KiKi's LAIR

We are almost that time of the year when we celebrate the birth of our saviour, Jesus Christ. It's usually a season of love and sharing that just seems to bring out the good and loving side of everyone. But one striking fact is that sometimes we get carried away with planning and celebrations that we forget the actual celebrant, the main reason for the season. Everyone of us has a birthday and on that day we get gifts, wishes, calls and text messages from loved ones. That day just seems to be basically about us. When it comes to Christmas, I believe the same should apply. If the celebrant is having his party in church, well, what are you doing at home? If you're exchanging gifts with everyone else, what about the celebrant? Imagine you hosted a birthday party in your house and everyone came with gifts for each other except you, the celebrant...how would you feel? Over the years, this has been the case for Jesus. Of course, no material thing could be used to quantify the va...

There comes a time in our walk with God when we all eventually have to drop our Isaac. Our 'Isaac' in reference to the biblical perspective is something very precious to us, so precious that we feel we cannot do without. Mine was a relationship, with a person from whom I'd tried to derive my personality from and idolize unknowingly. The time had come and I tried to evade it just as always. But then again, knowing fully well that I'd get stuck at that level of my life if I couldn't let go, the battle in my mind started. With every wall of resistance I built, his word came like a bulldozer knocking it down. Until finally, I let go. I was so afraid, afraid of loneliness, of the unknown, of the future, that I wouldn't and couldn't make it on my own. Looking back now, we're both glad I did and here I am blazing my own trail, gradually learning to enjoy my own company, embracing wholeness, understanding my role in a bigger picture, impacting my world even...

Whenever I remember the first day I came across the bible verse that said, "Pray for your enemy", I smile sheepishly. I had shook my head with a "no-no" screaming in my it. How could I pray for those who hurt me? As in for what nah?! The thoughts in my head screamed. And the Spirit with a voice always calm as ever, answered, "Cause sometimes you would be the one that has hurt another. Would you love for them to pray for you?" Well,that did it for me, I argued till I knew I had lost the battle. I just said in my mind, "God I don't know how you expect me to do this but help me anyways". I still had some atom of doubt in my mind, I strongly believed all my enemies had to die by fire! Fast forward, two years after, I hurt a loved one and I sincerely and desperately wanted reconciliation but all my efforts were futile. I eventually went to God in prayer, I still wonder why we find it hard to seek God first when situations arise. And just as I...

If I tried to measure his love I'd run out of tapes to roll If I even attempted to imagine it I'd exhaust the capacity of human thoughts. So I'll just wade and bask in volumes of it Till am so far beneath to wander away. In it every fault, mistake and wrong is washed away And even if I tried to pull away It'd draw me back with force Calvary's sacrifice It has never failed even in apparent defeat It has never left even in severe loneliness It has never, not because it won't but because it can't. This knowing brings peace and joy Even in moments of brokenness and undoings. It forever stays as long as I want it And I want it now and forever.

What about what God wants? This is one question we don't find too many people asking these days. It's always what we want, what we need, what we must have, our children, our husbands, our parents, our families, our jobs, and many other things we pursue. All these things are quite alright but have we really taken out time to ask God what he wants. I'm not yet a parent so I might not be able to say much on what it takes to provide for another but I am a student and I don't see too many of my counterparts concerned about this. We are so consumed with the need to "make it" in life and be successful that we can do anything it takes, I mean anything! Not many want to be identified as 'churchous' much less even be committed to church stuff as we call it but at the close shave of almost being caught with 'expo' in the exam hall, we mutter 'thank you Jesus'. It is good to have visions, dream big, study work hard and all that but we must remembe...

THE MYSTERY GLASSES See me see wahala oooo. Just this morning we found out that some spirits from the pit of hell didn't want the progress of my mother and my family at large and they decided to show it off by stealing my mum's reading glasses just minutes before she was supposed to read her bible in the morning. Maybe am going way too far with this or not, why don't I let you be the judge of that. Here is a story of how it happened; So I woke up this morning to find my mom searching under my bed as early as 5am.What could she be looking for I wondered, then she asked me, "Have you seen my pair of glasses?"  I answered in the negative and she asked again  "are you absolutely sure?" I was like, I don't get it, did I take your glasses in my dream, I thought.  My sister also got the same interrogation immediately she woke up, she also said she hadn't said anything.  "This people have come again!...... They don...

Vision is a very important factor in a man's life. Everyone needs to have a vision in order to succeed but then we must not think that success only necessarily means having money. There are certain steps to making your vision clear and achievable. Some people I guess already know about the SMART goal system i.e   S =specific and expressed in numbers, M =measurable.set milestones that will help you track it so you'll know when you've achieved a goal. A =agreed upon with your team mates (if a team exists), R =realistic,relevant and achievable, T =time-bound and must have a deadline. Here I'd like to introduce SMART(ER) ;the  E=ethical.your goals must have moral standing and values,no compromising. R=resourceful,you'll need to commit time,money,information,manpower to achieve it.  Like I stated earlier, it is possible that many of us know about this system but there are some steps am sure most of us do not know about. I used to constantly worry ...

This is an archived post. I feel very much upset when one makes a fun of me or cajoles me especially if what they are saying are lies. It gets me aggravated if the insult was illustrated in form of a picture, acting or a penciled cartoon, ooh you can’t possibly compare that to how I would feel if you did the same thing to Buddha, my sacred cow, the great Zeus, Patriarch Abraham, the prophets; Moses, Isaiah, Mohammed (Peace be upon Him), my clan’s deity Amadioha, Jesus Christ Son of God. Not even an illogical article against Higgs Particle would I forgive. Why would I feel annoyed and desire to unleash my wrath on you for the crime committed against any of these beings, even though you can argue that according to general belief they all of course are dead and you were just expressing your freedom of speech either with your mouth, keyboard or a pencil and an app on your latest Mac OS or Widows device. Sincerely, you are right they are all physically dead and ...