AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certification Course (CLF-C02)

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AWS Cloud Practitioner Quiz

1. Which hosting model offers the most flexibility and scalability by distributing workloads across multiple physical machines?

• A. Dedicated Hosting
• B. Shared Hosting
• C. Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting
• D. Cloud Hosting

Reveal Answer

Answer: D. Cloud Hosting

2. Which AWS service is designed to run scalable virtual machines and is considered the backbone of many AWS architectures?

• A. Amazon RDS
• B. Amazon S3
• C. Amazon EC2
• D. AWS Lambda

Reveal Answer

Answer: C. Amazon EC2

3. Which cloud deployment model combines the use of on-premise data centers with public cloud services?

• A. Public Cloud
• B. Private Cloud
• C. Hybrid Cloud
• D. Community Cloud

Reveal Answer

Answer: C. Hybrid Cloud

4. In the AWS shared responsibility model, who is responsible for securing the physical infrastructure?

• A. The customer
• B. AWS
• C. A third-party vendor
• D. Both the customer and AWS

Reveal Answer

Answer: B. AWS

5. Drag the AWS services into the correct categories:

Amazon EC2

Amazon S3

Amazon RDS

AWS Lambda

Compute

Storage

Databases

Serverless

Reveal Answer

Answer: Compute – Amazon EC2; Storage – Amazon S3; Databases – Amazon RDS; Serverless – AWS Lambda

6. Fill in the blank: Amazon S3 is a ________ storage service that offers high durability and availability for objects such as files and backups.

Reveal Answer

Answer: Object

7. Case Study:

A company needs a highly scalable database solution for an e-commerce application that can handle millions of requests per second and offers automatic scaling. Which AWS service would you recommend and why?

Reveal Answer

Answer: Amazon DynamoDB, because it is a NoSQL database designed for high throughput and scalability, making it suitable for e-commerce applications.

8. What AWS service is specifically designed for real-time processing of streaming data?

• A. Amazon Kinesis
• B. Amazon SNS
• C. AWS Lambda
• D. Amazon CloudWatch

Reveal Answer

Answer: A. Amazon Kinesis

9. Which AWS storage service is most suitable for archival data, offering the lowest cost per GB?

• A. Amazon EBS
• B. Amazon S3 Glacier
• C. Amazon EFS
• D. Amazon DynamoDB

Reveal Answer

Answer: B. Amazon S3 Glacier

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The God that must answer Nigerians by fire

          The God that must answer Nigerians by fire

Its visible to the blind and audible to the deaf, and doesn’t require a mastery in discernment to decipher that a large crop of Nigerians are religious, even those who claimed to be woke beyond that scope still secretly do the things they accused the religious people of. There are so many reasons tied to that fact, but in order to make this article concise as possible, I will compress the reasons.

Hardly can one point to any organization that’s void of corruptible practice, for example, it’s easier to tell a student to focus on his studies and bank on hard work rather than invoking an invisible God to come help him ace his exam. That can only be possible if will implore selective amnesia by ignoring the reality that befalls the Nigeria educational system, there are cases where students are hardworking, burning the night candles, only for the lecturer to announce to the student that’s his script is missing, and there’s nowhere in the world you can challenge the lecturer’s authority because the institution has made a god out of him, so the student has no choice than to call on the God that must answer him by fire, because he can’t afford an extra year, knowing fully well he paid the tuition fee with every droplet of his sweat doing menial jobs.

Then the student managed to graduate after begging and scrounging for help by being a bootlicker to the lecturer, he is forced to face the monstrous dilemma of unemployment, It becomes a matter of who knows who, and when you’re unfortunate to know anybody who is wielded with the staff of government connection, you’re then forced to call on the God that must answer you by fire, everything and everyone you know has failed you,  you have to turn to something or someone invisible. Not forgetting the tussle you encountered while seeking for admission, the cut off mark is 200, yet with your 25o you’ve stayed home consecutively for four years, while a loafer who managed to hit 150 has been giving admission in the first attempt because his uncle is the registrar, or he has an uncle who knows somebody that knows somebody who knows the registrar, again you’re forced to call on the God who answers by fire. While the loafer who got admission with his 150 J.A.M.B score, who graduated by sorting all the course lecturers is already cooling off under Air conditioning system in a government office, give him seven years he will become a house of representative.

The interesting thing about all of these struggles is that your biological clock is ticking, age is no longer on your side, late twenties is already waving at you, depending on when you leave the secondary school, if W.A.S.C.E didn’t do a number on you, if it does, you have to turn to the God who answers by fire to ace your English and Math in your W.A.S.C.E, if not you either becomes a sales boy like me for four years, while you cross that hurdle, or becomes a Betnaija addict, because you can no longer ask your relative for money, or else they might struggle to give you the money, but by the time they’re done with you with their poisonous tongue, reminding you of how a lazy clumsy oaf you are, you have no choice than to lose interest in the money.

Here comes the unrealistic Employment company demanding for a ten years’ experience for an entry level job of 50k, and you must not be more than 21years, as if they’re oblivion to the reality Nigeria system has set before her citizen, plus the extra employment activities of piking oga’s children from school, or helping madam for market running, that’s how you stayed employable in that company. All of these wars are being waged against your destiny because your only sin is that you’re being born and raised in Nigeria.

Tell me while the person won’t be religious under these strenuous conditions, reason why I don’t take the Atheist in Nigeria seriously, there are too many forces against your success not to run and hide under a deity that offers a certain level of consolation. You listen to the testimonies in our religious centers you wonder if God exist solely to gratify our needs, while that is not good, we must understand that these people have no choice, it is lack of their essential needs that drove them in search for a God in the first place, then the clergies who are crowd driven, who needs population to validate their missionary journey, they keep preaching what appeals to the crowd which are largely materialism, but never encouraging them to seek God on a personal level, that’s why when most of those members managed to escape to a country where the things we call on the God that answers us by fire is providing for us, their government is providing it for them effortlessly, and since they didn’t have a personal relationship with God, they realized they have been scammed, then they declared their allegiance to atheism, because they didn’t know God beyond needs, and now those needs have been met without going to shiloh, redeem camp or Power must change hands.  These and many more, are the reasons why Nigerian call unto the God that must answer them by fire. The system has failed them.

©WISE-SOLO 8/12/2020 9:17 a:m

YOU TAUGHT HER SO

YOU TAUGHT HER SO

It took over a thousand power point presentations in convincing her to your apartments, She wasn’t sure of the idea, but she defiled her guts anyway, she’s been told by friends to be too insensitively tough, this one time she decided to let down the Great Wall of China she had built around her emotions.

