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Spending time with them nieces and nephews has given me so many reasons to laugh. Some days back, Jem who had taken lots of sweets for the day and had been warned by her mum that there was no more sweets for the day, walked up to me saying, "aunty Tope, my mouth is asking me to take another sweet". I said "Your mouth, tell your mouth no oh, or else". OMG! I laughed so hard. Well, after lunch today, my bigsis and I were seated in the room, when little Dave walked in: Dave: Mummy, I want my reeeee pot Bigsis: Your what? Dave: My reeeee pot na, I want to show mummy Princess ....I decided to join in the conversation Me: Your report? Bigsis: Oh, your report card And Dave goes: Noooooo, my reeeee pot While we were trying to decipher what dear Dave was saying, Bigsis told him to go call his sister Jem, who apparently was the decoder of little Dave's grammar. Jem who was engrossed with the cartoon she was watching, was not

While dad was working at the bank, there was a certain man who supplied the bankers with beef. He kept at it for many years and I cannot remember dad and mum ever complaining about his supplies. Lesson 1: Be the best at what you do; harness your skills with every given opportunity. Strive to be the best you can be. Back to the story.... Years later, I walked into the bank and right there behind the counter sat this same man. He was now a cashier at the same bank. He went from supplying meat to the bankers to being a banker. Lesson 2: -       Sometimes we get tired of doing the same thing over and over again but don't give up, just keep at it because opportunities abound everywhere. We only have to look intently to see and grab them with both hands. This man saw an opportunity and he seized it. -       To move from one phase to another, you need to make sacrifices. I can imagine what it must have caused this man to go from being a su

I was the best at saying ‘No’ to things that seemed way bigger than me. You would always have a “Yes” from me, if it was something I considered I could do after, weighing and measuring it up against my strength, until I realized I was denying myself of the opportunity to grow. Sometimes, saying NO is not wrong, but when I considered my reasons for saying NO which were: -       Acting out of fear -       Measuring those tasks against my strength I was so wrong and to worsen it ...those two things are known for putting GOD off. The result: -   I was not learning and therefore I plateaued -   I had no idea what I was capable of doing because I kept doing the usual -   I had no idea what GOD could do through me A quick scenario.... Some years back, I stepped into my office and my coordinator motioned to me to come. When I got to his desk, he looked at me and said “You have been assigned to go make a presentation on our behalf at the bla bla bla of West Africa

The first time I read Zechariah 8:13b, I read it in the KJV version but the day I stumbled on the the NLT translation, I was hyper-excited, it got me dancing.  The NLT version reads: Now I will rescue you and make you both a symbol and a source of blessing The message translation says: From now on, you’re the good-news people. Back to the NLT translation which says: I will rescue you and make YOU a symbol and source of BLESSING .....Let us break it down from back to forward - Symbol of the blessing - Source of the blessing - I will  - Make you Let's look at what it means to be a "Symbol of blessing " First what is the Blessing? - GOD's provision and favour. What is a symbol? - A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation When you hear, the symbol of the naira, what comes to mind? The naira sig

                                                                                                I love GOD .....He is just amazing, all encompassing and totally indescribable I love HIS ways .....His ways are not for us to understand,  ours is to wait and see where it leads and most times He supersedes our imagination I love His timing .....He is never early, never late but always on time Over time I have realized that there is no use struggling with GOD, so I let GOD do His thing because He alone knows the future therefore His ways and His timing can be trusted. So, when He says something, I make the necessary adjustments even if I'm yet to grasp the whole picture.   Let me share an experience ..... Some years back, on a warm Friday morning, I walked into my office where I had worked for 4months and I couldn't shake off the feeling that I was walking int o the office as an employee for the last time. Strange right...lol. As I went about my duties for th

On my way to work this morning, I heard a disheartening statement over the air. Two people were engaged in a conversation that focused on the issue of being a baby papa or baby mama and all what not.That wasn’t even the crux of the matter. As the conversation went on, one of the speakers was wishing someone she knew won’t end up being a baby papa and was hoping that he will marry first. The other party replied saying, it wasn’t compulsory to get married first before having a child, what matters most is ‘ to do whatever makes you happy . *eyes-popped-out*  Do whatever makes you happy ....For real where did that come from?  Do whatever pleases you, even if it doesn’t please GOD. Well, not everyone knows GOD right, but even for a person who is yet to acknowledge GOD, imagine them doing whatever makes them happy even if it is not sensible or morally right. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we shouldn't do what makes us happy but wisdom is pro

There is a reason why you were made A reason why you are where you are today  There is a reason why GOD has given you access to the people, places and cities you currently have access to There is a reason why GOD has deposited those giftings and talents in you  GOD is a perfect master planner He made us to fulfil purpose He endowed us to make a difference He desires that we go into the world  ....the world and its systems.... And why?  It's all for the cause of His Kingdom  It is HIS desire that we advance His Kingdom here on earth We are His army and He expects us to Take-Over and not to blend in HE wants us to speak up for HIM and birth a change that transforms lives HE is waiting on you to invade and challenge the negative wave of lies destroying the minds and mindsets of HIS creation Will you fail HIM?  Your uniqueness is for a reason  No one else can do what you were fashioned to do Don't get too busy or remain idle

  There was slight traffic on my way to work yesterday morning, and as the car I was in drove on, my attention was drawn to a hawker on the street. Someone had motioned to him from one of the cars to bring his wares but as he approached the car, the car began to move. I watched as th e guy ran and ran after the car just so he could get to the car and have his wares sold. When I say he ran, I mean he did so for minutes. Sadly, he didn’t catch up with the car.  I felt sad for him....cos he was trying to make ends meet but that didn’t change the fact that life doesn’t make things easy sometimes. One thing I have learnt over time is that, what you desire doesn’t always fall on your laps or wait at your door steps in the morning....you have to move...and moving doesn’t guarantee that you will eventually get it, only the mercy of GOD does.  Indeed success comes from GOD No matter the amount of time, effort and hard work you put in to get something done or produce something

The devil will come with his lies He will ask questions like  -Does He still answer?  -For how long will you keep praying? You've got to shut the devil up or else he will fill your head with constructive reasons that will clog your mind with doubts  Rebecca prayed for a child It didn't happen immediately but it did eventually and GOD gave her Benjamin and Joseph.  Joseph saw what the future held for him He was destined for greatness  He was destined for the palace But it didn't play out like we would have humanly expected  He first went by the Pit  Then to being a House Keeper (A promotion I would say, from the pit to House Keeping...lol) Next stop was the Prison Then the Palace Joseph experienced situations that didn't seem like it and could have made him wonder if GOD was involved in his life but that didn't stop him, neither did it affect his demeanor He knew he was headed somewhere Even when i