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17 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
I got to the office yesterday.
I saw a woman sitting on the staircase, weeping quietly.
She had before her, 2 transparent buckets, both half filled with boiled eggs & meat pies.
I asked her what the problem was.
Her response broke my heart... ImageImage
She came out of her with these buckets, hoping to sell all her stuff.
It was 4pm, thereabouts & she was just about halfway through the sales.
She didn't think she'd sell them all before dark, she'd not earned as much as she thought she would.
She had hungry kids at home...
The food will be sour by morning.
She had no idea how her next day would be.
I just couldn't bear it: I gave her what I had on me.

This morning, I went to see a client at Lifecamp.
At the gate, this young man was scavenging the dustbin, looking for whatever he could salvage... ImageImage
I had a talk with him:
He was very angry & bitter.

The woman I saw yesterday reacted to her state with tears.
This young man's reaction is anger.
There's a deep divide between the haves & the have-nots.
I hate to think what will happen when they reach their breaking point...
This #EndSARSProtest may just be the catalyst to tip the scale.

And when that happens...

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#DoubtlessThouArtMyFather (Isaiah 63:16) Profile picture
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WHO ARE YOUR FRIENDS?
(1st Kings 12:1-20).
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But close friends? Much fewer.

There are dependable friends like Yinka's.
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PERCEPTION

She sat on the balcony, reading a novel. She just finished her first year on campus and was home on vacation. She was eighteen, living with her parents in a block of flats.
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THE MONOPOLY OF GOD'S FATHERHOOD

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