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Hey fam,

This is my posting splurge and here I just had to share some things I have learnt lately. Its new and it’s a lot to take on at once but my friend encouraged diversity if I wanted to capture a larger audience. This is really big for me and I got inspired by a really good friend of mine. Her name is Misheal and she actually owns her own blog the link is www.tobiandfashion.blogspot.com she mixes her fashion with her religion and she does it so wonderfully well it puts me in awe when I’m around her, she talks to me like a normal teen but her insights to life and how to overcome things most times are something else.

As a Christian girl growing up in this generation can be very difficult, one thing that shocked me and pulled me into reality is how amazing the grace of God truly is. In the society the amount of challenges that teenagers face is frightening, I’m from Nigeria, where corruption looms like air and where Christians are petrified to the bone because of our faith. Lately I’ve stopped looking at trending stars on instagram and I’ve instead focused on those that are really making a difference. The way to speak to me genuinely is using books. I was online just going through stuff, make up things, music and stuff. Then I got a text from my friend saying they were going to see a movie and it was a documentary, she told me about the movie and that it was titled malala. I realized I had heard that name before so I decided to look her up. I nearly peed myself in shock at what came up, Malala is muslim, and a hard one that, she got shot for voicing her beliefs, Malala didn’t die though she healed and fam this girl won a Nobel peace prize at the age of 17, how many teens do any of you know who has done that. I started to really look at my life, I’m 15 now. At that age malala was already following her dad to rallies and encouraging female education.

I’m not doing this too give you a speech on how to be a better person but instead I’m talking based on my experience. I’m young, and there is no difference between me and the next girl who’s 15, but there is this. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN?

I believe in someone who is extraordinary, in someone who can love me in spite of my own self. I have gotten so close to God lately it scares me how much tears well up in my eyes when I think about what he has done for me. The obehi of a few years ago wouldn’t have dared to speak about her faith because I was too wrapped up in being cool. Let me spoil some people’s blues right now. GOD IS COOL. God is the new in thing right now. Not just for reps but for the truth. I decided to become a youth minister at church, granted it was for the popularity until it changed for me, I met new people. Good Christian teens that fueled my zeal to serve God, nothing has made me happier. I BELIEVE in changing the world

 I used to feel sorry for myself when I couldn’t get data as soon as mine expired or when I couldn’t eat more than one meat with my food in a day. Now I wonder why I felt so upset, I know people who don’t even have phones so get data or who don’t even have meals to eat. What baffles me is how little I did to help them, I always just looked by I didn’t want to say anything, people’s opinions defined me and that is something I truly regret. So see, it doesn’t matter your age, it doesn’t matter where you are or your limitations if you truly believe in something, the way Malala did, the way I do. I am not just one person, im a million girls who were afraid to speak out. Now I appreciate God for giving me a voice. And I want to share this with every teenager reading my blog, GOD IS COOL, HES PENG, HES DOPE. I’m not saying go and bathe yourself in a pool claiming baptism. Start with a prayer, ask God to give you insight on what he wants your life to revolve around. And report back to me on my social media platforms. I’m not the most professional therapist but I can always speak from experience. Don’t forget to like, comment and follow for more tips and tricks on how to be a teen for christ #TEENFORCHRIST