Amara-Nonye Blog

                I feel like I’m living a nightmare where I have the option to wake-up, but I choose to still be asleep 😴.  Ok...maybe 'nightmare' is me exaggerating and being a little bit dramatic. But, seriously, am  I the only one that took this eighteen (18) months plan hook, line and sinker. And look, fastforward to three (3) years+— between Covid-19 & ASUU, I feel like I'm on a pendulum. 🥺 What do I mean about the nightmare, you ask!?! Lol...wait, as a typical African (Nigerian), I'm already saying, 'God forbidden!' 'This nightmare is not my portion!' And, I'm not suspended on any pendulum'🙄🤣 Well...let’s take a mini trip to early this year, 2022. I lost an international job that was nearly within my grasp. Was it God’s will or a case of unpreparedness. Honestly, I’ve got no idea. After scaling through the written and two oral interviews, I was called in one Saturday for briefing, and was informed to resume work the fol...

All my life I have always done things because it's expected of me. The expectations didn't necessarily steam from within me but from without; others. And I honestly don't regret any bit of it. But after a tragic event in my area that reminded me once again of the vanity of life, I decided to change the dance; I decided to do something cos it's what I want and not what others wanted. I decided to indulge myself in some past-time passion of mine. So I went into the world of music— not to sound arrogant, but I virtually know a little of my onions about a lot except music, so I went to rectify that. One day, in this "music-world" we had an argument about the delicate topic; "churches".  And someone made this point about his reason for being in his present denomination and why he can't change church that surprised me.  According to him, 'he can never leave his church for a church that his present church is senior to'. {Lol😅} Now, that is prob...

I just want to forget how the whole world seems wrong most times. It's like the more one strives on his own, the more difficult everything seems to appear mosttimes. I ask, why strive when the productivity of one’s effort is futile? Then I came across a passage in the scripture which emphasizes on grace; it speaks that "it's not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of him whom the Lord Almighty showeth mercy". That scripture I believe is the being of most of our existence, cos no matter how much one struggles, if the grace of God is missing in such a man’s life, then all his efforts are futile. And to buttress this, I recall the passage which says; "I will give mercy to whom I want". So, I guess my questions are; 📍1: How do you know such grace has been bestowed upon you? 📍2: Can one obtain the grace if you have not been given naturally, like Jacob was given right form the womb?—cos the uniqueness of Gods' grace is that it will ONLY be given ...