I never imagined I would be making this kind of plea.
My wife, Dasola, went in for a Caesarean Section to deliver our baby, but what should have been the happiest moment of our lives suddenly became a fight for survival.
She developed severe sepsis after surgery, leading to
The stark difference between how Kim handles and exits relationships Vs Khloe is the psychology of growing up as the pretty sister Vs the ugly sister.
One grows up expecting options, the other learns to tolerate more. That shows up in relationships
This will irritate your religious sensibilities but it is the truth. If prayers could fix Nigeria, we would have been the greatest nation in the world. The more we’ve prayed, the worse things have gotten.
This is because miracles don’t fix nations, righteous systems do.
Prayer is easy. Righteousness is where the work is. And it is righteousness that exalts a nation, not prayers. The righteousness mentioned in Proverbs 14:34 is צְדָקָ֥ה Tzedakah. It means a deep commitment to fairness, treating people right and justice. It speaks to a system that ensures things are done right.
We love to pray but not turn from our wicked ways. The equation MUST be complete. 2Chronicles 7:14
Righteous action is what validates our prayers. Prayers CANNOT fix Nigeria.
Demand a better leadership, protest for justice, fix the right people into systems. Repentance is what we need! A change of orientation from selfishness and greed!
it’s true that women can’t wait forever to have children but there’s an extreme right wing and bizarre fear mongering campaign happening now that isn’t based in reality. 33 years old is a perfectly normal age to get pregnant!
this monitoring spirit convo is funny to me because you’re also watching people and not saying anything
additionally why does everyone think they’re doing anything worth commenting on
“People know exactly what they’re doing”
Until it’s you. Then suddenly, your intentions matter. Everyone wants grace for themselves, but rarely wants to extend it to others.
Most of Mindy Kaling's early career was full of punchlines and witty comebacks about how she would never lose weight because she was content with her curves and disinterested in conforming to the unfair beauty standards. Now she says she achieved her drastic weight loss by "food moderation," hiking, and strength training. The fat celebs and influencers only hid behind the battle cry of body positivity in the past because they couldn't conform to the beauty standards. But now that Ozempic is here, they can and so they do. Good for her, she looks great. But let's not pretend this is due to hiking.
The most interesting thing to me is always the assumption. They are just so sure that this black kid they've made up in their head took "their spot".
Like it's an idea so inherently racist as it is egotistical I can't help but believe they were raised to think that way.