HENRIQUETTA

Hello, are you wondering which of the cords they used to chase me back here 😁. I am not going to lie that it was not intentional. The year has had WORK for me in the physical field. Before I spew the collective words that make up my gist, How are you ? How much and what has changed since the last time you visited here? Let me go first. I cut my hair, left a relationship, made new friends, some of my Old friends left the country, my sister got married, and that is all I can recount right now. I have helped paint a mental picture, don’t forget to answer yours. During the week, I shared some slides on Instagram (P.S. If you've not connected with me there, click the menu bar. We ought to stick together like glue!). The carousel depicted some emotional struggles I battled during these last months. For some reason, I felt vengeful. Why will people who deliberately sow seeds of wickedness not reap their harvest instantly? Why is our labor of love not rewarded immediately? Why are people ...

Have you been feeling like your joy isn't full because what makes up the pillars of your happiness hasn't manifested yet? I'm always quickly burdened with emotions that I hastily forget what God has done for me. A lot is happening so fast, people getting married, leaving the country, vibing with  boyfrens  as they are watered lavishly with cash (I quickly run to these because it's the only glistering achievements for a lady of my age, as I had imagined growing up). God has been faithful to me this year, but because I didn't get any from that box, I lost focus on my answered prayers fast (so much for a selfish brat!). During the week, as usual, my sadness was burning those around me. I wasn't angry, but my confusion was burning into saddened fumes.  It took a phone conversation on a loudspeaker to knock me off this insanity. Curious to know? Here; It hit me that we are not all on the same timeline, and like I had referenced my dad in a previous blog post, "G...

Hello YOU.  How's life treating you? The culture of exchanging pleasantries before I delve into my gist is slowly leaving, maybe it's because I don't know if you guys like the idea. What do you think? Well here's my gist, something I learnt recently. I hope you're able to grasp the Rhema! Throughout the scripture, the Lord would always differentiate His version of whatever you are getting in life. For context, when God talked about giving peace, He made sure to add that it wasn't the kind the world was giving (John 14:12), same when James talked about wisdom (James 3:13-15). It is just for you to know which of them you are experiencing at a particular time. Today's focus would be on wisdom, and I would like to ask, will you say you are wise? If yes, then whose wisdom is it? It's getting HOT in here! I've been doing a lot of talking these days, and most of the time, it's me trying to defend my choices. The truth is, I mean these things. However, m...

We have often heard that if we want to be wise, we should read the book of proverbs. Have you read this book of the bible, or do you still find it puzzling? Growing up, I learned that experts analyze a man's entire life using a bell curve ' n '. Meaning that there would be a time where you have in abundance, and the time it all begins to diminish. In economics, we called the highest part the boom, and in crypto trading, the lowest part of the trough is called the dip. Get it? Now that you get the picture I am trying to paint, let us go a little deeper. I would ask myself confusing questions like why can't there be a continuous progression? It's either you had a lot then go broke at the later part of your life, or struggle throughout productive years of your life and enjoy the fruits for a short period. so there is always going to be a dip! I'm sorry but, Nollywood movies and the people around me didn't help my case. Recently, I got into the book of Proverbs ...

Most of my posts are spontaneous, I just build on a thought, experience, and lesson learned. This one might not mean anything to you now, but you must pause for a moment and savour the lesson because we might all be wired differently, but we are a piece of the same thing. Backstory Some years back, one of those regular slow evenings. I sat with my mum, sister, and our neighbour who happens to be my dear friend. We started having an intense argument about something I cannot vividly remember all through, except for the fact that it was about a boy, and I kept screaming “I no go fit do am!”. It was about morality and it was something I haven't even come to face with, so I had zero experience but I kept talking my sister down with those words. Ladies and gentlemen, it was still in the same year, just a couple of months after, I was faced with that rock and your sister came falling effortlessly. Worse was the fact that I could remember that day, my mannerism, and my sister's calm ar...

