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Overcoming fear

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  Overcoming fear is something that sounds so familiar to all of us. The fear to fail is the most debilitating and entrapping feeling of them all. Being humiliated and shamed is one of our biggest huddles in life.    This feeling can guide our lives into a life of comfort but void on any accomplishment and triumphs.    The fear automatically entraps and cripples us into believing that I will not succeed, my idea is not good enough or someone else is already doing it and doing it better then I will ever do.   As I pondered on this and got inspired by women who took the bull by its horns I can't help but think, what excuse will I tell myself at the end of my life. When the flower of my youth has wilted and no legacy to look back on. Oh how tragic that will be, it is more scary to come to the end of your life and realise you never achieved what you set out to achieve. The tragedy would be knowing that I had the potential but did...

Pain door way of the enemy

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      The enemy will try by all means to get access to your life by using even pain. We rarely   recognise this tactic used against us. I can't help but compare it with a physical wound. Our skin amongst other things protects us from infections. As soon as it rips or cuts infections have direct access to our blood stream and if not treated immediately can cause serious illnesses.    And so it goes for our emotional wounds if not treated immediately. The enemy is quick to seethe in and make your pain a door way into your life. All of a sudden you blame everyone for your pain. The first person we blame is God, why did not He prevent my pain, He is not a good God. Then it’s the people close to us, our family and friends.   We create a barrier that makes it hard for other people to reach out to us. Leaving us isolated for the enemy to be our conscious, whispering every lie that ever was in our ears. Then pain turns into ...