Why Cryptocurrency

 The Cryptocurrency space has not even been tapped yet, there’s still so much that can be done with it. The more I think of it, the endless its possibilities.

This is how I see it, everything you can do with your regular currency (money), you can do it with cryptocurrency but in a better way. So I will say it is an UPGRADE of the regular currency.

CURRENCY 2.0 BETA… Lol

So let’s answer why Cryptocurrency should be preferred to regular currency.

1. You can access and use your money anytime: It is accessible at anywhere and anytime, so it does what regular for of money do. Just the way you transfer your money from your phone app, so also is cryptocurrency, it is a digital for of money.
2. You are in total control of your money: what that means is that you manage your funds right from your phone just like regular money. You can buy card, buy commodity and do many transaction with ease.
3. Transactions are between you and the person you are dealing with. What these means is that you don’t need a singular institute to confirm your transactions before they become successful. When you understand BLOCKCHAIN, you will appreciate this more.
4. You are not limited to your country. The things that many of these financial institutes are trying to achieve with sending money overseas is not even a problem with cryptocurrency cause it doesn’t even recognises countries boundaries or border.

This is just a preamble to the nature of what cryptocurrency entails and how we can utilize it. In future post i will explain what Blockchain is and how the technology has changed the way we can handle processes.

Savings - Budgeting Formula

In 'How to Save Money: Making Smart Financial Decisions', Terrance Odean share some simple insight on how to save money.

We will notice 1st that when it comes to saving, Budgeting cannot be ruled out. It is the deliberate way to achieving your savings goal. I shared a little bit on some simple steps to creating your personal budget in a previous post, so you can check it out to know just a little more.

So now I am sharing a formulae for budgeting.

We should know that the higher your sources of income are the easier it is to achieve your budget.

That said, this is a simple formula.

Terrance Odean shared the formula Senator Elizabeth Warren and her daughter wrote in their book “Worth” stating that there are basically three personal categories in budgeting — The Must Have, Savings and Wants.

1. Must Haves; These are recurrent expenses that show up like food, bills, transportation.
2. Savings; are the money you plan to save.
3. Wants; These are any other expenses that pops up or stuff you desire to buy.

He advice you then split your income into percentages.

Must Have - 50%

Savings - 20%

Wants - 30%

This is quite simple and easy to apply.

We know that so many unexpected circumstances can arise everyday like health challenges, broken car or some domestic hazards which we don’t pray for any but this can be used as a simple template to achieve your budget.

I would advice that when it come to saving, ensure you do it 1st. It should not be done after you have met all your expenses.

Pay yourself First.

There are many saving platforms and opportunities that I will introduce you to soon that could serve as an investment to you why you save.

Create your Personal Budget

    Personal Budgeting is one of the ways to improve on proper spending. We are most times focused on how we make money but never how we spend it, but budgeting is a good habit that will help us check our spending and ensure our income goes to proper use.

This are some basic-easy to apply ways to create a budget.

Step 1: Know your Monthly Spending


You can do this by either

• 
Checking through your email and calculate the monthly account statement the your bank sends.

• If you have your bank mobile App, Just request for your Statement from January 1st till now (This is the easiest).

• You can go to your bank also and fill a form requesting for it.



Now this does not include physical cash you receive that never made it to your bank account, you can pen down as much as you can remember on a separate sheet. 

Step 2: Write down your Spendings into Categories.

    Categorising your budget will help you to know how your money is spent and what it is spent on, this can help you know what is a necessity and what isn’t.

    You can categorise them into your Regular or Fixed expenses like Food, Rent, Transport or Casual expenses like clothes, outings and then also emergency spending like health, repairs and the likes.

Step 3: Set Financial Goals for Yourself

This is totally personal to you. 

    What are the things you are planning to achieve but needs some heavy financial commitment. Lately for me, it was my school fees. So it could be that of your children, to building a house or buying a car, it could also be saving towards your wedding. Both short and long term goals should be set.

