My Country, A Friend or A Foe?

There's nothing I laid my hands upon that Nigeria has not done everything within her capacity to frustrate, including the efforts at aimed regularly posting  this Daily Energiser to encourage fellow citizens of the world to be positive-minded. 

I am a Nigerian and am contented to be because God does not make mistakes in whatever He does.  

Nigeria is good, just as no single segment of planet world is itself bad because whatever God does is perfect.  From my younger years till now, going to 53 years of age, I still continue to wonder if Nigeria is not the biblical land of Canaan which flows with milk and honey. 

Every GOOD parent caters for their children at least so that the latter's lives can be better than the former.  Good parents realise that life should unnegotiably be better for their off springs.  So they endeavour to ensure that they take adequate care of them. by providing good food, shelter, education, medical care etc.  More importantly good parents create an atmosphere of love that make their off springs feel like achieving their goals in life. In return their children love them too. 

Like biological parents, every country is a parent to her citizens.  The level of care that the country takes of her children will determine the level of love her citizens will reciprocally give back to it.  

Many Nigerians are checking out of the country today not because they do not love their motherland but because their motherland has thrown them into the lion's den for the lions to feast upon.  And these other countries are do so without looking back.   

When I reflected about my own life, I surely know that God has continuously blessed me but Nigeria has treated me so callously that I sometimes feel that those who travelled abroad (even if to suffer) cannot be blamed.  There's nothing I laid my hands upon that Nigeria has not done everything within her capacity to frustrate, including the efforts at aimed regularly posting  this Daily Energiser to encourage fellow citizens of the world to be positive-minded.   For a few days now, even though I have been subscribing to IPNX, Multilinks, Zain, MTN, Glo, STARCOMMS, O'Net, DOPC, and name all the notable internet service providers in Nigeria, all of them (except IPNX whose coverage is still scanty and which at least if only through communication, has tried to be different from the rest) have  failed to deliver.  Whereas, when I had opportunity to travel outside of Nigeria to the United States of America, my laptop picked up internet signals FREE throughout my stay there.  While in the UK, I paid but for service rendered!  Each time I look at the various useless but very expensive modems that adore all corners of my home and office, I regret being a Nigerian.  Can I blame these companies? No  doubt there may be human lapses here and here, but the environment in which these 'humans' work will make it at least partially unfair for me to tag them all as 'sinners'.  If I had to power my tiny internet model with genset, how much more hardship do these service providers endure as they power their entire equipment throughout the country on the same generator!

Is it not a contradiction to say Nigeria is good and at the same time that it is bad?  That's the irony of it all and it depends upon the angle one looks at it.

Looking at the land mass and all her rich endowments, Nigeria is an excellent country. But looking at her leadership and their style, it is a curse, not only to be a Nigerian, but to live and attempt to excel in Nigeria.   Then how do I separate Nigeria from her visionless leaders since Nigeria is the mother that produces the bad children who are spoiling her reputation?  What is the benefit of a country with abundant endowments which only impact they  make upon her citizenry is POVERTY?  

Let's digress a bit. What is the benefit of Nigeria to me if I earn N100 and N90 out of it is wasted on generating sets, high school fees, fighting mosquitoes, fixing vehicles made rickety simply because I lost two tyres at a go in a single error of running into a deep 'drum-hole' somewhere at Ilesha-Akure 'expressway'?  And this happened beside the burial grounds of armed robbery victims a few years past!

Why do I need burglary in my house, in my street, and charms combined with the Bible+the Quran before I can move around and feel safe or close my eyes at night?   Why should my Doctors recommend expensive drugs such as Lexotan, mogadon, ibuprofane, panadol,  a daily dose of anti-bp tablets.  Why do I need the combination of local herbs with orthodox medicines to combat a ever-resistant malaria?  I think an average Nigeria consumes more of that 'toxin' or 'poison' called anti-biotics than they do multi-vitamins!   

Why would the cost of procuring documentation for landed properties be equal to if not more than the cost of erecting a building under which to lay one's head? Why would an average person have to purchase land from two land-lords e.g. the customary owner and the government.  Why would a government revoke a certificate of occupancy it genuinely issued by itself only to restore it at a fee?

