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ANOTHER SLATE -- A SECOND CHANCE

There's nothing as priceless as a second chance.

The blood of Jesus (through which mankind is redeemed into God) is the object of our second chance.

Oh, before I forget; HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.

It's a new year and with it comes many opportunities to achieve, to do better or best, to correct, to perfect etc

It's possible you lost life transforming opportunities before but you're not going to loose the ones available to you in this year (because today you are encouraged, motivated and armed to the teeth to make the best of every opportunity available to you)

However, you MUST be ready and willing to do what it takes.

Doing what it takes to get what you want sounds easy but not simple.

Imagine the woman with the issue of blood, as stinking and socially unacceptable as she was, she forced her way through the crowd to receive her healing.

She heard jesus was passing by, she heard Jesus was in town; she saw her opportunity to meet him, she saw and recognised her opportunity to get healed; she didn't mind how unfit for Jesus her appearance was rather she was fixated on the opportunity in Jesus and she made the best out of it -- her healing.

I hope you have not forgotten Zacchaeus (the short tax collector).

He had long sought an audience with Christ but didn't have the opportunity not until he heard Jesus was passing by.

He knew his limitations (his height and his poor reputation amongst the people) but was unsettled by them. He climbed a tree ( at his age and with his social status) so he could see Jesus; by so doing, he saw Christ and had the pleasure of hosting Christ.

Imagine what would have become of the woman with the issue of blood if she did not do what it took to see Jesus on that fateful day, she would have died with her condition.

Zacchaeus could never have had an audience with Christ if he did not climb the sycamore tree that fateful day.

From both illustrations given, SHAME and FEAR stood tall amongst other impediments which could have stopped the woman with the issue of blood and Zacchaeus but they couldn't because the subjects (Zacchaeus and the woman with the issue of blood) fixed their eyes on the opportunity which presented itself to them.

I will take a pause on biblical characters who utilized their opportunities judiciously to focus on you; I mean you.

I am sure you had seen job opportunities last year and you let them go because you felt inadequate for just jobs or opportunities.

But a new year is here with new opportunities to explore.

I applied for a job in the state ministry of education as an education officer, I was just one candidate out of thousands that applied for same or other positions.

Exams was conducted to sort out those with the necessary intellectual skills for Thier respective positions; I wrote the exams and guess what, I PASSED THE EXAM!

Before the exam, I used to sell myself short and after the exams, I realized I have more within me and more to offer to the society.

Opportunities abound in this new year; grab it with the boldness of a lion and with the drive of a hungry hyaena and watch the sky become your starting point.

This new year has a lot to offer, stay alert to see, recognise, pursue and utilise effectively the opportunities around you.

Shalom

Welcome to 2026

You Are Your Thoughts...

You are who you think you are,
You are what you think you are,

You are who you are because of who you think you are

You are what you are because of what you think you are

Your current life and situation is the product of your past thoughts and present thoughts.

Think Positive to Live Fulfilled

KNOWLEDGE COMES AT A COST.

I was privileged to work in a company where meal tickets was shared for lunch and breakfast. As a new intern (hoping to become a staff someday), I worked with my immediate boss who was referred to as: General leader.
On one Sunday morning, I got the meal tickets on his behalf (From the office), I presented the tickets to him and he started sharing the them amongst the workers.
He counted out some tickets and handed them to me so I can give them to other workers not within his immediate reach.
Note: These workers have a representative they call Line leader. I handed the cards to the line leaders as was instructed by the general leader.
After a few seconds have passed, I saw one of them approaching the general leader, claiming I delivered incomplete tickets to him.
There was argument as we tried to settle the misunderstanding. After all was said and done, the general leader took from his own and gave one of the group leaders who claimed he had a shortage of one tickets
I suspected a few persons to be dubious but needed to be sure. One of the person I have been suspecting to be dubious is the same person that claimed he had a shortage of one ticket.
What morals are there to learn?

- Sacrifice what you can sacrifice and what is worth Sacrificing to know who or what people around you really are.

-Anyone who has not been tested and certified worthy is as dangerous as any other stranger on the street.

- To beat a dubious fellow, you have to know beyond their dubious ways.

Stay sane and blessed today and always

Photo Credits - Uduak Saturday

A talent not used is wasted and is lost.
Check inside if you, there is a talent in you, you are not empty.
Shalom.