Scripture: “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” — James 5:16
You remember the Friend I live with, hahaha—this one is absolutely funny. So I have for several years now preferred a little Ndengu or Chickpeas with some fresh green vegetables, true story hakuna chapo ama mchele kwa iyo sahani.
So …….coz we’ve been both hustling to bring the meal to the table… off days, were for Bulk Meal Prep—ma ndengu, ma mbosho, ma kamande. One day, we both leave to work the morning, that day ma-mbosho zikatolewa zi-thaw pole pole, hata sio yellow beans, ni nyayo.
Anyway, the day goes on, we both come back in the evening, but my friend claims she is not feeling hungry but warms the food. I completely enjoy it, as was told I should.
Fast forward, months later, she start talking about a jamaa called Odhis, ako pale City Market, and that Odhis does very good Ugali, Matumbo and Kunde at only 100/= and it’s available at 11am for delivery. You just call and he brings to her workplace. Kumbe, dear readers, the days she came home not hungry alikuwa ashajipanga na Matumbo Fry na pilipili kwa umbali—ndo maana hangegusa mbosho.
And isn’t it interesting how even in simple, everyday stories like this, Scripture still breathes? James 5:16 reminds me that confession—whether deep, painful, hilarious, or just plain surprising—opens a door for God to heal places we didn’t even know were bruised. Sometimes the things we hide, even the tiny ones, reveal how human we are: how we dodge awkwardness, how we protect our image, how we quietly choose what we truly crave.
And honestly, as I think about this story, I’m reminded of Psalm 139:1–2—“Lord, You have searched me and You know me… You perceive my thoughts from afar.”
God sees even the matumbo moments before we ever speak them. Nothing is too small or too funny for Him to use.
This whole thing isn’t just a funny confession; it’s a picture of how I sometimes live spiritually too. I say “I’m okay,” “I’m not hungry,” yet deep down I’ve already filled myself with other things—distractions, quick fixes, emotional substitutes. Sometimes, just like my friend with the Odhis delivery, I come before God pretending my plate is empty while my heart is already full of something else.
But God, in His kindness, keeps inviting you into truth. Not to expose you for shame, but to free you. To laugh at yourself. To grow up. To learn. To walk openly. To trust Him—and even the people around you—enough to say, “Here’s the real story.”
So may God give us the grace to confess honestly and the courage to live truthfully,
That’s a funny story over there … a powerful way to explain how we go before the Lord already full with our other desires or full of other things that may not necessarily be the will of God at the moment, or that are not on the covenant or they are meant for some other time. May God help me to be ready for the menu of the day.
Lakini Blasle
Nlichezwa sana
😂😂😂 it can’t be more than the tu meeting with ma ndugu hapa na pale especially pale Disney na Eastern bypass near Rubis
Blasle,
Unachoma nani!!
Real of human beings
God knows it nothing u can hide nothing frm him
God have mercy that always l listen to u