The Bible says build your business first before building your home. What a wonderful revelation!  But every business ever contemplated upon by an average Nigerian is killed either by PHCN or Government direct regulations  that will make it impossible for it to run.  How does one build a home with the yield of a failed business?

One thing I have been praying and hoping for is not only to be alive when Nigeria becomes a good country to live in, but also to enjoy it.  I am looking forward to when Nigeria will turn from being a foe which she is today to a friend in need and in deed.  If only before I expire, I can witness and be part of their beneficiaries, then I would die happy!

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Want to Know the details of what Nigeria has contributed to my life?  Please go straight to Chapter 36 of my autobiography titled "Better Tomorrow"

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Why do the Opposite?

 For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.  2 Cor. 5:10

"Then she heard someone call her name. It was  a strange voice. She turned and saw the person calling her in a shop, looked at her familiarly... Kehinde became defensive, she asked him how he know her name....   As if he read her thoughts, he said "Don;t mind my drinking alcohol; I am a pastor .  I like you. ....   My mind was at peace, I did not think of anything negative.   He returned later and had changed what he was wearing before ... The pastor unmasked his true self.  He looked at Kehinde straight in the eyes and asked her to remove all her clothes...  "I then removed my skirt, followed by my camisole, my brassiere, then my tight shorts and my pant. "  He said I should open my legs but I refused.  The pastor said he would kill me if I don't shut up. and that he would just dump my corpse somewhere ... He was already o top of me.  The he started sucking my breasts and he penetrated..."  Sunday Punch March 2010 p. 9. 

Ladies and gentlemen,  whether the  above quoted biblical statement be real or not whereas it is true, what does it cost us to do good? Why do human being prefer to do evil instead of good?  We all know corruption of any form is bad and we all condemn it yet we all continue to say one thing and do another. We know stealing, sexual immorality, drunkenness, smoking are bad for our health and they waste our resources.  Yet we actively engage in them!  Why?  Why must we be persuaded to do good?    Why do we condemn corruption and when we commit one we justify our actions?  

Let's be frank to ourselves.  Let's do the will of God and life will be the better for us.

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The Complexities of Marriage

Mrs. Kikelomo's husband travelled for a few days.  On his return, he met the absence of his wife.  A few minutes later the wife arrived  a ceremony, gorgeously dressed, looking radiant.  Kike's husband asked where she was coming from.  She said she was coming from a ceremony to which she was invited by a close colleague of hers.  The husband became furious.  "How on earth would you attend a ceremony without my knowledge?"  He demanded an instant apologies and an assurance that history of that nature would not repeat itself. Kike didn't feel it was a serious matter as to demand such.  So she refused.  The husband became agitated and unhappy at Kike since then.  It degenerated to a serous problem for the family and it was beginning of a divorce proceeding against Kike.

The above 80% real-life story of Kike is what is going on is  some homes today.  Spouses don't understand what it takes to be a couple.  That consent is required from one another before any outing or activity could take place.  That a woman, in particular needs the consent of her husband to engage in party-going and that it spells doom for her if she disobey this rule.    A man equally owes his wife prior explanation as to his movements otherwise the wife may be tempted to become suspicious of him.  

Are all these out of sheer jealousy?  No.  It is natural that since the two have become one, one half cannot be independent of another in all activities involving the relationship.  It is therefore instructive that couples should be 100% open to themselves. This s how complex the relationship called "marriage" can be!

 

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Stay Away and Break Your Home!

Loneliness is one of the greatest enemies of marriage. God created man alone but saw that it was not good for him to remain alone so he created Eve to keep him company. However, in the process of their being together, Eve and Adam made room for loneliness again and during the period Adam was briefly away from Eve, Satan visited her and from Genesis to Revelation in the Bible, the rest is history today and the repercussions are grave!

What happened to Eve clearly suggests that nobody is free from temptations when faced with appropriate bait. To Eve, it was a 'beautiful, sweet fruit'. To men it may be 'sexual lust', 'alcohol', 'smoking' etc. For instance, In a matter of sex, women are known to be stronger than men and that's the whole truth but they too, in the case of extreme loneliness, do fall prey! Have you not heard of highly placed lonely women wooing their house-helps?

