WAIT NO LONGER

Success belongs to that person that understands how to do. I mean that person that knows how to take the bull by the horn without wasting anytime at all. That person that understands how to do what should be done and is ready to do it NOW. That person who does not put things off in the name of NEXT TIME. Because from my own findings I have discovered that there is nothing that keeps a person down at a spot than “I will do it tomorrow or the next day.” It is called procrastination. Procrastination drains our ability to succeed. Because it keeps us from doing what needs to be done, when it is supposed to be done. A wise man said “procrastination is a thief of time.” And this is very true. Procrastination stole the time of many parents. It stole the time of many people who are roaming our streets and path ways, begging for alms. And it is still stealing the time of so many young people today.

When I look around and see old men who are engaged in things like truck pushing, Motor cycle riding (Okada) or who act as gate men and other hard and tedious jobs, I always ask myself; why are they doing this now? Is it because they were once well-to-do but situation turned around and things became bad or is it because they fail to do what they are supposed to do at a particular point when they were in their young age? Are they into this because their parents were not able to train them in something better? Or is it because they lost TIME to PROCRASTINATION? These questions most times push me into action because one thing I dread so much as a person is living a sympathetic life when I will be in my 60s or 70s.

One day I was invited by a church in Lagos for their thanksgiving service. I got to the church late because I had another engagement somewhere else. So when I got to the venue, I stood outside not wanting to draw attention because I have been to the church about two times or more (I can’t remember now) as a guest speaker. As I was outside waiting for one of the Usher to get me somewhere to sit at the back. Something that brought tears to eyes happen. One old man who would be either in his late 60s or early 70s walked up to me and greeted me. I responded with a broad smile. He said, “my son I know that you don’t know me.” I was quiet and still smiling because someone who is in what I call “speaking business” can never know all those that know him or her. He continued, “my son do you know that at my age I practice those things you taught us when you came here the last time. They are what I am putting into practice now and they are helping me. I wish I had known them when I was younger, I would have been greater than what I am now.” All the while I was smiling but after the last line of his words, smile was drain off my lips. Because something pierced my heart and fear gripped me. Fear gripped me because one thing that is hunting many old people today is what they could have done when they were young that they didn’t do. Not because there were no opportunity but because something that is less importance took away their time.

Even today there are many people who crying about unemployment that knows within themselves that the reason why they are unemployed and even unemployable is because they played away their time in school. Or that they failed to learn a particular skill that would have pushed them forward. The good news is that if you start today, you didn’t start late. There is no reason to allow regret of what you failed to do to keep you in chains. You can stand up now and start something, even if you can’t conclude it before your death or transfer, someone or whoever that concludes it will never tell the story of how it started without mentioning your name.

I have discovered that when someone is young, the person thinks that all the time in this world belongs to him or her. Most youths do not know that there is no time at all. Many young people are chasing shadows thinking that they are running after something tangible. Many youths live in what I call “optical illusion.” Following a road that leads to nowhere. My prayer for myself and every young person out there is this; may we never live to regret what we didn’t do which we could have done when we grow old. Amen.

Jesus Christ said, “I must work the work of Him that sent me while it is day.” He said this because He understood that one day ones light would be turned off. Some life would turn off by age, some by transfer others by marriage. There are things which If you don’t do this year by next year you can’t try it because your mates would have gone far above you. There are some things which if you don’t do now, once you get married, you can’t do them anymore. So please before night of any type falls around you, wait no longer, do what need to be done now.

Someone said, “today is my tomorrow, to take control and seize every opportunity.” I will also love for you to say the same thing. if you turn today into your tomorrow, I promise you by the time you see yourself next time, you will be glad you read this write up. You have to seize every opportunity that comes your way. Some things can only be ours when we grab them by force. Do not wait to be spoon fed by anybody. Take charge of your life and, make the most of it. The power that will give you a place amongst great men in the choices you make every day. The choice you must make after reading this piece should be, I WAIT NO LONGER. Do not wait any longer. Go into action and take action. Let me re echo what Harry A. Hopf said, “often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making wrong decision.” Therefore do not be afraid of making wrong decision. It is better than to make mistake than and learn from it NOW than not to make any mistake and die of heart attack from the pain of what you could have done that you didn’t do tomorrow.