Step 4: Create a plan for the next month to achieve your financial goals.

    Now with all this definitions on paper, you can predict how your next month will look like financially. So you can create a plan you could work with on the things you would spend money on to achieve your set goals. Break some of the large financial goals into bits, in percentages and over a period of time.

Step 5: Lower Unnecessary spending as much as you can

    After all you have done, sticking to your plan is totally up to you. You might have to cut down on some luxury and if you must, create it inside your budget.

Step 6: Check your Budget weekly.

    Looking at what you wrote will help remind you of what you want to achieve and keep you committed to it.

'JESUS IS COMING SOON' IS NOT THE GOSPEL

Jesus is coming soon is more of an information to the believer than the unbeliever. 

To the Unbeliever, it is Jesus has come and your sins are forgiven, that’s the good news. 

Jesus Christ came to redeem the sinful nature of man that broke the relationship we had with the father. Now we can be reconciled with the almighty God by believing on what Christ has done. [2 Cor. 5:18-19]

We know that the payment (punishment) for sin is death which many practiced for years in killing of bulls and goat and some still do till now. [Rom 6:23, Heb. 9:13-14]

God expressed the height of love for us by coming to die for us in the person of his son Jesus Christ. [John 1:1; 3:16]

Jesus died on the cross, cursed to be sin, was buried for three days, covering our past, present and future and was glorified (rose) on the third day.

In this he paid for the sins of the whole world in full once and for all. [Heb. 10:10]

And YES! He paid for your sin and mine too.

The only way we partake of it is when we believe it and confess Jesus as Lord. [Rom. 10:9-10]

This is the Gospel.

Jesus is coming soon should be an information that gladens the heart of anyone who has believed in THE GOSPEL because we have an assurance that we will be taken with him when he comes.

It should be an information that reminds a believer that there is urgency now in the preaching of THE GOSPEL as we want more to be save and come to the knowledge of Christ and into the family of God which we are in.

It should be a reminder that it is time to pray more. Pray that the knowledge of Christ reaches the ends of the earth.

Jesus came and he is coming again.

Blessed.

~Osahen Oghogho

What's I have been up to for a while now

Its being a while here.

Have always wanted to do something spectacular and its becoming an excuse for procrastination.

So am not going to put much thinking to my write up(its becoming the only way I do things now, proactively?).

What I have being up to...

Ok, since my thoughts to words post which was the beginning of the year I so much has happened.

* I Graduated.
* I Handed Over Leadership
* JAMSummit 2016
* I Moved
* Am Working

Its being a change of everything.

Its a totally different scene after school. You are face with real issues, people facing real issues, future defining questions to be answered, real decisions to be made.

The whole experience has being transforming.

You think am same Osahen you use to know, I could tell you, A LOT has change.

A quick preview:
I literally leave what man calls civilization (Telecommunication) every morning and have fellowship with colleagues, nature and machines.

I come back in the evenings or night, one way or the other exhausted.

* Hours spent online has dropped geometrically
* I enjoy more time alone and quiet.
*  Am more business and work progressive than relating now.

In all this, the only thing that makes sense is the Gospel. It has being the core through every step since the beginning of the year.

So many people believe I have forgotten them because I moved or graduated or any of the transitions I stated...

Well, the truth is, I have...
But what I have learnt from you lives in me,
The experiences we shared I can never forget,
Your good deeds I will always appreciate and speak about,
You are part of my growing story, part of my history told.

We might not be in contact as we use to right now doesn't mean you ain't still as valuable as you where. You are most cherished. I believe if we are to meet now, you will understand what I mean.

Some people feels a BAE in my life is the reason our relationship went cold(Smiling). Well, It takes a lot of maturity to handle what my emotions has to offer now. Don't wish to be in the shoe.
Jesus is BAE.

So am thankful to everyone who has and is a part of life process.

Family, colleagues, CFi & CGMi Global, Friends, local assembly and much more.

