She could feel her friends concern for her. It was thick and palpable bordering on anger, confusion and astonishment. She couldn’t blame her. She’d been there before. Marrying outside her tribe meant she had to adapt to the changes life brought. While she loved her husband with all her heart, there were times when she wondered if she was doing the right thing.
Wow! What a year 2013 turned out to be. Thank you so much for traveling with us here at Effectual but more importantly, thank God Almighty that you made it to this point; it is my prayer that He will take us beyond this place and bring us to His perfect will in 2014 in Jesus’ name. As usual, something new is happening with me; please don’t roll your eyes and ask if the drama …
So really, what is the perfect life that many strive for? It is that dream of having the perfect job or business; that gives us a lot of money while giving us time for our families – or just lots of personal time. It is being able to have 2 or 3 nice cars and being able to send your kids to the ‘best’ schools, right out of the country, which will increase your ‘ratings’ …
In researching the theme for this edition “alignments” and accelerations” I found that, both words are synonymous with words like “positioning” and “quickening” respectively. And in meditating on it, I have come to believe that alignment speaks to my being in correct relative position to my Lord and His will for my life and acceleration speaks to my propensity to gain speed and progress in my walk with God.
According to a recent World Health Organization report, Asthma is the 17th leading cause of death amongst Nigerians, accounting for more deaths than even cancer of the cervix. The tragedy in that report is that, asthma deaths are largely preventable. Many asthmatics in the developed world live for decades without any major ‘asthmatic emergency episode’, and are more likely to die from old age than from asthma.