Few hours later she had gradually lost her will, what she feels for you was all that matters, if it requires going against her conscience. Relationship requires sacrifices they said, and in most cases expensive ones, there was darkness in the room but your charming smile nimble up the whole place, she become more and more safer, until you lean more closer and shut her mouth with a kiss, shutting her mouth from saying the things that wasn’t in conformity with what you intend to do.

She’s not sure if she loves you, but she’s certain she doesn’t hate you like others, you knew her heart was hungry for affection, and her world was starved of companion, you fed her your poison that was coated with the sugar of your warm embrace.

Things happens so fast, she can hardly tell if this was a movie, a dream or something else aside from reality, as she tried to make sense out of everything that’s happening, her dress was off her body, she was at the valley, you were at the mountain top, so she stare surrendering all to you, and wondering what you would do with her sacrificial lamb.

The hardness of your muscle propelled the softness of your voice to utter the three simple words “I LOVE YOU” she believed you, even though it wasn’t you that was saying those words, but your hormones, deep down she questions the authenticity of those words, but that’s her only consolation for this unexplainable position she finds herself.

You came down from the mountain top, she replays the whole scene as she put on her dress, clinching to the fate, and hoping you mean those words you said, little did she know, that you had forgotten everything and all the promises you made to her a moment ago.

She left as you beam your smile to her from a distance, and that was the last time she had from you until two years later when she heard about your wedding, in the quest of finding answers to so many unanswered questions she met other ten women that had suffered the same fate from you.

Now you’re the reason she don’t believe in Love again, you’re the reason she thinks all men are the same, you’re the reason her innocent husband is suffering from her bitterness, resentment and hatred towards men, the more love he gives her, the more she interprets it as a bait. Love may not be a game, but YOU TAUGHT HER SO.

©WISE-SOLO 12-15-2018

My interview On Speakout Africa, Purpose, Sexual education and Self discovery with Peace ugwuanyi Chimdindu. Medical Student, Child activist, Public Speaker and Global Change Maker

Wise-solo: Please tell us your name in full?

Peace: My name is Peace Chimdindu Ugwuanyi .

Wise-solo: Do you have any nick name?

Peace: Lol… I won’t call them nick names but people just shorten my names.

Peace: Like Chimdi.

Wise-solo: of course the name needs to be shorten, except someone wants to rupture his tongue, lol.

Peace: or Dindu girl(my mum calls me that especially when she needs a Favour).

Wise-solo: so its safe to say dindu girl is a password to your favour?

Peace: Not a exactly.

Wise-solo: all right “dindu” girl shall we?

Peace: Sure.

Wise-solo: Walk us through your childhood days, what were the experiences you had as a child that formed the fabric of the woman you are today?

Peace: Hmmm, that’s a long one. In summary…

Wise-solo: all right then.

Peace: My life has been a journey of growth, and that journey has not ended.
I can’t pick a particular moment that I will say was when it started. Maybe my secondary school days was a moment that put more light in my life.
That was when I started reading books and it introduced me to the world and it’s possibilities.

Wise-solo: really secondary school days? you had your secondary school in Nigeria right?

Peace: Yeah I did.

Wise-solo: Sorry to say but such stories are not that popular in secondary school in Nigeria.

Peace: Yeah, it was not like I enjoyed it.
I was challenged by one of my teachers who I became close to
She was a corper then and sold books and she gave me Gifted Hands by Ben Carson to read.

Wise-solo: wow, that particular book changed the life of young minds. i guess when you look back to those days, that seem like the teacher was punishing you, you have every reason to be grateful to him/her?

Peace:I knew she was nice. I just hated the idea of reading books.

I am not sure if I ever finished it but it sparked a light in me.

Wise-solo: i mean you would rather play “TEN-TEN” or gossip under the mango tree like the other girls.

Wise-solo: So who really is peace?

Peace: Peace is a girl discovering the gifts God has put in her, developing them and serving them to the world.

Wise-solo: so its safe to say the summary of her life is SERVITUDE.

Peace: Sure.

Wise-solo: How do you think the world perceive you?

Peace: Sincerely, I don’t know. 🤷‍♀ I don’t think of how the world perceives. 

I don’t care really, moreover I can’t control how anyone’s perception of me.

Wise-solo: i love that, i think this an important factor as a youth, most of the instability we see in society today is the obsessive concern for how we are being perceived by the world, so we go extra mile even if it means discomforting or totally denying who we are to get recognition by the world, that in turns leaves us EMPTY.

Wise-solo: Growing up, who were the people you consider as an icon, whom you would love to replicate their success?

Peace: I am still growing 😂

Wise-solo: Lol, i know, i mean when you were way younger than this?

Peace: As much as I have people I admire I don’t want replicate anyone’s success. I just use them as inspirations.
A lot of people inspire me, I mean a whole lot including people I meet on a daily basis.
But I will say Myles Munroe. I listened to his messages a lot growing up.

Wise-solo: I know him too, but it wasn’t up to five years that i started listening to his messages, having someone like Myles munroe shape your mind when you were little is incredible.

Wise-solo: Looking back to five years of your life what are the top three things that comes to your mind?

Peace: Five years…🤔🤔🤔
Let’s see.

I was in 1st year of Med School then.

Wise-solo: okay so?

Peace: So the top 3 things will be
1. Personal development
2. God
3. Medical School

Wise-solo: say something about those three things you mentioned?

Peace: 1. One of the most important things in my life is personal development. It’s a big topic. But I dedicated my life to discovering my gifts, working on them and serving them.

Wise-solo: okay that’s interesting.

Peace: 2. God is my source. This is no cliché. Understanding the investment he made in us as his children changed my life and has pushed me to understand my earthly responsibility.

Wise-solo: true so.

Peace: 3. And med school of course . I was in a 6 years journey I wasn’t going to take for granted. 😂

Wise-solo: lol funny, but there are people who do.

Wise-solo:One of the things that fascinated me to reach out to you last two year was the infectious zeal and hunger you have for knowledge, and also your concern to live a life of fulfillment, is there a story to that?

Peace: Since I committed myself self to personal development. Seeking knowledge was paramount.

Wise-solo: all right.

Wise-solo: There is a popular opinion that some African women has been wired to just think about marriage and neglect their God given potentials, how were you able to breakthrough such believe?

