overcome it, you will rule over it and it will become subject to you.

What is it that has you under it? Is it food? Money? Fear? Ambitions? All this things are not to rule you. You are to rule over them. Easier said than done, I know, but let us try the David approach:

"The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine... You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel."

Wow! How about that? Say it with confidence. "This day the Lord will hand you over to me" We have to overcome!

Trusting God

Lately I have been very tumultuous inside. I think most of it stems from the fact that my surgery is only about 3 weeks away. I hate to admit it, but much as I am looking forward to it, I am afraid. Not of the surgery, but of what could happen. If I bleed to much, or they can not reconstruct my uterus they may have to take it out. How I'm I supposed to take that seeing as I have never had children and would like to in the future? I am also afraid because I have some in my cervix as well and they say that is a very difficult place to operate. What does that mean for me? I'm worried about scarring my cervix. How will that affect my sex life in the future? Will I be able to feel much down there? UUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!

I'm I just worrying too much about nothing? At times like this it is really hard to just trust God and say let your will be done. I have been angry with him as well. Here I have been trying to do his will and wait for him to bring the man of my dreams so we can get married and start a family and I there is the very real possibility that I may not be able to do that. I have abstained from sex for the same reason and if my cervix gets messed up, I may never really get to enjoy sex. How do you get past these feelings of anger and fear?

Psalm 56:3 says "When I am afraid, I will trust in you" Now that right there is faith. Right now I am just angry at everything it seems. But I need to chill out and trust God to go with me through this. To not be afraid. To be still and know that he is God. I don't know how it will look on the other side of fibroid freedom, but Lord knows this side is a mess. I might as well walk with Jesus on the water and look to him alone.

I have read many stories of miracles. Of people without a womb, miraculously getting one and having children. But right now, I just want to be normal. I never want to have to pray that kind of prayer or get that kind of a miracle. I just want to be normal.

I am praying for trust. That I may trust that he knows the way. That he created me in my mother's womb, knitting me together, knowing that this day would come. Above all, he made provision for me whatever the outcome may be. Fill my heart with gratitude and praise regardless of the outcome Lord. Forgive my unbelief and distrust. Hold my hand and lead me in the way everlasting. May I find my peace in you. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen!

Contentment continued...

Well, God is not done with this lesson yet. I was talking to him about it and wondering how I can stay content while still expecting him to move me to the next place in my life and he gave me an answer.

Thanksgiving - that is the secret to contentment.

If I can learn to thank him for where I am, to find the good there is and the joys he has for me in the place I'm at, I can be content. The recipe, so to speak can be found in the following verse:

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus

Philippians 4:6-7

So if I can be thankful where I am for all the good there is, and then make my petitions known to God, that thankfulness will cause the anxiety and restlessness to depart and pave the way for God's peace to come guard my heart and mind. The result? Contentment.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 says:

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Basically, you are not where you are by mistake and God knows exactly where you are so he will meet your needs at the right time. Therefore if nothing else, thank him that he is never late, and that indeed he knows what's best, and just commit your desires to him.

At times like this, beware of the devil's lies, that you are not important to God. That he has forgotten you. That his promises to you are false. Nothing could be further from the truth:

Deuteronomy 31:8
The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

Isaiah 49:15
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!

Zechariah 2:8
For this is what the LORD Almighty says: ...whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye-

Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

Psalm 145:13
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.

Meditate of these words and let them sink deep into your heart. In everything give thanks to the Lord and remember to thank him for remembering you and leading you in the way everlasting.

Enter rest in Jesus Name! Be still and know that he is God!

Shocked

I was shocked half to death this morning when I read that prophetess Juanita Bynum-weeks was abused by her husband. She was physically abused outside a hotel and brutally beaten and threatened by her husband. This must be so hard on her. So traumatic. Only God knows why or can help. My prayers are with her. She is one of the great people in my life, her teachings and books have made a difference in my life. I am grieved that her husband could do this, but it goes to show that preachers are also men like any other.

Contentment

Beholding as in a mirror for me means that I look into God's word and I see my self. A true reflection of who I am and what I have become - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Sometimes it is painful, but always it leads to becoming a better me.

