... the people perish.
Today I sit in front of my pc, and I cry. The reason for my tears is for the people of Haiti. An earthquake and after shocks...have wiped out a the tiny nation of Haiti...and I am sure in all the sadness, we can look up and continue to praise God for all the miracles....those who are alive , and most importantly those who have managed to cling on to life, while trapped under all the rubble.
My tears are for those left homeless, those who have been orphaned, those who have lost loved ones, those who have lost limbs, for those who have lost a way of life, and some of my tears can't be explained, because in the face of all this there are those who have stood and continued to praise God, in spite of their circumstances.
I have never seen a tragedy as Haiti...or to rephrase I have never moved by something such as Haiti. So today as I watch Canada for Haiti and Hope for Haiti Now. I realize what my mandate as a world citizen is.
Human tragedy defies territorial, racial and economic boundaries. Today after work my plan was to get a pair of shoes that I have been eyeing for a while. Voice of reason told me I do not need that pair of shoes I have many shoes that I can wear. Instead I feel compelled to take that very money I was going to spend and donate it to a charity that is doing work in Haiti. I figure that is the least that we can do . We have so many things that we get and we never use, or never need. Even better is that the government of Canada is matching all donations collected dollar for dollar.
All I can do is join together with other world citizens.I believe our duties are :
- to pray for the recovery and restoration of Haiti.
- to help fund the restructuring of the nation of Haiti
- to revise and re-evaluate our priorities.
- to reach out to all our fellow human being...not just Haiti, but anyone who needs help and because they need us and we need them.
My challenge to everyone who reads this is to find a charitable organization wherever you live and choose to make a difference. Remember the need is great but we can tackle situations one person at a time.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Shifting gears.
So the exhaustion I have been ranting on and on about...that's all work. I work pretty much 9-5, well at least theoretically, but practically a normal day @ work begins at 9 am and ends anyway in the 7pm - 8pm range with the occasional shift hitting the 10pm mark. And as if all that is not enough, you'd think I am a doctor or something , coz even long after I have called it a day or on a leisurely afternoon, supposedly my day off, I am on the phone dealing with work related issues or a I am working my way to work, to fix something.
Don't get me wrong I luv my job , and for the most part I enjoy my colleagues. Lately though it seems as though everyone at work has developed a 'Lisa Syndrome'. At Avondale I am affectionately known as Lisa, the go to person. Not to brag or anything, if anyone wants a resident's room number I am the go to person. Need a phone number , ask Lisa, need a form ask Lisa, phones not working call Lisa, network down, ask Lisa, doors not locking call Lisa, can't find keys ask Lisa, elevators not working, talk to Lisa...and the list goes on and on. You'd think this Lisa is a God or something...but truth of the matter is I am not a God.I am just me, just a mere human being just like everyone else. For everything there is a solution, other than Lisa, our General information binder is pregnant with information. Resident room numbers, phone instructions, emergency contacts ...you name it its all in there... yet somehow the idea of calling Lisa is the most preferred course of action. Honestly if an elevator is down, there is absolutely nothing I can do, other than suggest a technician be called.
March marks my 5th anniversary at Avondale. When I started, there were major problems...I mean major, from failing security systems, to rooms flooding...you name it. At the time I used to work nights, all alone and had no one to call, for the most part I had to think outside the box. and as I worked in various departments, that is what I have done - think outside the box. I can only come up with 2 possible explanations as to why my colleagues suffer from Lisa Syndrome. The first could be, because I have worked at Avondale the longest, the second is I think people are just too darn lazy to use their brains. I will be asking people if they have ever heard the saying that the mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Though I am not one for making resolutions, I have decided to shift a few gears in 2010. I deserve to have a life outside work. So far I have been doing good. I leave work at 530pm instead of 7ish, and I do not answer my phone after hours or on my day off, after all, work does not pay my phone bill. In essence , in this New Year, I will refuse to take on other people's problems, and be their venting garbage been. Yes I am a good listener, but I think that gift will be available for worthwhile things...no more office gossip ...none of all that, because it is really taking a toll on me.
