BARKA DA SALLAH

BARKA DA SALLAH

My wife – Lady Oby-Jerry Oguzie - and I wish to felicitate with our muslim friends and the entire muslim Ummah on the occasion of the 2013 Eid el Fitir celebration.

We thank God for giving you strength to wait upon Him these 30 long days and ask Him to accept your sacrifice of patience.

We wish to use this opportunity to ask that you allow the lessons of the Ramadan to permeate your very essence so that together we all can build a virile and egalitarian society where peace and justice shall reign.

God bless you beyond your reach.

Barka da sallah

Amb. Sir, Dr. Jerry – the First Oguzie: JP

HAPPY THURSDAY

THURSDAY                                                              08. 08. 13

To all my Friends

Greetings of the new day.

I really thank God Almighty for His grace upon our lives that saw us through to this day even though the enemy did all it could to prevent us from coming into it, but our Eternal Protector put His Feet down and said NO and that is why we are here today. May all glory, honour, dominion and majesty be His for ever and ever – Amen.

It’s a holiday!!!!!!!

The muslim festival of Id El Fitir is being celebrated today and as is traditional, the Federal Government of Nigeria has declared today and tomorrow as public holidays, so it would be a long weekend.

Public holidays provide us with opportunities to “flex” a little more, to do those things which the jobs we do during the working week give us no opportunity to do, however in this present day and age, especially in “attack – prone” areas, it is important that we be eternally vigilant so that we do not suffer undue and unnecessary debilities.

Keep away from crowded areas, avoid strangers, keep far away from beautifully wrapped parcels that may be lying carelessly around, accept no parcels from any one, shield your kids from the uncommon attention of even a “friend” in this era, it has become very difficult to make distinctions between a friend and a “frenemy”

If you must go to a public relaxation spot, take due care and do your due diligence.

All said and done, don’t allow these concerns spoil your day for you and make you unable to have fun, just be EXTRA VIGILANT. Our Father in Heaven and Who is our God shall continue to protect us from the evil machinations of those who would rather die than live.

Every day as I always do, remind yourself that it is good to be alive
So, go make the most of it.

Have a great day
And I’ll see you on the morrow

Today
Bless and be Blessed

Remember that I love you as always!!!!!!!

Your brother and friend

Dr. Jerry - the First

www.drjerrythefirst.blogspot.com

HAPPY WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY                                                          07. 08. 13

Greetings of the new day to all my friends and well wishers

It is Wednesday, the middle of the week.

It is a day to take a mid week stock of the things we have planned to do this week

And to know what percentage has been covered or achieved, the figure of which shall help us to activate the engine of completion

It is also a day to go for anointing to re-new our strength to continue marching forward even in the face of daunting challenges.

And talking about daunting challenges, it is very important that we always remember that “what does not kill a man, only makes him stronger” and be comforted by those words.

Whatever happens, it is for the now, in a few months time, it shall become history and would be remembered with faint memory.

God is on the Throne, and our hope should actually be in Him.

Today, live like you have never lived before

Enjoy the sunshine and if the rain comes, enjoy it too for both are sent by God to make the earth habitable.

Every day as I always do, remind yourself that it is good to be alive
So, go make the most of it.

Have a great day
And I’ll see you on the morrow

Today
Bless and be Blessed

Remember that I love you as always!!!!!!!

Your brother and friend

Dr. Jerry - the First

www.drjerrythefirst.blogspot.com

MONDAY IS HERE

MONDAY                                                           05. 08. 13

My People.

Greetings of the new day

Trusting God that you all woke up hale and hearty.

That I have penned this down is not only an evidence that I woke up well but also that I am hale and hearty.

But not many persons are that lucky as you and I are.

Some are right now being rushed to the hospital to get a Doctor’s attention!

Some are being taken to the mortuary to prepare them for the final sleep!

Some are being arrested now and kept in detention awaiting trial?

Some have been involved in bone shattering accidents and thus have their legs or arms suspended in a hospital!

Some woke up with confusion in their heads!

And yet others have completely forgotten who they are!

But you, yes YOU, God spared you from all these troubles

What ought we to do?

To gloat or to appreciate?

To boast or to be humble?

To brag or to be simple?

Make your choice

Chose you this day how you are to appreciate your God for saving you from all the travails of this life so far.

It’s in YOUR HANDS

Father, I thank You most sincerely

Wishing you all a very glorious Monday

Every day as I always do, remind yourself that it is good to be alive
So, go make the most of it.

