Liz Samuel

Entrepreneur, Administrator, Graphic design enthusiast. Open to knowledge.

[Liz Samuel @lizodes]

@PastorEAAdeboye @oladaeyo

[Gbenga Samuel-Wemimo @GbengaWemimo]

When Dogs Play with Wolves

I once worked with a lady
A happily married woman with three children
She fancied herself cheated out of her youth by marriage
All her friends while she was in UNILAG were still dating and escorting men all over the world when her boyfriend proposed and she said yes
She didn't sever ties with her old friends
They gave her stories of their escapades with different men and the sort of luxurious lifestyle they were enjoying from Dubai to Jakarta
Ten years into her marriage, she began to work in our office
One of her friends was a side chick to the MD and she helped her secure the job
Her primary role as the HR Manager was to help her friend filter the incoming staff members and those already in-house for potential threats against the friend's interest in the form of ladies who might want to get close to the MD or those the MD might employ in exchange for sexual favours etc
The MD was a randy man who slept with everything in skirts
He was not a believer and he believed heavily in polygamy, even though he was married to only one wife
Whenever his wife complaints, he would tell her he had a right to marry at least four wives and chose not to do so yet because of her
However, if she persisted in pestering him, he would marry a second wife
The wife wanted to be the only wife, so she turned a blind eye for a while
Eventually, when she couldn't take it anymore, she relocated to the USA with their children and left him to his own devices
She was an American citizen by virtue of being born in America, though raised in Nigeria to two Nigerian parents
As soon as the wife left Nigeria, the husband got the freedom to chase skirts
The side chick felt she should be elevated to wife number two but didn't want another lady usurping her throne
This was why she talked her husband into employing this lady
The lady was to her a safe option, given that she was married with children
When the lady resumed at our office, it was obvious she didn't know how to fit into the office setting socially
She didn't want to be seen as the "dignified" married woman
She identified more with the single ladies and was a champion of all sorts of dirty talks and sexual jabs in the office
She told us the story of two members of her church who were both Christians and had vowed not to defile the marriage bed one day during the early morning briefing in the newsroom
She said the lady in the union had the opportunity to travel to Dubai with her boss on a business trip and lost her sense of propriety when she saw the wealth on display by the boss in Dubai that she ended up warming the boss's bed throughout the trip only to come back home to repent and continue with her relationship with her husband
She was not a news person but our newsroom welcomed every staff member who might offer a unique point of view on any potential news story for the day
That story was told for the benefit of the MD
I knew it and some other staff members in the office knew it
The MD was planning to open an Abuja office and the recruitment was to begin a week from that day
The MD had subtly made it clear that he would be outsourcing the role of the HR for the Abuja office
This lady felt she should manage both offices and pitched her case to the MD
The MD "jokingly" said to her "I cannot sleep on an empty bed in Abuja, why would I fly you there when I can fly a fine girl there to warm my bed and also double as my PA for the trip"
She didn't reply to him immediately
The next morning, she shared that story about her friend
I walked up to her after the briefing and asked her to consider her choices
She was the one that came out of the MD's office the previous day, laughing like a jackal while sharing with the members of staff present that the MD would rather carry babe to Abuja to warm his bed and pretend to be his PA while earning so and so amount as out of station allowance and so on
She was the same person telling everybody a story that was subtly telling the MD she would sleep with him and return to her marriage
