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Temitope Akinrotimi

Temitope is the founder of thesoulmeal.com, an online platform that she shares with her God-given spiritual family and friends. She is a speaker, teacher and youth counselor. She is passionate about inspiring people to find their identity in Christ. Catch her interviewing inspiring leaders on Tongue of the Learned Podcast

Greener Than You Know

Is the grass always greener on the other side, or do we just fail to see how green the grass is on our own side, while we focus on other people’s side? Life is all about choice. We can choose to see things the way they seem or the way they really are.  Sad to say, life paints a picture of the other side appearing greener or better than where we stand to look from.

I took a picture of myself some days ago and it came out so beautiful that I was forced to tell myself ” You must be kidding me.” I did not sleep all night, and here I was in the morning taking a selfie, (which is very much unlike me)  as I was getting dressed in the morning with my itchy and heavy eyes, and  I already concluded I was going to look creepy, but my phone proved me wrong by giving me a look so sweet I could not stop laughing alone.

For someone who did not see me struggle through the night as i tried my best not to doze off at any point in time, yearning, talking to myself, and walking around just to stay awake, all that he or she will see if I decide to post the beautiful picture my phone consoled me with after my all night struggle with sleep, will be the beautiful smile and pretty face, not my desire to sleep due to the discomfort my body was experiencing as at the time I took the picture.

Until we learn to appreciate where we are, without trying to compare ourselves with other people, whose struggle, pain, limitations, and discomfort is hidden behind the smile life makes us see, we may never be able to become who God has called us to be or get to where God has purposed for us, as a result of ignorance.

2 CORINTHIANS 10:12(ESV)

“Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.”

Regardless of what you see, always remember that we do not all have it together, we all have what we are dealing with behind the smile, yet an attitude of gratitude produces the fruit of contentment in us, which of course glorifies God.

Instead of focusing on the greens on another person’s side, look at your life and appreciate God for His blessings. Embrace what you have with a heart of gratitude and watch God do for you more than you can ever imagine. What you see on the other side might actually be unsuitable, more stressful and unfulfilling for you. Celebrate your territory and its potential greens, by nurturing it properly.Read More »Greener Than You Know

The Surest Help

It is quite sad to know that a lot of people reject the surest means of help that is also the easiest, most dependable and reliable . My experience and that of quite a few people that was shared with me is what I intend to put together to reveal how much we stand to gain if only we allow ourselves the opportunity to be pampered, restored and treated like the princes and princesses that we truly are in the hands of an Amazing King.

ZECHARIAH 9:9

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

A lot of times, we look at ourselves through the eyes of who the world says we are, and who we think we are, hence a lot of people feel useless, unwanted, unqualified, inferior, and as a result consider life a waste and dilemma.

It gets so bad, some people consider taking their own lives as a result of unending pain, guilt, shame or reproach they are confronted with, while others just wish for death, so as to avoid what they are faced with.

GENESIS 30 :1

“And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.” 

You have to come to a point where you are sure of who you are in Christ and how much all that concerns you matter to Him. Your desire to give up on life as a result of any difficulty whatsoever does not give God glory. What brings Him glory is your decision to stay true to Him through it all.Read More »The Surest Help