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BEYOND THE MATTERS OF ETERNITY - "Momodu: Are you well or sick?”

“The truth worth of a man’s life is not measured by the span of his chronological age but by the quality of his life, HOWEVER SHORT.” - Anonymous While this is not a political blog, it has become imperative to write this piece, at least for the sake of posterity and most importantly, for eternity sake. So Beyond The Matters of Eternity this week seek to offer a word of wisdom to our dear president, Mohammadu Buhari. Firstly, the scripture says “...Supplications, prayers, intercession and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority…” (1 Tim. 2:1-2). So it is expedient that we all keep praying for our beloved president because in the words of Reno Omokri “ When opposition becomes hatred or leads to a death wish, it stops being Godly and starts being satanic.” The events of the last few weeks the president has been away should call for sober reflection by the President and his team   as it was an open secret that while some pr

WHAT FLIGHT WILL YOU LIKE TO TAKE TO ETERNITY?

I must confess that I was a little bit nervous and anxious on my first flight out of Lagos to Kaduna close to a decade ago. My heart was in my mouth as the aircraft took off from the run way before taxing into the sky.  When I was not actually fasting, I could not take anything – even the freebies offered on the flight until later that night when I got to my hotel. While I had become bolder after that first time out, I have a colleague in the office whose morbid fear of traveling by air has become legendary and who till date will never venture near an aircraft! What is however, common to EVERY PASSENGER on that flight that we are all GOING TO THE SAME DESTINATION.   While the above scenario is an earthly flight, the flight to eternity is a totally different kettle of fish altogether. It is a statement of fact that IT IS ONLY PEOPLE who have made the choice to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord are the ones sure of being on board the flight to ete