Nomcebo

Timing is everything

[Giza @Givenkazeni]

O re Nights are for arguing Ngwana?

[B N S L @_BNSL]

Like right now I was just reading Psalm 23 and it hit me that...

How did sheep being led by a good Shepherd end up there in the valley of the shadow of death??? Which one is this one???

Like, sometimes you can be exactly where God is leading you and still find yourself walking through a valley.

We often assume that if God is with us, the road should become easier but Psalm 23 gives us a different picture...

Sometimes the Shepherd leads beside still waters. Sometimes the Shepherd leads through dark valleys. Both can be evidence of His presence.

Why even walk through the valley?
Surely there are easier roads. Surely there are flatter roads. Surely there are roads with more sunlight.

What type of Shepherd is this that can't find another route?? 🤷🏾‍♂️ Why is the GPS making you pass through the Soshanguve of life?

But perhaps the question is not:
“Is there an easier road?”

Perhaps the question is:
“Where is the Shepherd taking me?”

Because the easiest road is not necessarily the right road.

Like, there are destinations you cannot reach by remaining in the pasture. Where it is safe. Where the roads don't have potholes. Where Helen Zille cannot campaign swimming in a sinkhole.

There are things God develops in valleys that comfort cannot produce, bazalwane!

There are things you learn about God in darkness that you could never learn when everything is going well.

Notice how the Bible Says “Through”?

David says:
“Though I walk through the valley…”

He doesn't say:
“Though I live in the valley." or “Though I build my house in the valley.” or “Though I die in the valley.”

He says:
“Though I walk through…”

That means the valley is a passage, not necessarily the destination.

When you're standing in the middle of it, it can feel permanent. We feel like we are residents of a dark valley we are only supposed to go THROUGH.

Grief feels permanent.
Financial trouble feels permanent.
A broken relationship feels permanent.
Failure feels permanent.
Loneliness feels permanent.
Uncertainty feels permanent.
But the language of the Psalm is movement.

Keep walking. 😭❤️

[Lesh 👸🏽❤ @LadyLionSA]

Ska dula o understand masepa. Kampe bare relationship tsao adi last'e!!!

[Cupcake “Cuppy” 😍😍😍 @Hlela_Lulubel]

One day we’ll tell our kids about a man who was minding his business..and people came and took his 121 dockets 🥹

[Nomcebo @_Nomcebo95]

@tumisole AmaZulu alithwele iDombolo🤣

[🦋 @_oaa_m]

I can’t believe my boyfriend & I used to be on such tight budgets whenever we went out as students& just last week, we were having dinner in Cape Town,I ordered something, he asked me how much it was, & I said, “I don’t know.”😭he laughed it off and spoke about how far we’ve come

[🍒 @lyaaaavara]

je mérite ça tout les jours !

[S B U S ! 🌸 @KaMashimane_]

“Phakama kancane baby” 🕯️

[𝙲𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜 @Vho__Tshivhase]

God really saw me struggling and then sent me the bare minimum situationship to finish me off

[Sarah @cunning_bug]

No such thing as no contact they don’t want you please free yourself

[Lerato. @baddaysareover]

Happens to all of us. Don’t beat yourself up about it, unless you’re in love with a married man.

[i make beats ✞ @DonDadaNYC]

I’ll take it a step further & say make it a priority to have a date night once a week. After the working week it’s just you & ya person decompressing, enjoying each other’s company, & experiencing some new fly shit

[Khanya Thembane @noksy_k]

Keep the promises you make to yourself, you will respect and trust yourself more.

[Dada Damilola Esther @DamilolaEs1]

If He dresses the lilies, why do you think He’ll watch you suffer?

[kev. @SiphosethuKvn]

The “right person” will give you the platform to rewire your dating experience with them. That’s the whole point of being in a healthy relationship - It will expose those ugly parts that were developed because you weren’t loved correctly. Time, grace, & patience leads to healing.

[Athi🤍 @byathiii]

Off context, but I hate how you could meet the right person and still not know how to make it work because you’ll always be cautious about everything, you find out you’re just projecting and you really don’t even know what is the correct reaction to what, unzima umjolo.😭🙏🏽

[Altine Kasire @altinekasre1]

Please get addicted to believing that God will work it all out for you.

[Ms. Rebirthed @mide_tkh]

And most importantly, a God to seek!

[Ma’Ndlovu @kekeletso_Ma]

Today was Psalms 6

To sum it up David was saying: “Lord, I'm tired, I'm hurting, I don't know how long this will last but I still believe You hear me.”