THE RAISON D’ETRE – THE REASON FOR BEING A couple of months ago, our church orchestra treated us to some instrumentals from the soundtrack of the musical “Sound of Music.” It was both surprising and refreshing at the same time.  It brought back very fond memories of my childhood. I suddenly recalled the words of one of the songs and

YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE! I am currently reading a book titled “Treasure in Jars of Clay” by Claudio Freidzon. The title has inspired this article. Has anyone ever made you feel small. Have you ever felt  that you were not good enough for something or someone?  Do you sometimes feel that you are never going to amount to anything? Do

PLEASE QUIT COMPLAINING There is a hymn I have been singing a lot lately. I had learnt it in my native language, Yoruba, as a child.  I had only always paid attention to the words of the first stanza. But having to sing all the stanzas everyday for the past month, my eyes opened to the depth of their lyrics.

DO NOT GIVE UP; YOU CAN DO IT Growing up as a child,  I never learnt to ride a bicycle because I had a nasty accident one time and our mum decided that was that with bicycles  (I was a real tomboy and had sustained too many physical injuries doing all sorts). So about a couple of weeks ago my

THE LILY OF THE VALLEY – ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL! In Nigeria where I live, it’s the time of the year we refer to as “the rainy season”.  This season lasts for about seven months starting from sometime at the end of March till the end of October. However, there is usually a dry spell during the month of August which is

WE ARE COVERED. I live in Lagos, Nigeria and right now in my country security has become a very big issue. We can no longer move around as we please without first taking into account our destination and where we might have to travel through to get there. It really is worrisome. Private homes now have fences raised high with

THERE IS STILL HOPE At some point in our lives, we might have lost somebody dear to us, a cherished loved one. We may recall that it did not matter how old or young they were at the time they transitioned. What hurt was that we were not ever going to see them again on this side of the divide.

FOCUS  ON JESUS If you do not know anything about God; please; know this one thing: GOD IS GOOD and HE WILL NEVER CHANGE.  He is still  “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” Hebrews 13:8 KJV   We are the ones who change; our beliefs,  our circumstances, our lives, our priorities, our situations, our values,

DO NOT BE CAUGHT UNAWARES Days like these are a test of our faith! They are dark and gloomy and seem like the end is really here. The violence and bloodshed are unprecedented.  It is like some kind of terror has been unleashed; war has been declared and the battle is on. There is an urgency for us to right