This blog is dedicated to you all.
Stay blessed

#JesusIsSweet

GPK Ft. Ogaga on a New Single #Grace

"Our lives would have been wasted if our God didn't preserve
All because of His GRACE I know we never deserve"
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GPK Releases Two Hit Singles

Fast Rising Warri based gospel rap sensation and Crown FM OAP Godspower Kabowei (GPK) releases 2 hit singles #WWW (Worshipping With Words) and #Iyagolongtong (God's love) from his soon to be released "Gospel for the street"album.

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New Year doesn't mean New Life

Happy New Year Friends

As we know it, the calendar is meant for references and marking time.
The quality of your life is dependent on what you daily invest into it.

It's a new year, a marked time for the beginning of a new season.
A beginning of a defined period of 365 days.
The timer has just being reset.

That's all there is. Nothing really has changed.
Same you of new year eve, will still be you when it's new year.
If you were broke, you still will be broke
If you were wealthy, you still will be
If you were sick, or foolish, or in school, or jobless, or successful.
There will be no change because you are in a new year.

Every positive change you want to see must be deliberately made by you. Yes, its not magic.

Its a new year friends, grow everyday, no matter how small. (My people perish because of lack of knowledge).

You want your business to grow, get to know your business trends beta.
Be a beta staff
Be a beta boss
Be a beta student.
Grow spiritually... Get to know God and all the truths he said concerning you.

You growth is up to you, not the new year

-Osahen Oghogho

The Spirit of Christmas (Giving)

Luke 2:10-11

"10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord".(KJV)

The Spirit of Christmas is giving. Yes! I just said it plainly because there’s no other way to say it.

We need to be awaken to times and seasons, know the spirit of every seasons and times, flow with the tides of the season as to benefit and utilize it properly.

When you sow a seed in its right season, it will flourish and produce more yield.

When you do the right thing at the right time, you will get effective and efficient results

God gave his best this season, He gave himself, the height of the expression of his love. Jesus was God himself in flesh (John 1:1).

Friends, let's do same... Am so excited of how amazing outreaches are done all over the world and this is what this season is all about.

Foodstuffs might be too expensive but paying for a friends meal isn't.

Buying a car may be too expensive but paying for someone’s isn't.

Give out clothes

Give Give Give

Share the season with a friend, neighbour, a stranger.

It’s a love mata

Merry Christmas Friends

Corporate Worship: Part 2

I wrote on corporate worship some time back and dealt with how we should worship God in spirit and in truth and how it is an instruction.

This time i will be dealing with two (2) other truth we should know about worshipping God so we can be blessed in our worship.

Meditating still on the story I referenced to which I presume is the main teaching on Jesus about worship and it was to a woman by the well side. More revelations on what worship is,came to light.
John 4:23b says "... the father seeketh such to worship him". This brings us to the 1st truth I will be talking about.

DO IT RIGHT:
I will be direct on this and just give various points that surround this truth.
Its being pointed out, that worship is a lifestyle but for the sake of this series am focused on how  it is been expressed in songs. Hopefully I'll talk about it as a whole some other time.

When you worship God give your best...
Worship with undivided attention
Make an effort to give the best of your voice,  your sound and everything you need to  use in worship.
Christians always over look details when it has to do with worship and we end up giving half baked of everything.
God showed it to us with Cain and Abel. David showed us, when the arc was returned to Israel, God is always detailed with the musical instruments they played at the various times he instructed them to.

Give quality music to God. Not just because you want make money out of it or because you are just trying to get through a scheduled worship session for the days program.
Every time you are in the place of worship,give the best from your heart,voice and instrument. For the Father desires such to worship him.

Do it right as the worship leader
Do it right as the pastor
Do it right in the congregation
Do it right in your bedroom
Do it right in the bathroom
Do it right in your devotions
Do it right
Do it right always

The second truth I will be dealing with is...

KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING:
Don't worship because everyone else is, worship because you understand what's going on.
Worship is a spiritual exercise (Phil. 3:3).
Its more than what the flesh can do.  For God is spirit and you can only worship him at his frequency (I explained details in this in the part 1 of this series).

