Ivory Olu Speaks

Ivory Olu Speaks ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ | ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ | ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ’› ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ & ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต & ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜ ๐—” ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ

๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜
The Healing Lane is a heart-centered space where faith meets healing, and broken hearts are reminded that they can rise again. It's for anyone walking through seasons of pain, transition, or growth especially when life feels heavy and hope feels distant.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐——๐—ผ
I share honest words, life lessons, and God-centered encouragement to help you: Heal from emotional

wounds Navigate life, parenting, relationships, and purpose with clarity Find strength to start over after brokenness Grow in faith while rediscovering yourself
Whether you're rebuilding your life, raising children, rediscovering your purpose, or healing from deep pain this space was created for you.

๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ ๐—œ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ข๐—น๐˜‚
Iโ€™m Ivory Olu, a speaker and writer called to help people who feel stuck, overlooked, or broken. I believe healing is possible, purpose can be restored, and you can move forward no matter what youโ€™ve been through. My words come from a place of lived experience and a heart anchored in Godโ€™s truth. Iโ€™m here to remind you:
๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

๐Ÿง  โ—๐๐‘๐„๐€๐Š ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐€๐“๐“๐„๐‘๐โ—. Choose Better. ๐Ÿ’ฅMany people today are not living from vision, they are living from memory; Their...
14/07/2025

๐Ÿง  โ—๐๐‘๐„๐€๐Š ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐€๐“๐“๐„๐‘๐โ—. Choose Better. ๐Ÿ’ฅ

Many people today are not living from vision, they are living from memory; Their lives are unconsciously defined by how they saw their parents live or the experiences they had in childhood especially the painful ones. They carry wounds, fears, patterns, and beliefs from what they saw, heard, or felt growing up... and then let those same patterns or habits that were never healed but rather just passed down to shape how they live, how they love, and how they raise their children even if it was toxic.

๐Ÿฉธ You saw anger, so now you shout.
๐ŸงŠ You saw silence, so now you shut down.
๐Ÿฅ€ You were ignored, so now you don't know how to nurture.

Does this describe You? If Yes, Are you aware that just because thatโ€™s what you saw growing upโ€ฆ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™š๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ.

It takes courage to question what you saw as โ€œnormal.โ€ It takes intentionality to unlearn and rebuild.
But it is possible. With God, with awareness, with help you can be different. You can be better.

๐Ÿ“– Romans 12:2 (NLT)
โ€œDonโ€™t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.โ€
โœจ Let it stop with you.
โœจ Let your healing become your childrenโ€™s blessing.
โœจ Let your growth become your generationโ€™s turning point.

YOU are not your past. You are not your parentsโ€™ mistakes.You donโ€™t have to parent the way you were parented. The trauma or dysfunction you grew up with should not be the template for your future.Write a new story. One led by healing, truth, love, and light.

Enjoy a joyous week

Ivory Olu
โ€œOne word at a time, we heal, rise, and live again.โ€




Life doesnโ€™t just give second chances ๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž. As long as you wake up to see a new...
10/07/2025

Life doesnโ€™t just give second chances ๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž.
As long as you wake up to see a new day, as long as you can still breathe,life is whispering...
๐Ÿ’ญ Here, try again. Youโ€™re not done yet."โ€œYou still have time today. You still have a purpose. Take advantage of this opportunity to start again, to try again, to grow, to forgive, to heal, to love, to become. Donโ€™t give up now.โ€

You may have missed it before, but youโ€™re not out of time, so donโ€™t get stuck in regret over what didnโ€™t work yesterday.
You may have failed, but youโ€™re not a failure.so donโ€™t bow your head in shame
The gift of a new day means the story isnโ€™t over. So instead of saying "I wish I had a second chance," realize youโ€™ve been given many chances. The question is: What will you do with this one?

๐Ÿ’” ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
โณ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž.
๐ŸŒฟ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ง.

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.

So breathe. Cry if you must. But lift your head again.
๐Ÿ’ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง.

#๐๐ž๐ฐ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ #๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ #๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐๐จ๐ญ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ #๐†๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐…๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ #๐ˆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฎ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ #๐“๐ก๐ž๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ž

๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ Declare Joy. Create Joy. Live Joyfully๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ! ๐ŸŒปThis is not just another month on the calendar ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ...
07/07/2025

๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ Declare Joy. Create Joy. Live Joyfully
๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ! ๐ŸŒป

This is not just another month on the calendar ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ.
That means each new day is a fresh opportunity to ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง, no matter what is happening around you.

๐‰๐จ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ; ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ. It is not the same as happiness, which depends on happenings. Joy is ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž. ๐ŸŒฑ

So I dare you to ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‰๐Ž๐˜ into your ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ. Let your atmosphere shift by the power of your words. ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐.
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ.

Choose to smile more. Choose to laugh. Choose to be present. Choose to ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ to someone else.

๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ:
โ€ข Write a note of encouragement.
โ€ข Dance in your living room.
โ€ข Pray over your family with joy.
โ€ข Celebrate small wins.
โ€ข Encourage a friend going through a storm.

