“Hey, how are you?” the eraser asked the pencil kindly.

“I’m not your friend,” the pencil snapped. “I hate you.”

Surprised and hurt, the eraser asked, “Why?”

“Because you erase everything I write.”

“I only remove the mistakes,” the eraser replied gently.

“That doesn’t make it right,” said the pencil.

“But that’s what I’m here for. It’s my purpose.”

“Then your job is meaningless,” grumbled the pencil. “Writing is more important than erasing.”

“To erase the wrong is just as important as writing the right,” the eraser said.

The pencil paused, then quietly said, “But I see you getting smaller each day…”

“That’s because I give a little bit of myself every time I help correct a mistake.”

“I feel smaller too,” the pencil admitted.

“We can’t do good for others unless we’re willing to sacrifice something,” the eraser smiled.

Then she looked at him and softly asked, “Do you still hate me?”

The pencil smiled back:
“How could I hate someone who gives so much of themselves?”

Each day we wake up with one day less.
If you can’t be the pencil that creates joy for others, be the eraser that wipes away their pain, planting hope and reminding them:
*The future can still be better than the past*.

*Be grateful, ALWAYS!*.

*FOR THOSE OF US MINISTERS OF GOD WHO TOTALLY LIVE GOD'S WORK TO PURSUE MONEY, ESPECIALLY THE EVANGELISTS, MAY YOU REPENT SO THAT YOUR WEALTH NOT BE A CURSE TO YOUR CHILDREN, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.*.
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

PROPERTY WAHALA: 3 CHILDREN VS THEIR MOTHER
Today at Ikeja High Court I witnessed the court give judgment in a case between a mother and her 3 biological children.

Their father/husband died leaving a large estate. In his Will, he made their mother & another, executors of the Will. The man died about 12 years ago.

Since then, the old woman has been managing the estate as an executor. One of the lawyers in the case told me she pays each of the 3 children 1 million Naira monthly from what she realises from the estate. Yet her children dragged her to court . These her children all live abroad o! And are all highly educated.

They were telling the court to ask their 73 year old mother to render accounts. They are also alleging that she is senile and can't manage the estate, so the court should remove her as an executor of their father's estate. The court was able to determine that the woman is of sound mind. All allegations of mental incapacity were not true.

Imagine the extent a woman's biological children went to discredit their mom's mental capacity because of greed and property they didn't work for. It is also wrong that their mom does not render account of how she manages the estate.

Anyways, the court ordered their mom to render account of the estate since she started managing it in 2013. Also, it made one of the children an executor who will now join their mother in running things. The court did not grant their wish of removing their mom as an executor.

Shey Una dey see wetin property dey cause? Leaving wealth and property behind can also be a curse. See how this small nuclear family is being torn apart. Make Una enjoy Una money now when Una dey alive.

Sometimes you find a song that makes you cry for reasons you can't name. The melody uncovers things you've hidden even from yourself. Music is a gentle thief, stealing the weight from your chest." (R.M. Drake)
When the Music Knows Before You Do...
Sometimes, without warning, a song begins—and before the second verse, your eyes are wet.
You don’t know why.
You weren’t feeling sad.
You weren’t reaching for healing.
But something in the melody finds you.
There are notes that know your story better than you do. Harmonies that slip past your defenses, reach into the locked boxes inside you, and gently open what you swore you buried. A certain lyric echoes through your chest like it’s been waiting years to be heard. You don’t understand all the reasons why, and maybe you never will—but something inside you loosens.
Music has a quiet way of asking you to feel what you've avoided. Not with force, but with grace. It doesn’t demand that you explain or solve anything. It just sits with you, wraps around your soul, and says, "It’s okay to feel this now. It’s safe to let it out."
Sometimes, a song doesn’t just play through your speakers—it plays through your soul.
It steals the ache you didn’t have words for.
It reminds you of someone you miss, or a version of yourself you left behind.
It gives shape to your sorrow and wings to your joy.
You don't need to understand every tear.
You just need to let them fall.
Because sometimes the music is the only one who truly knows what your heart has been trying to say.

FACE REALITY BEFORE IT RUINS YOU.
Nobody cares about your inner beauty at first glance.
You walk into a room, and they’ve already sized you up.
Too fat? Too tired-looking? Unkempt? Next.
“Don’t judge a book by its cover” sounds cute—until you realize life is a marketplace, and you are the packaging.
You think your weight doesn’t matter?
It does.
Not because society is fair—because society is predictable.
Fit people get hired faster.
Attractive people get more help, more trust, more yes.
Clean skin, good posture, glowing energy? It screams discipline. It screams value.
You’re over here crying about rejection, but you don’t even look like someone who takes care of themselves.
You think your “good heart” will carry you.
Sweetheart, this is not a Disney movie. This is Lagos. Or life.
Go to the gym? Yes.
But before that—fix your plate.
Weight is lost in the kitchen, not in the overpriced treadmill.
And no, “self-love” is not an excuse to stay inflamed, breathless, and always tired.
You want doors to open?
Make the mirror your ally.
Turn your body into a weapon.
Look like someone who deserves better.