Also you should know that worship is a way we relate with God,  one of the strong factors that develops our intimate relationship with God.  I will simply say "worship is deep".

Worship is a life style. Its an expression based on the understanding you have of how magnificent God is.  In other words your worship can only be as deep as how much you know God and He's awesomeness.

Count your blessings and all the wonderful things God has done for you.
When ever this is said we always try to think of the physical things we can remember that God has done for us but that's not all we mean.
There's 10 times more things that God has done for us than we know.,  its all in the bible.
The Glory
The Riches
The Authority
The Power

When you have all this knowledge, i bet you, your worship will be rich,  because you will literally feel God's love for you when ever you think of what he has done.

So this is the little I will say on this truth...  There's just so much and i hope you will continue in this so as to be blessed in you worship.

-Osahen Oghogho

Take a Break

Countless times I remember how I and my friends talk about the luxury we would experience, we could finally rest, when we achieve a certain goal, make our first million, get our dream job, be the person we want to be. We do this for hours sometimes, just dreaming and fantasying about the future.

In chasing your dreams you could be so engross. I honestly can say that am one of those who is ready to take up any challenge and make sure nothing dedicated to me or that I have put my mind to fails. I want to achieve all my goals (like everyone else want to). I put in the right energy, take lectures, Google to be updated, seek counsel, read materials and all that’s needed to make it work. Its demanding and time consuming.

Don’t lose your life to your dream, it is yours, you own it, don’t let it own you.

STOP!!! For a moment. Breathe, Smile, Eat, sleep, Call a friend, Laugh, listen to music, Do something different.

I remember an exam I was preparing for and I and my colleagues spend a whole lot of time preparing, reading, burn the night lamps. I noticed that as the day goes by our energy dropped, fatigue, we assimilate lesser and lesser, struggle to keep our eyes on our books. So I decided we go see a movie. We actually ended up watching a cartoon (Zambezia), it was a fun outing. Later that night when we came to read, we were all energized that we study through that night and many others with ease.

Am not trying to preach laziness or to be distracted but a little relaxation can be the energy booster you need for the next step, it might just be the right thing to do to make the right decision on that matter.

Take a break, let it be in your schedule when you plan your day. Go for your lunch break. Call your spouse. Take a break. 

This blog is for dreamers and achievers. Never give up

I Wanted to Kill Myself

I wanted killing myself. I knew that drinking acid was a straight ticket to death. No one will really care if I die. I have being alone all my life. People just hang around me for what they stand to gain and when they get it they move on. Less respect they treated me with. I felt hatred at my relatives.

Remember countless night without food, bed or shelter. Money was a never dream, love was abstract, success an impossibilities. Am drench in lack and sorrows, many night alone at my corner, to my weirdest thoughts…

Now I just want all the agony to end, the pains should go away, the sleepless nights, the fear, the tears. Nothing just works right. Deep down I want to forgive all my offenders but the more I thing of what they have done the more the hatred boils up inside like a volcano about to erupt.

Standing there with the bottle of acid on my hands, my heart race with so much fear of what really is the afterlife would be…

You could relate with this at some level

No hope at all

The future

Scary

Everyone needs something the HOPE on. It’s what keep the soul going. Hope for a better life, a greater future, food clothe, extra cash to spend on stuff like school fees, hospital bills, utility bills, the necessity just piles up. How miserable life is without HOPE.

HOPE is positivity about future, I like the acronym “Have Only Positive Expectation”, it’s believing. But life has shown us again and again that HOPE on anything on earth fails. Try to take a sincere mind tour, nothing or no one can be true and totally assuring, even the insurance companies.

BUT

I have got I AM who is. God is. In Christ, He has given us everything we need and my HOPE on him is so securing. People wonder why I believe so much on someone I have not seen, it’s simply because they have not believed yet. You can’t tell the taste of an ice-cream if you don’t taste it. Only when you truly on your own and from your heart open up to God and want to experience HIM that you will.

