Author: Obayomi Abiola Benjamin

A cloak is a piece of clothing or coat that is worn over another cloth. If I am putting on a cloak for instance, you may not actually see what I am wearing underneath, except it be revealed to you. The cloak sometimes serves as a protective element to the wearer from harsh weather conditions like cold, rain or even wind. Sometimes it could also form part of the wearer’s dressing. Dictionary dot come defines a cloak as “something that covers or conceals; disguise; pretense.” There are quite a huge number of people in the world today who hides under…

Hello great people. I have been inspired this morning to write to you on the subject of Character. Romans 5:3-5 says: “And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, Character; and Character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” There is a spiritual mechanism in man that produces good Character. The best Character traits are produced, and not imitated. Those who imitate the Character of others soon find out they have not been real and truthful to…

I have been privileged to see a number of football matches. When a team appears to have conceded a goal or two in their first half of forty-five minutes, they simply go to their dress room and re-strategize. And you would as well agree with me that most times, a dedicated team with a strong team-spirit and a goal-oriented coach, would return to the football pitch and turn their fortune around in the other half of the game. For such teams, if they don’t end up winning that game, they sometimes come out with a draw. I have seen a…

There are quite a number of people today who hold this assumption that “Life isn’t balanced.” This thought is usually borne out of a feeling of wanting more out of Life, but the more aren’t just coming forth. It is possible to look at where you are currently in your Life and you compare it with others, and that feeling of inadequacy overwhelms you. Sometimes you ask yourself: “why am I the one who isn’t married yet? All my mates are married, yet I am not! Why am I the one who doesn’t have a child yet, despite several years…

People in this modern day are looking for every means possible to connect to a superior being. There is a yearning in the hearts of men to live and operate in the supernatural. Much have been said and taught about a supernatural being somewhere who could bring about these supernatural experiences. It then appears that everyone seems to have an idea about God, whom is believed to be the creator of all things and their quest to connecting with him, by and via various means, gave birth to what we now know as Religion. Be that as it may, it…

I woke up this morning with the thoughts of Purpose all over my mind. The thoughts that we all one day, irrespective of our gender, race, skin color, biases, family background and et cetera; would stand before God to give account of our life’s stewardship. This thought has always put me in check. I am a firm believer in the fact that this life that we possess, and that we hold dear, isn’t ours, and one way to prove this is the fact that it can be demanded at any time. I mean, if we own our life for…

Forty years beginning from twenty-twelve, it was predicted, through careful analysis of events, that the world would know Peace in the future. That places that period in the future to be around 2052. According to the analysis, by the year 2052, only half as many countries will be in conflict, and the decrease will be most in the Middle East, which is currently bedeviled with a number of crisis ranging from violent conflicts and the threats of nuclear weapons in the hands of religious fundamentalists. But the world as it is today is bereft of Peace. Violent conflicts, racism, terrorism…

Similoluwa Daramola The world watched the asphyxiation of George Floyd, an African-American, by Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020. The scene was devilry and vicious which answered the question as to the reasonable possibility of a human being intentionally stepping on his fellow human being to death which could have been best imagined. Floyd reverberated the statement, “I can’t breathe” until he finally died. And with this, it is conspicuous that the relics and debris of racism still haunt the human race like the sword of Damocles. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948…

The tribe of Issachar was one of the elitist tribe (even though certain people may not agree because they went into extinction) in Israel. And there was nothing that made them elitist other than the fact that the Bible recorded that they understood times and seasons, and they knew what Israel (their nation, not their tribe) ought to do. 1 Chronicles 12:32 (NLT) says: “From the tribe of Issachar, there were 200 leaders of the tribe with their relatives. All these men understood the signs of the times and knew the best course for Israel to take.” God had…

Tayo Oke The word, “palliative”, a nice medical terminology for the care of patients and their families with life-threatening illnesses has been in vogue of late. It has become rather overused in the last couple of months in reference to welfare provision for citizens in severe hardship. “Palliative” is the wrong word for welfare and social security benefits, because the recipients are not sick, neither should they or their families be deemed to be sick, or in some medical recovery. Government spokespersons and the media employ the term as a catch-all. It should not be. Now, if in a quick…