Let me round of this piece with this German Proverb, “begin to weave now and God will give you the thread.” Just get it done and do it now.

Onuigwe Chidi Sirnoel

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THE MAN BEHIND THE VEIL

Looking at how life kept turning many people around and how other people make some other persons feel inferior. I had this strong urge to write this piece because someone out there whom I may never know needs to read it and pick up the broken pieces of his or her life.

Let me start by telling you that what determines whom you become is not what that person around you told you. I will also say that your family and friends do not have the right to define your person to you. Even you who is reading this piece do not have the right to define yourself. The only person that has the full right to define you is the person that made you; the person that created you.

A car does not decide what it is built for. It is the manufacturer that determines what the car is built for and what the car should be called. The driver of the car might use the car for any other thing but that will mean “abusing the car.”

So many of us have abused our lives by the things we do with it. Some of us abuse our lives by the things we say about ourselves. Some of us have also abused ourselves by what we call ourselves. Many a time, we blame others for abusing us in one way or another while we are the greatest “abusers” of our lives.

You must dare to be yourself. May Sarton wrote, “We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” Become whom God has built you to be.

What I want to tell you that read this piece is that whatever it is the world around you and you yourself have called yourself that is contrary to what your maker calls you will stop having negative effect on you after reading this write up. After reading this piece the pain and emotional pain and psychological defect which have followed you for sometimes will fly away with the wind, never to come back.

Follow me…

THE SPIRIT THAT LIVES IN ME:

The Spirit that lives you is the Spirit of God. It doesn’t matter if you believe in God or not. The Bible says in Genesis 1:26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

God personally made you by himself not by His spoken word. He didn’t create you the same way he created animals and plants. I know some people that read this piece believe in evolution theory. However, years after evolution theory were introduced into this world. They still remains at the level of theory. There have never been any evidence to prove the theory therefore I will advice all those that believe in the theory to have a re-think.

Friend God made you in His own image and likeness. He transferred a part of Him inside you after making you. That part of Him which He transferred into you when he breathed into you is what put life into the sinew which you carry around every day.

What determines ones action is the spirit that lives in the person. A man cannot give more than what he carries inside Him. The Spirit you carry is the greatest Spirit you can find anyway. This Spirit is the Spirit is the Spirit of POWER and of SOUND MIND (2 Timothy 1:7). That Spirit is poised for action if only you can unleash Him.

In that place we read in Genesis God created human to dominate the things around him/her. God did not create human to be dominated by the things that happen around him/her. God created you to take charge of your circumstances. He created and gave you His Spirit so that you will “run things instead of things running you.”

Anytime you live in the cage people built for you by the way they treat you, it means you are not maximizing the Spirit of DOMINION which God planted you while creating you.

My good friend this is the time to pick up that which God called you prior to your creation. Look at those things that call you bad names and give you poor image, eye ball to eye ball and tell them that YOU ARE MORE THAN CONQURORS.

Always remember that people can call you whatever name they wish, but that does not erase the name God called you before you were born. You are not a biological mistake. Even if you were born by “human mistake,” you were never a mistake before God.

Go to your mirror right now if you have any. If you don’t have a mirror, look at your shadow. If you can’t see your shadow right now, place your hand on your chest and speak these words to yourself.

“The man behind that veil is a great man.”

“The man behind that veil is more than conqueror.”

“The man behind the veil is a man full of power.”

“I am far and better than what the world or people around me call me.”

“I am more than what I call myself.”

“I am whom and what God says I am.”

