Does it really matter who puts the food on the table?

A friend of mine Ebi Akpeti; Author of the “The Perfect Church” sent this to me. It is a true life experience and worth the share…happy reading and hope we all learn a great lesson from this…

A guy who had no job got married to a banker, despite his fears & advice that it's not good to marry without a job. Every month the girl will give the guy her full salary N135k after removing her N15k tithe. The guy will give the wife N20k for personal up keep & the guy determines what happens to the remaining money, this wnet on for 3 years. There was happiness in the family & the girl never refused to do her primary home duties for those 3 years despite wrong advices from friends “ That you can't pay the bills & still be doing all the work”…..

There was a particular month the guy used about N70k to travel from state to state for different interviews. The guy finally got a job with a good firm in Port Harcourt.  His salary was N600k monthly for a start. He bought his first car (brand new) for N4.5m, he gave the wife the car key while he continued to take public transport to work for about 2years before he bought the second car for N6 million. After he bought the second car he took the keys of the 1st car & gave the wife the key of the second car. They were very happy. They finally moved into their personal house after a few years.

One day, the wife was looking for some documents; she saw a file hidden. When she opened the file she saw her wedding picture when she was very slim in the first page of the file. She finally saw that the document to the purchase of the land & every other thing in the house were in her name only. At the last page was the guy's wedding picture and a note written by the husband, '' MY WIFE IS ALL I HAVE GOT,NOT EVEN THIS HOUSE WORTH N24MILLION AS AT THE TIME I BUILT IT''.

 This couple got married in 1998. Last Sunday was their wedding anniversary with two children a boy & a girl. True LOVE still exists up till this day. Are you sure, the love you have for your spouse can be compared to this one you just read? No matter what, remember you chose each other, please share...it doesn't matter who puts the food on the table…Selah.

A world of Choice!

All of life is a product of choice; the only point in time you really do not have a choice is at the point of conception and birth. God gives the gift of life to the baby; it is not the choice of the baby to be born. When the years of discretion set in, choice takes over.

You choose to eat, sleep, walk, run, marry, give, hold back, talk, and shut up. All are products of choices. Your ability to make the right choices determine how far you go in life. Your choice has the capacity to birth or take life. Little wonder the scripture says, “I have given you life and death, blessing and cursing, but choose life that you and your family will live”… this is simply what I call the commandment of choice. It’s between two options; a plus or a minus.

How we often so miss great opportunities by virtue of wrong choices, the greater disservice we do to ourselves lie in not making a choice at all.

While reading a book "Choices" by my friend Femi Olabanji, I found out that one of the key bed rocks of life and our existence all lies in the concept of choice. “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only begotten son…” this was a product of choice…and Abraham without questioning God lay his one and only son on the alter to be sacrificed…choice; David saw Bathsheba and desired to have her….choice.

We can go on and on; the scriptures we read, were inspired by the spirit of God through men who chose to obey and heed God’s word by putting them down in writing…choice.

Our world is simply a world of choices! 

@omedekina

I just Love this video

This to me is a master piece from Alicia Keys. check out the lyrics, the music progression and the video quality. simply da bomb!

The Concept of Time and Season

Talk about time and seasons; we get to wonder why there seems to be some measure of disparity within the society.

Could it be that God is somewhat partial? Do you really think He is? For me, I don’t think so. God has in his own special way has given us all it takes to succeed in life. He has given us the power of creativity, innovation, setting an agenda; the path to decide to succeed or fail.


t all boils down to the concept of time and seasons. Have you wondered why there a was a world wide recession; it’s a lesson to all to know that certain things are not constants; there are the high and low seasons of life, economy, politics, health, faith, relationships, recreations etc.

A millionaire has his season of lows were he would say “boy am broke” and he is really broke.

You have your low seasons, and will get into a season of plenty…it all takes your ability to wait.; wait and wait, your season of plenty is coming.

That perfect boyfriend and girl friend is coming your way…you will get married.

The job is coming, that business break through is coming.

It’s all about understanding and keying into the concept of time and seasons...

Something positive is sure going to happen and is happening already!....@omedekina

 

Is This Love or What?

Is This Love or What?

Posted on April 22, 2011 by dami
http://www.damioluwatoyinbo.com/personal-transformation/is-this-love-or-what/

A soldier was sentenced to death by Oliver Cromwell for a terrible crime. He was to be executed by a firing squad as the curfew bell struck midnight.