Peace: That idea sometimes is still a struggle.
I had to understand the place of purpose before marriage.

The moment I understood the importance of purpose. I had to put things in there positions of priority.

I personally want to have a family in future, but most importantly I want to fulfill and serve the gifts God has given me.

Wise-solo: so the most important thing is knowing how to put marriage in the right perspective.

Peace: Yeah.

Wise-solo: Let’s talk about speak out Africa, how was it conceived?

Peace: Speak out Africa was inspired by a lot of things, it was a combination of so many things but most importantly was the culture of silence I noticed among parents and that actually was Speak out Africa a lot of people think that because Africa is known when someone has been someone sexually abused, then they speak out – no. Speak out Africa is parents speaking out and teaching children what they ought to know to prevent them from been sexually abused which star with sex education. So yeah, Speak out Africa was actually inspired by the statistics of children in Africa that are been sexually abused every day, every seconds and everything like that. So yeah, that actually what inspired Speak out Africa.

Wise-solo: okay so its not necessarily until you’ve been abused sexually?

Peace: No, Speak Out is raising necessary conversations on the issue.

Wise-solo: The issue of child abuse is a prevalent issue, which I believe doesn’t receive the attention it deserves in this part of the continent, and what are you doing to change such narrative?

Peace: In speak out Africa we have four pillars.

(1) Help

(2)Education

(3)Awareness and

(4) Policy.

Most importantly our focus is sexual education, then Awareness and policy as time goes on because, we believe the only way we can cob sexual abuse in Africa is by preventing it from ever happening. we believe everybody should be educated, if an ordinary man is educated, he knows when a child is being groomed, he can notice the child, help the child and be a good bystander, also for parents, if parents are properly educated, they will be able to protect their children, so the above mentions, are the pillars of speak out Africa.

Wise-solo: Would you say child abuse thrives in Africa as a result of our upbringing, where we are generally taught to be subservient?

Peace: If you are asking why it ‘thrives’ then I will say it’s because of the culture of silence, and shame our society encourages.

Wise-solo: sometimes those victims are children of educated parents.

Peace: It’s not about educated parent, it’s about sex education teaching body boundary teaching body rules and everything and it is not for parents alone, it’s for parents, guidance, teachers, everybody because teaching generally on sex education, body boundaries, body rules or about grooming or about protecting children, it’s something that is everybody’s responsibility, a parent may not notice that their child is been groomed a friend could notice that in a child, right? And report it an adult can notice that in a child and report it it’s an education for everybody not education as per classroom education –no, but education on body boundaries, body regulations and everything that surrounds protecting children.

Wise-solo: How can a sexually abused person, deals with shame, inferiority complex, and fear of such future occurrence?

Peace: There is no one way to deal with that. A sexually abused child needs psychological therapy and close watch . There are so many things that could come up, with the help of a therapist or a trusted adult the child will be helped.

Wise-solo: Let’s talk about the youths of this generation especially the ladies, what are your observations and concerns for them?

Peace: Observation in what aspect. Narrow the question to a specific area?

Wise-solo: in the area of self discovery, purpose and finding their place in life.

Peace: If you would say my observation as regards self discovery and purpose, I would say it’s obvious that a lot of people in the world not just young people alone don’t know who they are or don’t know what they are suppose to do on this earth, it’s like everybody is just created to go school, come out and work and make money and live this kind of selfless life, it’s a, I don’t know how to say this, it’s like a general thing in the world right now where people just want to live a selfish life, I want to make money for myself, for my family and just live a good life, travel that kind of thing, people are not living for other people, people are not living beyond themselves. So yeah, it’s a general observation almost 70% of the people in the world live that way; I want to just live, work, enjoy my life and die with no particular impact, with not solving a problem or doing something significant on earth. Yea, it’s a general issue we have in the world at the moment.

Wise-solo: I know you’re an avid reader, what are the books you’ve read, which has an intrinsic effect on discovering your purpose and finding your path in life?

Peace: Today matters by John.C.Maxwell
Who am I by Sunday Adelaja
Developing the leader within you Myles Munroe.

Wise-solo: hat are the mistakes you’ve made as a person, or an occurrence that shifts your paradigm about life?

Peace: That’s like asking how I drink water everyday. I make mistakes everyday. That’s how life moves. I can’t count.😀😀

Wise-solo: funny you.

Wise-solo: If you were to do anything different in life, what would they be?

Peace: Hmmm… Nothing.

A continuation of this answer will be . I don’t know if there is anything I want to do different, because every mistake and experience I have had in life is what has thought to be ME. So I will prefer to say as the day goes by I want to be more and more intentional with my life, give everyday the best of me .

Wise-solo: Do you have a daily routine?

Peace: Yes. 3 things I do everyday. Read, write, meditate.

Wise-solo: What are the value systems that govern your life?

Peace: Some core values that govern my life are God and purpose , hard-work and service, love and perseverance.

Wise-solo: At the departure lounge of life, what do you think will be written on your tombstone?

Peace: This sounds like the other of what people think of me.
Just like I said earlier, I can’t say. My life could have impacted someone differently than I thought.
I just trust that whenever I leave the earth people I have met so far would have been inspired to be the best version of themselves.

Wise-solo: What are your last words for this interview?

Peace: he most important thing that can happen to you in life is self discovery. 🤗🤗🤗
It’s the beginning of every other thing.😊.

Wise-solo: Thank you for your time peace.

Peace: Thanks so much.
This helped me too in thinking of some things I never thought of deeply before.

 

 

ENSLAVED SLAVE MASTERS

 

This topic has been torturing my mind for months, the more I try to put it off, it bounced back  with twice its original force, I guess is time to get the message out.

I was researching about slavery several months ago, i had to stop because I was getting too emotional and aggravated, not the racially inspired kind of anger, but the kind that was sponsored out of the flame of hatred Africans have for one another, I’ve come to realized that an average black person, using a Nigerian as a point of reference, unless with a deliberate effort, rewiring and reorientation grew up with a subtle mentality to compete with their neighbor, family and friends, and such competition is not geared towards the good of humanity or development, but obsessive passion for materialism, either they’ve been taught, or it was inherited, somewhere deep down they believed the more I possess the things my neighbors lack the more sense of importance and superiority i immersed myself in, such fable believe is what makes a politician divert the money allocated for a road construction for personal business, without given a jack about how many people lose their love ones on daily basis to accident on that same road they have refused to do. Either they use the money to patronize a prostitute, spend the money occasionally in a party for show off, buy gift for their godfathers that doesn’t need them, and when their guilty conscience is almost choking them to death, they help few widows and orphans with some careless thousands of nairas, and use hundreds of millions to promote it on T.V. hoping God will look aside from their atrocities.

