I remember when I was in secondary school, and how being a Christian wasn’t really considered "cool." You know, being a Christian meant loving God and living by His principles, principles like not cheating in exams, not dating recklessly, and generally striving to live right. But those principles were often dismissed. It wasn’t easy. There were people who mocked you, who thought you were uncool, and who treated you as insignificant. Some laughed, others outright called you a fool. But looking back, I wonder, were some of those people truly convinced of their own words, or were they just following the crowd? Maybe, at the time, they were swept away by what was popular, by what seemed "cool." And if you, too, allowed yourself to be influenced by that mindset, you might have ended up abandoning your principles just to fit in. But now, years later, some of those same people who once mocked Christian values have come to profess faith in God and recognize His ...
As you guys know, I love giving a backstory before writing a blog post. This one is simple: It’s International Women’s Day, and I wanted to write something for my women. At first, the words that came out were all too familiar: the struggles, the pain, the disadvantages that come with being a woman. But I cleared my drafts. No one needs another reminder of how we always seem to be on the bad side of everything. While writing my last paper this semester, I was in pain, the kind that makes you want to curl up and disappear. I had taken painkillers, but they barely worked. Still, I had to act like everything was fine, be a big girl, and write my exam. Because really, nobody cares. It happens every month, to every woman, and we’re expected to just "deal with it, you’re not special." And that got me thinking about the women who show up every day despite what their bodies are telling them. The ones who push through, not because they have a choice, but because life doesn’t pause for ...