Day 31: Reflections

Wow! August ends today. How quickly 31 days go by. All thanks to God for Selah Series 2024. Sincere thanks to our faculties for their wonderful contributions. Gratitude to our brethren who have partnered in broadcasting these writings. And immense thanks to you for reading - the Selah Series wouldn’t have been needed without your input, feedback, and engagement. Thank you.

There have been many suggestions regarding the need to revise the format of the Selah Series. With the look of things, this edition ending today may be the last of the “long essay only” format. By God’s grace, we will, as from the next edition (if Christ hasn’t come), run the Selah Series as a blend of writings and/or short clips of audios, videos, or reels. We have already started brainstorming on the necessary technical and logistics. Please feel free to throw in your suggestions. Thank you. 

So, just a recap of what we have covered (by God’s grace) in the past month - we discussed the fundamentals of our faith as they relate to family life and how the enemy has continued to put up a fight; how each person should aim to be the best spouse; priority and prioritisation; intimacy and sex life; conflict handling and escalation; seeking help; parenting; sex education and representing God in pagan settings.

Which of these subthemes and topics meets your needs the most? Did you learn a few things from the writings, discussions and the hub session (if you attended the hub session)? Are you working on the lessons learnt? Are you implementing anything? Even a fool is wise in hindsight; nothing is more bereft of wisdom than not learning from hindsight. Are you doing anything differently? Reflection entails looking back and leveraging hindsight to improve the present and the future. Looking at the mirror serves the purpose of ensuring things are as they are supposed to be. What if they are not as they are supposed to be? We stand in front of the mirror, fix them, and check again to confirm that the intervention yielded the desired effect.

So, as we draw the curtain on this year’s edition of the Selah Series, we urge you to kindly stand before the mirror (reflect on the writings, discussions and lessons) and figure out how to apply whatever you have learnt for the benefits of your marriage and family life. Engage your spouse; discuss your concerns again; seek help; appraise more; play together more; enjoy intimacy and sex; grow in the Lord together; be better parents; work on yourself and yourselves.

So, Dear Father, we thank you once again for this year’s Selah Series. We return all the glory to you. We ask, Haba Father, that you will keep and prosper your people and their marriages and homes for your glory. Amen.

Have a wonderful weekend, and best regards.

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