Sometimes you think you're going through the worst seasonโ€ฆ but the moment you share your journey, someone else finds ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ. Yes, even your pain can carry the power to spark ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž.

๐ŸŒŸ This month, let ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.
And as you create joy from within, ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ.

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ž:
"๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ. ๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ. ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ž!"

๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Every news is news whether itโ€™s good or bad.But hereโ€™s the deeper truth:๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž.You m...
03/07/2025

๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Every news is news whether itโ€™s good or bad.But hereโ€™s the deeper truth:๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž.

You may not be trending on social media or showing up on TVโ€ฆ
But every day, you are making news
Whether itโ€™s whispered in corners, shared in family groups, or splashed across timelines
Your life is telling a story.
Your choices are creating news.
Every word you sayโ€ฆ
Every decision you makeโ€ฆ
Every life you touchโ€ฆ
It all forms a headline and people are reading.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐’๐จ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ?
๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ?
๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง?
๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž?

โœจ We often forget that we are a walking broadcast.
To your childrenโ€ฆ
To your spouseโ€ฆ
To your friends, colleagues, mentees, even strangersโ€ฆ
You are news.Good or bad.Loud or silent.
You are being watched. You are being read. You are being remembered.

Let this be a wake-up call.
๐Ÿ’ญ Be intentional. Be conscious.
Your life is either a message or a mistake.
Your legacy is either a lesson or a warning.

Donโ€™t wait till you're gone before people gather to summarize your life.
Start today:
โœ… Choose character over popularity
โœ… Choose truth over ease
โœ… Choose legacy over trends

๐Ÿ“– โ€œ๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง.โ€
โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

Your story is unfolding make it news that heaven and earth can celebrate.

๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ โ€œA good name is rather to be chosen than great richesโ€ฆโ€
โ€“ Proverbs 22:1

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ. ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ.


๐ŸŒฟ Welcome to the Second Half of the Year ๐ŸŒฟ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š of the last six months of the yearโ€ฆTake a moment. Breathe. ๐™‹๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š....
01/07/2025

๐ŸŒฟ Welcome to the Second Half of the Year ๐ŸŒฟ

๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š of the last six months of the yearโ€ฆ
Take a moment. Breathe. ๐™‹๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š. ๐™๐™š๐™›๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ..

For some, the journey so far has been beautiful. You hit your goals, surpassed expectations, and doors flung open. Celebrate!
โ€œThe Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.โ€ Psalm 126:3

But for others, this year has felt like a wilderness. Plans didnโ€™t go through, prayers seem unanswered, and hope feels distant. Youโ€™ve questioned your strength, your worth, even your faith.
So much has happenedโ€ฆ yet
๐˜๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž
โ€œThough the righteous fall seven times, they rise again.โ€
โ€” Proverbs 24:16

โ€œGod is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.โ€
โ€” Psalm 46:5

Whichever side of the spectrum you find yourself in today, Let this truth anchor your heart: You made it to July. That is no small thing.

Now is the time for gratitude, not comparison, there will be space to ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜, and re-strategize.
But ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† , give ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ
For the strength to endure, for grace that upheld you, for mercy that didnโ€™t run out.
โ€œGive thanks in all circumstances; for this is Godโ€™s will for you in Christ Jesus.โ€
โ€” 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Whether the year has been loud with testimonies or silent with tears Know this: Itโ€™s not over.๐†๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž

๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž.
โ€œAnd we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.โ€
โ€” Romans 8:28

Lift your heart, lift your voice...
Itโ€™s time to praise. ๐Ÿ™Œ

Ivory Olu
โ€œOne word at a time, we heal, rise, and live again.โ€

30/06/2025

"What a beautiful way to wrap up the month of June the month that holds my wedding anniversary ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•
Iโ€™m stepping into July with fresh excitement and great expectations. Iโ€™m ready, and Iโ€™m looking forward to all thatโ€™s ahead!"
Thank you my sweetest Lululus Olu Agwu

Ivory Olu
โ€œOne word at a time, we heal, rise, and live again.โ€


๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐จ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ?Have you ever paused to notice what you do in the first few moments when you wake up?๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ซ...
30/06/2025

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐จ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ?

Have you ever paused to notice what you do in the first few moments when you wake up?
๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐› ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  immediately through social media, replying messages, or checking updates before your eyes fully open?
๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ of gratitude and commit the day to God before your feet hit the ground?
๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ? Preparing your mind for the day ahead?
๐Ž๐ซ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž bathroom, school runs, chores, or deadlines your mind already racing with a thousand things on your to-do list?

Maybe you woke up today after a heavy yesterday.Maybe you're still trying to recover from disappointment, a tough conversation, unexpected news, or just plain exhaustion.Maybe you're a parent, already anticipating the morning chaos packing bags, fixing breakfast, or calming tears while trying to hold yours back, whatever your morning ritual looks like intentional or not it sets the tone for your entire day. Those first few minutes matter more than we sometimes realize. They shape your mood, your mindset, and even your energy.

So, what if you made a small shift?

