Dear believer, what exactly are you doing with all this angst against the Church?

* The responsibility of the Church is to create an enabling environment for Spiritual growth

* The responsibilitIES of the believer are to:
- locate a Christ believing and word teaching Church
- submit to the leadership of the choice church
- pursue service and add value to the body of Christ (and not just through service units in church)
- feed on the word and enlist the help of the holy ghost to help him mature into the stature of Christ.

Dear believer, it is not your responsibility to receive account from your spiritual leader concerning his responsibilities and his calling, leave that to the righteous Judge who put him in office.

Quit trying to defend the Gospel by running campaigns against its teachers. God gave them to the body of Christ as gifts, let Him decide when their platform becomes obsolete - He knows just what to do.

When you want to lash out because you believe that your leader's calling is not legitimate, remember that God is neither deaf, blind nor helpless.

Rather, focus on Jesus and your own growth into His stature, pray that His will be done, focus on making the right choices about your relationships and environments - including the choice of church to belong to.

Before you determine which church to belong, know that its never about you and your ideas - you would be required to look beyond yourself to the desires of God. Yes!!! God ACTUALLY has a purpose for you there. It doesn't necessarily have to be an obvious or conspicuous assignment, it might just be that some of the persons you need (to meet to be encouraged towards your on purpose) are in that church.

This few steps will help you make a choice:
~ Is Jesus at the centre of their worship/faith?
~ Is the Word recognised and acknowledged as the final authority of the believer?
~ Can you submit to the leadership there?
~ Does the church encourage your growth towards the stature of Christ?
~ for extra measure, pray in the Spirit until you have a release on your inside - that inner witness is simply bae 💖 (pay no mind to my playful self, it just had to shine somehow despite my serious effort to keep her tucked safely in throughout this post. This would be one of those serious topics I would usually prefer to just sidestep but .......that voice inside me won't let me rest so I decided to treat as 'SACRED').

* if you answered NO to the above questions, please continue your search but, by all means, refrain from slandering church leaders.

If God requires you to be His mouthpiece(which is very uncommon), He will tell you clearly, grow you into a man of restraint and discipline yourself, then give you the rare wisdom (bear in mind that this kind of wisdom will be a lot like hot coals on your lips)to speak His heart on the matter.

That said, are you sure you should continue your campaign against your church/leaders for what you believe they haven't done that should be done? For what you believe they have taught/emphasized wrongly?
Wouldn't you rather focus on Jesus? And leave the appraisal to the one who will sit as Judge and, as Heb 13:17 puts it, the one to whom these leaders must give account?

I encourage you to keep growing, the body of Christ has faced challenges greater than this in the past, believers will continue to be criticized and persecuted in varying degrees (are you aware that in some communities today, some believers are still being slaughtered for their faith? Our martyrs aren't just the ones listed in scriptures or revered in our history) but the good news is that our Faith prevails and so our focus should remain true, our ideals should remain christ-centred. And above all, we should remain relevant to the body.
May our light not be put out by the wind of offence sweeping through the land.

And until we come to unity with the father on that day, keep the faith, read your bible too and commune with your maker.

You will succeed!!!

Selah!!!
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In other unrelated news, you see, I already believe I am one of the 'goofiest'  bloggers you'll ever know so don't even try to judge me.
But who knows, maybe someday the blogging bug will bite me for real and I'll suddenly wake up with a dedication to this thing 😋 until then sha, I'll keep on sliding in here 'once in a year' like its some anniversary.

Speaking of anniversaries tho, I'll be celebrating the gift of life pretty soon. This girl would be completing another 365 days on planet earth. Maybe, just maybe, i'll drop by again on that day. S/O to all December babies, that's the only month on the AWESOME calendar.

I know i'll blog again when next the madness becomes too much and I can't contain the words anymore 😹😹😹😭😭😂😂.

Okay, bye.

You break my heart, you do...

