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Praying unceasingly in the midst of crisis

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For most of us who believe in God and the power of prayers, the act of praying or meditating especially when everything is so hopeless has a calming effect that make us just let go and believe that God will help and guide us and never forsake us.  I believe in prayers so much, it never fails to strengthen me, to uplift me whenever I feel down, bored and worried. It just gives me that peace of mind and contentment when everything seems to be going nowhere and nothing but prayers accompanied by faith and belief saves me from being restless to being peaceful. I always say this at the end of my prayers “ not my will Father but your will be done, Amen” and I will lift it to our Almighty God and believing with all my heart that what I prayed for will be answered. How do we pray? We all have different ways on how we say our prayers. When prayers are said deeply and sincerely and done intensely communicating the deepest desires of our hearts to God, believing, trus...

The Joy and Pain of being a Mother

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Women especially mothers say unless a woman became a mother, she will not feel and experience the joy and happiness, loneliness and the pain of becoming one. Anybody (ladies and women) can relate to me in situations like when having arguments with our moms, they would always say , “ You will understand everything once you become a mother” for which I did and for sure a lot of you will agree with me. I became a mom for the first time when I was 27 and the second time 10 years after. I was blessed with a son and a daughter. Before the birth of my daughter, my mother supported me a lot taking care of my first born, Justin Raphael. She was present in my son’s life , she was like the second mother to him back then, I wasn’t around him most of the time because I needed to work and went abroad twice. I had and still having my shares of joy and pain being a mom but for now I will talk about the person who gave me life and who have loved me until the last breath of her life - my dea...