A lonely man will easily be attracted to the opposite sex and can easily fall. A man who appears unattracted to the opposite sex might not be as a result of his 'holiness' after-all. It might be that he had engaged so much in it in his early life that he has discovered its 'futility' or that he has alternative method of satisfying his sexual urge (e.g. through masturbation , homosexualism, lesbianism and other immoral means)! An elderly Pastor in Pentecostal church threw a large congregation into laughter during a Youth seminar in the church one day when he said "immediately we had the number of children we wanted, we told God we didn't want any more children and that was it.’ When asked whether he applied birth control measures or stopped having sexual intercourse with his wife altogether, he denied using both methods! And everybody laughed because it was obvious that a man of God lied in order to appear holy!

Even in singles, male or female, sexual urge becomes more pronounced from about 12 years of age to about 19th. The real meaning of loneliness becomes known to both from about the age of 20's when a man or a woman feels, beyond having sex, they need true 'companion'. This is the period people take marriage seriously and are restless until they get hooked. This is period a lonely girl truly becomes promiscuous and  lonely guys become a 'he-goat' that cannot be restrained from sexual relationship. Those who know God among them however, rich or poor, will take to the Biblical injunction "if you can no long hold yourself, go get married' which is the wisest counsel to take to.

It is therefore real that those whose nature of jobs involve travelling and staying away from their spouses are more prone to having sexual relationship outside wedlock. Unfortunately when it happens, we do not go straight to the real cause of the issue – loneliness and see to how close they can be to prevent recurrence. We attribute it to 'indiscipline', 'unloving', 'wickedness' etc whereas that's not the truth. A couple that is always apart, saint, or sinner, is almost likely to run into troubled waters wherever they stay. It is therefore far better for couples to do all they can to stay together as much as possible - if only to keep their homes intact

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Brevity of Life

You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.  My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath! Psalm 39: 5

One day, an Uncle of the writer suddenly realised that he has become an elderly man and in a quick flash said “life is too short!”.  Ever since then I’ve been meditating over that statement and ever now and then its meaning becomes clearer and clearer to me.  I related it to all the young children we started life together but who have since departed at one point or the other.  I related it to my parents who seemed to me to have  lived long, each of them spending not less than 85 years.  I related it to my self, the last born of my mother who have suddenly turned 53!  I was at our old farm and recalled the huge population of both young and elderly people in the community with whom we all related in the farms in the entire 60’s and I see them no more.  Then I related it to the Biblical stories of great and low men and women who have lived before us and are now remembered only by history!

Then I asked myself “where are they?  Will they ever come back? Can we still have a repeat of the good old days?”  But alas! All that is history.  Yet, no matter how long we live, we shall all ‘disappear’ one day.  Life is truly brief and we need to just try to enjoy in the fear of the Lord during our own brief portion in it.

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Watch that your quiet child!

Teach  your children in the way they should go so that when they grow up, they will not depart from it.

There’s one consistent trait observable in almost all children who are cult members or leaders.  They always appear quiet.  They hardly hold themselves out.  By their very nature, they are not eloquent.  Most of them are very brilliant.  But like a serpent that does not announce its appearance by making noise, they calculatedly carry out their nefarious activities underground. 

The only antidote that can guarantee the integrity of children is to teach them the ways of the Lord.  If not, no matter how much we try, we will be deceived by them.  Any parent that ignores this has ignored the Key that can unlock the sealed hearts of their children.  Such children are likely to unpleasantly surprise them one day. 

Therefore all parents whose children are not being properly mentored towards God should watch those their ‘quiet children’ closely!

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Anger is a Killer

 Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper, it only leads to harm. Psalm 37: 8

Many people have died, many are on their way to the graveyard already and many will still die!  Many people that are admitted in the hospitals today are not suffering from any peculiar illnesses but as a result of the accumulated distress they have subjected themselves over the years and no medication can cure their diseases! This holds true for people who cannot control their tempers.  They are always boiling and a persistent boiling water will vapourise! 

What is the matter with you that turns you into petrol that is ready to ignite at the closest contact with the flame or more dangerous too, natural gas that  is always moving round looking for the tiniest spark of light to ignite it! 

If you must live long and fulfilled, if you must live to labour and enjoy the fruit of your labours, you need to control your temper.  Stop looking for what will make you spark up – people’s faults!  Instead, cool down your temper so you can see the many things that would have made you happy and glorify God.  

