Yo-Lada

Christian (Believer), Scrabble Queen👑, Investor, Spender. I am F. I. R. E

[Yo-Lada @Yolada_]

Let's read The Bible together this year

Day 1
Genesis 1-2; Psalm 19

God created us for labour, leisure and love

Bible In a Year

[Yo-Lada @Yolada_]

@MorbidKnowledge HODAD!!

[Yo-Lada @Yolada_]

@JinJung Yup! All good here

[Jin Jung @JinJung]

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[Yo-Lada @Yolada_]

@JinJung I am allergic to fees hahaha
So, no fees, plus lounge access....SOLD
Seems to have amazing benefits for Travellers ❤️

[Bluu 🐝 @arwenbluu]

No entiendo cómo puede ser. Vi a Michael Jackson morir, a Maradona morir, a Pelé morir, a la reina Isabel morir; vi pasar a tres papas. Sobreviví a una pandemia, vi el comienzo de internet. Vi el CD cambiar a Spotify, vi cambiar el DVD a Netflix, vi pasar del teléfono fijo a un iPhone. Y estoy viendo el surgimiento de la IA. Y solo tengo 30 años.

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

i watched m.i abaga connect nigeria to scripture and my brain hasn’t been calm since.

[Yo-Lada @Yolada_]

@DrJoeAbah Almond!!

"Ebelebo"

[VEE. @veeiye]

Half of the girls in Lekki will be called Eliana by 2030 if we’re not careful 😭

[Yo-Lada @Yolada_]

@Italian347 And the word was God!

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

Ethiopia was never colonized.

For much of its history, it was one of the poorest countries on the continent.

Meanwhile, Vietnam was colonized by the French, devastated by decades of war, and is now on its way to serious economic prosperity.

If colonialism were the answer to why Africa is poor, Ethiopia should be rich and Vietnam should be broke. Neither is true.

Can we please retire this excuse?

[leti @Letangmohlala]

Younger brothers can be mean😭

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

Before AI we had Zach King

[Ayobola Adebowale @YourBabysDoctor]

Mother: Doctor, my child is not eating o.

Doctor: Really, since when?

Mother: Day before yesterday, I am very worried.

Doctor: This is 11am, what has she eaten today?

Mother: Just Breastmilk, Pap, Semo and okro with small alaran, 2 slices of bread and now 2 pieces of biscuit.

Doctor:

[mollie writes stuff @vuse_lover]

Met a guy recently named Jonathan who goes by Nathan. I didn’t even know you could do that

[Ada @adanonso_]

Growing up, whenever my mother travelled, my father would become the moodiest man alive. He would barely eat.

He would be walking around the house looking like Nigeria’s economy had personally offended him.

As a child, I used to wonder, “What kind of love is this?”

Then there was my mother. If my dad travelled, she suddenly forgot she had her own room. One night she sneaked into my brother’s room.

My brother turned in his sleep and accidentally kicked her. My mother immediately beat his leg and told him to lie down properly.

The next night, Oga locked his door.

She tried the same thing with me. Same result.

By the time she got to my two younger sisters, they had already heard the stories and locked their doors before she could sneak in.

Come and see a grown woman begging her own children to open their doors. I laughed at these people for years.

Years!!!

I kept wondering what kind of attachment would make two adults behave like this.

Fast forward to today. I am on vacation. My husband is sleeping beside some of my clothes because they still smell like me.

I am counting down the days until my flight home.

And suddenly my parents behaviour then are beginning to make perfect sense.

God forgive me for judging them 😊😊😊

[Aria Westcott @AriaWestcott]

Breaking: Your smart TV takes a screenshot of your screen twice every second and sells what it sees.

It is called ACR, and it has been running since you set the TV up.

Texas already sued over it. Here is how to turn it off in under 2 minutes:

[Male ֶָ֢≽ܫ≼ VA A VER A SKZ @MaledeHan]

Mi mamá es pastelera y le pidieron una torta de una biblia
La que le pidieron // la que ella hizo

[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

I have so many things I can say about the interview between Archbishop Benson Idahosa's daughter and Apostle Femi Lazarus.

However, one thing I am sure about is that no parent wishes for their children to abandon the values and convictions they sincerely tried to pass on to them.

I may not agree with everything she said in that podcast, but she has a right to her opinions and to share her experiences. Unfortunately, many atheists, anti-church voices, and people who already have issues with Christianity have used the interview as an opportunity to write all kinds of nonsense on social media and attack the Gospel itself.

Being a pastor's child and having different opinions from your parents is entirely up to you. Every individual eventually reaches an age where they begin to make their own decisions about faith, life, and the direction they want to take.

Your parents did their best. They took you to school. They provided for you. They prayed for you. They sacrificed for you. They did everything within their ability to raise you according to what they believed was right. If they raised you in the ways of the Lord, then they gave you what they genuinely believed was the best foundation for life.

Once you are an adult, there comes a point where you are no longer under the custody of your parents. The decisions you make, the beliefs you embrace, and the path you choose become your responsibility.

Sometimes parents do fail, but sometimes they didn't fail at all. Sometimes they genuinely did their best with the knowledge, resources, and understanding they had at the time.

What concerns me is how easily people use personal stories to paint an entire picture of Christianity, ministry, or the Church. One person's experience, no matter how painful, should not become the standard by which the Gospel itself is judged.

You can build your own ideologies about faith and religion. You can choose a different path from the one your parents walked. That is your right as an adult.

But if you are above 30 years old and still blaming your parents for everything you became, then perhaps it is time to start taking responsibility for your own choices, healing, growth, and future.

There comes a point where we must stop living as victims of our past and start becoming stewards of our future.

The truth is that many pastor's children have remained faithful to God. Many have grown into healthy, responsible adults. Many faced the same pressures and challenges yet still chose to follow Christ. Every story is different.

My prayer is that in whatever is shared publicly, it does not become a stumbling block for young people who are still discovering their faith. May it not become ammunition for those who hate the Church. May it not push people away from Christ because of the failures, mistakes, or shortcomings of human beings.

People can disappoint us. Parents can make mistakes. Churches can get things wrong. Ministers are human.

But Jesus Christ remains the same.

The Gospel is still true.

And no matter what experiences we have had with people, my prayer is that we never allow those experiences to blind us to the truth and power of Christ.

[‘Wale Adejimi @Ifwal95]

I can actually answer this one from experience 😂😂

My mum used to be an Alága as a side hustle long before I was born, and she continued until 2010 when my dad passed away.

Throughout my secondary school years, I was her talking drummer at many of the ceremonies she anchored 😂. I was attending engagement ceremonies almost every weekend, I’ve probably been to more than 25 traditional weddings 😂😂

Alága Ìdúró represents the groom’s family; the side that comes to ask for the bride’s hand in marriage. Symbolically, they are the party “standing” to make a request.

Alága Ìjókòó represents the bride’s family; the side receiving the proposal and considering the request. Symbolically, they are the party “seated” in authority to accept or reject it.

So the “standing” and “sitting” are more about the traditional roles of the two families during the engagement process than whether the Alága is physically standing or sitting. 😄