And Yet Another Milestone Of Grace...

Today is my birthday... and as I sit here, taking stock of my life and reflecting on how far God has brought me, I can only say that, I have been through thick and thin; through the good and the bad weather; through plenty and lack; through pain, sorrow, loss, grief and laughter, and through it all, I have learnt the Love of God and I have learnt to Love Him more. 

I can't say I am there yet, as a matter of fact, I know I am not. But the crack of every dawn and His loving kindness towards me, tells me, that the Love of God is worth depending on. He's all around me and He just won't let me go.

I am a living testimony. A proof that God is good and His Love is real; that no matter what you

see, hear or feel, God is at work in your life. So don't let go, don't give in, and don't give up. This is my story (and it can be yours too), that I believe in miracles... And I believe in God. I am God's miracle product. And if you are wondering who Apy is... Well that's moi. That's my pet name, from my sweetheart. *big winks*

Peace... I'm out

Let's Share A Word Of Prayer...

God of all blessings, source of all life, giver of all grace. We thank You for the gift of life, for the breath that sustains life, for the food of this earth that nurtures us, for the love of family and friends without which there would be no color in our lives. 

We thank You for the mystery of creation, for the beauty that the eye can see, for the joy that the ear hears when the birds sing, when the trees whistle and when the wind blows; for the unknown that we cannot behold filling the universe with wonder; and for the expanse of space that draws us beyond the definitions of ourselves. 

We thank You for setting us in communities, for families who nurture our becoming; for friends who love us by choice; for colleagues at work, who support the realisation of our mandate and share our daily tasks with us; for strangers who welcome us into their midst; for people from other lands who call us to grow in understanding; for children who lighten our moments with delight; for the unborn who offer us hope for the future. 

We thank You for this day, for life and one more day to love; for the opportunity of one more day to work for justice and peace; for neighbors and one more person to love and by whom we may be loved; for Your grace and one more experience of Your presence; for Your promise to be with us, to be our God and to keep us in Your salvation.

For these, and many more blessings, we give You thanks, eternal, loving God, through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!

Have an amazing midweek and enjoyable day.

Peace... I'm out!

Now I Understand...

Hello all!

How is your week going so far? Stressful, eventful, boring (like mine) successful or what? But despite everything, I am blessed and highly favored and I presume the same applies to y'all.

My post today is a remembrance and how certain things are now beginning to make sense to me. I have written lots of things about my mum in the past and how she was able to rise against all odds to single-handedly see my 2 elder brothers and I through school and all...

Ok, the main gist is that, I remember how I used to call my mum a "foster mother" and our home a "foster home" because every time I got back from school (boarding house), there was always a new face who's there to stay, usually children. when I ask, she will say "oh... this one's parents came crying to her either at church or at work for him/her to live with me" Sometimes it was relations as well

I also remember when am ready to go to school, she will make sure I get everything I will need but my pocket money might not be enough. Although she makes sure she visits every two or three weeks to give me money and other things, I used to get angry with her for bringing too many people into our lives, which made it difficult for us to get everything we wanted from her. And I remember how she will always smile and say  "...you might never know the kind of blessings such things have...

I think I do now... After her demise, I won't say things have been rosy but God has been bringing people my way. Some come just to help me and move on... no strings attached. I'm amazed at how far God has brought me. My life is a testimony! It's not as much about me, as it is about the seeds my mum had to sow in order to secure my future, even when I didn't understand what she was doing.

Being good pays trust me, am reaping from my mums kindness and am glad am reciprocating; I am also glad that my tantrums and manipulations couldn't stop her from being good and doing the things she believed and knew she had to do for the people around her. 

So, looking back now what are some of the things that didn't make sense to you in the past, but have become things you wish you never resisted, and are glad you didn't destroy, because of the things you know and understand now?

Peace... I'm out!

purely Ghanain!!!

Hello everyone,

In the spirit of African Union @50, I am back with a sequel to this post. This is purely GH version. Enjoy...

