Iyoaye's Public Notes

Oh! Happy New Year! I can't promise to write more often this year but I will be kind enough to share my thoughts in their rawest form and I hope I can get your thoughts on them. Today is not the day to talk about the year but I have been on a retreat and it's been refreshing how God has been dealing with me - ( not in the Nigerian parent sense haha).  It's been a perfect time and I'm loving the experience. The last time I felt this way was in 2019-2020; those months were the best part of my life.  Today, I saw a video of Richard Garnett talking about Eternal treasures . A few minutes into the video God was saying "Yes! That is for you" considering he had schooled me a few days from Isaiah 44 with specific instructions on how to use my resources given a metaphor of the cedar wood -- burning for heat (Protection/Health) , burn to bake bread (Sustenance) , and burning to roast meat (Enjoyment) .  After watching the video, I started praying and Paul's sermon ...

So a few days ago, a lady had innocently posted for the relationship X’s audience about her initial indifference about her husband and how she didn’t think he was attractive enough at the time. (Honestly I didn’t take too much time to read because, you know — it’s too much and a very chaotic street on X).  Whilst her post was innocently targeted at her audience, she indirectly triggered emotions and trauma deeply buried in the a lot of people who were her husband’s junior in secondary school. For context, I was also his junior and I can relate to a lot of these comments/stories. It was so bad that after I graduated, my dad said “none of his kids will ever step on a unity school” again and he made sure of that.  We all agree that bullying in schools is not an uncommon practice in schools; this doesn’t make it right neither have we founded a structure to eliminate this terrible act that influences and shapes kids through their formative years into young adults. The stories from ...

I didn't have any idea of what to write because it is one of those days when I am in my feels and also not feeling up to it. I feel a little bit sad because it's an estranged friend's birthday and as much as I would want to wish them a happy birthday (probably send a gift), I am not quite sure of the reaction. It's also quite interesting because we have two different ideas/views of what the cause of the issue is and at this point 🤷🤷🤷. (Happy birthday to you) But while contemplating on whether to write or not, I thought about the need for my resolve for this blog - making sure that no 2 days go by without my writing something. This is considering different things happen during the course of my day, and it's worth reflecting and sharing in a place that's much saner than Twitter (now X) - here. At that moment, the word consistency popped in my head, and I was wondering what I'd consider to be the most consistent thing from my everyday life, and my answer wa...

I was 18 when I learned about 42 — the ultimate answer life, the universe and everything . But I really wish finding answers to life’s question could be a simple as an integer. These days, I don’t think/worry too much about it because I found rest and peace — I hope you do too.  But you’re not alone in the quest to find answers to these numerous life questions.  Since the days of the Tower of Babel till now and this has translated into science in its various subject areas: biology, astronomy, geology, palaeontology, engineering, chemistry and physics.  Life is complex and nothing is as straightforward as you would imagine or want it to be.  The uncertainties, the dynamics, and variables don’t make it any easy to predict events in the continuous time-space where we exist as beings. In all of these, we rely on law, religion and culture as a way to find guidance, calibration and moderation for ourselves and others.  Religion, culture and law creates the value syste...

  It’s so soothing how God constantly reassures us of his love. If we are able to submit and trust him through life… then we are not a casualty of the game called life.  I am in this place I call "the real God abeg" moment but I’m glad that through it, I’m in a safe place — where I’m reassured of God’s love for me. Today, I’m choosing to trust God and have him lead the way through. He loves me and he’ll guide me as I submit to help.    He’s helping me through this.