Have a great day
And I’ll see you on the morrow

Today
Bless and be Blessed

Remember that I love you as always!!!!!!!

Your brother and friend

Dr. Jerry - the First

www.drjerrythefirst.blogspot.com

HAPPY WEEKEND

SATURDAY                                 03. 08. 13

Greetings of the new day to all of you who are here with me – friends, wellwishers, frenemies, and relatives (far and near).

All glory, thanks, honour, dominion, adoration and power be unto Him that sits upon the throne and ensures that His Children are not priced out of His Hands, to God the Most High; for bringing us back to life even as we went to the “no man’s land yester-night.

 

It’s a Saturday and the much awaited weekend is here

Oh how good it feels to just sleep on, to just lie in and sleep as if there are no headaches in the world, as if we have no challenges, as if we don’t even want to come out of bed again

But my dear, sleep what you may, there is still work to be done.

For until we arrive at that stage in life when there are no more hunger and injustice, no more abject poverty, want and penury, no more hankering after things that do not belong to us, no more politically motivated killings and kidnappings, no more degradation of the environment, no more discrimination against persons based on their gender, sexuality, diseases or their likes, no more economically motivated killings, no more BOKO HARAM, unemployment and underemployment reduced to barest minimum …..

Until then, my dear friend, THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE

So don’t over sleep in the guise of resting from the stress of the week, for even today would come with its own stress. We were born in stress, through stress and in stress do we live.

Do the needful, rest yes but wake up to pursue your goals for the day. A day without goals is a wasted day

It’s the weekend people

Live your life well

Happy weekend

Bless and be blessed

Your brother and friend

Dr. Jerry - the First

www.drjerrythefirst.blogspot.com

WEDNESDAY IS IT!!!!

WEDNESDAY                                   31. 07. 13

Welcome to the last day of the 7^th month of the year of our Lord – two thousand and thirteen. It is the Lord’s doing and it is marvellous in our sight, and what can we say again but to continually thank and praise Him for His grace upon our lives and those of our families (nuclear and extended) and friends and well wishers.

It’s Wednesday, the middle of the working week, a day that is usually set aside to ask for strength to complete the week’s journey.

So, two important things to do today

First, tidy up the books and the table as July is about to give way for August, so that we would be in a better frame of mind to receive the “August” Visitor

Second, to approach God in His Holy Sanctuary to ask for grace and strength to persevere in the face of mountainous challenges

Do those two and I shall be waiting for you right there at the top

Every day as I always do, remind yourself that it is good to be alive
So, go make the most of it.

Have a great day
And I’ll see you on the morrow

Today
Bless and be Blessed

Remember that I love you as always!!!!!!!

Your Brother and Friend

Dr. Jerry - the First

www.drjerrythefirst.blogspot.com

WELCOME TO TUESDAY

TUESDAY                                            30. 07. 13

Greetings of the new day to you all my friends, well-wishers and family/relatives.

I thank Jehovah God Almighty Whose mercies abideth forever for this wonderful miracle of bringing my family and I back to this land of milk and honey, I am also certain that you and yours benefitted from this miracle. May His Holy Name be forever praised with our hearts, minds and souls – Amen

It’s Tuesday, the 2nd to the last day of this 7th month of this year 2013, by tomorrow, we would be bidding “good bye” to July.

Has your target for the month been met?
 Did you clear your table?
Are there some things still waiting to be done?

Well I have two pieces of news for you – the good news and the bad news.

The good news is that every new morning provides us with the opportunity to do that which we ought to have done yesterday, to make those moves we ought to have made, to refresh those dying relationships we ought to have tailored, to say those kind words to our loved ones we ought to have said days back, to go out of our way and welcome that new neighbour in our neighbourhood whom we ought to have shown some welcoming love since s/he parked over, and also to know that we ought to be dotting all the I’s and crossing all the T’s preparing to transit from one month to another.

And the bad news is --------------------------- hmmm , sorry to disappoint you but THERE IS NO BAD NEWS

So my friend, get ready to hand July over to August and as you do that “fret not over things that would have been, a new month gives us a new lease of life, another opportunity to take a “breath of FRESH AIR””

Every day as I always do, remind yourself that it is good to be alive
So, go make the most of it.

Have a great day
And I’ll see you on the morrow

Today
Bless and be Blessed

Remember that I love you as always!!!!!!!

Your Brother and Friend

Dr. Jerry - the First
www.drjerrythefirst.blogspot.com