SURELY; HE WILL COME The “Crown Jewels” of the United Kingdom, is a term used to describe a collection of about one hundred and forty ceremonial objects of diverse shapes and sizes that are used when occasion demands or kept for public display under very tight security and bomb proof glass at the Jewel House at the Tower of London.

THE SCARS,  MY VICTORY More than a couple of decades ago, I was involved in a near fatal accident. I had to undergo a five hour oral and maxillofacial surgery. Though I am alive and very well today I have scars on the left side of my face, somewhere around the corner of my left eye and my nose, (left

THE BLESSING IS FROM GOD It has been very well documented that the Nigerian economy has taken a turn for the worse. There are tales of woe about businesses shutting down and some actually relocating to nearby countries like Ghana where power is at least stable; as the cost of generating one’s own power in Nigeria is ridiculously expensive. So

FORGET-ME-NOTS

THE GO-BETWEEN I went to secondary school in Western Nigeria in the late 1970’s and in the early 1980’s long before electronic mails and mobile phones became popular. Most correspondence then was done by post or was hand delivered through someone who was likely to see the addressee. The go-between who was responsible for delivering the mail was also referred

LOVE COVERS IT ALL “Love”, they say,“is a many splendoured thing”; and the Cambridge Dictionary defines “splendour” as “great beauty that attracts admiration ànd attention”. In my native language,  Yoruba,  the word “splendour”  is translated “ologo” which literally means “something glorious”.  I would therefore like to conclude that Love is indeed a glorious thing. The “Glorious thing” called love has been described as a law,

THE POWER OF THE TONGUE (SPEAK LIFE) “And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell.” James 3: 6 (Revised Standard Version)  Often times we forget the power of our tongue. From the fall of man our tongue

SEED TIME AND HARVEST In most orthodox churches , it’s the harvest season.  I grew up in an Anglican Church and last week was our Annual Harvest Thanksgiving Service. It was indeed an uplifting and refreshing time. All church groups took turns to dance forward with thanksgiving and praises bringing their gifts before the Lord (of the Harvest) in appreciation

THERE IS NO NEED TO FEAR! “Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there.” 1 Kings 19:3 NLT Yes, you better believe it! The great prophet Elijah was afraid! He felt FEAR! That crippling, confusing, destructive emotion and feeling. So Elijah was aware that Jezebel