Gist With ADE

What Woke You Up This Morning?
That Business Ideas?
Ohh Your Children?
Or Is It That High Paying Job?How Can I Forget,It’s Your Phone..
Take Out Time To Tell God Thank You If You Are Sure You Didn’t Wake Up On Your Own..

Thank You Jesus..🙏🥰

Sometimes, when we look at people’s choices from the outside, it is easy to speak quickly… but deep down, many lives carry battles we know nothing about.

A woman in my area moved in with another man and left her children — ages 12, 9, and 6 — in their former one-room apartment to look after themselves, even though the new man house is on the same street.

What breaks my heart most is seeing children that young trying to survive like adults — cooking for themselves, thinking about the next meal, borrowing phones to call for help when there is no food, and carrying worries children should never carry.

At first, many thoughts came to my mind. Questions too. Where is their father? Why should children bear this weight? Why does a mother seem absent while these little ones struggle?

But then I remembered: sometimes what we see is only the surface. There may be pain, confusion, wounds, disappointment, or battles hidden behind actions we do not understand.

And honestly… what will my judgment change?
So instead of condemning, I choose to pray.

I pray that God visits this woman with mercy, wisdom, healing, and understanding. I pray He reaches every woman making painful decisions out of fear, hurt, pressure, or hopelessness.

I pray they come to know that strength without God can fail, but with Him, restoration is possible.

I pray their eyes open to remember that children are gifts from God and also our future.

I pray these children are protected, fed, comforted, and surrounded by help where their mother may be struggling.

Sometimes people do wrong not because they hate what is right, but because they are lost and tired.

Can we truly say we know what someone is carrying before we judge them.

Please join me today — say one prayer for every woman who is silently struggling, and one prayer for every child growing up too fast.

— Gist with ADE
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This one life line you have deserves wisdom.

Somebody somewhere did not wake up to see today.
Yet many of us who are still alive and breathing often live as though life can be replaced.
We forget how delicate life truly is—one breath at a time, one moment at a time, one fragile line that cannot be duplicated once broken.

Once the light goes out, no human hand can switch it back on.
That truth became even clearer to me because of something that happened at the beginning of January 2026.

Friends and families had gathered for a wedding celebration. It was at night (a Northern kind of wedding )—music filled the air, laughter moved from one corner to another, people danced freely, and joy covered the atmosphere.

It looked like a beautiful moment everyone would remember for happiness.
But in the middle of that celebration, something else began to unfold.

Some young men started displaying what they called strength and power. They entertained the crowd with dangerous acts, using sharp objects on their bodies to prove they possessed unusual protection.

One after another, sharp objects touched skin, and because there was no immediate injury, the crowd became louder with excitement.
People clapped.
People shouted.
People admired what they thought was power.

Then one particular young man, carried away by the applause, decided to do more.
Perhaps the cheering gave him boldness.
Perhaps he wanted the crowd to remember him.
Perhaps in that moment he felt untouchable.

He used cutlasses, knives, and dangerous objects repeatedly, and at first nothing seemed wrong.
The crowd kept cheering.
Then he picked up the sharp edge of a goat horn and used it against himself.

Because it was late and everything was happening fast, nobody immediately noticed that the horn had gone deeper than expected.

The same crowd that had been shouting in excitement did not know that tragedy had already begun.
Quietly, he stepped away.
He changed his clothes.
He entered a bike, trying to reach the hospital.

But before he could get far from the wedding venue, too much blo@d had already been lost.
He fell from the bike and d!ed.

The bike rider fled immediately because people will assumed he was responsible.

Only later did those present understand what had happened.
The horn had pierced deeply.
The charm did not stop it.
The power he trusted could not preserve him.
The applause could not save him.

And suddenly, what began as celebration turned into mourning.
That moment carries a lesson many people ignore:

Not everything people cheer for is safe.
Not every applause means approval.
Not every risk deserves to be taken.
Some people lose tomorrow trying to impress people who will not carry the consequences with them.

And carelessness is not only found in dangerous physical acts.

Some are careless with words.
Some are careless with anger.
Some are careless with relationships.
Some are careless with decisions.
Some are careless with habits that slowly destroy what God gave them to protect.

But every careless act has a cost.
Sometimes the price appears immediately.
Sometimes it waits quietly until later.

📖 The Bible Ephesians 5:15
"See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise."
📖 The Bible Proverbs 14:16
"A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident."

Life is precious.
It is one life line.
And this one life line you have deserves wisdom.

Before that careless move…
Before that risky decision…
Before that step taken because others are watching…

Ask yourself:
Is this preserving my life, or gambling with what God has entrusted to me?

Because true wisdom does not begin with confidence.
True wisdom begins with reverence.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 🙏✨

— Gist with ADE
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Pastor Margaret