Every time I lament about not being good enough
I invalidate the truth that the price Jesus paid on the cross was enough
I am enough because Jesus is more than enough
I have been selfish in my thoughts
it’s not about me!
My applause
My praise
My awards
It is all for His glory!
I need to play the background
Continue reading “Secure in Christ, He is enough”Why do I hide what is so important to me?
Am I ashamed?
No, I am afraid
of what they will think of me,
how they will look at me
if after everything, they turn around and judge me
not want to include me
change how they speak around me
behave differently
exclude me…
I want to be part of the group
Continue reading “Am I Ashamed?”Woman
It is not fancy hair – weave, braids, natural , relaxed, straight, curly, long short twist that makes you beautiful
Woman
It is not Gold Jewellery, Casio watches, chokers, chains, rings that makes you beautiful
Woman
It is not fine clothes – Gucci, Louis, Nike, that make you beautiful
No woman,
It is not the curves of your hips accentuated in those slimming skinny jeans that makes you beautiful
And no woman,
It is not the way you walk in those knee length boots keeping all the guys staring that makes you beautiful
And no woman,
It is definitely not the perfectly contoured YouTube tutorial face that makes you beautiful
Continue reading “You Are Beautiful”They say “she’s so confident”
“she’s so sure of herself”
“she’s so controlled”
“she knows what she wants”
“she makes her own way”
“she chooses her own path”
“she’s so independent”
Continue reading “I am not Independent”I have always wanted to be beautiful
It took me a while to realise that I already am
and the type of beauty I have been chasing all my life…
…will never be found
It is a standard that is superficially and artificially imitated
and we know that those things can only be created in a lab
Continue reading “To be beautiful”I don’t like putting my face out there
I’m scared that it looks nicer in pictures
and when you meet me in real life,
you might not think the same.
I don’t want to be a catfish
but sometimes the lightings right
the camera angle works or the filter is so good
If I’m honest, I’d prefer if you only saw me in real life
and were charmed by my character
but I’m also worried that if you saw me up close
you might notice all the insecurities that I see in me too…
Continue reading “The Girl in the Mirror”my face
my name
my voice
you can identify me
but my words…
you don’t know who I am.
all you have are the words I write on paper
all you can judge is what you read, written
there are no colours in words
no prejudices in letters
only a language, if you understand it.
Continue reading “A face. A name. A voice.”
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