Equipping young women professionals with young families to find fulfillment, contentment and joy as mothers and home makers without losing sight of who they are as women.

Volume 03, Issue 05: Stay the Course

We know what we want. We have visualized it in our minds so often it almost feels like it’s our reality. But when we get off fantasy land, we realize that we are not there yet, not even close.

We try to keep the faith. But sometimes it seems too hard, and we consider throwing in the towel. We begin to wonder whether we heard right, dreamt right.

You know you deserve it. You have earned it, but after a long ride, you have realized that nobody will hand it to you. You must take it.

How do we take it?

First, in our minds. We must think, talk and act as though we already got it. Align your thoughts to your words and actions.

Prophet Samuel of the Bible poured anointing oil over David’s head to signify he would be the next king of Israel. What stands out in this scenario is that Samuel did not bring David a crown, but simply anointed him with oil.

It was several years later before David actually wore that crown, but from the moment he was anointed, he was already king in God’s eyes. Good things began to happen to him almost immediately, because he started looking at his world as a king rather than a boy who looked after a few sheep. Even as he overcame the lion and the bear, he knew he would overcome giants. This explains the confidence he had in approaching huge goliath who the entire army of Israel was shrinking away from.

David’s journey to the throne was anything but easy. The presiding king, Saul did not hand him over the kingship. In fact, Saul did the reverse, he did everything he could, including a couple of murder attempts to make sure David did not become king.

David deserved to be king. He earned the right to be king. While Saul was on the throne, David won more battles than Saul did, but kingship remained elusive.

But David did not give up, or settle for chief army commander’s position in the king’s service. He travailed for what God had promised him.

Like David, hang in there; keep the faith and the fight. Stay the course of your dream and believe that in the fullness of time, it shall come to pass. Continually visualize your dream, don’t let it out of your mind. Moreover, think and carry yourself as though you are already living your dream. This will get you used to being there, and after a while, you won’t be comfortable to settle for anything less.

Don’t expect a walk in the park. Just as David took authority and overcame everything that threatened his ascent to the throne, you must take authority and surmount everything that threatens your ascent to the realm of your dreams.

Lillian Chebosi

Volume 03, Issue 04: Made for Excellence

Most of us are uncomfortable with mediocrity. This is because we are made for excellence. Are you often running late and feel terrible about it each time it happens? You probably can’t get away with submitting sloppy work. That is because that is not who you are.

Now that we have established that we have excellence on the inside, could you honestly say that you do your work with diligence and in the spirit of excellence?

How about your service to your family, or your ministry, even still, your countenance and appearance? How do you look on your day off, on the day you have no plans of leaving the house? Suppose something came up and you had to rush to the grocery store to pick something, would you change into something presentable, or would you just dash out as you are?

Do people have to pick after you - close and return files that you left open, pick towels that you left on the floor? A person of excellence returns things where they belong.

Present yourself with excellence. You should look good. Take care of yourself. Remember you represent the Almighty God, and He does not like sloppy, even around the house. Make sure you still look good for your spouse, for your children.

Excellence is in the little things. It’s the little foxes that spoil the vine. Pick up waste in the bathroom even when you are not the one who accidentally dropped it. Clean the top shelves in your pantry even though nobody sees it. Keep your car clean and in good condition.

Do the right thing not because someone is watching you, even when you don’t agree, even when you don’t think it’s necessary. Do it to honour God. Even in small areas, make sure you are representing God in an excellent way.

Let’s be true to ourselves and be persons of excellence. Go up higher. Have the affairs of your life and household running smoothly and efficiently. Get to work on time. Do more than is expected of you. Distinguish yourself – don’t just go with the flow, doing what everybody else is doing. You are called to be a cut above. Refuse to compromise, and you will find favour with God and man.

Lillian Chebosi

Volume 03, Issue 03: Make no Little Plans

Most of us are still putting together our goals for the new year. It is important that we make our goal setting and goal getting process a continuous progression. Don’t just rush to make totally new goals, start with picking up from where you left things in 2012.