I recently came to the conclusion that I am far from content with my life, and not in a good way. I want everything now! In the process I am killing myself with stress and anxiety that should not be my portion. Why can't I just settle down and let God lead me in the way everlasting? I am always running somewhere, trying to get this and that, impatient, unable to rest and my body is taking a beating. High Blood Pressure is threatening me, hormonal imbalance is causing fibroids to grow and the other day I got to the office and started getting breathless, anxious and teary two days in a row. I know that I am running myself down but for whatever reason taking a break to rest is not a viable option. I am just so grateful that my surgery will give me a legitimate reason to rest! That is so messed up.

Well, the Lord told me that I am not content at all and I have to learn how to be. Because with contentment I am okay with God's sovereign choices for me and I am able to relax and go with his flow and his timing. I don't need to be equal with the joneses. My path and plan are different and unique only to me.

This verses say it well:

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
"Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you."
Hebrews 13:5

And this one really hit home for me as I want to be truly godly:

But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1 Timothy 6:6

I need to be content with my job and wait for God's timing in starting a business, and with my status as a single woman - my times are in his hands.

Contentment will allow me to pray about the desires of my heart while still abandoning myself to God. It will enable me to relax, smell the roses, take a walk, watch the sunset, as I move into the times of God. Contentment will allow me to make the most of Chronos time while I wait on God's Kairos time.

May God give me the grace to wait on him, and give me the wisdom to learn contentment as I take this journey called life.

Post Cards

I am a sucker for postcards and always get them whenever I travel. I recently saw these in a local hotel here in Nairobi and fell in love with them. They have been created by Mount Kenya Sundries Limited.

Myomectomy

I am due for my myomectomy on October 5th. Crazy as it may seem I am so ready for it. I was diagnosed in February of this year and have just been too chicken to do it. Fibroids are benign tumors of the uterus that cause the following symptoms:
Abnormal menstrual bleeding. Up to 30% of women with fibroids have menstrual period changes, such as:
Heavier, prolonged periods that can cause anemia.
Painful periods.
Spotting before or after periods.
Bleeding between periods.
Pelvic pain and pressure, such as:
Pain in the abdomen, pelvis, or low back.
Pain during sexual intercourse.
Bloating and feelings of abdominal pressure.
Urinary problems, such as:
Frequent urination.
Leakage of urine (urinary incontinence).
Kidney blockage following ureter blockage (rare).
Other symptoms, such as:
Difficulty or pain with bowel movements.
Infertility. Sometimes, fibroids make it difficult to become pregnant.
Problems with pregnancy, such as placental abruption and premature labor.
Miscarriage.

Needless to say it has been hell for the last few months. I quit a really stressful job and took one that was not that bad in a bid to cope, but I just have to go get them out now. The list of complications is not that encouraging, but I have a really good doctor and should be good to go in 6 to 8 weeks after the surgery. I am not really planning to go back to work till January of 2008. I want to take this opportunity to rest and just chill out with God. Prayers are needed here. Will keep you updated.

Unmerited Favour!

God is so good! I had missed the deadline for the BID Challenge round 2 which was yesterday and had just figured it was too bad. Well, guess what? They called me today and asked why I hadn't turned it in. When I told them I had missed it they gave me till 8 pm tonight. Isn't that just God's grace? Needless to say, I figured God was giving me another chance and put it in ASAP! His mercies are new every morning.

MEEKNESS

Some of the Lord's teachings are so simple yet so hard. How do you self-efface when all you want to do is scream at the top of your lungs for your needs to be met? I am studying Meekness this morning. Check out the definition:

Humble, modest, self-effacing, submissive, despirited, or broken will.

To efface is to make oneself inobtrusive, to be inconspicuous. To be diffident is to lack confidence in one's self, distrust of one's own powers; not self reliant.

Meekness is a virtue in God's eyes. It doesn't mean that you become a door mat or get used and abused, it just means that you need to follow God's wisdom in everything. It means to put the needs of others before your own, it means to let go of your own way and embrace what others may put forward. It means being broken before God and not having a will of your own as we are so prone to doing.

I can not rely on my own strength or wisdom. I must mistrust my own wisdom and rely on God because his word tells me that my heart is utterly wicked and deceitful. That's how come you can make a decision that you thought was perfectly good only to realise it wasn't such a fine idea after all.