Sickness, poverty, pain, loneliness, confused, bitter, angry, just name it, and He takes care of it all. In His words he will transforms you and gives you joy unspeakable, love unconditional and happiness unending. Yes, you can be happy.

To so many believers like me, please let’s not get tired of telling the world about this HOPE that we have. There’s no vacation in giving HOPE because every single time we relax and want to take a break there is someone loosing HOPE because we are not just saying the right word, giving smiles and laughter, blessing someone with money and kindness, let them feel the real deal about God. Let Heaven be felt here on earth, through you. Don’t be tired in well doing.

God loves you

The Church

The church is not made of bricks and blocks
The church is not when a group of people of the same christian faith gather together in service. No that's fellowship
The church is not in any location

The church is made of every believer and Christ is our chief corner stone (Eph. 2:20-22), we are a FAMILY. You are the church, a mobile representation of God,
A believer of the gospel
A son of God 
A citizen of Zion, Royalty as priest, Holy and Pure, Unique and outstanding (1 Pet. 2:9), you have the DNA of Zoe.

The church does not try to make you righteous, 
It MADE you Righteous (1 Cor. 5:21)
It MADE you Healed (1 Pet. 2:24)
It MADE you Free (Gal. 5:1)
It MADE you Victorious (Rom. 8:37)
It MADE you Prosperous (Matt. 6:33)
It MADE you Smart (2 Tim. 1:7)

The church loves you even in your mess
The church provides your every needs
The church strengthens you
The church guides you

Oh! What a beautiful place to be, its an expression of heaven right here on earth. A place of peace, joy and laughter in the mist of a trouble world. It is upward and forward only.

We invite you to join this church by accepting JESUS as Lord of your life. If you wanna do say this out loud:

"Lord Jesus, i believe you are the son of God, i believe you came to earth, died and resurrected on the third day. Be my Lord and personal Saviour. Thank you Lord. I am saved"

WOW!!! We rejoice, welcome to the family. Yes, it is that easy. All you need to do is get to know more about this new family you are in.

Friendship

Hey friends, its being quiet a busy period and haven't had the chance to sit and write any of my thoughts. What am ganna do is put down some thoughts from one of my teachings i had some weeks back and hope it blesses you... Enjoy

Friends: A friend is someone who likes you and enjoy being with you. No friendship without likeness. Loving someone is mandatory as the bible commanded us to but liking someone can be selective. I really hope you get what i mean. There's this rest or satisfaction you feel around the person. No tension, you just chill.

Some few bible verses to further elaborate friendship

Prov 18: 24 "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."

Not every one is your friend: you might be a people person, you always have people hanging around you but when it comes to those you call your friends, they are the once that hangs around when you still have nothing to offer. When things are down. The once that drink the garri and eats the rice. Being boastful of the number of friends you have is actually foolishness. Its takes commitment to keep a friend and if are committed to so many you will be committed to non. Make real friends and keep real friends.

Also friendship is all about love. As much as you like, which is the extra, love is the foundation. Matt 22:39 says "And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself". Yes, love them as you love yourself. Love is everything. I wouldn't go so much on the subject of love on this blog but the area i would put emphasis to is the love of oneself.

Jesus said love them as yourself. But some people don't love themselves, funny right??? But its true. And your love for others is directly proportional to self love. When you have a bad view of yourself, everyone will look just as bad as you see yourself.
There was a day a car splashed mud on me and stained my clothe, unfortunately i wasn't were i could change my clothes and trying to clean up got matter worse(you know those kind of bad days), the rest of my day was full of mood swings, quarrel and envy. It came naturally. Yea, that was a result of the new view i had of my present state reflecting on the way i relate with others.
Love yourself, you are priceless.

Friendship is the greatest love as stated in John 15:12-15 "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.    Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.    Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.    Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you". 

I can speak a whole day on this verses. There's just so much in it. Ok i will just pick out the points.

