ARIKE || Update

Hello People,

This is just a simple update about what i've been up to (well kinda), some people would've noticed that i changed my blog name to "ARIKE" that's because i finally got over my multiple personality disorder  self and chose a name i would like to bear, and its one of my birth names, my Oriki - like the yourba people call it.

Literally ARIKE means; "We see, we care" but namically (Carry ya eyes from the dictionary, its not there) It means "We've seen this one to care for" and since i am looking at the big picture and i don't want to confuse people, i want everything i'm doing under the name ARIKE  :) (Big dreams) x_x

So, what does ARIKE entail?

For now?

My Photography passion and my love for Make-up. I've started all that and i'm keeping up with Gods strength.

Also, for this blog i also want to post more often but i won't jinx it at all, i've seen people on here promise to blog more often and don't follow through. I want to be action and not all talk, that's why i won't exactly share what i've been thinking about. But you will see it as i start getting consistent. AMEN!

That's really not all there is to ARIKE and i pray know that it will gets bigger than i have it visioned in my head. I brag on Gods strength.

P.S: There is also this huge thing - even huger than the huge one i thought was huge - (Okay that's abit dramatic) i am starting to work on by myself and really its kinda scary, can i ask a favour? Pray for me, please.  

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#TruthSeries: Between a rock and a hard place

Hi Everyone,

This is a guest post from my best friend, I know he writes good and i have been begging him for a loooooooooong time to write something for me so i can post here, but mba.

Let me say something about this dude, He has been there for me through the years from SS1- Life as we know it now. We talk alot about everything and anything, i know to take a back seat when he gets a girlfriend and he knows to also take a back seat when i get a boyfriend. We are kinda friends that don't talk everyday but we are as close as ever when we do. Anybody that knows me and doesn't know Sope is my friend doesn't really know me -_____- 

Now, when i got the mail(out of the blue) i was so excited, because this is something we have been dealing with for a while and i so didn't expect this huge step, but either ways i am proud of you dear. Very, and this makes me happy more than you can understand. 

You will get to understand when you read. 

Enjoy.
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I’ve been promising Tomi since forever that I was going to write a piece to feature on her blog. I have never fulfilled that promise until now. I know she’s forgiven me.

Call me Mo.

And I’m an addict.

Don’t worry, this is not an AA meeting where we all share our stories. You can keep yours, but I feel I should share mine. The first day I picked up a magazine that had nude women in it was in js3. It was some Asian porno mag. I openly rebuked the dude that brought it to evening prep. I was repulsed by the idea of looking at it, and I made that known in no uncertain terms.

I look back and laugh at that day. Who would have imagined that same dude is the one who turned out this way.

But the seed had been planted. All it needed was gentle and subtle watering. A little clip from a friends phone (sneaked into the hostel), a semi-nude photo on a seniors locker, soft-porn magazines…you name it. And the tree grew on me, with or without my knowledge, I can never say. I’m sure this chain of events is not new to anyone who has ever been an addict of any sort. But somehow, the world treats the sin of sex as the greatest sin ever, whereas we are all the same.

Anyways, that’s beside the point.

Back to my story, that was how I got hooked. But I’m a very smart guy, trust me I know. You will never find such on my phone, my laptop or a trace of it anywhere.

Then I graduated and went to Uni, and felt that maybe getting a girlfriend would solve my “addiction”, although I didn’t at that point think it was an addiction. I felt maybe it was a passing phase, you know, American Pie 1-3 told me as much.

So I dated Ore, and she was the most beautiful thing that happened to me at that point. I actually did stop for a while. And I was ecstatic I tell you…so she had cured me! What a fool I was.

It only translated into making out sessions. How I didn’t have sex remains a wonder to me. One of the little pointers that tells me God is still interested in me and that I’m still in his Master plan.

And after almost three years of dating, we broke up, I felt God leading me to do so because at the rate I was going, we might actually have sex. Crazy hun? I know. You ain’t the first person to tell me that.

So I joined a fellowship, and became a church boy. (You just said halleluyah didn’t ya ;)…wait, it gets better). And in one year at the fellowship I was already an assistant head of department! Pastor Mo of God!

I became more prayerful, more involved with the activities, more studying of the Word, more fasting…you know all those things we brethren of the fellowship do.

