Grace Unlock-it
The new black bracelet is beautiful. I had several of the original bracelets in the past but gave them all away! I am planning on keeping this one but you never know when you might need to share the grace.
To live out of a place of rest and surrender. To smile at your imperfection and exude a spirit of gentleness with yourself, as well as with others.
A STORY BY AKOLA
The pain of rejection knowing that you were unloved surrounded my childhood. As an adult, I aim to open up my heart to love and embrace people the way they are.
I was born in Busegula, Jinja. My father had five wives and 24 children. He passed when I was young and I did not get a chance to see or know him. Our mother remarried and the responsibility of taking care of us remained in the hands of our aunties and step sisters. The struggles and failures that I went through in my life cannot define me anymore. Now, I am married and co-lead a fellowship with my husband who is a pastor.
In 2017, I joined Akola as a jewelry producer. This job opportunity has not only enabled me to support myself and family but connected me to a community of amazing women who are on a journey of transformation. I delight in serving them as a wellness officer. We celebrate in moments of joy and cry in times of trials and tribulations. Their success is my success, and so are their struggles.
The struggles that I was exposed to enabled me to have a different perspective on life. I am challenged to love, listen and notice what is not said by mere words and that is my understanding of grace.
Despite what life throws at us, we can choose to show grace and love to each other.
-Betty Kisakye