More than a student

Funny isn’t it (smiling). Don’t mind me, just remember ythe Duo musicians imitating foreigners. Oops! Nothing personal P Square, actually, you are my best. I was once a dancer, always wanted to be like you guys, of course with my best friend Nonny. But all that was in high school. OMG! What am I doing? Back to the topic.
Like I jst did, most people will think of the Duo’s music ‘more than a friend’, actually to an extent, that prompted me to write this. Since the release of that album, I have always wanted a friend that was ,more than a friend. Greedy huh? But who doesn’t, who doesn’t want to have a friend who has more. Oops! Another diversion, what am I doing yet again?
But as odd as this two first paragraph might sound (comparing with the title of this), there are similarities of which I will state one (make you figure out the rest yourself). People always want to be offererd more! They want more – more money; more clothes; more everything. They event want more of God and more from students (Baba God no go kill Himself for u na). hei! Read on, you will see how to be more (na em go make you dey independent – you no go ask for more. You go just dey give any how).
I have heard 'more than a friend; more than a wife; more than this; more than that' but when I heard more than a student (nna for my mind ooo!) I was moved. Rarely do such people exists in our environment,n in Nigeria. Common read on! We are getting there.

Look around or even better, think 'around', what do you see? (Na rhetorical question jooo!) I will tell you. I see students who aspire to get a first class certificate or at least, a second class upper; get a nice job, marry a wonderful spouse, have great kids and then die peacefully (like it just be for happily ever after). I see students who wants to be just students (sad) funny isn't it? (Na another ...e he..), of course not! Lighten uup, am not accusing you of being among (but I no sure oo) ride on, we 'r still on the moving.

Many a time, we 'v heard of Bill Gate (I heard he bought a book for 33.3 million dollars-no be mi talk am oo!), of Mark Zuckerberg (shey be na facebook we dey). Let's bring it home. Most of us admire the likes of Fela Durotoye, Toyosi Akerele, and manny others. They started off as students. (I don dey go too far, sorry ooo).

We all have dreams-perhaps mindsets- of bein successful but we want it the easy way, we want to stand on the peak of the highest mountain but are afraid we might fall (hahahaha-funny abeg). We want to have more but we don't want to be more (abeg, I no dey talk about you, just dey read they go).

Wait a minute, do you know that Bill droped out from school even Mark? Do you know that Toyosi is better off in what she. Is doing than the law she studied? Have you seen Fela lately (na picture I dey talk about ooo)? They all did 'this' thing that exempted them from the list of students and included them to more than students. RISK. That is it!!!

How often can you take risks? To what limits are you willing to take the risk, Bill's, Fela's, RISE's or yours? (Abeg oo, this ones no be rhetorical questions. Answer them, na your life we dey talk about ooo!). Even Jerry dey take risk go steal Tom's food.

Forgive me, I can't take it anymore. We have got to do something about ourselves, our friends, our siblings. We 'v got to show/tell them, but it starts from/with us. Yes the traditions of being a doctor, lawyer, engineer, accountant or any profession shouldn't be ignored to preserve human race, but it's time for us, for Nigeria students to be innovative, to be original. Wee should start taking those risks.

Remember, there are elements yet to be discovered; poems and stories yet to be printed; believe me, in your field/passion, there is still place for you to SHIINE it out. I believe greatness is in YOU! Abeg, join us, make we change 9ja to a better place. Na for us oo and our children children.
Greatest Nigeria student!!! Great.

SHIINE

…End time army!!!

Colonel! What is the situation of the boys? A fierce looking old man whom I presumed to be the general asked. Immediately, as quick as I can remember, another man almost with the same physique (muscular) but this time younger replied with seriousness and readiness, “sir! The situation is under control – we are moving the battalion over the enemy’s border. By next week, we must have captured the enemy”. I was just standing there with my letter of reference from an uncle of mine to deliver to the general as he gave out orders to his subordinate. Indeed, he spoke as though all authority has been given to him and as meek as the colonel was, he accepted all orders without protesting or asking question unless given the permission to do so. The tensed discussion was so swift that in a jiffy, it was over. There and then, I learnt what it meant to be a real soldier.

