If ordinary, fallen human beings can respond to beauty with such wonder, imagine what awaits us in future glory. Its fullness—final, complete, and perfect—must surpass anything we can now comprehend. The heart-stopping beauty of this video is only a shadow of the glory to come!
A mother who helped her blind daughter graduate from law school by attending every class and reading textbooks aloud for four years was awarded an honorary law degree in recognition of her extraordinary dedication.
In July 2018, Sakarya University awarded an honorary law degree to Havva Kul alongside her visually impaired daughter, Berru Merve Kul, during the school’s graduation ceremony. With limited access to Braille textbooks and audio learning resources, Havva became her daughter’s primary source of academic support throughout law school.
For four years, she accompanied Berru to every class, took notes, and helped her keep up with coursework requirements. At home, she spent countless hours reading law textbooks, case studies, and legal codes aloud so her daughter could prepare for exams. In recognition of her extraordinary dedication, Faculty Dean Professor Mahmut Bilen invited Havva to the stage and presented her with a special degree certificate, earning a standing ovation from the audience.
@FrUgochukwu@C00lstan I felt this way about my parish then in Igboefon on the Island…tried HOTR but it didn’t cut it for me, I guess catholic is part of my core… sampled different parishes around me until I found the one for me!
I spent 4 years paying my younger sister’s school fees. Every single kobo.
The day she graduated, she gave the acknowledgement speech and thanked everyone except me.
I sat in that hall and felt my soul leave my body 😭.
When she got admission, things were tight at home.
I had just started my first job.
I told our parents, "Don't worry. I’ll handle it." And I did.
Every semester. No breaks.
There were months I was eating 0-1-0 so her account wouldn't run dry.
I never told her. I didn't think I needed to.
Graduation day, she looked beautiful. The first graduate in our family.
I was prouder of her than I’ve ever been of myself.
Then she got the mic.
> She thanked God. (Fair).
> She thanked our parents. (Expected).
> She thanked her friends who kept her sane.
> She even thanked her HOD.
Then she sat down.
My mother looked at me. I smiled and looked away, but the clapping felt like it was happening in a different room.
I didn’t say anything that day. Or the week after.
But something in how I moved changed.
I stopped volunteering. Started waiting to be asked. Started noticing who actually noticed me.
People say, "Don’t give to be recognized." I agree to an extent.
But there is a thin line between not needing applause and being erased by the person you bled for.
That's not humility. That's invisibility.
We’re fine now. I brought it up six months later, calmly.
She cried, and said she was nervous and blanked.
Maybe. Maybe not 🤷
But I learned something either way.
Sacrifice without communication creates invisible resentment.
Tell people what you are carrying for them. Not to guilt trip them. But because silence makes martyrs, and martyrs make bitter people.
This same dynamic shows up in dating every day.
You’re playing the provider or the supporter in silence, while your partner thinks you're just an oil money that never runs dry.
Stop accepting the bare minimum of gratitude. If they don't see the sacrifice, they won't value the person making it.
Has someone ever made you feel invisible in a relationship after everything you did for them?
Let’s talk below.👇
Here are Prayers & Bible verses focused on restoration: Part 2. Please bookmark & retweet!
1. Repentance prayers - Psalms 51:1-14
2. Thanksgiving Prayers - Psalms 111
3. Scripture reading - Joel 2:25-26
4. Lord, please give me the solution to any of the problems i’m currently facing the name of Jesus.
5. God I ask that all hidden potentials and gifts that will make me great, be restored 21
fold to me in the name of Jesus.
6. I reject the spirit of regret, woes and disappointment, in the name of Jesus.
7. Lord, give me power for a new beginning
8. Lord, make my life a miracle and be glorified in every area of it, in the name of Jesus.
9. Bible reading: Matthew 10 and Psalms 107:21-43