• Jesus stated that the love of a friend is greatest.
• Also, you friend knows you well. Not just your name, friends are made over a period of time. He/she doesn't just know you as a colleague or neighbour, he/she knows your surname and deep stuff.
• Now in the matter of understanding, listen carefully... As far as you are involved, be the understanding one always, be the one to see reasons, be the understanding one i say again, let issues be treated properly because of you.
• A friend shares also. Lemme state this, if you always feel that everyone is not good and you have always had the story of untrusted friends and friend tuning against you, please check yourself. Sorry to say this, if you don't have true and trusted friends, you are the problem not then

I also love Eccl 4:9-10 "Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.  For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up". No man is an island of himself, it aint good to be alone. When God saw that man was alone he create a friend for him at the garden of eden.
When you have a good friend, you achieve more, two good heads they say is better than one. You have someone to lean on when the going gets rough. Friendship is all about helping each other i tell you. God will not come down from heaven to help you physically, but he definitely will use a friend to.

Dear friends, i know it was a lengthy one, i hope my i have being able to give you a beta perspective to friendship from this scriptures. Enjoy yourself and be a beta friend.

Please feel free share you thoughts on the subject and help share the link. Thanks

-Osahen Oghogho

Laff Testament with Agamex 04

04 entz Presents:

Agamex is a Friend, Cfite, a creative comedian and entertainer full of life and loves God in an amazing way. Moment with him is always rejuvenating.

Laff testament in its third edition is going to be mind blowing and laff non stop, a medicine for the soul. 

Can You Dream???

The dreams we have when we are awake are the dreams that makes a difference.

Can you dream???

This write up is meant for those who dream dreams that are true: dreams that goes beyond a beta future for yourself, those are selfish and weak dreams. Its time to dream right.

Remember when you were a child and had sincere dreams of how you are going to affect the world with the ideas you had; make a flying car, build the tallest building with everything you want inside, make sure people are not sick or begging, be the president, etc. We were always the best at whatever it was we thought about.

What change???

Fear and insecurity gradually choked our dreams. Some says we got to face reality or life is not roses. But should the challenges of the world be an excuse to become a mediocre? Didn't the great inventors of past lived on this same earth? Did they let their own limitations and shortcomings stop them from succeeding? They didn't... Thomas Edison, Martin Luther King, Elbert Einstein and there likes

Dream again and dream right

Dear i tell you again, dream. Explore your imagination mixed with passion and dream big, real big.

• Let your dream influence your universe,
• It should make a positive impact,
• It should be extraordinary that you know it will be a land mark,
• Generations after you should benefit of your dream physically or from the knowledge of your dream

Dream beyond self, dream right, don't let MONEY limit your dreams, create an atmosphere of possibility, be a good dreamer.

Can you dream???

Corperate Worship: Part 1

Worship to God in songs is not about how loud you sing or how good your voice sounds; although they are important factors because you should always give God the best, will discuss that some other time.


Worship to God has to be in Spirit and in truth as Jesus said to the curious woman at the well side in John 4 verse 23 & 24. This apply to every way you worship God with your life as also in singing.


We should worship God in spirit i.e from our recreated spirit as believers in Christ. We are spirit being cause we were born of the spirit (John 3:6), so what happens during worship is the Holy spirit energies our spirit and the expression is true. For Jesus promised the holy spirit will teach us all things, even to worship.


Now to worship God in truth has to do with revelational knowledge of what you are doing. An understanding of the what you are saying and who you are saying it to. Knowing the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, what he has done and given to you.

With these you are conscious of what you are doing, you are conscious of how awesome God is, your words are true. In this state when you sing "You are the reason i live" it totally will be from your spirit and there is always a way our spirit connect with our emotions. When we say "Jehovah, you are the most high", we mean it. We worship and our understanding is fruitful.


It has happened to almost everyone of us that we sing a song so much and get so familiar with the song that when we sing we are unconscious of what we say but we just sing, like when we sing "Thou at worthy o lord", guilty right???