My people, we need to talk about this thing we call stockfish.
I know it’s inside almost every pot of soup—especially for special occasions.
But what if I told you that the stockfish you’re eating today…
Isn’t real food anymore?
Let me break it down:
Stockfish is imported.
To survive the long journey, it’s preserved with strong chemicals like:
—Formalin (yes, the same one used to preserve dead bodies)
—Lye (a corrosive chemical used to clean drains)
—And sometimes ammonia-based compounds
These things are not made for your stomach.
They’re made to stop the fish from rotting during shipping.
But guess what?
Your liver, your womb, and your hormones pay the price.
These chemicals can mimic estrogen in the body.
They disrupt your hormones.
They inflame your gut.
And for women dealing with fibroids—they can make it worse.
So imagine…
You’re fighting fibroids with prayer and surgery—
But feeding it every Sunday with stockfish pepper soup.
And to make it worse?
Stockfish has no real nutrition.
It’s just flavor and obstacle.
No healthy fats. No useful protein. No minerals left after all the processing.
So what are you really gaining?
Nothing—except pain.
It’s time to stop eating food that looks traditional, but acts like poison.
Let go of stockfish.
Your womb, your hormones, and your future self will thank you.
Let’s eat smart.
Let’s heal with food.

*FACTS OF LlFE👌🏾*

1. Take risks in your life. If you win, you can lead; if you lose, you can guide.

2. People are not what they say but what they do; so judge them not from their words but from their actions.

3. When someone hurts you, don't feel bad because it's a law of nature that the tree that bears the sweetest fruits gets maximum number of stones.

4. Take whatever you can from your life because when life starts taking from you, it takes even your last breath.

5. In this world, people will always throw stones on the path of your success. It depends on what you make from them - a wall or a bridge.

6. Challenges make life interesting; overcoming them make life meaningful.

7. There is no joy in victory without running the risk of defeat.

8. A path without obstacles leads nowhere.

9. Past is a nice place to visit but certainly not a good place to stay.

10. You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.

11. If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, then you haven't done much today.

12. If you don't build your dreams, someone else will hire you to build theirs.

13. If you don't climb the mountain; you can't view the plain.

14. Don't leave it idle - use your brain.

15. You are not paid for having brain, you are only rewarded for using it intelligently.

16. It is not what you don't have that limits you; it is what you have but don't know how to use.

17. What you fail to learn might teach you a lesson.

18. The difference between a corrupt person and an honest person is: The corrupt person has a price while the honest person has a value.

19. If you succeed in cheating someone, don't think that the person is a fool...... Realize that the person trusted you much more than you deserved.

20. Honesty is an expensive gift; don't expect it from cheap people.

STAY BLESSED

*THE RESTORER'S DAILY GUIDE*

DATE: TUESDAY 3RD JUNE 2025

THEME: *REWRITE YOUR OWN STORY*

MEMORISE
1 Chronicles 4:10
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

READ
Psalms 34:1-6
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
*All things are possible with God.*

MESSAGE
Everyone has a story of how situations and circumstances have affected their lives. But we all can rewrite our own stories. It doesn't have to end up the way it started.

We don't have to allow negative circumstances to determine our fate.

*You can either choose to become a product of your pain or to make a gain from your pain*

Those who allowed themselves to become products of their pains, end up as bitter people who bleed on those who were never part of their pains.

A wise man once said; "Most people do not loose their lives all at once, they lose it gradually to defeats, disappointment, failures, bad times, etc; one day at a time by allowing unpleasant situations and circumstances define and dictate their lives. One bad day turns into two, two days turn into a story. If you do not confront your bad day, the day will construct a version of you that is smaller than your potential and original destiny from God."

A bad day is a visitor not a resident, you are supposed to be in charge of your life and you determine who stays not the bad issue.

Neuroscience has shown that the human brain wires itself on repetition. If you allow one bad moment to linger beyond the moment, your brain will adjust to it and begins to expect its repetition and continuity.

Gradually your brain becomes loyal to your lowest moments, and if unchecked and unhindered, it becomes your biography, unless you disrupt the pattern and create a new one.

So, interrupt the negative spiral, stop the lifespan of the negative situation.

Never allow a bad day become your life.

You can change the rhythm of your life. You can change your story.

The power is in your mind and in your mouth. Choose what stays in your mind and heart and make your mouth confess only what is in alignment with God's word and purpose for your life. (Philipians 4:8)

Jabez, in today's memory verse, decided to rewrite his own story, and that is why we are yet reading his story today.

In today's text, the writer also had a testimony of a changed life. He sought God and was heard. Some looked up to Him, and their faces were changed, and they knew no shame.

You, too, can rewrite your story today by taking some vital steps of faith in prayer and supplication with fasting.