All preparations were made, and as the time approached guns were loaded and readies. But the clock never struck. After a few minutes Cromwell sent some soldiers to investigate. They found that a young lady, the sweetheart of the man to be executed, had strapped herself to the clapper ofthe huge clock – so when it struck the side of the bell her body took the impact but made no sound. Both her legs were broken, one arm was badly damaged, several ribs were cracked. Cromwell was so moved by her remarkable sacrifice that he ordered her sweetheart to be freed. “Your love has saved him. No curfew bell will sound tonight.”

This story portrays love in one of it’s purest forms.

The ultimate proof of love is not sex, money or fun. It is sacrifice.

Pure love is demonstrated through sacrifice. It’s about what we are willing to give; what we are willing to let go of; what we are willing to do without just to ensure that someone else becomes better.

A lot of people think about love in terms of a romantic relationship. They think about love only on valentine’s day. It ought not to be so. Love is the essence of life. To love is to live. God is LOVE and God is the giver of life so LOVE  gives life. Love is LIFE.

We are called human beings but we really ought to be Love Beings.

As we remember the ultimate demonstration of God’s love for us in this season, take out time to reflect. Ponder on God’s love for you.

God became a man so that men can become like God.

Mel Gibson’s blockbuster movie, the Passions of The Christ is depicts the greatest story of  God’s love for us but you can be sure that the sufferings of Jesus for our sake were a lot more gruesome that what we see in that movie.

Jesus was brutalized that we may be revitalized.

Jesus died so that we may live.

Jesus bled so that we may be fed.

Jesus’  body was broken so that our bodies, souls and spirits may be whole.

We have to appreciate the fact that it wasn’t the nails that kept Jesus hanging on the cross. It was his passionate love for us.

No matter how you spend this holiday, remember to meditate on GOD’s unconditional love for you and find a way to spread the love.

Make a fresh commitment to love God with all your heart, mind and strength.

Make a fresh commitment to love your neighbor as yourself.

An easy way to do that is to ask yourself this question before you do anything: “Is this love or what?”

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Just thinking;

Talking about winners and losers; the Nigerian elections have come and gone proving skeptics who never believed in the good of the country wrong. So wrong that those unbelievers in the progress of Nigeria took up arms in protest wrecking untold havoc on the polity especially innocent NYSC members serving their father land.

And they said of him, can anything good come out of Nazareth? And many did say of Jonathan; can anything come out of him, being that he hails from a minority group in Nigeria, a man believed to be politically naïve etc... The man won… he is a man who has given every Nigerian a reason to believe like Obama “if he can make it. You can make it.

Osama, sniffed out of the face of the earth by the special force called the SEALS. Gbagbo, bundled out of office like a chicken, the almighty General Buhari of the CPC silenced by a so called naïve politician.   

What lessons can we draw from all these?

Very simple; God’s ways are not our ways, neither are his thoughts our thoughts. Your steps are ordered by God, and you can achieve all that God has destined you to achieve.

This was not meant to be a sermon, well, in sports, The blues (Chelsea) had an initial poor outing,(written off from the title race); their fighting spirit beats my imagination, coming from a dismal outing way back bouncing to second position giving my dear Man U team a reason to sleep with both eyes open.

In life, there are four sides to a coin, you win or lose, chose to give up or push up and move on not giving up.

What do you think?

To be continued…

@omedekina

Thats Just the Way it is...contd'

In my last post, i talked about the ironies of the world system and asked; is that just the way it is?

well, going by the wind of change and revolution going on all across the middle east; one would wonder if this day was ever going to come. surprisingly, from a rather dangerous and complicated move of one man setting himself ablaze in Tunisia, the whole of the middle east is experiencing a new wave of change.

The seat tight Mubarak is out, the Tunisian leader...out. the worst of all, Ghadaffi has defied human rights laws by abusing and killing at will. it is rather unfortunate that he will also go the way of those before him.

Holding on to power as if it were the birthright of a few is now being confounded by the will of the "People" . the People are being used of God to prove that all power belongs to God; and it i God who decides who remains in power per time.

we wait with much expectation, as we look forward to the redemption of the Libyan people, we look forward to a peaceful election in Nigeria and pray that the ill in ivory cost is resolved soon.

I pray that the winds of change blowing across the middle east would sweep across the continent of Africa bringing justice and liberation to the oppressed.

It is time the People take their rightful place and cry freedom!

@omedekina