by Wemi | May 5, 2022 | Encouragement for Dark Days, Guest Posts
In the midst of your chaos Embedded in your regular rhythms Hidden in the mundane The commonplace and routine Lies the astonishing.This is the disguise of the Divine. In the turbulence of the raging storm Or the gentle lull of still waters When the excitement fades...
by Wemi | Jan 18, 2022 | Encouragement for Dark Days, Guest Posts
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven”(Ecclesiastes 3:1, ESV). In 2020, as the world stood gripped in the throes of a pandemic, words poured out of me in prose and verse. Some days I couldn’t sleep for the imagery that danced...
by Wemi | Jun 17, 2021 | Encouragement for Dark Days, Guest Posts
The doctors said that full recovery would likely take six to 12 months and from that point onward, I counted off the days with eagerness. When nothing seemed to change by the 6-month mark, I comforted myself by looking forward to the 12-month mark. The timing seemed...
by Wemi | Mar 9, 2021 | Guest Posts
Her big, dark-brown eyes welled up and her lower lip trembled as fat tears slid down her cheeks. I sat in mystified silence for a few seconds before asking, “What’s wrong?” “Nothing,” she replied, sniffing back tears unsuccessfully. “Then why are you crying?” I asked,...
by Wemi | Dec 23, 2020 | Encouragement for Dark Days, Guest Posts
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoicesFor yonder breaks a new and glorious morn The above is a line from the timeless ‘O Holy Night’, my favourite Christmas carol. I’ve always found that those particular lyrics have a way of buoying up deflated...
by Wemi | Oct 21, 2020 | Encouragement for Dark Days, Guest Posts
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand]. I will say of the Lord , “He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom...