Break my heart with what breaks yours Lord!!!
I heard this phrase at a gathering of believers recently. It was an evening of worship.
Some were in tears, some others in varying positions of complete physical and emotional surrender.
In this gathering, i wasn't just a spectator, I had my own heavy bout of emotions, they hit me in waves of hurt, anger, frustration, misery, pain, helplessness.... I remember so clearly how desperate I was to be accepted, loved, cleansed, forgiven, helped, empowered.... I wanted to be totally branded by Gods love for me.
Though i couldn't shed a single tear, every beat of my heart that evening was desperately crying out to God, as though to make him see, hear and know how much I needed him, how much I had tried to do right, how much I still strive despite the contrary systems I find myself in daily. I would have given anything to give God a playback of some of my struggles...
At this point though, a consciousness hit me....I became aware of how totally stupid I was for thinking I could prove to God that my heart was in the right place and that its my flesh that won't let me 'drink my water and keep my cup in peace'.
I became aware of how pointless it is to try and report to him the corporate, contemporary and even religious or spiritual climate we all find ourselves and how they sometimes hinder our growth in the faith.
I suddenly remembered that HE IS GOD. He who made the eyes, whose spirit hovers over us all as if in constant marination - he knows all things, sees all things, is omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient.....HE SIMPLY IS!!! that was it. My desperation ebbed and I felt sweet peace, my nerves began to relax some.
And then I knew I wasn't alone. I knew God is just too 'Goddy' to trust that I could measure up to His mark on my own without his help.

Its was as though he was saying to me ' why do you think I gave up all I had? What do you think Jesus became flesh for? Do you really believe I just enjoy watching death by crucifixion? Was his sacrifice a show for me? An amusement of some sort?'
At this point, the free thinker in me had some questions. So i said to him, 'oya, Jehovah, lets compare notes. Bring me up to speed because i am not understanding. Why have you just been chilling and watching me till now?, did you absolutely need the drama?, me almost in tears? Hadn't you seen my heart all along? Did I have to put up a show for you just so you can see me broken?'
Hmmm, brethren and sisteren, there was absolute silence at this point. The music and instruments were still on, the assertive voice of the minister could still be heard over the microphone as he declared the spoken word over and over, with his words  deliberately chosen to reach our hearts and lead us to reach for Gods mercy and grace. But none of that registered with me. I was in the middle of what seemed like a court hearing with God. I had pleaded for mercy, I wanted him to know I choose LIFE, I choose HIM. If only he'll respond. I just couldn't grasp why I had been struggling for so long with all I had known of salvation.
Why did he have to condemn me when Christ had paid? Couldn't he just miraculously enable me to live victorious without my heart breaking?
E gba  mi fah, Jesu ti Ku, o ti ra emi mi pada, so why did God had to make me sorry for a sin that's been paid for?
Still no response!!!

And then my carelessness hit me square in the face. My 'gbese o kan mi' attitude. I realised He needed me involved. The condemnation was needed so I won't get anything twisted. So it could be clear that the work of grace was my only hope. I wont be forgetting this in a long time. What he did that day was to open my eyes, make me clearly aware of the nature of sin. I learnt how hopeless it is to try to play the blame game:
- My job requires that I lie ever so often
- There are friendly enemies everywhere so I am required to be strong and sometimes take laws into my hands
- There's so much injustice in the world, even in our religious systems, and I sometimes feel the urge to hurt the wicked in defence of the helpless.
Blah blah blah...
All of the above sound like justification to sometimes fall short right?
It sure appeals to a realist like me how impossible it is to keep all of the law given our anti-growth and far-from-enabling environment.
Hence the logical justification for the believer who has tried to beat the system, who has tried not to conform to it but has been beaten at every turn.

And at this point, some would entertain the thought of giving up the fight and joining the band wagon. Sounds much better than always being the odd man out, always going right when everyone else is taking the fun-ride left.
It sure would feel much better to forget the law all together. Condemnation is not a desirable thing and if that's all there is, we'd much rather leave Gods law in the pages of the bible than in our hearts, weighing on our conscience with no respite in sight.

But alas!!!..... There is hope. Some good news. Or, put more correctly, the only GOOD NEWS that exists- its that
Although God has perfection as a standard and he requires us to turn away from sin and its nature that seems binding on us, condemnation is not the end. Oh noooo. He requires us to be aware and consequently, feel remorse.
He requires that we do not irresponsibly wait on him to miraculously do the work for which He has blessed us with a conscience.
If we expect God to freely grant us 'bail' from the consequence of sin without first convicting us, we would be much better waiting on the devil himself to bring us our crown. Independent of our will and conscience, salvation would not be effective ... Ko ni work o
We need to know the poverty of the flesh, to study his precepts and become aware of our shortcomings, for us to fully grasp the hopelessness of living without the help of His spirit.
Faith in Christ will be of lip service only if you do not feel the need to hate sin - the need that's realized when we present ourselves before His word and let it pass through us as though to X-ray us. To instruct us in our judgement of right or wrong, to be our yardstick for discerning even though we will not be able, without his help, to keep all of his dictates......we need the knowing.

