‘Silent Prayer’

When I was informed about my blogging assignment by the sukumaRIZE blog team, it gave me pleasure to do this. The drive and will was there, the ‘Chido’ in me felt an urge to get out into the minds and hearts of young people. Expressing yourself is an art in itself, and somehow the challenge of having to communicate my thoughts, feelings and views to an innumerable number of people left me considering if I was ready. The excitement was there, yet the reservation also reared its head! But I guess the passion of sharing Christ experiences with other young people every week got me going. At first I had the motivation, though not being a distinguished writer or even a prolific linguist my blog posts came out fine. My love for God and His people was enough to get me started.  

Every week I have searched my spirit and heart on what to share on order to feed your brains and hearts with God’s reality. Perhaps not all my articles have tickled your fancy, but all of them have been presented as my testimony in this Christ journey. Some people have even given me the thumbs up occasionally. In all this I have been most humbled. The truth is that all my work is a result of God’s doing, because by professional writing standards I would not even be considered an amateur! LOL! It’s been quite an experience putting together a piece every week.

This week it’s been quite hectic, even worse is that when it came to writing this one, I was just blank. As Chido, what happens when you do not have anything to say? And is it really because there is nothing to write about? Or am I struggling to express myself? All these questions were in my mind as I finally got around the idea behind today’s post. Since I did not have anything to write on I decided to do the ‘Silent Prayer’ writing!  Here goes………

There are times in life when you do not have anything to say to God,

There are those times when you have something to say but do not know how to put it in audible or written words,

Sometimes I sit or do whatever that I am doing with a smile on my face,

Sometimes with tears rolling down my cheeks,

Without words in my mouth, but with my heart and mind bursting at the seams,

In my silence, I speak, my God hears me because He knows me.

It’s perfectly normal, natural and spiritual (may I insist!) to find yourself with nothing to say yet in your heart there is so much being ‘said’. Even the most talkative and eloquent individuals experience it. Sometimes words can be one’s downfall too. That is why every now and then we should reflect on the things we say to ourselves, to others and to God. In your silence there is a way. Sometimes we are tongue tied because of challenges, excitement or grief. Take time to listen to your silence. It will also give you time to introspect, project and rectify issues in your life, which is a quality expected from a child of God, James 3:13 says, ‘Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom (King James Versions).

Although I have shared with you my ‘silence’! LOL! I still am quiet, I’ve got nothing to say really! So I will say it one last time, ITS PERFECTLY NORMAL TO HAVE NOTHING TO SAY! Funny as it may be for me to say this, I’m still silent even as you read this!   

 Let the mystery unveil. Peace!!!!!!!

Pamela ‘Chido’ Mkhonta

Note: Chido is one of the longest serving members of VOG and is writing for us every week as a guest blogger. She is also a graphic designer and semi-professional soccer player of repute as she currently captains Swaziland’s senior ladies soccer team. However the views expressed in this article are personal opinions/views in her walk with Jesus Christ.

‘Secrets of the Heart’

I remember a couple of years ago, before I allowed sanity to enter my life through Jesus, ignorant as I was, every day that passed was a reminder of a need I had but did not know what it was. Growing up in church and even serving amongst Christian folk church left me with a feeling so deep, isolated and different. It felt so real and alive in me, young as I was, and kind of a mirror that showed me the person I was meant to be, the character I desired assume. Those were the days when I unknowingly set out to search for that which was missing, the very thought that troubled the peace of my thoughts and feelings, that which became the darkness of the always corrupted the glimpse of light that occasionally shined on my path of hope. I spent many days going through self introspection. Now the biggest problem of them all was acting on how I felt on the inside. In my heart I dug for the renewal and elevation of my being because I had no peace. I blamed everyone around me for my insecurities and failures but even after doing so, my life remained haunted, so to say. The day I surrendered all to him my all, everything fell into place. My heart was indeed the central world of my universe. Jesus Christ, the son of the living God now dwelt in me.

