What is Stretching? Stretching simply means exceeding our capacity in a situation where everyone including our environment says otherwise. To illustrate this – I will like to share a true life story that depicts STRETCHING.

Glory was brought to Lagos at a very young age by her Aunt. She was put in the trade of making/designing nails in Agboju market. As she worked under her aunt, she learnt not only to design nails but after some years became better at it than her Aunt.

Some years went by and she had to leave to start up her own. Her aunt seized her phone (no old customers to start with) and she moved out of Agboju to a nearby shop. She couldn’t afford to pay for a shop, so she seats at the entrance of a friends shop to attend to her customers.After a while her old customers including me where able to locate her, her customers/clients range from the very rich to famous, average and poor. Nobody minds the environment, nor sitting at the entrance waiting on the long cue for your turn.

It’s been years now, we have watched her pay school fees and graduate from secondary school, rent a house and train her siblings, niece, nephews and help people from that small space. She was thrown into a business she knows nothing about and with the right attitude – she stretched herself and it became her passion. When she left with nothing, she didn’t give up, she found an open space and with consistency and faith – she built new customers. For each situation that has come her way, she has turned it to gold to the extent that she has again and again given hope to the helpless and her loved ones.

How many of us have been thrown into situations that we felt will swallow us but because we held on and BELIEVED THAT WE COULD DO IT –STRETCHING TOOK PLACE. Have you been praying for comfortable? Then you are saying that you are okay with your situation. ‘Stretching’ is a way of life and till we come to a place, where we are no more angry about the stretching circumstance(s) but rather rejoice at the opportunity to grow and become all God has intended for us to be, we can’t enjoy the test (situation) – I (self) – mony(finance and others) {TESTIMONY}.

We have been there again and again and we now believe that STRETCHING IS OUR MANTRA INTO GREATNESS. What is yours?

QUIZ

1.      What are you going through, is it because of poor choices or is it simply a stretching experience for growth?

 

Love,

Ngee & Rich       

Founders of Keeping Marriage Alive Initiative

“Will two people walk together unless they have agreed to do so?” Amos 3:3 (CEB).