EXPOSITIONS BY E. I. OPUTA

Dear husbands,  Do not shield your better half from the harsh reality of this world. That is not your job. She is not there only for the rosy part; she is also there for the thorny part. She is not there to only be effective during breaks but to be part and parcel of your (combined) life.  A recipe to early disaster in marriage is going through tough times alone even as a married man. Your wife is supposed to be right there in the trench with you - slugging it out.  If you are on a fast, she needs to be on one with you. If you are in trouble with a court case, she needs to also be involved.  You cannot be a unit and be separate. Any victory in your life of which she is not a part of, mocks your union.  Listen, some people have begun to twist the wordings to the oath of fealty we take when getting married. Some do it for religious beliefs. But in life, there is no way things will always be on the up. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE! Even the good book acknowledges this. 

A "wise man" once said to me that "the greatest and most valuable word in the world is RELATIONSHIP!"  I have never forgotten that statement. You see relationship is the chord that binds one to another. Friend, colleague, brother, mother, sibling, relative, etc. Relationship can get you were influence and hardwork may not. Relationship works hand in hand with favour.  And for those of us that are SAVED, relationship is what grans us access to God. Jesus died so that we can be reconciled to form a RELATIONSHIP with God whereby we have boldness to call God, "Abba Father". Adoption into sonship!  As we can see, relationship is pretty powerful indeed! Among the various calibre of relationships, the strongest remains FAMILY! The chord that binds us in a family relationship is blood enforced with love.  There are many things one may not tolerate from other people but when it comes to family, our tolerance becomes enduring. That is one of the rea

STORY TIME: One of my clients just told me a story I will like to share with you. Please pay attention as there are lessons to be gleaned from this real life story. But for privacy sake I will change some of the facts, (like names, etc), but the gist remains true! So, Mr. Callistus walked into my office this morning (basically 1 hour ago) bemoaning his fate. Oga Callistus: Emma, witch they work oh? Me: How do you mean sir? Oga Callistus : hmmmm. Dem dey worry! If not for the prayers I do every night, wahala wey I for dey eeehn. Me : hmmm Oga Callistus: You know that my secretary. Me: Miss Kelechi Oga Callistus: Yes. See the kind of wahala she wan bring come my side after God don finally answer my prayer. **** Background story on Miss Kelechi **** Barely a week passed, Oga Callistus reemployed Miss Kelechi to work for his company. He is a Contractor and for a while he has not been getting any jobs. His company XYZ Nig. Ltd. is a registered contractor for a big oil conglomerate.