The Oxford Learner Dictionary defined an army as a group of soldiers trained to fight on land. But I choose to define an army as a group of soldiers given the authority and training including the weapons to fight.

WHAT THEN IS END TIME ARMY?
And Jesus said, “You didn’t choose me, I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruits so that the father will give you whatever you ask for using my name”. John 15:16
God promised not to destroy humanity with water after He destroyed it but because of His love (unfathomable), He made a covenant with Noah never again to do so (Genesis 9),, but He still made HELL. Yes! He made hell, but not for you or me, He made hell for satan and his demons (Mt 25:41) – though satan has been trying to draw God’s children from making heaven, Jesus came down that we might be saved, that we might receive the spirit (Holy), that we might be His army, God’s end time army!!!

COMING OF JESUS
“Men o f Galilee, they said,, why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday, He will return from heaven in the same way you saw Him go” Act 1:11
His coming will be visible, triumph and glorious. To those that patiently await Him and obey His words, doing the will of His father, to them that believes in Him and does the works He did, He will prepare a place for them in His kingdom. (John 14:1-14). I remember vividly, the general telling his subordinate that he would be coming soon for inspection but declared that he alone knows the time, so also is the coming of the son of man (Jesus) for only the Father that knows the time (Act 1:7).

THE SIGNS
Jesus promised us the signs that would lead to these events as He elucidated in Mt 24:4-8;
Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone deceive you, for many will come in my name, claiming, I am the messiah. They will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and threats of wars but don’t panic. Yes these things must take place but the end won’t follow immediately. Nation will go against nation, kingdom will go against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. But all this is only the first of the birth pains with more to come”.
Below are some of the signs of which Jesus talked about.

FALSE MESSIAH: The mediators of most religious organizations.

WARS: World War 1, World War 2, Civil Wars et cetera.

NATIONS AND KINGDOM AGAINST EACH OTHER:
Christian countries against each other, Islamic countries against each other.

FAMINES:
Many famines have been witnessed in many countries.

EARTHQUAKES:
It has been recorded that the rate of earthquakes has increased with time. It’s rampant in Asia and part of America.
But as the pain interval of a pregnant decreases as the child is about to be delivered, so also is the sign. Jesus said in verse 8,” But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come”. Look around you, tell yourself the truth. After the recent earthquake in Japan, the earth moved 4 inches from its axis, Japan moved 8 feet behind. Natural disasters are occurring at frequent basis, threats of wars are heard, uprising of nations resulting to wars, indeed the signs are clear.

WHAT NEED TO BE DONE?
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life, no one can come to the father, except through me” (John14:6). There is a way out for those who are ready. No one can serve two masters (Mt 6:24). The summary of what should be done is classified into;

1. WALKING WITH GOD;
When Jesus called His disciples, He told them to follow Him, to walk with Him (Mt 4:18-22). Today, Jesus is telling you the same exact words, “come follow me”. His death was the ransom paid for your life – His precious blood (1Pt 1:18-19). He is the true way to God but you have to recognize Him. As Jesus told Nicodemus, He is also telling you, “unless you are born-again, you cannot see the kingdom of God…I assure you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the spirit (John 3:3-5). I urge you to accept Jesus as your lord and personal savior. To WALK with Him. If you are ready, say this prayer,
Lord Jesus, I come to you as a sinner; wash me and make me whole again. I recognize that you died on the cross for my sins. Lord Jesus, come into my life, come and stays. I welcome you as my lord and personal savior.
I welcome you to the family of God’s kingdom (John 1:12).

2. WORKING WITH GOD.
Before the creation of man, God said, “let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animal on the earth and the small animal that scurry along the ground” (Gen 1:26).
God did not only give man the potent to do great things, He actually made man to reign with Him. He wants you to work with Him.
Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, anyone who believe in me will do the same works I have done and even greater works because I am going to the father” (John 14:12).
The scriptures shows that you are meant to work with God in ruling over the earth as a born-again, as God’s child. You are born to reign over the earth (Rev 5:10-11) with your God given abilities which He has placed on all men who believes in Christ Jesus (Phil 4:13).

