Flavia Tumusiime continues to share inspiring stories from her life and career in the “30 days of Flavia Tumusiime” series. On day 26, she posted:
“I want to share about my faith in God. When I was in high school, I had these group of girls I was close to. They were Christians and they always took a moment to preach in school and led church projects. But I had not yet grown in faith and was looking to them to see how I can get close to God, I tried to copy their ways of faith and actions because I thought they were living right. But I didn’t like how they behaved outside of church environments, they were selfish and always treated people who were below them in a bad way. That made me doubt God and the kind of people that claimed to know him. Yet really, I should have looked to learning their faith not their actions, to err is human.
Then my next experience came when one of my colleagues passed on (the late Dj Roni of Capital fm) I was so hurt and torn by his death, yes he was like a brother to me but really hurt because life ended so fast I realised how we are not guaranteed tomorrow.
I tried to have a relationship with God after that, but still went off the rails. I only believed in God in the good times and when something good happened to me and my family I praised and thanked. Equally, when something bad happened I would be so negative and blame God, admit it that most of us do that.
I dont remember how I became so prayerful and faithful to God because my faith has changed so much and stronger, I guess over time, challenges and blessings have shaped my life and faith. We all believe in something or someone.
Some say Allah, God, Jehovah and well honestly some people believe in themselves, that’s okay too. Beacuse faith to me, starts with believing in yourself, that you are great and that you are worth every good that happens to you and that you deserve all the things and people in your life. I think that only when you start your faith within you, can you be confident and free to accept faith on another level.”
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