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Talents! The Necessity of Meeting your Maker empty

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The moment I decide to unzip my mouth, you should expect nothing other than a bombshell! While away on an examination break, we made many observations, heard many stories, and as well found ourselves enclaved in one or two phenomena. It was during this short break that I chanced on the story of this young man who had died but having met God, was asked to come back just to empty himself of his talents. He was one of the few geniuses his generation could ever boast of but always lived in a pale shadow of himself. John’s birth, as described by the mum was very mysterious since none of his earlier four(4) children had given her such a headache during pregnancy and birth in her whole life. Born to christian parents, John couldn’t have settled for any other believe than Christianity. Growing up he was found by his teachers as having an intelligence level far above that of his colleagues, a unique intelligence for that matter. The parents and teachers were in elevated moods becaus

Change Your Status to Change Your Life

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There’s this story I heard about a young blind boy. He was always seen seated at one corner of the street begging for alms. This became a daily routine as he was almost always there and wouldn’t miss a day for anything. Passersby often dropped their pennies in his bowl and this young boy will in turn bless them for the kind gesture. One unique thing about him was, he had a small placard, and on it was written ‘I AM BLIND, PLEASE HELP ME’. That was the inscription on his placard and often people preferred him over other beggars on that same street just because of how he branded himself. With all the placard, plus the inscription, and the supposed branding, this little one wasn’t getting enough for himself, let alone his family, who were living in abject poverty and so had used him as a decoy just to get end’s meat. This was getting frustrating until one day. A very noble man was using the footpath and came across this young boy, upon seeing his condition, coupled with his tend