LIKE YOU, LIKE ME!
My eldest brother and very good friend, is married with a beautiful 11month old son- his second child is on the way. He is just four years and 20 days older than I am, so we actually did grow up together as peers; we attended the same primary and secondary schools and related with almost the same people, played the same games, made a few mistakes…it all seems like yesterday. The age difference has not widened, but we are just so different now.
One truth I must face-I will soon be married myself; have my own children, someone to hug me and call me sweetheart, make decisions that will affect other people’s lives whether positively or negatively. And I wonder; am I equipped with the arsenal to face what is coming?
As I ask myself this question, I realize that there are over 25 million young men and women like me who ought to be asking themselves the same questions. You are one of them! I am talking to you! Yes…you!
The biggest man you ever did see
was once just a baby in his life.
-Robert Nestor Marley
Genesis chapter 8 verse 22: ‘as long as the earth remains, there will springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night’- (Living Bible). Do you still feel so young that you are unable to look beyond your nose? Do you think you will be young forever? Take a closer look at the mirror and think again! Your parents were once like you. So someday you too will be CEO to companies, a commissioner, General, renowned management consultant, erudite legal scholar, pastor, minister, perhaps a governor or even president, and definitely a husband, a wife, a father or a mother.
Take your share of suffering as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ, just as I do, and
as Christ’s soldier do not let yourself
become tied up in worldly affairs, for then
you cannot satisfy the one who has enlisted
you in his army. Follow the Lord’s rules for
doing his work, just as an athlete either follows
the rules or is disqualified and wins no prize.
work hard, like a farmer who gets paid well if
he raises a large crop. Think on these three
illustrations, and may the Lord help you to
understand how they apply to you.
Anybody can be a husband, wife or parent. But not everybody ends up a good husband, wife, or parent. Being a good husband, wife or parent is a prize; a reward for those who fought, acted and conducted themselves properly, diligently giving themselves to the study of God’s word and the guidance/counsel of the Holy Spirit, and in the process have become equipped for the responsibility ahead. Everything done now is a seed. The day of harvest will surely come. Are you ready for it?
I welcome you to an era of information, which has become more important now than ever. Our main focus is relationships-You know… between people of opposite sex, and all other form of relationship that make up social existence. It is my opinion (and I know you will agree with me), that a good family will create a good church, and a good nation. Tomorrow’s families are actually you and I.
We have always thought about our limitations; the things we lack, the things we did not have, the things we wish we never experienced. But perhaps it is time to think about our “pots of oil”- the very miracles in our environments. There is always a good side to every bad experience. Think of it this way- what ever you are going through now, has a lot to do with the problem God has chosen you to solve. If you ruin it, I guess we will also leave for our children, the same legacy our parents left for us: more money than values, more property than information.
Again think of it this way, the destiny of the whole nation is depending on you; more children will be born out of wedlock if you do not do what you are supposed to do. More hearts will break if you do not do what you are supposed to do. The divorce rate will most likely shoot up to 70% (even in the church), if you do not do what you are supposed to do. The time to act is now.
And now what are you supposed to do? ---See you in the next edition. Till then…
Think of love as a cocoanut sitting on a cocoanut tree
It is of use to you only when it is mature
And when it is, you need the right skill and the right
Equipment to climb the tree or else you will crash land
And when you finally bring it down
If you break it carelessly, you will spill and waste the juice
At the time the cocoanut tree begins to grow
It is ugly and unattractive unlike the royal palm
But the royal palm in all its beauty and splendor
Is what it is-JUST A ROYAL PALM
All that glitters is not gold.
My eldest brother and very good friend, is married with a beautiful 11month old son- his second child is on the way. He is just four years and 20 days older than I am, so we actually did grow up together as peers; we attended the same primary and secondary schools and related with almost the same people, played the same games, made a few mistakes…it all seems like yesterday. The age difference has not widened, but we are just so different now.
One truth I must face-I will soon be married myself; have my own children, someone to hug me and call me sweetheart, make decisions that will affect other people’s lives whether positively or negatively. And I wonder; am I equipped with the arsenal to face what is coming?
As I ask myself this question, I realize that there are over 25 million young men and women like me who ought to be asking themselves the same questions. You are one of them! I am talking to you! Yes…you!
The biggest man you ever did see
was once just a baby in his life.
-Robert Nestor Marley
Genesis chapter 8 verse 22: ‘as long as the earth remains, there will springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night’- (Living Bible). Do you still feel so young that you are unable to look beyond your nose? Do you think you will be young forever? Take a closer look at the mirror and think again! Your parents were once like you. So someday you too will be CEO to companies, a commissioner, General, renowned management consultant, erudite legal scholar, pastor, minister, perhaps a governor or even president, and definitely a husband, a wife, a father or a mother.
Take your share of suffering as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ, just as I do, and
as Christ’s soldier do not let yourself
become tied up in worldly affairs, for then
you cannot satisfy the one who has enlisted
you in his army. Follow the Lord’s rules for
doing his work, just as an athlete either follows
the rules or is disqualified and wins no prize.
work hard, like a farmer who gets paid well if
he raises a large crop. Think on these three
illustrations, and may the Lord help you to
understand how they apply to you.
Anybody can be a husband, wife or parent. But not everybody ends up a good husband, wife, or parent. Being a good husband, wife or parent is a prize; a reward for those who fought, acted and conducted themselves properly, diligently giving themselves to the study of God’s word and the guidance/counsel of the Holy Spirit, and in the process have become equipped for the responsibility ahead. Everything done now is a seed. The day of harvest will surely come. Are you ready for it?
I welcome you to an era of information, which has become more important now than ever. Our main focus is relationships-You know… between people of opposite sex, and all other form of relationship that make up social existence. It is my opinion (and I know you will agree with me), that a good family will create a good church, and a good nation. Tomorrow’s families are actually you and I.
We have always thought about our limitations; the things we lack, the things we did not have, the things we wish we never experienced. But perhaps it is time to think about our “pots of oil”- the very miracles in our environments. There is always a good side to every bad experience. Think of it this way- what ever you are going through now, has a lot to do with the problem God has chosen you to solve. If you ruin it, I guess we will also leave for our children, the same legacy our parents left for us: more money than values, more property than information.
Again think of it this way, the destiny of the whole nation is depending on you; more children will be born out of wedlock if you do not do what you are supposed to do. More hearts will break if you do not do what you are supposed to do. The divorce rate will most likely shoot up to 70% (even in the church), if you do not do what you are supposed to do. The time to act is now.
And now what are you supposed to do? ---See you in the next edition. Till then…
Think of love as a cocoanut sitting on a cocoanut tree
It is of use to you only when it is mature
And when it is, you need the right skill and the right
Equipment to climb the tree or else you will crash land
And when you finally bring it down
If you break it carelessly, you will spill and waste the juice
At the time the cocoanut tree begins to grow
It is ugly and unattractive unlike the royal palm
But the royal palm in all its beauty and splendor
Is what it is-JUST A ROYAL PALM
All that glitters is not gold.
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