A Rose For Your Heart
February is Heart Month and a great opportunity to raise awareness on heart disease which is a leading cause of death in the USA and I like to believe is also a leading cause of death among Africans. High Blood Pressure is the most common one among my people and I can tell you with confidence that it’s not going away until we make some good lifestyle changes including our eating habits. So sorry I had to go there :).
On this Valentine’s weekend, my red rose goes to those battling heart diseases. I am praying for their healing and wholeness. I’d also like to encourage the rest of us to stay in the know of our heart health, get our screenings done and make some necessary lifestyle changes so we can live a longer and healthier life.
Enjoy a rose from me.
XOXO,
Lady Abena
This Thing Called Life
It looks like 2025 started off with a vengeance. The number of obituaries popping up here and there and sudden attacks got us thinking about this thing we call life. I’ve been to a few funeral services already and have some more coming up and I couldn’t help but think what’s happening to the life we know?
I know for a fact that most people have become anxious especially with the current climate of things economically and politically. Anxiety for some is on the high and we are just starting the year so imagine what the next eleven (11) months can bring? The uncertainties of life can throw some people off balance so here are some of the scriptures that I embed in my brain to keep me focused and unmoved even in the midst of chaos and uncertainties.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Isaiah 41:10 ESV
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Psalm 55:22 ESV
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”
Psalm 121:5-6 ESV
“The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.”
I pray that these scriptures will bless you and your family and bring you total peace as you navigate the year ahead. It is so and so it is in Jesus’ name. AMEN.
XOXO,
Lady Abena.
Declarations For February 2025
We are already in month two (2) and this is just how the days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months and the year will end before you know it. Moses prayed that the Lord should teach us to number our days so we can gain a heart of wisdom and live fully in our time. (Psalms 90:12, paraphrased).
Since the days are fleeting, I’d like you to declare Psalms 90:14-17 with me:
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.
May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.
May the favor[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.
I declare it is so and so it is in Jesus name. AMEN!
XOXO,
Lady Abena.