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What does Rivers of Living Water mean?

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Welcome to Limitless! I hope you’ve been keeping well. Over here, I’ve just been trying my best to navigate this adulthood journey. Recently, I went on a vacation which I had a really splendid time on. It turned out to be longer than I had planned by the time I got home because I became “really” sick… I’m grateful for life. ~ Enough of me. ~ Have you heard this song yet? “Out of my Belly shall flow rivers, rivers of living water iya iya e” by Prospa Ochimana. I started singing that song this evening and  it dawned on me that I hadn’t fully understood the lyrics yet. Great and pure melodious worship music. But, if I am to worship God with it, I have to understand it, digest it, and fix my eyes on Him based on the lyrics; worshipping Him in truth.   ~ So, I dug into Scripture: John Chapter 7 specifically. The 37th verse says “…Jesus stood, cried and said, if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink”. 38 says “ He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly sh

Assessing Goodness

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Photo from Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash  Sometimes, being good can be so hard. For real. People really test your patience and expect you to just fold your arms and watch. Sometimes, you even find yourself at crossroads, “will doing good be in my best interest or will doing a bad thing just this once suffice?”  Welcome to Limitless!  I’ve been cogigating on the subject of goodness, an enigma I’ve not fully wrapped my head around yet. So many rhetorical questions have been flying in my head; am I really a good person? Then, there are actual questions such as Are humans inherently good or bad? Can a good person do evil and remain a good person? How do we even assess goodness? Sigh. There’s definitely a lot to unpack here.  First, let’s discuss the second question, “Can a good person do evil and remain a good person?” . Sometime ago, I asked the question on my Instagram story. I got quite a number of intelligent answers.  One person responded with “no one is good”. I immediately knew

A Review of “Alone but not Lonely” by Lola Adeosun

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Happy new year guys!🥂🎆 and Welcome to Limitless!  I was walking around my church one day and I discovered my church had a library. A library? My heart erupted with excitement of course. Ah . I’ve found a new assignment. The next Sunday, I went to the bookshelves and I discovered they were locked. So, I told my Pastor’s wife to come open it for me. Even though she told me “ wahala e po ”😂 (your trouble is too much), she eventually opened it.  Suffice to say, my eyes landed on this book and I knew it had my name imprinted on it. I surfed to the table of content, and everything resonated with me. Loneliness and being alone were things I had to deal with last year, so I immediately felt so seen.  I later received the shock of my life though. I found out that the book’s primary audience was pastors’ wives, then, ladies in leadership. Pastors’ wives? What is my business with Pastors’ wives?- I asked the Holy Spirit. He definitely hid the back cover’s blurb from me, because if I had read i

How I almost failed my driver’s test this year

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Photo from MChe Lee on Unsplash  Hi guyssssss!!💃💃💃😂  What’s popping?🤣 You good? No? Yes? Hmm🤔. This story is actually very overdue, but I must tell it. So, some time in September, your sissy decided to go write her driver’s written test after one year of stalling ‘cause of the fear of failure. I hate failing😭. On this particular Wednesday afternoon, I got up and went to the center. Upon my arrival, the first thing I noticed was that there were so many people, most looking helpless, frustrated, and tired.  Anyways, I saw a queue and I joined it. But, it just didn’t feel right. Meanwhile, there was a man standing beside the line whom I really thought was one of the center’s associates. So, I asked if we could pay in the same place where the test was taking place- the queue was in front of a ‘written test room’.  Bossman said ‘yes yes, you pay for everything there. You are on the right queue’. I said okay and thanked him after the interaction. He also gave me his contact card too t

The Adulthood Facade

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Image from stormseeker on Unsplash  Welcome to Limitless! ~ I doff my hat to we “up and coming” adults. Camera-ready smiles aside; personally, these past months have been so tough on me emotionally. I can’t even count the number of breakdowns and random bathroom tears I’ve had.  I was standing at a bus-stop one sunny day, and I saw a young lady walking by, literally about to burst into tears. It disappeared at the speed of lightning when she noticed I was staring.  I low-key wished I could give her a big hug regardless of the fact that her expression mirrored exactly how I was feeling, and I didn’t even have my own self together.   It hurt me a lot to know that so many young adults might be bottling their emotions with a happy “I’m okay” facade. Maybe I was a bit lucky that I had some friends who I could blatantly tell that I wasn’t fine when they asked how I was. I remember telling one of my friends to ask me again in September 🤣 . How bizarre?  This adulthood really comes with so m