studying the word readies us for the goodness of Grace made available, free of all charges, except the charge of total and unwavering FAITH in Christ. But this journey begins with condemnation.  The books of Ezekiel, Daniel, Romans, Revelations - for instance - are great books that should make a growth-conscious believer humble enough and desperate enough to reach for Him and keep reaching. That's been my experience atleast

The book of Ezekiel  for instance (translated means 'God will strengthen and enable') is an x-ray of some sort, into our condition in the flesh. It teaches: repentance as a condition to salvation( ez. 18: 30-32), the freedom and responsibility of the individual soul before God( ez. 18: 20-32), the necessity of the new man- in heart and in spirit (ez. 11: 19, 18:31, 36:26). Most importantly, it depicts Gods plan for our redemption as complete in him and not in our efforts alone.

Another precedence that establishes the necessity for a believer to become fully aware of the poverty of the flesh is Paul's epistle to the Romans.
He first makes it clear that the Gentiles are condemned and then in chapter 2, that the Jews are also condemned. In chapter 3, he concludes that the whole world is condemned; and on this backdrop, haven made a mockery of self righteousness, written something close to a final year thesis on condemnation and portrayed the total hopelessness and helplessness of the Adamic nature, Paul began to paint the beautiful picture of justification.

As Ebele UzoPeters puts it, Paul summarises all he had been saying about condemnation in Romans 3:23 and everything he was going about to say about justification in 3:24.

Romans 3:23&24 therefore stand as the summary of the teaching on condemnation and the teaching of justification, and show their proper relationship. To understand those two verses is to understand Romans 1:18 - 5:10.

Its not enough to chant 'break my heart with what breaks yours lord' as though in a song or creed, we have to go further deliberately take responsibility enough to read the word and learn what breaks His heart.
So that when he gives us compassion for the helpless, the sick e.t.c, we know its a burden that should go beyond our negative feelings and translate to charity. When he shows us how pride has almost taken us over, the feeling of remorse will translate to an actual redress of actions and thought.

The word; that force that's powerful enough to show us our folly irrespective of our social, economic, political, corporate or relational standing, is Gods guarantee that no one should remain blinded or ignorant, not even by reason of positions conferred on us by mere men based on merit.
I have imagined, at times, the possibility of continuing in a wrong ignorantly with no one to give me a heads up or a warning and I know this has to be particularly true for people in positions of authority or leadership - where no one dares correct them, at least not to their hearing, for fear of slighting their office. But what a joy to know that God has it covered. His precepts are after all available to all.

So we study to rightly divide the word of truth so that we may clearly understand our need, in all things, to depend on his grace and the spirit's enablement.

Put differently, let His word break your heart and know that you are not alone or helpless. Then and only then can the work of Christ be wrought in you through faith.

Condemnation is not a monster but the beginning of our growth. Our love walk is made more effective when we let His word work in and through us continuously, shaping, pruning, correcting, instructing and guiding.

The growth conscious believer is not one satisfied with brief emotional encounters in church or content to feed only on the timed sermons squeezed between different events on Sunday mornings.

I have written more than I set out to share already so in concluding I'd say that I have tried to delicately sidestep the sensitive discussions on the doctrine of condemnation  and doctrine of justification as a work of GRACE alone.
And although there have been varying interpretations of these doctrines in recent times and various sects have taken their foundation from these doctrines, some taking one independently of the other, my take on it would be to be mindful lest our foundations be pulled from under us by preoccupation with doctrines. There is one Lord, one Son, one Spirit. The word is available to all and the spirit of God is not divided between doctrines, tribes and/or denominations.

Disclaimer:
The above is an experience shared, a lesson learned. Its not to be taken as a doctrine neither is it meant to instruct. I hope though, to establish the generality of our condition, to tell the growing believer that he is not alone, that his questions are not peculiar to him, that our faith works and the word of God is a  priceless resource - in its totality!!!

Relationships, Accountability and Confrontation

The fear of disagreeing in relationships is universal. Sadly though, there can be no improvement without confrontation. Even in the usually regimented corporate relationships, we all have to learn to be willing to express our opinions.
I was discussing with my friend of over 10yrs recently on this matter and we could not agree on the issue of confrontation.

