Daily Reflection – 22022024

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Given different contexts, we all have the capability to act contrary to who we think we are.

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Up Close and Personal – 21022024

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My journey from Abuja to Lagos was a major turning point, a journey of faith. Sometimes, I wonder how I would have turned out if I had not taken that step.

To think that I had just 5k on me, half of which went towards transportation, going back to my uncle’s place wasn’t an option, and I had no clear direction.

I felt led to leave for Lagos, so I decided to go straight to RCCG Camp along Lagos-Ibadan expressway, to spend some days in prayer and seek God’s direction.

I arrived camp shortly before nightfall, only to be turned back at the gate because the security man said people weren’t allowed to sleep in the auditorium. I looked up in despair, and wondered where the son of man was going to lay his head. Then one of the guards advised I walk down a few hundred metres to another camp where I could pay to pass the night, and that was how I found myself at New Testament Assembly camp for two nights.

While there, I reached out to an egbon (elderly friend/brother) who lives in Lagos about my plight. He asked me to come over, even though he was sharing a room with another friend. (At least we would think of a way out from there).

That was how I got to Alagbole side of Lagos/Ogun (funny how the streets fall in between Lagos and Ogun States). From this egbon’s house, I moved to another Pastor’s house (after engaging him with my story), where I lived for over a year, before securing my first accommodation. God bless that family.

About 4 months after returning to Lagos, I got a job and my journey of being gainfully employed resumed again. I got the job through a father figure I met in the church I joined when I got to Lagos. Since then, he has remained a source of wealth of advice.

One major lesson here is that, sometimes you don’t have the full picture, but you must still take that first step. If I hadn’t followed my hunch that Sunday morning to leave Abuja, I wonder how different my life could have been.

So, what step of faith do you need to take to get to the next level? I leave you to ponder on this.

Cheers and have a great day.

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Daily Reflection – 20022024

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Do not kill yourself over people who only remember you when they are around you.

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Daily Reflection – 19022024

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Before you form a hard opinion about others, do well to run some background check on them.

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Daily Reflection – 16022024

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You can only give from what you have, so are you creating time to cater to yourself so as to do more?

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Daily Reflection – 15022024

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Learn to love and extend grace to others, despite their shortcomings, afterall God shines the sun on all, regardless of our actions.

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Up Close and Personal – 14022024

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So let us resume from where we stopped last week.

The crash seemed like a major setback and all attempts to format and restore the system proved abortive. There weren’t many training centres around that I could partner with or refer my students to at the time, so, that was how journey as a computer trainer ended.

With that source of income gone, I had to find an alternative. As fate will have it, I got a call from an uncle about a vacancy for an Accountant in a company in Abuja. I applied and was invited for test and interview. I remember acing both, but the fact that my uncle’s surname appeared on my CV created some issues and I couldn’t proceed further with the job. This was because he was a consultant to the company at the time.

I stayed behind in Abuja hoping to find another offer, while temporarily assisting one of my mentors/pastors back then to supervise his site workers.

It was another learning period, as this went on for 3 months without pay and at some point I had to assist in moving materials off the site when he couldn’t afford to pay the labourers due to delay in payment by the main contractors.

I recall that a corper friend of mine joined us for about a week, and told me one day that he won’t be coming again as he couldn’t be carrying moulded blocks (laughs). It was truly an humbling experience.

After 3 months of hardwork with little or nothing to show (aside lessons on patience and perseverance), I felt led to return to Lagos. I left Abuja with less than 5k (gotten from my pastor/mentor one Sunday morning that I woke up and decided that I had had enough of my situation) and left for Lagos with no particular destination in mind.

I will tell you my first point of call on arriving Lagos next week. Until then, continue learning from every situation you find yourself.

Cheers and Happy Valentines Day.

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Daily Reflection – 12022024

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Don’t be too proud to apologise or forgive, there may not be another opportunity, remember, what goes around comes around.

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Daily Reflection – 09022024

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The easy path rarely leads to enviable ends, the paths that lead to greatness are usually less travelled.

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Daily Reflection – 08022024

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You are responsible for your life, stop blaming others.

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