WILL YOU COPY OR WILL YOU OBEY?

I was in a meeting as one of the guest ministers. At a point, the host and the congregation began to pray for all the ministers. When they started praying, I had the prompt to go on my knees but I noticed that I would be the only one if I did. I did not want to be the odd […]

THAT CONFUSION BECOMES CLARITY

Someone who genuinely cared already said to me, “The best to do is to begin to practice first as a lawyer or pick up a job in Ibadan. You can be going to Eruwa once in a while to organise meetings and outreaches. When the outreach becomes big enough, you can then quit your job to focus on the work […]

WE THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING

There was ongoing construction work in our compound some years back. The bricklayers had moulded some blocks. After it dried, Dad wanted to invite them to stack the blocks pending the time it will be needed. Well! My cousin and I were attracted to the money they will be paid but we underrated the work. We volunteered with the whole […]

WHEN REST BECOMES DANGEROUS

There was a season when I thought I had worked a whole lot and I needed to take some rest. However before I knew it, I was already moving from resting to indulgence. Devotion dropped. Sleeping increased. I was also getting lost in movies and social media. I kept saying, “I want to rest”. Rest is great. Rest might be […]

WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPRESSIVE

Recently, I was teaching a group of teenagers. I asked the boys- If you are to have a car or a motorcycle and you want to leave a location that has some girls who you admire, how would you leave? The boys said, ‘They would rev the engine and leave with speed’. They thought that would really be impressive. Then […]

“YOU DONT NEED TO CRY…”

We stepped out in the evening and bought drinks for our daughters. However when we got home, it was Daniellle who had hers first. When she began to drink it and Olive found out, Olive went after Danielle’s drink. She grabbed it from her. When I took it from her and returned it to her sister. She began to cry […]

MATTRESS: HARD OR SOFT?

My wife has jokingly concluded that she will always ask “about to wed” lovers, “What type of mattress do you like?” Why? For a really long time, she endured waking up each day on our tall bed and high (and hard)mattress. I did not know what she was going through until she voiced out her aches. As a loving husband, […]

THE FIRST GIFT SHE GAVE ME

She had just returned from a trip and I was pretty excited to see the beautiful, lovely, amazing, smiling, elegant, delightful and regal princess (What was I saying?) She brought me a gift- a lovely leather bonded black journal. I love journals. When I opened it, my excitement disappeared- I flipped through virtually every page and checked the inner pockets. […]

GRANDPA’S LAST QUESTION: “Anu, How is Ronke?”

I did not know I will say a final farewell in 24 hours. I got into the clinic that day and Grandpa looked and said, “Anuoluwapo, you are here. How is Ronke?”. Those were one of those final words of Grandpa. Incidentally, he died on the same day that my wife said “Yes” to me. But Grandpa’s last words to […]

BEFORE MY WIFE SAID “YES”

I will never forget the way my wife said “Yes” to my proposal. Her words were carefully selected and stuck to my heart. She looked at me that evening and said, “I said Yes to God two days ago and I want to say Yes to you today” (classic). I did not know how deep it was until I saw […]