Here are some promises that God has given for those who choose to follow meekness:

Psalm 22:26
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Psalm 25:9
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

Psalm 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Psalm 45:4
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness;

Psalm 76:9
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

Psalm 147:6
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground

Psalm 149:4
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Isaiah 29:19
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Look at that. It is the meek that shall inherit the land, experience true peace, be beautified in his salvation, lifted up, be joyful in the Lord, know his provision and saved by God. This is one of the treasures of Wisdom.

Even Christ showed meekness in taking on the Cross. He gave up his own will which was really not to face the cross. Why else would he pray "take this cup away from me" yet he yielded his own human will and did the will of the Father. Moses is declared the meekest man on the face of the earth:

Numbers 12:3
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

Because of his meekness, God used him greatly. If we desire to be used of God in any area of our lives, be it in the market place, at home, or in ministry, meekness is a must. Make it the cry of your heart!

I come to you now Lord and ask that you will cause me to desire meekness from my inner being, and to practice it in my every day life. May I not conform to the image of this world that always cries "what about me?". Cause me to be transformed by the renewing of my mind as I behold as in a mirror what I really am and desire to make the neccessary changes. I thank you for showing me my faults that I may change them, and I praise you for initiating this changes in my life. I love you Lord. In Jesus Name I pray. Amen!

God makes no mistakes

Someone my heart dearly loves recently found out that his mother had wanted to abort him when she found herself pregnant with him. He is now daily plagued with thoughts and feelings of rejection that are causing him to go astray in life. My heart is breaking for him, but I have no idea how to make it better. I know that God doesn't make any of us by mistake. None of us are here by mistake. We each have a purpose in Christ. Oh that he may know the love and acceptance that comes from God. And know that even if his mother and father were to forsake him, God surely would not. I found this poem on the biblicalwomanhood blog and it blessed me tremendously. So if for whatever reason you think you are a mistake, may God put it in your heart to know that you are not. He knows the plans he has for you, to give you a future and a hope (Jer 29:11) and he saw you being formed in your mother's womb (Ps 139) and said it was good.

My Father's way may twist and turn,
My heart may throb and ache,
But in my soul I'm glad I know
He maketh no mistake.

My cherished plans may go astray,
My hopes may fade away,
But still I'll trust my Lord to lead,
For He doth know the way.

Though night be dark and it may seem
That day will never break,
I'll pin my faith, my all in Him,
He maketh no mistake.

There's so much now I cannot see,
My eyesight's far too dim;
But come what may, I'll surely trust
And leave it all to Him.

For by and by the mist will lift
And plain it all He'll make;
Through all the way, though dark to me,
He made not one mistake.

- By A. H. Overton

Esther Passaris

I read in the September 2007 issue of Eve Magazine that Esther Passaris when asked of one great thing she would still like to do, said she would love to get married. Every woman, deep down, has a need for the covering that a husband provides. I appreciate that Esther is not afraid to stand up and say so despite the fact that she is the MD of Adop-a-light and the founder of One in a million. The one in a million site (www.oneinamillion.co.ke)is an excellent place for Kenyan's and others to join hands and make a difference. I dare say that her desire to be married puts the two of us in one pot (at least on that issue). I would love to meet her and just shake her hand... nah... I will just give her a big old hug!!

PS: Should she ever want to be president of this beautiful country, she has my vote!

Time

You know how you always feel it is time for something or other in your life and you can actually hear God saying it's time? Well, do you ever wonder what that means to him? I mean, if one thousand days are as one to him, and one day is as a thousand, what does that mean? Well, I think that really God thinks of time in two ways Chronos and Kairos.

Chronos is Chronological time. Minutes, hours, days, weeks etc. We tend to be more focused on Chronos time than Kairos time, but funny enough so does God. Kairos is God's "now" time. The appointed time. The set time for him to do something. God being a planner has set times for all things.

The reason why I say that God also focuses more on Chronos is because that is the time when all the waiting happens. We wait for healing, we wait for spouses, we wait for the business opportunity, children etc... This is also the time when God is focusing on character building, arming you with knowledge you will need later, drawing you closer to him. This is usually the longest time period in our lives. Don't thinks so? I bet you are waiting on God to come through for you in one area or another even now.