Same enslaved slave masters mentality is what has crept in to our campuses, a lecturer that was employed with the sole reason to educate the students, come and do everything except to do the one thing he was employed for. A lecturer will hope, pray if possible fast so that you fail his course, because in your demise, he finds a tentative fulfillment, he just can’t stand the sight to see you graduate and earn a decent living, of cause, and how else do you want him to feel superior? He made himself a demigod and a monster, as he’s oppressing the male students, the female students who refuse to grace his bed occasionally should be ready to spend extra year. Forgetting that in his class lays the future scientist who will discover the cure to the sickness he may suffer in the future, or which one of his family members is already suffering from. We already had our mouthful with the narcissistic lecturer, here comes the brilliant student who had managed to study understand what the lecturer is NOT teaching, but doesn’t want to teach the rest student, he also wants to feel superior, enslaved slave-masters.

Come to religious setting, some of those men of God, (I wonder why they are the only one we call men of God, are the rest people men of Lucifer?) they have successfully engraved their image in the heart of their members, instead of the word and love of God, most members sleep and see visions of their men of God, instead of having a genuine encounter with God themselves, they fear the pastors than they fear God, the pastors, at least some of them, know that all of these are wrong, but they also need to feel superior, so they surround themselves with convoy and tinted glasses, other ministers and members sit on chairs, but them and their wives sit on thrones, the crusade posters are filled with their images, and the title of the crusade is written in smaller font, I mean, what other miracle do you need aside from seeing papa’s face. I look at all of these and I ask myself, what’s the difference from slavery, your mind has been caged, your will has been hijacked, your freedom has been bought, no wonder people are not even sure what to believe anymore and they’re becoming atheist, because the people who should show them the love of God, are gradually eroding the little one they’ve struggle to acquire from them.

We come to the employment sector, getting a job is no longer by merit, but by who is willing to be a slave to the boss, they have to give the job to the under qualified, so you know you don’t merit it, the only way to compensate for your lack of competence is to be a sheep, always do what you’re told, little wonder why almost all the sectors are crumbling, look at educational institutions, we have an English lecturer who can’t make two constructive sentences, mechanical engineers who don’t know the shape of a spark plug, and the authorities are aware of all these mishaps, but they have to make the systems the way it is, so they can keep controlling the masses, why educate a citizen, when you can keep controlling them? They extended the same syndrome to the political sector, they control your options, and leave you to decide, and then give you a false sense of power and belonging by shouting your vote is your power, no wonder a philosopher once said, if your vote count, they won’t make you do it.

Pay a close attention to social media, everybody is trying to outdo one another, most people has deny themselves to give their emptiness a meaning, by hiding behind fake designer wears, not as a matter of necessity, but in an attempt to oppress, and make the world feel, as if they’re in charge somehow, that’s why a person could post the most admirable picture on instagram and commit suicide the next hour, because that picture you saw is not them, it is the façade version of who they are, and the world is increasingly lacking authenticity.

My heart twinges and bleeds in anger as I write these article, the real culprit of slavery are not the whites, the damages we are doing to each other as blacks is tremendously incomparable to what they’re doing to us, the truth is, it is our attitude to each other that is informing them on how to treat us.

This is a beckon call to us as family to awaken from the enslaved slave master mentality, and embrace love, end the man inhumanity to man, genuinely support each other, and help each other grow, the truth is, if we continue in this path, we might think we are in charge, but seriously, we are just an ENSLAVED SLAVEMASTER.

©WISE-SOLO.

 

She’s Leaving you because you don’t have a clue.

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Women are exceptional fragile beings, most of their feelings are communicated in a nonverbal way and it takes a very sensitive man to read through her.
The majority of relationships crumble today, not for the lack of love but the absence of understanding, and in most cases even when the man understands, it’s often too late.
I’m not here to join or compete with relationships Experts, as a matter of fact, I’m not sure I’m eligible to be called one. But most of what I’m going to be saying here are proven facts from experiences and lessons learnt from so many failed relationships.
I met a girl one day and I asked her are you in a relationship? She said she’s not sure, I was shocked, how can you be in a relationship and not know, then it’s either you’re not in love or your love is not returned. She…

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THE UNPOPULAR STORY OF MY LIFE

In the early 90s I survived three failed abortion attempts, I guess that was the only way my Mom could put an end to what she taught was a mistake (pregnancy). I can’t blame her; if I were in her shoes I would have done the same thing, since a baby was the least thing she expects.

She had to stay away at her parent’s house to give birth to me, considering the controversy surrounding my birth (Some day, I will talk extensively on that.

She told me one of the elder state man in the village at that time insisted she should go train me somewhere else, certainly not in their community, but she refused.

I grew up to learn about rejection in my early years, one of my siblings would tease me on how I am the accidental child, or preferably an afterthought, knowing there was seven years gap between me and my immediate elder sister.

In 2004 God saved me from drowning, in 2006 to 2009 I was the worst example of a good child, even though I had encounter God at 2007 but fell back again.

I did most of my growing up away from my biological parent under the roof of someone I would call my uncle, he was fed up of my nonchalant and irritating attitude, hence he threatened to throw me out of his house countless times, since my attitude didn’t portray a child with a great future. But what nobody knew was that my stubbornness and ill manners was a way of suppressing the unanswered questions in my mind, Imagine as a teenager going through life without anybody giving you critical attention or asking about your emotional struggles? That’s Horrible.

In 2009 I was suffering from identity crisis, more so I hated myself and how I look as a person, but something happened, I met a girl, who is still in my life until this day. (I talk more about this some other time.)

2010 was a transformation year for me, my life began to gain traction, gradually I began to know what purpose is, started studying, listening to audio tapes.

Now you know why I love teenagers, committed to helping youth gain direction and bringing out the best in people through meeting their emotional needs, and exploring their innate potentials.

Why am I telling this story? To let someone out there who is going through the most difficult time of their life right now, that there is a product in every pain, and a message in every mess. God won’t put you through tribulation if he is unaware of your capabilities to surmount them, and turn them in to a sermon to liberate nations.

