I shed a few tears at the wedding. The look of love in Kenneth’s eyes for Mercy was heart wrenching… I kept asking myself… “ Doesn’t he feel bad, that he is a virgin and he is about to get married to someone who has been sexually abused!” That taught me a whole lot and made me realise, that God’s love is not dependent on how good you are. He is ready to show a wretched me love as long as I came back to Him… Saturday Morning was for Kenneth and Mercy, while Saturday Evening was for Baba Agba and Mrs Uyai.. Mrs Uyai’s story taught me, it was never late with God. She still enjoyed the joy of marriage in her mature age. “Isn’t God good?” I heard Favour say to me from behind. “ Yes He is, even when we are bad…” “ So where is he?” I asked “ He?” A blank Favour asked in response “ A certain gentleman I used to see beside you on your online pictures” “ Someone has been spying all these years” Favour teased… “ Where your treasure is , your heart will be “ I said and Favour looked at. I realized she had misinterpreted my statement… “ What I mean is that, the teenagers and you are my treasures, so all these while I had been following you up online…I don’t mean you directly” I said And we both laughed… “ If you missed me, just say it, it is allowed, because I missed you… A sister can miss her brother with no strings attached” Favour said … “ Yes!, of course I missed you like crazy…” “ So What next, Anthony Chuks?” Favour said out of the blues and those words struck me because those were her words that brought about the Lighthouse years ago… “ I don’t know, but since I have few months or years to live, I want to use it to my best,” “ We should never give up on life until the breath has been taken away. You can live 50 more years if you manage it well with the help of God… Chuks, to get the best out of life, make plans for the next 50 years, because when you are still useful for God, He will keep you alive for His Glory” “ Really?” “ Yes! Give God the reason to keep you alive!” Favour said but she knew I still needed better explanation… “ The psalmist said “ I shall not die but live to declare the works of the Lord”… Chuks, the psalmist was literally saying, God please keep me alive so I can declare your works, so I can evangelize to people” “ Ok” I understood her point… I had known that scripture since I was a little kid, but I never saw those words in that light. It was used as a confession mostly. Whenever, we were sick, our parents would tell us to confess it, but I never knew it was more of a proposition to God…. “ So it’s like saying “ God keep me alive and I will be useful to you!”… Wow!… Favour you are a Bible breaker, like you break the Scriptures… You make the Bible So easy and understandable….” I said in awe “ Common … All Glory to God, the Bible is a book of loaded secrets, it is for us to search it out for our good…” Favour said and with that she left me… “Why do I want God to keep alive? “ I asked myself and I was blank… Favour was indirectly asking me to tender a proposal to God. The teenagers were already living out what I had in mind before, so I didn’t know what I was to offer them at that point… I sat at my office table with no idea on what I wanted to tender to God as my proposal… Or do you know? To be continued
