testy situations…

tests are different from temptation…

tests are meant to prove one, to see if they can move from one level to another…temptations deal with soliciting someone to do evil…./enticing someone to do evil.

Just like tests and exams we deal with in school are not really what we look forward to..cos they are not all that pleasant..i never looked forward to exams in school..i hope that changes in future.. J.. in the same way..i think life tests are not all that pleasant… and before I go too far I would like to add that not everybody in life has to undergo this tests I’m talking about..these tests are the ones we pass with faith, patience, love and steadfastness…

You know very well that the sellers in the kiosks that we buy stuff from at lunch time.. don’t sit to take tests with us in class…this is because they have not decided to go through the “school” we were enrolled in …so also ..if someone has not decided to live his life the same way I have decided to live mine..we will never and ever sit for the same life tests..cos we didn’t enroll in the same “school”..

…for instance...this sounds simple but..if the kind of life I have decided to live ..does not allow me to harbor a grudge in my mind/allow me to revenge when offended.. so when I am faced with this kind of situation..and I decide I won’t answer the question/situation by what my teacher has taught me..which is to walk in love, say my mind to the offending party and forgive,…then..i get an automatic 0/100…this simply means..i will need to take that test again..because it’s part of moving forward/higher..as a christian..we need to grow up and mature in our walk with God.. cos anything that does not grow dies..anything that’s stagnant..losses every form of essence its supposed to have..

..there are a million and one situations that confront us daily..you can fill in the blanks....and I think It would have been sweeter or easier..if these kind of tests are pre announced..but unlike in school..life tests are not pre-announced…i know we’ve been and we go through various situations, but if you have chosen to live your life by Gods word..then you need to remain faithful..knowing that the God is faithful..and won’t let any situation that’s going to finish you land at your doorstep…

If you believe God is good you know He is not the type of teacher that would bring questions meant for M.Sc students to you who is still in level 3 of B.Sc..

..now john 15 is coming to mind.. “¹I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.

²Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit.

³You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].

⁴Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.

⁵I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.  pls read the rest here …

O.k peoplez..did i talk too much..? :) ..have a great week

the puzzles..

i live with a lot of questions

daily they come ... daily they leave

some leave with answers ... some just leave

some leave but..i know they'll be back, at some point..

they will ask of me an answer, for without an answer they won't go to thier graves..

why do they come , in the first place ... i wonder...

just at that point ... when i feel like i am the captian of my army and the emperor in charge

you come again ... just to remind me that theres such a thing as a puzzle....

maybe ..to tell me that life is all about puzzles...

puzzles ..puzzles puzzles... its so dark in here...

but i see the Light...and all of a sudden , I am not so clueless..

i feel as sure footed as a deer, the plot seems so clear....

i see the Light ... i am the emperor that decides what script is played out...

the questions fire me up and the puzzles inspire me...

they looked like gaints initially ... but they were inspired by a mirage of some sort...

i see clearly now...

mandatory lip job

If its not written ..then its not real…imagine the top guy in the corporation ..saying..if you can get this and that done by the middle of this year ..you’ll are getting a 35% pay rise…..if it wasn’t put down with attesting signatories..then if you do your part and time comes for him to do his/hers and CEO reneges, you know there’s nothing you can do, it’s a dead end...so even though, it might not be a the case 100% of the time, the written word is reliable, and it gives us an assurance

so my lip job thingie…was a mandatory one.. i noticed something like a pimple below my lower lip, the little point you cant see if I’m standing directly in front of you..o.k so it itched a lil and I scratched – i think ..and then by the next day it began to swell kinda..i knew it was a boil cos I had a number of them when I was little..but I was expecting the whole thing to swell outwards..not so, the funny thing decided it was goin to swell inwards..thats I got a swollen lower lip o..it wasn’t funny o..its was bout 3 times the normal size..i was in a hotel at the time..working in another state so I just stayed indoors..kept doing sms back and forth with my uncle who is a doctor…cos I couldn’t talk well…so he told me what to use..walked out to a pharmacy bought it and stayed indoors for the next two days..in between all these I was searching my heart..asking God whats up and declearing scriptures at the same time….(you don’t want to know all what went thru my mind..) lol…my lips..oh my lips..i now knew their worth more than ever… what if it doesn’t rupture, like he says it will, what if its not really a boil boil.. don’t worry, at worst you’ll go to Israel or india to get the lousy lump out…will ma lips ever look normal again…oh..my whole face might never be as fine..who did I offend, God..? ---all little whispers in ma head..

I wanted to see a doctor..by all means. it was a first time to the state..so I had to make sure I got a good one, made my contacts by sms mostly and ended up in-front of this female doc..she said it started as a pimple and maybe I irritated it and all that jazz …told her how I couldn’t laugh well and all that….she said it would go down, she said its good, that I’ll let the ladies rest,,I smiled and thot for a moment..why did she have to go there….but having my lovely lips back occupied all my thoughts…by the fourth day I peeled off a large scale of dead skin off my lower lip like a snake shedding its wareva ..then came the fresh one beneath..had to peel off another layer 2 days after that ( it was so ewwwy) …by now the size was about 60% of the abnormal size…i was happy..