These Nagging Questions Remained Unanswered:

1) Should you just walk away and assume character flaws are deliberate and can't be helped?

2) are there degrees/levels of shortcomings that can't be helped?

3) is your level of commitment directly proportional to the level of patience and tolerance you would have and your willingness to help others improve?

4)when should you confront?

5) if you should/must confront, how do you do it constructively?
- would you wait until you think you have all the facts? (Sensers would probably do but intuitives  would most likely prefer to get it out of the way)
-if yes, just how long do you wait till it becomes too late to act/ask?

The fact is that it is not only possible to disagree with others without endangering your relationship, but the willingness to do so could put you on the fast track to success. What we tend to forget is that most relationships thrive on constructive feedback and the contribution of original ideas.

The key lies in why and how that disagreement is communicated. This tips can help you navigate those waters successfully

- Make sure you are disagreeing for the right reason: Too often, we disagree to compensate for our own lack of authority, without a good reason or an end goal in mind. Disagreements that have a valid context and add real value can be a big plus.
-Disagreeing is not about arguing but making an argument: framing disagreements as logical and thoughtful arguments in favor of a better approach to situations or  new ideas guarantees better reception.
Avoid attacking other people’s views or complaining and focus instead on making your own constructive points.
-Be passionate but not emotional. Arguments are more convincing when they are delivered with passion. The listener needs to feel that you genuinely care about your suggestions, believe in your perspective, and are willing to take ownership of it. But that doesn’t need to involve an excess of emotion, which can make you look hysterical and make others feel pressured. A clear, confident, and calm presentation will have the best impact.
-Speak in the same language: Some people are extreme sensers, they thrive on facts and data whereas others are more intuitive. Knowing your personality as opposed to others will help you relate better and communicate your argument more effectively. If you think in numbers, then a numerical argument might persuade you of a different viewpoint whereas a purely gut-based presentation will meet with instant skepticism, the same goes for others.

my submission would be that constructive confrontation is always right. Care should be taken that issues are not left to fester and blow up out of proportion. When in doubt, ask.

*reason, context and consideration - my most recent companions.

The mothering cycle

Dear Mother, 

         Please,  stop teaching your daughter that it's her job to fix her man! Who will fix her, when she is busy fixing another?
      
         Momma, stop telling her that she's the home builder! Tell her that she will work hand in hand with her husband to build her home.

Our society today is littered with over-burdened wives, mothers,  sisters and daughters.  They are wearied,  they are stressed and drained,  from having to fix themselves and as well fix an adult who ought to be fixing himself and fixing things around the house.

Look around you,  you've succeeded in raising strong daughters and weak sons.... Sons who grew to become nonchalant men,  men who rather feast while the women work.

Ma'am,  teach your son that it's his job to provide for his family,  totally,  exclusively,  that way,  he won't expect his woman to share family responsibilities with him.
When such expectations aren't there,  he will very much appreciate any input she makes.

Teach your son that he's the sole protector of his home,  that will make him not run off to chase pleasure with the idea that "my wife will handle it".

Mama, teach your son that loving his wife is a daily affair,  and he must make her feel loved,  in every sense of the word....

Dad,  make your son understand that he's not done anything for his children,  until he loves their mother fully.

Papa,  raise your son,  by loving his mother purely... When he sees you doing it right,  he will do it more right in his marriage.

Daddy, teach your son never to depend on a woman.  That way,  he will never look at a woman as his support,  he will put in all his best to be there for his family.

Mom and Dad,  raise your sons,  to be the picture of the husbands you desire for your daughters!

I AM NOT BROKEN

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.” ~Sven Goran Erikkson

Let me fix you.

You really should try not to be so sensitive, Neemah. The world is sometimes a difficult and upsetting place, but you shouldn’t let it affect you so much.

Let me fix you.

You know, you really ought to spend more time with people, Neemah. It’s not good for you to be alone so much.

Let me fix you.

You know, you really shouldn’t make such quick, spur-of-the-moment decisions, Neemah. It’s not good to do that in life and you’ll end up regretting them.

Let me fix you.

You’re so young, Neemah. You should be out dancing and dating and having fun, not sitting home alone with another book.

Let me fix you.

