Recently, I woke up to a beautiful music, the slow Apala music by a Nigerian legend, Ayinla Omo Wura (Ayinla the son of Wura) and I thought to myself, "What a legacy."
His very sonorous and melodious voice was slithering through the air to my room where I laid on my bed. One cannot but agree that his music was good works. The lyrics were well put together to stand the test of time.
I was about ten years old when he was acclaimed a very popular musician. As young as I was, I did enjoy his music whenever my parents played it early Saturday mornings. At parties, when Ayinla's music comes on, the guests flood the floor and you see people beam with smiles as they do the matching dance, which is quite enticing, slow but fanciful.
Hmm, so much for Ayinla's talent, which got me thinking. Ayinla is gone but he lives on even in 2016. Even my grandson enjoys watching us do the steps and he is even learning to dance to Apala music. I am sure in some 40years to come his children will ask him whose music he is listening to. Oh! What a legacy.
Ayinla's God's given gift, well used keeps him alive forever. Glory to God.
Yes, glory to God Almighty who is the giver of all good gifts.
What is your God given gift?
Have you been able to find what makes you unique?
How are you putting your talent to use?
Is it making people glorify God or Satan?
Your talent should not be kept hidden forever. Do not be like the wicked servant in the Holy Bible. (Luke:19:20- 24,) who said he kept his gold coin in order to give it back to the master who gave it to him, when he comes back from his travel. He said he knew his master to be one who takes more than he gives, a wicked master for that matter.
The house of God could be your stage to show of your talent, grow it, and perfect it for a bigger stage-the world., so stop hesitating, take a bold step today. Show off what makes you unique as God,'s creation and see where He would take you.
Let yourself be remembered even when you are gone (be it a change of location or even a departure from this world), that God's name will be glorified for your sake.
Be a winner in Christ.
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation this past Saturday. I felt an intense and unexplainable urge to go and confess my sins when I woke up that morning. I try to go every six weeks or so, but this was no routine visit to the priest for me. I needed to unburden myself of the numerous venial sins I had committed since I last participated in this Sacrament.
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After salvation, many young Christians wonder if there's anything more to their newfound faith than just the security blanket of "being a Christian." Time and time again, God shows himself as a "refiner," and our lives are as gold. God started leading me in this study to understand what He was doing in my life, as well as in the lives of others.
Picking up my pen to write this column, I couldn’t imagine how time flies. Since the last publication of this column I have gone through a lot, especially the loss of my dear mother to whom I dedicate this article. Not only her, but seems I lost a whole generation of my close family.
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Saint Josephine Bakhita »
Feast Day: February 8
Patron Saint Of: Sudan
Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and her uncle was a tribal chief. Due to her family lineage, she grew up happy and relatively prosperous, saying that as a child, she did not know suffering.
Catholics Must Fast More Intensely This Lent»
The Norbertine Canons of St. Michael's Abbey have created this digital Lenten retreat so that you can journey through this holy season alongside them. If you want to have one of your best Lenten seasons yet, join us in our Lenten Program "The Great Fast" - https://theabbotscircle.com/the-great-fast-join
When Your Faith Is Put to the Test - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon»
Friends, we come now to the Second Sunday of Lent, and we’re on both dangerous and very holy ground with the first reading from the twenty-second chapter of Genesis. The ancient Israelites referred to it as the “Akedah,” which means the “binding”: Abraham binds and is ready to sacrifice Isaac at God’s command.
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