I remember Bishop Eddie Long preaching about this at some time. Pastor Orim Meikle mentions it all the time. They both believe that they shouldn't be in the office. In fact they believe in staying at home and praying for the saints there. Strange but there is some method to their madness, and interestingly their actions are biblical. Stay with me and in few I will get the verse and explain myself.
See when we get used to to the idea of running to the pastor for every little trial and test in our life we never grow. What these men of God are doing is to make their congregants know two things. The first is that in all we do we ought to look to Jesus who is the author and finisher of our faith.Men , yes even men of God , are infinite beings just like you and I are. So if I go to my pastor , with an issue , and my breakthrough doesn't come, I will be the first to point at the pastor, and say he is not anointed, or he failed me etc. Being unavailable to the church encourages or rather empowers the saints. rather than running to the pastor all the time, they run to God, and before you know it you realize that you have as much power as the Pastor, you become dependent on God and not on Man. Exodus 18:17-23 is about Jethro advising Moses, about getting helpers, because what he was doing was not good not only for himself but for the people as well.
Back to Avondale, I realize that I am no superwoman,and I can't do it all, so I will not be the go to person , nor the solution to any problem. I will have to let people figure it out, and break the Lisa Syndrome, most importantly break a cycle of laziness, and bring people to the realization that YES they can.
Don't get me wrong I luv my job , and for the most part I enjoy my colleagues. Lately though it seems as though everyone at work has developed a 'Lisa Syndrome'. At Avondale I am affectionately known as Lisa, the go to person. Not to brag or anything, if anyone wants a resident's room number I am the go to person. Need a phone number , ask Lisa, need a form ask Lisa, phones not working call Lisa, network down, ask Lisa, doors not locking call Lisa, can't find keys ask Lisa, elevators not working, talk to Lisa...and the list goes on and on. You'd think this Lisa is a God or something...but truth of the matter is I am not a God.I am just me, just a mere human being just like everyone else. For everything there is a solution, other than Lisa, our General information binder is pregnant with information. Resident room numbers, phone instructions, emergency contacts ...you name it its all in there... yet somehow the idea of calling Lisa is the most preferred course of action. Honestly if an elevator is down, there is absolutely nothing I can do, other than suggest a technician be called.
March marks my 5th anniversary at Avondale. When I started, there were major problems...I mean major, from failing security systems, to rooms flooding...you name it. At the time I used to work nights, all alone and had no one to call, for the most part I had to think outside the box. and as I worked in various departments, that is what I have done - think outside the box. I can only come up with 2 possible explanations as to why my colleagues suffer from Lisa Syndrome. The first could be, because I have worked at Avondale the longest, the second is I think people are just too darn lazy to use their brains. I will be asking people if they have ever heard the saying that the mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Though I am not one for making resolutions, I have decided to shift a few gears in 2010. I deserve to have a life outside work. So far I have been doing good. I leave work at 530pm instead of 7ish, and I do not answer my phone after hours or on my day off, after all, work does not pay my phone bill. In essence , in this New Year, I will refuse to take on other people's problems, and be their venting garbage been. Yes I am a good listener, but I think that gift will be available for worthwhile things...no more office gossip ...none of all that, because it is really taking a toll on me.
I remember Bishop Eddie Long preaching about this at some time. Pastor Orim Meikle mentions it all the time. They both believe that they shouldn't be in the office. In fact they believe in staying at home and praying for the saints there. Strange but there is some method to their madness, and interestingly their actions are biblical. Stay with me and in few I will get the verse and explain myself.
See when we get used to to the idea of running to the pastor for every little trial and test in our life we never grow. What these men of God are doing is to make their congregants know two things. The first is that in all we do we ought to look to Jesus who is the author and finisher of our faith.Men , yes even men of God , are infinite beings just like you and I are. So if I go to my pastor , with an issue , and my breakthrough doesn't come, I will be the first to point at the pastor, and say he is not anointed, or he failed me etc. Being unavailable to the church encourages or rather empowers the saints. rather than running to the pastor all the time, they run to God, and before you know it you realize that you have as much power as the Pastor, you become dependent on God and not on Man. Exodus 18:17-23 is about Jethro advising Moses, about getting helpers, because what he was doing was not good not only for himself but for the people as well.
