"DEFINE and ALIGN" A Sista Power Gathering in Abuja

...."....Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight;......" Leviticus 26:8 (NKJV)

Hello dearies! Its a glorious beautiful morning! Indeed our God is Faithful! Hallelujah! 

Today, I want to share a little about Ladies gatherings. Yea Yea, I got your attention there, right? Lol!

Often times, when we hear about a Ladies gathering or a women’s meeting, we wonder “what is this about again oh" while rolling our eyes! Lolz. In fact, some ladies just shut down and do not even consider it. “I don’t attend Ladies’ meetings they say, “too much drama”. 

“Hmm. What do they want to talk about sef”? They ask with skepticism! hahahaha! Don't worry. You are not alone oh! This reaction is perfectly normal! Yes, it’s been wired into our brains! Albeit with some “evidence” though that our fellow women may be our enemies.

Well, I am here to tell you, that is a deception from the d boss of deception himself! d devil! Because he knows how powerful we are, especially as women, when we collaborate!

The fact is that as women, together we are more! As women, when we come together and commit to a common good, we achieve more! When we offer prayers together, we get more results! Yes! I am witness! I can confirm! I have countless proof!

Over the years, being in the awesome company of real big Sistas like Bidemi –Mark Mordi and Sista Audrey Joe Ezigbo, has been proven over and over again, that when we find that divine connection of women, the sky is our launch pad! Indeed we soar!

https://www.facebook.com/bidemim
https://www.facebook.com/audrey.joeezigbo

Make I no talk too much, make una come see and experience for una self!

The first Sista Power Gathering in Abuja tagged “Define and Allign” is Tomorrow Saturday, the 31^st of October, 2015 at the Basement Meeting Room of the NAF Conference Centre near NEXT Supermarket by 11am. Trusted ChildCare is provided.

Sista Bidemi – Mark Mordi and Sista Audrey Joe Ezigbo I mentioned will be sharing with us as among others. I'm Super Duper Excited! 

Trust me, this is a meeting you cannot miss and it is indeed an awesome privilege to see you there

Remember to bask in God’s Awesome Love! It's the Height of Divine Bliss! Shalom! :)

The Awesome Privilege of Choice!

..... "..... Therefore choose life ..... loving the Lord your God, obeying HIS voice and holding fast to HIM, for HE is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers..... " (Deuteronomy 30: 26-28)

Hello dearies! Indeed today is a good day! Yes today is an awesome day to be alive!  God be Praised!

I Pray y'all are good and blessed.

I wanna share with you, the awesome privilege of choice that God has Blessed us with. Yes, again I say, the awesome privilege of choice, and it is indeed a blessing. :)

People often ask me, Adeola, you seem to have no issues, no problems, you are always happy! Lol! Well, the true reality is that I do have challenges, I do have times of "it could be better", times of expecting blessings, answers that tarry a bit. Times, when the outcomes are absolutely different from expected, totally unpalatable.

But then, what do I do in those seasons, I CHOOSE!

Rather than be upset, I CHOOSE to be Happy, rather than lose faith, I CHOOSE to Trust and Believe in God's promises to me "that all things work together for my good, for it will get better (Romans 8:28)! Rather than cry over mistakes, I CHOOSE to see it as a lesson learnt and CHOOSE to move on. 

Rather than wait, I CHOOSE to make the first move and another and another and another if need be. Rather than get upset with that person, I CHOOSE to make excuses for them and CHOOSE to give LOVE (after all, they are going through their own stuff and probably do not understand yet the awesome privilege of CHOICE that God has given us!) Besides, who is perfect? We are all working to be better everyday. 

Most importantly,  rather than give up, I CHOOSE to Live Life Awesomely.

Believe me, it is not always easy. Many times, I am Happy (not! lol!), many times I have been hurt, many times, friends and family say nice (not) things, many times, I don't get my desired outcome(s)

Then I remember, how much God Loves me and mine! I remember also, that HE gave me the awesome privilege of CHOICE! I remember that I create my outcomes with my CHOICES, Then I CHOOSE to forge ahead, yet again, and again, based on my desired outcome!

GOD CHOSE to Love Us, regardless of how faithful (not) we have been, how much more us HIS magnificently crafted beings to our fellow magnificently crafted beings! :)

Life is a journey, an experience of choices we make every second, the earlier we CHOOSE to enjoy this awesome journey of Life, the better the quality. Yes, there will be storms (blessed rain), yes there will be mountains (stepping stones/launching pads to soar), yes there will be mistakes (lessons learnt), but the difference is that we CHOOSE!