Having gone through all of these, I can boldly say, God is good, life is a process, there might be days of hunger, pains, and sadness, just like in the words of Winston Churchill “If you’re going through hell, KEEP GOING” so for who thought I had the best childhood that’s why I do why am always enthusiastic, you might want to reconsider your assumption. So for this reason I say HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.

My testimony of how God’s grace saw me through the pains and trauma of losing my eldest brother and my mentor, and some other friends, in one day. My interview with Dorcas Oluwadamilola Aboderin.

 

 

Wise-solo: Please can you tell us your name in full?

Damilola: I am Dorcas Oluwadamilola Aboderin.

Wise-solo: How was growing up like for   you?

Damilola: Growing up was really great, I used to be really quiet and shy, I think I’m still quiet though. I guess that period, it saved me from lots of trouble since I was on my own, most of the time, or with close friends. I bonded more with family and close friends.

Wise-solo: What do you consider to be an ideal life as a young teenage girl, and did your view bout life changed at some point when you became an adult?

 

Damilola: Based on the environment I was exposed to, you were given a well-done-pat on the back when you get excellent grades in school, that kind of mentality. It was really beautiful then because it helped me set my priorities right, and take education serious. However, I guess my view just adjusted a bit: I used to be scared of failure, I spelt it as being useless. Growing up, I realised failure meant “Get better, or improve”. Instead of killing yourself because you failed, let it be a lesson for you to get better. I guess it was Edison who tried 999 ways and failed when making the light bulb. He rather said he found 999 ways of how not to make light bulb.

Damilola: That’s my mentality now, rather than not do anything because you’re scared it would not work out or you might fail in it, why not take a step, learn from your mistakes, and grow.

Wise-solo: wow so the world out there is not ready for a pity party?

Damilola: Totally true, I know some guys out there who refused to flow with the pity party, like Cobhams Asuko, Nick (the guy without legs). Rather than worry about what you don’t have, thank God for what you have and use it the best way.

Wise-solo: okay we will talk more about your growth process later

Now let’s get more personal….Drum ROLL….

Wise-solo: The past four months was a life transforming season for you, would you mind telling us about it?

Damilola: Alright, that’s great then.

Damilola: It really was! Precisely November got me asking God lots of questions. I was actually involved in an accident with a group of friends, the accident killed my eldest brother and my mentor. I and some others were in coma for weeks, but I’m far stronger now to the glory of God

Damilola: That season, I almost lost my faith in God because I felt he betrayed me. But with time and with God, he sent me some amazing friends who came around to sharpen me. Their comfort that period really made me far stronger. One particular scripture that made more sense to me was Phillipians 1:21, which I’ll paraphrase; “if I’m to live on this earth, I’ll live for Christ. However, death is absolutely more gainful.”

It made me come to terms with the fact that earth is only a temporary home, there’s a more glorious place we should all have in view; Heaven. Lots of glory and peace up there. It made me understand the beauty of Faith in the midst of storm.

 

Wise-solo: i know there are some things that can’t be put in to words, but if you don’t mind could you walk us through the pain process, what or how  do you feel when the reality first hit your face, when you recovered from coma and expecting the world to compensate you for facing life once again, only to discover you are about to face the worst nightmare of your life?

Damilola: Alright, here’s what happened, When I got to know what happened, what brought me to the hospital, and what happened to everyone else, I actually wished the accident took my life instead, I never imagined I could live with the memories of everything flooding my head, it was too much. At a point, I wished rapture could happen immediately, I just wished the whole world ended. For weeks, I thought it was a dream, it still feels like a dream though, but like He told Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:9, the Holy-Spirit helped me rest on the truth that His grace would help me scale through that phase.

Damilola: So that has been my testimony, that in my weakness, I really found strength with God’s word.

Damilola: I spent more time listening to messages about how we are to handle such situations, through God’s word.

Wise-solo: hmmmm! thank you for being open with your scar, not everyone is brave enough to handle this.

Damilola: It’s my pleasure 😊.

Wise-solo: What would you say are some of the things tragedies are out to steal from people?

Damilola: The truth is, the devil is actually not after your cash, or your spouse, or your health, or your job. He’s after your faith in God. When tragedies hit a person, I believe it has one major assignment, to shift your gaze from God to the storm, to make you lose confidence in God. I believe this one thing is what tragedies aim to steal: Your faith in God and the finished work of Christ.

Damilola: So He looks for ways to touch these things, so you’ll loose faith in God.

Wise-solo: This is so profound.

Damilola: I’m glad it is🙌

Wise-solo: i’ve heard people say they could manage to look over the pain of what happened, but they can’t deal with the memory of loss of their loved ones, what would you say to such person, and how would you advice them?

Damilola: The memories would definitely keep playing back, even on my side, it still does. When the memories flood my mind, what I do is thank God that those who died are somewhere far better. I had a talk with myself after the incident, that for those who went to heaven, as long as they have seen and tasted of the overwhelming glory up there, they won’t even want to return to earth. Though some memories are unforgettable, I let them inspire me to live totally for Christ, to give my whole life out for the gospel. I want to leave this world empty, knowing that I let my light so shine for the world to see and give glory to my Daddy in Heaven.So I’ll advice, for those out there, when the memories come up, thank God for the life they lived, and let it spur you to live with eternity in view, coz the earth is only a temporary home. Heaven is by far better

Wise-solo: thoughtful response.

Damilola: Thank you Wise Solo 😊

Wise-solo: hope am not overwhelming you with questions?

Damilola: 😄😄nooo, the questions are alright.

Wise-solo: Does the incident make you understand The love of God in a different light from what you used to know and believed?

Damilola: Yes it really does, the whole incidence gave me a deeper perspective about God’s love. It made me understand the passage that says God doesn’t tempt us. But he never allows a temptation beyond what we can bear come to us. Meaning, He’s with us through out the trails, and His grace is sufficient to help us scale through and to strengthen our Faith. Even moments when it felt like God was silent, those moments when I got angry with Him, I rested on His word in Psalm 23: He leads me beside the still waters for His name sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadows of death, even though the trials seems so wild, even though the pains were much, I rested on the fact that He was still there as my shield. It helped me trust in His love, that He was with me throughout that phase.

Wise-solo: Wow beautiful!

Damilola: I appreciate Baba God for strength🙌😊

Wise-solo: Having gone through this wilderness experience, how do you now see LIFE  and TIME?

