Friday, May 16, 2008

The Power of Time

Time is powerful; it depends on what you do with it. “Time goes so fast”, we say, but the reality is that time stays, we go! We spend eight hours at work, eight hours to sleep and we have eight hours left. What we do with the rest of the eight hours that is left is so crucial. Whether rich or poor, we all have the same number of hours and minutes everyday. Time does not discriminate. Rich people cant buy more hours, it is what you do with your time that matters. Time is not temporary, it is eternal. We are the temporary beings who live within the framework of time. I would encourage you today, make sure you make good use of your time and don’t waste it. Our lives are framed by time. If God permits and we live to a 100 years old, that means we have 4 quarters in our lives. Each quarter is equal to 25 years. How we spend the first and second quarter of our lives will determine the course of the rest of our lives. Each hour of our life is golden; don’t let your golden hour slip by without doing something valuable with it. Time is the coin of your life, don’t let others spend it for you, determine what you want to do with it, value it, cherish it, invest it and it will yield profits for you. Only you can determine how your coin will be spent, and remember it is the only coin you have, you cant save your time to spend it another day. If you want to be creative, start doing it now, if you want to be an artist, start practicing now, if you want to be a lawyer, start studying now, whatever you want to achieve or become in life depends on what you do with your time now. If you want to be a skilled musician, you will need many hours of practice. If those hours slip by and you don’t do anything, then you may not become anything. Be constructive with your time. As the hours slip by, so does our age. Time is eternal and ageless, we cannot slow it down, that is why you must start doing what you have to do now and not leave it till tomorrow. If you don’t watch carefully what you do with your time, it will slip away from you. Procrastination is the thief of time; don’t wait to do tomorrow what you could have done today. If you yield to time, you will find time on your side. Opportunity walks with time but repentance walks behind it, so make the best of every opportunity. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is yet to come, now is the time to invest so we do not regret tomorrow what we could have done with the time we had yesterday, for yesterday is no more. The grace is of time is that no matter what time you’ve wasted yesterday, you still have an entire tomorrow. I encourage you today to make the best of what time is left, don’t throw your time away. God bless you as you motivate yourself to do better with your time.
(Written by Ladé, 2008 © All rights reserved.)

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

I Just Realised

I just realised that there’s more to life than the eyes can see;
I know that, but certain events open your eyes more
I just realised that I do not know the GOD I thought I knew
I just realised that I am nothing and who am I to come before the presence of GOD?
I just realised that the word vanity is true and can be as real as you want it to be; vanity upon vanity, all is vanity
I just realised that sometimes we cannot and will not get what we ask for, because GOD is Omniscience
I just realised that GOD is no respecter of persons, spirits, animals, place or thing
I just realised that in the twinkle of an eye everything can vanish
I just realised that in working on the straight and narrow, you have to fight hard to cling unto the hem of JESUS’ garment, because it is so easy to fall
I just realised that I can destroy what took GOD years in my life to build just by making one wrong choice
I just realised in it all, why bother or get stressed?
I just realised it is very, very difficult to practice what you preach
I just realised that the fear of the unknown is chasing me, yet I know I’m free
I just realised that for no apparent reason, my mind is looking for a reason to cry or get worried

Why is this life such a misery?
What is it about life that makes life the way it is?
From one level of trial to another; mostly the mind is where the battle is

I just realised why worry? For the joy of our Lord GOD will continually be permanent, but happiness will come and go.
Choice one…..I choose JOY!

(Written by Modupé Mabel Ade-Onojobi-Daniel, 2008 © All rights reserved.)

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Keeping A Record?

Are you keeping a record of wrongs done to you?
Are you keeping a record of errors made against you?
Are you constantly looking at the mistake of others?
Are you constantly scrutinizing other people?
Do you easily get angry and impatient with others
And never forget when wrong is done?
Do you have a register you tick every so often?
What are you going to do about all these?
Revenge and retaliate?
Are you so angry that you lose all manner of reasoning?
You are so angry you refuse to reason with others?
This is a form of blindness

Patience is virtue my dear friend
Don’t ever think you are perfect
Your flaws are probably more than those you see in others
Try working on your own errors
Change does not come by shouting and marking errors
Change comes from within by loving and caring
Strife does not bring change
Condemnation does not bring change
Change only comes when you begin to change yourself
Look within and you will see
So much change is needed
If not, you will not see the error in others
Why not leave them alone
And take time to change yourself first?
Remember, charity begins at home
Change yourself first
Then you can influence and change others
I encourage you today, to think
What do you need to change?
If you must grow, you must change.
(Written by Ladé, 2008 © All rights reserved.)