Thursday, October 13, 2011

Little Me got an Award- I call it a Blog'Oscar!!!!-

First of all , I would like to apologize for my later response to this Award:)- Most Versatile Blogger. I have been pretty busy and I wanted to have enough time to respond esp passing the award along to 15 recently discovered blog.

So the day has come!!!!!

PRISCY dear.. thank you very much for this award:) I was so happy when I read about it in your comments. Thanks for visiting my blog and all your comments. xxxx

According to the rules, the recipient of the award is supposed to:

  • Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them your post;
  •  Share 7 things about yourself; and
  • Pass this award along to 15 recently discovered blogs and let them know about it!
Unveiling me----Hmmmm 7 things about me

1. Family- I am the first of four kids! My siblings and parents mean the world to me! If you are just meeting me for the first time... in less than an hour of conversation you`ll know my siblings by name and my parents.

2. I love the Lord and try to understand and know him better everyday.  My life is so beautiful with Him in it:)

3. Education- B.Comm degree in Accounting and I recently got my  accounting designation (CMA) - School is so done for me.. though most people say I will do a masters and I tell them the only masters I`m interested in is maters degree in loving and caring for my hubbyy and kids :D

4. Over the years, I have become a more private person- I`m sure you can now understand why I delayed in responding to this award cos I knew I had to share a bit of me :D

5. I have the best closest friends in the world!!! You can never put a price on how beautiful your life can be when you have amazing people to share it with. «I love them muchly.. xx

6.95-98% of the time I am a very happy person. The smallest and simplest things make my day--- Life is filled with ups and downs.. I try not to let the down days weigh me down so much.

7. There is a handsome young man I have known 13years now. He is God fearing, loving, caring, understanding, patient, hardworking, forgiving, humble, supportive and lots more. He is the Sweetness in my life and I love him more than words can say!

Phewww!!!!! 7 things was not so difficult



Now the 15 blogs for a Versatile blogger award include
Priscysworld
9jafoodie
Toinlicious
Amaka`s Notepad
Naija Hair Can Grow
Naijamum In London
KitKat
Uzolife
Natural Nigerian
Made Beautiful
Muse Origins
Ms. Buki
Genesis
An Eccentric Great 9ja Man
Musing of a Naijachic

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

A Few Mins

I found the best radio station to listen to while at work-Mypraisefm. They play very nice music and there are amazing teaching on the station as well. The website has an online prayer request page where listeners leave thier prayer request. One of the prayer request touched my heart and really got me thinking . A certain lady wrote that, October 8th was suppose to be her 8th wedding anniversary. However, she was not celebrating it becasue her husband divorced her. She said "its is four years now, yet every anniversary hurts like it was yesterday. She feels very guilty and still blames her self for cheating on her husband. She said she has plead with him and have asked him to forgive her but he says he has forgiven her but can't be married to her anymore. She regrets her actions and her prayer request was to ask for grace strength and courage to get through the day. ( it was a one time cheat )

I was really touch by her prayer request and her story reminded me of one of my post titled Think the Worse 1 & 2. That story was about one of the many temptations we face as human beings. Yours may not be relationship related. It may have to do with your career, school or even your family. Some of these temptations seems unharmful at the surface. No one will get hurt, no one will know about it. My husband or wife will not find out, my parents will never know, my teacher or employer would not know. We rationalize all of that in our heads and forget to ask ourselves the question "what if they find out?" "What would Jesus do?" "What if I get pregnant?" "What if i'm expelled from school?" What if I lose my job, husband, wife, fiance, bf, gf, bother, mother, sister etc.

I can't say I always asked my self those questions but I have in various occassions and  I still thank God that I took a few minutes to analyze the negative consequence of my planned actions. Think about the time you have overcomed temptation and the feeling you get knowing that you did the right thing. Doing the right thing in various occasions has made me realize that there is true freedom and joy when we stand up for what is right. However, I also realize it is not an easy task because I have failed numerous times.

Over coming temptation is not something we can do by our own strength and I pray  for God's grace for all of us. Life is too short to hurt the people that are dear to us. Think of them in your actions and their faces would drive you to stand up for what is right. Asides from people dear to us on earth, we have our heavenly father who loves us dearly and  He is totally pleased when we live a life that honors Him.

It requires conscious effort and a daily request of God grace. Lets make it a daily prayer request.

Love you all and thanks for reading:)

Sunday, September 18, 2011

The Greatness of Our God!