I was so involved, even Tomi, (at that time, not this new and rebranded Tomi…yeah she is rebranded) complained one time that she felt I was too into “church”, and she wouldn’t agree with some of my actions, but I defended my faith and fellowship seriously.

One would think that my problems with addiction were indeed solved then! How wrong you are.

Let me just quickly say, at the end of the day, all men of God are exactly that: MEN. Only with

the grace of the God do they seem outstanding.

Remove the God-factor; we are all miserably the same.

I think I’ll stop for now. I would continue if Tomi asks me to complete my story.

Yours

Mo.

And by the way Sope, come back to tell the story finish oh.
Wanna read the whole of the story? comment please, me i want. He wants to know that you guys are interested. Thanks :) 

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Book Review: True Confessions

Hello Everyone,

I got salt's of the salt chronicles new book "True Confessions" and this is what i think about it after reading it.

“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”

― Leo Tolstoy

With that i say this is Greatness simplified. I picked up the book with the intention to just glance through and read well later, now I am not the one to pick up a book and finish it within 24 hours, but with each flip of the pages i was drawn in till i got to the end. The uniqueness of the book is how the writer(Salt) wrote about serious issues with such simplicity. With every fable, which isn't more than 2 pages, is a wealth of wisdom, deep truth and lesson.

Truths that resonate deeply and stay with you, while not missing the hint of humor in it.

The Simplicity makes it diverse for every age group to read, understand and "get" the message that lies within.

Personal favorite is the conversations with God because you get a few of your questions answered(I know i did) and you see yourself in the pages.

You can’t miss the realness of the writer, this way i was able to connect with the writer and also understand that because she writes to the world doesn't mean that she has it all together but she just knows a God that has it all together and that helped ease a burden off my shoulder and assured me that it was okay to have questions, it was okay to not be perfect, it was okay to struggle with your faith at some point. Thats why we need the confessions daily.

Before i read this book, i was walking in the dark about my choices, decisions and directions about my life and reading and speaking some of the confessions that are in the pages (Which i believe is from the throne of grace)  put it all into perspective.

One of the most profound for me is "Although i don't feel better, I KNOW i am better"

Within the pages of this book are truths and confessions that every God Lover should know and confess on a daily basis thats why although i have finished reading through the book, i have not ‘finished’ with it, as i will keep on keeping with the TRUE CONFESSIONS!!


The book signing is happening on Friday, 13th of September at Laterna Ventures, 13 Oko Awo Close, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Be There :)

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JESUS!

Good Morning Jesus,

I don't know if i can ask "How are you?" does anyone ask that these days? How is your father? Our father? Isn't it amazing how this tiny me gets to share the same HOLY father with you, just because of you. I really didn't plan to get to the gratitude part just yet.

I'm sure you must be wondering why i'm writing to you as i never really talk to you, but ofcourse you know why already. But i will go into it anyways.
The reason i decided to write to you is because, over the past few weeks i discovered that i really don't know you. I've heard of you. I believe in you. I believe in your purpose of coming to the earth. I believe that you have the power to save, redeem, heal, to resurrect, all of that. There is a possibility that admist all what i think i know and believe that i truly don't know who you are? Right?

I Thought so too.

God and i have been back and forth, not really. I have been going back and forth with God in this chase, and i have been so caught up in that and everytime i hear someone say your name, i just feel.... "I don't really know him indepth"

Does this even make sense?
Now, I'm not done with this chase. Its a beautiful experience, i just feel like i have a relationship with the father and not you - yet you made that relationship possible - and i seemed to have relegated you to the background somehow, in my own how.

Thinking of the mind blowing three-in-one and One-in-three relationship/fellowship you have with the father and the holyspirt and still being able to maintain the uniqueness of personalities, i wonder where that has me. This is where my confusion lies.

How can i have you inside of me and not know you? How can that fellowship be complete when its broken by my lack of knowledge? How can the relationship sail smoothly when the captain is not acknowledged for his skills? How can i have a not-so-personal-personal-saviour? 

Does any of this even make sense? 

I don't even know what it means to know God and not know you. I don't know how i know that i don't know you - that's not important - all i know is now? I want to know.

I know you are waiting to teach me all about you and i am asking that you help me unlearn and learn about you, i just don't want to be the girl that says she knows about you and i can't stand boldly when its time to really talk and show other people who you are. I can't be that girl.

