Ofure OgbidiJul 23, 20223 min readPsalm 46You're on your way to buy some food items from a shop close by. As you walk, you think to yourself about just how bad things have become....
Ofure OgbidiJul 3, 20222 min readLongingToday, it dawned on me that it's so much easier rejecting something you've never had. And as I'm taken through a class called "delayed...
Ofure OgbidiJun 3, 20224 min readOf slowness, restraint and a God who sees"Even now, you are free to look for invitations into slowness. You are free to say these kinds of things to yourself: 'I'm going to...
Ofure OgbidiMay 15, 20222 min readHe's UnchangingSometimes, I forget that God isn't like me. Let me explain. This past week, I drifted. I avoided praying intentionally—well, more like...
Ofure OgbidiMay 8, 20222 min readHidden in plain sight"Reject striving and the endless pressure to prove that you're a person of value. Rejoice in the mystery of being hidden in plain sight,...
Ofure OgbidiFeb 6, 20222 min readTRUST"Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not lean on your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways, and He will direct your...
Ofure OgbidiDec 25, 20217 min readGrieving on Christmas Eve"Hey", I said to the lady I'd currently settled down beside. I'd seen her sitting on the wooden chair earlier this afternoon. The sun...
Ofure OgbidiNov 25, 20212 min readHeld.Jehovah Rohi: God, my shepherd. This is the basis of how I live my life. Some have called it simple, others dimwitted. But in this...
Ofure OgbidiNov 6, 20213 min readLeaving Mechanical worshipMechanical: (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless. Today, this is the father's heart to us: it's a...
Ofure OgbidiSep 14, 20212 min readHe's not unawareOne thing I find very spectacular about God is how calm he is. Sometimes, I picture him in my most chaotic days: how calm he'd look,...
Ofure OgbidiSep 4, 20212 min readGOD WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMFor some reason, we find this hard to really believe as children of God. With so many responsibilities on our plate, so many people to...
Ofure OgbidiAug 21, 20212 min readWatching the carousel spinThese days, I've begun to find a soothing comfort in routines, and things that can be repeated and replayed. In a world of sweltering...
Ofure OgbidiAug 15, 20211 min readREMEMBERHere's something I once wrote to myself: "There are days when we forget just who we are and what we've been taught; days later, something...
Ofure OgbidiAug 7, 20212 min readThe Nature of PatienceIn a generation referred to by some as a "microwave generation" because of how much we're bent on doing things as fast as possible,...
Ofure OgbidiJun 13, 20212 min readIn the waiting, Trust. So, you might remember a post some weeks back where I talked about no longer being worried about Time, and all that it hid from me… Well,...
Ofure OgbidiMar 14, 20212 min readIN THE NOW Sometimes, we can't see past the hurt of the moment; past the immense pain of the trials and stress we've been immersed in. And...
Ofure OgbidiFeb 14, 20218 min readA VALENTINE Special!I walked into the self-contain apartment I was sharing with my friend Cynthia, making sure to properly place my shoes side by side, at...
Ofure OgbidiJan 29, 20215 min readOn relevance, dreams, desires, and God. This season, a lot of us were hit with the message, "make yourself relevant!" It's what we see when we close our eyes; what haunts us,...
Ofure OgbidiJan 23, 20212 min readBEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF ONEI am someone who has time and time again, craved the affections of men. Somehow, typing this out just made me come to terms with it—one...
Ofure OgbidiJan 16, 20212 min readMercyI have found it hard beginning today's post; not for a lack of words, but actually because there's so much in my head, that when I stop...