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Servant Leadership

As you clim up the ladder of life, your stewardship to humanity must increase.  You must give something to everybody!  You be like the”The tree that had something to offer every category of animals that came in contact with it”

“...Let us learn from King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.  It talks of a beautiful, Big, and fruitful tree which provided food for some, shade or cover for some and accommodation for others.  This tree has something to offer every category of animals that came in contact with it.  It was a very useful tree.  Like this tree, you can be beautiful, fruitful and have something to offer every class of human race.  You are capable of impacting them in several ways for God’s glory.  If you are born again but you are not as useful to mankind as this tree, you are yet to exploit your God - given potentials.  This tree affected the world: you too can affect the world for good!”Pastor Adeboye’s “Open Heavens” of 15^th January 2010 titled “Something to Everyone”

We all pray to be blessed but not many actual are willing to be a blessing to others!  This is a selfish approach to to life.  The essence of being blessed is to bless others and it must of necessity start from our homes e.g. blessing our children, our siblings, parents, our extended family members, our community, our State our nation and the world at large. If I were to decree, I would say it must of necessity be in that order!  For instance, what’s the pride of a man who is a blessing to outside but that nobody in his household can point to one good he has done for him or her? What’s the pride of someone like Soyinka, Chinua Achebe etc if they make no contribution to Nigeria?  What is the pride of a father who takes no care of his own wife and children but is a world-class ‘philanthropist?”

I therefore urge readers to please flash back and count how relevant they are to all these strata of their communities.  Ask yourself, “how positively have I been impacting all those strata of communities entrusted to my care?” If the answer is negative, then there’s room to make amends and it should be started right away!  The higher you go up the ladder, the more your stewardship to people should be.  You must give something to everyone!

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Wisdom and Folly - their offerings

When wisdom enters your heart,

And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,

Discretion will preserve you;

Understanding will keep you,

To deliver you from the way of evil

From the man who speaks perverse things

From those who leave the paths of uprightness

To walk in the ways of darkness

To walk in the ways of darkness

Who rejoice in doing evil

And delight in the in the perversity of the wicked;

Whose ways are crooked

And who are devious in their paths;

To deliver you from the immoral woman,

From the seductress who flatters with her words

Who forsakes the companion of her youth

And forgets the covenant of her God

For her house leads down to death

And her paths to the dead;

None who go to her return

Nor do they regain the paths of life

Prov. 2:10-19

It takes wisdom to be able to discern when one is drifting away into the oblivion.  However, one without the spirit of discernment is easily carried away by what they call the pleasures of the world.  For instance research shows that many young children that found themselves in evil company and ended up being caught in crimes are those who disregard God’s words, disobey their parents and go their own ways. 

Some other  easy traps are  SEX and ALCOHOL.  Sex is; itself, like alcohol.  Hardly can any mortal man see the nakedness of a woman and be able to say no to that temptation. Yet it is a potent weapon in the hands of women to bring the unwary highly or lowly placed or even strong men of God down. What is more, it is now made easy.  Women themselves do the wooing simply with their bare breasts.  And the men cannot resist, except perhaps, those preserved by God! For the men who are fools, it is easy, their mouths are as sweet as the apple their eyes are seeing.  They easily and majestically walk into the bosom of such women!

Alcohol is another deadly game that every unwary person will surely want to give a try.   It is so enticing, beautiful in appearance, sweet in taste but more deadly than the venum of a poisonous serpent. Why don’t we all consider the above proverbs and become wise so that we may live?.  

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God's Spirit

Teach me to do your will

For You are my God.

Your Spirit is good.

Psalm 143:10

Many of us miss it in life because we fail to ask God for direction.  He is our God, our Creator, our everything, unless He teaches us to do right, we are bound to do wrong always.  Therefore it is wise and very instructive for us to seek to know His will for our lives and seek His help to enable us do just that because His Spirit is good towards us.

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Delicate Species!

You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child,

if you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all and My wrath will come hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless;

Exodus: 22:22

God has special love towards the fatherless, the widow, the strangers and the ‘truly’ disabled  and poor persons.  By extension, this is applicable to our domestic helps! 

Therefore we ought to be careful about how we deal with them.  Failure to treat them well may lead one to import generational curses upon generations after him or her and divert the journey of a heaven-bound person to the pit of hell!  