So, would you CHOOSE to CHOOSE the awesome privilege of CHOICE that God has blessed us with? Selah.

Enjoy your awesome weekend darlings, and remember, you have the awesome privilege of CHOICE. Shalom.

..... stay encompassed in God's Love. It's the most ecstatic place to be! ..... Shalom!

God's Steadfast Love, Indeed, It Never Ceases!

..... "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness....." Lamentations 3:22-23(KJV)

Hello dearies, how are we today? It is an Awesome Sunday innit?  A Beautiful Day to be alive.

Today, I simply want to remind us of the awesomeness of God's Love. How amazing! 

Often times we get so carried away, focused on the seeming challenges we go through. Yet we forget that but for God's awesome Love that preserves and sustains us, we will not even have those challenges to worry about in the first place! Ironic isn't it?

We have the breath of life in our lungs! Our eyes blink open! Food on our table (even if it is one meal, at least we had one) A roof over our heads, a mat (bed) to lay on! The sun on our skin, the wind ruffling through our hair! Water to drink! Friends, Family, Colleagues to relate with. A Husband/Wife to Love (or even bicker, with, lol!) Excited voices of our awesome children (born and soon to be born). 

Yes there are issues and bills to take care of, but hey? there is hope for tomorrow! We will get there! In fact, better to Praise through the journey, than be miserable. Indeed Let Every(one)thing that hath breadth Praise the Lord (Psalm 150:6) for ALL things work together for our Good! (Romans 8:28)

How about choosing this week to pause, ponder and count the little blessings in our lives! Rather than complain, why not thank God instead? rather than respond to that person in anger, why not give a smile? rather than complain about that issue, how about thanking  God for solution that will surely come. 

Our God is an awesome God, His Love transcends the Heavens and the Earth. Can we simply rest and bask in this knowledge this new week?

Have an awesome blessed and favored week ahead folks, surely, we will have numerous things to bless God for. 

..... and remember to keep basking in God's awesome Love ..... It's the most blissful place! Shalom

...It's The Little Things ....

..... "The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself....." Proverbs 11:25 (NKJV)

Hello everyone. How are we today? How has the weather been? and preps for the school holidays? Yea I know! So much to sort! It is all well.

So this morning, I picked up a lady on my way to work (I actually try to do that often, my own small social responsibility :)  and when she got down, she thanked me profusely. "God Bless you so much ma"! My heart swelled with joy, so little for me but so much for her! .

A little ahead, I saw another lady with a baby on her back, I picked her too! :) and of course by the time I dropped her off she had a smile on her face! Beneath my breath, I muttered  a simple prayer for both ladies for God to bless them and meet them at the point of their needs! Two people touched with my little mite! My heart was aglow!

And it struck me, it's the little things! Yes. the little and seeming little things!....

Seriously, it's not the big things! If you can do the big things, then by all means go ahead!, but you don't have to feed the whole of a village! It doesn't have to be some grand show! What you see as small may be a windfall for another. The most important thing is that God who sees in secret will reward accordingly.

Many times, we are under undue pressure to do so much! even beyond our own capacity! Hello darlings, this is not a circus show! It's all about God Almighty! HE is the only audience we need to please. He sees our hearts and knows our various issues. We need not get overly worked up about what is beyond us at a particular point in time

Someone might say.. "how can I pick up strangers? It's not safe! I know someone who was mugged when they helped"... hmmmm

Someone else may say, "but I don't have a car" ... "I can barely pay my transport fare" Yes it understandable, but what works for YOU?!  You can give a smile, you can give a (genuine) complement, you can say a word of prayer, or you can simply keep a grateful heart and bless God for the breath of Life!

Something must work for you! What can you do? It's the little things. Like little drops of water into a bucket, they add up! It may take time and patience, but hey, you did a good deed along the way :) .

There is always a good reward for every kind deed with the right motives. God sees and He rewards, that's so sure and I am a witness.

So today, make up your mind. Do your little bit, shine you little light! a tiny ember can light up a forest. And our awesome God who sees all will replenish you abundantly!

Enjoy the rest of the week and long weekend. Please try and get some well deserved rest oh (note to self! lolz!)

..... and remember keep basking in God's awesome Love ..... It's the most blissful place! Shalom :)

....Angels Among Us! (God's Awesome Love)

"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace(that) I (you) have been saved"... Ephesians 2:4-5 (NIV)

Happy New Month Dearies. I Pray the good Lord Meet Us all at the Very Point of Our Needs to HIS Awesome Glory! Amen.

