MONTEÈCLAIRS TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE

DEAR PAPA JESUS… Whilst studying the model prayer template, I wondered to myself why He didn’t personalize His Father, he said, 'Our' instead of 'My Father'. I imagined that if He did otherwise we would have been saying the Lord's Prayer in a different way and it would   have started like this, ‘Dear Papa Jesus wey dey for heaven, I hail your ogbonge name…’ lol. Thankfully Christ didn’t, he says He’s ‘Our Father’, it’s a family thing, You , I , Jesus , God & Holyspirit, One Big Family. If our relationship with God should be like Father- Son, what then is the reason for not communicating with Him daily…the truth (in my opinion) is that some folks today don’t even relate properly with their earthly Fathers, not to mention other humans. Followers of Christ must be in right relationship with God & each other. Today God is recurrent in jokes & swear-words e.g. God-damn-it, God-punish-you, God-forsaking-mother-fucker, Blood of God…   We have

Don’t even think about what I think you’re snickering about. Me a bully? No way!!! Contrary to your impish thoughts, opinion or experiences about or with me, I know I’m the sweetest lady ever…lol. However, we can’t deny the existence of Bullies. Trust me dear, they are mean in every language and are everywhere…your home, office, school, neighbourhood; you can’t hide because they are your friends, family, lecturers , spouses, neighbours, employers, church folk, government etc. No one had time to warn me , give me a caveat, and early enough, i had loads of them, big-bad-ugly-bullies. Today's story is shared because of its success, but its nothing compared to my many bullying experiences. 1990, my second year in primary school & Muncho (not real name) was the most revered kid around. Even seniors stayed off his path nor ever punished him. Gist had it that he was so strong and had oncebeaten up two seniors (single-handedly)  after school hours. He got lunch and other freebies