THE GREAT COMMISSION
Are you an army? An END TIME ARMY? You have your weapons ready as you now walk and work with God but what is the use if you don’t know your mission; I never wondered what the soldiers were preparing for obviously, it would be war or peace keeping. So also is with the end time army.
Jesus said,
“I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth (read Rev 4). Therefore, go and make disciple of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this; I am with you always even to the end of ages” . Mt28:16-20

What have you? You are now an end time army of the Most High God and as the colonel, you have to get your battalion ready for the war at hand. It is on, the signs are clear and Jesus is saying to you, “come, follow me”. He wants you to be with Him as He is always with you. You are a soldier. God loves you SOLDIER!!!

NIGERIA: where did we go wrong???

For some time now, I have not been myself. I see and hear things that are referred to as abnormal. When I speak, it comes to me knocking (hard) in my heart, when I sleep, it’s like I dwell yet in another world and even when I do what I love most (writing), it’s all that comes to me. The troubles - the insights - the QUESTIONS.
When did it start? Was it the day I saw a child abused? Or the day children started hawking, the day our educational system fell like Goliath? Oh! Let me refresh your memory – just 20 years ago, JAMB results were brought to our doors, admission letters were given freely and other incentives were added for scholars to be more relaxed but all has changed. Was it the day our politicians started embezzling OUR money or the day religious crises became the order of the minute? Was it when the Biafra emerged or when the Niger-Delta militants wanted a ‘change’ or when the notorious BOKO HARAM had their ‘vision’?
Tell me, when our founding fathers made their sacrifice, was this what they expected? I often hear that, “Great leaders see the end from the beginning”. Was this the end they saw in the beginning? How I wished I was amidst, perhaps I would have influence the outcome of October 1st.
Everything has gone worst than anticipated. The breeze of death is inhaled in states like Plateau, Kaduna, Bornu and even the South-South region in the name of selfish desires. I hear some call it ‘Religious right’ and others refer to it as ‘human right’ obviously, it is GENOCIDE. Our ‘so-called-leaders’ whom we didn’t even voted into office (to them, rigging is allowed) uses our money more than we use the toilet papers to invest outside the borders of this nation when the average brethren feeds with below 150 naira a day. They even went to the extent of negotiating with terrorists – I wonder when they will stop. Those who pilot the affair of this nation to better end up in peasantry luxury or six feet below the ground level.
Look at the youths, they have been given ‘forcefully’ the title ‘LEADERS OF TOMORROW’ yet the decisions of ‘next tomorrow’ are made by ‘Grand-fathers’. I have had enough. Am just tired of looking at them – the unemployed youths, they roam around wondering what next to do, I fear they become the devil’s workshop. What about the prostitutes? I can’t even write anything.
This brings us to the questions
Where have we gone wrong to deserve the Nigeria we live today?
Why will so many ‘bad’ befall us?
When did it all start?
How did it all happen?
Who will save us?
I believe that in the darkest storm lies a silver lining. I have heard many times that stories leads to glory. I believe that we have enough stories to go with. I believe that YOU and I have a role to play. I believe we can form an incorruptible army to sweep Nigeria. I BELIEVE in YOU!

HARD WORK

How proud I exclaim
For out of man sorrow I bring joy
Ha ha ha oh! ye tillers of the earth
Excavating and drilling out with pity
The treasures and riches of earth with me.