You need to be more realistic, Neemah. I know you have big dreams for your career and life, but it’s not secure. We all have to do work we don’t enjoy, it’s just the way things are.

Let me fix you.

Thank you for trying to fix me. Now let me tell you this…

Let me tell you…

My greatest strength is empathy. I feel others’ feelings as if they were my own. Their pain is my pain. Their joy is my joy. I cannot help but cry sometimes and I cannot hold the tears in when I'm alone, as you would like me to, nor wait for a more convenient moment.

Please don’t try to fix me. My sensitivity is my gift.

Let me tell you…

I am an introvert and a thinker. Introspection is in my blood. Long periods of time alone are a joy to me. Where others might feel lonely, I feel replenished.

I ponder, I reflect, and I muse over the thousands of dreams and ideas that are always in my head. I’m filtering, planning, connecting the dots and making sense of the world around me

Please don’t try to fix me. My thinking is my gift.

Let me tell you…

I am a woman of action and I do not like to wait. Once my mind is made up there is no turning back. Where others might be stuck in indecision, I have moved ten steps ahead. My life is in motion and I am creating in the real world the dreams I have in my head.

Please don’t try to fix me. My ability to act is my gift.

Let me tell you…

The future is beautiful to me. I see all that is possible and all that I want to create. In vivid colour and in high definition it appears to me. Whilst others see all that is wrong and the reasons why not, I see all that is right and all that could be.

Please don’t try to fix me. My dreaming is my gift.

You Are Not Broken

For the longest time, I thought I was broken. I thought I had to change myself. I thought I had to behave differently. I thought that my way of being wasn’t the way of being. I wished I were someone else.

At school my reports went like this:

“Neemah is a wonderful student but she’s too quiet and needs to speak up more in class.”

In my nine-to-five office jobs it went like this:

“Try not to be so sensitive, Neemah. It’s not good to let people see you loose your cool at work.”

And when I handed in my notice, it went like this:

“You can’t go through life making rash decisions like this, Neemah,”

And even now, almost three years into my journey of creating my dream life, it goes like this:

“We believe in you, Neemah, we really do, but don’t you think it’s time to look for a more secure job?”

Everyone, everywhere, throughout my life has been ready with advice for me on how I should be.

Over the years, not knowing any better, I tried to bend myself to their suggestions.

I tried to be less sensitive. I tried to hold my tongue in. I tried to be less impulsive and less impatient. I tried to spend more time around people. I tried to tame my dreams.

But when I tried to do all these things, all I felt was pain and it didn’t make anything in my life work better the way people told me it would.

Finally, thankfully, today, I see the truth.

There isn’t and never was anything to fix.

The very things that others told me were my faults turned out to be my greatest strengths and my most beautiful gifts.

When I finally saw and embraced them as such, I was able to begin creating a life that encapsulated everything that I am instead of constantly struggling and trying to be something that I was not.

It’s true for you too. There is nothing to fix.

If you find yourself surrounded by people telling you should or need to be different, I hope these three short notes will help you let go of what they’re telling you and to embrace instead what is truly special about you.

1. You are not broken, faulty, or defective.

There is no right or wrong way to be. Each and every one of us makes sense of the world differently. The way you are may be different to those around you, but that does not make your way of being wrong.

Instead of trying to bend yourself to their suggestions, take note of what the people around you say you should be like. There is a very good chance that they are pointing the way to your most special gifts and the things that make you uniquely you.

2. Use your unique gifts to create a life you love.

When you recognize, understand, and accept your personal strengths, you have the opportunity to consciously and thoughtfully craft a life that is in alignment with those strengths, instead of trying to squeeze yourself into a mould you won’t ever fit into.

I didn’t see it at the time, but the pain I experienced in my office jobs were clear signs that I wasn’t where I was meant to be. The roles I was in didn’t value my biggest strengths and work often felt like a battle against my very nature.

By seeing, understanding, and accepting my own personal strengths and gifts, I have been able to create a business and life that allows me to freely be all that I am. You can do the same.

3. Forgive those who try to fix you.

Remember that those who are telling you to be more like this or less like that—it’s not their fault. They, too, are filtering everything through their own set of unique gifts. Go easy on them; they’re just doing their best, like the rest of us.

Listen to what they have to say, take anything that feels useful but go ahead and drop the rest without a second thought.

Let me tell you this, my friend…

There is nothing to fix and nothing to change.

It is in those qualities that others might find difficult to accept that you will find your power.