Then it became really clear to me that..all I was looking for all along was just the assurance from someone believable..that all will be fine.. cos after i left the doc, i was more relaxed than i had been..in the last couple of dayz

Its totally natural..to want to have that assurance from God or other humans..when we are doing stuff together..thats why even God when he called Abram ..said I swear, I will bless you (hebrews 6: 13- 20) , cos along the line it might look like I have abandoned you…and that was exactly what I felt like..in between those 4 days..psalm 103:1 – 5, emphasis on 3,4 was one of the scriptures I continually meditated on…

..many times, we just want ti hear God say, “I swear you’ll be fine”…theres nothing like that assurance from someone..for those of us who are married you know what that assurance can make you feel like - it gives some real confidence.…its the assurance that a baby has, that his mum wont drop him on the hard floor from a 5 feet height…we need to trust God like babies …

We go thru stuff..and all we really want to know is that we’ll come out on top at the end…the scene looks so bad and all set for you to be the scapegoat…but God says I’m with you, even till the end of time….

…….And God has given us hundreds of assurances and promises in His word…but they don’t start to work for us ‘cos they are there ..we have to take them, believe and confess them..

ma two lips are fine now..fresh as ever..

“sorry” in zulu

ah my people..i’m so really mighy wonderfully sorry for running off…

i wish i could apologise in all languages from aramaic to zulu…but please people i’m on ma knees seat saying..

i’ll be better now..there are always reasons..but i dont like falling back on excuses..so ..my next post will be about my lip job…

catch y’all..

validate and stick..

got this question on ma mind..in ma head...would really love to hear your views...

we will all admit that we do things we want to cos we are comfortable with them. ...well, most times..

o.k, so just how much approval or validation is needed..or how much is healthy.. maybe i should say..how much of the validation can we do without..

or i could say..how much stick do we need to get from people before you start to seriously re-consider the decision....

i also recognise that not all people's comments matter when we about to take a step or after we have done something important to us..

i hope this makes sense..somehow...please let me get your thoughts on this...i'll appreciate it....

hope you guyz are cool..i'm fine and can only get better..

peace n love

this is a scrappy one..

I have had this for months now…..

o.k so I got this tag from geebee(come back o) a while back…and I feel really funny doing mine after the whole world seems to have forgotten bout the scrap award.. he who brags last brags best…..

Here are the instructions I have to follow:

1. You must brag about the award

2. You must include the name of the blogger who bestowed the award on you and link back to the blogger

3. You must choose a minimum of seven (7) blogs that you find brilliant in content or design.

4. Show their names and links and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with Honest Blog Award.

5. List at least ten (10) honest things about yourself. Then pass it on!

1) I have been wondering for some weeks now..what my life would be like had I not discovered blogville.

2) I’m a social movie-watcher...I do love them and all that..but it just hit me that I have not been able to get myself to watch movies alone…

3) I watch an unholy amount of tv., believe me..i just keep switching from channel to channel .had to not pay subscriptions to save myself ..lol and this is where I’ll appreciate Nigerian channels for not showing anything good enough to hold me..

4) I’ve got the same birthday as my CEO’s wife, she told me herself, but I’m still gonna leave..lol

5) I’m too sensitive ..which makes me notice lil things..which is not sooo good..cos the other person is just doin their thing..

6) I’ve been drunk only once in ma life, in the village, grannies burial, 8 yrs old, one of the so called uncles, the palm wine was sweet, full glass, my last memory was, taking the glass away from my mouth..after that..i woke up..lol ..crazy stuff…( I was told I kept introducing myself over and over…asin crazy stuff…
….inspired by FG..


6) I’m just reading my first book this year(april) ,been really lazy….. “what makes a woman feel loved?” by Emilie Barnes.
I feel like dropping it tho...but don’t think I will eventually.

7) I feel like I’m telling you people too much ..lol

8) I’m ashamed to but I’ll admit that I kinda like second hand cigarette, i.e hanging around someone that has just finished smoking..the smell is almost like coffee and even tho I don’t take coffee I like being in a room with someone taking it…now pls do I need help….? lol

9) I love the playlist on my blog right now…..manage that one

10) I love hair…asin plenty hair…but I’m lilmited with what I can do with my hair …as I cant go doing corn-rows and leaving weird afro’s…my children’s hairs are in trouble..rotf.. did I mention that I can braid ..o yeah..learnt it a looong time ago….and it has refused to go away ..even without practice.

11) I’m so thankful to God for the people I have met on blogsville

finally!! IT wasn’t that easy o, and I hereby solemnly swear that everything is the true and nothing but the false..…lol..

from me to you//.,,.peace n luv

reading is good for the health...lol

i'm laffin cos i think the title is misleading..but not exactly sha

Hmm..been thinking of a more dramatic, romantic, tragic, mind-numbing and heart-wrenching way to say this to you all..but I have not been able to come up with a better way other than this one you are reading....ok truth is ..its good news ..i guess thats why i cant come up with a ...razz way of sayin it..lol

Reverence had this lovely idea, and working together with her, has helped us come up with this great blog….and I’ll just invite you to checkirout....I’m sure its worth worth worth a fraction of the time we spend and are not able to account for by the time we are going to bed….plus I’m sure you will enjoy it..
Like I said I feel this invitation is the most interesting thing after star-gazing, but for realz people…check it out..

this is it..

remain blessed peoplez...