Beatrice

#Facilitator *Fashion designer*Decorator
#Lover of God #Creative

[Big Joe @iambigjoe89]

@winexviv A Canadian minimum wage earner earns C$15.90 to C$17.00 an hour . That's roughly N24,000 per hour at current rates. A Nigerian minimum wage earner earns N70,000 per month . That's roughly N404 per hour.

So a Canadian works one hour for what a Nigerian works 60 hours for.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

I bought fuel yesterday in Toronto, Canada, at $1.7999 CAD per litre, and it cost about $98.95 CAD to fill up my tank. This should ideally last me about a week or more.

Now, the minimum wage in Canada is $17.95 CAD per hour, which means someone who works an average of 8 hours a day will earn $143.60 CAD before tax. A day's salary is enough to fuel his or her car for 2–3 weeks. This means that even one of the lowest earners in Canada can afford to own and drive a car daily without the cost of fuel becoming an overwhelming burden. Public education for children is also free and of high quality.

In Nigeria, fuel is about ₦1,300 per litre. It would cost about ₦88,000 to fill up a similar tank. The minimum wage in Nigeria is ₦70,000 per month. This means that an entire month's minimum wage cannot even fill the tank once.

A minimum-wage earner in Nigeria cannot realistically afford to own, fuel, and maintain a car. The same person still has to afford food, rent, children's education, healthcare, electricity, transportation, and other basic necessities. The list goes on.

In fact, even a bank manager in Nigeria earning ₦1 million monthly could still struggle to maintain a decent standard of living after covering these basic expenses.

This is one reason poverty is so widespread in Nigeria. The cost of basic living is simply too high relative to what the average person earns.

You don't just have an income problem in Nigeria. You have an affordability problem.

For millions of Nigerians, simply living a decent life has become too expensive and increasingly impossible.

[Ihunanya Chi ❤️ @Ihunanya_chi]

I know the algorithm probably won’t push this, but please retweet. Let’s help this message reach as many people as possible. 🙏

If your church is not preaching about the Kingdom of God, reminding people about the return of Christ, calling out sin, preaching repentance, and challenging people to turn back to God, please, run! Find a church that takes your eternal life seriously.

This is not the time to play with eternity. This is not the time to deliberately close our eyes to the truth because we are afraid of offending people or losing members.

Wake up! Jesus is coming.

I know we have heard this for a long time, but the delay is not because God has forgotten His promise. It is because of His patience and mercy. He is giving people time to repent and turn back to Him.

But we must not mistake God’s patience for permission to continue living in sin.

Find a church where the Word of God is preached faithfully. A church where you can leave a service with a convicted heart, a heart that desires to repent, obey God, pursue holiness, and turn away from sin.

We need churches that will tell us the truth, even when the truth is uncomfortable.

Repent. Turn away from evil. Seek God while He may be found. Jesus is coming.

[Mr Bachelor @Themrbachelor]

My cousin wanted to surprise his long-distance girlfriend who was coming to Lagos for the first time in over a year.

He spent weeks looking for a nice, newly furnished short-let in Lekki Phase 1.

He paid ₦85,000 per night for four nights and even stocked the fridge with all her favourite drinks and snacks.

When he picked her up from the airport and took her to the apartment, she looked around and frowned.

“Is this where I’m staying?” she asked.

He smiled. “Yes. It’s a serviced apartment... It’s quiet, secure and close to everywhere we’ll be going.”

She dropped her bags and hissed.

“This place looks like a manager’s quarters...My friend’s boyfriend booked her a penthouse in Banana Island last week. If you knew you couldn’t afford somewhere luxurious, you should have just booked me a hotel and let me send you the bill,this is embarrassing.”

My cousin just stood there for a few seconds.

Then he picked up her bags.

“You know what? You’re right. This place is clearly below your standard.”

She smiled. “Finally, you understand. So where are we going?”

He opened the door, carried her bags outside and placed them in the hallway.

Then he brought out ₦5,000 and handed it to her.