Kairos is what you are waiting for in Chronos time. This is when the light turns green and God releases you into what you have been waiting on him for. It is important to note that though this is an appointed time, we can sabotage our own Kairos by how we spend our Chronos. If you are disobedient it will take much longer for God to release you into what he has for you. But if you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.

So now that you are in Chronos time, how are you spending it? Are you arming yourself with godly knowledge and wisdom for where you are going? Are you faithful in the little you have to ensure that God gives you the much you long for? Are you preparing to be a wife or husband, or just sulking about being single?

Spend your Chronos wisely and your Kairos will come as God has purposed. Whatever you do, do not compromise, or be slack, or slow to hear and do what God asks you to.

Adonai

The word Adonai in hebrew means Lord, as in Master. I was challenged today about the Lordship of Jesus in my life. I want to put the challenge out there too. Is he truly Adonai to you? Are you in full submission to his will and his plans for you? Do you call him "Lord, Lord" and not do what he says? Submitting to God in everything may mean relinquishing your hold on your life, your hopes, your dreams, your ambitions, your will, even your physical body, and giving them over to Him so that he can truly live and reign in your life. After you have done that, you can then go to him and call him Jehovah Rapha (healer), Jehovah Nissi (Victory and Banner), El Shaddai (All sufficient One) etc. Are you truly submitted to God? I came up short this morning, but I have resolved that he shall indeed be Lord over my life. The word says that our hearts are wicked and deceitful. Could it be that your heart has deceived you into thinking he is Lord over every area of your life when there are areas not surrendered to him yet. Confess your sin, he is faithful to forgive, ask him to cleanse you and to put in you a pure heart. Without deceit. That every area of your life may be truly surrendered to him.

"Against you, you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge...Cleanse me with Hyssop and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow... Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."
Psalm 51:4,7,10

Trusting him along the way

Sometimes it seems you are walking merrily down the road of life and you know exactly where you are going, and nothing can distract you. Until you come to a fork in the road, and your not so sure which way to take. It gets even more complicated when the way you think you should be travelling turns out not to be the one your maker wants you to travel.

Proverbs 14:12
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death"


He stands in front of you and says "give me your life, your hopes, your ambitions, your will." That can throw you for a loop. That is when you have to trust him and believe that when you hand over everything to him, it is in exchange for a higher calling.

Sometimes the way we are going does not seem wrong, yet it leads to death. For example being a workaholic. Working is not wrong but when over done can lead to stress, lack of time to spend with God, lack of time with family etc. That could lead to death in your physical body (illness and death), death in your spiritual life (separation from God) and death in your family (no relationship with family, divorce)

When God asks you to surrender all to him, even when your way seems good. Remember that he sees all and knows when and where you will be most satisfied and fulfilled in life. I have covenanted with my God, that he will be God to me and my descendants forever. That means I am his and he is mine. It means I trust him completely and give all to him. It means if he says go East when I really want to go West, I turn and go towards the rising sun. And his Glory will surely rise on me and I will be blessed because I trusted him.

"Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the LORD rises upon you."
Isaiah 60:1

I want a man!

I want a man
not just any man
I want God's man
hand-picked
kingdom appointed
for such a woman as this...

I'm looking for love
not just any love
I want the God kind of love
filling a heart that beats
to the kingdom's rhythm
unadulterated
Holy Ghost saturated
the kinda love that
can't be rated...
poured out
runnin' ovah
like water in a glass
already full of good things
smooth as silk
yet tough as rope
wrapping around my soul
keepin' it all together
forever
with room enough for me
to be
a woman
not just any woman
God's woman
whole and free
to love you
the way I want you to love me
with a love
not just any love
but the God kind of love
rich as a sinful dessert
pure as tried gold
the kind of love that can hold
onto your hand
and God's at the very same time
delivered from all other ties that bind
and yes
I'm free enough to wait
for a man
not just any man
but the man
who understands
and knows what love means
and lives what God says...
and wants what I want
a real love
a strong love
a tall love
agape love.
God's love.



From "What to do until love finds you" by Michelle McKinney Hammond

Too busy NOT to pray

Deuteronomy 33:3 talks about how to download from God.

