Living a life purpose

Happy birthday to my dear son Oluwadara Etti​. You may be growing up but you'll always be my baby. The joy I experienced when I brought you home for the first time after a long stint in the hospital is still present everyday. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful and loving son. You have always been a light in my life, bringing me such joy and happiness. I thank God for giving you to me. I promise to always be a good mother to you, encouraging and caring for you and to always be there for you. My prayer for you is that the Lord will lead you forward to grow into the man He has intended you to be, full of grace and truth, strong in faith and hope, and rich in love. I pray that nothing will ever crush your spirit, I pray that when obstacles appear you will have enough determination to not let them stop you. I pray that when you have tough days you will always know that God loves you and so do I. I thank God for your life so far and I will continue to entrust you into the h...

I look back on my life and wonder why things just seems to be one battle after another. I lost my mum and then my dad. The loss of my dad was so unexpected that it broke me. Three weeks later I gave birth to my son, which was traumatic. I had an emergency caesarean because he was not breathing and the prognosis from the doctors was bleak because the loss of oxygen to his brain. I sank into depression and self-pity. I couldn’t understand why as God who claims to love me will allow these things to happen to me. I was not yet over the shock of my father’s death, now I was facing the loss of my new born son. I was so disappointed and I lost faith in God. Even in my loneliness and depression I knew he was with me. In the end, I realised there was nobody else to turn to but to turn to God. It was a hard battle but I had to rely and trust in God. To God be the glory, my son survived against all odds and he is soon going to be 18 years. It has not been easy but God has been with us ...

I start today with Praise to the Almighty God I start today with thanksgiving for waking me up I start today in Your presence I start today with an expectant heart because I know you have great things in store for me I start today with You by my side guiding me I start today with Your strength because I know I can’t face it without You I start today with Your peace only You can provide I start today with the assurance that You are with me I start today with the assurance that You will provide all that I need I start today with the assurance that all is well

It's Mother's Day again, and I'm trying to make it through, because this day reminds me of your great love we were deprived of too soon, it  reminds me that death took you away from us too young and it reminds me of all the things I miss about you. Losing you is a pain that cannot be described in words. It is impossible to move on from the memory of losing the woman who sacrificed a lot in her own life so that her children could have a better one. A mother’s love is truly irreplaceable. Even though you are not here with me in the flesh, your love shines in me forever. Even though you are not here with me in the flesh, I still have you in my heart and in my memories. The beautiful memories of the times we’ve spent together makes me smile. I love you mum. Happy Mother's day.

Someone who that loves you with all their heart Someone who makes you the center of their life Someone who trusts you unconditional Someone who is assured of your love regardless of how we are feeling Someone who praises you in the midst of storms Someone who focuses on you and not the issues or problems Someone who finds peace in you in the midst of storms of life

The book of Galatians mainly discusses the differences in living under law and living under grace. By doing what the law commands i.e. by doing the right things cannot make you right with God. You can only be made right with God by having faith in Jesus Christ (Galatians 2:16). We can never be saved or be in God's good standing by obeying the law. We can only be saved by Grace. Grace is our gift from God and He has given it to us not because we deserve it but because He loves us. There is nothing I can do to make God love me more or less. The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out - D.L Moody.

Nothing that happens in our lives is a surprise to the Lord. He already knows and we just need to trust him more. Believe that He is in control of everything. When things seem to be going wrong this is when we need to stand on the Lord's word and trust in him. Jeremiah 17:7-8 - Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they go right on producing delicious fruits.