Breakfast With God

I found this image while I was scrolling through my Instagram timeline earlier this morning, and thought, "Wow. So. True." So, of course, I thought to share it with you. If we all thought about this before we condemned someone else... how different the world would be. Kunmi x

As a Christian, one of the most important things I've learnt is saying 'Yes' to your flesh less and less, and yielding more to the Spirit of God (or the Holy Spirit) - which will ultimately make you happier, and leave you in a lot less pain.  But it's TOUGH. I want to be more like God, but my humanity keeps getting in the way. But I realised this on Tuesday - forget about the war (to be a super, all-loving, ever-forgiving, eternally joy-filled Christian); take it one battle at a time.  That means: Making small but powerful steps every day. If someone says something silly (and insignificant) which upsets me, instead of putting up an attitude immediately, and be rude or cold to the person, I choose to carry on with the conversation as normal and let it go, rather than let it ruin my morning. Every time I do that, one decision at a time, I make my flesh weaker and weaker. And when the flesh doesn't have the ultimate power, there's space for the Spirit to d...

I'm a total expert at dwelling on my insecurities. I'm the Chief Wallower in how I'm not 'deep' enough for God,  how I'm not the perfect Friend Indeed to pretty much everyone in my circle, or why I'm still struggling with certain things after walking with God for a while - and then, I wallow some more about WHY I'm SUCH a WALLOWER. Yo. My head is bu-sy. (Which isn't great; hence why I've been reading Joyce Meyer's Battlefield of the Mind  for the last - what? - six months? Anyway.) The fact that I can't seem to get past everything that is so wrong with me, and why I'm so wrong for this Christian life, really doesn't allow me to see how God used the most flawed people to achieve... pretty much anything He wanted to.  I got a wakeup call yesterday morning when I saw a poster, with this written on it: Do you seriously think God can't use you? Noah was a drunk Abraham was too old Isaac was a daydreamer ...

One of Christianity's biggest questions is: Why did God give us free will? He's the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-present God, so why did He not foresee that we (I mean, Adam and Eve - oops) would totally screw things up? He could have prevented all of this drama we still have to deal with a million years later, no? Well, the answer came to me this morning when I was reading Genesis 2 - which narrates the creation of man, and God's well-intentioned instruction that Adam and his wife should steer WELL clear of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. " You are free to eat from any tree in the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die. " (Genesis 2: 16-17) This was the answer: God never wanted robots. From Day One, He wanted people who would take the time to get to know Him, build a bond with Him, and come to love Him for who He really is. And isn't that what most of ...

One of my favourite things to pray in the morning is, Lord, please help me to be patient, loving, kind and full of compassion, today. Help me to be considerate, put the interests of others above my own, and be a great reflection of you . I love saying these words so much because it's one of the most earnest desires of my heart. But what I fail to think about, almost every time I pray this prayer, is just how God is going to help me be these wonderful, angelic-esque things.  In my head, it goes a bit like this: God waves his wand around a few times (all the while thinking what an awesome kid He's got), and I'm all of a sudden immune to all the bad drivers out there, my shoulder is the perfect one to lean on, and I just can't help but spread sparkle and smiles all around this dark, dark world. Yeah. Not really likely. You see, when we ask God to change, mould or even break us, what He really presents us with is an opportunity to build that particular muscle in ...

When I started Breakfast With God, my number one aim was to be as honest and open about my walk with God with you. Selling any false ideas of perfection was never part of the plan. In my not-so-long years as a Christian, one thing I’ve always believed is that it’s (very) okay to struggle. And over the past week, I’ve really struggled with God. I went from battling with feelings of emptiness and a general lack of enthusiasm, to dealing with difficult news and not being able to even speak to God. I distinctly remember saying to Him while I was driving home on Thursday, “I really can’t be around you right now.” It’s the first time in a long time that I literally felt separated from God. You see, there are times in all our lives when   we are going to feel lost, confused, abandoned, rejected, betrayed, used and misunderstood – Christian or not-really-sure-about-this-Jesus-thing. It’s part of the journey. In these times, I strongly believe that, hands down,  the most usel...

(Disclaimer: I write for a living. Just so all the references to headlines and articles make sense. As you were!) This week, I’ve been struggling a little bit with feelings of unfulfillment. I’ve been feeling as though I haven’t been (as) productive (as I’d like) with work. I feel like I always have something I need to get done. I feel overwhelmed by the tiniest things, like my inability to write a totally-out-of-this-world, amazing headline. And because I like to analyse things, I concluded it was Post-Holiday Depression (that is a real thing; google it!), and I would snap out of it and get with the program after a couple of days spent in traffic and a dash of positive thinking. Well, that didn’t happen. As I speak (write), I’m still feeling somewhat unfulfilled. But sometime mid-week (it’s all been a blur, people), the Holy Spirit gently whispered to me, only seconds after I woke up in the morning, that I should stop looking for fulfillment in things on this Earth. Fulfillm...