"Surely it is you who love the people;
all the holy ones are in your hand.
At your feet they all bow down,
and from you receive instruction"

He loves me enough to want to give me the wisdom to navigate through life. I seem to not be doing very well in the bowing down part. I have become too busy it seems to spend an hour in prayer downloading from the one who sees all my tomorrows. I can not run a business without his guidance and wisdom, but I am having a hard time striking a balance as needed. God forgive me and give me the grace to discipline myself to pray. Especially now that I am so busy for I am too busy NOT to pray!

Business Partner

I have been offered a partnership that looks very lucrative, but I have just met this person and i'm at a loss on how to determine whether or not he would be a good business partner. How do I move on from here? I need wisdom to make the right choice. Help Lord!!

I have the know how and he has the finances. Often I have heard that when God gets ready to do something for you, he provides all the resources required to do the job. Could this be one of those times? Pray that I will be prudent and circumspect in making this decision. That I will have discernment to see through the agenda of this particular person. Is he truly wanting a deal that is a win win situation for both of us, or is there an ulterior motive? God promises in the book of James to give wisdom liberally, without finding fault, to him who asks. May God's wisdom be my portion in making this decision. I have the mind of Christ!!

Contradiction?

Sometimes the Bible blows my mind. Deuteronomy 31 starts off with Moses telling the Israelites that God and Joshua will go before them so they do not need to be afraid of the land where they are going. Bear in mind that this land is full of giants and all kinds of foreign people. And you are not just travelling through their land, you are literally going to take it from them!! So he tells them that God will neither leave them nor forsake them and all that good stuff. It is a land full of milk and honey and prosperity is their portion. Then God calls Moses and Joshua for the "changing of the guard" ceremony and proceeds to tell them that Israel will surely prostitute themselves to other gods and that he will hide his face and forsake them because of their sin. Now that sounds contradictory to me because I truly believe that God spoke through moses when he said he will neither leave them nor forsake them.

We must remember that God sees and knows everything. He is from everlasting to everlasting and knows us completely (Ps 139). What he is promising through moses is that he will indeed make sure that they possess the land and get to enjoy this land that flows with milk and honey. He will not leave them or forsake them as they endeavor to possess the land, but will go ahead of them and give them victory which they did. Now, because of his infinite knowledge of humanity he was also sure that once they settle into the land and live and eat well and prosper, they would indeed forget him and start walking in sin. So what he was explaining to Josh and Moses was the consequences of doing this.

We are the same way. Once God has settled us and our dreams come to fruition and money is no longer a challenge and our hearts are at peace, instead of blessing God and continuing under the shadow of his wing, we start to mess with things we shouldn't and forget God's goodness. May God give us the grace to know him for sure with or without prosperity. May we learn to praise him and to walk with him even after our dreams are accomplished and we are prosperous in all that we do according to his promise. Stay under the shadow of El Shaddai.

UPDATE

Just to update you on how business is going, I am doing very well so far. I have 4 potential clients that I am talking to and I have already started working for the other group. I am really pumped and at it constantly in a bid to build my career. I have pretty much decided to quit here this month. That way I can focus on all the stuff I have to do. We (strategic partners and I) are also thinking of starting a training program. We will see how that goes. Praying that it comes through big time. Will keep you in the loop.

CHOOSE LIFE

Reading Deuteronomy 30 just makes you want to pray. It says:

vs 15 "See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction"

How many times do I choose death and destruction every day sometimes knowingly and willingly? How many times does God speak to my conscience and ask me to choose life and I turn my back on the truth and walk willingly into the darkness? Yet he clearly says that those things that I think are too hard to do or to walk in are not.

"11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it."

That basically says there is no excuse. All I can say is forgive me Lord and help me to walk in you ways according to your word:

"6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live."

I choose life that I and my descendants after me may live.

WORD!

