SOUL FOOD

Every day as I awake I am overwhelmed at the quantum of work I’ve got do. Take a ride with me, to see how my day has been of late;

Wake up at 6: am, (Omg i woke up 30 mins late), my next lines are ‘thank you Jesus for making me wake up this morning in my right state of mind’ (I think cuz all these things to achieve in a day sometimes drives me nut) continuing in prayer I say ‘Lord keep and guide me help me make the right decisions, so help me God’ IJN. I hit the shower and whoosh the day has begun. Till I come back to my room exhausted, struggle to take shower and jumping on bed immediately transiting to a world where nothing mattered.

Well that was me a week ago, having to share myself with my books, myself and doing things I love to do (like I am doing now). Being a final year student in a school where deadlines have to be meet, impromptu tests  which I can’t afford to mess up (heavens knows I need my grades up), seemly unnecessary assignment (they would help  my grades so am all for it lol..), having to deal with strategizing for what I want to do with my life after bagging a B.Sc. , keeping up with eating right cuz I’ve lost a lot of pounds and most importantly having time to fellowship with my Heavenly Father who has done nothing but to love me unconditionally and en-grace me as well.

To get out of this mess, I consumed what I have termed ‘soul food’, I know you are wondering what this is about so let me break it down. Soul food means to seek out the things that give you utmost concern and drawing out a plan to attend to these things. When I realized this, I made a list consisting of my final year project, my academic study, career (this is different from what I am studying in school), resting periods, eating well (got to gain some pounds), value adding time (to myself of course) and communing time with God the one I cannot do without through bible study, prayer and praise. Oh you must think, I got it all together immediately. Nope! My consistency was tried and the days I did not achieve much rather than engage in self-condemnation I arose and picked up the next day.

 For me it is no longer pursuits with exhausion, its pursuits with rest and by His grace it’s gonna be that way.

Take a bold step; try this because you’ll be better for it.