Damilola: After everything, I see life as only being valuable in Christ. I’ve come to understand that it’s only the man in Christ that actually has life, nothing else means anything to me. It’s alright to have relevance here on earth, to excel in your job and your circle, but don’t let it be at the expense of your Faith in Christ. Because we would leave this earth empty, without cash or acquisition or properties. So let your value be “To Know Christ, and To make Him known”

Wise-solo: hmmm so true.

Wise-solo: In essence Tragedy doesn’t come to destroy us only if we let it, but to shake us and give us a reawakening about how life is supposed to be lived.

Damilola: Totally true, and it’s confirmed in James 1:2, consider it pure joy when you face trials of many kinds, because it’ll help you test your faith, bring your faith to the fire to see how strong it is, and the testing of your faith produces perseverance. So I believe pressure through trails helps us know our strength in faith. Relating it to the seeds been planted, when storms came, it was only the seed deeply rooted in the word, that was able to withstand the storm and remind firm.

Wise-solo: Am sure there are people out there reading this interview going through the same pain or worst, please take your time to address them, as someone who have been through it. and let them see the reason to push on.

Damilola: Guys, the truth is that storms would definitely come, the devil has lots if strategies to sway a believer, according to Ephesians 6:10-20. This particular passage helps us know how to be girded as soldiers on earth, so no matter how hard the devil tries, the shield of God’s word, and the other armors, help you withstand the wiles and deceit of the devil.

Wise-solo: hmm profound.

Damilola: It’s just a call to always remain girded, always get ready and fully armoured, before the storms even show up.

Wise-solo: Before we round up this interview, let me ask the last five questions?

Damilola: Alright, please go ahead my brother🙌

Wise-solo: Do you ever imagine there will come a day you will have the strength to confront this kind of storm, and what was the source of that strength?

Damilola: I never believed I would face such in my entire life, I used to be of opinion that a man in Christ would never go through a bad season, I felt bad seasons were only for evil people. But I believe this season made me come to terms with the fact that the devil is always out there looking for whom to devour. We only remain un-devourable in Christ, and when we are fully girded with the armor to resist the devil’s wiles

Damilola: When the storms came, I believe God’s word I had stored up over time helped me shield the devil’s wiles away.

Wise-solo: Beautiful.

Damilola: Yes that’s the major, I believe we should take the word of God as being beyond sermons or verses we cram, and applying it to real life situations.

Wise-solo: What would you say about your late Mentor Barrister Ruth Otiotio, how as she influenced your life and the life of others?

Damilola: This one in particular gets me really emotional, but I’ll say something notwithstanding, I trust God wants to use it as a message to others out there

I fondly called her mama because she mentored me like a mother. Her memories remain in my heart forever. Every single day, I keep craving for her sincere advice.

I remember how she took the things of God really personal. Her usual quote on instagram was: “The King loves you and so do I”….Now the love of God makes more sense to me now. Her life’s mantra was “Service to God and humanity.” She was always selfless when it comes to serving others, the passion was always there. She handled lots of programs to help so many ladies out there, lots of testimonies came in after every event. I really do miss her, and I’m glad the impact of her life still live on in the lives of many. I’ll stop here please.

 

Wise-solo: Am sorry it gets you emotional.

Wise-solo: What would you say the young ladies out there should learn from her?

Damilola: I’ll love the young ladies out there to learn from is this:

Understand your worth is not in your body, or your spouse, or your cash. Your worth is in Christ. Let that spur you to live totally for Him, let other ladies be inspired by your lifestyle, let it create a ripple effect in the lives of others around you. Continually use what God has placed in you to transform the lives of others. Know Christ for yourself, and make Him known around the world.

Wise-solo: Thank you so much, i know am bringing back memories but i trust God to use it to transform lives.

Damilola: It’s alright Solo.

Wise-solo: As regard to your elder brother, what would you say about him?

Damilola: I really hope I can get myself together to say something now.

 

Damilola: Alright, let’s see. I fondly called him Egbon, as my eldest brother. Bro Segun was less concerned about acquisitions, wealth, fame, etc. Though he had lots of plans to have a great life and family, but his priority was God’s work. He spelt out humility to us as siblings. He represented this deep counsel and agenda of God within and outside His circle. I always observed how He used His earnings to help others in need; we had lots of visits to less-privileged homes, I learnt sacrifice from him. He was always concerned about the souls, evangelism, getting soaked in God’s word. Egbon Segun lived with eternity in view. I thank God He’s somewhere far better, full of glory, where no worries exist, with our father up there; that’s the only thing that gave me comfort after everything happened.

Damilola: Please permit me to pause here, thank you

Wise-solo: I can sense a lot of emotions poured in to this. This wasn’t just some politically correct Eulogy, but this is birth out from deep truth and well of emotions.

Damilola: Yes it is, their life was actually beyond impact.

Damilola: It actually got me emotional, but that’s alright. God knows why everything happened the way they happened.

Wise-solo: How do you intend to convert this pain you’ve experienced to a product that will be beneficial to people?

Damilola: By God’s grace, I’m working on something on my birthday in May, though I won’t disclose it here yet because it’s still under its planning stage. But I believe with the Messages God has placed in my heart from this storm, what we are planning would help a lot of people out there understand the beauty of Faith in the midst of storms and trials. So, I have May 24th in view, to talk about this particular things I am working on. Please guys, be expectant. What God has in store for us through this plan would indeed reach out to everyone in every corner of the world, it will definitely bless you beyond your widest dreams. So, may 24th in view😁

Wise-solo: Am so excited i can’t wait for 24th. By God’s grace he will see you through

Damilola: 😄😄😄please be really expectant, everyone, I believe Oluwa gatz us this season🙌

Wise-solo: I feel it wasn’t just ordinary that you push through the pain process, but to also help others navigate through it.

Damilola: That’s totally true Solo-whizzz, I believe God comforts us to help comfort others (like the way 2nd Corinthians 1:4 explains it).

Wise-solo: If a person who is going through emotional pain and needs to contact you to discuss about it more, how can the person get through to you?

Damilola: It’ll be my honest pleasure having a chat with such a person, I can be reached on instagram @dorcasaboderin, or Facebook as Dorcas Aboderin. Or you can contact the interviewer, He definitely would keep in touch with me.

Wise-solo: What are your last words for this interview?

Damilola: My final words here would be this:

Everything you’ve ever been through, that trial and the pains you experienced, God is aware, and He has promised to bring out beauty from ashes, oil of Joy instead of mourning, to give you garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness, all for His own glory. Isaiah 61:3

Wise-solo: Wow thank you for the time you took in sharing your painful experiences with us, as an avenue to liberate other people fighting similar storm.

