It's amazing how the ease of the Lockdown has helped us to really think about the thoughts that we have in our heads now.
While in Lockdown we think about how lonely we are and yearns for human interactions so much so that some of us may have even gone against our own no-nos just for the sake of some well-needed attention.
I must say though that I'm still finding it a little weird not running up to my friends and giving and receiving a big hug. Can you relate?
Growing up in the Caribbean, it wasn't evident enough to see love expressed in such ways, I would hear my grandmother say 'mi love all a unuh' which translate to 'I love you all' but seldom I would see the act of affection in motion.
It wasn't until I came here and didn't have the freedom to go out and ride my bike from the top of the hill and didn't stop and until I ran myself in the bushes since my bike had no breaks. That I became fond of affection. I started to feel like I was missing something. I craved human touch.
How brave we were as a child. Now looking back I think to myself, what if a vehicle was coming around those corners. Only God knows. I may have been in heaven already. I may have caused a few tears in the process of my transition. But it's alright. I'm still here writing and encouraging others to take steps of faith.
Because that's all it is. Faith is taking a step forward even when you can't see the steps. They will appear in the first step you take. Just the fact that you took that step is enough. You've done the hardest part.
As a child, we thought we were brave and could take over the world with our innocent ideas and dreams. But as we get older life gets in the way, responsibilities increase and we allow the opinions of others to stops us, we allow our own fear of failure to stop us.
Let's be brave again. Let's be unstoppable again. With breaks of course this time. Let's be bold and courageous to face our fears.
Being so busy as a child back home with so many things to keep me active and entertained you could say I had no time to notice what I was missing. Though what I was doing was nothing wrong, it was all good but my soul needed something.
So don't allow the cares of this world to stop you from going after what your soul desires. It desires to be happy, it desires to be content, it desires to be at peace, but most importantly it desires to be saved. To have a place to call home. Do I need to say where that is?
Only Jesus can save it and take care of it. After all, it's all you and I have. Our spirit goes back to God, our bodies go back to dust. Our souls are what belongs to us, yet Jesus is asking to take care of it for you. Why? Because we can't do it on our own. We will be riding downhills with now breaks again!
"Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it" (Ecclesiastes 12:7 NJKV)
until next time.
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