“I’m keeping the apartment for myself, this should cover your transport to Ikorodu”

“Have a safe trip”

[Beatrice @Unik_Dee]

@manus0024 Haaaaa this type of cheating na first grade o

[The hair plug 🇨🇦🇳🇬 @Msmenalicious]

I just watched a video on IG and it got me thinking.

The pastor said, “When the Lord starts blessing you, don’t be in a hurry to help others. Make sure you establish yourself first before you start helping others.”

He gave an example of someone who just got a job and starts earning 150k, 200k, or 250k and suddenly carries all family responsibilities. He said they will drag you back to where you started and your poverty will be loud.

At this stage, save, invest, and let the money accumulate. Do not live above your budget and spend wisely.

His reason? You are still at the building stage. When you finally reach the stage where you can start helping others, you will know!

Hmmmm..

[Beatrice @Unik_Dee]

@kenkenlewu @creative_yua Probably the marriage is already messed up. Why won’t you communicate with your husband? Or why doesn’t the husband call his wife when it’s already getting late? See, there is something going on that we don't know... My view sha

[Ucheego @Ucheagalii]

When I newly got married, my mother-in-law came to stay with us for a while.

There was one thing she always did.

Whenever food was served, she would ask, “Nwam eriela nri”
Meaning “Has my son eaten?”

At first, I didn’t think much of it. After all, that’s her child.

But one particular day, I had gone to the market, come back tired, entered the kitchen straight away, cooked, and served everyone.

By the time I finished dishing her food, I was exhausted.

She called me and asked the usual question:

“Has my son eaten?”

That day, I wasn’t in the mood to keep quiet.

I looked at her and said,

“Have you asked me if I have eaten?”

“You saw me leave for the market. You saw me come back and start cooking immediately. You have not asked if I have rested, if I have eaten, or if I’m okay. The only question is whether your son has eaten.”

I told her, “I know he’s your child, but am I not also your child now too?”

Immediately, she apologized.

She said, “No, no, don’t say that. You’re my last born now. You’re my baby girl.”

I told her, “I don’t feel like a baby girl right now.”

We talked about it, and that was the end of it.

But do you know what happened afterward?

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[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

I really do not understand greed. The money you get today will not solve all your problems.

I gave a security guy money to share with his colleagues. The guy in front begged me that next time, I should give everyone their money personally. One time I went to the gym and gave the security money to share with his colleagues and he put it in his pocket. I gave a nurse money at the hospital to share with her colleagues and she put in her pocket. Somebody did business with 2 friends and was meant to share commission with them, but he pocketed it. They kpaid him sha.

I really do not get greed. The principle of money is simple - money that is not your own is not your own. Let everybody eat. Your problem is not special. Everyone is going through a lot and need a breather

[Àgbà John Doe @jon_d_doe]

Let me advise those of you young people in the corporate world.

If you have a colleague that both of you were mates in rank or position, and you were very close, and that colleague of yours later becomes your boss.

Do not say because you were once mates in position, then you think you can interact with him or her the same way.

Respect the authority that he or she is presently occupying and keep your distance.

Wait to see if he or she would still want you to be closer, before you know how to interact with them officially.

Your bosses take key decisions for the firm, even if that decision may affect you.

They have meetings that you're not privileged or qualified to attend.

If you keep trying to interact with that colleague simply because you were once close, you'll be shocked.

Where they're making decisions that may affect you, your once close colleague may throw you under the bus.

Especially if you work in a structured environment, where meritocracy is recognized over familiarity.

Your colleagues are mostly not your friends.

All of you are earning salaries just to get by.

Do your job diligently, so that your once close colleague that was at your level, will not be seen as trying to use his or her position to favour you unduly.

I didn't write this posts for illiterates or ignorant or entitled persons.

End.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

The 3 wise men have landed.

Thank God for a safe journey.

We went to Rome and we conquered.

They are the world’s best maths team.

