David had been reluctant to serve the other Sunday school kids. I asked him why but he murmured under his voice, “They won’t say thank you”. In this case, I just smiled at him… To be sure, he was expecting me to lash out on the smaller kids. Instead, I simply responded with a smile. That […]
It is my Advent Prayer to focus on what truly matters. What prepares your heart for the Lord? Is it the decorations, the queued menu, palatable dishes, glitz and glamour of shopping carts or the fanciful Christmas tree? The Lord is passing by your home do you have room for Him to stay? Is your […]
‘I just want to know what the wooden chips in the bowl was. I have seen you eat those’ he said. My eyes were wide with shock of what the young man asked. ‘What do you mean?’ Wanting to clear myself of every assumption. ‘Please don’t be embarrassed. I don’t know what it is’. He replied. […]
Have you been in thoughts concerning the gifts for this year? I have too and friend sometimes it is tiring just looking at the beautiful toys and gift items on display. I wish I could get all those items for everyone especially my kids at the orphange home. Well, it is not about the gift […]
I have a dear friend who recently lost her a 12 year old son. She surprises me every time she speaks of those moments. Going through grief, my friend chose one only thing. She chose gratitude in the midst of the storms of life. May be you are not as strong as my friend. Or perhaps you find it difficult to see God […]
I know what it means to be overwhelmed. The last month had been that way for me. Sadly, the last weeks my struggle against time, schedule and plans grew. And one night I knew I had hit the brick wall. The brick wall was called overwhelmed! I got off the bed left everything including the […]
My daughter prays in her simple ways, mostly with few sentences and straight to the point. I thought them as normal until the day I overheard her praying for her co-learners at her school. That have never breezed into my mind at least not in recent times. Praying is what I learnt from my grandma. She would […]
For some time now, I have been visiting the orphanage home. I take my daughter along. While I teach the teens, she spends time playing with the younger children. Do you remember, Mrs. Carol and the orphanage home? You can read the article ‘When God Gives You A Voice‘ One of the days, while we drove home, my […]
Recall the woman at the well? Yes the very woman whom Jesus told about her life. Bible Reading: John 4: 4-42 The woman whom Jesus offered the water of life. She had a record, may be one she was ashamed of. May be her name was on the lips of whisperers in the city. But […]
Recently a lady evangelist was hacked to death in Northern Nigeria. The details are murky and the sight gory. Tempted to complain and ask God why this had to happen but I remembered several inicidents in the Bible of Men and Women prepared to surrender their whole life for Jesus. Many of whom died for […]