So, how have we been? Boy! It’s July already?! We have got to make the best of the time we have here oh. Hmmm. The next minute, we will be wishing each other Merry Christmas, then another new year?...

Today, I want to tell you one experience I had recently, that again confirmed to me how much God really loves me oh (as sure as HE loves you! Yes you! You! and You!)

A few weeks ago, I was involved in this terrible accident. It was awful! But for God’s awesome Love and Protection, maybe Yours Truly would have gone to “Rest in the Father’s Bosom oh… (nah, not a chance folks! Lolz! I’m still here for the loooong haul, if Jesus tarries, so y’all better put up with me…. :)

Where was I? Yes! The accident. Like I said, God truly cares for me oh. It was a very close shave. But for God’s Love, Grace and Mercy, it would have been another story.

That awesome Saturday morning, eve of Resurrection Sunday (Imagine! Easter Saturday, this yeye devil just tried this Special Jesus daughter!) I was driving to pick up our daughters from bible club; which they hadn’t been to in ages, and I took a wrong turn (yea I know, I shouldn’t have, the devil ensured he reminded me, but sincerely, it was an honest mistake)

As I veered off an exit to get to another, (and I thought I was truly clear) a Toyota SUV ran smack into me! (It almost certainly dropped from the sky!) It was as if I had been hit by a tornado and the impact literally spinned my car in a half turn from right to left! (Yes, it was that bad) and in a second the whole front end of the car was squashed!

The miracle(s)? Uncountable!  First, to my awesome relief, not one soul was hurt! (there were seven people including the driver, a woman as well in the other car) as well as myself, every single person was unscathed! Not even a scratch!

Secondly, I hadn’t picked up the girls. Don’t even let us explore the awful possibilities if the girls had been in the car! Hey, Holy Spirit! It wouldn’t have been funny at all!

Third! He sent Divine Comfort (even in the midst of all the castigation! And boy, was I castigated!) “Madam what were thinking? How could you take that turn? You would have just killed yourself for nothing!”  said the Lady Traffic Warden

“Are you blind?” said another voice, “How come you didn’t see the oncoming vehicle?” wow! It was terrible! Not even one person cared to ask if I was ok! :(

And the divine comfort came! Sincerely, He was an angel personified! “Madam are you ok? Are you hurt? Can you try and move the car off the road so you do not get hit by another oncoming vehicle? Where is your phone? Have you called your husband?” He reeled off one reassuring question after the other! Seriously, how could I have remained sane without that voice?

After ensuring I had moved the car, checked that I had all valuables in the car, windows up, doors locked and keys securely in my pocket, He also ensured that I reached my husband on phone after several tries and after that he literally disappeared! 

Well, not puff into thin air, but when I looked out for him to say thank you, he was nowhere to be found! It was uncanny! I searched oh, searched amongst the crowd that had now surely gathered to no avail!

Anyway, my own interpretation is that God sent an Angel oh! (believe it or not! For even HIS wording Psalm 91:11-12 says that He has given HIS Angels charge over us to keep us in ALL ways…)

To cut a long story short, that’s how God saved me oh, again as always, from the machinations of the devil!

Are you aware? That we all have the privilege of HIS awesome Love! All we just have to do is Trust, Rest and Believe that God has got us covered at all times….. shikena!

This new month, take a step further, Trust and Believe God more and HE will come through I Promise :)

There’s more to be said about this incidence oh, but let me stop here. We shall continue in a later post.

In the meantime, take care and Keep Basking in God’s awesome Love…It’s the best place to be. Shalom :) !

A Little Seed today, An Acorn Tomorrow…….

Hello dearies, how are you all doing?

Hmmm, where do I begin my apologies this time? Where do I start from? Hmmm again! (Self badgering continues …... hehehe)

I know I am beginning to sound like a broken record, but seriously? I AM SORRY! Sorry I haven’t posted, yet again, in ages! Really! I have got to stop making a habit of this oh. Saying sorry? Not delivering on my promise? Badgering myself? Whew! Somehow, all three has rolled into one!

Since my last post in August, (yes August 2014!) I have had several calls, hints, bb messages, intimidating stare downs by my accountability partners to update my blog to no avail! (SistaB and Husby! *wink *wink! Lolz). I just could not find the time or energy. Hectic work schedule, family commitments, and biggest of all, self doubt all contributed to my not being able to. In fact at a point, I convinced myself that I might as well not bother cracking my head to write anymore, after all, how many people read the blog anyway? I might as well just forget it.

Boy! Was I so wrong!

