Lila Bitengo

Mother. Wife. #God's Daughter. #WomaninDevelopment #kitchenGardenFarmer #foodie
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[Lila Bitengo @msbite]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[🤠 @heavensbvnny]

someone once said, every country has an energy. And that energy rewires you whether you notice it or not. People move to Japan and become minimal. People move to Mexico and their entire relationship with time softens. People move to New York and suddenly they can't sit still. Your personality is far more malleable than you think. We treat it like something fixed, but new surroundings give you new defaults. New pace. New habits. New values absorbed through proximity instead of effort.

[Lila Bitengo @msbite]

@jkyaruzi @moneyacademyKE The law is clear on percentages.. some schemes don't follow especially govt schemes.

[karbon kredit ™️ @karbon_kredit]

@FaithOdhiambo8 @ckanjama @LawSocietyofKe Your tenure was excellently executed, you were proactive and visionary, we will never forget. All the best in your next chapter.

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

I went back to Luke this morning just to revisit the story of Christmas… and Luke 2:7 hit me like an arrow to the chest:

“She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.”

We romanticize that line so much that we forget how brutal it actually is. If the gospel narrative is true, then that’s not a cute nativity detail. That is the most explosive statement in human history.

The God who created galaxies entered His own creation… and there was no room for Him.

No royal welcome, no palace, no safety, no honor, not even a bed. He comes into the world He made, and the doors are closed in His face.

This is the single greatest scandal of Christianity: God doesn’t supervise salvation from a throne. He steps into it. He doesn’t arrive in glory. He arrives vulnerable. He doesn’t come intimidating humanity into submission. He comes as a child who can’t even hold His own head up. If you were inventing a religion, this is not the story you’d write.

Luke is quietly showing something staggering about God’s character:
He wins, not by force, but by love.
He saves, not by domination, but by self-giving. He comes close, not as a King demanding space, but as a Savior entering even when there is “no room.”

And that manger isn’t sentimental. It’s confrontational.

It confronts our pride, cos humanity has always had space for power, wealth, celebrity, and status… just never space for God unless He serves our plans.

It confronts our illusions of strength cos God is showing that real power isn’t the ability to crush. Real power is the courage to empty yourself for the sake of others.

It confronts religion, cos God bypassed temples and elites and arrived where animals feed… then announced His coming not to emperors, but to shepherds.

Luke 2:7 tells us who God is.

He is not distant, He is not indifferent, He is not cold sovereignty. He is the God who chooses weakness so He can stand with the weak. He is the God who walks into human pain instead of observing it from afar. He is the God who would rather be rejected with us than reign without us.

If this verse is true, Christianity isn’t just another belief system. It’s a radical claim that the deepest power in the universe is love; not might, not fear, not spectacle.

So yes… this verse broke me today.
Because if this is who God is… then hope isn’t sentimental. Grace isn’t theoretical. And Christmas isn’t “cute.”

It’s God stepping into history quietly…
exposing us gently… and saving us completely. Luke 2:7 isn’t a children’s story. It’s a revolution.

Merry Christmas 🎄❤️

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

My wife used to pay 7,000 to the lady who cooked & cleaned.

She was working for 3 years and asked to increase her salary to 8,500 or she will leave.

My wife let her go, hoping to find another maid within the same budget.

and hired a cleaner at 4,000 and cook at 6,000

I am not talking about my wife and maid 🤣
It's a corporate HR!

[Ciru Muriuki 🇰🇪🪬 @CiruMuriuki]

Heh...there's a point in adulthood where if you don't actively schedule meeting your friends, you will never see them again.

[Lila Bitengo @msbite]

@KahgoRas @MwangoCapital Yes, the amount earned the years before 1 July 2025 will be taxed. The amounts earned after are tax free.

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Nairobi Hospital Crisis:

Eight insurance companies suspend services at Nairobi Hospital. Insurers cite sharp rise in treatment costs at the facility

#CitizenFridayNight

[Parveen Kaswan, IFS @ParveenKaswan]

Water will always find a way, best is to stay away from it. Look natures fury in Uttrakashi, where instant flooding in Khir Ganga river just happened.

[Abbie Gal𓃵 ( Executive Chef of The Year ) @ChefGaella254]

Imagine a Coastal Festival Night in Nairobi .
With Swahili food like biryani,Pilau, mahamri, samaki wa kupaka, taarab and Bango music, henna, fashion, and dance...
Would you attend?

[Empress Ade @cessadelove1]

Money is not the only way God can bless you. He can add time to your life, get you approved for a house or car, or make a way for you to pay your bills. He can delay things to protect you & make sure you make it home safely. All of those are blessings. Be grateful!✨

[Lila Bitengo @msbite]

@Coffee_254 Yes we visited... Loved the coffee and samosas... We will be back...

[Lawrence Kitema @lawrencekitema]

Wait, why do parents like putting things in boys' rooms? Like a cement bags, wheelbarrow, charcoal, a newborn calf, spade, etc.? 😔

[Britt Will @BritttWill]

Nobody talks about how waiting on God is hard. Somedays you have it altogether and some days you burst into tears wondering how long this season would take

[Scholarship for PhD @ScholarshipfPhd]

His teaching is incredibly relevant and impactful in today’s Fast-Changing World

[Expat_Kate_Travelegy @Hike_with_Kate]

I want to do a culinary exchange episode with the Roaming Chef @ombachi13 . Help me make this happen!

🇸🇨 🇰🇪 Let’s cook!

RT until he reads this 😅