Ought we all take good care of these sets of people?

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Having Direction Life

Cause me to hear Your

Loving kindness in the morning

For in You do I trust

Cause me to know the way in which

I should walk

For I lift up m soul to You

Psalm. 143:8

Many people live wasted lives because they fail to hear from God concerning the issues of their lives.  They trust in themselves than in their Maker.  They go in their own ways  rather than walk in the ways the Lord has purposed for them.  They end up being wasted.

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What is Man?

Lord, what is man, that You take

Knowledge of him?

Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?

Man is like a breath;

His days are like a passing shadow

Psalm 143:3-4

When you are tempted to beat your chest that you are this or that. Recollect the above statement as to your true status. Come to the realisation that you are what you are because God is still mindful of you, otherwise you are no more than a breath and very soon your days will pass off like a shadow and you will be remembered no more.

Therefore fear the Lord, humble yourself and let your life reflect service to others. That’s the only way you can leave your good mark in the sands of time.




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You Are Protected

As the mountains surround Jerusalem

So the Lord surrounds His people

From this time forth

And for ever

Psalm 125:2

Have you ever flown to Abuja the Capital of Nigeria? Abuja town, like the biblical Jerusalem, is walled round about by high mountains that you will ordinarily think there is no way a vehicle can enter into it. Apart from the advantage of aesthetics, Abuja looks very much secured in all directions from any form of possible attacks other than by air. That’s how God surrounds His own all the time. That is why those who trust in

Him cannot easily fall prey into the hands of the vultures which are ever-ready to devour their preys. Their lives and everything they do start with Him and ends with Him.

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Disappointed?

Those who trust I in the Lord

Are like Mount Zion,

Which cannot be moved, but

Abides for ever

Psalm 125:1-2

Have you ever experienced a serious disappointment in time of dire need for help? If not, it means you have not placed your trust in man! Man will almost always disappoint you. The reason may be intentional or otherwise it doesn’t matter. He has no control over the promises he is making to you. The only person who cannot disappoint is Your Creator. Go to Him before you approach anybody for help. Even when anybody makes a promise to you, it is not cast in stone. Pray that God grants him the enablement to fulfil it for it is only those to whom God has granted the grace to help that can do so.

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Passing Judgement on others

Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,

For in Your sight no one living is righteous.

Psalm: 143 2

It is easier to judge others especially when they have done wrong.  But anytime I reflect upon the above statement, I feel humbled for no one can claim to be sinless.  All we should ask from our merciful God is His mercy and the grace to survive temptations that come our way.   Truly, I’m not better than anybody!  How about you?  If you are not, then overlook the sins of others! Good morning. 

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Who and Where Are Your Enemies?

"To be candid, Lagos is financially very wasteful.  That's why it may be necessary for every Lagosian to determine their entry and exit dates right from the beginning otherwise they may start poor and end poor because as the Yoruba Elders had said even before now, "owo Eko, Eko lo ngbe''.

Now, I am addressing Lagosians specifically.   Many people residing in Lagos who thought their enemies back home are responsible for their financial failure should begin to have a rethink.  Their enemies might not at the village after all.   No, they reside in Lagos. And they are just two of them.  The third, is an aider and abetter!  Who are these two notorious enemies?  The HEAT and the MOSQUITOES!   Their accomplice is POWER HOLDING COMPANY OF NIGERIA.  

This is how they operate:  PHCN will power off.  Then the two constant enemies will take over.   One (heat) operates 24 hours while the Mosquitoes operate from 12 hours (7pm-7a m).  Their financial implications are the fact that compulsorily you must either use a genset whatever the size, at least, to power your fan to forcefully invoke the air to blow day and night.  On this alone to fan your house day and night on Tiger genset, an average Lagosian needs 6 litres of petrol per day and at today's average cost of N80 per litre x7 days/wk  that amounts to N3,360 x 4(1 month) N13,440x12=161280 per annum on petrol alone.  The genset (costing N14,000 to be modest, needs constant service say N600 per month (i.e. N21,200year) and the petrol itself needs to be diluted with Engine oil (say N1000 pm =12,000 p.a.) all the time.  Altogether, to fan and light the poor man's house per annum, he spends on the average, N208,280 per annum or N17357 per month.  

