A season of prayer: Day 26

A Prayer for T.O.M

Father I praise you, I honour and give you thanks. This is indeed a day you have created for me to rejoice and be glad in. Father I bless and magnify your name. How many tongues can tell of your works which you have done in the midst of us. Indeed the Lord our God you are in our midst and you are MIGHTY. Eternal Rock of Ages, wonder worker, I bless and give you praise.

Daddy, I thank you for today. Today T.O.M our wonderful son, nephew, grandson, cousin e.t.c, e.t.c. is one. Today last year, we were speaking in tongues, singing, reading Bible, holding hands, giving oxygen e.t.c, e.t.c as we earnestly awaited his arrival. Today, last year I saw Big Sis in a different light (let's just leave it at that as I'm not sure I have totally recovered from the experience lol!)but Lord I thank you for your faithfulness. You came through for us that day as you always have and for that I give you praise. He came with nothing broken and nothing missing, just a handsome bobo with his cute dimples. Daddy, I thank you.

Today, he turns one, please help me forgive his mummy for taking him to NY and not allowing his crazy aunty to come and do her weird steps in her house. Daddy I thank you for as you have kept him you will continue to keep him. I prophesy that like an arrow in the hand of an archer, you will shoot him into his destiny. I plead the blood of Jesus over him at home, in the nursery, in the car, on the train, no evil shall ever come near his dwelling place in the mighty name of Jesus. I pray for his parents for grace to continue to train him in the way that he should go for when he is old he will never depart from it. I pray that your favour will rest upon him. I pray that he will grow to testify of your goodness and favour to the world. His name means, Praise God and he will live to praise you.

Father I pray that he will bring joy and happiness to his parents, I know that his future is so bright because you remain in total control. I thank you for his life, I thank you for his fineness o because it is too much. I thank you also for the fact that he can say that on his first birthday, a black man became the President of the United States of America for the first time in history. Thank you Jesus.

Happy birthday T.O.M, from your aunty (a.k.a noisemaker and kissykissy). I love you very, very much and I know we will have many more to celebrate. You are blessed and favoured by the Lord.

Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will never depart from it Proverbs 22:6

Sons are a heritage from the LORD,children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate Psalm 127:3-5

PRAISE THE LORD!

Baba we thank You. We praise your name. We give you praise because there is no one like you. The One who is always faithful concerning His words towards us. We appreciate you because when we call upon you, we can never be put to shame. Thank You for this great thing that you have done.

I'm so excited, don't even know how to compose this so I'll just say it as it is...

Praise the Lord! I'm very honoured to announce to blogville that at 0911 hours this morning my darling sister...Nyemoni delivered a healthy bouncing baby BOY. Mummy and Baby are doing well.

Please let's overwhelm her with love and care on her page. Let's fill her inbox, kalabari@gmail.com There is too much to celebrate.

As she always says..

one love

As for me, I'm singing

Thank you, thank you Lord
Thank you Lord, for everything
You have done

Remember, 2008 continues to remain our year of uncommon testimony!

100 posts later....

Ok, I'm kinda back. I feel like I've lived my whole life in the past month. Anyway, I will soon be back by the grace of God.

So we're celebrating 100 posts, I read this blog and I wonder who's writing. I know it isn't me so I just thank God for His mercy. I read this blog and examine my life, remembering that James says that teachers have a stricter judgement(!!) and praying that I'm living or at least trying to live according to His word. I read this blog and imagine...imagine my life BB (aka Before Blogging). I read this blog and am grateful, for the comments, for the friendships, for the discovery of some things on the inside I had never realised were there.

Most of all, I read this blog and am thankful that I serve a God who speaks to me in a language that I understand, who's patient enough to break things down and understanding enough to hear me even when I myself don't understand what I'm saying.

Life is a journey, enjoy it, ENJOY IT, TODAY. Don't wait for certain landmarks to be completed or achieved. Celebrate today, even if all u can celebrate is that you opened your eyes this morning. My prayer is that the Lord will always give you cause to REJOICE in Jesus name.

Remain blessed and highly favoured. 2008 continues to remain our year of UNCOMMON TESTIMONIES.

Reflections

I PRAISE you because I am FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY made; your WORKS are WONDERFUL, I know that full well Psalm 139:14 (NIV: Capitals mine)

won.der.ful: Excellent, great, marvelous, of a sort that causes or arouses wonder, amazing, astonishing (http://dictionary.reference.com/)

Synonyms 1. awesome, wondrous, miraculous, prodigious, astonishing, amazing, astounding, phenomenal, unique, curious, strange.


I'm looking through the windows
looking at the little girl
shy and quiet
desperately wanting to be accepted
by the 'in crowd'
but always left on the outside
looking in

I'm watching the little girl
quickly transforming into a young woman
very much aware
of her changing body
and desperately praying for it to stop
as she becomes the butt of jokes from the girls
and is treated as an object by the boys


I am looking at the young woman
hiding behind oversize clothes
never able to make eye contact
as her eyes are always downcast
not able to look in the mirror
as all she sees are her flaws


I am looking at the young woman
staring at herself in the same mirror
as if seeing herself for the very first time
realising that although her body is not perfect
it is her's
her's to love and accept
her's to cherish and pamper
her's to change if she wants to
she sees herself
and she knows she is beautiful

I am looking at her
and I am smiling
because it was not an easy journey
for the shy little girl who is growing into a young confident woman is
ME

This was inspired by Daddy's Girl's carnival, a celebration of our bodies. We celebrate not because we have 'perfect' bodies (whatever perfection may mean!) but because we have been WONDERFULLY made. I love the synonyms of this word...I am created AMAZING. Halleluyah! Lord I thank you for my body. It houses my spirit and my soul, gets me to where I need to be. Yes, it's limited to time and space, yes it gets tired, yes there are some things that need to be tightened (LOL!!) but I still thank you for all of it. From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, it's all wonderful!