In irony I dress
Making me a woe to all creatures
With distress I excel
Only to ye that understands me
Following consistently

Oh! ye desolated generation
How can thou rejoice without me
For adversity strengthens ye
Comes comfort in challenges
Pain begot gain in bairn

Hear me whose ear is to the ground
For in the dark cloud lies a silver lining
Out of the hottest furnace
The purest iron surface
I am the line to your treasures

I cry like a hungry lad
Whose mother is away
For my pride has failed me
Disappointed by my strength
 My weakness in charge

Wait! for I feel a sign of relieve
Roaring in trumpet like the storm
Laughing in anguish
For no man who exist
Trend not to his wealth without crossing me

Hear me! hear me!! hear me!!!
For I joyfully whisper begging
In streaming annoyance I plead
Accept your responsibilities
For thy ability manifest in difficulties.

YOUR MIND YOUR ENGINE

Following the misconception that has eaten deep in the minds of the youths today, it is vital to write on this topic. It has been on my mind for quite a while now and has haunted me but due to procrastination or should I say waiting for the right time, I couldn’t do anything. But today, today is very different-not just for me but also for you. As I picked my pen to write down the topic, it came to me; the memory, the forgotten. It came to me when I needed it most though without knowing what really I had wanted-THE STORY.

I remembered the story of a man who despite all odds, created history, who despite the challenges, converted them to his conveniences. I remembered the story of Thomas Edison, who despite being called a failure, made up his mind to continue what he had started already. As am writing this, I remembered exactly, word by word what I read, “I never worked in my life because, it was fun all through”. This were the words of a man who tried and tried before he finally created the light bulb. T his were the words of a man whose wife underestimated him and his friends disbelieved yet, he went on doing what he was doing.
I could remember, as I was reading, a question came to my mind. Actually, I was thinking aloud so a friend answered immediately, “HIS MIND WAS MADE UP”. At once, I gained control of myself and the situation but I couldn’t understand, was he reading with me or was I really talking instead of thinking. Just again the question came to me, “what really kept Thomas going”. Then I remembered the answer my friend gave me. Does it mean that people knows the solution to their GREATNESS and yet they dwell in poverty? Does it mean that people know actually that they are magnificent and yet they behave like mediocre. What was really happening? I couldn’t answer them-not with little time I was given.
I looked at my friend again-guess what, I asked him the question and behold he gave the same answer. Edison was inspired because he had shot his mind from what people were saying to him. He had decided that he would create a legacy and that no matter what come may, he would complete the good work he had started. That was his ‘mind set’. Van Crouch rightly observed, “you can’t change your actions until you change your mind”. That day, I decided to let my peers and many others know how great and powerful their mind can be if they should control it and channel it into the society for a positive change. That day, I decided to write this.
People walk around unaware of what they are. They roam in absolute ignorance about their true identity. They dwell in what they expect to be given without knowing they are capable of producing. They forget that they were made in the image of their creator, GOD. Truly ignorance has as a canker worm eaten deep in human.
According to Steven R. Covey, man comprises of ;the heart, the body, the spirit and the mind. Each with its different function. The mind he said was responsible for learning (growth and development). The mind is what I call the verve of motivation. Andrew Carnegie rightly said, “all earned riches and all true achievement originated from an idea”. The mind can be likened to the engine of a car of which without-though it has other parts-can do nothing.
Arguably, then mind is seen as the most important part that makes up man. Why? It is the aspect of intellect and consciousness experienced as a combination of thoughts, perception, memory, emotion, will and imagination including all unconsciousness. It is the unseen that brings out the seen, the unheard that is heard from. As elucidated in the story above, the mind is the main source. It determines you!
Could you pause fur a moment and think of what came to you now? What was it? The truth is this, you can never create what you have not seen. First, you picture your greatness before you direct others to see it. When the Fantasy Land was launched, a reporter walked up to Mrs. Disney, sympathized with her and said, “Mr. Disney would have been very proud if he had seen this”. But the woman replied, “my husband has seen this before commissioning it before he died”. Walt Disney died before realizing that dream but at least, it originated from his mind. As he advised, “if you can dream it, you can make it”.
As the mind is very important and powerful, it is also very fragile. Without proper training and control of the mind, it absolve whatever it is given without proper selection. If Abraham Lincoln had succumbed to the abuses and failures he got, perhaps we would not have known him. If Isaac Newton had obeyed his mother, if he had not gone back to school, maybe the laws he wrote would be yet to be discovered. This people and more are great because they made up their minds and had total control of it. They knew what they wanted and went for it despite what may come. They controlled their actions because their minds were already made up.
The truth is as the engine of a car needs oil, there things the mind needs to always be effective.
-God’s inspiration
-Educative, motivational and inspirational books, magazines et cetera -Attending productive seminars and workshops.
-Making friends with the same goal.
-Meeting vision oriented people.
` -Having mentors and advisers.
There are many other points to write down or perhaps,you already know some but all sums up to ingesting positive materials and thoughts to your mind for positive thinking that leads to effectiveness and greatness.
You are meant to be great, to show the way to others. You are the chosen one as people success are tied to yours. No matter what people say you are, no matter your background, your age, your handicap, you are an epitome of greatness but you just need to educate YOU! REMEMBER, YOUR MIND IS YOUR ENGINE.
I am glad to have revealed this to you. At least my heart is at rest. But you still have a work to do, pass this message to others as two heads are better than one. You are great, I am great, together individually, we are unstoppable!