If he is able to do this, then, he can be rest assured that he would most likely enjoy excellent health and with his fan always on, spend far less on insecticides as his fans will clip off the wings of mosquitoes!  If he cannot, he loses his sleep to mosquitoes 'songs of praise' as well as their bites and heat which produces its own forms of 'rashes' thereby producing constant malaria attacks, low immunity to other diseases, which are expensive to treat medically.  Because he did not sleep well always, psychologically he is imbalanced and behaviourally unpredictable!  In his own private life, he is of course unproductive so he gets himself glued to his salary job which might be fetching him what was not enough to cater for power generation alone!    

If he spends all his money on power generation, then nothing is left for him to give to anybody, even to his own immediate family.  And when he arrives in his village, his people expects from him a 'token'.  Because he could not afford it (not talking about those who are naturally stingy), he becomes uneasy with himself and his people.  As he hides, he is monitored by the people not to kill him but to ensure they get their own dues before he 'escapes'.  At the nearest opportunity, he disappears back to Lagos.  So restless in Lagos, restless in his village, that's the life of an average poor man.

Even the rich also cries!  His Ac's must work.  His deep freezers, his electric burners, his expensive electronics, etc must work so he needs his own equivalent of 'Tiger' generator which might be something like 50Kva 'silent' or 'noisy' gensets to achieve his aim.  Of course diesel costs only N110 or so per litre!  So to whom much is given much expected.  Unfortunately his lifestyle has adjusted upwards and he cannot adjust downwards.  So that costs  him millions of naira to sustain himself in Lagos per annum.

This way, whether rich or poor their enemies are within their LAGOS environment!   To be candid, Lagos is financially very wasteful.  That's why it may be necessary for every Lagosian to determine their entry and exit dates right from the beginning otherwise they may start poor and end poor because as the Yoruba Elders had said even before now, "owo Eko, Eko lo ngbe'.   And unfortunately, their 'village' enemies will be blamed for their failures, not Lagos. See how smart Lagos can be?  Good morning. 

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No Pain, No Pleasure

Those who sow in tears

Shall reap in joy

He who continually goes forth weeping

Bearing seed for sowing

Shall doubtless come again  with rejoicing

Psa. 126:5-6

Pains always precede pleasure.  When a woman is pregnant, her pains begins.  That goes on to the point of labour which is the height of her pains.  When it is time to deliver her baby, she goes deep into the valley of death. She becomes dead at the actual point of delivery.  Then she comes back to life again.  Then both the mother and the baby become objects of celebrations.  That is how it is.  For us to have food to eat in another year, we must, painfully, part with parts of our harvests this year.  The bits we parted with must die before they can reproduce for us better and bountiful harvests.  Therefore to expect any gain without pain is folly.  Be ready today to sacrifice something to get something better.  Remain blessed. 

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Not Letting Go, our Past

Not Letting Go our Past

The constant review of our past history serves the useful purpose of enabling us identify what we ought to have done better.  It is useful in two ways:  for us to guide ourselves as we execute present ideas and help us avoid the avoidable pitfalls for the future.  Secondly, it serves as a good tool for counsel for those who might be seeking our advice on such matters.    Because we have failed, in it and knew why we failed, it becomes easy to guide ourselves and others needing our help on the matter.

However, the issue with us i we never use past regrets for these positive purposes, rather we use it to destroy our future and also to misguide other people.   Let’s take an example.  A girl who get impregnated and dropped out of school did not have a major issue in her hands.  She still have two opportunities to make her way in life the better of which is to return to school after delivery or learn a trade she has passion for and take apply her life to it.  Also she ought to become a role model to let young girls know that having such an experience is not the end of their lives but that they can make amends and still get fulfilled anyway.  

However if she refuses to take to either of the two alternatives open to her and begins to blame others or even her irresponsible boyfriend over the incident or worse still decides to go for superstitious believes and goes spiritual thereby trying to know who in her family ‘pushed’ her into such mistake, she has missed the point.  She will be on this while shortly, poverty will strike her down like a plague.  Like our pregnant girl, a student who fails an examination and gives up has handed him or herself to poverty.  But the one who fails and continues to rewrite the examinations until he eventually passes is the wise one.

