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Loving Olúgbàlà Through Honest Self Examination

This past year, I did not learn to love Olúgbàlà more by doing more religious activities. I learned by looking inward with honesty. Personal examination became a sacred tool in my prayer life  not to condemn myself, but to come into deeper alignment. Prayer, for me, is no longer performance. It is a space where intimacy is built by truth. When I examine my life before Olódùmarè, I am not trying to impress heaven; I am opening myself to light. This kind of prayer reveals where my life is not aligned with divine order not to shame me, but to invite transformation. Psalm 139 is often reduced to two lines: “Search me” and “know my heart.” But the psalm itself gives a deeper foundation. It does not begin with inspection; it begins with assurance. It establishes that I am already known, already seen, already formed.  That changes everything. Before self-examination begins, there is this truth: nothing about me is hidden from Olódùmarè. My journey did not start today. The Divine Pres...