THE LILY OF THE VALLEY – ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL!
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
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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
Continue ReadingTHERE IS STILL HOPE
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.
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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,
Continue ReadingDO NOT BE CAUGHT UNAWARES!
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
Continue ReadingBRING IT TO THE FEET OF JESUS
BRING IT TO THE FEET OF JESUS The world is revolving! We learnt that the earth moves around the sun. We hear it said that “what goes around, comes around.” It is written that “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. “ Ecclesiastes 3 : 1 NLT As a matter of fact, the above
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FINISH THE PROJECT Sometime ago, I was wondering about the number of uncompleted and abandoned projects all over our country, Nigeria. What has been happening in times past is that different administrations of government budget huge sums of money for projects and award juicy contracts to their kith and kin to execute these projects. What then happens is that very
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DO NOT GET CARRIED AWAY. Marie was a brilliant young lady and throughout her stay at the University she excelled at all her courses and decided that she would work hard to be a renowned journalist in an international broadcast media company. She graduated with flying colours and got a National Youth Service Posting (a compulsory year of service to
Continue ReadingARE YOU A WICKED PERSON?
ARE YOU A WICKED PERSON? Is it easy to profile a wicked person? Before you answer, please let me clarify the word “wicked” here. In formal English it means evil or morally wrong. While informally or as a slang, it actually means good or excellent. Funny isn’t it? That the same word would have two contradictory meanings. Well for the
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WE ARE ROYALTY The ruling monarch of the United Kingdom and of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II has been in the news lately as she has been attending events marking and celebrating her ninety third birthday. By the way she is the world’s current, longest reigning monarch and has been queen since the age of twenty – six in
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