So, there I was at this wedding and a sis who just gave birth and I hadn’t got around to visit (oh my life!) walked up to me to say hello and promptly introduced her new baby! The guilt piled on! I could almost sink into the ground in shame!  Trust the Holy Spirit to use HIS own awesome ways to bring us back on track J  Of course all the frenzy going on in my mind didn't show on my face. I said a quick hello and a hug and was about to sneak away when….

Sista E:  “Hello Sista D” (she said) “It’s been a while we read from you oh? What’s happening?” (oh my, I thought in my head!)

Me:        “So sorry Sis, its been so hectic! I have barely had time. In fact, I’m considering giving up on the blog jare, it’s giving me too much stress.

Sista E:  “Ha! Don’t give up oh! You have to continue writing. Your write ups touches and encourages a lot of people. Myself especially, and I look forward to it all the time!

Me:        “Really”? (I asked in doubt and surprise)

Sista E:  “Really. Please don’t stop. I am being blessed as I’m sure so many others are

Ha! I was sincerely short of words!

“You see”? Whispered the Holy Spirit …. (Seriously, sometimes I wish the Holy Spirit would drag and scream at me rather than whisper! Lolz!)

People had actually been reading? Being blessed by my seemingly unimportant jabber? Nah! It can’t be! 

Well, apparently it seemed so!

We sometimes drift through our days, go about our daily routines, sometimes half heartedly, but then we do not know, the eyes watching, the ears listening! We take some actions, write a note, make a call, post on face book and we don’t know whose life is being touched, encouraged or saved!

I am here to encourage us today J (Yes myself most!) We gotta keep keeping on! There is indeed an audience (so be sure you are living a positively impacting life!)

It may seem like we are not being rewarded or applauded accordingly, but the fact is that Heaven is Happy (the most important audience I dare say) so “whatever our hands find to do, we should endeavor to do well oh! (Colossians 3:23; Ecclesiastes 9:10)

I guess this means y’all see me more often? lolz! Yes, definitely, God my eternal strength.

Mmuah! Stay Encompassed and Cocooned in God's Awesome Love!

Blessings! J

...I'm Sorry.....

Hello People! How have y’all been? It’s been ages I know, I haven’t checked in here in a long while, so I guess It is in order if I say Happy New Year?... lol

Let me begin with an apology. I am so so sorry! I mean, I haven’t posted anything on here since last December! (*covering my face*) And I have so badgered myself! (I do that a lot and it’s got to stop! – badgering myself that is…J )

Yes, I am indeed sorry, because you know; I started this blog following an instruction. I did not just wake up suddenly to decide to blog oh. It was a clear instruction, from the Most High, but see me, being so lazy and not posting nada.

Hmm, actually, not lazy really, I'v just been so caught up with so many events and activities. Yes. We all do. We get so choked up with “other things” that we don’t get around to our God given assignments. We lose sight of our God given vision and then complacency sets in. As time goes on, we settle into our comfort zone, and all the excuses start flowing. In fact after a while, we don’t need the excuses anymore! Yes! I am very guilty of that! What with a very demanding full time job, managing Husby and Treasures…. J  among other things, Whew! Even the best organizer/planner/multi tasker would have had a hard time! So please forgive me, I am back and better by God’s infinite grace.

However, there is another little problem. I can’t think of what to write! Yes, nada!nit! nothing! Despite all the activity and drama in my life this year not even a thing comes to mind. Well, that's not actually true. Several things does come to my mind, but I just can’t seem to form them into something coherent.  Nothing seems to flow from my brain through my fingers to be put in black and white. 

I am not a writer, but is this how it feels to have a writer’s block? It’s funny though, because not too long ago, I was almost bursting with words in my head begging to be put on paper! Now here I am, @ I:18am, after staring at my computer  everyday for hours on end for the last few days, still nothing comes to mind L

Wow. This is indeed a new experience oh. I have never been short of words! (well, when I really need them) 

But write I must! Because I have made myself accountable, and accountable I must be!  (I will tell you all about being accountable in another post)

Anyways, it’s good to be back. At least I have broken the jinx of not posting anything in almost eight months! Wow! (shame on you devil! )

Don’t worry, in a few days, I will be back up and running…. (*widegrin*)

In the mean time, try not to be fixated on all the drama and turmoil that seems to be going on all around the world right now, rather fix your gaze on God. HE is the only stability in this life of ours, the only safe haven.

As we proceed into this awesome new week, do stay safe under the Covenant Blood of Christ and don’t you ever forget …… you are a masterpiece, a rare gem, lovingly and intricately woven by God J

Blessings…….

PS: RD, SistaB, SistaLiz, I Love you all! *wink* *wink* J