I remember discussing it with a Christian sister in the organization and thinking of a way to convince this HR lady that she was heading in a direction that twist her life in and out like the oak of Kadesh
The following week, I suddenly noticed a change in the HR's dressing, hairstyle and carriage
A mother of three actively entering into the seduction game
The Abuja trip happened
She went with the team
She slept with the MD
They returned to Lagos recording a success in the establishment of the Abuja outfit
She returned home to her husband
She developed a mental affliction a few days later
Her friend who got her the job heard what she had done and decided to teach her a lesson
The MD got wind of what had happened and pleaded with his side chick to let it go
The side chick insisted her friend must be sacked
The side chick told the friend's husband everything that happened
The side chick changed her Twitter handle from her name to @oloriXXXXX
The X's is the name of the MD
Her husband and mother began to take her to churches for help
Almost two years after this drama, I saw her again
I had resigned from the office and started working as a PA to a pastor somewhere in Lagos when the mother brought her to the pastor for prayer
By this time the husband had washed his hands off her and dumped her with her parents
The pastor they brought her to prayed for her and assured her mother she would be fine
The mother returned a week later crying that her daughter had another psychotic break and had become very violent
Because of this, they couldn't get her into the car to take her to the hospital
The pastor instructed three men in the office, including myself to go and help the mother contain the situation
We went on the church bus
While we were on the bus I told the two brothers with me what I knew about her and the origin of her affliction
They berated me for not telling the pastor
I felt the pastor should have known by the spirit unless God did not want it to be known
I also couldn't tell if sharing the story with the pastor would solve the problem
In some cases, a pastor might feel she deserved it and stop praying for her
When pastors pray for people and they don't get results, they tend to look for excuses instead of pressing further to inquire of the Lord what to do
Anyway, we got to the house and the lady was berserk
So I called her by her first name and told her to sit down because we had come to have a serious discussion with her
After a few minutes of more noise, she sat
I told her who I was and that I know her story
I mentioned the MD's name and the name of the side chick
I mentioned her marriage and her children
I reminded her that she was socially insecure in her marriage and felt she should have had more adventures as a single lady instead of getting married early and this was the root cause of her problem
It is always a terrible thing to find yourself wearing a shoe and doubting whether the shoe fits or wondering what it would feel like wearing the shoes of another person
One should learn to appreciate his or her lot in life
We talked for like an hour or more
Wherever I forgot a detail she would quickly add it to ensure I got the story straight
She wept after this episode
She wept in regret and pain
I embraced her and told her everything would be fine
When we were done crying, we prayed and I asked the Lord to give her a fresh start
That old path was too coloured for her to go back to
The mental affliction ended that day
We met once or twice after this episode at church functions or social functions done by some church members
I moved on in life and so did she
This morning, as I was talking a walk around the Royal Arsenal Park in Woolwich, guess who I met walking briskly towards the train station!
It was her!
My former HR Manager
She saw me and flew into my arms in a warm embrace
She said she came to pick up her husband at the train station
I waited with her and we caught up
She had remarried and relocated to the UK about three years ago
She is still in touch with her former husband and their children
Her former husband had remarried and now lives in Abeokuta due to a transfer from work
I met the husband briefly and continued on my journey to my hotel