I will end with an experience Rick Jonah shared in one of his books. He was ministering one day and when they started praying it was like a prophetic  encounter, a vision, he could see the hearts of every member and there problems but they all were worshiping God, reverencing Him for how awesome he is, in the mist of there troubles. And immediately he was caught up to a place that seems like heaven and he saw the lord smile at what the congregation did, and the host of angels joined in singing praises to the Lord. Now Jesus was standing close to him and said "For just this moments my Father smile, my death on the cross was worth it"...


Worship the Lord in spirit and in truth always ...for the Father seeketh such to worship him(John 4:23c), itrs a demand. Do it right and do it well so you make big Daddy smile for your sake.


-Osahen Oghogho

Pounded Yam and Egusi Soup

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmn, i sighed... My nose defines its aroma.
Sitting at the front yard, Right in front of me is the end product in dishes

Reminisce
The sun was gradually setting
A big family
Everyone was involved in the process
The ladies all in the backyard gossiping and laughing
Osasere on her knees with all focus and determination, grinding onion on stone
Momma standing with a long spoon steering the native pot
Aunts peeling the back of big tubers of yam and placing them in the big pot of boiling water.
It was a regular evening at home in the village

"Osahen" momma screamed out, "come and pound the yam". Osas and i walked in from the corner all set to recreate the boiled yam in the mota. 
Side by side we pound set upon set of sliced boiled yam and made them into large moles.

Back in the front yard where i was lost in my thought I regained myself as the others gather together round the dishes. 
Pounded yam and egusi was served in fine dishes, the sight of the egusi soup was glorious. Stocked fish scattered around with goat meat and beef in d middle and corner, i salivate.
We were all sited and straight away we dived into the dishes after washing hands.

As the first mole of pounded yam i made with my hands, clothed with the egusi soup hits my mouth all my senses came alive. My tongue couldn't help but rejoice round the mole in my mouth, my eyes widened in excitement, a smiles appear unconsciously on my face.
I could taste the right mixture of every bit of ingredient coming together in agreement to produce a fine taste of what we called egusi. I could see same expression on every persons face. I gracefully swallowed as i couldn't wait for the next experience. My hand stretched for the next mole.

" Momma" i said, "This is good!"

-Osahen Oghogho

Ok... Yesterday was my birthday. Yeah! Am getting old.

It was great... Had a wonderful sunday service: great ministration by The Glorious Choir, My pastor charge us with powerful prayer session and then the April babie were celebrated. I cut cake, its kinda like a custome and my younger sister bakes (She's a pro).

Ok, dashed out immediately to go train some leaders at Unical that took the rest of the day because of meetings that followed up.

In a nut shell, i had a wonderful birthday, did what i enjoyed doing: talking with friends and teaching, was around the people i love the most.

I thank Gods for his blessing upon my life and grace. Happy birthday to me

Just as the human mind wonder here and there endlessly, I wondered a little about the universe.

The Universe and everything in it is as a result of the imagination of one great God (Jehovah Himself), every star, galaxy, planet, gas, life, cell, every single matter to the smallest was all His idea. Hmmn. What a magnificent kind of mind He has. So much He made, detailed, timed, beautify. What knowledge He had, He made His UNIVERSE.

So my thoughts wondered off again... He created us like Him.WOW.

Everyone has a UNIVERSE!!! (My eyes open with so much excitement)

The SIZE of your universe is determine by how MUCH you know, it GROWS with how much your mind is open to LEARN more, it is BEAUTIFIED with WHAT you know, and of VALUE by how what you know affect the LARGER UNIVERSE.(You may not understand this paragraph once, read it again)

Some people universe are as small as a golf ball and others as big as the LARGER UNIVERSE itself... Some people universe are made of 3-4 elements while others are millions and are still growing. I can imagine most teen universe: Sex, boys/girls, party, clothe, phones...

Take a moment and ask yourself, how does my universe look like(size, content)? is it accommodating? What's its worth?... Learn to know and know to learn. "He created us without limits". God bless you


-Osahen Oghogho