"I know my iniquities are many...but do this for your name sake" Jer 14:7, Have mercy on me and teach me all about you. 

Thank you so much for being there and being faithful to your name. Thank you for always listening. Thank you for being you and doing all you did on the cross, this is the only reason why we have the boldness to go to the father. 

I am also grateful for the new relationship we have now. I am glad and can't wait to walk in the manifestation of this new revelation of who you are and the power behind your name.

Your daughter and Friend,

'Tomilola.

Is this just me? Or is there also someone out there that feels like they don't really really know Jesus as much as they say?

or Can you even have a relationship with God and not have one with Jesus?

Please, Lets talk. 
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#ItsInTheLyrics: Make me new - Mali Music

Father it's me, please hear me my king.
I know I am unholy, so unworthy, unclean. 
But I yearn to know you, my soul thirst for you.
And my temple is broken down, oh take me and make me new yeah.

Oh Father (Father) hear me (hear me), 
God who rules (God who rules everything).
I'm not asking for blessings (not for), not your hand Lord (hand Lord), 
but to know your heart (know your heart)
So show me (show me) the way (the way), 
With out you Father (without you I'm nothing) 
I'm patiently (patiently) waiting (waiting) oh for you lord (for you Lord) 
To take me and make me new.

Take me, make me new. 
Take me, make me new.
Take me, make me new. 
Take me, make me yours.

Father it's me, humbly on my knees.
I know I am unworthy, unholy, and unclean oh.
But I long to know You, my soul thrist for You.
My temple is broken down, oh take me and make me new.

Oh Father (Father) hear me (hear me), 
God who rules (God who rules everything).
I'm not asking for blessings anymore (not for), not your hand Lord (hand Lord), 
but to know your heart (know your heart)
So show me (show me) the way (the way), 
Without you (without you I'm nothing) 
I'm patiently (patiently) waiting (waiting for you Lord). 
Oh take me and make me new

Take me, make me new. 
Take me, make me new. 
Take me, make me new.
Take me, make me yours.

Wash my heart, wash my hands, cuz I want to worship You. I want to worship You.
Here we are, here I stand. So make me new, make me new, make me new, say.

Wash my heart, wash my hands, I want to worship you. I want to worship You.
Here we are, here I stand. Make me new, make me new, make me new. 

Make me new

Enjoy!

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...For the Love of God and Re-kindled Fire

Hello Everyone,

This post is basically what has been going on with me for a while now, i decided to write this here because... oh well, Just because.

I Love God, sometimes even more than i acknowledge. I have been in the dark for a while now, i started calling myself the "Blind Seer" as a form of consolation that was after i read in 

Isaiah 42:16-19

¹⁶ And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

¹⁷ They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods.

¹⁸ Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

¹⁹ Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

Yes, I consoled myself. Have you ever been in the dark and also not hearing anything from God? Its not a very good place to be.

I can even only come here and write this because he brought me out, thats how "faith-less" i was.

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...In Our ears | What Music is good for Christians?

My question to you is what is in your ears?

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Everywhere you go, every channel you switch to its in your ears. Even on my phone and on your laptop, Its all in your ears.

*Insert Limpopo tune here* #iKid
i'm taking music. Music is everywhere and its so powerful and everyone is trying to make it. #PunIntended

Takes me on a trip back to creation, God made everything and he said it was good. Now who goes about saying that there is bad or evil music?

In my opinion, there is just music that is good for you and there is music that is not good for you.

Does that make those songs evil or bad? No.

"All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not" 1 Corinthians 10:23

Alot of Christians will go about preaching that its a sin to listen to secular music, newsflash; Its not. As much as God cares about what goes into your heart/soul, he doesn't hold it against you.

"And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. but fear him which is able to destroy both the soul and body in hell" Matt 10:28

I know this portion was talking about God but i'm sure it also applies to the acts/choices that can destroy our soul.

So, why are some songs not good for you?
Because they do not edify your soul. Songs/Music is so powerful and it holds so much influence over us. Imagine feeling down and just listening to a particular song and boom you are all smiles and butterflies.
Now that is the power of music.

Ever since i read

"And be not conformed to the world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is good and acceptable, and perfect will of God" Romans 12:2

I decided to renew my mind by what i allowed in, because i knew that what i was letting in at the time was causing more harm than good, Yes this goes beyond the songs you listen to, it also goes to what you say about yourself and what you let people pronounce over you.