What if, before anything else, you paused to breathe, pray, reflect, or declare something positive over your life?
๐ŸŒค๏ธ โ€œThis is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.โ€
Just that one line could change the energy you carry all day.
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ, rather than letting the day just happen to you.

So tomorrow, try this:

โ˜€๏ธ Before reaching for your phone, reach inward and upward.
๐Ÿ™ ๐’๐š๐ฒ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ even if itโ€™s just, โ€œDear Holy Spirit, help me through today.โ€
๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž take a moment to breathe. Place your hand on your heart and remind yourself, โ€œIโ€™m still here. That means thereโ€™s hope.โ€
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž over yourself: โ€œYesterday may have been hard, but today is a fresh page.โ€
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ And if you're caring for others, ๐๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ too, take a few quiet seconds, even in the bathroom mirror, to say, โ€œI matter too.โ€๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ:
โœจ ๐๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ it begins with what you choose to do the moment you wake up.
You may not control everything today will bring, but this you can choose:
To begin with purpose.
To lead with grace.
To believe again.
Because each sunrise is a reminder:
You still have a chance to begin again.

Ivory Olu
โ€œOne word at a time, we heal, rise, and live again.โ€

30/06/2025

Another Sunday ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜




Ivory Olu
โ€œOne word at a time, we heal, rise, and live again.โ€

๐ŸŒŸ FRIENDSHIP IS A TRUE TREASURE ๐ŸŒŸThey say your real wealth isnโ€™t whatโ€™s in your account, but who you can count on. There...
26/06/2025

๐ŸŒŸ FRIENDSHIP IS A TRUE TREASURE ๐ŸŒŸ
They say your real wealth isnโ€™t whatโ€™s in your account, but who you can count on. Thereโ€™s also an Igbo adage that says, โ€œMake good friends because of tomorrow.โ€

But the real question is:
What kind of friend are YOU becoming for someoneโ€™s tomorrow?

Are you the kind of friend people only remember when they need help,or the kind they remember because you are HELP?

Can people trust you? Are you dependable? Can someone say, โ€œIf IVORY OLU shows up, I know everything will be okayโ€? Do your friends feel safe confiding in you?
Can your presence bring peace, light, and solutions?

Yesterday, someone reminded me of what true friendship feels like.
A friend Iโ€™ve journeyed with since 2006 same career start, same growth path; drove across the city just to hug me and pray for me because she heard I was traveling.
She didnโ€™t come to show off. She came to cover me. Thatโ€™s all no occasion, no celebration. Just love and this morning? She sent me a heartfelt message again that lifted my spirit. Words that carried grace and reminded me I am not alone.

That is friendship.
And no, it didnโ€™t start yesterday. It was built over time through intentionality, loyalty, and God-centered love.

Now, your story may be different, but can someone say youโ€™re worth more than gold in their life?
Can someone say you are their answered prayer?
Think deeply.
We all crave this kind of connection Hence, We often present what we want the world to see, but in your quiet moments, be honest with yourself. ARE YOU BEING THE KIND OF FRIEND YOUโ€™D WANT TO HAVE?
Like attracts like ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ You cannot attract what you do not cultivate within yourself.

As we all keep growing, learning, and evolving, choose to be intentional, work on becoming that kind of friend who uplifts, protects, supports, and prays.
Because when all is said and done, relationships will outlast riches so be that good friend.
Be that gift in someoneโ€™s life.

โœจ True friendship is a blessing that money cannot buy.
UUUUUU .... @โœจ Dr. Uduak Ugbaja you are one of a kind, I love and appreciate you always





๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐, โ€œ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐žโ€?๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐จ...
25/06/2025

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐, โ€œ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐žโ€?
๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐๐ข๐?

Truth is, not every win gets applause.infact, the loudest cheers are the ones we give ourselves in silence because the world might not see the private tears you wipe, the silent battles, the daily decisions and the strength it takes to rise again, or the courage it takes to keep going when everything inside you wants to quit. ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐๐จ, you see it daily, You lived it and thatโ€™s enough to be acknowledged

Today, I looked at myself and said:

"๐ˆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฎ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ."
It doesnโ€™t matter what youโ€™ve been through, the silent battles, the prayers I felt God never answered when he actually had bigger plans for me , the delays, the betrayals.
You're still here.
Still waking up.
Still trying.
Still believing.
๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก one goal in mind:
To win,
To heal,
To become better,
And to light the path for others through your own journey.

So today,
๐˜๐Ž๐” take a moment to breatheโ€ฆ. ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐„๐‘๐’๐Ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ.
๐’๐š๐ฒ โ€œ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ.โ€

Pat your own back and say:
๐Ÿ’› "Iโ€™m proud of you. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž.
๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฒ.

Appreciate yourself.
Youโ€™ve come farther than you think.
Youโ€™re growing in ways you canโ€™t yet see.
And youโ€™re becoming someone future-you will be proud of. ๐ŸŒฑ

Youโ€™re a champion in your own right.

Ivory Olu
โ€œOne word at a time, we heal, rise, and live again.โ€





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