It's been a while, but that is because I have really been in a crazy place. I need to make the decision soon about whether or not to stay in employment. Been praying about it quite a bit actually. I feel like i'm cheating my employers by not really having my heart on the job thus performing well enough to get by, but not exceptionally well. I sign my agreement with my client tomorrow to officially start my company and another person has already contacted me as well with a need for the same services. Not bad at all. I also need to plan and go for surgery soon. I'm thinking October without fail!! I just don't want to be down for 2 months while the world moves on without me. But I was thinking I could use the time to bond with God a little tighter and to map the way forward. So I will probably be at this job for another month and a half then I'm out. Gotta get back on my knees and ask the Lord to show me the way. He promises to show me the way, speak to me, order my steps and direct my path. So here is my theme verse these days:

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart; lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your path." Prov 3:5-6

WORD!!!!

OT

Something is running around in my head, and i'm sure everyone and their dog has an opinion on this one. I am thinking about the validity of the old testament in our lives today. All of it, not just the bits we like. What would happen if we ate like it says, if we were as moral as it says, as God fearing. Would our lives be better? Does the new testament nullify the old, or did it just come to complete it? Why would God go to the extent of telling people exactly what to eat, how to live their lives day to day? I find it interesting that he actually told them not to even inquire on how the nations worshipped their gods. He knew that curiosity killed the cat!! I think there is more to the pentateuch than we know....

Leadership journey

Wow! I'm so busy. But I love it. I am putting together a training module on leadership. I love the subject and have been an ardent reader on the topic since 2001. It is amazing how much effort you have to put into becoming a leader and a success in life. The journey is uphill for sure, but you have to be determined to make it regardless of the bumps, pitfalls and detours. Well, we will make it! That is for sure.

Intimidated!

Wow! I finally downloaded the business plan template for round two of the BID challenge and I it intimidated me quite a bit. Especially the financials. Don't know why. Guess because it makes it all so real. You know... the big bad world! Needless to say, I gave a shout to my Business Plan coach who made it all sound like a piece of cake. He basically told me what I have known all along. It is one step at a time. So I am starting at the beginning and working my way down. Will have to keep you up to date on that. I have lots of work to do, so let me get started.

My logo is finally done, and as soon as I get my website up, I will publish so you have it. When you get it, be sure to check it out and send business my way.

Good News!!

I'm bursting with it! I have been really busy at work, but I have also had a lot of good stuff happening.

My first client under the consultancy accepted my services, so I will start as soon as they can provide what I need. Also I will finally meet my Business Plan coach on either thursday or Saturday (to be confirmed). In addition to that, some strategic partners want to hook up and start up a Call Centre training consultancy. I will update you on that as we make headway. And I have a lady friend who wants me to write a business plan for her for a small fee. Not too shabby! But B-U-S-Y!!!! I like it that way. But Friday night and Saturday morning are my sleepy days. Hallelujah! I can't wait!

Progress Finally

I read a quote about men in the Nairobi Star this morning :

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork" Mae West

I thought it was a hoot! LOL!

But that is beside the point....

So I finally met my prospective client and we had a good chat. I sent him a list of what I could do for him etc. He will talk to his partners and let me know on Monday. Then we will progress from there.

I also got my BID challenge update: I made the top 50 and will be receiving a coach to help me write a bankable business plan. HALLELUJAH!!!!!! I am very excited about that. It seems like finally my business will be taking off. I also finally joined the Kenya BPO Society and want to get completely involved in that. I want to join the marketing and events committee. That will be a lot of hard work, but fun.

Needless to say, I see progress finally! My logo is being done and soon my website as well. Then I can really start selling myself. Come 2008, I want to be completely into entrepreneurship. Just be my own boss. Thank you Jesus!!!

Mysterious Ways

God works in mysterious ways. This weekend I'm sitting there minding my own business when I get a call from a guy who works in a presitigous financial institution talking about they are looking for a consultant and I was recommended by two different parties. It felt like shock! I was actually numb for a while then I just exploded in joy. So now I have a hook up for my first gig as an entrepreneur. Thank you God!! I get the details today in my e-mail and will keep it here so you know what is up as well. I am really excited. I feel like finally I am walking into my destiny. I am finally in my element.

Getting Through Hard Times

How to get through hard times the 2nd Chron 20 way:

• Do NOT be afraid
• Take action
• Take up your position
• Stand firm
• Praise God

How about that?

Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

-Charles Lindbergh

Quotes

It has been a productive day. Feels very good. I have decided to just keep working on my ideas and start rolling out what I can on my own business. Not an easy task, but has to be done. The one thing I really have to combat is fatigue. After 8 hrs of work, I just want to go home and sleep. But I guess thats where delayed gratification comes in. I now have to go home and start working on all my ideas and dreams before I go to sleep. I read something really inspiring that I want to share with all you out there:

Behind me is infinite power

Before me is endless possibility

Around me is boundless opportunity

why should I fear?

- Stella Stuart

That gave me a lot of courage and strength and came right on time. I spoke to someone who was very discouraging. Maybe i'm living in a bubble, but I want to think the government is ready to move forward and implement all the ICT projects they are talking about. This guy seems to think not, pointing out the fact that many of the people in government do not even know how to turn on their PC's let alone the benefits of ICT to our economy.

I guess in the long run change has to start with me. There is no other way to change the world except one person at a time. I can only hope that in my own sphere of influence I will make a difference and pass on my positivity and enthusiasm for the development of this country to everyone I come into contact with.

Here is another quote for you that I hope will guide you as you also make your journey in entrepreneurship.

Plan Purposefully

Prepare Prayerfully

Proceed Positively

Pursue Persistently

-Anonymous

Dilemma

I hate working for someone else. I love my job and I love working, but not for someone else. I have been going through this transition and the more I think about it, the more I know that I can't work for someone else anymore.

I'm especially struggling today coz i'm not well. My throat is sore and I have been stopped up all day. I just want to go see a doctor and then climb into bed and sleep for 10 straight hours. This crazy desire to work for me is a great thing. It propels me forward in all my entrepreneurship endeavors.

I want to make a bold yet wise move. Is that possible? I'm so often tempted to walk away from the job then I think "will I sink or swim in the business world?". I want to take it slow and start something on the side while in employment, but somehow I don't think I can do that. I can't be employed much longer.

My knower glowed!

Gosh!! I went out 3 weeks ago with some friends and had a ball. I practically danced all night. While there I noticed this guy dancing kinda old school, but he was having a ball. Being the outgoing person I am, I started teasing him about his old school dancing. We hit it off, but I still kept to my friends and he to his.

Well, yesterday evening after work I was meeting a friend at Wimpy, but she was running late so I went ahead and ordered tea. When I looked up, I noticed this good looking guy also ordering and realised it was the guy from 3 weeks ago. When he looked up I waved to say hi, not sure if he remembered me. He did, and immediately came over to my table. We yupped for the next hour until my friend came.

He is a Doctor working in Embu at the General Hospital. He graduated in 2005 and is four years younger than me. He is one of those genuinely nice guys. We talked about everything. Work, medicine, our friends.... and we laughed a lot. I really like him. The kuku thing is that he is not really the kind of guy I would see myself with. He is not stunning, he is short though buff, he is in medicine and not business.... but he is just a really nice guy. He didn't hit on me at all. But he said that he had regretted not taking my number that night and not dancing with me enough. He said they went home talking about me that night.

He left to go back to Embu and Maggie and I hang out and talked about all kinds of other things. All the time we were talking I was thinking about him, how much I really enjoyed talking to him. Later as I walked to catch a matatu home I realised I was glowing on the inside. It wasn't physical attraction as I know it, or my heart flattering, or anything like that. But there was something happening on the inside of me that I couldn't quite place a finger on. When I got home I realised what it was: My Knower was glowing!!!!!

All I can ask is for an opportunity to get to know him better. He will be back in town on Friday and will give me a shout. I really want to see him again. There could be something there. Who knows? The only thing I know is that My Knower Glowed!!!!

So Glad!!

I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am right now. My business plan has passed the first round of the BID Challenge International 2007. That in itself is an accomplishment (to me) seeing as there were over 1000 business plans from Kenya alone. One thing continues to hold true... God is faithful and as I trust him, I believe I will see his goodness here on earth. Here is a passage from Ps. 44 that I read today that was a blessing to me:

3 It was not by their sword that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your face, for you loved them.
4 You are my King and my God,
who decrees victories for Jacob.

God has already decreed Victory over your life and my life, so we too must speak victory over everything we do. So I speak victory over this business plan and idea and declare Gods hand over it in Jesus Name. I will boast in the Lord all the days of my life for he is good and his mercies endure forever!!!!

