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Hi, my name is Chenai! Welcome to my blog! I write to encourage, inspire and empower you in growing in your spiritual life through reflections and prose. I've even written a book -- make sure to check out Hindsight, currently available on Kindle! Don't be shy to reach out! I would love to hear from you! ❤

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Naked In A Crowded Room

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered. Proverbs11:13 ** I remember sharing something personal with someone, and asking that person to keep it between the two of us, only for what I shared to get back to me through another person shortly afterwards. I h…

Deception

There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known Luke 12:2 **        From time to time there are words spoken, or quotes that I find are akin to one tasting of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. One such experience occurred recently. Since the beginning of this m…

Solutions

There are times when you are in certain crowds, certain rooms, even in church, when words of wisdom are delievered, and you check the temperature of the room, and there’s an awareness that the words are going over the majority’s heads. It’s like the farmer is throwing valuable seed onto the field,…

Accountability & Responsibility

The race is not to the swift, nor battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, nor favour to the skilled, but time and chance happen to them all. |Ecclesiastes 9:11| * * * When I said I’d give up something everyday, 3 days in I realized that distraction is an enemy that sneaks into me su…

Prejudice

pic via raw_melanin                   Prejudice: {law} cause harm [to a state of affairs]  ** ** Before he paid my dowry, he joked at length that he was buying my silence; that all the objections and the passion that I held would have to cease. I used to laugh back then. We both did.  We are not laughing now. After th…

Show Me

Sometimes you make mistakes. Grave mistakes. Mistakes that when you look back, you cringe, and you look in the mirror, and you say to your reflection, “That’s not you.’ And you peer into the eyes staring back at you, and you ask, “What happened? You would never do that! I know you, and that wasn’t you.” And from tim…

Ready

Pic via @mybeautifulafrica_ I call you. I hear you slurring your words as you answer.  I dismiss the image of you sprawled wherever you are, drink in hand, eyes glazed over. I tell you it’s me, and you cheerily greet me. I cringe. I tell you the purpose of my call, and as you respond, I can almost see you s…

Time Keeper

Teach me to number my days that I may gain a heart of wisdom |Psalm 90: 12| * When you live as though you have no control over your life, you're apt to be tossed here and there by things around you; especially by things that are within your control. Life’s challenges become insurmountable; your day-to-day…