He makes all things beautiful

Sometimes in August, our street experienced total black out for a week. Black outs are nothing new in Lagos but this one was different. Typically, when there is a black out in our area, more than one street is affected but this time it was only my street, while other streets had electricity. On Saturday hubby decided to stop at the IKEDC (PHCN Distribution office) on his way out. When he got to the office to make a compliant, the customer service representative was shocked, he said, “sir you can't be serious you had a blackout for 6days”, our records show no one has reported it. He logged in the complaint and within hours we were restored back. As my husband narrated the incident at the IKEDC office to me, I kept asking myself why we suffered for that long, when it was an easy fix. How did no one on the street know to make a report and we all collectively suffered in silence? The answer was simple; we did not know that we could report to IKEDC and the problem will be fixe...

The other day our teen church presented a short play during Sunday service. In summary, a man ‘invited’ God for a meal and God promised to come. The man went home excited and told everyone who cared to listen God was coming to his house for a meal tomorrow. On the day, he prepared a spread fit for a king and waited eagerly for God’s arrival. He waited and waited, but 'God' did not come. His family mocked him but he still kept faith that God is coming. As evening approached a beggar came to the door begging for food, but he drove the beggar away because the only food he had was meant for God.   The next day he went to his pastor disappointed. He said ‘God did not come as He promised, can you imagine only a beggar came to my house yesterday’. The pastor shook his head and said God came as the hungry beggar but you drove Him away (Mathew 25:45). The man wept but it was too late. He did not recognize the opportunity before him because it did not have the ‘packaging’ he expect...