“Let me be clear - I am not afraid, and I will never be intimidated.”
Seun Okinbaloye responds to Nyesom Wike’s careless and uncivilized remarks as he reveals the FCT Minister called him to clarify the statement.
The Grace of Being Forgotten
There are seasons when God leads us into quiet corners of life, not to punish us, but to refine our faith. There is a strange beauty in being unseen, misunderstood, and rejected. When the noise fades, when applause ceases, when people who once stood beside us drift away, we begin to taste the kind of dependence that cannot be learned in comfort.
I know what it means to walk that path. Ministry often feels like a long, narrow road lined with silence. There are days when I preach to hearts that seem far away, and nights when I wrestle with questions that have no quick answers. There are moments when the weight of isolation feels unbearable, when the very people who should have stood by are nowhere to be found. And yet, even in that loneliness, there is a lesson that no crowd can teach. It is in that silence that we discover that Christ is enough.
God has a way of stripping us down until all that remains is Him. When Elijah sat under the broom tree, he was not useless - he was being emptied. When Moses tended sheep in Midian, he was not forgotten - he was being shaped. When Paul sat in chains, he was not sidelined - he was being perfected. Every servant of God must learn the art of hiddenness. It is there that pride dies, and grace grows.
When you have no one left to affirm you, you learn to rest in the smile of heaven. When no one claps for your obedience, you find joy in the unseen approval of God. When no one understands your tears, you remember that Christ Himself was “despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isaiah 53:3).
In this world, we measure success by visibility. God measures it by faithfulness. The man who preaches unseen in a village is no less valuable than the one speaking before thousands. The woman praying in secret is no less powerful than the one leading a crowd. The kingdom of God does not operate on recognition; it operates on surrender.
Even now, as I walk this narrow road, often in loneliness, I see His mercy in it. The absence of human help has taught me to rely on divine strength. The silence of friends has forced me to listen more closely to the Shepherd’s voice. And the rejection of men has only made me long more deeply for the acceptance found in Christ alone.
If you find yourself unseen, take heart. You are not forgotten but you are being refined. The hidden places are holy ground. The wilderness is not the end of ministry; it is where real ministry begins. God is not punishing you by isolating you; He is preparing you to depend on nothing and no one but Him.
So let us not despise the lonely road. It is there that faith is purified, motives are tested, and grace becomes more than a word - it becomes breath.
“For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10).
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@ammari_za@VERITY_HQ@Isan2497@Emeneks Like very stup*d and insensitive... You read some things here and you be like "what did I just read?"
And coming from an educated person. Ha!!!
@STUD_DD @Chiniel5@Wizarab10 Stop Undermining child bearing. It is "such a big deal"
Also, a married woman with no child is faulted and is called barren by the 'society', especially her in-laws (whether she's at fault or not) the reason she 'doesn't rest' until she has a child in marriage.
So what do you do?
. Remove them from that hot environment to a cool place
. This is not the time to wear hoodie o.
. Remove unnecessary clothes.
. Give them cold water to drink.
. Get ice packs or very cold pure water and place it under their armpit to cool them fast
PLEASE RT
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Few people I've hired/co-hired in my life had zero experience BUT GUESS WHAT! They were the best at what they do. I just needed to be sure of their motivation & dedication.
IF you're not ready to train, DON'T COMPLAIN.
If I were part of your board, I'd be calling for a review of your HR processn cos a lot of you HRs are confined to the "interviewer-interviewee" mentality above product knowledge/development.
In the company I work in, new employees are given 1 full year to learn and master the company software. You needn't have industry knowledge, so long as you have basic knowledge & are serious with learning & growing.
Yes, those with knowledge are preferred, but you'd marvel at what people with ***no experience*** do when they are given the chance, so long as they have basic knowledge, dedication and determination. The human brain is designed to learn practically anything such that, with a systematic training approach, you'd be able to hone and harness the skills of these fresh brains. It's left for you to think towards entrants' training and development. Skills will not fall from the sky. You're also part of the developmental process in people's career. It doesn't end in your company.