Thread by @GbengaWemimo

In her opinion, beauty wasn’t really an asset to the ladies in their family
They were all exceptionally beautiful but they found themselves caught in the harsh reality of tradition, culture and religion
Her grandfather was a chieftain in a particular religion
They were from the

north and that meant their destiny as women was totally under the control of the men in the family
Beauty became a bargaining chip for relevance, power brokerage, political affiliation, strengthening old relationships or forging new ones
Her sisters were given to older men as

Second, third and fourth wives respectively
They were educated but not expected to do anything with it other than mind the home
She wanted more but there was no clear cut path to it
She studied in America but it was all for show, to increase her value
In terms of who marries who!

She met a man one afternoon, he was a preacher of sorts
The man turned to her while she was paying for groceries and said “You are a light, you have been chosen for a higher purpose in Christ”
Even though she was angry about her situation at the time and thinking of a way to

extricate herself from it
The last thing on her mind was turning to Christianity
She was raised to see the worshippers of Jesus as misguided
There is only one God and her association to him was true the one and only prophet of her religion
She glared at the man and walked away

A few days later, there was a knock on her door
She opened and saw a copy of the Holy Bible on the floor right by her entrance
She didn’t see the person that dropped it
She had never touched one before
She picked it up and decided she would read it
The decision changed her life

It was not just a book, it came with a strange power that turned her tummy and caused her to vomit for hours
After tummy calmed down she realised her monthly period which was associated with so much pain became painless
And she was still reading the book of Genesis!
To her that

was a sign
She continued to read the book with an open mind until she somehow got to the New Testament and got filled with the Holy Ghost
She found herself praying in tongues just like that
Everything was changing on her inside but on the outside she was still the same girl…

Or so she thought
She completed her studies and returned home
Her husband had been arranged and her father had for once listened to her mother to get an unmarried young Prince (of sorts) for her
She went through the ceremony as an obligation
She prayed with the family but still

maintained her fellowship with the Holy Spirit in her heart
When she got pregnant with her first child, the baby was breech and she was told she might die if she delivered naturally
Her husband told her not to worry, she would deliver peacefully
She expected him to arrange for

her to deliver abroad but he had another solution in mind
His solution was to gather clerics to pray for her daily
It didn’t make any sense to her
She cried for many days asking that he send her abroad for an operation
Her husband said No and in order to prevent her from making

any rash decision he seized her passport
A month to her delivery she called her older sister
They looked very much alike and she was an American citizen
Her sister saw reason with her and came to visit
When her sister was leaving she dropped her American passport for her and

Two days later she sneaked out of the house and boarded a flight to the USA
Her abaya covered the pregnancy perfectly and she made sure she didn’t waddle like a pregnant woman would
Her delivery was a success
When she returned home, her husband was mad but she begged him and the

family intervened!
She repeated the same process with her second child
This time she got in trouble with the immigration on her way back to Nigeria
They called her sister and she picked their call and started talking on the phone while she was in their custody
That was how they

discovered she had been using gaining entry into America illegally
She was detained for six months and eventually deported
This time her husband had a hearty laugh at her expense
It was a loveless marriage
She had a duty and so did he but nothing beyond that
She got pregnant agai

-n and this time it was a girl
The pregnancy was easy and she delivered peacefully in a Nigerian hospital
Her husband got a job in the Middle East
She started reading her Bible again and fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit
Perhaps she took it too far but one day her husband came

home unannounced and met her praying in tongues
He was livid
She tried to beg him but he stormed out of the house
A few weeks later, she went to visit a friend and by the time she returned home he had taken the children away
It was a crazy time for her
She called and begged and

prayed
She reached out to the brother in Jeans and T-shirt
She explained her ordeal and he told her to calm down
He said her children will walk back to her of their own accord and she need not do anything
But she is a mother
She took the case to court
The judge favoured her and

Her husband was told to return the judge to her
He did
A few weeks later the judge was retired
She couldn’t say if he had a hand in it or not but as soon as he was retired her husband went to the children’s school and took them away for the second time
He flew them to another

State and seized their Nigerian passports
He told them a lot of lies
She called the brother in Jeans and T-shirt again and he told her not to
worry
The children will walk back to her of their own accord
This time she believed and waited
A few weeks later her children called her

out of the blue
They said they are in Abuja and will like to see her
She met them at the airport and they told her what had been going on with them
Then they told her what they wanted
She called her family members and everybody rallied round to protect her
Two days later they

left for an unknown destination
All she wanted was to be with her children and raise them in peace!

PS: This is a made up story!
I am@in a troublesome mood
DSS and Police should stay away o, I am protected by the power of my imagination
You hear?
I have to say this though!

The Holy Spirit loves all his children and He will fight for us in any situation we find ourself.
Know this and rest as a believer, His word is yea and Amen!