[Holy Bible @Holy__Bible1]

Lord God,
Please fill my heart with Your peace.
Calm my thoughts, quiet my fears, and remove all restlessness within me.
Let Your peace guard my mind and guide my actions.
Help me release anger, worry, and pain from the past.
Give me patience, understanding, and a gentle spirit.
May peace flow into my home, my relationships, and my future.
I place everything in Your hands and choose to trust You.

Amen 🙏

[Holy Bible @Holy__Bible1]

𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦. 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑. 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ, 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤. 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦. 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝐼𝑛 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠’ 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑛.

[GYATA BA🦁 🇬🇭🇬🇧 @Gyata_Ba_]

If he can go out and preach Jesus in his condition, what's our excuse for not preaching the Gospel? 🥹❤️🙏

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

You know what shook me when I was Muslim?

The story of Hosea. God tells a prophet to marry a woman He knows will betray him.

She does. She runs to other men. She ends up enslaved, sold, used up, worthless to the world.

And God tells Hosea to go BUY HER BACK.

To pay money for his own wife who cheated on him, and love her again. Hosea 3.

I thought it was the most humiliating command in the Bible. Why would any man do that?

Then I realized I was the wife.

I gave my heart to everything but God. I chased other masters. I sold myself cheap. I made myself worthless.

And God looked at me, the betrayer, and didn’t say “you’re not worth it.”

He said, “Name the price. I’m buying her back.”

That’s the Gospel. God doesn’t wait for the unfaithful to come crawling back clean.

He pays to redeem them while they’re still dirty.

Islam told me to make myself worthy of God.

Hosea showed me a God who pays to redeem the unworthy.

The cross was Him naming the price.

Praise the Lord.

[De Liberty @Mikeliberation]

One man in my area gave out 20 keke to the less privileged.

My friend is one of the beneficiaries. He has been riding a motorcycle for three years now, but the bike isn't his; it's on hire purchase. Last week, he had a problem with the owner of the bike. The owner came around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday and collected it. His wife was crying and rolling on the ground, begging the man not to take the bike away from her husband, but he took it anyway.

Then, later that same day, around 3 p.m., someone came to my friend's house and told him that his name was among 20 people who would receive a free keke from a wealthy man. I honestly thought it was a joke.

My friend went there and came back with a brand-new keke. His wife started singing joyful songs and dancing around. I have never seen such a coincidence in my life before.

[Purple Podcast @mypurplepages]

Was streaming a church program live from home this morning and the pastor did something I think every church should emulate.

He called for people who would love to contribute 50k to the church and about 30 persons came out.

He then called for men who were in need of money to come out.

They came out and he instructed those who wanted supporting the church to pick one person and gift them.

I could feel the relief and smile on those men faces, sure that would lift one or two burdens off their shoulders.

Hoping more church leaders emulate this...

[Gideon Odoma @gideonodoma]

GENERALIZED CONSIDERATIONS – with a cry.

The public perception of Christianity, even four decades ago, was beautifully different from what it is today. Jesus had more honour on our streets then than He does now. It meant something to non-Christians to hear that someone was a Christian in those days, because Christians, based on whatever the church was teaching at the time – were better representatives of Jesus in and to the world than we are today.

In those days, people could safely assume that if Laoye was a Christian, your teenage daughter would be safe around him, your money would be safe in his custody, and he would not sell you a fake product. Such assumptions, even about believers, are unsafe these days, generally speaking. (I know there are brilliant exceptions here and there, but they are the exceptions now, not the norm.) This is why I believe we should humbly admit that whatever we are teaching today is not altogether as spiritually transformative as it ought to be, in the overall divine scale of things.

Yet it was our Lord who said:
“…let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”
No candle was meant to be lit only to be placed under a cover. Salt should not continue to claim to be salt when it has lost its edge, its savour. Christianity, by design, is meant to be definitive and consequential, not banal and conformist.

Jesus, please, we need a revival!

[The Winlos @thewinlos]

One thing we’ve learned in marriage is that people receive/perceive things differently.

If you offend me, you can just say, “I’m sorry,” and we’re good. In fact, most times, I don’t even need the apology. I’ve already moved on.