It was 2009/10, I was a few days away from being homeless.
I needed 800k to complete my Abuja rent, pitch court estate, jabi- airport road, I was working on something.
If it panned out, my rent would be paid, Iโd have extras for Faaji.
Everything was set in motion & I prayed
I remember when I passed out of NYSC, my friend and I had a saying, "I'm excited about the future... are you?" We said this so much to each other it became hilarious.
Were we really excited about the future? Me, not so much because I was going back home to Lagos to job hunt, she already passed a bank test and was starting her job immediately.
I was happy for her and wished her all the best. My job hunting started in full force but as I've told the story many times, it was quite a tough time for me. Gradually all my friends got steady jobs and I was left, amongst my close friends, the jobless one.
As I prayed and meditated on open heavens one of those days when it felt like the world hated me and I would never succeed here in Nigeria, the bible verse was Ecclesiastes 9:11. It gave me so much hope not because I was envious of my friends but because I never wanted to be the odd one out of them. I never wanted to be looked on with pity.
Look at my friends and I today, everyone doing well in their own space, none left behind, just that our timing isn't the same.
I know you're feeling like the odd one out, maybe among your family, friends, or colleagues but understand this, "...The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favour to the learned, but time and chance happen to them all."
Keep striving for where you want to be, you'll arrive JUST IN TIME.
I love you. โค๏ธ๐
When my daughter was 18 months old, she figured out how to get out of her crib. Everytime we put her in it, she found her way out. She'll turn up at our room grinning with pride because she "escaped". It was frustrating but we got used to it. Everything was okay until one day...
Talk to God.
Be Hardworking.
Grace speaks where hard work and diligence have tilled the ground. Zero multiplied by a billion is still zero. Do not forget!
If you ask the Holy Spirit for help and you did not do your part, He will still come but He would not find anything to use.
When it rains on the land of a lazy farmer, something will still grow- weeds. Rain can only multiply what is there.
Introverts want to be invited, but they don't wanna go anywhere. And even if you convince them to leave their house. Believe me, they've got only one thing on their mind โ "when can I leave".