TOURPALINE BLOG

We have a term in my home referred to as someone’s “National  Anthem”.  We usually refer to a song played over and over again  (an overplayed song) as someone’s national anthem. This is  because the national anthem is sang daily and sometimes one  gets weary of listening to the same old song. Although I must  admit that in primary school, we sometimes looked forward to  the anthem because we longed to play or hear the drums. So there was this season my sister declared a particular song as my  national anthem. It was a song sang by Juanita Bynum, titled,  “I  Don’t Mind Waiting”. Interesting enough, the song  always  ministered to me as often as I played it. It even gave me insight as  to what action to take at a certain point in my life. The lyrics of the song: I Don’t Mind Waiting By Juanita Bynum You know, sometimes in life, Situations are going to occur, Where...

You’re a tree replanted in Eden , bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom… Psalm 1:3 [MSG] A question crossed my mind and it’s likely to have crossed yours too- “What does ‘fresh’ and ‘clean’ really mean”?  Taking a closer look at the above scripture, Psalm 1 tells us that those who walk in the way of the Lord and keep away from the path of sinners but instead thrill to God’s word, chewing the scripture day and night, are like a tree replanted in Eden bearing fresh fruit every month, never dropping a leaf and always blooming. Let’s analyse this scripture a bit. Psalm 1:3 which is our key scripture proclaims 4 things: 1.       You’re like a tree , replanted in Eden- a place seen as been perfect and highly pleasing 2.      You bear fresh fruit 3.      You never drop a leaf 4.      You always blossom A woman of God once...

"The moment I got born again I couldn't keep my mouth shut. I told everyone" Pastor E.A Adeboye (at the 2013 Holy Ghost Convention). If you've ever spent time with a kid, you'll realise that not many things occur without them talking about it. You may succeed in keeping them quiet for a short while but not for long.  This reminds me of a very familiar incidence in which there was a slight kitchen accident and a kid was told not to tell his mum and he agreed saying "Okay I won't tell mummy". The first thing the child did even before mummy came in through the door was to narrate the entire story, leaving no incidence untold. In the same manner, we need to be like a child when it comes to spreading d Good News. We should be unable to keep our mouths shut when it comes to preaching the gospel.  We should have the "I JUST CAN'T HELP IT" syndrome, I can't help but talk, I can't help but share, I...

Ese Walter on Thursday the 22 nd of August 2013 alleged that she had an intimate 1week affair with  Pastor Xxx…” (The Pastor of a prominent church  in Nigeria). The whole world waited eagerly for the pastor’   response and finally, his response was, “When we  asked God, God said be quiet. Thank you!” His  response can be summarised as “Leave It to God”  says Ofili (Ofilispeaks). Has leaving it to God and taking little or no  responsibility as we act, become our way of life in  Nigeria? Or has the renowned prolific writer  Ofilispeaks (a writer I really admire) jumped into  conclusion all too soon? Click these two links to discover the truth http://ofilispeaks.com/leaveitforgod/ http://esewalter.wordpress.com/ “The things which hurt, instruct” – Benjamin Franklin Love you and God bless you.

There’s this enchanting, smoldering, riveting, exhilarating and enigmatic feeling I have for this guy hubda, glazba, muziek, zene, muzik, tonlist, music, coel , musica, musique. Actually, I just spelt “music” in ten different languages. (You thought I was going to gist you about a guy right? *smiling* keep reading, you’ll find this even more interesting).  I loooove music!   According to mdictionary.com, music is an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony and colour. Highlighting the word significant this implies that music, expresses a meaning, has a meaning be it hidden or not, it has the capability to influence. More so, anything with significance is never produced by mere chance, but for a purpose. The kind of music we listen to affects our personality and who we eventually become” says a music lover. Scientific studies have proven that music relentlessly affects our ...

Hi everyone! It’s been a while I discovered my love for writing. I love writing and sharing inspiring, informative and noble information I come across or develop in my line of thought. Although I’ve limited my contents to media outlets such as facebook, twitter and very few magazines, I’ll love to extend it to this blog which I’ve creatively called ‘Tourpaline’ . I created this blog about a year ago, but never really filled it with content. During this period I found me asking myself, ‘There are so many blogs and bloggers, why follow the trend? Asides your flair for writing, what’s your motive?’ I wasn’t particularly satisfied with my answers, so I left it dormant. Then again, the regular reminders in my thought nudged me to pursue this uncompleted project. I knew I was waiting ( w asting a vailable i ntelligence and t ime) in vein. Bill Glass once said, “When you get an insight or inspiration, do something about it within twenty-four hours or the odds are against yo...