Last week was not my finest, I was home cos I was ill, been awhile anything had knocked me down this bad, it got me thinking how all the parts of our body are connected and whatever affects one affects all…
As part of the Daystar 300L course, we were to visit a non-governmental organisation, give them items and spend a day with them. My group chose The Bethesda home of the Blind on Agege Motor way Mushin.
I remember like yesterday, it was a Saturday morning, we left the Daystar premises in our buses, our teachers smiled cos they knew we would not be ready for the emotions that will come out of it..
I have never seen a more happier set of people, their happiness made me cringe, feel ungrateful, they were blind, no parents but they sang like there was no tomorrow, they did their crafts with so much diligence and they were getting admitted into the universities.
I wept at the state of the building, crumbling and semi-unliveable but the amount of Joy coming out of that place left me with jealousy and shame…
Fast forward a few years after, I met a bunch of kids with special needs, the down syndrome organisation and honestly I have never seen as much Joy radiate from whole people.
I have a sound mind, I am whole in every part of my body but I do not think I have exhibited the Joy and love for God that this two groups have..
Everyday I ask God to give me that Joy I cannot explain… Make me grateful for every breath I take, make my heart sing when I hear the sound of the cock crow (which I miss terribly as there are no cocks or chickens in Manchester that I have seen)..
What are you grateful for????? We are all fearfully and wonderfully made by God
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