*  My Padi (my friend)

*  Chaley what de hapon?  ( my guy, whats'up?)

*  Ibi me wey you do me like that? ( am I the one you treated that way?

*  I make wild pass you sef/my eye red pass your own ( am in hot mess more than you)

*  you say wetin. ( what are you saying)

*  you dey do mouth mouth (you bluffing)

*  I no go biz you ( I wont mind you)

*  For de where (How? Where?)
*  Me den u (You and I)
*  Chaley, how be you? (my guy, how are you)
*  Chaley I Chok (my guy, I am fine/ am cool)
*  I biz am say... (I asked him that...)
*  No libilibi, No labalaba (No tricks!)
*  Azaaa man/woman (Cunning person)
*  You de bore me waaa (You are upsetting me seriously)
*  My back-born (My young brother/sister)
*  What u de talk? (What are you talking about)
*  What u de find? (What are you looking for)
*  Dat be my back case (Dat's not my problem or business anymore)
*  I de wedge u (I am waiting for you)
*  I see u keep long (It's been a while since I saw you)
*  I dey job inside (I am at work)
*  Chaley, I no dey see top o (my guy, I cant make a head and tail of things)
*  I go bell u riiiight now (I will call you back in a bit)

You like? you can add your own o... So oyah! Let's go!!!

Peace...I'm out!

Daddy's Love Letter...

Greetings everyone!

I am excited this morning. Excited, because I saw this video, and I just thought that I couldn't forgive myself if I didn't share it. It's a perfect piece, and speaks of God in a way that a lot of us are unwilling to see Him. As I watched, I imagined how the relationship with my son, and how I will still and always be a mum, no matter what goes on between us. We are such loving parents, uncles and aunts, but it is so difficult for us to see God in that light... Like seriously, we act like we will beat God to it when it comes to being parent. He is our FATHER... 

But we are unable to relate with that fact. We hurt when our kids act like they can't trust us. We did and still do the same to our parents and some of us even got into trouble while refusing to connect to our parents' love because of things we did or didn't do. Our parents felt/feel bad about our lack of understanding of their love, and we feel the same with our kids; how much more God, who offers us a perfect love? We prefer to listen to people who give us the impression that God is mean, draconian and downright inaccessible, and while watching this clip, I asked myself if my mum ever denied me of anything I needed (especially love) merely because I did something wrong or offended her, even when she had to beat me... My answer was a sober no.

Look... this movie made sense to me, and I hope it does the same for you. Enjoy and be blessed:

Need I say more?

Peace... I'm out!

Stampede at T.B Joshua’s church: 4 dead, several injured

Hello everyone...

Read this story and had to share, please read and share your views. Thanks! 

"A scheduled Sunday church service at the Spintex branch of the Synagogue Church of all Nations has been cancelled due to a stampede which left three men and one woman dead at the church premises on Sunday.

The man of God, Prophet TB Joshua had earlier announced the distribution of anointed water during Sunday’s service on the church’s station, Emmanuel TV.
Hundreds of people reportedly started arriving at the church premises from 8pm on Saturday and before the service could start by Sunday morning, there was a stampede due to the huge numbers at the venue.

According to Citi News editor, Richard Mensah, who was at the scene, the District Police Commander confirmed the deaths and 15 other casualties and stated that both the dead and injured had been conveyed to the hospital.
Even though the church requested security from the police, they did not anticipate such a massive crowd numbering 45,000. Speaking to Citi News, one of the church officials, Rev Sam Mc-Caanan said they had to stop the service because they heard a commotion outside the building.

“Everything started very well this morning but in about 30 minutes we heard some commotion outside the church premises. We went outside the building only to find a stampede and people being trampled over," he stated.
Rev Mc-Caanan further mentioned, "We had to cancel the service and invite the national ambulance over to help the people. We also had the police beef up their security. We also cancelled it because we did not want to aggravate the situation."

