Illumining Pen

 I had a lot of fantasies as a child and teenager: beautiful colorful imaginations. But what happens during adulthood? What drives those imaginations away? What takes away the excitement of being an adult? Recently, there was a song break -out on the the internet:'Adulthood a scam'. For a moment, I thought it was true. Really, judging by the challenges I had during the breakout of the song. I asked : "Why must life be so complicated as an adult?" There are more responsibilities and more expectations of you.... decisions of where to work, who to marry, handling finance; investments or savings, what church to attend, the kind of house to rent or build..........the list is just endless. And the one big question: Purpose ('what on earth am I here for?') Rick Warren's world best seller book 'Purpose Driven Life's with its massive sale depicts that finding purpose seems to be a big deal to a large number of people on earth. Everyone has a purpose as desi...

 There are a lot of things to be grateful to God for: salvation of soul, health, family, good, laughter, mental serenity, shelter, clothing........ But many times we overlook these things and feel like we're not blessed.  Whatever your state might be, you are not without a blessing of God ✨. So cheer up honey 💖💫✨ Let's go into today's business...... When I was in secondary school, my teacher said something that actually stuck to my memory: "A frog, when placed in a pot of water that is being heated keeps adjusting itself to the temperature until it finally dies." Frogs are amphibians and cold-blooded animals. It's characteristic for amphibians to adjust themselves to the temperatures of their environments. That's to invariably say that the environment determines their body temperatures. Mammals on the other hand have a mechanism called 'thermoregulation'. The body automatically finds a way to maintain a suitable body temperature irrespective of t...

 Hi guys👋🙂 Welcome to today's edition of illuminingpen.blogspot.com✨ So yesterday, I was scrolling through social media when I came across a tweet "The sight of a pregnant woman can be both triggering and offensive to trans woman who are unable to give birth; I'm writing to my MP to ask him to introduce compulsory stomach binders for birthing bodies to conceal their cis bumps when out in public. This is basic manners. #LGBTQ." 🙄 Wow.... really. That's incredulous. And one of the things that came to my mind on that post was that there're many confused people in this world 🤦. These ideologies are not yet coded into laws in most African countries and may not really make sense to an average African now because there are more glaring problems of insecurity, poverty, health challenges.....and so on. But it's gradually coming to us. Infact, it has subtly started! Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.  'Because you have rejected k...

 Hiiiiiii 👋👋🤗😍 Happy New month💃💃 It's October already, two months to Christmas 🤗🎉 It seems this year is fast. Or is it only me👀? Anyways, so far, how good has it been? Alright now, I asked this question intentionally and I'd love you to reflect on the question intentionally. There's this thing about we trying to carry our burdens on our own, and because we have some resources, we tend to feel that's enough. And then we end up frustrated.  I often hear this ;"frustrated Nigerians". Yes, there are external frustrations, no need to add internal frustrations.  I have news for you this morning: "Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders build in vain. Unless the Lord watches the city, the watchmen wake up in vain.' Psalm 127:1-2 "It is vain to wake early in the morning and go to be late. "The Lord gives rest to His beloved in his sleep." "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and compassion on whom I will have compa...

 His cocky confidence and demeanor had not changed, he did not even seem to age, save for his more intense eyes revealing experience.  "Charles..." Sharon called his name again to confirm that he was the one she was truly seeing. After three years of disapprance from her life, his reappearence seems chaotic. "In flesh and blood" Charles replied, as if helping her to complete the statement.  "What are you doing here?" She asked "As you can see, I am acting on behalf of the CMD, Chief Collins." Then, realization suddenly dawned on her. Charles Collins was the son of Chief Collins! She had never thought of the possibility "Why did you invite me here?" Sharon asked, not willing to stay one more moment in the room. "What's your schedule like tomorrow? I'd like to take you out on lunch tomorrow if you don't mind." "What...?" Sharon's jaw dropped as she looked at Charles. Who and what did he think he is? Thi...

The Haunting Past Uncle Sola entered the unit where his brother was being taken care of . He went to the nursing station to ask a few questions. He met a nurse with a curly wig neatly packed behind her scalp, strands of the curls framing her beautiful face. She was smartly dressed in her navy blue scrubs. She looked about  twenty six years of age. And she looked vaguely familiar.  'Good morning nurse' he said. His years of living in the US already had effect on his accent.  The pretty nurse looked up from the system from which she had been imputing some data. Her beautiful eyes looked thoughtful as she was engrossed in the activity she was involved  in on the system, and no doubt has been distracted. Nonetheless, she gave a professional smile as she returned the greeting. "Good morning sir. How may I help you?" She said "I'm here to see a patient. His name is Chief Begunro" "Oh, what's your relationship with him?"  "I'm his younger...

 Two days later, Uncle Sola arrived in Lagos, Nigeria. A lot of things were now different from how they were ten years ago when he left. It's quite sad that he was home in the midst of this condition. Had it been his brother was his hale and hearty self,  they would have toured the whole of Lagos together. But, there is still hope when there's life. He arrived in the hospital two minutes to 10am. He had been given the address and description of the hospital the previous day. He had a dislike for hospital environment since when he was a boy. He has the fear of injections and seeing nurses had always given him a scare; it still sometimes does. Only if the situation was not unavoidable does he find himself in the hospital.  He parked his car at the general car park for patients' relatives as indicated by a billboard. Adjacent to the place was a billboard indicating the space for members of staff of the hospital. The environment was serene with flowers neatly prunned and arra...