Breakfast With God

Just recently, I learnt this super important lesson: Old age is, in fact, a gift and a blessing from God, not something to dread. We're surrounded by messages  that tell us somehow, your latter years will be a time of boredom and feelings of unfullfilment, having only memories of 'the good ol' glory days' to keep you feeling alive, when in fact it's the most ideal time in your life for just  you and God. It's a time when you are likely to have retired, your children will most likely have left home, and you generally have a lot less on your plate - THE PERFECT TIME TO FOCUS ALL YOUR ATTENTION ON GOD. It's a great opportunity to spend more time with Him, grow closer together, offer up more of your time (and energy) to other people, study the Bible deeper, and prepare for the next phase - Heaven. Somehow, I find that very exciting.  Old age is something to look forward to! Kunmi x

"Your Bible knowledge may be a hundred times greater than someone else’s. But if you’re not a hundred times more loving, patient, joyful, gracious, forgiving, etc., what good is it?  A head full of doctrine and a heart devoid of love will just turn people away from Christ." Source: UCB Kunmi x

At the beginning of the year, I decided I wanted to read the entire Bible - for the second time - in a year. (I also started using these amazing reading plans on my even more amazing Bible app, YouVersion. It's awesome; check it out! )  My aim is to get more of God's word into my head, mind and heart, and as a result, get to know Him better, as... "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was  God." (John 1:1) Simple, yeah? If God and His Word are one, then by getting to know one more, I get to know the other, right? But to achieve my goal, I obviously had to carve out more time to read God's Word.  Now, truth be told, I often find reading the Bible a little bit tedious (I'll have you know God appreciates my honesty), ESPECIALLY when it gets to certain, not-so-Jesus-loves-you-you-can-do-no-wrong-everything-is-all-GOOD chapters like Numbers, Leviticus and a few others (let's cut them some slack, shall we?). But I rea