Knowing God

On a self-actualising journey

Most of us  grew up going to church, knowing it was a good thing, forming the habit but never really asking ourselves 'why Christianity?'.

I grew up in a household where mainstream faiths were practiced alongside new-age ones. Books like The Dead Sea Scrolls, Lost Books of the Bible, The Hiram Key, The Knights Templars sat on bookshelves next to every translation of the Bible available then. I read far and wide and in a way, it messed with my faith. Despite these setbacks, I always knew Jesus was Lord and always my refuge in time of need. Why did I know this? I cant really explain but even when I hadn't been to church in years, this was the place I always returned to.

Introduction to Skipping

I finally write a post about skipping.

So why skipping? I thought it would a fun cardio exercise to do at home and a guy at my old gym did it between his weight reps.... so one day while browsing through the shops at the Palms, I walked into Game and they had them on discount. The ones I got have a counter too...

Fast forward a few months and skipping ropes hadn't even left the box. By now I'd joined a new gym and on my first day the cardio machines were acting up Naija style. Frustrated I left the cardio room to the main floor which had the weights. Confused as to how to get my cardio work out in, I asked for skipping ropes and the rest as they say is history.

Black out

Sometimes I pray for a blackout

Dear friend,

I've been trying to think how if anything I did the last time I saw you on Friday would have made any difference. Instead I stood there going on about my problems, irrelevant and pedestrian things while you were in turmoil. I noticed and asked if you were okay and all you said was 'I feel out of sorts, I'll be better'. That was enough for me. I said bye and left for the day however later that evening I sent a bbm asking if you felt better, even added a hug.... but there was no reply. You never responded. It was too late.

Silver

Malachi 3:3 says: 

'He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.'

This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God.

One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.

That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining Silver.

As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities

Girls Night Out

Is it really a case of ‘no boys’ though?

It’s a Friday night and you realise you haven’t seen some of your girl-friends in a while for whatever reason. A few messages/calls later, you all decide to have a girl’s night out. That is, you, your girls, alcohol and most importantly, no men?

On a girls night out this is how I expect it to typically play out; A few girls heading to town.  We get dressed, looking fly isn't an option. We maybe grab dinner first in a nice restaurant then head to the hottest club where there’s a table or space reserved.  We order drinks, We dance, We go home. 

See how there’s no mention of the men-folk playing a role in this outing.