PS: I know a lot of young ladies and young men battle with the "what could have been syndrome" after getting married
They wondered if they should have waited it out to marry someone else or even focussed on their careers and so on
I counsel couples to be sure of what they are getting into as individuals and to be sure it is what they wanted
It is not about parental expectations, religious responsibility or obligation
You must be comfortable in the shoe you find yourself in
I am happy for Sister Diwura, I like her new husband a lot
He is a pastor and I have great respect for pastors
I also perceive that she is genuinely happy and comfortable being his wife
For this, I give glory to God!

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[Gbenga Samuel-Wemimo @GbengaWemimo]

Lemons and Lemonade

I spent eight years in Libya
Half of the eight years I spent in detention camps without seeing the sun
The other half I spent doing odd jobs and experiencing trauma of all kinds all in the name of survival
I saw drugs being sold on the streets like candy
I saw people die from every form of violence imaginable
I believe it was only a matter of time before my number was up
Death was nothing to us over there
Three times I almost drowned trying to cross the channel into Spain or Italy
In the midst of this, I lost my faith in God
I was the one who decided to leave Nigeria to take my chances in Europe
It was to God that I prayed then but He has done nothing to make the journey smooth for me in any way
I had been raped several times that It didn't even seem like rape anymore
I just pray no one feels like just killing the girl afterwards
As long as you let me live, I will even say thank you
Then the federal government of Nigeria sent an evacuation team into Libya to get us out of there
I found my way to Lagos, even though I am from Benin
I didn't want to go home empty-handed
What would I go back home to do?
Farm with my mother?
I am the first of seven girls, my father died the year before I left home in 2014
My mother is an illiterate with so many mouths to feed
I could have stayed at home and maybe by now I would have gotten married but I wanted more for myself out of my life
I came back from Libya empty-handed
I had also lost time
I travelled as an 18-year-old just graduating from secondary school
Now I am 27 years old, I had no job and nowhere to call home
A friend I met on the plane told me about his aunty at Ikorodu
He said her aunty could give me accommodation for a while until I found my feet
I got to Ikorodu and his aunty didn't mince words
She said she does not want a freeloader as she has mouths to feed
I get to pay for my bed space and utilities in the house with immediate effect
When I asked her how I would get the job to pay, she said, "You have been raped for fun in Libya, why don't you get raped for funds in Nigeria"
I didn't quite get what she meant at first but she later explained that we would go out on weekends and have a good time with some guys in certain hotels, get paid and that way keep body and soul together
I jumped right into it
It was like playing "lucky" bet
Some weekends we make a lot of money, sometimes even in foreign currency and on some weekends we go home empty-handed
I did this for a year before I started having mental breakdowns and found myself being treated for depression and PTSD
One of the doctors told me if I continued to live with the Aunty I was with, I would get sick again
I needed help
I have been reading some stories on https://t.co/1vEpFHFMe9 and I reached out to him for some help
He listened to my story and promptly made calls to friends to help me
I got divine help
He got me a job and at the same time sent me to a photography school to learn the skill I have always loved
It was while I was there that I met Andre, A french photojournalist
I will be getting married to him in two days time
I am writing this to show my appreciation for all the help I got
I made a mistake that sent me to hell and back as a teenager but I have rediscovered the love of God in the last two years
I now lead a fellowship of young believers who have been through as much and sometimes much more than I went through
Brother Gbenga told me the day I met him that God did not say all good experiences work together for our good, he said the Bible says "All things work together for our good and I should take the lemon life handed to me and make lemonades out of it"
I have taken that counsel to heart ever since
Here are my lemons
Here are the lemonades "of Thanksgiving"
I pour them out to the Lord at the cave of Adullam, may the Lord accept it
God bless you, sir
Glory be to God alone!

PS: I found this in my DM a few minutes ago
Since I had not taken time to write today, I decided to share
One of our minstrels is debuting with her single titled "No One" on May 10
Kindly listen to it and share
The song is a ministration unto the Lord
When everything fails, when friends leave or fail to fulfil promises made when the future seems unsure and confusion sets in.
Know that there is one who is still closer than a friend with reassuring hugs and whispers urging you on to that desired end.

-GSW-

[Gbenga Samuel-Wemimo @GbengaWemimo]