WHY IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE: a letter to all Nigerian youths

   

I write this letter to all Nigeria youths all over the country and beyond. I write this letter with the hope that it would be read and applied and not read and remain obstinate, and to all those that are numb to the problems that holds us captive in ignorant without hope of scaling through to reach to the zenith of our greatness. I write to all who pledge to their motherland with all their strength to be faithful, loyal and honest, to serve her and to defend her unity and uphold her honor, making God the witness. I write to all who holds my country to a high esteem and would gladly die for its course. I salute all who wants a positive change, who wants the best for this great nation, who would offer more than their best to the growth and development of the land. Finally, I hold in high esteem all those who make GOD the greatest priority to the development of a country.

I was still wondering why people uses the world IMPOSSIBLE as I surfed through the net. It was 2:15am and I was beginning to feel sleepy. Just then, I came across an article that made me regain my strength, the eagerness and enthusiasm I had wanted. The sleep had disappeared; I couldn’t feel it, not anymore. Was it because of the article or was it because I got what I was searching for-till now, it’s still a puzzle that is yet to be solved. Am I the first to see this was the first question that came to my mind but before I could answer, it disappeared leaving me hopeless. Then came the second that disappeared just as it came, like the flash of a camera. I made up my mind to wait for the next but before I could finish my sentences, it disappeared without even staying for a moment but this time, as prepared as I was, I heard and I listened. “Do people actually apply what they read”? This question came to me because with the kind of article I was looking at and reading without payment was enough to prove to anyone that impossible is possible.

I read of a boy who at the age of 8 raced into a burning school house to rescue his elder brother Floyd who was 10. Floyd died in the school house and when Glenn regained consciousness, the doctor recommended amputating his legs as he had lost all the flesh on his knees and shins and all the toes on his left foot. Also his transverse arch (an important part of his bone) was practically destroyed. The doctor predicted that he might not walk again. But young Glenn pleaded, he begged and because he was distressed, his parent would not allow it. Determined, coupled with hours of therapy, enabled him to gradually regain the ability to walk. It was two years after the accident. He had a positive attitude that there is no glory without a story. He knew that the strength was within and not some iron fixed to the legs. His favorite bible quote, Isaiah 40:31 “but those who wait on the lord shall renew their strengths, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint”, shows his strength in God. He could now walk but he wanted more and behold, he proceed to running.

This same 8 years old boy with determination and God won the Sullivan medal in 1932. In Olympics, he took the 4^th place in the 1500m and in 1934; he set the world record for the mile run at 4:06.8 which stood for three years. In 1936, he set the world record again in the 800m run. This same boy set a world record again in the indoor mile run of 4:04.4.A boy who knew that there is nothing like impossible especially when with God.

