From Me to You

Wearing/using something that a loved one gifts me, usually has me feeling so loved🥰 I get all the good feelies them😍

Cos it's like carrying a piece of them with you & when I wear/use these pieces I remember them. Yes, you, who gifted me these amazing things.

You'd be shocked at how long I keep these items for, even when they're begging for freedom 😂

Thank you for giving me pieces of yourselves overtime, I think of you whenever I use them😘

And every now & then, I say a prayer for you🙏🏻

♥️

*Streetrats

*Street rats & louts

What do they have in common?

Beady suspect eyes

Yellowed with greed

Darting here and darting there

Seeking out the weak

The naive

The vulnerable 

Skank deposits

To devour 

Street rats

Riff-raffs

Litter the streets of Lagos

All aroaming

Hustling for their daily bread

The scraps and pieces of food

That trickle down their masters' table

That fall off the occupants' hand

Or forcefully taken

From the tenants of the land

Street rats

Scampering & scurrying

Rustling & looting 

Digging, snuffling 

Brazenly, on the streets of Lagos

The centre of excellence

The people's pride

Where it's being said;

Eko for life

Eko oni baje

29/02/24

8:37am

Nightfall

Night falls when it ought

Do not hasten it my love

But do hasten my love

For night cometh

When men shall lay

As though dead

Then shall I

Like a flame, reawakened

Begin my toil

The midnight oil

Shall I burn

Until my dreams are fulfilled

16/08/22

12:45am

Eve's Mistake

I have been reduced & stripped. I have come to the sad realisation, one that I've always known,  but one that I never really did think applied to me, that it's a man's world. Perhaps today's when I accept this sad sad fact, else, I'll destroy what I hope to build. It would seem that how I see myself is different from how I ought to think of myself; I am really nothing. It's a sad sad realisation. I say this in theory that I'm nothing but dust, but I think it's time I accepted it for what it truly is; hard cold fact. That I'm nothing and may probably not amount to much, that is,  nothing much outside the realms of keeping a home. The woman was made for the man I keep hearing. Recently, "a man's the best thing that can happen to a woman." Sighs.

An extension of the man is what a wife is, I'd thought I could be more than that; I'd hoped more for myself, my family. I thought I could have the best of both worlds; great plans & a head filled with lofty ideas, that was me. Boy was I wrong. Sadly in this, society's won, I give up. Only one thing my heart bleeds for; my daughter. I hand her over to God and pray that she achieves much more than just marriage. Amen.

In all this sha, na Eve I blame.

The Heart Wants What It Wants

 

Easter 2024

 

*In a singsong voice* 🎵Easter, Easter, Easter.🎵

Easter 2024, God be so kind, He's brought us to yet another Easter celebration, thank You Lord.

As an Anglican, the week leading to today was observed as the holy week, remembering and reenacting (if possible) the days, hours, leading to Christ's crucifixion, death and resurrection.

The journey before then, was lent, marking our Lord's 40 days fast in the wilderness. I don't have much to say, just don't let Christ's sacrifice on the cross be in vain. Accept Him today as your Lord & personal Saviour if you're yet to do so. God bless you.

Photo Credit: You version Bible App

 Hiiiii,

I finally got something that Ive been trying to do for a while now, done. whoo, I feel good. ION, its tedious trying to put up a post via a PC, excuse me, ill be right back, let me switch.

The Hustle II

Oh my, I got feedbacks! Whooheeeeeee💃🏻💃🏻. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It does mean so much to me to know that you're reading and can relate with my "rambles"😂, thank you. Please, do keep the love  coming, it does a lot for me (motivates & encourages). Think of yourself as the wind beneath my sail *soars*, thank you🙏🏻

Ruth or Naomi?

Who would you rather be?

I'm almost sure we're familiar with the Bible story of Ruth, the young widow who choose to stick with her Mother-in-law come rain or sunshine. 

Every sermon I've ever encountered have always been centred on her, Ruth's POV ie. The sermons, exhortations, words of encouragement, ministrations etc etc were always about her; her devotion, sacrifice, selflessness and where it led her eventually (one of Jesus' ancestors). That's all good and fine and lovely. However, at the back of my mind, I always did wonder about the person of Naomi (typical curious me); who was she and what did she do to have evoked such devotion, such loyalty, such love (etc) from not one but two of her daughters-in-law, how did she interact with these ladies? 

Mind you, she was a Jew and they, well, Moabites, the people they ordinarily wouldn't have relations or interactions with. So, how did she navigate their differences, so well that made these ladies to fall in love with her to the point of giving their (at least one person did) all for her? That, is the question.

Since I'm yet to hear a sermon on Naomi, I decided to write out the thoughts I'd formed about her over the years. Should this count as a sermon? *Coughs* I don't know, I'm simply sharing my thoughts😁. By the way, you can read up on this story here (please click), thank you.

So, I keep hearing about how we should be like Ruth, how she was this, she was that, well, how about Naomi, shouldn't we aspire to be like her too? Selfless, caring, magnanimous, and empathetic? Despite all that happened to her, here she was, still looking out for her daughters-in-law. She didn't try to hold them back, seeing as she was all alone in the world. She didn't think, 

"who would take care of me, who will keep me company, who would give me grand children?"

Naomi had every right to be bitter about the hand, life had dealt her. She had every right to want to hold on to these two ladies, after all, they were now her daughters, her sons' wives. But no, she released them, she put their needs first before hers, she saw that they still had so much to live for and did not want to be an obstacle in their way, the one to hold them back, a cog in their wheel of progress.

She gladly released them and with her blessings, telling them she had nothing to offer. Orpah complied and left. I doubt that meant she loved Naomi any less or that Ruth who choose to stay, loved Naomi more. I bet if they were in our present clime where technology has made long distance communication possible, that they'd still be in touch.

Now let's look at Ruth, what a remarkable lady. I daresay, it takes a high level of selflessness or should I say self-sacrifice to do what she did. She literally left home and kin behind and stuck to Naomi, wow. 

Now, was she constrained to do this? No

Was she coerced? No

Did someone come to preach to her about the blessedness of selflessness? No

This brings me to conclude that there just was something about Naomi that brought about such devotion from Ruth, such that would make her choose her over her own family and/or would be future happiness. What do you think?

So to answer my opening question, yes, I'd like to be Ruth. Even more so, yes, I'd like to be Naomi.

They're both remarkable, extraordinary women and I'd like very much to be like them. And I think we ought to encourage our daughters to aspire to be like both women. They both made exceptional sacrifices for the other, an example that I believe, is worth emulating.

Peace.

PS: I have a feeling that I'll be revisiting this story, this has quite evolved from what my original plan was; airing my thoughts. Now, I just might write a story (fiction of course) about these three women.

Workaholics United

This is for my workaholics, this year, try to take a breather every once on a while. You'll be thankful you did😉

I do enjoy playing with rhymes, not every time a long poem; short but to the point. Enjoy😊