One of the ways to activate all the Lord has programmed for you is to draw close to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore let me close this write up by saying that Jesus Christ still receives sinners. He is actually a friend of sinners; therefore whatever sin you have committed will be taken care of, if only you will ask Him to take care of it. He shed His love when He poured out His life on the cross of Calvary. He doesn’t demand much from you. The only thing He asks of you is your heart. He is asking that you give Him a space in your heart so that He will direct your life.

Invite Him by saying: Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner. I come to you this day to surrender my heart and life for your leadership. Give me the grace to live above anything that brings pain to you. Give me grace to follow you at all time. Give me the grace to live and stay close to God. Thank you for making me one of yours. Amen.

By Onuigwe Chidi Sirnoel

WHO DO I HOLD RESPONSIBLE?

WHO DO I HOLD RESPONSIBLE?

Who do I hold responsible? This question has always come to my mind any time I look at myself with critical eyes. And I am sure that even you also have asked yourself this same question many times too.

Who do you hold responsible for the way your life has turned out to be right now? Will you say it is because of how your parents brought you up or will you push the blame to your friends? Humans are naturally infused with the spirit of blaming others when things go wrong along the line. In the Christian Holy Book, The Bible, it is recorded that when Adam the first person created by God made a weighty mistake and God came to meet with him as usual. God didn’t see him at their normal meeting point. God tried to find out why Adam was not where he should be. Adam told him that he(Adam) ran away when he saw Him(God) coming. God asked him why? He told God that the woman He (God) gave to him deceived him (Adam) into disobeying God. This is the same being that when Adam saw her for the first time he shouted at the top of his voice and was so excited that he gave her a name without thinking about it twice.

So it is a natural thing to blame someone when you didn’t get the expected result or make the expected impact.  But life experience has thought me that it is only those that do things that are not very natural that become outstanding in this life. This means that before you could be able to get to where you have dreamt all along to get to; you must stop the blame game and take hold of your life and your dream. You must go the way of the unnatural men to achieve greater success in life.

Steve Goodier wrote, “The day I realized that I am in charge of how I will approach problems in my life, that things will turn out better or worse because of me and nobody else, that was the day I knew I would be a happier and healthier person. And that was the day I knew I could truly build a life that matters.” Therefore to experience a better life and to experience a dream(s) come true. To be where you ought to be you must put blaming others aside and know that whatever happened, happened because you permitted it to happen.

Opera Winfrey said “you are responsible for your life, you can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction.” Because you are responsible for your life you have to do what Bradley Whitford said, “ Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.”

Two points you have to mark very well in what Whiteford said; number one is “Honor your CREATOR and the second one is “by doing what you can to make grace happen.”

Do not play God always remember that there is God somewhere above the sky and everywhere. Honor Him in everything you do. As much as you are asked go into action, never ever get involved with anything that is anti God. Do not look for success in a sinful way. Do not do drug. Don’t get involved in financial crime or cyber crime. There is nothing God cannot do if a man is ready to act upon God’s word. Do not stay idol waiting for grace to manifest. Go ahead and manifest the grace by doing what you have not done before.

I will like to tell you this in conclusion; “the end does not justify the means.” The means justifies the end. 

SOBER REFLECTION

I have been thinking about this life and why people struggle so much. Sometimes we work so much and never have time to enjoy our labour before death come calling. I never wanted to write any piece like this, this period but the urge kept coming and I have to obey the spirit that controls me and put down this shot piece. 
The greatest thing a man can do to and for himself is to always sit back sometime and take a sober reflection. Think about his relationship with his maker the God Almighty. This is a period when all we think, do and talk about is politics. Many people will be caught unawares and they might lose their soul to the devil in hell if something negative happen now. The way some of us are going about life this period shows clearly that we have little or no place for our God. Some of us have even turned our political leaders to our temporal gods. It is not the best at all. These men will always end up disappointing us but Jahovah will never disappoint any one (it doesn’t matter what you think of Him).
As much as we have to go into politics or should I say, vote in the candidate of our choice, we should know that there is a God who does not need election to be on the throne but needs our acceptance to come into our hearts and rule. This God is still around our heart telling us not to shot Him out this period. This God is asking us to open our hearts for Him to come in.
The aim of this shot piece is to make you take a moment aside politics and look deep down into your life and know if the relationship you have with God is still intact. If you think it is no more intact, why not retrace you step and place it where it should be. If you have never been with Him; you can also do that by asking Him to come in and take over your heart.
Jesus Christ is still the Lord and He rules in the affairs of men. Don’t vote him out because of your daily life pursuit. Probably what is taking your time now is not politics but whatever it is; don’t go far away from the shelter Jesus Christ provides.
Sticking to Jesus is still the best thing to do…