"...For of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks" Luke 6:45 

Can i rock your boat alittle? Not all "gospel"songs edify your soul or glorifies God.

there are songs that edify your soul, there are songs that glorify God, there are alot of song that don't.
Just because it is under the genre "Gospel" doesn't make it automatically good for you.
So, how do you know what music is good for you? Simple

"Howbeit when he, the spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into ALL truth. for he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak; he will show you things to come" John 16:13

Let the spirit be your guide "He will guide you into ALL truth" ALL includes your playlist, God didn't bring us here to go through life on our own. We have the spirit as our guide, comfort, mentor name it, He is there.

Why not let him pick out your playlist for you?


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Suffering bought Simplicity

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I could write something that is literally mind blowing,
i could use my pen to make you give a standing ovation,
I could use this medium to make you give me a round of applause.
But that would be making it about me, Its not about me.
It has never been about me.

Today, i'm going to be telling you about what brings me to my knees everytime i hear it.
or rather who.
Today, i will be simple.
Just like him.

I wrote a title over 6months ago, but i had no knowledge, the burning desire didn't leave, i wanted to pen down this simplicity.
The simplicity in this relationship.
I carved, searched to increase in knowledge.
but, it just wasn't good enough.
Everything i found couldn't measure up to the message.

Little did i know that, That exactly was the idea behind it.
That it should not be good enough in itself.

I pick up my pen to write, without an idea of what to put down, 2mins later look where we got?
Its him, not me.
Its all in his simplicity.
simplicity in the relationship.
But i've not gotten to the point have i?

Where was i? Yes, It was never enough was it?
The sleepless night buried inside Google, searching.
engrossed in the sounds of various "insights", Listening.
Eyes glued to the letters, reading.
Eyes closed to the world, praying.
Feeling inadequate, guilty.
working to make it enough, striving.

"Pause, wait, stop. Which ever just choose one" He said
I stopped on my tracks and looked back at who spoke.
There he was, bent forward with the huge log on his shoulder,
beaten, despised, blood dripping.
The grief and sorrow on his face was unmistakable,
still with a tenderness in his eyes said
"Then why did i do this?"

I felt ashamed but the power in the atmosphere brought me to my knees.
I wept. This time for Joy.
So, "what do i do now?"
"Rest in my finished works" He replied with a tender smile.



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#TruthSeries: Beneath the cloak

Whats beneath your cloak?

Life as it seems we all walk the street of the earth with one story or the other with our dresses so elegant and our faces so beautiful and it never seems that we have issues with our lives but still we try and be strong have heard several cases of suicide in recent times in the country (Nigeria), this was not always the case recently it was the one that happened in a church some where in Abeokuta.

     The fake smile the child acting happy over a new shoe or a new bicycle maybe a PlayStation3 this happiness ends when you get tired of the new shoe or cloth and u don't have new CDs to play on your Console and the reason for hurt and pain is back and you realise it was never the console u required nor was it the shoes and clothes.

Who do we blame for a failed childhood? The parents or the child? In this series we will look at true life stories of kids below 18 that their childhood is not one to remember or talk about but these kids have lived with this memoir trying to forget with no one to tell or how to let the pain out.

How it all started...

Growing up was not a walk in the park as the third born of mother and the and the fifth of my father you would think I grew up knowing the right things to do and you would believe I had all the attention I could get but reverse was the case. As a young boy attention was far from me Father was never around mother spends the greater part of her day trying to make money and give us a good life but the actual life was neglected the life that should have formed the bedrock of my future having four brothers even talking about your darkest secrets of pain was difficult because they were never available to listen all my father did when he is home was give orders and when it wasnt followed we were severely dealt with. When I was five years old I had started witnessing violence there was no love in my home no where to seek solace I wouldn't blame my mum she just wanted the best for her kids I would witness my dad beat up my mum as a child of five with no love in his heart and who had no body to talk to I had just one play mate and she was my mums friends child which makes her my family friend I guess and her situation was similar to mine maybe leaving out the violence her father was never around too we attended the same primary school and I was just in primary 3 when we started the mummy and daddy charade I can still remember all the Time we spend in the toilet kissing and smooching nothing was on her chest though but nobody knew all this was happening and it was happening right under our parents nose every thing I tried with her were things I learnt from my brothers. 

