SEME'S NOOKS

  It is day 22 of the 22 days of WintererABC2021 Afrobloggers writers challenge. For 22 day Afrobloggers has given creatives an opportunity to showcase their talents and use the platform to interact with other Creatives. I tell you I've had the opportunity to meet the finest of them. Today, as the journey comes to an end. I am happy to be a part of something this big, even bigger then me.  There were times when I got tired and almost backed down but I am glad I got the courage to keep going. Special thanks to the community for standing by everyone, for sharing ideas on each week's task, and for the constant interaction with one another. On a lighter mood, I  made a compilation of the  different kinds of participants from the hall of participants. From my imagination,  for your laughing pleasure. 22 types of  participants in the 22 days WinterABC2021 challenge. *The Ready set go gang: these are the set of people who are ever ready, born ready, I mean they were born to do this.

Today's worship corner is a declaration of God's blessings from Numbers 6:24-26. So many things are happening and going wrong around the world today. You could say, it's the signs of the end time. Over the past few months, I've had to just speak God's word over me and my family. We might be i n this world but we are not of the world, and we can only survive the cares of this world by hiding under God's word and blessings over us. Meditate on the lyrics of this song and declare God's words over you and your family.  SONG TITLE: THE BLESSING LYRICS DONE BY: ELEVATION WORSHIP FT. KARI JOBE The Lord Bless you a nd Keep you Make His Face Shine upon you And be gracious to you The Lord Turn His  Face Toward you And Give you Peace Amen, Amen, Amen Amen, Amen, Amen The Lord Bless you a nd Keep you Make His Face Shine upon you And be gracious to you The Lord Turn His  Face Toward you And Give you Peace (Amen, Amen, Amen Amen, Amen, Amen)  {  May His Favor be upon you

Hey Tribe! I am screaming this from the depth of my heart. How are you all doing? It is the last week of June and we are super thankful to God for keeping us alive and well.  I know a lot of people are already reviewing their set goals for 2021 and wondering if there would still be time to meet up with the deadline (who is chasing us though?). Well, if that big thing hasn't happened yet, you just have to keep moving right?. Beyond achieving our goals, I am also thinking about our shape as humans and how it can be used to affect the world around us.  Your S.H.A.P.E is God's unique purpose for your life. It is what you have been gifted for. It takes application for your gifts to be fanned into flame. SHAPE is an acronym for  *Spiritual Gifts *Heart *Abilities  *Personality *Experiences 1. SPIRITUAL GIFTS Whatever extraordinary power God has blessed you with is for service to Humanity and God's kingdom. The act of Love is also a gift, how much of it are you using?  2. HEART Th

 “Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, make-up, hairstyle, and body posture”. This is the universal definition of fashion. My definition of fashion is BEAUTIFUL and COMFORTABLE. It doesn't matter how much or what brand it is, so long as it looks good on me and I don't feel faint underneath (beauty is pain sometimes), then I am good to go. Fashion is beautiful but it is also expensive. It is one thing to be able to navigate your finances when you are single (or maybe not), but when you get married and the kids start coming, it becomes a race that never ends.  I have been a reckless spender and impulsive buyer and I can confidently say being a Mum has/ is shaping and curbing most of my excesses.  It is important that we not only teach our children to live right but also, live our lives as an open book that the younger generation can truly read and learn from. Here i

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Hey Tribe! Welcome to my Worship corner. In my worship corner today I am boosting my confidence in God and reassuring myself in the power of His word. There is nothing God cannot do so I've got confidence in Him. Enjoy these Worship lyrics from Tasha Cobbs’s “CONFIDENCE” in the album “SMILE”. SONG TITLE: CONFIDENCE LYRICS BY: TASHA COBBS I got so much faith in you, Lord I trust your words it's true No matter the circumstance, my life is in your hands I've got confidence, so much confidence, in you I've got confidence, so much confidence, in you Your love has been so good to me, it's so unfailing My heart is in your hands, you hold the master plan I've got confidence, so much confidence in you I've got confidence, so much confidence in you Your ways are higher Your thoughts are deeper I can't even imagine How you do what you do, but you do what you do I've got confidence, so much confidence in you Somebody just tell Him I've got confidence, so muc

 Hey Tribe! This could be your Monday Morning Motivation (I bet you haven't read that here for a while now). Anyways, it is week three in the Afrobloggers Community, and it's Business and Tech o clock. When you hear business the first thing that comes to mind is buying and selling but business goes beyond just trade. The Oxford dictionary defines business as “A person’s regular occupation, profession, or trade.” This means your source of income is your business, whether you are selling goods or offering services. So long as it solves a problem, meets the consumer's needs and serves its purpose.  Some people say they are not cut out for the stress of doing business so they face only the “white collar” jobs. I am one of those people.  Ok, I want to do business, like the real trade of selling and buying but again I don't. Maybe it is because of the much stress involved but tell me one completely stress-free venture. I have tried my hands in quite a few businesses from sell

TGIF Tribe, Today is the last day of Advocacy week and I trust you've been able to learn a thing or two from raising awareness for children with special needs and women dealing with abuse. I hope you've been able to learn a few things about special needs children. If you have, then it is high time you teach your children and every child around you that there are special needs just like them whom they probably haven't had an encounter with. They do not have access to learning facilities and playgrounds like other kids. If your children don't learn with children with special needs at school and have never been taught that not everyone is equal, now is the best time to explain it to them, because although they don't currently live with these children at school, they will find them in their lives for sure. In the larger society when they grow up. Now is the time to teach them care, love, and respect for these children.  And to my Dear Seme Woman,  You are awesome. If a

“He tortured me so badly. It was so terrible that he excommunicated me from my family. Nobody must visit me, and he wasn't living with us. He already had another wife outside yet his coming once in a while was hell. He would beat me whenever he was around”. I didn't leave. I couldn't leave because of the threats. He said he would kill me or take the children away if I tried to leave him. I started praying for God to make a way for me. He left one day and never came back”

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“ You have to love your child unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way” Barbara Bush