It is only in Nigeria that rivers collect fanta from adults who are supposed to be educated and have a brain so they dont drown in it
If Fanta was not made, the dingos in the rivers would have died of hunger
Being literate and being educated are not the same thing
Being educated and being enlightened are not the same thing
You see many people speaking and writing in English but with brains so primitive, even Amadioha will be asking them which backward age they live in
Someone faints at a party, immediately five people had joined hands and started to pray against witches and wizards
Prayers that came to them so insitinctively because it is their default
They didnt think of CPR
They didnt think of calling an ambulance or getting a car to rush her to the hospital
All they saw were witches and wizards shooting invisible darts at the celebrant
One of them even decided to dump a bucket of water on the head of the fainted one
To ease her into Christ's death and resurrection before she crosses the bothers of this realm into the other
The nonsensical belief system that many of us hold as real is a lie
A man or woman who believes in a lie will live out a reality that is untrue and unfounded in the word of God
We must free ourselves from the bondage of superstitions and backwardness
It is time to elevate our thinking as a people
Some of us have enemies from our father's house but majority of us dont!
The village does not even know us
The village people too are praying that the enemies of their father's house in the city should die
Such prayers are like pouring fanta in the lagoon so that you dont drown
It is not only ineffective, it makes you look stupid.
May we not be stupid
Jesus taught us how to pray effectively, without fear or trepidation
Prayer is supposed to boost our faith, not entrench our fear
What we say when we pray and how we say it matters
When the words of a prayer does not allign with the word of God, it becomes an exercise in futility.
We do not fight like someone beating the air, we do not create enemies in our imagination to exert our energies on
We look unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith
Our eyes are single, our bodies are full of light and we do great exploits all over the world.
We have too many unenlightened minds who speak the english language but think like cave men all around us
They will even argue that they have seen this and that and therefore know that foolishness is real
Such folks are the reason the nation has made very little progress
You see those yahoo guys who were on the internet doing nonsense with an illiterate man in white chalk and red rags, you are the ones who made them think they were on to something.
You were sending prayer under it to set those people whose pictures were hanging in that dumpster free.
They were never bound
Anyone can set up a stage to give you the effect that would make you fear and believe in the extramundane!
It was all for effect
Twitter folks showed me how gullible they were by believing that rubbish and dignifying it with their comments
Please, laugh away this nonsense!
Make mockery of the junks the same way the colonialists did when they came to Africa
Demons and the gods of Africa bowed to machine guns and technology in the 1800s
Why are you the one now with all your education acting as of these demons have any power?
They are just staged and they make a slave of those who believe in them because whatsoever you believe in becomes real to you!
Learn this and set your mind free
Till tomorrow, I have never seen those who claim to have a lot of charms ruling the world
They are always in the background, whispering like dead shadows but never coming out to the open because they are lies
They fail woefully every time they get tested against science, knowledge and logic
It is your deliverance churches that dignified them by creating a counter force that validates them in the place of prayer
Idols are nothing anf those who worship them are like them!

-GSW-

[Docta Funto P (Deborah) @OlufuntoP]

I refuse to participate in the recession/economic downturn.

My God supplies all my needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Make this your daily confession.

[Ade is a Tech Esq. & Esq. in Tech @akin_gbe_leo]

ITS A FIRST CLASS!!!

I GOT A FIRST CLASS FROM THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL!!
God thank you!!!!🥹

[Docta Funto P (Deborah) @OlufuntoP]

You are aware the blessings poured out can also mean appliances don’t break down and petrol/diesel as well as foodstuff lasts longer than it should yeah? Not every time financial gift.

Be thankful for all these great blessings. Acknowledge every good work of God in your life.

[Toyosi Godwin @ToyosiGodwin]

I just preached to over 400 inmates. Thank you, Jesus. Next 🫶

[Nathaniel Bassey @nathanielblow]

Eagles must calm down. Refuse to be provoked. It’s all in the plan.

[Dunsin Oyekan of #Geni @DunsinOyekan]

Lori Super Eagles, Oluwa E gba ope wa!

[Nathaniel Bassey @nathanielblow]

Numbers 23:23. God abeg 🙏

[Witness Phoenix 🎺 @tomidearoso]

Jesus is coming back again!!!

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[YK 🇳🇬🇨🇦 @_MzOy]

Last year hallelujah challenge I was praying to God for my PR and wedding, this year guess who has her status confirmed and doing her wedding next month @nathanielblow #HallelujahChallenge2024

[🇳🇬 Super Eagles @NGSuperEagles]

Goooooooalllllll!! Ekong scores
To give us the lead

[Wolfie 🐺 @TheIgboWolf]

Ivory coast no need to score back, a win for Nigeria is a win for Africa 🙏🏼

[fiyin @victor_salamii]

I hope the lady reading this gets everything she prayed for

[The_Bearded_Dr_Sina @the_beardedsina]

Do you believe God is alive ? If you do, Repost this

I want to check the stats.

[Liz Samuel @lizodes]

@OlufuntoP Amen. I receive it