THINGS THAT CAN SLOW YOU DOWN (1)

I was travelling from Ibadan some months ago when the car suddenly lost momentum, the engine went off. I drove slowly off the road and parked. I was still in Ibadan. I had a meeting to catch up with- We got another cab. We left the car there after arranging a mechanic to fix it. I could not stay there. […]

There is love in sharing

THE WAY DANIELLE WOKE UP

It was a hectic season and we had to wake up the kids pretty early to prepare them as we had to leave home early. Danielle was still quite sleepy and struggling to wake up. When I woke her up, the first thing she said was, “Where is my Aunt ?” I looked at her mum and her mum said, […]

There is love in sharing

THE PHONE CALLS WERE NOT REAL

I had a roommate once who would stay on the phone and talk for long with his mum about foreign countries, the laptops his uncle sent and a lot of high sounding and mouth-watering things. I remember an occasion when he told his mum on phone, “Mummy, I have told you I don’t want to go for summer break. I […]

There is love in sharing

HUNGRY BUT CHECKING THE WRONG PLACES

Olive began to pull at my vest. She opened her mouth and started eating up the region around my chest. It was obvious she was hungry. It was obvious she knew what she wanted but she was checking the wrong place. I carried her to her mum so she could be fed. It is important to know what you want […]

There is love in sharing

THE ROOM THAT WAS NEGLECTED

At a point, we had an option of choosing rooms as young ones. There was this small and cute room that my brother and I loved. Another room was full of “junks”- a shelf of paint cans and all. It became a tussle but my brother chose the small room and I moved to the junk-room. Guess what, the junk-room […]

There is love in sharing

FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW…

We were on a trip out of town. We travelled in three vehicles. Out of all the drivers, I was the only one who knew the place that we were heading to. No matter how much the other drivers sped, they would have to slow down and wait for me to take the lead. They do not know the particular […]

There is love in sharing

Compass Devotional (Jan. – April 2020)

Compass Devotional (Jan. – April 2020) Request for Information and Feedback should be directed to:mycompassdevotional@gmail.com+2348077467754 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, store in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means eletronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or any other without prior permission of the author. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

There is love in sharing

RUNNING THROUGH DARK PLACES

While growing, I hated running picking things up for Dad, Mum or siblings late in the night from their rooms. Once Daddy says, “Temi, bring my radio from the room”, fear grips my heart. It became worse when someone close died and I would imagine that the ghost can appear to me while alone. If you are plagued with the […]

There is love in sharing

THINGS A FATHER MUST NEVER FORGET (4)

My dad gets to play pranks on us at times. One afternoon, he called and requested that he needed to see me. I went to meet up with him in his office. He gave that look that showed he had something important to say. He then said, “My son, I have a child outside” (meaning another woman has a baby […]

There is love in sharing

THINGS A FATHER MUST NEVER FORGET (3)

My lovely wife was carrying our first baby. I travelled for about 48 hours out of town. When I returned, Irewamiri said, “Can you imagine your daughter?” (a reference to the baby in the womb) I was inquisitive. She said “She had not been kicking for the past 48 hours. I tried all I could. I talked to her. I […]

There is love in sharing