God is faithful and will turn around your situation for good.

All things are possible with God, give Him a chance in your life today, and you will smile again in Jesus' name.

Shalom, maranatha!

ACTION STEPS
1. Surrender your life to Jesus Christ today and be saved.
2. Take a day off to seek God's face with fasting over that issue.
3. Pray until something happens for good.

PRAYERS
Dear heavenly Father, Thank you for today's devotional guide. Oh God of restoration, visit the root of every issue of frustration in my life and make me free in Jesus' name.

REMEMBER
*All things are possible with God.*

AUTHOR: JEDIDIAH DAVID

DAILY READING: Ezekiel 17-18, John 14-15.

HYMN
Blessed assurance — Jesus is mine !
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine !
Heir of salvation, purchase of God ;
Born of His Spirit washed in His blood.

This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Saviour all the day long ;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Saviour all the day long.

2
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture burst on my sight ;
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

3
Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Saviour am happy and blest ;
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

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Who we want in a Relationship.

We want someone to come into our lives who knows how to manage emotional trauma, that has intelligence, and someone that can give us the world without us even asking.

Countless nights go by and we catch ourselves praying that maybe tomorrow we will find our soulmate that will make everything feel like a book that Nicholas Sparks wrote.

We want someone that notices us on a daily basis, respects us, admires us and treats us like a priority rather than an option.

We want someone who wants to protect our well-being and invests their time in our own happiness.

We want to be with someone who isn't afraid to hurt others people's feelings to protect ours.

We want someone who wakes up everyday looking for new ways to love us.

We want someone who chooses us under any circumstance.

We want to be with someone who refuses to entertain any other person that's not us.

We want someone that will continue chasing us long after, they have already had us.

We all will eventually find someone who will give us the love and affection we have always longed for, but you always have to remember no matter what... It’s never too late to find someone who appreciates and values you for who you truly are as a person inside and out.

Take my advice .... and always remember that your time is precious. So don't waste it on someone who doesn't realize you are too.

~ written by Strawberry Tech Media

➥𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐤𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐰𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐌𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐳𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐨❤‍🩹

BITTER LEAF SOUP(OFE ONUGBU)

DESCRIPTION:
This bitter leaf soup recipe (also know as Ofe Onugbu) is generously stocked with flavoursome meats, fish and cocoyams. Make it when you’re in the mood for something warm, serve with your favourite swallow, Relax "and enjoy.
It is very delicious

INGREDIENTS:
½ cup washed bitter leaf
4 to 10 medium cocoyams
10 medium size assorted meats
3 medium smoked or dry fish
5 cups of palm fruit(optional)
1 medium size stock fish
Ground dry pepper, to taste
1 tbsp. ogiri (locust beans)
½ cup ground crayfish
2 cooking spoons palm oil
Seasoning/salt to taste

METHOD:
1.wash and boil the cocoyam till tender,"

2 Pill then blend or pound in a mortar.

3.Soak the stock fish in hot water to soften for 5mins

4. Season and boil the assorted meat until
tender

5.Cook and extract your palm fruit then pour into the pot

6.Then add the stock fish and dry fish and allow boiling for 10 minutes.

7.Add the cocoyam paste and stir very well. (you can add more water if it’s too thick), allow cooking for 5 minutes.

8.Add the palm oil, ogiri, dry pepper, ground crayfish and cook for 3 minutes.

9.Add the bitter leaf, seasoning and salt to taste. Allow simmering for 5 minutes.

Erecting two giant billboards worth millions only to “thank” Governor Alex Otti for constructing a road can’t make sense to me. He did what he was elected to do - his JOB!

Appreciate him and demand for more. He doesn’t collect salary and say “thank you, Abia for paying me!”

*Important announcement*

Attention, dear gadanians.

It is important to bring this good news to us this morning . As usual, we will continue to report every single step we take.

Today, they will be an *upgrade* that will start at ezackly 1pm and will last for 8 to 24 hours.

We are not sure it will affect transactions, so continue to enjoy your account. But if there's any update about transactions within the upgrade period, we will communicate with you.

*What you should expect from the upgrade*
*NEW FEATURES*
We are adding new features to Gada.chat platform, and it will help generate money for us and for the company.

#We are adding wallet payment to our marketplace
#we are adding chat translator. The translator will be translating all your chat to any language you want.
#live stream
We are adding a paid livestream just like zoom. You can host a conference with more than 20k people at once with a little subscription
#Newsfeed location filter. The website will detect anywhere you are and will bring out news or posts from your location. If you travel to another state or country, instantly, it will start bringing news from that state or country first once you log in to your account.
#post schedule system. You will be able to post and schedule it to appear later.
#We have worked on affiliate, and we will explain this feature after upgrading.

Your feedback is what gives us insight on what to add. As we continue to progress, we value all your contributions and suggestions. We are open to adding new features, and we will continue to make gada.chat a global competitive social media company.

Stay tuned, stay positive. Post, comment, like, and make money