Thread by @GbengaWemimo

He seriously considered committing suicide about three times
The first time was the day his immediate younger sister graduated from University at the age of 20
He was 22 at the time and he had written JAMB seven times
He never cracked the 200 average cut off expected of him

His parents continued to invest in extramural lessons and private tutors
He saved up to pay someone with a reputation for arranging results to help him out
The person was arrested and his result was withheld that year
It was as if his life had been pegged to be one of failure.

His secondary school journey was not any easier
He attended Baptist Boys High School for a while
A school that has produced presidents and governors and leaders at every level
He didn't thrive there
He was plucked out and placed in a private secondary school in Lagos
He wilted
He

didn't have any friend influencing him
He never smoked or drank or experimented with drugs
He would lock himself in the room and read day and night
He really wanted to make something of his life but when it was time to write examinations, he would go blank
Blank like a headless

chicken
Nobody knew why his journey was so tough
His younger sister by contrast cleared her WAEC and JAMB in one sitting and was admitted into the University to study Communications and Language Arts at the age of 16
The news threw him into depression
He wasn't unhappy that his

sister was making progress
He was unhappy that his life was not moving in any direction
The next heavy blow was his sister getting a job while still in 100 level
He had searched for a job for several months just to occupy himself without any success and she was offered a job by

an engineering firm without any stress
He would have gladly earned a quarter of what her sister was offered and he would have counted the experience as a breakthrough in his life
His sister bought her first car at the age of 18, it was a Toyota Corolla and he was the one vested

with the task of teaching her how to drive
He was happy for her but his situation was quite unpalatable
All the guys he grew up within the same estate moved on in life according to the normal progression of all people, he was the only one that was stuck in one spot
It was hell!

The last child of his parents was born when he was eight years old
She was very brilliant
She sped through primary and secondary school
She cleared her Jamb and WAEC at the age of fifteen and was placed in a private University the same year his immediate younger sister graduated

She was admitted to study law and her educated was fully funded by a government scholarship
He was 23 years old by this time and he was still writing WAEC and JAMB
The only other skills he had was driving and managing his father's piggery farm
He cried sorrowfully for many days

He just couldn't fathom why he was so unfortunate
He was eventually saved by NECO when he enrolled for the examination as one of the pioneer enrolees
He cleared all his papers and by stroke of luck also scored 201 in Jamb
He wasn't offered admission but he got the part-time form

to study at LASU and was offered admission
He got the admission at the age of 24
When he got to the lecture room he realized he was still blanking out after studying
He knew he wouldn't pass one course if it continued
His parents had taken him to so many places for prayers and

spiritual intervention to no avail
That was the second time he considered suicide
Having crossed the hurdle of admission, he didn't want to linger on only to turn out as a failure again
The day he was planning out to carry out his plans, he walked into a pharmacy store to buy the

pills he wanted to take and met her
She was an undergraduate who worked part-time at the pharmacy store
They got talking and he ended up spending the whole day with her in the store
They took to each other like fish to water
She was playing the game of LUDO by herself when he

walked into the store
He asked if he could play a game with her and that was it
They played on and on while she paused intermittently to attend to customers
He fell in love that day
She was the one that told him about JESUS and the gift of the Holy Spirit in the course of that

week
They had been sharing the past as they grew familiar with each other and he mentioned to her that he had contemplated suicide twice
When she asked him why he told her about his past and current struggles
She told him what the Holy Spirit can do in the life of a believer and

she gave him examples of people around her whose life courses were righted after they had an encounter with the Holy Spirit
He didn't really believe her words but his heart was glad he had a girlfriend and he would have given her his head if she asked for it
Even though he was

born into an orthodox church where the closest he got to the Holy Spirit was looking at the artwork of a dove descending upon Jesus while he was getting baptized which was painted at the back of the altar in the church he grew up in
He followed her to a pentecostal church the

following Sunday and gave his life to Christ
After the service, he was prayed for and he received the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking and praying in tongues
He did everything just to please her
They had become close friends and he was sure she would go

out with him if he asked
The only reason she could say No was the Born Again thing and he had taken care of it and also received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit
He believed the table was set for them to court and probably get married
When he got home that Sunday, he got into the

shower and suddenly felt a strong sensation all over his body
He began to pray in the spirit in a way that he couldn't describe
It was as if he was taken over in the bathroom
By the time he came out of the bathroom, he felt a strong urge to read the Bible
He picked the one on his

bed and he began to read from Genesis chapter 1. For the first time, his imagination was opened and he could visualize what he was reading
It was an alien experience to him
He couldn't put the Bible down, he read on and on both day and night until he finished the whole Bible in

21 days
By the time he finished the whole scripture, something had happened to him
He couldn't explain it but he was no longer blanking out
He had "understanding" & a retentive memory
He also had an idea
A business idea that came to him when he was reading about the construction

of the Ark of the covenant and the ark of Noah
The idea was burning in his heart
He went to Lagos Island and made the necessary inquiries
When he got the needed information, he went to his father and told him what he needed
His father didn't ask any question, his father gave him

what he needed
He started his wallpaper sales and services business on campus and it was an instant success
He was so successful that he began to take orders for customized wall papers at a special fee and he had paying customers who were willing to wait for weeks before getting

their orders
Within a year after meeting the Holy Spirit, he was swimming in money
He also excelled in his academics
It was a glorious turn around.
By the time he graduated in 2013, his wallpaper outfit was operational in six states of Nigeria
He was a made man
He got married to

his sweetheart right after she finished her NYSC in 2015
The third time he contemplated suicide was when a business associate duped him of 25 million Naira in 2016 but by the grace of God, he recovered most of the money with the intervention of the police and was able to bounce

back.
He had grown in the knowledge of the Word and his walk with the Holy Spirit that he no longer considers suicide as an alternative under any circumstances.
His marriage was blessed with two children
Kiitan, age 4 and Kayo age 1

PS: Your path in Him will only shine brighter

and brighter
Walk with the Holy Spirit and desire the sincere milk of the Word
Grow and you will have good success in Jesus name

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