After reading this, I just couldn’t stop thinking. I was stunned because it’s just rare to see the kind of determination Glenn Cunningham portrayed. I flashed back to the day I read a similar story but this time, about a grown-up who at 32 years was fired; attempted election to a legislative office and suffered defeat. At 33, he became bankrupt and at 34, he was elected to legislature. He lost his dear wife at 35 and broke down nervously at 36. At the age of 38, ha attempted speakership and lost the election and at 43, he failed Congress nomination. Fortunately for him, at 46, he secured a Congress ticket and lost the nomination at 48; at 49, he was rejected for land officer and he lost senatorial election and yet suffered another vice presidential nomination at 56. He was defeated for senate the second time at 58 and in 1860, this same man became the 16^th president of the United States of America.

            I keep asking myself this question, was he elected just to compensate him for his failures, was he elected so that he wouldn’t disturb them again, but the truth is obvious. Abraham Lincoln was determined. He removed the world IMPOSSIBLE from his vocabulary. His quote, “I am slow walker but I never stop” testify to this. Martin Luther King jnr. quoted Lincoln in his popular speech which he made at the steps of Lincoln monument.

            Though am convinced at least with these stories and more, why do you still doubt? Believe me, I have taught deeply on this and I tell you, nothing can stand in your way to greatness; not even your parent, your age, your background or your handicap because God has made you great. To be candid, you have powers beyond imagination and   the adversity you encounter is what really strengthens you. Bob Harrison made it clear that, “between you and anything significant, there must be giants in your paths”. And remember the observation of Martin Luther King jnr. that, “the utmost measure of a man is not where he stands in times of comfort and conveniences, but where he stands in time of challenges and controversies”. Nothing good comes easy because you will always have a story to tell at the end, but there is nothing that is IMPOSSIBLE when you are in alliance with GOD. You can do it if you believe you can.

Now that I have written to you to the glory of God, maybe, just maybe I won’t be thinking much on this or better still I won’t be thinking at all because I know you are informed and will help inform others. TOGETHER INDIVIDUALLY, we can make GREAT things HAPPEN.

At least NO MORE fast question to APPEAR and DISSAPPEAR!!!

WHO AM I

As the bell alarm went off, Jonny got up from his bed knowing well that it was 6:00am. All the while, he had not been sleeping. He was stultified but couldn’t help thinking about what he had done some hours ago before the previous night. Had he had this potent all along without manifesting it, how on earth could he do a stuff like that, who really was he; these and other question were running through his mind but he had no answer for them as he was stunned. He was still debating over these when a loud voice made him got a hold of himself, it was as if an arrow had pierced his heart but got relieved when the voice came again. It was his mum signifying him that it was time for morning devotion.


Jonny did something that he didn’t know he could do. Just some years back, he was the dullard both in school and in the neighborhood but here he was being congratulated by his family for emerging as the best overall student in school. For him, it was a red-letter day. Jonny was not good at school but he licked into shape. He could remembered when his name was announced, he could not believed his ears, “was it my hearing or had the committee made a mistake”, he murmured to himself. The crowds were not left out in the astonishment for they couldn’t believe what they just heard. As he made his way to collect the award, he couldn’t help but cried as tears of joy rolled down his cheek. It was now clear that he was the best student. He was not sure if had done it but the truth is he had it in him.


Following the mis-conception that has eaten deep in the minds of people, most youths have forgotten who they are and what they are made of. They tend to forget that the conquering of the earth has assigned to them by God. Just as Jonny was, most youths today are still dullards in some areas of life without knowing that they can do more than they have always been doing, for Anthony Robbins observed that, “what lies before us, behind us and around us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us”. As John Mason made it obvious that one of the most neglected areas in many lives is the area of the gift that God has placed within them. Many of us- the youths- have forgotten who they really are which leads frequently to this same question as Jonny. WHO AM I?


Man’s body was estimated to about 2 trillion dollars. This estimation was made on just the body; the soul was not included nor was the potent that was within. It was just the mere flesh and possibly the organs in the body that would all decay someday. This report states explicitly that man is precious, beyond price, he is priceless. One most important thing you must know is that you are more than a computer because computers has everything that a programmer installs but it can’t operate on its own but you, you have been installed with all the program to do something great and yet given the freedom to operate yourself.


