You Owe The World!

People assume and believe America is the greatest country in the world. They assume if you can just get to America, all your problems will be solved in a very short period of time. Well, as true as those statements are, you will be shocked to discover it is not true after all.

Do you know that this same country has 33 million people who do not know how or when they are going to get their next meals? Did you know that more than 8 million Americans regularly go hungry? Or that 3.5 million Americans have no place to live? Or that by 2012, the homeless population is expected to double in size (This statistics was collected in 2008).

Well, that is just America – the expected giant of the world, where Africans run to for greener pastures. A country noted for opportunities and wealth. Think about the population of those classified above and imagine the statistics of an African country, say Nigeria. I am sure you know what the figures would look like.
According to the world development indicators 2007, published by World Bank, more than 70% of Nigerians live on less than a dollar (that is about 160 Naira in Nigerian currency) per day, and the situation has not gotten any better since then.

Roughly out of every five human beings on the Planet-Earth – that is, more than 840 million people – are malnourished. Upward of 153 million of them are children under the age of five. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, some 6 million children die each year as a result of hunger and malnutrition. Everyday, some 40,000 children under the age of five die from hunger and preventable diseases. That is 24 children a minute. It is not much of a funny discovery, is it?

Fortunately, People are helping; Individuals, Organizations, Churches, Foundations, Estates and Co operations donate billions of dollars yearly to mitigate these problems and reduce the population of suffering people. Surprisingly, we still have suffering people. This means that the donations will never be enough, it will only help to some extent.

The summary of it all is this; The World owes you nothing, neither does it me, but you owe the world. Yes, you owe the world. God created you for a purpose. He designed you so that you will give back to the world. The world needs your help. The world needs your quota. If you think your riches is enough for you, think again. Help those who need help around you. If you think there is no reward here on earth, my Bible made me understand you have a reward in heaven. Strive to be great so that you can make this world a better place, if not for yourself, let it be for that child who might be the next to die in the next 10 seconds.

Constructing Your Destiny

Good day. It's a new month - the month of march. I pray we'll continue to march forward; Amen. I'll like to share a poem with you this week. It's titled 'constructing your destiny'. In life, we have the right to choose for ourselves how we want our lives to turn out. God has put us here so that we can make the difference. We can become whoever we want to be if we are ready to construct our lives the way we want it and not how someone else does.

Life is only a contractor and not a dictator; it takes a challenged person to dictate to Life how things should be. God has not created anyone to be poor in life, neither has He created you to serve others all your life. It all depends on your choice. Every step you take today decides your position in life tomorrow so take great and bold steps. It's time to start constructing your destiny.
Have a great week.

Here's the poem:

As a little child, I dreamt;
I saw the future where I’ll feature
The height I so much desire
Where Greatness seats and dwells.

Day by day I struggled;
Only to begin to doubt
As the battle with Life got tougher,
And Life won’t let me choose.

Life is a mean contractor;
He designs what he so desires
And once he finishes,
It becomes a cross for man to bear.

I met the creator Himself;
Only to learn from him, surprised;
That Life is only a negotiator
And we can come to terms.

I put myself together,
Negotiating with Life what I desire,
Paying the price it requires of me,
I’m constructing my destiny.