Luci Simiyu

1 John 4:18  " There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love." In recent days I have learned that  unbeknownst  to me, I have lived a life filled with fear: fear of the unknown, the fear to love, the fear to be the person God has called me to be, the fear to fall in love with myself and allow myself to exhale as a child of God; the fear to live in the freedom given to me in the Lord Jesus Christ. My heart has been riddled with fears within that have in turn influenced my decisions and life choices.  A wounded heart is a fearful heart.  For so long I have borne pain and anguish that catalyzed into fear. A fear so imprisoning that it killed the person that I truly am. Layers of protective cover and high walls shielded me, and especially my heart, from any impending danger, both real and perceived. What I thought were coping mechanisms for a broken and woun...

It's been quite a while since I blogged - perhaps 2 years. I am not too sure.  Today I felt the need to write something brief on Father's Day before the clock struck midnight.  I really missed my old man (fondly referred to as papa) today. When one has a good father, and then death snatches him away, there is always a gnawing emptiness in one's heart. There are so many things that have happened over the past three years since the passing on of my dad and sometimes I wish he was here to witness. However, I do realize that there are times and seasons for everything and that papa played his part while he lived here on earth.  On this Father's day, I want to celebrate papa's life, and to thank God for having given me the gift of a father. A father who loved us and made sacrifices so that we could have the best of everything. I want to thank God tonight for having given me a father who loved me so much that discipline was an expression of this love. I want t...