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My heart is a symbol of oneness with God, the symbol of my past, present and future, for he has pieced it with love and laughter. Through Jesus’ presence in me He carries me in the midst of it all, though I may stumble and fall every day, the essence of my heart lifts me up high. There is a thought in my mind right now, the longer I hold on to it the more I dwell into it, the more life I give to it and it sure does become so real. My heart beats for the thought that has changed it and made it the central part of my universe, the beauty of my feelings that has always longed for the touch of the God who is my life. The joy you see in me is the least of the happiness I feel inside my heart.

You can be a Christian and still have something missing, for it lives in the deepest and secretive place of your heart, you need to go deeper than every day, introspect and find if you really need all the things occupy most of your time. Don’t waste time thinking about the impossible but begin acting on the possible. Sometimes it’s hard to even realize that our lives are being changed by the simple things we tend to do on a daily basis. Doing right, feeling right and thinking right sometimes is not enough, what is important is to live in the heart of God. The moment I surrendered all to him is the moment I connected my heart with His. Believe me; it changed my heart hence today I am at peace. I still say the joy you see through or in me is the least of the HAPPINESS I feel in my HEART. Search for the missing link in your heart, your life might be changed forever; I am a living proof. I am in love with the most essential person I have ever known. God’s heart in me and mine in Him is the source of the person I am.

Let the mystery unveil.       
Chido

Note : Chido is one of the longest serving members of VOG and the sukumaRIZE movement. She writes for us once a week as a guest blogger. A professional graphic designer and semi-professional soccer player of repute, she currently captains Swaziland’s senior ladies soccer team. The views expressed in this article are testimonies, stories, daily thoughts and opinions from her walk with Jesus Christ.

A blessing shines from above, mystery unveils!

There are many beautiful reasons why I should be happy to: enjoy this life that God has given me, wake up in the morning with a smile and just appreciate what I have despite what I have not. Yes, I agree with you there are those days, situations and circumstances that really bring tears to your face. Sometimes it’s because you are happy, sad or angry. But there are those instances where you can’t really describe the feeling that you have! Going through the motions and feelings of everyday life is interesting because they are so much part of you, it’s almost like it doesn’t matter if its pain or joy because it’s not your choice really! Or is it? Feelings can never be traded! Everyone has their own! Today I woke up in the morning not feeling so good, as I went outside and looked up at the sky, motivation is what I really needed, something to inspire me for the day ahead. Gazing at the beautiful, clear sky and admiring the color patterns of the sun’s light, a thought kept coming into my mind, ‘The most important thing in life is self-improvement’. 

 

 

 

Inspired by the skies!

If one hasn’t realized their own inspiration, it becomes difficult to find motivation in life, and believe me we all need that! It all begins with taking the journey to find the things that motivate and refresh you. It is then that I can begin to inspire myself. Unless I can connect with self (purpose), it becomes a toll order to get inspiration from the next person. As young people we tend to waste a lot of our time on things that neither build nor positively inspire us. Realize now that you still have the chance to use profitably that which God has instilled and installed inside of you. Every person that is alive on this earth is a direct result of God’s doing because we all have his ‘DNA’ (Genesis 1:26), so long as we are human! lol it doesn’t matter what your background or family history is. Believe me you have the power and the authority to taste the goodness of God! We live in the goodness of God every day, and most often than not we are too blind to see and taste it. You are very beautiful to waste your life in the wilderness of failure, stress and mediocrity. In God there is hope, luxury, tenderness, love and everlasting friendship. All the needs that you have for life are already in you, no one owes you anything but you owe it to yourself to begin searching and asking God to help you. In that way you will get to use what you already have to find that which you desire. 

 For me, all it took was a look into the sky, one that was a conscious act triggered by a need for self motivation and improvement. That is what set me on my path to enjoying the rest of my day. I hope that sharing my thoughts with you can propel you into finding your own inspiration for everyday life. Remember you are beautiful! 

 A blessing shines from above. Let the mystery unveil. 

 Pamela ‘Chido’ Mkhonta 

Note: Chido is one of the longest serving members of VOG and also the sukumaRIZE movement and will be writing for us every week as a guest blogger. She is also a graphic designer and semi-professional soccer player of repute as she currently captains Swaziland’s senior ladies soccer team. However the views expressed in this article are her personal opinions in her walk with Jesus Christ.