Some of the goals we made last year were one-off targets, the ones we accomplish and move on to the next thing, while others were continuous or even lifelong goals. For instance, if one of your goals was to embrace a healthy lifestyle in order to improve your physical well being, then you may not want to drop this goal in exchange for a totally different goal this year. Such a goal would fall under your on-going goals and would remain in your resolutions year after year.

See how far you went in accomplishing the things you wanted to start doing last year, and evaluate your performance. If there are items that you did not get to, or did not complete, consider if they are still important to you. If they are, they should be on your list for this year, with a tighter plan on how you will go about attaining them.

Move on to the things you were doing before last year, and purposed to continue doing. Review your priorities and decide if you still wish to continue doing them, or if you wish to drop them if they no longer serve your interests. We should always keep up good habits and practices while remaining dynamic enough to pick up new methodologies and strategies.

Also, consider the things you decided to stop doing last year. Some of these were good things, but you set them aside in order to focus on the best. See if any of those could come back on your list of things to do, given the changes that have taken place in your life by now. One of the reasons why it’s important to review this list is to ensure that you don’t find yourself allowing old disparaging habits and practices to creep back into your new improved life.

At this point, you are now ready to make some new goals. Make no little plans; they have no magic to impress anybody, or guarantee their realization. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work. As you do, go for balance. Make goals for your career and business, relationships, finances, health and fitness, fun and recreation, spiritual growth, and legacy goals.

I challenge you to raise the bar. Set yourself up for higher horizons. Dare to go further than you did last year. Stretch yourself, get out of your comfort zone while remaining true to your purpose.

Lillian Chebosi

Volume 03, Issue 02: Embracing 2013 with Hope for Great Things

2013 is going to be a great year. I don’t see why it shouldn’t. This year offers us yet another opportunity to live out our purpose, maximize our potential, and move closer to realizing our greatness.

I am excited. Just like any other new year, 2013 is here to afford us yet another chance to reach our goals, improve our productivity, finances, health, grow deeper in our faith, and be the best that we can be in our professions, relationships, ministries, businesses, and other occupations.  I am choosing to live my best days in 2013.

Choose to speak the best of this year. Think, confess, and do great things. Reach out for new cycles of victory, success, and prosperity. See yourself gaining new territories in 2013; new emotional territory, new intellectual territory, new business territory, new spiritual territory, new ministerial territory, and new financial territory.

As usual, unwelcome circumstances will come up. Purpose not to let the elements of your days dictate your destiny, rather choose to take control of them and direct their course to a greater end. Choose to have a great year - 2013.

Lillian Chebosi

Volume 03, Issue 01: Looking Back at 2012 with Gratitude

The last couple of months have been the busiest times I have ever known. It got to a point when I almost gave in to discouragement for what was becoming of 2012 for me. But now as I look back, I see that 2012 was a great year. Everything did not go as I planned it, but I am grateful for the surprises.

I choose gratitude as I look back at 2012. A ton of things went exceptionally well. The surprises stretched me, and I experienced exponential learning and growth. I am grateful for the successes, for the good times, for the blessings of a wonderful family that made my life beautiful, for dear friends who held me up and coloured my life, for the time to do the things I love to do, and for the works of my life.

What is your evaluation for 2012? If you are like me, you did not accomplish all your goals. You probably experienced some disappointments here and there, some setbacks, holdups, delays, frustrations, and even losses. Nonetheless, you must have something to be grateful about 2012. If you haven’t done so already, take time to look back and make a list of the things you are grateful for in the last twelve months.

Don’t let 2012 pass-by just like that. Reflect on your experiences and marvel at how blessed you were. Take time to reflect over your goals for 2012, one by one, and grade yourself. You will be surprised by how well you did.

Start with the things you purposed to continue doing and see how you faired. Then move on to the things you purposed to start doing, and then to the things you purposed to stop doing. Evaluate your 2012 before you can courageously embrace 2013 with renewed hope for even greater things.

Choose to be grateful as you look back at the last twelve months of your life. Keep record of your achievements and take note of the areas you need to do more work on, even as you come up with new goals for the new year.  It was a good year – 2012.

Lillian Chebosi