I just sat down yesterday in the meditation of my brain. I began to reflect what happened in the year 2024. I remembered so vividly many things that happened in my life, and my family. Some of them were on the positive while others were negative. "... We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, ... 'according to His purpose' (Romans 8:28)".
The Bible injunction urges me to appreciate God in everything, whether they happened to my favour or it's unfavorable me. I have learned contentment in everything I see around me.
The year (2025) under review in this post, gives me both joys and sorrows. On the very first day of 2024, I made up my mind and registered the "Hive Blockchain" as a social blog site, as I was introduced. As a blogger, I threw my weight on it without proper orientation, I saw myself in Discord with the watchers' caution for 30 days. After I cleared with the watchers' caution, another person named "Wale," came against me with machine gun to delete my rewards and even my entire account completely. When I discovered what he was doing to my reputation, I ran offline when my reputation remained only 5.
I, later encouraged myself to open a blog website where I continued my blogging: http://writeandgetpaid.food.blog/2025/01/02/increase-2025/
I just use the site as a library of information, because that is where all my posts are filed and reserved. It was later I discovered that I was writing and posting to Hive Blockchain more than their daily requirement. But the truth is that, nobody ever told me until my reputation run down to 5, then I reported to a friend who referred me to Hive Blockchain. It is that my upline who suggested that it might be as a result of over posting of blogs.
On the other hand, 2024 was one of my best years to my family. In the month of May 2024, I buried my mother, (which means, shorting One in the family), but in the months of August and September, two of my sons married and wedded two young ladies. In the month of November 2024, one of children delivered a bouncing baby boy. You see, I lost an old woman of 99 years of age, but gained an increase of two young ladies and a bouncing baby boy.
I am a retired minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ since 2020. I am living on pension. But God is so faithful to sustain me and my family. I have four men and a woman as my children, they all are living in their own respective homes with their own families. Yet I found time and energy even to participate in some posts last year.
2024, the year under review was so tight financially in so many parts of the world, especially in my own country, Nigeria. But the Faithfulness of God Almighty can't be compared with the hardness or difficulties. I am sure, that there are so many people with money on them and in their bank accounts, yet they died last year 2024, but see me, a pensioner of less than $12, per month survived the the year under review.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want (Psalm 23:1).
The Almighty Jehovah handles me as His sheep. He can't allow me to suffer hunger, no matter what. He leads me by Himself to the greener pastures whenever He discovers hunger in me, so that I will not suffer ulcers.
The Almighty Jehovah is always around me, wherever I go.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me (Psalm 23:4).
One with God, they said, is more than majority. I discovered the reality of such phraseology last year. Do you know that God set a table before me when I was crying on how to bury the old woman of 99 years. In our own tradition, it was a "tug of war", to bury a golden woman of such age. But God Almighty made it a financial freedom. A celebration of life, instead of burial. God really celebrated me and my family last year.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over (Psalm 23:5).
King David of the blessed memory said, Surely! (which implies, certainty), the Divine goodness, kindness, grace, favour, blessings plus mercy, forgiveness, pardon of the Almighty Jehovah, shall always follow me daily for as long as I live: Already I have determined to that I will dwell, abide in the presence of the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY for ever (Psalm 23:6).
This 2025, is declared by the Church I represent here as "INCREASE 2025" SURE! God Almighty will grant us abundant increase both spiritually and physically.
TO GOD ALMIGHTY BE THE GLORY IN JESUS CHRIST'S NAME - AMEN馃檹 I remain 