Damilola: I feel honored to have shared all these with you Solo, it also helped me ease out a lot of all the HolySpirit has been helping me understand this period. I appreciate this platform, and I believe God would use it to help a lot of others out there rest on His faithfulness

Wise-solo: i am blessed by those inspiring words of yours, i guess through the help of God we are stronger than we thought.

Damilola: A loud yes, as long as the fire did not kill us, it’ll definitely make us stronger 💪💪💪

 

 

 

Wise-solo: all right THANK YOU SO MUCH DAMILOLA. “DAMISCO” as i fondly call you.

 

Damilola: My pleasure Solowhizz, thank you so much.

My interview with Jeff Eromosele, A writer, Public Speaker, Pastor and a Kingdom addict.

Wise-solo: Can you tell us your name in full please

P.J: Jeffery Eromosele…

Wise-solo: Alright

Wise-solo: do you have any nick name?

P.j : Well I do, some persons call me P. J which means pastor Jeff.. That’s like an abbreviation of my name..

Wise-solo: I would settle for that then…P.J

P.J : So I technically adopted it and use it for most of my online write ups…

P.J : But I would prefer you pastor Jeff in a platform like this…

Wise-solo:Alright…

Wise-solo: Tell us about your child hood?

P.J :Growing up for me was a bit challenging and the same time interesting…

Wise-solo:Really?

P.J :My dad played a major role in my intellectual capacity apart from the formal education I got… I sincerely appreciate those days where he always brings newspapers to the house and we had no choice than to read and it helped me to broaden the scope of my mindset…

Wise-solo:That’s interesting.

Wise-solo: Kindly highlight three major lessons you learn from your challenges while growing up?

P.J :Well firstly, I learnt hard work, sometimes when it’s not convenient for me, my parents would still want us to do what is needed to be done and if you don’t, trust me, you will be in trouble with my dad and so I had a mindset of working hard..

Wise-solo:Okay the first lesson is HARD WORK?

P.J :Yes

P.J :Then secondly,

P.J :I learnt the act of submission and respect, my mum always gives my dad the respect due to him and it saved the house alot of troubles… I discovered from her that humility is the gateway to peace and tranquility in every marriage and home…It’s not always important to have your way all the times in issues, sometimes you just have to bend backward for peace to prevail and that’s why I never saw my dad and my mum fought for one day…

 

P.J :So I saw where it wasn’t convenient for her to succumb but she just had to… It was challenging to me anyway…

Wise-solo: WOW..”Humility is the gateway to peace and tranquility” what a word, i think i need to tweet that.

Wise-solo: I you ask me, one of the major reason why many marriages hit the rock these days, is the absence of what you just explained right now

P.J :Then lastly, peer pressure was a challenge major to me..

Wise-solo: Yes this is also a huge challenge right here, i was going to talk about that somewhere in the middle of this interview, but since you brought it up.

P.J : The first time I gave my life to Christ, I was still very young even though I really did not know what it means to be saved, I lost my salvation because of peer pressure, I saw my friends doing things differently and I consented to their ways, Prov1v10 says, “do not consent when sinners entice thee”…I went contrary to this scriptures, but thank God, I came back to the lord in 2006 and am still here basking in the lords arm… My mum and my aunt in Lagos played a major role in my restoration process, So I was able to build enough strength resist wrong advances and it helped me stayed in faith. Glory!

Wise-solo: wow.. that’s interesting.

Wise-solo: I know you to be a spontaneous writer, a pastor, and very intelligent?

Wise-solo: so what are the things you are passionate about that i refused to mention?

P.J : By God’s grace…

P.J : Am also passionate about purpose and a strong affinity with the person of the Holy Spirit… These are my cravings all the time..

Wise-solo: Now, we are getting to the real purpose of the interview.

Wise-solo: I know you to have an infectious passion and love for God, any story behind that?

P.J : Well, there are a lots of story but I will just say one of the major, my passion and love for God became fully blown when I encountered one of Benny Hinn book titled “Good morning Holy Spirit”, it transformed my life and since then my desire for God climaxed and I still watch videos of Him today..

Wise-solo: Interesting.

P.J : Hence the reason for my passion as regards the affinity with the Holy Spirit..

Wise-solo: You’re also an avid reader, would you like to share some of the books you’ve read in the past that has transformed your life, and please tell us about your all time favourite book, and some of the lesson you learn from it that made it your favorite?

P.J : Okay.

P.J : Well, two books stood out for me, they are, “the pursuit of purpose by Myles Munroe and Good morning Holy Spirit by Benny Hinn.

P.J : I learnt from Myles Munroe book that God created everyone with a purpose, and you can only Flourish in what you’ve been wired to do… We’ve been called to do a particular thing and not everything.

P.J : And then from Benny Hinn book, the Holy Spirit is the best friend anyone can ever have and He needs to be amplified in our lives by fellowshiping with his personality..

Wise-solo: wow.

Wise-solo: Now to the question of purpose, How do you discover your purpose?

P.J :My all time best book is still Good morning Holy Spirit cos it talks about the greatest helper of all time.. Without Him (Holy Spirit) we can do nothing.

P.J :Then to the question of how to discover purpose.

Wise-solo: YES?

P.J :We must first know that God created our purpose and it’s our responsibility to discover it…So Firstly, we must be connected to the one who made the purpose and then every other things will follow.

Wise-solo:OKAY

P.J :Finding out our passion will definitely point us toward our purpose… Passion is the fire of the soul that conveys to our place of purpose fulfillment.

P.J :So it’s important to ask yourself, what are my passionate about? This question will point you to the problems your life is meant to solve.

Wise-solo:When you look at this generation of youths, what comes to your mind?

Wise-solo: “Passion is the fire of the soul that conveys to our place of purpose” this is the bullet point that pretty sums up everything… trust me this is worth tweeting too.

Wise-solo: So it’s important to ask yourself, what are my passionate about? which many people especially the youths seldom asking today.

Wise-solo: When you look at this generation of youths, what comes to your mind?

P.J : Great potentials with an heavy dose of ignorance….So that’s why they have to be taught the act of Destiny realization..

P.J :That’s what comes to my mind.

Wise-solo: lol…. with heavy dose of ignorance

P.J : Yes.. They always want to do what’s available instead of doing what they’ve been wired for. And that’s what is causing confusion among the youths today.

Wise-solo: How do you think they can be helped?

