Christian Lifestyle Blog

Do you know that you might not have this time to bond ever again? Heyyy, calm down and listen, and don't you dare say God forbid there because it's not a curse. Why you complain and whine each day about this lockdown, what profitable thing have you done with it, and I don't mean counting feats and certificates. I mean how far have you bonded with the people that matter most to you, how many people have you made laugh in the midst of this crises? I'm a person who doesn't come home frequently due to stress of travelling and a lot  of other minor but concrete reasons. I've left home for almost 7 months now and this lockdown was my only reason for coming home. To be very honest, I was pained and I whined a little, but I recovered fast because I knew it's for the best (I mean no-one wants corona). I loosened up a little and decided to make the very best of this season. Earlier today, my siblings and I decided to play the game of "Whot" and in t...

I got to a friend's place sometimes ago, and I met the family playing Ludo game, I was invited to play and I consented to it, so my sister and I (We were together) joined the game. If you are famous with the Ludo game, you know your game only begins after you must have gotten a 6 ( A tutorial for another day). Well, every other person in that game had began his/her game except me, I was scared and worried. A little intro of me, I have fear of playing games (Ludophobia) especially with outsiders. After about 3 rounds, the game still had not begun for me, I did the only thing I could think of, I quit. I could not beat the shame, so I took the easiest route of quitting.  After a few days, my sister and I had the opportunity to talk about that game and she told me with all seriousness "Tolope, the only reason you say you have phobia for games is because you're scared of losing" As crude as that sounds, it was the utmost truth. I realized that, I was not Ludophobic,...

Do you know that you're a product of what you continually give yourself too?  I recently observed a lady's behavior for a year or more and saw how drastic her change was. I saw her change from a friend to a stranger in the matters of months and I was dumbfounded, surprised and a little dissapointed to be very honest. As a  very curious person that I am,  I decided to contribute my own quota to the FBI (if you know, you know), so I did some digging about what caused the change and trust me to always get answers to my search, I discovered that she has given herself to things that caused the change ( In plain English, she has been watching, listening and following a negative path) Let me use a very relatable example, if you give yourself to pizza, shawama, meat pie, sausage and every other junk known to mankind for a month, you need no soothsayer to tell you that you'll reap for yourself fats (With a whole lot of 's' behind it ). Whatever you give yourself to, you...

I remember the first time I saw the word "impregnability" and I thought to myself, "ah it must mean being pregnant" until I looked it up in the dictionary and realized it actually meant " too strong to be penetrated" or "Strong walls". Too many a times, we are quick to make hasty conclusions about people or situations without looking deeper and intensely. We are quick to jump into conclusions as some may call it. While I am not here go cast any stone as I have taken vacation from judging (That's a joke), I am here to ask you how many times you made hasty conclusions about yourself without finding out what you are capable of? You result to using the term "I can't", You have made yourself excusable in your eyes by downplaying on your intelligence, ability and energy. You also overhaul yourself with negative words. I'm here to remind you that you're impregnable (no, I don't mean being pregnant), you're strong,...

Agbalumo (Africa star apple): as fondly called in my dialect is a popular fruit in my country and is loved by many. The intriguing thing about this fruit is people's love for the seed, as there are a whole lot of people that buys this fruit because of its seed.You even see some folks begging for seed (This table Ehn). I was returning home one afternoon from an outing happily licking my fruit, when I got to the seed part and then my excitement skyrocketed from an 100% to 200%, I was legit grinning. What was going on? I had no answer to that.   While enjoying my tasty "Agbalumo" and thinking at the same time, the Holy Spirit asked "What kind of seed are you"?  Are you an orange seed or an Agbalumo seed? ( forgive my choice of analogy, but anyone who has ever chewed an orange seed accidentally will understand this).Remember the bible says "By their fruits, ye shall know them". Is your fruit merely attractive or is your fruit attractive and sweet? ...

LET GO Ever seen a man in a vehicle and still has a backpack strapped to his back. Have you ever held something so dear (Including hurting past ), refusing to let go even when the situation to do so arise? ( Some call it emotional attachment)  Why you may think it's difficult to do so is simply because you've not experienced the blessedness of letting go. For instance,  the man with the backpack in the vehicle is ignorant of the fact that there's space for his backpack.   We've heard too many quotes on not letting go and not giving up that we've forgotten that we can't receive more that we handle The new blessing won't come if we don't let go of the challenges. Let go of yourself Let go of anger, let go of your bitterness, forgive, move on. You can't collect more if your hands are filled. Many of us here, our hands are filled with bitterness, anger, unforgiveness. Yet, we are looking, waiting and praying to receive more There's no ...

I'M LONG OVER DUE I've been pregnant with this child for over a year and it has bluntly refused to be born. I tried every possible means I knew but it refused to come forth. Perplexed and frustrated, I wondered "why isn't this coming forth?" It was then it dawned on me that  I wasn't intentional about the birthing, I wasn't giving it the necessary attention it deserved and I allowed fear put me in a box. I was trapped in the thoughts of my fears "Do I have the strength to bear this child?" I would often speak. Thinking back now, I realize that I had underutilized my strength and underrated my capacity. I had forgotten that I'm not strengthened by myself but by the owner and giver of strength himself. As I thought about all of these, anger swelled in the inside of me and I screamed with the whole of my being "Arghh!!" With all the strength mustered in me, I pushed and the baby came forth! Yes! you heard me right, I birthed m...