Photo by Liam Seskis on Unsplash A song has been playing in my head all week it's: Even If by Mercy Me The words are: ...I know you're able and I know you can Save through the fire with your mighty hand But even if you don't My hope is you alone... These words I try to say and internalize because I, like most of us, have turned God into a genie in our lives. I am constantly saying 'Lord I want', 'Lord I need' 'Lord please' and when I don't get what it is I want I tend to wonder, maybe I am not good enough, maybe I didn't give to the poor enough maybe I wasn't kind to my neighbour enough and because of this God is not giving me what I want. So I figure that if I fix that God will fix this you know like tit for tat. I realized my error when like an avalanche I heard this song and I was like wow how can I say it is well when it is not well. My knees are black from praying, my pocket empty from...
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