Hello,
I am writing to you this Monday at 9 pm. I had a long day but I must show up. Anyhoo, I am happy to write to you again. Tell me, how are you doing? How did your week go?
Well, I am fine. My week went well. There was something I had in mind to share with you, unfortunately, I forgot to write it down. So I can’t remember. Oh well, we will work with the other thing I want to share with you.
Something happened on Saturday which means so much to me and I have not gotten over it. I once shared that I started learning a skill during this ASUU strike period. It has not been easy but I am still on it. I will share my breakthrough with you when I eventually get it well. Back to the Saturday gist. I will start from Friday so you can flow with me. On Friday, one of the people I admire in this field related to the skill I am learning requested to train beginners like me. This is such a big deal because most of the people we admire do not have the time to share their knowledge as they would love to. This person taking his time to do so was such a great opportunity. Anyhoo, I signified that I would love to be a part of the training.
Fast forward to Saturday morning, I went out without my phone( a big mistake). Funny enough, I don't usually do this but I just woke up that morning and I said 'today, I am not taking my phone out'😂 I am sure my angels were laughing seriously😂
While I was out, The person that said he was going to train people gave a timeframe to those who indicated interest on Friday to join a group link. I was not online at that moment so I was not aware. 50 persons had joined within a short time. Regardless, he opened the link again the second time for people to join. 30 persons joined. Out of the goodness of his heart, the link was opened the third time but I did not know because I was not with my phone.
However, because of God's unfailing love for me, somehow my Sister kept trying to reach me when she she saw it. She got across to me and to the glory of God, I was able to join The amazing part of this experience, is that it was when I joined that the link was reversed. I don't think I was going to recover from the pain I would have felt for missing this opportunity. But Abba knows me so much, he knows my heart desires and my needs. He knows what is best for me. He is my God of the eleventh hour always coming through.
While I was ruminating about this experience, I discovered that it was by God's mercy that I could still join. I also realised that God sometimes proves to us that it is not by what we do, what we don't do or how we work towards what we want. However, it is by his Mercies. Furthermore, you and I at times do not recognize those little miracles and mercies we enjoy every day. Yes, we want the gig to come through, that scholarship, that good grade, that Internship, the new phone or PC. Yet, we don't recognize those little but big things God does for us even when we don't deserve it such as the breath we receive, the life we enjoy, the things we now enjoy that we cried on several occasions to God about, the smiles on the faces of our loved ones, even the money you say you don't have yet you surf the internet daily. These things are equally important. We should never for once think that we are where we are because of what we have done alone. What we are, what we have and what we will have comes from the mercies of God. You and I must continue to hold on to this truth.
In this new week, I hope you take time to appreciate God for the little but big things. I hope you thank him for his unfailing love. I hope you hold on to this truth that God's mercies on your life remain new every morning. I also want you to know that God's mercy is a gift you enjoy.
I leave you with these words:
For who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift? — 1 Corinthians 4:7 RSV
I wish you a good week✨
All my love + everything nice.
The Purple Girl.
P.s: I am about to send this letter and I remember what I told you I fogot to write down😂. I will tell you next week. Hopefully, I write it down this time.