Honestly, I’m beginning to understand why Apostle Paul kept reiterating that we need the Holy Spirit’s help to become better humans. Its been proven again and again that without His counsel and discernment, our flesh will constantly lead us in foolishness. Since the Holy Spirit isn't as physical as a bouncer, or a compass, it is very easy to slip, and overly religious people would still think they are on track. This post is for me first, then you. I was raised in Assemblies of God, call them the unrefined penticostals. Here, messages were more about your neighbour than it should be for you. Growing up, when people backslide or rebel against God and the church community, the rest of us in would scorn, judge, and conclude that they weren't strong believers in the first place. When it was time to change because we had seen all that there is, we moved to a more refined church. The word is preached as it is here, but we all often wonder why the seats are empty. Christianity is more ...

I started the ' walking in purpose' series in March, talking about how our identity and where we are now is an integral part of our purpose , and how your focus and energy shouldn't be on the ninety-nine, but the one . Building on that line of thought, this hit me. I'm beginning to think that ' to what end' isn't a question we ask ourselves, and when we do, most times, we settle for the most mundane or shallow resolve. On Sunday, I spent almost an hour getting wisdom from a conversation with a dear friend. As girls-in-their-prime that we were, we flooded some crucial areas with light, and of course, marriage was one of the few. It is already an obvious truth that relatives and others who are married, would gradually increase the accelerator on the ' when are you getting married ' phrase as you grow older. While she was asked, she answered with  ' to what end', until the oppressor couldn't pass the ' raise children' answer. I...

I don’t like writing a “how to” post because it comes like I know the exact answer to that question. Given that the answer that seemed  to be the best gets updated due to behavioral change or someone else’ opinion. So this is not a "how to" post, but it's pretty much the only truth that opinions and behaviour doesn't change. First of, not all sound doctrine are the truth, and just because someone had a microphone and an audience doesn't make what they say true. Also, do not carve your lifestyle principles out of other peoples experience. Recently, I asked why it seemed like “ being single ” is the new cool? Even people who are in a relationship would still fancy the “ single ” title. Now this spills on to other life principles. I guess this is the best time to chip in that testing all spirits, does not involve judging based on your own understanding, this is why the spirit of discernment who knows all truth, and was given to you needs to be used. This finally brin...

Give this a serious thought, have you ever asked yourself; if heaven and hell wasn’t a mix, like they didn’t exist, would you have been interested in Christianity? Some months ago, I attended a court wedding. While we waited outside for the intended couple to get on with their business inside, a couple of us formed a round table and went on from politics, Nigeria’s problem, to religion. Everyone had something to say so it was a hot conversation. I can’t categorically say that the rest of them pondered on the subjects, but I occasionally took a pause at intervals just to personally ask myself questions that were flying. When he asked ; IF THERE WAS NO PUNISHMENT OR REWARD SYSTEM, AND HEAVEN NOR HELL WASN’T REAL, WOULD YOU STILL SERVE DILLIGENTLY ? I paused to ask myself, you won’t believe the answer that crossed my mind! I was shocked and embarrassed at my thoughts (thank God, people cant read minds!) from that day, I began to seriously see Christianity from a different perspective. It’...

Welcome everyone! I’m guessing we all are happy it's month end already because I am, even if I’m not getting paid (yet). Today’s post is to share my very recent realization about goal setting and how you can manage to set important and realistic goals! I pray you’re able to grasp this message and also apply lessons learnt. On a fine day, I was going about random activities when I got a very clear understanding of how one should go about goals and achievements. This is some serious realization because I haven’t been the type of person that writes a list and plan strategically. The young me had some personal goals to achieve at a certain time in my life, but I never really went further to put two on two like most people claim they do. I take life these days as it comes because until now, my plans NEVER go as planned. Most of you can relate with this. I usually get a portion of scripture that speaks in a high volume to me at difficult times and the most recent is: stand STILL and know...