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CHRONICLES OF LADY AVA: Live Up To Responsibility

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One of Ava’s strongest beliefs is that we are never given more than we can handle. That’s one of the things I admire most about her. She carries this quiet confidence that she is made for everything she faces. At first, it feels like pure audacity, but with time, that same confidence leads her to find exactly what she needs to make things work. That’s what makes her so special. Her belief isn’t just about thinking she can do it; it’s backed by a deep drive to actually find the way to do it. She doesn’t back down simply because something is hard. She digs in, figures it out, and keeps going. There was a time I was struggling to use an Excel sheet. I was completely stuck. Ava had zero experience, but she looked at me and said, “I can read and write, abi? Give it to me, let me help.” And just like that, after hours of clicking around and exploring the menus, we landed on YouTube and followed a tutorial step by step until we got it. It wasn’t foolishness. It was bold belief. Sh...
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The End Justifies the Means, Ke?

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I was listening to one of AFL’s sermons today, and he said something that resonated with him. He talked about how the means (the journey) of waiting on God is far more important than the end (the result). Come to think of it, it sounds crazy, abi? But it is true. At the end of the day, the proof that you waited on God is the lifestyle you get. The way the journey shapes and influences your being to remain in Him. In the words of AFL, “Faith is actually a decision to do it God’s way. It’s not like everything you wait on God for, you can’t get it outside God.” Keep religiousness at bay and ask yourself, is there anything you are currently trusting God for that you cannot get in another way? Though the other path may not be ideal, it does exist. Therefore, the essence of waiting on God is not to get aesthetic results or the big things you desire — for example, that car or that house, because there are alternative ways to get them. The true essence of waiting on God is the life...
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Does the "why" not bother you?

I had my head stuck in a book today, it was great, but at some point, the book pissed me off because of a character's refusal to face the truth while dishing it out to everyone he could. Oga refused to open a letter for 21 years simply because he assumed he knew what it contained and wanted to protect himself from it. He lived 21 years of misery over an assumption. When you assume, you make a fool of yourself. Assumptions are a 50/50 chance you can either be so right or so wrong, and that’s risky. These are extreme chances, but it won’t kill you to confirm whether you’re right or wrong in your assumption. So even if you think you know how it’ll go, confirm before acting on that assumption, or it could cost you something valuable. I'm utterly baffled by people who take things as they come. Like, guy, are you not curious as to why? Things don’t just happen without reason, and without understanding that reason, you'll be tormented by the thought of "What if?" Dearest...
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Luck: Training Meets Opportunity

"Luck is when training meets an opportunity to practice its perfection." âś– In the words of PVO, "Opportunity and time happen to us all. How you utilize them determines how prepared you are." What we often call luck is really the maximization of opportunities through preparation and training. When we hear the word miracle or luck, we imagine something effortless, a sudden leap forward with no prior work. But nothing truly good comes without effort or preparation. Without training, no matter how great the opportunity, you won't be able to use it. We pray for access and opportunities we may lack the skill to sustain. Now, imagine how tragic it would be to have the opportunity arrive, yet be completely unrefined and unable to seize it. There's a proverb that says, "When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the student is truly ready, the teacher disappears." Notice that the student must first reach a certain level of training before gaining ...
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Risking It All for My Daily Proverbs Review

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On Sunday, my church hosted a banquet. I knew it would run late into the night, but I also had my daily Proverbs review session at 9 PM. A few minutes before the session, the banquet ended, and I started heading home. I had a review session to hold, but I had not prepared as I usually do. So, I had a thought, since we barely knew each other in the group, I asked those available to introduce themselves. Then, I suggested that for the new month, we would start with the book of Ecclesiastes before returning to Proverbs. Trust me, the session was fun and engaging. However, it was far from convenient for me. I was heading home late at night, and I could not find any motorcycle willing to go to my street since it was far and somewhat hidden. I was exhausted but had to board a tricycle instead, which only dropped me a short distance from my street. The path was dark and deserted. As I walked home, I knew it was unwise to use my phone on such a lonely path at night. But I had a ses...
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PAIN CYCLE.

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"Pain always takes people on a journey, and the journey is not linear. It's a cycle." — AFL A poet I love once wrote, "The thing about pain is that it doesn't last forever. It kills you right now, but with time, it gets better." Now, that "gets better" occurs in two ways: 1. You heal from the pain and move on. 2. You sweep the pain under the carpet, and it becomes like a recurring decimal in your life, triggered over and over again (which is very likely). You see that ignored pain? The one swept under the carpet, the one avoided? It forms a cycle. No wonder we become the very thing we hated. The pain that leads to hate will, in turn, lead us into it. So we end up trapped in an unending skit show because we ignored the pain when we should have embraced and healed from it. Dearest reader, pain and trauma lead to a kind of rage or anger. If this anger comes from understanding, then it's valid, but if not, you might end up playing the s...
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Read This...

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Many a time, I find myself wondering how a rib transcended into this seamless, divine piece of art called Woman. Not divine just because of outward beauty, but because her very essence speaks volumes of her Creator’s prowess. And often, when I look at her, I am reminded of the words: "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks." Without a second thought, I would stake an entire generation to say that her heart holds more beauty than we could ever comprehend, for she speaks of grace and embodies it. And somehow, these words had to be penned, because the weight of carrying them unsaid is far greater than a heart pretending it can fly when it knows it can only fall. And sometimes, she stands before the mirror, wondering when she will be good enough, not realizing she already is that she was made whole, needing no validation. She was made for more more than closing the gaps in a fractured society. And she doesn’t need the most perfectly crafted words to reali...
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