I had the most amazing time in church today!!!!!! There is amazing joy in the presence of God! Service had a mix of good and bad! Two people passed away the night before in a car accident. Death never sits well even when you do not know the individuals..something in me still breaks and I'm reminded of how fragile our life on earth is and how we should make the most of every day we are blessed with. The good news was to see a lady we prayed for last week in church. She has cancer and we were told she was given days to live while in the hospital.. It was so nice to see her in church singing and dancing.. I was just soooo happyyyyy!!! Never spoken to her but she is one of those ladies I admire:)

The best part of service for me today was the sermon!! we had a guest speaker and she spoke on "Worship". The tittle of the message was about "awakening the silence". Omg..there were so many awakening moments in this message but all that I have been meditating on has been JOB 38! She referred us to this scripture and it is about God questioning Job.

This Scripture describes the greatness of our God! it reminds me that God is the BOSS BOSS!! It questions who I think I am? What I think I have, what I think I can do, what I think I have accomplished... Seriously after reading this scripture again after church.. I feel so minute and small!!!! My problems and challenges look like little jokes!!! The scripture confirms that I can never fully comprehend the greatness of God.

I'm just in awe of your greatness GOD!!!!
Your ways are not my ways
Your thoughts are not my thoughts
You are indescribable
You are the best creator ever known
You are the best father a child could wish for
You are the one who is and  is to come
You are love!!! Your are great!!!
And I worship You for who You are

It is true when they say that "the more you worship God, the smaller your problems become"!!!
If you have read this post to this point, choose to focus on the greatness of God this week!!! If you don't know where to start from or if you do not even think He is great, Click here to read Job 38. You can Continue to Job 41 for a full picture.

Its a new week and I really thought I should remind you all about how great our God is!!
Have a great week all and no matter the unexciting and uninteresting events you face this week, just focus on the greatness of God and do not quite worshiping.


Love you all and thanks for reading:)
xx

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Soooooo Furiousssss!

My nice quiet Saturday afternoon was ruined when I read a post on a blog a follow. A girl was raped by 5 animals called boys! I could not even finish reading what really happened...I was just furious!!! They did not just rape her.. the recorded the nonsense and passed it around on campus!!!

I am waiting patiently to see how my country will handle this situation.. In times like this I wish i was the presidents wife or someone with more power and authority.. these boys would not see the light of day for the rest of their lives. They do not deserve to live or even die quickly... They need a slow and painful death! Like seriously.. what if she was your sister, mother or daughter????

Now everyone is cursing not just them, but heir generations and families! This is exactly how people ruin their lives and generations. Tomorrow, someone will marry them and have to deal with all the curses. Do people even think of their future or children when they act????

NOw there are some foolish human beings who have been asking the blogger to post the video so they can see! I don't even have words to describe those good for nothing individuals!!! And others are saying this should go as a lesson to girls out there who disrespect guys!!! Are you kidding me! These two group of people should be jailed as well as far as I am concerned because people like them are a threat to the society.

I pray for the this girl! If I'm feeling the way I am.. I can only imagine how they feel. Lord please comfort her! Please show her your love! The bible says you use the foolish things of this world to dumbfound the wise! Let this turnout to something great and huge for this innocent girl! Please Lord remind her that you love her and that she is truly valuable to you. I pray that she will be great and you will open doors unto her. I pray you will heal of of this wounds! And finally Lord, please may these boys not go unpunished in JESUS NAME.. AMEN

Friday, September 16, 2011

Rare and Unique

I came home from work and decided to catch up with my recorded show- "The View"( I don't miss it). Anyways there were two interesting guest on the show. They proved to me that there is forgiveness and there is forgiveness!

A lady was featured on the show! She forgave the boy who murdered her son! She just did not forgive him, she calls him her spiritual son. He now leaves next door to her. He calls her his mum. As if that was not enough. She wears a necklace with a picture of her and her son (her biological son) and when you flip the necklace, it is a picture of the boy who killed her son!!!! It is important to note that the guy is  now a grown and a responsible man now ( he completed his jail term). But thennnnnn!

How did she do it? Those ladies on the view were pretty curious and I was too! And the question came.. How are you able to forgive this much??? ( oh before i forget.. the guy was on the show too) And she answered  "this is purely the grace of God". The audience applauded her after she said that! I was like oh wow.. they even recognize this is not normal.. because people rarely clap when God is mentioned on these shows!

But really who won't agree that such level of forgiveness only takes the grace of God!!!! Your only Son was killed and here you are calling the killer your son! Oh my! She said God asks us to forgive and she decided to obey! That show made me think about what I really consider as forgiveness! I think there are levels of forgiveness!!! Although she did not just get to this level over night.. she eventually got there and I believe is rare and unique and definitely takes the grace of God!

What do you think??