P.J : Firstly, their mentality needs to be ventilated and knowledge does that ventilation.

P.J : The layers of ignorance must be dealt with by craving for knowledge, it involves reading books and listening to mentors in their desired field of endeavour. The way up is to connect with those that are already there.. That’s where mentoring is very important.

Wise-solo: wow.. so you mean knowledge is what they need, and not their fruitless attempt of trying to look like a particular celebrity?

P.J :Yes…They shouldn’t try to look like any celeb, those that possesses vision and are willing to work on it will definitely be watched on Television..

Wise-solo: wow you hit the point.

Wise-solo: What are the things you would say to a youth who is feeling a void, and not certain which step to take in life, and also to the youth who is about to give up in life?

P.J :Well, they should stay connected to God because he is the source of purpose… And then the place of prayers and diligent study will help bearing in mind that “Rome wasn’t built in a day”,they shouldn’t be scared to start small.

Every vision needs time,a correct approach and the right environment to blossom and become a reality..That’s what every youth should know.

 

P.J :Knowledge births vision by opening a persons eyes to see correctly.

Wise-solo: do you have people you look up to, as a mentor?

P.J :Yes I do.

P.J : My mentors are, Pastor Benny Hinn, Dr. Paul Enenche, Pst Johnmark Ighosotu and Dr D. K. Olukoya

Wise-solo:Why did you chose them?

P.J : First of all, God connected me to my mentors and caused me to choose them, remember Phil2v13 says “God is at work in us to will and to do his good pleasure”.. They possess the instruction my destiny needs for fulfillment and there is this connection each time I listen to them. It is that connection that makes impact flows them to me.

Wise-solo:What are your plans to affect your generation?

P.J :Basically, most of my plans are pointed towards young people, and so a platform has been created to reach out to them.. One of such is the Ignition network and it’s geared towards sparking God consciousness and activating destiny and purpose fulfillment .. And that’s the reason for the online write ups and nuggets…Also the public speaking will be intensified, it’s time to catch them young and impact them with the right mindset.. So that we can have a world of enlightened people.. And this will be possible through Gods word and the Holy Spirit.

Wise-solo:What’s your idea on marriage?

P.J :Marriage is a beautiful venture instituted by God for the purpose of procreation and destiny enhancement….So if it’s not for these purposes, then it’s no longer marriage but a distortion of God’s order.

Wise-solo: Distortion of God’s order..The BULLET POINT.

Wise-solo:What do you think the youths are getting wrong about marriage?

P.J : It’s most times in the area of aligning their purpose with who to marry… Purpose comes before marriage, we must know what we’ve been called to do before venturing into it because by doing this, the youth will have pointers to who they should spend the rest of their lives with…Amos3v3 says,” two can’t work together except they first agree”..It’s a sync and the God factor that makes marriage productive and not just the euphoria of our longings… Marriage is way above some fantasies..So every youth must get it right..

Wise-solo: It is not a trip to Disney land.

Wise-solo: what’s your favorite quote?

P.J :”Great men are those of extraordinary passion that drives them to fulfillment”

Wise-solo:Succinctly presented.

Wise-solo:If anybody is to read this interview, what would you like them to always remember?

P.J :Everyone is a potential gold mine, look inward , amplify the Holy Spirit and the sky will be your starting point to the realm of no limit.

Wise-solo:What would you like to be remember for?

P.J :My passion for the person of the Holy Spirit so as to please Jesus and cause a divine revolution among the youths and humanity in general… That’s what I will love to be remembered for.

Wise-solo: Lastly what are your last words for this interview?

P.J :Don’t give up on yourself.. You can become all God wants you to be.. Just stay connected to God and the right company.

Wise-solo:I know you’re the pioneer of the IGNITE NETWORK.

Wise-solo: So how can people reach you?

P.J : My email is jefferyeromosele@gmail.com and then my phone number, 07032449442.

Wise-solo: Thank you so much for your time.

P.J : You are most welcome.

 

 

 

 

365 WAS BEYOND NUMBERS FOR ME PART 4 (FINALE)

I Hope You’ve been reading the previous parts; this is the concluding part of the post. Continuation, he asked me a simple question “you should have been doing these things, why are you denying my people of my gift?” it was the next week I joined a group in a fellowship, but still low-key. The lessons I learnt was, God is not interested in your church going, but your personal relationship and interaction with him.

Lastly God striped me of every material thing I taught I possessed, I couldn’t even buy new clothes, it was frustrating for me, it was when I knew he wanted me to seek validation in the knowledge of who I am, and not in affiliation to material things, he taught me, that when we attached our identity to the things or people we can lose, we haven’t truly discover who we are. It was a painful lesson I learnt in a hard way.

Lastly, from 2016 to 2017 I applied for several things that didn’t work out, I wrote proposals that was denied countless times, though painful I learn a great lesson of building persistence and perseverance, I was using those failures to build and develop myself, I became more tougher inside, I began to see failure in different light, I began to see failure as an avenue for improvement.

All through those times, there wasn’t a day I wasn’t spending hours in my closet developing myself, I got to know the making of a general is not without tears, I was certain what my future holds, I know the impact I wanted to have in my world, those were my propelling force, I made a vow, that nobody who get close to me, with an open heart will leave me the same, the things I learn must be contagious. Those were what helped me to maintain my focus.

The last part of this article is more of an encouragement and a wakeup call, let me break your religious mindset, no matter any prophetic declaration if God wants you to learn a lesson, he will take you through a trying times and there is NOTHING any man can do about it, you might as well reserve the energy you want to use to pray against demons to improve yourself, and be attentive to God, most of those things are mainly distractions. If you ask me if I would like to go through those periods again, I won’t say yes, but sure I would love to learn those lessons over again. Remembering  that I lost some people to death towards the end of 2017 makes it more scary, but it taught me a great lesson of how fleeting mortals are, tomorrow is not certain, make your mark, follow your passion, don’t die on the wish bed.

This is to anybody who might be going through a difficult moment right now, stay calm, be sensitive to the lessons God is trying to teach you through pains, never compare your life with anyone else, we all are in different seasons of our life, if you compare your pain season to the blessing season of others, you might just end up more depressed. We all are running a different race.

For those who are yet to encounter obstacles in life, anticipate and embrace it when it come, you’re not possessed,  pain is what God uses to get our attention, knowing God experientially doesn’t come while you fold your leg and sipping coffee, experiences are what made great men. I hope you believe me when I say my 2017 being 365 days is not just a number for me.