This event that happened 19years ago probably started my not so proud eventful life a life where I constantly deceive myself that doing the wrong thing is right, a life where sadness engulfed so much that my mind became so dark, a life where pain is all I feel every time I remember the girls I laid my hands on violently beneath my garment lies dark secrets and thoughts beneath it lie pain and hatred for the kind of person I am underneath this garment is where my greatest fear reside. As I write this I shed tears because what I feel and how I feel tears me apart and I seem not to know who I am anymore. This is the begining of a childhood that was not so great a childhood of pain and emotional suffering. Do not laugh at my pain because many of us are not bold enough to talk about the pain we feel it took me 18years to have the confidence to write about my pain and still there is more.

Written by seun.

I am waiting for him to continue this..

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Vlog: Its not about "My" Relationship

Hello people,

I recorded this video in the dark, with a little lighting :) It was inspired by some of the questions i got after my Testimony post. 

Enjoy and i hope you learn a thing or 2. 

Don't forget t leave a comment. Thanks.

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Giveaway!!!! (200th Post)

WHoooooooooop!!!!!!!!

This is my 200th published posts and although alot of my earlier post were me writing crap(it still counts right?)

Looking back, i see how much and far i have grown, with my writing, with God and with people. Its so amazing!

Okay! The plan is not to be mushy but i want to do a give away and i don't know what the criteria should be.

I plan to give like 4 items away (won't tell yet)

please give me suggestions? btw, this is my first giveaway :)

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We are NOT the world

I'm not sorry Micheal Jackson

Crowd cheering, the roar of applause filled the theater, roses thrown my way. spotlight still on me, beaming with smile and basking in the moments that felt like a life time.
Soon, the curtains began to close. i had to leave, the show was over. 30 mins later, standing on the exact spot, no crowd, no spotlight.
The audible voice spoke from one of the empty seats
"Now, Who are you?"

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The power holders are at their best, sitting in the quietness of the darkness, only my world wasn't so quiet. the light against my face from my device made so much noise between the @s and the #s i don't know which was louder, but then white bar became orange.
"Battery too low for radio use" then i saw "Now, who are you?" flashed before the screen. I blinked twice. Back to the quietness of the darkness, quietness of the question
"Now, Who are you?"

I could go on and on but you get my drift..

When the darkness gives way for the dawn.
when the day retires for the darkness to come alive.
when the applause dies down.
when the music fades.
when your battery dies.
when you see through the eye of the storm.
when the storm rages or doesn't rage.
can you honestly answer.
"who am i?" afterall.

We have let our professions, family, friends, problems, emotions,social media, fame, influence and what not define who we are.
whereas the uncreated creator has a contrary opinion.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Jer 1:5

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 1Peter 2:9

Now who you are? I don't know. Who you are not? I know. You are NOT the world or what the world tries to defines you to be.
Who are you? I don't know but i know who knows, didn't you you hear him say 
"before i formed thee i knew thee?" So, what are you waiting for?

Go ask the master planner.

Happy New August!!!!!!!!!!!

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Recovered - My Testimony

I must have mentioned how much God answers prayers on this blog before, He did it again this morning, I would mention later in this post.

***Disclaimer: The title has more to do with 1samuel 30:18 than it actually has to do with this post, there are somethings i don't understand too***

Anyways, straight to what God did for me. Since God met with me in the dusty town of Kontagora (click to read the story) i have been basking in his Love, learning and craving more of him. I've become so spiritually ambitious, Me sef i know i am x_x

That aside, the first week of this month was easily the hardest i had to go through.

It started on the Monday, 1st of July. During the day i started feeling a pain on my left arm and at first i thought it was because of the air conditioning, i endured through the day hoping that it won't last long.

Fast forward to like 20:00 and i've had dinner already and i was doing my round of reading for the night, the pain came back, just on a particular spot on my arm. Soon i was feeling numb, from my legs gradually my arms and i just laid there, looking up at the ceiling and balling my eyes out.