GAY MARRIAGE & GOD’S PURPOSE FOR MARRIAGE:

There is a popular saying that says “when the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse becomes inevitable.” Let me start what I’m about writing with like this. To me the argument on gay marriage should not have come up at all if we really understand the purpose of marriage. As a Bible Student and teacher the Bible told us some of the purposes of marriage.

The two major reasons for marriage is

1; - COMPANIONSHIP: Genesis 2:18 “And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” God saw that the man needed a person by his side. Animals and trees are not enough. Therefore God gave him a friend and companion, some of his own kind. Few months ago on twitter it was a serious discussion and war of words between my humble self and some gays. One of the gays said that, we all have freedom of association, there is no way someone will tell him who should be his companion and I laughed because man & woman relationship goes beyond companionship.

The reason why sex outside marriage is a great sin is because people enter into blood covenant they are not ready to maintain. If man and woman relationship is just about companionship, it means that many boys & girls will be living together. The argument will be; after all he/she is the person I want around me at this point in time. (This is a talk for another day.)

As an Igbo this statement “mother of my child or father of my child” is alien to our culture. What is known to my culture and ancestors is “my wife or my husband.” Igbo men & women are proud & always want to showcase their husband or their wife. (This is the only reason why teenage pregnancy is minimal in Igbo land. Children outside wedlock or conventional family has a serious societal stigma both for the parents & the child.) The Western nations especially USA has so much bastardized MARRIAGE UNION with their unending divorce spree. That is why someone can addressed as mother of someone’s child(ren)without the person necessarily being the wife of the man. So man & woman living together is God’s design. It is what God prescribed. But living as husband & wife. God does not and did not design man & man marriage or woman & woman marriage.

2;-PROCREATION: Genesis 1:26-28 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.  ²⁷ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.  ²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”

It very important for us to understand that God wants men and women to live together and reproduce so that the earth will not lack human beings. Because these are what formed the basis of family and the reason why gay marriage and relationship is anti God and anti nature. Remember that prior to the creation of man God has already commanded all the animals He created to multiply and replenish the earth.

Even when God created animals most of them are created male & female. When God told Noah to take animals into the boat he built, He (God) told him to take them male & female. So if God wants male and female to reproduce where does man and man or woman and woman marriage relationship come from?

It is the devil’s plan to keep man in perpetual bondage. The devil wants to make people live in sin and with a seared conscience. Because people of today worship the devil in so many ways God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women & men did change the natural use of their body into that which is against nature & God.” (Romans 1:26) (Emphasis added by me.)

God wants to have many people live in this world and am so sure that if gay marriage were to be the order of the day before now, the world would not have up to 7billion persons. Gay relationship is taking people lower than the dogs which are considered the dirtiest when it comes to sex.  

 Jesus Christ died to set sinners free. Therefore if you are living in bondage of same sex sexual relationship come to Jesus Christ now and He will forgive you and guide you on how to lead a more better life. A life your family and children born or unborn will be proud of.

Same sex sexual relationship is a serious heavy load but Jesus Christ says “come unto me all you that labour and heavy laden.” Jesus Christ is ready to guide you out of that evil. Thank you.

