Questionable thoughts

*...Questionable Thought...*

Ed note: "Looking at my life in retrospect, I have been able to weigh certain options more accurately. There were some decisions that I was proud of, however, the events that I could have handled much more better than I did seem to override the former. 

I cannot help but think, how it would feel if I were to relive those moments and how that would influence the present state of things. Have you ever thought of the same?" ~Obajowo Jimmy Michael 

What if you have been wrong all along and certain decisions, like choosing a career, who to marry, where to live, and what belief to hold on to were all erroneously made?

What if the picture of the future you once thought would be a reality is now unrealistic?

Does this and more cripple you and maybe cause your optimistic self to plummet from whatever height it's formally attained to a levelled ground?

Does the thought of starting over again break sweat from your pores and leave you 'soaken'?

Does the unpalatable news that everything failed, leave your soul locked in depression and the thought of light at the end of the tunnel reduced to nothing? 

Does it not bother you that as savvy as most of us appear, it is rather unfortunate how misinformed and ill-prepared we are in some matters?

How we chase after the least important things at the expense of the-more-important, and at the face of even the most ridiculous challenges, we fall.

At the bottom of the chain, with little or nothing to start with, would you rather throw in the towel and bury your head in shame, or would you 're-pent', 're-think', or 'think-again'?

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Choice they say is relative, and to make the best of it, is to have an exceptionally unique understanding of the decisions made per time. Though broken, not to give up on a definite hope of rising again to redeem our fall.

For though the longevity of a life be finite, the 'quality' is of paramount importance.

Choose to Live freely, Choose quality!!!

Forgiveness

Ed note: Forgiveness is another action that sustains a man's life, and without it he becomes embittered by life. -Pst. Godman Akinlabi 

When a man is hurt or bitter, it is as though his mind is shielded from everything that's good in life. At the point, he finds it difficult to appreciate anything good and the only energy he'd be radiating would be 'hardness'.

'This could be witnessed in say a man who refuses to forgive his spouse and in the process becomes bitter and oblivious to all the good things in his marriage. He shuts himself out on everything and everyone, and in the process offers himself nothing but disservice'.

Although i'm not married yet, i've witnessed people live bitterly prior to an awful decision, and i can tell that it's one of the regrettable-errors to be made by anyone.

The irony of forgiveness is that it prevents one from receiving and accepting forgiveness in return as at when due. A quick look at our Lord's prayer explains it better, "forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us". In other words, you can't get grace if you don't extend grace to others -it's that simple.

In the light of the truth, you can get angry or choose to express your disappointment, however, "be angry but don't sin". That is, express your displeasure without seeking to draw blood from the other person.

Although, it's humanly to want to take revenge, but for every disagreement you have a choice to either throw-caution-to-the-wind or end it on the spot.

Just as you're not less a man if you choose to express your disappointment in a thing or someone, offering a sacrifice of peace doesn't make you a coward either. In fact, it makes you a better man and reveals how strong you are in dealing with matters generally. Also, it further speaks of the better man that is on your inside, and this you need show more often.

N.B: Everyone can get angry and destroy what's been built over the years, but that doesn't have to be you.

Choose right, Live right!!!

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So what!

So what !

So she was a cheat, slept with so many that she lost count. Aborted severally, a murderer, more gruesome than a serial-killer.

Some said she seared her heart, have her soul sold to the devil, and all that's left is nothing but the size of a weevil. However, she wasn't made that way.

She was once elegant, a piece of art mastered by God Himself, left to dazzle the naked eyes.

Her eyes shone brighter than the stars, and her smile a relief to the soul. Reaching deep to the soul, her words provided comfort -a spark of hope in the darkest places.

To the darkest parts of the world, her light shone as bright as the sun. An element compared to none.

How and when she arrived here, my head fails me still. As no aggregation of words proved enough to proof her sudden decline.

To whom do one ascribe the blame, the society? and would she ever find forgiveness in the heart of our diaries? These and more are the questions that lingers in my head.

Forgiveness, I'd say, isn't limited to the offender, it trickles down to the offendee. It's the only way to get over the shock, hurt, and the scars left by the errors of our past.

A mentor once said, “if you've not developed the capacity to forgive, you aren't ready for marriage”~ Sam Adeyemi. But I say, If you've not developed the capacity to forgive, you aren't ready for life itself. As forgiveness is a necessity to livelihood, and that more effectively.

God, through the eyes of His son -Jesus- forgave and reconciled us to Himself. Having made us Holy, unblameable, and unreproveable to Himself. [Colossians 1:22, emphases added]. How much more, in our relationship with fellow men.

So, when next you perceive your neighbour falling, ask for God's redemptive power on his behalf and inspire courage in such individual. You never know, you might be saving much more than perceived.

I live to forgive, in fact, forgiveness is one of the qualities of godliness that's conferred on me. How about you?

wisdom is applicable

Each day we are made increasingly aware of the fact that life is more than science and mathematics, more than history and literature. There is need for another education, without which the substance of secular learning may lead only to destruction. I refer to the education of the heart, of the conscience, of the character, of the spirit—the indefinable aspects of our personalities which determine so
certainly what we are and what we do in our relationships with one another.
-Gordon B. Hinckley

I was surfing through the internet recently, and to be sincere I was left in awe by the level of knowledge exuded by us youths all over the world. The extent of this knowledge is though amazing, yet disturbing.
With this much knowledge available, one would think that the world might as well be near a state of perfection, yet we are constantly made aware of the other side of the coin -of the 'sickness' in the society, the contention and trouble that has brought misery into the lives of millions, of the atrocity perpetuated in our homes, schools, industries, churches and others. Fraud, corruption, sexual perverseness and immorality, jealousy, murder et al., appears to be at their peak with the thought of a univalent solution far away from a reality.

I see a large faction of us bursting with a high level of energy and knowledge, yet no  wisdom at all -the ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense, and insight.
I stand to say that knowledge (especially head-knowledge) does not 'deliver', for if it does:
•A medical practitioner would not smoke or be on drugs -as by default he knows the deteriorating effect of harmful drugs on health.
•A strategist would go an extra mile to achieve his plan, as plans made without executioning is as good as no plan at all.
•A 'saved' would consciously work-out his salvation, regardless of the truth that "the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has delivered us from the law of sin and death".
The availability of grace does not leave us to continue in sin -far be it.

It is true that the acquisition of facts and information, skills acquired
through experience or education, or the theoretical and practical knowledge of a subject is not enough to guarantee success in a field as the very one that we are in.
Facts, information, skills, and experience amounts to nothing when it is not duly applied and put to intellectual use. "The more the knowledge you apply, the more confident you become in controlling the events of life ~adapted from Francis Bacon".

The solution to our problem is not far fetched, it resides in our ability to 'do' the right thing (I bet you know that I am not talking about Cobham's song featuring Bez). Enough of the fables, deceit, and hypocrisy, it is time we turned from the old ways -that which has produced little over the years- and focus on the truth -God.
Philippians 4:7 speaks of God's 'peace' which surpasses all understanding.
It is of a fact that the world needs Him now, look how far we have gone from the truth. It is high time you, I mean you, returned to God.
Join me, as we make this paradigm shift effective.

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Inspired by:
•Gordon B. Hinckley
First Counsellor in the First Presidency; and
•Kunle Edun
A financial analyst and the President of the Generation-Next Household, the youth arm of Trinity House NG.