SAY A PRAYER

"Prayer is the key of the morning, and the bolt of the evening." - Anonymous

Pray for Nigeria

Someone said, "In my deepest, darkest moments, what really got me through was a prayer. Sometimes my prayer was 'Help me.' Sometimes, it was 'Thank you.' What I've discovered is that, intimate connection and communication with my creator will always get me through, because I know my support, and my help is just a prayer away."

Having been in this nation, all my life, and experienced different administrations, and governmental leadership, with much chaos, confusion, and corruption, I have noticed also that - as a nation - we have experienced some triumphs too. What has gotten us through were our prayers to God. Did someone say in what areas? There are a number of success stories. God has delivered us from many trials. I will mention just one, 'Kidnapping.' There was a time when no one could sleep with both eyes closed. No one knew who would be kidnapped next, or what time the kidnappers would strike. It was a nightmare.

LEADERS URGENTLY NEEDED

"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Leaders Needed Urgently

A bird somewhere in Russia for some reason, refused to join the pack as they flew South for the winter. Its' parents and elders warned, it refused believing it could tough it out alone. Winter came and it was extremely cold so the bird froze. It fell to the ground, and was covered with snow. After a while a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. Because, the pile of dung was warm, the bird was thawed out and brought back to life. It lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. Just then, a cat heard the singing bird, took it out of the pile of cow dung, and ate it.

The bird in this story typifies Nigeria as a nation, and the cat represents enemies, as a nation. We're at a stage in our life as a nation where we have to be wise and spiritually sensitive in deciding the future of our nation. Especially as the general elections are