NIGERIA: GAY MARRIAGE & HUMAN RIGHT BRUHAHA…

I have been thinking about the noise USA and Canada are making concerning this gay issue. It is very unfortunate how these countries still consider us their colonies. They are seeing themselves as our perpetual colonial masters. They don’t want us to make our decisions on issues that concern us based on our cultural values and principles. It hurts me that Ugandan president is today being held captive by these people. They have turned him into a puppy that is why he stopped signing anti gay law in Uganda.

What have been forming headlines all over the world today is Nigeria’s anti gay law. This anti gay law has shown me that everybody in this world can interpret Nigeria’s constitution. I have been reading what some world leaders are saying and I have also been laughing because they all want Nigeria to reverse the law to favour their in human life style.  They are all saying that they are disappointed with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan {GEJ}. Why wouldn’t they be discouraged? They should be because they thought that GEJ will be like Ugandan president who they have turned into a “mumu.” Many people think that GEJ is someone that dances to every kind of music. But GEJ has once again shown to me and prove to the whole world that he is not a man to be toyed with.  All thanks to God for giving Goodluck Jonathan the courage to overlook Barrack Obama, David Cameron, Banki Moon or what is he called (UN Secretary General)

Americans should know that we are Africans and we have our values and standard. I am happy that white men helped us to remove some of the evil practices but removing one evil practice and introducing another evil practice is an error. There is a saying in Igbo land that says “onye lere enwe ma ga zuta nkita n’ihe ntukwu ka no na be ya” (the person that sold a monkey then buys dog, something that sits is still in his house). It is abomination in our soil for a man to marry a man. Let me even ask us… if a man marries a man and they adopts a baby…how will the baby introduce them to his friends? If a Lady marries a lady and they adopt a baby how will that baby also introduce then to his friends? Funny…

HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION: It is funny how all these men who want us to do what animals do not do are basing their argument on human right violation. What sort of human right violation is it? What is the definition of human right violation to these people? They all want us to play their games, dance their music as if we don’t have the mind of our own. For the fact that we Africans are looking up to the west for some enlightenment that does not mean that we have forgotten our roots. We have culture and value system. As I wrote earlier on; I so much appreciate these westerners for helping us to stop the killing of twins, human sacrifice etc.

But they should not expect us to live below animals. It is a known fact that male dog does not & cannot have sex with another male dog, likewise goats. We African are predominantly farmers therefore we understood all these things. How can we then knowing all these subject ourselves to same sex sexual relationship. In #Igbo land where I come from it is called “alu” (abomination).

Same sex sexual relationship is actually the real HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION. Let me say this again. Same sex sexual relationship is abusing ones human right. Your right as a man is for your wife to satisfy you sexually and the right of the woman is for the husband to satisfy her sexual urge. Therefore for another man to burst another man’s anus and make him to wear adult diaper is human right abuse. For a girl to raise another girls sexual feeling and use object other than penis to make her reach orgasm is abusing the girl’s right. Let us stop this foolishness from the west.

NEW YEAR RESOLUTION

At the beginning of every year many people go into making decisions that is popularly known as NEW YEAR RESOLUTION. To me it is a good thing to do, however it is just very few that has been able to maintain it up to 60% by the end of the year. The reason why many fail to maintain it can be traced to their inability to fully come to terms with the real meaning of what they have gotten themselves into.

WHAT IS RESOLUTION?

Let me say that it means “a self improvement goal one sets for himself or herself.” Or “a personal pledge one makes to himself or herself.” Or “intention to overcome old habits and create ones.” The meaning of resolution is not limited to these ones I mentioned here; you can also add your.

LET US START WITH THIS:

“a self improvement goal one sets for himself or herself.” If one truly understands that New Year resolution is or should be a “a self improvement goal” that person wont just go into it in passively. It is because many people think it is just one of those things one does or says at the beginning of the New Year that is why many falter even before the end of January.

