Revelations 2:1
Scribing the wisdom of God
Goodlife Writes is a weekly publication of inspired counsel from God's word aimed at growing our faith.
I began to share my understanding of God's word as inspired by the Holy Ghost back in school through the weekly NASELS UNIUYO Fellowship pamphlets. I never knew the desire was a pointer to my calling, to a teaching ministry.
In 2017, the Great One gave this desire an identity –Goodlife Writes. Still at that time, I wanted to do some critical reviews on poems. I called it Goodlife Poetry Reviews. I planned out modalities on how I would execute this academic exercise. I gathered some collections, selected some titles and scheduled them for review and publication. For a start, I intended to use my Facebook timeline and my blog.
I got excited about it. I shared the idea with some of my friends and my beloved lecturer Associate Prof Rome Aboh. Everything was perfect, I thought. So I started writing the reviews. Those reviews were meant to identify the predictions and relevance of the selected poems to the current social, political, and economic realities of the times.
What a joy! Fresh guy, straight from school has a drive to do some academic work on his darling poetry. The bubbles fumed up. Suddenly, in November of the same year, the Still Small Voice said, 'No'. That one word generated an unrest in me equivalent to a drop of ice in a boiling oil. 😨 What?! No Sir, don't do this to me, I prayed. Before then, I had come online to announce the review project. 'Sir, please don't mess me up like this. Please allow me to do this stuff', I had prayed and You didn't object, now I have set on motion, I've turned on my ignition, I'm already on gear one, and then You said No? 🤕 I dragged with that Voice.
I quoted all the scriptures I knew about confusing thoughts and manipulations of the devil. It seemed like I fought with myself, because, the more I prayed, the clearer it became that the Lord had spoken. I tried hard to ignore the voice and the way I felt about it. I tried to wear a fabricated confidence about it.
I wrote the first review. The unrest increased and so was my defense. 😆 Days later, I tried to write the second review. I only completed one paragraph, the second was incomplete. My hands were shaking. I completely lost my peace. I went blank. 😶 I knew it was the Lord, but it felt so unreasonable to give up. That day, I couldn't continue.
I stopped. I packed all the materials and collections into a bag and hid them away in a bigger bag, where I won't see them regularly any more. I surrendered. 'Sir, take it. Thank you for the frustrations.' I mused in my heart. A mixture of pain and anger clouded my heart.
It would have been better if I lost money than to lose that vision, I thought. But it was not a loss. The following year, 2018, I understood by revelation that He stopped that review so I can devote my writing adventures only to His word. It takes a lot to write a rich, resourceful document.
It's probably easier to write stories, because almost everything is happening in your mind. (I thank the Holy Ghost for grace.) But some other writings like the Christian articles and even the poetry reviews I had started, you have to read and research, before you pen. That would have greatly interrupted Goodlife Writes.
However, if the review was part of His plan, He would have supplied sufficient grace. He understood far better and nibbed the project on the board early enough. By 2018, I had written some articles and shared them. But the first article I shared when God gave my writing passion an identity was TOLERATING ONE ANOTHER.
It was inspired by a short story I read in a Primary 4 English text book which I used to prepare lessons for my pupils in the first school I worked after graduation. Friends, since then, the anointing for writing came on me.
Studying scriptures and documenting my understanding felt like mission accomplished (for each article.) It was sweet. I felt like David when he said, 'I rejoice at thy word as one that found great spoil.' I forgot about the reviews.😜 There was this fulfilment that accompanied this project. So, I created a gallery for Goodlife Writes on my little library.
More inspirations kept coming, and I kept writing. Maybe I was slow, maybe I was fast. Maybe the articles blessed people, maybe not. But I enjoyed the privilege to learn the things I found out in the course of the studies; the privilege to be taught by the Holy Ghost so I can teach God's people.
Goodlife Foundation was birthed, to house the catalogue of my passions and vision. Goodlife Writes was officially unveiled and commissioned alongside Goodlife Foundation on 6th July 2018 by my pastor and mentor Apostle Kufre Udoh, in the company of friends and family. Goodlife Writes They are more than just articles, they are envoys of God's wisdom and authority. There are other freelance writings I share like most people do, but I've documented 123 articles in my Goodlife Writes folder.
It's my fifth year of fulfilling this ministry, and I'm enjoying it.
Only God knows the future of this work. The gleam I can see is the change and growth it inspires in people. I see hundreds and thousands of Goodlife articles, as precious as the parchments of Apostle Paul, littered across libraries all over the world. In 2019, the Holy Ghost told me I will 'write to nations.'
I believe it. I understand that there is a workshop season and there is a showcase season. Maybe I'm still in the first. I won't hurry the seasons. I can only get better.
Goodlife Writes ...scribing the wisdom of God. 📝 Unto the angel of the church in Ephesus, write! [Revelation 2:1] May God bless this work in Jesus name. Amen.
Below is a attempt at listing and documentary.
Below are the available articles published on Goodlife Writes:
1. Tolerating One Another
2. All Things Work Together For Good
3. Parable of the Hidden Treasure
4. Parable of the Pearl
5. Parable of the Mustard Seed
6. Parable of the Net
7. Come Ye To The Waters
8. The Faith of Martha
9. Think on These Things
10. Parable of the Wheats and Tares
11. Breaking News Series (1)
12. Not Just A God
13. Peace: A Core Requirement
14. Purpose for Living (1)
15. Purpose for Living (2)
16. Purpose for Living (3)
17. Purpose for Living (4)
18. The Spirit And Self (1)
19. The Spirit And Self (2)
20. Exercise Your Faith
21. Parable of the Sower (Overview)
22. I am He
24. Sin, Flesh, Death; Righteousness, Spirit, Life
25. As It Was; As It Is (1)
26. As It Was; As It Is (2)
27. Parable of the Prodigal Son
28. Morality And Spirituality
29. Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
30. Growing in Faith (1)
31. Growing in Faith (2)
32. Foundation
33. The Apostles' First Letter To The Church (1)
34. The Apostles' First Letter To The Church (2)
34. Parable of the Lost Sheep
35. Parable of the Lost Coin
36. Parable of the Rich Man And Lazarus
37. Parable of the Good Samaritan
38. Parable of the Two Worshippers
39. As It Was; As It Is (3)
40. Parable of the Fig Tree
41. Unity and Togetherness (most viewed article on my blog)
42. Parable of the Unjust Judge
43. Obedience to Leadership
44. Parable of the Unfaithful Labourers
45. Parable of the Unjust Steward
46. The Righteousness of the Law
47. Parable of the Seed
48. Parable of the 10 Virgins
49. As It Was; As It Is (4)
50. Parable of the Rich Fool
51. Parable of the Talents
52. As It Was, As It Is (5)
53. Do Not Judge, But Strengthen (1)
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(List updated: Thursday 7th Nov. 2019)
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