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Think the Worse- Part 2

Guy: It will definitely be a good opportunity to see Molly again. Our relationship ended without explanations and it will be really nice to finally ask her what really happened. Hmmmmm.. what if you findout you are still attracted to her?? Nooooo.. thats not possible. I have moved on, i'm in a committed relationship and I love Kezy very much. I would never hurt her. So basically.. this meeting will be to gain closure. Hmmmmm... should I tell Kezy why i'm travelling this weekend? I mean she should understand... Would you understand such a trip??? Hmmm... Welll she does not need to know. Hmmmm.. you said u'll be visiting friends.. someone will tell her you were in town. Hmmm.. I guess I won't visit anyone.. i'll just spend the... oh no.. i'll tell her i'm going to visit my friends.. She know I have friends there so its a lot easier

Wednesday b4 the Friday

Going to see Molly a week before her wedding is not a good idea at all. What if people see us? What sin will you commit?? you are just meeting over supper and talking things through and wishing her the best in her married life. Hmmmm.. what if people see us together? We'll our relationship was not really public and it has been five years.. so no one would even think its anything more than supper. Hmmmm... i think she said she never told her hubby to be about our short lived fun filled relationship. So even if he somehow knows about the supper.... it could be a co-worker, or skoolmate or a friend from church. Hmmmmm... i have to ask her why she has not told her hubby about us. Molly.... such a secretive young woman.. I have to tell her marriage is different. 

Friday morning- Flight @ 5pm

I can't believe how excited, tensed and confused I am about this trip. A part of me wants to jump on that plane and meet with Molly again. Oh my.. I loved that girl!!!! There was a mega undeniable chemistry from the moment we met in that hall way. The conversations, her look, smile, personality, love for God and maturity.. was just amazing. Molly was so adventurous... we did some of the craziest things. Yet she was still very reserved and quiet. Good memories.. Good memories.. Good memories.. I really miss Molly. I can't believe it was 2hour drive distance that made us grow apart. The feelings were mutual.. it was just not about the words.. the actions spoke louder than words. What happened?? what really happened.. did we let life get in the way??? Maybe i did something wrong... well hence this trip.. it will be nice to hear her side of the story.

Friday 3pm- At the airport

Molly is getting married in a week... she contacted me two weeks before her marriage to tell me she was getting married.. who does that??? Why did she not ask for a meeting a year ago? What if i go there and our emotions get the best of us??? What is something stupid happens? What if I end up ruining Molly's up coming wedding? What if her hubby already knows about us somehow and she does not know... What if he sees us coming out of the hotel... Will I or Molly ever be able to explain the situation??? What if we actually meet people who knew about our heated romance??? What if this blows up in many portions???? Hmmm... I think I'm playing with fire here!!! Blazing fire that could ruin both our lifes.. Hmmm my dignity, integrity and respect??? Do I really need to understand everything in life??? Most everything make meaning???? what difference will it make if Molly tells me why we grew apart? Kezyyyyyy.. What would i do if I found out she did what I'm about to do??

Airport announcement: Waiting for our last checked in passenger Blake Rollings- Last call!!! final boarding!!! Please proceed to gate D47. Gate closes in 5mins.

Hi, ma'am, I'm Blake Rollings. I won't be flying with you today.

Thanks!!!




Sunday, September 11, 2011

Do you Hate .. Just because????

I`ve always heard and known that Jonathan was a good friend to David. Like one of those things you know, it did not mean that much to me until I recently read 1 Sam 18.

Jonathan did not just love David, but he went against his father Saul, to ensure David`s safety. He did not follow the crowd to hate David even though most people would think he should have. I thought that was amazing.

In our world today, there is so much hate! People are born into it. Families hating families, cities hating cities, countries hating countries and if one looks at the root of this hate, it stems form the littlest or minute issue. Most people who hate a certain person, tribe or race cant even tell why they do because most of people were born to see life that way.

In Jonathan`s case, His father and David went to war. David killed  ten thousands  enemies while Saul ( the King) only killed thousands of enemies. Saul was jealous of David. He told his son, Jonathan and his servants to kill David.

David`s victory at war or his ability to kill more enemies than Saul did not make Jonathan love him less. Therefore Jonathan stood for what was right and decided to not support his father`s plot to kill David.

Do you just hate just because?????? Do you judge people based on what you have heard about them?? Do you give people you meet opportunity to prove themselves to you. Do you just go with the flow when it comes to love and hate. Do you stop loving someone because someone close to you hates them?

Jonathan's character and friendship with David is very inspiring. We should not hate because our parents, friends, siblings, spouse, tribe or country hates a certain person or people.

Have a love filled week
God bless