Sometimes why many fail with this activity is because they fail to know or understand that this is a personal thing. “A personal pledge one makes to himself or herself.” A pledge you made to yourself. It is not a community or a collective affair. It is all about bringing out the best in your individual personality. Because it is personal you should not expect your friends and everybody around you to be in support or to take part in it. You need the support of other humans to make progress but you should allow their actions or reactions to be the determining factor. The final choice and decision is all boiled down to your ability to maintain and keep the ship of the pledge afloat.

Because it is “intention to overcome old habits and create ones” there will be casualties. Many friends and even family members will lose their place in your life and activity. It is absolutely impossible for someone to do same thing at all times and expect a different result. Therefore, if a new habit would formed some people in your life must be dropped. Some are to be dropped permanently while others are for some time. New people are also going to be allowed into your life to help you to get to where you intended going to.

HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTION:

1.       WRITE IT DOWN, MAKE IT BOLD:- The first thing you must do is to write it down, make it bold and keep it where you will always see it. Writing it now will help you not to forget exactly what your decisions are. Making it bold and keeping it where you will always see it means you will constantly be in tune with it. Seeing it every day will keep it alive in your memory. Every day while going out or coming in, you are having contact with your decision and that will become a driver that drives you. Because it will mean that you will not easily forget them.

2.       TELL YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS & YOUR MENTOR:- It is a known fact that “what only one person knows is as good as not existing.” If you are the only person that knows about your new decisions you might not be able to maintain it because after all you are not accountable to anyone else. But knowing that you are accountable to other people even though it is for your own good will make you to try to keep to your decision. In life because we don’t want to lose the trust some people have for us always help us in doing the right thing. If you check well you will discover that people who always claim that it is their lives and they have to live it the way they wish always end up with so many regrets. Never forget that we all need someone to watch our backs at all time.

3.       ANYTIME YOU FAIL, TAKE RESPONSIBILTY & START ALL OVER AGAIN:- Telling you that you won’t fail sometime is a very big lie. In your journey to become a better you, there will always be ups and downs. But your ability to stay afloat is all dependent on how much you can be able to stand up and take responsibility for your mistake without apportioning blame to any one at all. Even if it is someone that made you to fall, do not blame the person. Because somehow the decision to fall was made by you. The said person didn’t force you, even if he/she forced you; the final decision is still with you. Therefore blame yourself, progress into forgiving yourself then move on with your life. Don’t allow yourself to be help down by guilt because if you do, that guilt will drag you back into your vomit many times you will get into deeper shit. What makes one a weak person is not because he or she fell but what happens after the fall. If you fall and stay down then you are weak but if you fall and stand up again to continue your life’s journey trust me, you are very strong person.

4.       IF IT IS ABOUT HABIT, DISENGAGE YOURSELF:- For you to stay away from bad habits and build a new a new one, you have to disengage yourself from some of your old friends. Those friends or people that lead or encourage you into error must be avoided. If it has to do with where or on what you spend your time, then you have to stop going there or doing that thing. If it is TV, Phone, Computer, Club, Bar, name it, and get yourself out of them. If it is a relationship, break up and get up. For you to move forward just know that some things and people must find their way out of your life.

5.       GET GOD INVOLVED:- The Bible says in 1 Samuel 2:9  “He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.” God is the one that will help and empower you to be able to do those things you have chosen to do. Ask God’s Holy Spirit to come and guide you. Jesus Christ told his disciples in Acts 1:8 “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you…” The Holy Spirit is the person that will give you power to do. Because it is when you can do that you can also talk about telling others how you were able to make it till December 2014. Don’t run this race alone. Don’t go on this journey without God this year. God said in the Bible book of Jeremiah 29:12 “Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.” God is ready to hear what you want to say to HIM. Come to Him today even it is with sins, He is ready to forgive you.

Thank you and God bless you…

DEAR FRIEND SEE YOU IN DECEMBER 2014 ON TOP OF YOU GAME…LOVE YOU DEARLY…

Onuigwe Chidi Sirnoel