Back to Avondale, I realize that I am no superwoman,and I can't do it all, so I will not be the go to person , nor the solution to any problem. I will have to let people figure it out, and break the Lisa Syndrome, most importantly break a cycle of laziness, and bring people to the realization that YES they can.
Friday, January 01, 2010
Something for me passed on to you!
2010...the first day in, and why I am still up at this hour still remains a mystery yet to be solved.A few minutes ago, a friend shared this with me,and since I am blessed to be a blessing I will share this with you. I don't knw where he got it from , but it simply was the best part of my day. Enjoy!
God is infinitely capable of doing great things. He fashioned the world and set everything in its place; the stars the moon the oceans He gave boundaries. The mountains know their place and the wind when to blow and the direction. He told the animals when their season of procreation would be and others how to hunt.But through all this God says this is the least of all I have done. In essence He says, "I don't care what happens to the world and all that's in it let the heavens fall and the worlds be consumed but on my mind is Lesedi not as part of something but by name".He has made you and named you the apple of His eye and written your name in the palm of His right hand His hand of glory and power and priviledge and all the time when He thinks to do something He has you in mind.God is a good God and not like man who do witty things for themselves He always has you in mind such that He proclaimed and set your destiny in order befor He set you in the world. He made a beautiful garden with rivers not because He loved the garden but because He loved youu and wanted to set you in a place of abundance
So your purpose and place in Him is assured if nothng else He created you to be a friend to someone like me, I love you!
God is infinitely capable of doing great things. He fashioned the world and set everything in its place; the stars the moon the oceans He gave boundaries. The mountains know their place and the wind when to blow and the direction. He told the animals when their season of procreation would be and others how to hunt.But through all this God says this is the least of all I have done. In essence He says, "I don't care what happens to the world and all that's in it let the heavens fall and the worlds be consumed but on my mind is Lesedi not as part of something but by name".He has made you and named you the apple of His eye and written your name in the palm of His right hand His hand of glory and power and priviledge and all the time when He thinks to do something He has you in mind.God is a good God and not like man who do witty things for themselves He always has you in mind such that He proclaimed and set your destiny in order befor He set you in the world. He made a beautiful garden with rivers not because He loved the garden but because He loved youu and wanted to set you in a place of abundance
So your purpose and place in Him is assured if nothng else He created you to be a friend to someone like me, I love you!
Be blessed!
2010: We made it , we survived....
If you are reading this,it means the Grace of God saw you into 2010.
147am was the time I turned the key to my place, by the time i brushed my teeth and removed my make-up it may have been well after 2am, when I got some shut eye. The church service was amazing. I had invited a co-worker to church. He is not into new Year celebrations, nonetheless he had a good time. It was a beautiful service, and I am glad I started my year in the House of the Lord.
I am at work right now, and exhaustion and lack of sleep are brewing a recipe for disaster. Thank God I am off work tomorrow. I might attempt to play catch up with my much needed sleep.
2010 is going to be a good year. I know it and I can feel it deep down within me.it is going to be an exciting year, great things will happen! No resolutions for me but if it's one thing I'd like to do this year, it would be to make my trip home. I hear the African soil calling me, and though I have heard the call many times before, this time around it sounds louder, and is stronger. It is magnetic,as much as I try to resist it I am attracted to the African Continent, and to my homeland. Again I am relying on God's grace to lead me home, and that same grace will lead us on into 2010.
147am was the time I turned the key to my place, by the time i brushed my teeth and removed my make-up it may have been well after 2am, when I got some shut eye. The church service was amazing. I had invited a co-worker to church. He is not into new Year celebrations, nonetheless he had a good time. It was a beautiful service, and I am glad I started my year in the House of the Lord.
I am at work right now, and exhaustion and lack of sleep are brewing a recipe for disaster. Thank God I am off work tomorrow. I might attempt to play catch up with my much needed sleep.
2010 is going to be a good year. I know it and I can feel it deep down within me.it is going to be an exciting year, great things will happen! No resolutions for me but if it's one thing I'd like to do this year, it would be to make my trip home. I hear the African soil calling me, and though I have heard the call many times before, this time around it sounds louder, and is stronger. It is magnetic,as much as I try to resist it I am attracted to the African Continent, and to my homeland. Again I am relying on God's grace to lead me home, and that same grace will lead us on into 2010.
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