Many of us are like those two students who experienced disappointments but instead of finding ways around them, sat down, lamenting them! If you are in such position, nobody will help you unless you help yourself. God has done his own bit by letting you know either by yourself or through other people’s advice that you still have escape routes.  If you fail to do take to the escape routes, it’s your own matter.    Do something about your own  life YOURSELF today. 

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Your Life Is In Your Hands

My life is continuously in my hand,

Yet I do not forget Your Law

Ps. 119:109

My Life is in My Hands

We have control over our lives all the time, especially, in areas of the quest for knowledge – education, career, marriage (including parenting), how we intend to retire, and the kind of history or legacies we wish to bequeath to generations after us.   What we become is a matter of the choices we make those circumstances. Choice making, is the greatest freedom God has bestowed on us – to shape our lives the way we wish.  But we must remember that we are accountable to Him on how we do it.  Following His Law is what will make us to attain our destinies according to His purpose and without hurting themselves.

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What's Life for me?

That's the answer everyone of us is searching for throughout our daily struggles!  

When a child is born, he or she cannot comprehend the essence of life.  Merely looking at his parents, he feels secured.  He is  unconditional supplied of food, clothing, shelter, and as he grows he is introduced to education.  All is fun to him until he suddenly realises that the school he has been sent to is not a child's play.  He begins to receive pressure from his parents to take his studies seriously.  He begins to be told that his future lies in his hands.  He is told that not too long, he will graduate from a life of independence to a dependent life.  

Suddenly he notices himself struggling like others in his school to pass his examinations. not because it was fun but because he has been told that without passing well his future is bleak.  Then the struggle begins!  Suddenly he finishes his Secondary and tertiary education and his parents now shows him the way into the larger space called 'the world' to go and begin to fend for himself. He's reminded also to remember them and his siblings and indeed, other persons in terms of care - to give back!

It then dawns on him that the dependency syndrome is fast giving way to independence and the otherwise cheerful boy begins to look serious, moody and unstable in his thoughts.  He begins to ask himself, "what does the future holds for me?" which is now what propels all his searches for life's opportunities which in themselves are becoming harder and harder to find.

He chooses a career, pursues it rigorously, get married and begins to rear his own children.  Finally he becomes a parent himself.  Even though he might have built a house over his head, paying his children's school fees, bought himself a car or two, yet he still keeps on asking himself: "What's in life for me?".  This is because no matter how much he has achieved, one thing is constant in his mind: THERE'S UNCERTAINTY about everything in life.  He was still contemplating the safety in investing in shares when suddenly he saw everything crashed far below the capital invested in them! One thing therefore is clearer to him: that all his achievements can be wiped out in a second!  For this reason, fear grips him and this fear in turn propels him to become restless to the point that he might develop raised blood pressure.   This anxiety lives with him all the days of his life!

The wise one runs to God hinging all the hopes of his future in His hands. Dear reader, this is the best decision anybody can take - knowing God.  It is in God that life has meaning otherwise it is useless and a just a bundle of frustrations.  It is in God there's certainty of an assured future.  Life is full of unhappiness. No amount of struggles can give man the achievements that can guarantee his joy.  Only God can do that.  Therefore struggle but never make the mistake of forgetting to cling to God.  He loves* you and the fear of your tomorrow is unreal if you truly know Him. Good morning. 

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Thank You

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The giver of positive inspirations

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Positive & Nevative Fame

Fame

Jesus Christ,

Mohammed,

Satan,

President W. Bush

Osama Bin Laden

Arthur Andersen

Bill Gates

The American Gay Priests

Enron,

Power Holding Company of Nigeria

President Olusegun Obasanjo

Late Messrs Oyenusi and Anini

Late Pope John Paul II

Michael Jackson

Peter F. Drucker

Lords Denning and Atkins,

Chief Rotimi Willliams,

Prof. Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe

And innumerable other accomplished men in History

Are all famous but in differing degrees.

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Positive and Negative Fame

The Two Sides of Life

Like the positive and negative sides

of mathematical calculations

There are two sides to Life

The positive and the negative

There is no end to exploring both sides

And indeed either side,

Can lead to pain, fame and prosperity

But the only fame, wealth, and prosperity

That carries no sorrow with it

Is the one earned

From the positive side –  the side of God.

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