Hope

Hey all,

Hope everyone's great.

I've been a frequent subscriber of The Word Among Us daily spiritual readings for over 4 years, and I've always felt it was a great way to start my day. Todays reading talked about hope.
Referring to Romans 8:24-25:

"...for in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently."

...and it got me thinking, as humans we should always strive to maintain or hope and faith in God. Believing in things we may not see because of our faith in God. Take me for example, I live in a country I like to refer to as 'developing', as opposed to 'under developed' and you may ask why the difference- it's because I believe that someday we will become a developed nation. Some day we will overcome the plight of corrupt leaders and our governments inability to implement laws.

I say this, because when I think of all the recent developments been made, it gives me one simple thing - hope. Take a look at the following:

• Lekki Free Trade Zone: An initiative which originated during Bola Tinubu (former Lagos state governors) regime. Though it may take a couple of years to reach their goal, the idea of our government coming up with such an initiative and actually working on it (yep, i've passed by the area and work is being done) gives me - hope.

• Road Construction and development: We all know our naija roads are below par. With the numerous pot-holes and weak bridges i've driven on, it's amazing i'm still alive and without backaches (lol) Anyhoo, that said we have Hi-tech Construction company and our good old friends Julius Berger working on about 60% of major roads in our country, and building new roads and bridges to help ease traffic. Check out the links and the current projects in the country. This gives me - hope.

• Bar beach project: Don't know if y'all have heard, but our government is currently working on reclaiming part of the sea in Bar beach, V.I. to develop Eko Atlantic City - The New Lagos. Check out the CNN Inside Africa video on this. Again, this gives me - hope!

For all my Naijas across the continent, who may feel little or no hope for our nation; hope (lol) this gives you a bit of joy/excitement knowing our government is working on such initiatives. Granted, we may not live to see and enjoy the outcome of these projects, but we know our unborn children, grandchildren and great-grand children will surely live in a developed Nigeria.

Keep the hope alive y'all!

P.S: if the links don't work or aren't correct, just google search the project listed. I'm sure you'll find something on it. Forgive me, dont mean to be lazy, didn't verify each link. The internet speed and connection here can be sooo slow and annoying atimes. lol

xx