Myles Munroe would answer, “You are not a cheese but an image of God”. Do you know what magnificent power you wield as you are reading this article, you are unstoppable. Know it my friend, you are a light to many and your existence is a blessing as people’s successes are attached to yours. You have the ability of becoming a writer, an artist, a scientist, musicians, minister, you have it in you, of going into any business you wish studying any professional course, you can become great in anything you are doing whether it’s small or big, obsolete or new because you are destined to be great, to be succeeding; that is who you are. The richest place on earth is not the oil ground or the diamond and gold mines or even the grave yard, the richest place is you. You have not been discovered and nobody can, except you. Nobody can place a value on you. You are GREAT. You have been equipped to till, to conquer, to subdue. You were created in God’s image to do great things. That is who you are. Just as Jonny didn’t know, until he was committed to change, his potent were just dormant within him as it is in most youths today who strive to acquire the products of the knowledge of the past without quest to provide with their knowledge, the product for the future.


What lies in you, what dormant powers you posses, your reserve potent are far beyond what you think or can ever imagine. The truth is you have the attributes of your creator; you are like God because he wants you, because he loves you so much that he created you for his glory. He gave you the authority to use it for your benefit and most especially for that of others. He also gave you the manuals {theoretical (bible)} and the {practical (Christ)} to know how he wishes you operate yourself. This means you can do all things regardless of your religion, age, tribe, sex, social status, language because He gave you the mandate to do so.


The absolute truth about your existence is that you came here for a purpose, to make God smile, to make your neighbors smile, to make your country pleased about your contributions. You are here not by mistake of any sort as Peter Gaskin said that, “because many sperm fought before you a zygote that is you emerged, you are not a mistake”. Before you wake, God has already programmed you to do great things and no matter where you find yourself or in what condition you find yourself in, you have people like you who have gone through the same situation and yet succeeded, you can still do something great, you can rewrite the world’s history, you can shake the world by reasons of new things that God can do through your hands (you). You can command the supernatural because that’s who you are, that is what you have in you. There is no limit to your greatness except the one you lay for yourself as John Morley remarked, “no man can climb out beyond the limitation of his own character”.


Unless you refuse to see all odds as Bob Harrison advised, “Between you and any significant thing lies giants on the path”. This generation will miss something if you are comfortable with yourself or with your success, you have to know that, it’s not all you can do, you can do more. Helen Keller observed that, “if you put your face towards sunshine, you will never see shadow”. In your quest to know who really you are, to drill out your potent for the good of mankind and the glory of God, you have to heed Oral Robert advice, “before you bring about a renewal or change, there must be confrontations”. But once you can control your mind, you definitely can control your actions.


You are meant to add to the riches of the earth (living) not the grave yard (dead). You are created to bring smile to earth, to bring smile to God. Regardless of what people say you are, good or bad, prince or commoner, you are not it until you want to be it. You can never be a loser because you aren’t meant to be one but yourself. YOU ARE WHO YOU WANT TO BE.

DREAM

What can thee do without me
From unconciousness i emerged through
But to dwell in reality
Fulfilling the wishes of thee
That toil day and night for me.

Of paradise I was
With the qualities of thee
In perpection I formed
With fulfilled vision and mission
Giving hope to thee

But how can I be
If am just but a wish
Which wouldn't work
Oh! how can I fulfill thy me
When am discarded in welcome

In humility I boast
For out of me comes success
Through consistency and hardwork
For a while I seem impossible
For eternity I become real

Then I shine to ye
Whose heart is great
Who stops what he started not
Who knows that I am but
 An impossible possible

Alas! for big I might be
But suppressed by humility
To be wished! wished!! wished!!!
Open a secret I am
For I can be without thee

Nemesis to ye that never wake
To thou who love me raw
Corner stone thou made me
Who builds on reality
For twice a coin portrays.

                                     Kc. SHIINE