He described the casualties as unfortunate and unprecedented, “we are used to numbers but we have not had an occasion like this. We are very devastated, it’s very unfortunate and we are very sorry. We have to do a thorough work around this to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

For more on this, visit citi news

Yesterday, a popular musician in Ghana called Iwan wrote this on his wall on FB "I Hear Say some People dey Go Take Holy water .. Wey Dem Die .. I shock Give My People Ghana, God is Right Beside You, So why Looking Elsewhere .. No Holy Water would Grant U Salvation .. Change from Your Ways and Jah Would also Change U .. No Man has God in His Hands .. God has all Of Us in His Hands.. TB Joshua can Never Save U from Ur Sins .. Wake Up Sleeping Beauties"

I think I agree with Iwan, what do you think? 

I wish the casualties a speedy recovery and the dead, a perfect rest in peace, Amen! 

Peace...I'm out!

All Naija Bloggers! Please Stand Up!!!

My people!

Its me again. Been hearing this kinda phrases in 9ja movies, read some on blogs, twitter, FB and from Nigerien friends of mine. some crack me up so much so I couldn't help but share some of them on here... this is purely made in NIGERIA English, enjoy...

*Abeg dress back.

*Nothing de happen

*See me see local trouble o!

*Na ya eye be this?
*If I hear pim, u go hear weeen.
*Have they brought light? ( said the same way in Ghana as well)
*The film is sweet
*Pls help me slow that fan
*I'll tell my daddy FOR YOU
*Have you paid your school fees money?
*See as you baff up
*Put the bread inside LYLON
*I strong KAKARAKA
*Oya come and go!
*I KUKUMA don't have your time
*Shebi you have BB charger?
*See how your eye is entering my food
*I know you have come since bcoz I hear
  your perfume.
*Wetin tym dey talk?
*You chop winsh?!
*D fan no dey blow me wel-wel
* I want to tush up my house before I invite you

*I send u message?

*I no send (meaning I don't care)

*U too arrange!!

*Who dash monkey?!

*Hold ur side o!

*No let me do u somtin o! 

feel free to add some more. Ghanian version coming up! 

Peace...I'm out!

I'm Still Here...

My very own people!!!

I trust we all doing awesome? Sorry for not updating as often as I used to. I had to take some time to do some stock-taking to assess myself and my life, to make sure I am fulfilling the purpose for which God created me. So here I am... Can't say I am back, but I am almost around.lol.

I got an email I couldn't ignore, from a friend who has been following my blog. The content of his email was something I couldn't ignore 'cause it's about children. Even though it looks like it's strictly a Nigerian thing, I think the spirit behind it is something we all should connect to. I am pasting it here just as I received it, and I am hoping we can all spread the word:

Make a difference this Children’s Day with Jumia.com

"As the world gets ready to mark yet another Children’s Day, your number 1 online retailer, Jumia.com has introduced a charity give-back initiative using its social media platform. “In celebrating this year’s children’s day, we at Jumia in addition to other onsite initiatives will be giving back to the less privileged children in the society using our Facebook and Twitter pages. This is an initiative that will require the support of our friends on social media, how? It starts with a like or follow on Facebook and Twitter respectively. We are very grateful to our friends who have supported the cause so far; as we speak we have already raised N5, 877 in the first day. ”, this was according to Opeyemi Adetomiwa, community manager at Jumia.com.

All it takes is for every ‘like’ on the Jumia Facebook and ‘follow’ on their Twitter pages, N1 will be donated to a charity on children’s day. SO, all you need do to put a smile on the face of that needy child this Children’s Day is to ‘like’, ‘follow’ and ‘share’ with your own friends, it’s that simple.

Click here to start ‘liking’, you could be the reason for that kids smile.

Call this my little contribution to the Children's Day celebration, with Love, Hugs, More Love and Much More Love.

Before I leave, yesterday was Mothers' day and lots of appreciations were received by mothers all over the world. What did you receive or give? I had lots of loving messages from all over some of which got me misty eyed, my brothers included... *Smiles*

Peace... I'm out!