It is in the acceptance of those qualities that you will have the opportunity to not only create a life that feels right for you, but to have the greatest positive impact on the people and world around you in this short and precious life.

You are a gift to the world. Just as you are.
You are not a broken piece
You are not on a broken road

Reserve your core; preserve your balance

I learned this from 1st hand experience. There was a time I would be me (be obvious, open, direct and without guile) with everybody. I believed their weaknesses or attitudes shouldn't make me redefine my standards. Simply put, nobody could make me pretend to be who I wasn't (I wouldn't complement you if I didn't mean it genuinely, I wouldn't hold idle conversations with you if I didn't think we were friends...) It was just d simple straight forward me...i had assumed it would make it easier to build real and lasting friendships( u know with everyone being as real with me as i was with them) until I found out its just not possible. I have discovered that we cannot hold people up on some standards just because said standards come to us naturally. You would be fooling yourself if u continue to expect people to treat u with d same regard that u treat them...so to help ur heart, I have learnt that u need to reserve the best part of you....your core...you need to create a 'Me-in-brief' version of you for the general public and reserve d real you until u find people that can handle it. Let them deal with d little of u they can see n perceive and leave 90% of yourself in reserve. Its not double standard, its wisdom...
Relationships are a lot like new investments. You start with little risks until you learn the ropes enough to increase ur risk assets,up d stakes in anticipation of d reward. U start small and grow into it only after ur need for security is assured. Start with a small 'dose' of urself, see how they handle it( u ll know people that will go far from how they handle relationships with people they perceive weak). That's why women of all ages have learnt that stooping is d way to conquer. Be a minor first and see how they respond(it takes time, they ll pretend for a while) before you 'cast ur pearls'.
Don't assume. Be deliberate!!! Not every smile is genuine. Not every gesture is real. Guard ur heart with all diligence ( this one is another sermon on its own...DILIGENCE!!!) Until u prove that they are guileless, remain reserved.
Don't go to any inconvenience for people until u are sure its not going to be taken for granted. Its not pride, its just you placing enough value on your person to know when to avoid being deflated. Value is rare, its expensive and uncommon.... You are rare and expensive so become uncommon...
The worth u place on ur person will determine the value others see in you.
Its called strategic value placement.
Don't become prudish or snobbish. Be nice n courteous... But reserve ur best.
Because people are people, imperfect as we come. Love others but preserve yourself.
You can be all nice to some and they will stab you in d back fair and square( more like unfair and round gaping gash in d back) so reserve your best so that cheap and unhealthy acquaintances don't drain you.
Define every friendship( discernment is key!!! Know those that are in your life for what reason and for which season)
Above all, do not be fooled by the environment that brought you together. I once heard an MOG say churches are for sick people ( character flaws, weaknesses...) That's why we come to church, we need Jesus!!! And you cannot be someone else' Jesus. Don't go crucifying yourself for peter because only Jesus could have forgiven a man that denied him thrice even at d verge of d ultimate sacrifice of his life.
You know people have weaknesses ( don't be fooled by d show they put up), love them but don't get spent up by people.
Be reserved!!! Be preserved!!!
That's d way to keep ur balance
There is specific wisdom required to deal with different people. Don't cast ur pearls before d swine
So make yourself this promise...
To love people and not judge them
But to love yourself enough to know who deserves access to your core!!!
Selah!!!

#neemahzramblings#
#thisOyindamadeandherMouthSef#
#defineYourValueinRelationships#
#reserveYourCore2preserveYourBalance#

Are you in the right fold?

God has so ordained that different people lead different causes. You can only follow a cause that is, in some significant magnitude, related to the cause you have been made to lead.

Imagine exchanging the sheer strength of an elephant with the tenacity of termites.... Both are different.... both are wired for their respective results

Moral:
There are experiences necessary for the growth of your unique value. And there are experiences that can and will stymie your growth. By virtue of what you carry, u don't belong in some circles. Be sensitive to God first and to your environment. Do not promote every cause because by so doing, some have sacrificed their own significance on the alter of ignorance.
Don't get lost in the euphoria of motion and be stagnated by the progress of others.

Its time for a reality check
Have you booked the wrong flight?
Have you served seven years for Racheal only to discover you have to wed Leah first?
Have you set sail with those going to tarshish when God has called you Jonah?

Where you are now might just be a waste of time and efforts