The engulfing feeling of it being the end was all around me, I have never felt anything so strong, Imagine if you know that you won't wake up the next day?  at that time i could not pray(and i still don't know why) a few minutes later as if a bulb was turned on in my head, I dragged my self to my feet(numbness and all) and i started praying, didn't know what i was praying for or against but i prayed, spoke in tongues and cried till my soul felt content, it felt like i was given a breather. the pain relieved me and i was feeling a lil better but that voice will not stop telling me that it was the end.

with the little strength i wrote somethings down in my journal, telling God that i didn't understand what was going on in my body, psalm 23 and little goodbye notes to everyone that mattered to me with tears streaming down my eyes (If they ever found the journal that is)

Trust me, it was not easy at all, i felt stupid for writing it and at the same time i felt really convinced that it was the end, i thought of not sleeping at all, but i prayed some more and some more till i slept off.

I woke up, without pain, without the numbness.
i wrote
"I don't know whats wrong with my body, please save me" and he did exactly that.

The rest of that week wasn't so much fun and all but i went through it with Gods help, by Friday i can in his presence rejoicing and now more than ever sure why he has me here and pumped to get it all done before its time to go home to him.

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"Dear God,

Who are you? 
Thats all i want to know. make known yourself to me who you are, your essence, your principles, your process, your works, your power, your majesty, your all. Everything. Let me know who you are.

Your daughter,
Tomilola"

This was me yesterday, some guts i have right? but i have just been on this journey with him and listening to different peoples opinion of who God is, it was just enough for me and i wanted to hear from him myself. i wrote this having absolutely no idea that he would respond the way he did and so quickly.

I know i still said the prayer this morning, but still didn't expect an answer.

There are so many things i know that my mind can't still wrap around. he came through less than 24 hours later after writing.

This morning i was chatting with my best friend and still teasing him that he got to work early as its never the case with him *side eye* (not like he would read this sef) and out of the blue he sends me this bible verse, let me point out that Sope doesn't send me Bible verses like that unless the need arises which has been just once in recent time.

Amos 4:13(KJV)
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.

(CEV)

I created the mountains and the wind. I let humans know what I am thinking. I bring darkness at dawn and step over hills. I am the Lord God All-Powerful!

I paused and asked why he sent me the verse and he said he had no idea and i instantly told him that i knew why he did, and told him about my question to God and he was marveled. Now, as i am still wrapping my head around the fact that GOD just told me who he is, by himself in all his GLORY and POWER, i've been smiling sheepishly like a mumu all day and to think that my relationship with him is just beginning. Jeeeeez! Is he not amazing? 

Song of the day: I stand in awe of you - Hillsong

P.S: Someone unexpected decided to go through my 23 before 24 list and is helping me achieve 2 of the things on that list by next weekend and i also got gifts this year, books, make-up, shoes, cake, pizza, drivers licence and above all i got a deeper relationship with my father.

What more could a girl want? 
Now are you going to praise God with me?!?

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Birthday Post: Without You

I don't know where i would be without you.

Lover of my soul.

Without you, Lost.

Without you, Worthless.

Without you, Clueless.

Without you, empty.

Without you, dead.

Without you, foolish.

Without you, penniless.

Without you, depressed.

Without you, sad.

Without you, no pen.

Without you, darkness.

what will i do without you?

king of kings.

My Best friend.

I really can't do without you.

I can't live without you.

Awesome Lord,

Wonderful Father.

Creator.

Whats my life without you?

Thank you for sticking with me, even through my unfaithfulness.

I want to always be with you.

I Love you.

Thank you for another year. 

Teach me how you want me to spend it.

This my song dedicated to my Lover!!

I am coming back to give my testimony as i won't be in my church for sunday!!
Started getting gifts from the beginning of the week. I'm still receiving gifts oh. 

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PINEAPPLE AND GROUNDNUT STIR-FRY BY Vegan Nigerian

Hello People,

I know i want to make healthier choices, i might just be taking it to a whole new level by going vegan. I stopped taking sugar like over 2-3months now (lost count) I stopped drinking garri (Who would've thunk it?) But my love for garri cannot fade away.. I got a new bowl for my garri.

Found out about the VeganNigerian about a month ago, and i'm glad i did check out her blog. So, i decided to try out this recipe.

What i love about her recipes is that, Its so easy to make and not ingredients that you have to walk the whole of lagos to look for.

Find the link to the recipe here

This is my own result :)

I added alot more pepper to my own, Still Loved it. Would def make it again and again and again......

NO... I'm not turning into a food blog!!!!!!

P.S: My birthday is on Friday and i am accepting gifts, send a mail to me for the address oh. :)

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