DADDY SCREAMED “WHY IS HE LOOKING BACK”

We were seated at the grandstand of the Secondary School Inter-House Sports Competition watching the events. It was one of the races for male senior students. One of the athletes was already making remarkable progress. However, he began to look sideways. My Dad screamed, “Why is he looking back”. Needless to say, he did not win the race. There are […]

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“HOW WILL I GIVE YOU SAND?”

Danielle requested for some cornflakes. Her mum stepped up to prepare it for her but then something interesting happened. When Mum returned with the bowl of cornflakes, I heard Danielle protest to her mum that there was sand on her plate. The mum told her it was not sand but some grains of sugar. She insisted that it was sand […]

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SHE WORE “MUM TO BE”

My two girls were playing right on the bed beside me. The next thing I noticed was Danielle was putting the sash that was used at the baby shower some months back on her sister, Olive. Written on it boldly were the words “MUM TO BE”. Every child (and if possible every man) must be seen from the view point […]

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THE PICTURE I WAS NOT PROUD OF!

I saw an old picture of some of my secondary school colleagues and memories came rushing back. There was something about the picture- even though they were all on their school uniforms, they all wore bathroom slippers. Then I remembered how leaving your sandals and wearing bathroom slippers looked like a thing that “big boys” do back in the days. […]

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DO YOU HAVE A GREATER EXCUSE?

My spiritual Father was sharing with us one day and asked us, “How many of you wake up some days at your usual prayer time and you do not feel like standing up from the bed?” As we raised hands, he said “Hope you see my hands are the first to go up?” He then went ahead to charge us […]

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IF IT WAS STILL ALIVE…

I was annoyed when I saw the cockroach. I sought for a broom and killed it. I dumped it at the exit door. I had plans to return early in the morning to pick it and up and throw it away. In the morning, it was already invaded by a host of sugar ants. They surrounded it trying to carry […]

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I WISHED SHE SAW ME WORKING

It was about 3am when I woke up to study. I noticed some pool of water at a portion of the living room. I went straight to work while I prayed at the same time. While cleaning up, I desired that my wife should walk in and see how amazing her husband is- mopping at 3am. She actually stepped out […]

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WHEN FAITH IN GOD IS TESTED

Just before I went to serve the nation, I had options of influencing it but I knew I simply wanted to go wherever I was sent (I had picked a prompt about this and I wanted to follow through). When I got to the orientation camp, I had an option to be posted to a national institution but I refused […]

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OF FOOD, MY HEART AND THE REPENTANCE

When I saw the amount of food in the kitchen prepared and I noticed that my wife was also packing to send to one or two others, the flesh in me protested- “We are in tough times. We should ensure that the little we have is for us only. Who knows how long this will last?” I rebuked the thought […]

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ASK AS LED NOT AS FELT

It was concluded already that we were going to request for something that we needed. We had set money apart for payment. It was deeply needed. In the place of prayer, the Lord said “Do not ask for it”. It did not make any sense but we obeyed. Some months later, the Lord said, “Ask for it now”. We went […]

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