The presence of God is the best place to be, praying and fellowshiping with the brethren is a fulfilling experience. My post today is going to be about one of my funny church experiences,so grab a seat,a nylon full of groundnuts and a cob of roasted maize(don't ask me where you'll get this night) and let the 'moonlight' tale begin.
It was Valentine's day and I was single and I was a fresher and I was broke and I was sad and I needed comfort and so..I RAN to God.Yes!cast all your cares upon him for he careth,that bible verse catapulted me to the valentine's day speciale of one of my numerous fellowships 'Finding the Right Partner'.(I am not a fellowship whore,I just cannot resist the diverse moves of the holyspirit and the doughnuts they often share in some of those fellowships)
Most people spent that val's day cuddling,necking,spitting in the name of kissing,touching,smooching and doing all the very terrible 'ing's bad children , I spent mine worshipping,praying,tonguing,I'm a good child and you all know.The programme was slated for 5pm but I arrived the venue 4:15 mainly because I had a strong feeling that they might decide to give the first ten attendees a gift and it could be a rose, a teddy bear or anything red in color. If I got this I thought, I could upload my dp and the trending ' awwn,the bae gave me this' status, let the whole world know I got something afterall.
The programme began few minutes to six and I wasn't even feeling it anymore, the choir ministration was a lullaby and they were passing offering basket, but I couldn't go back to my room,(not without a rose). The whole atmosphere changed when the invited guest;a woman of God arrived. Her heels announced her presence and the enchanting smell of her perfume performed its John the baptist's job effectively.This is the way I'd look if I become a pastor's wife,I just knew it.The elegance,the beauty,the aura,the grace,all painted a picture of yours truly in the very bright future.Her arrival was officially announced and she got on stage to deliver her life changing sermon. Even if I do not know her husband in person, the way she described the man reflected someone who has a face of Trey songz;my ex bf...in my dreams,the body of David Beckham my side dude..in my wildest dreams and John Legend's voice.In her words 'My gem is caring, has the face of an angel,has holyspirit packs and sings me to bed most nights' (that's all I ask for too o,except mine includes someone who loves cooking so I won't be the only one entering the goddamn kitchen) She was there to teach and not preach she said and so she taught us. She taught how to know if he is the right one,how to distinguish between the will of God and the pushing of the mortal body,getting it right and doing it right(the doing here is relative tho) and a lot more .When she wanted to discuss how to recognise the right one, she decided to illustrate with her own love story,this part I held on to, infact I remember how she said it although I do not remember word for word. I acted upon it and did it work for me?
The lifechanging,life edifying,moodlifting,feeling enhancer,stress reducer,shortbutdetailed love story as told by my rolemodel:
I met my husband in my university days. This doesn't apply to everybody so if it doesn't work for you,it doesn't mean God has forgotten you.I was reading in the library with one of my friends when the holyspirit told me a guy would come and ask if we wanted to join an organization,he would be wearing a black shirt without a tie,the holyspirit told me that was my partner.I panicked at first because I was in my first year and having a partner was the last thing on my list.True to the holy spirit's word,My gem came and he fitted the description.He asked if I would like to join JCI,told me it was the best organization on campus and how it develops youth and prepares them for the future, by the way this is true people,JCI is a wonderful organization,I hope everyone here joins. I told him I was going to join,we became friends and the rest is now a beautiful history.
We all applauded her and the rest of the teaching went in through my right ear and came out through my open mouth.That was the last part I heard,I started thinking about their meeting, ehnehn, library? JCI?black shirt? Library?like Library?? This same lbrary? I had to take a step,in the right direction,as fast as possible. Another offering basket ,menu menu and all followed in quick succession and as we parted,they gave each of us a rose yaaay!!. As I walked to my room alone, I thought of what she had said,the meeting part actually, Library? JCI? Blackshirt? The holyspirit actually gave this woman her John Legend in the library,who says I couldn't get mine, besides the library was built for students and since I am a student,I decided to go there the following day,to read my books. So you didn't know the library was built for students to read ?Now you know,don't thank me too much,that's one of the reasons I'm here. I got to my room with my Rose and my roommates were hailing me,they kept smelling one after the other like a sort of religious rite. As God would have it,the aboki perfume they poured on the roses was still smelling on mine ,they started mentioning different big big perfume names and I was just looking,something wey be say na oridinary perfume come dey bear expensive names like enchanteur, noveaux, rebeux, dreamwoman,activewoman,passive man e.t.c. I didn't even bother telling them it wasn't from a guy, what's my own? I sha had a rose but they smelt the rose sotey,the artificial rose withered.
The next morning was a friday and I had just one class in the morning so after my class, I came back to my room and decided to try what the woman said and since she looks like me,(if you think Brandy looks like Nicki minaj)what works for her WILL work for me, I ignored the seemingly 'don't try this at home' warning she gave. I packed my books, Holy bible, the rosary one of my junior friends gave me as a parting gift when I left secondary school, I rubbed anointing oil on my forehead and drank a little.A warrior never goes to the warfront without weapon(s). I have to work before applying faith,although my role model's faith came before work,I didn't mind putting the horse before the cart. I packed everything into my bag,prayed for three minutes and off I went.
My smiling face was the mask by default, as I entered the library,the first guy I met was definitely not my gem, his diastema could house my front teeth(he was receiving a call,so yes I saw the window) his trousers was purple and he had a red top on,you said eeew too yeah? Same thing I said.The spirit had not spoken to me so I ignored him. As I got to the first floor, I made a quick survey of those reading there. I could see a lot of weaves and braids,there were more ladies than guys I calculated, the competition would just be too much and I couldn't deal so I moved to the next floor. Here I saw more bald heads, EXactly, I entered.
I sat facing the entrance and kept on my smily face, I bowed my head and prayed for straight 5minutes making a total of 8minutes that morning,the highest I had gone in a long while. I waited for the spirit to talk to me, the spirit didn't (is the spirit male or female tho) I started reading,my rolemodel was reading when the spirit spoke,her mind wasn't roaming. I started reading a romance novel,the spirit still didn't speak,maybe I'm reading the wrong thing I thought so I began to read my bible,I did eyije,eyi o je (picky picky) and opened to psalm 141'o lord,I am calling to you,please hurry..'. Just incase you think I'm lying you shaid of devil,dust ur bible and open the passage. perfecto Reado!Alas! The spirit spoke or I thought I heard the spirit speak,
' Daughter of man,I have heard your cry, you constantly disturb my block builder application with your wailings in the morning,noon and night, your tears destroy my buildings,infact you just demolished one of my finest houses. So here is an answer to your prayers: the next guy that walks in holding a laptop is your husband,he'll come to you and ask for black pen but since you don't have,give him your blue pen,the spirit has spoken,I have to go start my building again'
I almost shouted glory but I remembered I was in the library. I kept calm, #ghen ghen#,my heart was racing.... Please be a fine and tall guy, be cute,for my sake.
The guy walked in holding a laptop....
