This is not our first post on the usefulness of pain. The first time, we opined that pain was a divine alert. It is much like your bank alert, letting you know you have to take action. We noted then that the illnesses that do not have the pain alert are the fastest killers. They…
Author: Ebun E
Glory Of The Latter
It was my son who shared what he called an architectural quote with me. Those professionals believe that the first house you build is for your enemy. The second one is for your friend and the third one is for you. The reason, I am told, is that you make a lot of mistakes the…
Profitable Earthquake
Imagine you were in prison with Paul and Silas. You just finished praying and praising God in an attempt to practice our post on positive problems. But your mind was not in it, you were merely following the example of Paul and Silas. To make matters worse, as soon as you said “Amen” there was…
Count It All Joy
James, the brother of Jesus, who ate and showered the same as Jesus, wrote a funny letter to us. Funny or not, everything James says demands our attention. Keep in mind, he lived in the same house as Jesus. Here we see him starting his letter with a few head-scratchers about positive problems. We dealt…
Positive Problem
When God loves you, He gives you problems that you cannot possibly resolve. This is probably why Mother Teresa reportedly asked God to please love her less. But problems are the way God builds faith. Think of the last testimony you gave. It came as a result of a problematic situation in which you found…
Greatest Gift
This is the season when most people spend money they don’t have to buy gifts for people they barely like. At least, in the Western world, where there seems to be a cultural force to give gifts at Christmas time, they do. Such a culture might be the result of expert advertising and bold-face lying….