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‘You cannot serve both God and worldly riches.’ Luke 16:13 There is a certain attraction, a certain sway which money can hold over us. Wait, do you think you’re immune? Money tests the hearts of the best of us. I believe that is one of the reasons Jesus felt it necessary to spell it in clear terms: You CANNOT, absolutely CANNOT serve God if the love of mammon is in you. The spirit of mammon is different from those of other things that can distract us from God. Mammon is a master, in its own right but we must never forget, however tempting that God is THE master and money is meant to be just a tool. Would I compromise my walk with God for worldly riches? Wouldn’t I skip (or fast-forward) being in God’s presence for a chance at better payment? Would I choose my Godly routine over my ‘money routine’? Daily pruning of our hearts is needed, if indeed, we would serve God- and not mammon. For if one thing is sure, it is that we cannot serve both!

II. My names, given to me by Papa and Mama Rolz; are Omowunmi Morolake Elizabeth Shodiya. Professional competence sets me as a lawyer of the Federal High Court of Nigeria. I, haven’t seen the 4 walls of a law court in over 2 years. It seems as fresh, as this moment, when it’d all happened. I was called to bar 4 years ago; a budding lawyer of about 26 years of age. I had high prospects- which I do not know if I’d ever regain; for all that consumes me is this experience, that left my heart shattered. It recurs in my dreams; and so sleep is not my lot. 30 minutes into sleep, like an alarm clock, I wake up wailing. My psychiatrist helps me understand, that staying away from the court of law is an avoidance symptom. It sure is. Who, wants to visit, the place of their pain? I remember my dream from 2 nights ago. This time, he waswielding a knife in one hand, a shotgun in the other. With the shotgun pointed at my wig, he’d slashed my wrist in one swift mot...

Hi guys! So, a new series starts today-and its a fictional piece on post-traumatic stress disorder. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------ I. ‘How do you feel, today?’ The silence, was attenuated by the cranking sound of the fan blades as they creaked and cranked, in defiance to the power outage; in the consulting room. The doctor, I noticed, was beginning to perspire. I, on the other hand, felt more secure, less exposed in the presence of heat. He, I mean, the doctor, stood up to open the windows. Reflexively, I cry out ‘Please don’t.’ I think he must have seen something in my eyes, for he opened his mouth as if he was going to explain the details to me. Then, he stopped. He came back to his seat, directly opposite mine. ‘Rolake, its been two and a half years.’ Tears glistened in my eyes, and ran down my cheeks till I was soaked in my ocular fluids. ‘Dr. Phillip…I k...

Hi guys! So, a new series starts today-and its a fictional piece on post-traumatic stress disorder. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------ I. ‘How do you feel, today?’ The silence, was attenuated by the cranking sound of the fan blades as they creaked and cranked, in defiance to the power outage; in the consulting room. The doctor, I noticed, was beginning to perspire. I, on the other hand, felt more secure, less exposed in the presence of heat. He, I mean, the doctor, stood up to open the windows. Reflexively, I cry out ‘Please don’t.’ I think he must have seen something in my eyes, for he opened his mouth as if he was going to explain the details to me. Then, he stopped. He came back to his seat, directly opposite mine. ‘Rolake, its been two and a half years.’ Tears glistened in my eyes, and ran down my cheeks till I was soaked in my ocular fluids. ‘Dr. Phillip…I k...

Love, Oh my love, My dearest love, My honey Sweetie pie, Honey, and many other golden pleasantries Persisted for one-and-a-half years that seemed like centuries I truly erotically loved Juliet Though not yet a start but a starlet Did I not hear God clearly? Or I took the message so barely? It was one of those messages that holds life I started after one year of spiritual relationship without strife By his grace I got her a Bible Made me seem so reliable Then I got her gifts that seemed more attractive than the Bible- Now this made me seem bankable But ever before all these, he said: ‘Make her a friend, she has 3 out of 5 things your wife would have’ I was calm about it but was not so sure of what afterwards, I heard He also said ‘I don’t want you to get something like it and not the very it’ All these I heard in prayer sessions Though a voice kept saying ‘she is the one’ outside the sessions And I despised the voice and praye...

'Give to Caeser the things that are Caeser's , and give to God the things that are God's.' Mark 12:17 Spirituality sometimes beclouds our reasoning so much that we assume that praying, fasting and studying of God’s word means we do not have to work hard. Frankly, the fact that you preach God’s word with so much fervor doesn’t give you the autonomy of being lazy at your job. It is Caeser’s portion. God is not pleased with laziness- it is diligence, not spirituality, that makes one stand before kings and not ordinary men. In actual fact, hardworking, unspiritual men and women excel because the law of sowing and reaping is super-real. Shouldn’t Christians actually be better employees/workers? Hard work cannot be substituted for spiritual sensitivity, and vice versa. This week, let us remember that as we work at our different jobs. Happy New Week!

Hi guys! Today's notable quotes are on self-discipline and as we know, getting to the top in our respective fields need a whole lot of self discipline. Enjoy and ruminate upon them... “In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves..., self-discipline with all of them, came first.” ~Harry S Truman “I think self-discipline is something, it's like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.” ~Daniel Goldstein “Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which.” ~Gary Ryan Blair “Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.” ~Theodor Adorno “The ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” ~Ellbert Hubbar...