Hii🙂
I'm here again.
I hope you read this to the end.
Just banter, yeah? We'll get to the Tea soonest!🤭
I probably forgot to add in my last letter, about how we'd be receiving letters for now. Starting this newsletter, I think I promised Thursday, every week. I haven't been that consistent, but I want to at least show commitment. So, I think I'd be sending letters spontaneously.
Yeah.
That's not the tea tho😅
We're getting there gradually.
I used to think that these white people (or Western people? I hope I'm correct) tearing up for almost everything, are/were just being too dramatic over things, lol.
It just never made sense to me.
Something really good happens, and then the next thing you see is tears... (Na this one dey off me pass😅) or something quite unfortunate happens, and they cry (at least, this one is understandable)
But guess what?
What?🙄
Guess who gets teary-eyed for almost everything?
Yeah😌
You probably guessed right😅
'Can never be me' is eventually Me! Haha!
I guess it's change for me. Recently, I've been more aware of the change happening to me. More like, I think God is continually working in me, forming compassion in my heart.
I'm always quick to judge people, things circumstances, most times, in a wrong manner with no compassion (of which I'm not proud of.) I constantly ask God to help me, anytime I catch myself judging, because He has commanded us to not judge in the book of Matthew.
Matthew 7:1-5 NLT
[1] “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. [2] For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. [3] “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? [4] How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? [5] Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.
I am human, right? But there's something my pastor constantly says...
"We're being perfected by the Holyspirit".
This gives me so much hope. I hope it gives you hope and renews you.
It's not just a statement. It is true. It emphasizes that God is working in you. It shows that we're not perfect, but God is so intentional about us that He has not abandoned us to do it ourselves or figure things out by ourselves (even though we love being in control of things. I'm guilty as well.) And also a reminder that it's not by our power, strength, might, capacity, but by the Spirit of God.
Philippians 2:13 NLT
[13] For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
I want to encourage you to depend on God in everything you do. Depending on God is not a weakness. Infact, it's the most incredible strength I'm yet to fathom. It probably doesn't make sense to you. Sometimes, it doesn't make sense to me too, but well…
2 Corinthians 12:9 NLT
[9] Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
I guess this letter is not just for you. It's also for me too. I probably said a lot, lol. But I hope you get one or two things from this.
As for the 'Tea', you'll get it in my next letter.
I didn't mean to tease you, but this one is getting too long, haha😅
Till my next letter...
With love,
~ Stephanie 💕