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Growing up I always heard this line ‘men don’t cry’ that crying was mostly reserved for women and it really caught on, I guess that’s why even as a child i tried not to cry even when the school teacher gives me some strokes of the cane in front of the entire class just to form ‘strong boy’ that can endure 10 strokes of cane without crying.

Well I actually went on like this until I lost my dad at the age of 17. In fact when I first heard the news of his demise I didn’t shed a single tear cause it all seemed like a ‘home video’ to me (what did a small boy like me know about death) not until a month plus later when he was going to be buried, that was when I realized that this is no movie o that this man I loved so much is going under the earth and I won’t get to see him again. You need to see the tears from my eyes that day; all through I was shedding tears like waterfalls with no breaks. I’ll say that was the first time I cried as man.
After then I had to still caution myself not to cry like that in public again which I really stood by, well not until in my quest to live a most righteous life the Lord revealed the extent and weight of my sin to me…my people, I was in the midst of my brethren and I cried like a new born baby that day, it was as if someone forgot to close the taps in my eyes for almost an hour the tears just kept rolling down. That day passed and I thought that was the last of me crying then came the day I received a promise from the Lord with His Spirit upon me, all alone in my room I experienced what it meant to have tears of joy. This one went on for virtually the whole day though at intervals but with so great joy in my heart like never before.

These days I shed tears easily when singing some hymns that really touches me or when I sin and the burden of that sin comes upon me, it brings tears to my eyes as I ask for forgiveness from God Almighty.
So have you ever cried as man, or do you still think tears are reserved for the women folk?
Kindly share your experiences no matter the circumstance surrounding it.
Remember John 11:35 “Jesus wept’. So it actually takes a strong man to cry.

Unless they are writing 1 and 0's.

JaneyBlingx:
Too many fake people on social media especially instagram. You see handles like 'pweedy bosschick, queenslayer, dopest froshest nigga, baddest chick ever. You see them take pictures in exotic hotels and big cars but all na lie. I was also part of the fake people on social media but then I came to realize that if I keep on forming to be a big girl, the angel of blessing might think I'm rich and don't need money

what do think has been causing the increase in yahoo boys,ritualists,prostitutes and runs girls all around?its the same thing...the hunger to feel among.Nobody wants to start small and grow,people just want to get there in an instant so they can show off for no good reason and if they cant get it they fake it for no good reason either.talk about peer pressure.

dondavinchi:
Was in a church 2 sundays back n i never knew d wife of the deputy governor of d state was in the church, at d ending of service a pastor precisely d asistant pastor say d final prayer n was lik ,pls pls let give honour to whom honour is due lets wait 4 her excellency n her entourage (mind u d entourage is just she n her PA one small kpengele girl lik dat ) to go out first b4 anybody wow n i notice they were sitting at d front ,d chair dat they sat is different from d normal chair d whole congregation sat ,EXECUTIVE CHAIR . i was lik wow so dis multitude will hv 2 wait 4 her first. The funniest part was dat she was evening wasting all d time greeting mr A to mr B meen i was lik Bleep ,later d same pastor took d mic n said dont worry u can go out , becos he notice everyone was waiting 4 d almighty deputy governors wife to come out b4 we d commoners can come out , i felt really bad,was asking myself y do churches gv respect to highly place political office holders. When we knw they r d problem of d country they embezzle public funds, n kept d country were we r today.pls someone should enlighten me plssss

That shows you where your pastors loyalty lies. Take your Bible and read it your self, ask God to give you wisdom to understand it and you will get to find out that your pastor has probably been serving money and not God. Mind you yours is not the only one, they are all over Nigeria deceiving the gullible ones. The Bible calls them those that were called by their Belly and not by God.

People have done it and people will still do it. Only that now the number of those who will do it is very low. Which simply shows that people no longer fear God and I feel sorry for them.

Run

This is the worst time to start a business in Nigeria. Not that it's not doable but your chances are slim. The government will tax you out before you even make profit without putting anything on ground to make your business thrive. Start ups keep going under like there is no solution. My brother you can go then come back later with enough cash to ensure you can survive and build the startup

Na wah... So this is how it ended after everything!

The doodle was changed temporarily just to celebrate NASA's discovery of several new planets similar to ours.

The saddest part of all this is that the child will grow knowing her dad killed her mother and the state killed her dad. What a life she was born into. Be grateful in situations you find your self in cause some people have it far worse. Take heart little girl, the LORD will see you thru.

schumastic:
to think it took just 3 minute or less to get it

If not even less

Money is not everything,it never is. In fact I've Been in similar situations where very rich single

ladies try to get me to hook up with them, Some even go as far as trying to match make me with

their rich and single friends and due to the nature of my job I come across a lot of them but want

I want from a partner is more than what money can buy. Never joke with your happiness, peace

and joy and trust me money can never buy this things.

At least it's far better than being idle or going into crime.

One chance government..

This is terrible... What a world we live in.

'you became my power, my pleasure, my pain' happy birthday seal

So make wetin come happen now?

Unbelievable.... Just unbelievable . This one pass me.

This one strong o. Karashika wife .

May God give us single men and women who look to Him worthy spouse that will not bring us pain and Ill luck.

Nice concept...strictly for man and wife or friend and friend

This baba like woman sha.... See as e bone for em boys.

Just count 101 years after you got married to her. Then you can begin whatever you wish to begin.

Justiceleague1:
An exgovernor,huh? Nobody knows about this o,but every nurudeen,every mumuni,all muftau and gbogbo olodo afonjas knows about Diezeni



look @ them looking @ their tax money,CHAÍ!

The houses were actually built for the masses and not for his use. So it was sold and those who could afford the flats paid. Though twas kinda expensive sha but in all its a plus.

Now this is really sad.

Happy birthday lalasticlala na u sure pass biko . More snakes to your breakfast.

Will read those passages once more. But you absolutely right though.

Hmmm... Thought it only happens in our home videos

Motherly love and the love one has for his wife are two totally different things.

For me I think my wife will have the best mother in law, she'll probably even tell people about her. Cause the way she treats my brothers wife especially when she just joined the family I almost got jealous sef . Mothers love makes them really real good advice void of personal interest.
But wife love na special cause even the Bible said love your wife as Christ loved the church. If you understand how Christ loved the church you'll know that the love you should have for your wife must be very deep and intense and continuous.

Can someone just take a look at Buharis laps? This president is so oooo skinny. Chai

UceeTrust:
My brother you are right. i tell those who take to listen to me that if our present generation fail to fix this country now the next generation which are our children would spit on us and publicly call us old fools. The moral decadence now is alarming despite the outrageous number of religious bodies we have scattered all over the country.

Bros it's soo bad that it's getting scary I must tell you.

I still wonder what joy people derive from watching that program for hours. When there are so many other things to learn from books and motivation programmes . If this moral decay continues this way the next generation kids will make a lot of there parents cry. We want to copy Americans but we forget they have a lot of job opportunities for the rising population but here we are breeding immoral people that will end up without jobs.

Imagine the chaos that's coming

Valfrankie:
This is a big lesson to everyone, fake life doesn't pay, be real so that favour can locate you. I doubt they'd have been this fulfilled if they had borrowed for their wedding in order to conform to the acceptable social norms and satisfy public curiosity. Nice one, really nice one, beautiful couple too. May God bring the person that will complement us all our way and not a Karashika that will doom us!!!

Your words are deep