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BEYOND THE MATTERS OF ETERNITY - 3 Lessons from the Story of the Wright Brothers

One of the Early flights by the Wright Brothers, 1901, image credit:afr.com I got fascinated by the story of the Wright Brothers a few weeks ago and I got more curious about the story of their invention, and thank God for the internet. I read their story for more than 4 hours Guess what? I was extremely glad I did as I come across some very useful lessons, which are highly inspiring and relevant to every aspect of life.   It really blessed my life and I am delighted to share them with the readers of this blog. Here I go… Lesson 1 – The Influence of their Father Their father was said to be the one “who often traveled as a Bishop in the church of the United Brethren in Christ.” While this probably just confirmed the fact they must have gotten the vision for the airplane from the message preached by their father (Chariots of fire taking Prophet Elijah to heaven) to justified what I heard on the radio, the role their father played in their story is of eternal signific

WRITING MY OWN EPITAPH...

“You can successfully write your own epitaph before you die. You can write it in the hearts of men. Whatever you write on the hearts of an individual person is what they will write about you when you are gone…”   SIMILAR TO THIS - HOW YOUNG SHALL WE BE IN ETERNITY?  READ MORE @ https://goo.gl/nfL2Kp The quote above is from one of the most powerful and influential books I have ever read in my life WRITING YOUR OWN EPITAPH by Pastor Sola Nwaeni. I first came across the book 3 years ago and I must confess that I have never remained the same since reading the book. I have since gone ahead to read it three times. As a matter of fact, I will say that it is one of the reasons that gave birth to the vision to do this blog ETERNITY REMINDERS BLOG (ERB) 2 years ago, alongside two other reasons I will keep for now. As I thank God for the grace to see another 365 days this past week, I started reflecting on the over 15,700 days I have been privileged to spend on ear