KINGDOM FINANCIERS

So the Bible says that the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just. That God gives the wicked the work of gathering and laying up wealth for the sons of righteousness. Those are some powerful passages of scripture and I believe them. There are those who may think that God will just snatch wealth from some guy and give it to you like Mugabe taking the land from the White settlers in Zimbabwe. That is not the case. What he does instead, is present you with entrepreneurship opportunities, gives you wisdom, ideas and key strategies that then allow you, through business deals, to take the wealth from the world. Deuteronomy 8:18 "Remember the Lord your God, for it is he that gives you power to get wealth"

Some think that the wealth is so you can just have a ball, live in a big house and buy some designer clothes. As much as God wants you to do that, I believe the main reason for the transfer of wealth is so that you can finance the Kingdom. Finance missions, crusades, childrens homes, poverty reduction projects, create jobs and assist in the society as needed and directed by the Spirit of God. The Gold is for the building of the Tabernacle. Living large and flossing are fringe benefits of being the keeper of the purse (and make no mistake that is all you are).

We are always adviced to learn saving with what we have. If you make Ksh. 1000 save Ksh. 10 and as your money increases you will have formed a habit of saving. As a Kingdom financier, you need to start where you are with what you have. Pick a project to support and support it faithfully. Tithe to the Kingdom faithfully as well. Now, whereas the Tithe is mandatory, Giving is free will, so you need to set the amount you want to give according to what you have but remember also that with the same measure you meet it shall be given unto you.

I have discovered lately that there seems to be a direct corelation between my giving and my recieving business ideas from God. Interestingly enough, the ideas I get seem to then be supported by the government or another organization that even offers financing for the same. I am reminded of a sermon by my spiritual mother Rev. Kathy Kiuna that I am a woman with "No Limits!!"

I believe it!

OPPORTUNITY

I guess it's true. When you ask God to open your eyes to see opportunities you actually do see them. Opportunities for everything!!

I have been asking for opportunities for business and they seem to be coming in spades and with capital backing to boot. There is the Digital Villages Project - I really like this one. It offers a means to decentralize business and move it away from Nairobi. I want to set up shop in my home town and not have to come to Nairobi everyday. I have actually decided to do it and will. The commute , the bombings, the drama... none of it is worth it!!

Opportunities for giving are also everywhere. I decided that a certain percentage of all I make will be given back to the community through various projects and now they seem to be coming out of the wazoo. I like Esther Passaris' "one in a million" idea and have registered for that. There are also various projects I have decided to give to.

This morning I read about the Citi Hoppa franchise. I had been thinking about that and how to go about it, and now it seems that God has opened the door for me. This is the year of open doors. Lord knows I don't want to be an employee come next year. I can see him setting me up this year for that and I am blessed.

He really is good all the time!!!

Maiden Voyage

This is my first blog ever!! hence the title of it. I'm glad though seeing as we are totally into the information age and actually walking into the age of creativity (per Tom Peters).

I'm a very entrepreneurial mind, and I have actually started this blog to document my journey into the world of business. I am also very religious, and so most of my blogs will talk about what God has done for me, or the beef I have with him etc... That too, is a journey.

Right now I am totally excited about the ICT revolution that is happening in Kenya, and totally ecstatic that the government is backing young people up so we can develop our country. I am very patriotic, and already sold out to President Kibaki's vision 2030. I'm excited about it because I can see the economy growing and I want to be a part of that as well.

This morning I almost pissed my pants when I read the paper. The government will be training young people and then helping them set up village ICT centres in their various towns. I want to be a part of that so bad, my tummy is cramping from it. I'm putting in for it. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I will definitely keep you informed.

By the way, I also put in for the BID challenge. I should be knowing some time this month if my idea made it to phase II of the competition. Somehow, I have faith that God will work it all out for me. I will keep you posted on that as well.

Today I read an interesting bible verse in Habakkuk 3, that God's power is hidden in his hand and I remembered a prophecy I read not too long ago that said to declare God's hand over everything I do. I thought that was awesome! In declaring Gods hand, I am declaring his power over all I do. That gives me the courage I need to step out in faith and be an entrepreneur.

I think that's it on the maiden blog. Thanks for telling me all about it james.