A Guide to Shooting your Shot with Class

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Image from Fadi Xd on Unsplash  Welcome to Limitless!  This is the second part of  How to Shoot your Shot- Part 1 I highly recommend reading that discussion before reading this.  Here are some tips on how to shoot your shot with class😉.  1. Be different  I know this already sounds like a motivational speech😂 but hear me out. People who shoot shots in ‘dms’ are the number one culprits at the other end of this point, if you know what I mean.  To be honest there is a 95% chance that she won’t reply you if you just leave a hello or hi in her dm.  I mean, you could say hello if you guys have met before or you’ve heard about each other from a mutual. You could also text that if your profile is a robust one. (Ghost users always do the most🌚). Just hello or hi can just never sit right with me, because ‘hi what?’🤔 Instead of these attempts, if you are trying to shoot your shot online, you can start by introducing yourself and say you would like to know more about them.  Or even better, dro

Just here to rant- Ontario Thunderstorm recap

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A very fatal thunderstorm hit Ontario on Saturday, 21st May. Trees, electric poles and wires completely collapsed.  It’s still a very sad event because lives were lost, while some sustained injuries. I’m really praying for their speedy recovery.  Meanwhile, there has been power outage in some parts of Ottawa since Saturday. In fact, my house just got power back this morning. Over 150,000 people still don’t have power. Imagine the amount of refrigerated and frozen food that would go to waste.  Also, power fuels almost everything, including cookers and microwaves. So, some people haven’t had homemade warm meals since Saturday.  Let me tell you my side of the story.  I was in a course mate’s house when I got this emergency alert.👇. We had just arrived from ‘outside’.  I immediately told her I was leaving. She told me she would call an Uber for me. I was still telling her ‘no, I can walk, my house is just 10 minutes from here”. Anyway, I eventually agreed to the Uber (Thank God I did). On

How to Shoot your Shot- Part 1

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Image from Possessed Photography on Unsplash This is a masterclass people!😂😂 Okay, maybe a prelude to the masterclass.  Welcome back to Limitless! This is the first part of the 'How to Shoot your Shot' series. Today, 5 ladies share the best and worst shots they've ever gotten from a guy.  Shooting a shot means wooing (toasting) someone. It can also be described as a romantic advance. So, we are shaking some tables today.  ————— Lady S.   The worst one so far was from one guy at church. My sister says it's a shot, but to me, I'm just like 'nah', there was no effort at all.  So, we were having a church unit meeting after service. I was seated at the back, so he came to sit next to me. After a while, this guy was like " Erhmm S.." I turned to look at him. In my mind, I'm wondering maybe he wants to say or ask something because he came late for the meeting.  Then, he is like, "I like you". At that point, I was confused because I did n

My First Ever Dental Visit

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Hi guys!! What’s up?! How’s your week going? Welcome to Limitless!  Sooo, have you ever received bad news?- The menacing feeling of a splash of cold water coupled with disbelief- ‘No, it can’t be, maybe you should check again, how did this happen?’ I mean, I’ve received my share of rejection emails (story for another day) which can be classified as bad news but nothing prepared me for this. Okay. Maybe I’m exaggerating a little🤣. What am I talking about? Let me fill you in. Today, I will be narrating everything that went down at my first ever dental visit.  Some weeks ago, I decided to visit the dental clinic for a checkup and cleaning. It was long overdue anyway because I already paid dental insurance fees along with my tuition.  So, I got there. They told me to remove my shoes (because of snow residues) and wear a pair of disposable leg bonnets🤣.  Then, I waited at the reception, submitted my info, and the time came for me to go in. I took a seat and the journey began. First I was

The mirror in my heart

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Photo from Annie Spratt on Unsplash  Welcome to Limitless!  First, I want to state clearly that I’m by no means perfect, and all I will be saying here today are from a place of love and instruction.  This is the first part in a series I title- PRACTICAL TIPS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR PRAYER LIFE. What I really want to dwell on today is “searching our hearts”. This is what God has been teaching me this season and I just thought to share it with you.  It is so easy to pray amiss if you are not sensitive. Praying amiss could mean a lot of things, but it also means praying when you know your heart is not right with God.  For instance, I can’t be asking for POWER if I know there is someone I’m keeping in my heart that I need to let go.  I know our personalities are different. For example, it is difficult for me to warm up to people at first. I can be polite with you, or get into ‘work mode’, but once I don’t like your countenance or my spirit doesn’t flow with you, I close my heart.  It might eve