He said with pride
“Sir, I am planning to get married in a few months, I have just completed my ICAN and my girlfriend of so many years simply can’t wait anymore. We have been through a lot together, I want you to bless my
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt walked into the room
There was a medium size mattress on the floor, an office sized fridge, a small television with Startime decoder, a wall hanger on which doubled as a shoe rack at the top, and a space for two travel bags by the door
“Yes sir” my baby had come to see it yesterday, although we both saved and searched for it but after collecting my last salary I furnished it and I totally surprised her yesterday when she
I really tried to make sure we will have everything we needed to be happy.
God has been so good
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt looked at him and smiled. He said, Brother Benjamin, you shouldn’t marry into this one room, you are setting up a nest exactly
Brother Benjamin’s countenance changed! He said “Sir, are you saying this place is not good enough? My parents have come to see it and they really praised me! Sir, I am
My father said he started with less than this and look at him today
I believe we have everything we need and we love each other
Please just bless the house sir.
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt could sense the animosity in Brother Benjamin’s voice! He smiled
Brother Benjamin returned to his happy go lucky self and saw the brother in Jeans and T-shirt off.
That was 2009
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt was a youth Pastor at the time and brother Benjamin was one of his members
They were both about the same age
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt has high hopes that Brother Benjamin would be the one to bring his family out of poverty!
Brother Benjamin’s father was an accountant too
The entire family minus three girls attend the church the brother in Jeans and T-shirt pastored!
The three girls aged between 16 and 20 are all professional prostitutes!
This was a known
The older daughters had gone through their prostitution stages and returned home to learn a trade. Brother Benjamin was the fourth child and the first son
He had six younger brothers
All the other children were female
Of all the children, brother Benjamin was the most
He was witty and very intelligent
He was a mathematics prodigy and his potentials were limitless
He was also very close to his father and responsible
He worked at a printing press while he pursued his degree and ICAN
He was a typical grass to grace testimony. But
His father had a great potential once but he squandered it
His mother was married to his father from their village and all she knew how to do was turn fufu and deliver babies
Brother Benjamin was inadvertently going to live that lie
Immediately the brother in Jeans and T-shirt left Brother Benjamin’s house, he went straight to the Football viewing center where he knew brother Benjamin’s father would be
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt met him and called him aside. They had twenty minutes before the match
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt wanted Benjamin’s father to stop his son from getting married until he got a better job and aspired for more In life!
Brother Benji’s father told a long story of how he too would have been a pastor if he didn’t leave the church for
He was very offended
The following week, he left the church with his entire family
Many people tried to reason with him
He said he was returning to the church many people from his tribe attended in Lagos
He didn’t
Two months later Brother Benji got married
Time didn’t sleep
In 2019, the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt went to visit a pastor at Shangisha area, as he was parking his car, he saw an Okada rider waiting to pick a passenger
It was Brother Benji
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt has gotten married and moved on from that church
They embraced
Brother Benjamin looked at the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt and said “I wanted to be a pastor o, if I had become a pastor I would have hammered like you! Wow! You
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt looked at him
You have ICAN and you had a job, why are you riding Okada?
Brother Benji became uncomfortable, he said I have to face reality sir. I have seven children now and I kept looking for a better job to no avail!
During the Covid-19 lockdown in April 2020, Brother Benji has an accident while hustling to feed his family
His left leg was broken
The family did all they could to raise the money for his treatment to no avail
Brother Benjamin called the
The call was timely
Help came for him
When the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt got to the hospital, he met brother Benjamin’s pregnant wife and his parents
His father was still lamenting while his wife was crying
After the hospital bills had been settled
It was the same “room” but it had become overcrowded with children and other time and life trophies
From every indication, Brother Benji is turning out to be a poor replica of his father
It was worth some tears
Brother Benjamin had none
All he saw was his father’s life and he proceeded to replicate it
We need to see as God sees and be determined to mould our realities according to the heavenly vision!
We can never become what we cannot see!
Join us
I will be talking about “Testing the Spirit”
I also sang and danced and screamed and monkeyed around a little during the praise and worship session!
I love to sing especially for the lover of my soul!
Happy Sunday!