Action eliminates Fear.

Yesterday I learnt that Action eliminates Fear. Not that fear won’t ever return after action, but that it’ll definitely never leave without it.

You simply cannot overcome fear with thoughts alone.

I learnt it from the ladies at Murielle’s event last night; every challenge that was shared had a solution, however fear had masked itself as “concern” and a need for “clarity”. But clarity comes by seeing, and you can only see beyond your doubts when you move beyond your current position 🤷🏽‍♀️
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I also learnt that behind every mask is a lovely lady scared to be vulnerable, but so relieved after her mask has been dropped 😄 and there was a lot of that!

Thanks so much for sharing your hearts, @stephbusari and @hernetworkonline 💕 Thanks for the no-nonsense clarity, @queenmurielleloves! I’d met Prophetess Murielle and Preacher Murielle before, but I met Coach Murielle last night 🙌🏽💪🏽

I came to teach but I left so FULL, just like I’d affirmed at the start of the session ☺️ Thank you again for the invitation, Murielle!

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This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. The Lord is my sustainer. He Is my glory and the Lifter of my head.

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He will not put me to shame; He Is my source, my strength, my lover, my keeper. In Him I find everything I need for life and Godliness, so I never lack: not love, not food.
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He causes His face to shine upon me. My Jesus, the radiance of the Father, in Whom I have my being! The Love of my life Who loves me more than anything I can imagine love should be! My heart overflows. The borders of my gratitude are ever expanding because His mercies never come to an end.
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Ever gracious, ever patient, ever loving, ever there. What a privilege to know that I am Yours and You Are mine, Most Holy Lord! My heart will never cease to praise Your name 🙏🏽
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Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.
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What had happened was 🙈

So what had happened was. I gave myself a waist and some curvesss. Brightened my eyes until they were shining like Rihanna’s diamonds and filtered the already beautiful atmosphere. No big deal, just another day on these Instagram streetz but for some reason I kept coming back to the post. Something in my mind kept saying, “But Omotayo these your eyes are too white.”

The eyes abi. Okay o 👀

A few days ago I had watched one of my favourite YouTubers confess to doing liposuction.
I was confused and jealous, let me be real. because I also want a super flat stomach, but I’m outchea in the suck-belle struggle. But as manz must always be able to claim natural beauty (another super vain thought 🤷🏽‍♀️) can’t do what you’re doing. The haterade was much.

But, as we see, vanity begets vanity. What’s the difference between doing lipo physically and visiting Doctor Facetune, please? In my mind I can judge everyone for choosing the easy way out but, aunty yellow, ma, you af equally come and do your own so, y u mad, bro?

External standards of beauty are constantly changing. Physical beauty is also designed to fade - that’s how the Manufacturer designed the product. But truthfully, it’s our perception of our value - internally - that influences our dissatisfaction with our bodies.

That’s why it doesn’t matter how much anyone tells us we look beautiful; if the voice in our heads are saying, “I know I’m okay but if I had a bigger bum/smaller waist/ bigger breasts/ narrower nose... thennn I’d truly be beautiful,” we’ll still feel inadequate.

I think the solution is to learn to receive love. To hear the good and focus on what’s admirable, not what we wish we could alter.
Funny thing is that whatever body part you’re dissatisfied with is such a tiny part of your overall look; you have sooo many other beautiful features!

Even Apostle Paul said it,

“Finally, brothers and sisters, fill your minds with beauty and truth. Meditate on whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is good, whatever is virtuous and praiseworthy.” (Phil 4:8 Voice)

But. I’m preaching to myself. Because I still haven’t deleted Facetune 🙊

MOVE!

I woke up this morning with a start. Like, what kind of dream was that, nitori Olorun! Where will one start kabashing from, please 😭 lol. I was tempted to call a friend, share the dream (share the panic, really) but my Bestie and Mentor Holy Spirit nudged me... “Just write it down, first.”

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Perspective is an amazing thing. As I wrote it out longhand in my journal I realised it was not a “pray it away” situation; it was a call to Purpose.
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I. Got. So. Fired. Up. !
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Listennnn: the earth, all of creation - the environment, the atmosphere, trees, plants, insects, lizards, animals, lol, not to talk of your fellow humans - are in pain! The excruciating pain of carrying potential and not being able to birth it. Of watching helplessly as people who know better keep making the wrong decisions over and over again. We are all connected, and our actions don’t happen in a vacuum: good or bad, we hurt or help each other with every decision we make.
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Our collective responsibility is Love: Love in action. And love in action means not being afraid to be who God has called us to be: at work, in marriage, in friendship, in our communities, in our country.
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Every problem we see around us (emotional, physical, financial, environmental, political) is a groan; a cry for help. We need you to step up! We need you to heal our hurting places.
God has already empowered you to do so; the next step?

MOVE.

“The LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.” (Exodus 14:15 ESV)

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Today, go forward. It doesn’t matter how small that step is; at all at all na im bad pass. Trust the God-vision in your heart and move. And watch the seas part in front of you 🙏🏽
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