Lauren’s Bi-weekly News 26 April – 10 MayDark clouds gather. Heavy with expectancy, pregnant mass of water, we pray, please bring the rain. And then silent drops fall like tiny tears kissing small petals of earth, earth wakes and yawns, stretching tight ligaments bound by droughts fist. We pray. Hands lifted, mouth open, lips pursed, kiss the rain. Life returns in this place called Cape, but how long will this drought remain. Will clouds give birth to water, streams of living flow, or will earth retreat in to a place of barren waiting, and waiting and waiting again? We touch heavens water, feel it between our fingers. Sacred. Something so appreciated, only because it’s absence is so deperately felt. We await life with expectancy, count the months and the weeks, prepare the nursery of green and red and white. Flowers sealed and waiting on salvation, will the thirst ever end? Down on bended knee, praying please God see me, and there it comes, rain coloured with Heavens Grace. Here and there and everywhere…….
What I'm About
Speaking Out
I’m outspoken and passionate about the burdens Yeshua has woven in my heart, and I want to always use my voice for hope, truth and change in this generation. This calling is to “go to where the silence is and say something.”
Writer
The pen is a weapon, it has the power to overcome, to heal, to wage war and reveal truth. It’s a weapon of warfare, and we have to wield it well. At the cornerstone of my purpose is a calling to write, it burns inside of me.
Gender Justice
What if we lived in a world where women and men co – ruled and co – reigned, it’s a dream that was reality, right there in the beginning. My eyes have seen many things, and my heart has become connected with the calling for gender equality. I’m an egalitarian, that’s who I am!
One of the things I enjoy talking about (with the right people that is), is sexuality. Sexuality is seldom talked about by faith communities, it’s a topic pushed under the rug or spoken about only when abstinence or purity...
I am passionate about mentorship. There I said it loud and clear, did you hear my roar? But as passionate as I am about being mentored and mentoring other beautiful souls, I also know how scary mentorship can be....
Lauren has been a freelance journalist and writer since 2011. Her writing focuses on story-telling, profiling extraordinary people, sharing truth, poetry and magical stories. This section features some of her latest contributions and past writing work. Take a look and we hope one of these articles will be a blessing to you! Lauren is a professional member of PenSa, and is a monthly contributor to Off the Page Magazine and Spice4Life.
There is power in a pen, it creates and can impact change.
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Yehudit, Chosen by God-By Lauren Jacobs
As a daughter of Israel, Yehudit has always loved and trusted in Yahweh, the God of her people. But personal tragedy and the threat of a mighty enemy pose challenges to her faith. God is with her and will use her in her weakness to deliver an entire nation from evil. Accompany Yehudit on her journey from being a young girl defeated by tragedy to becoming a mighty warrior. Along the way, you will discover how the same God who strengthened her can heal your own wounds and shape your destiny. (Also available in Afrikaans.)
** Yehudit Chosen by God won the Prestigious Desmond Tutu - Gerrit Brand Prize for a debut Christian book by a promising author in 2017, it's time you grabbed a copy to find out why!**
Grab a copy of my new book, Yehudit Chosen by God.
