When Joseph was in the pit, he didn’t know that God had a palace in his future, but he kept trusting God anyway. When life bangs you up, trust that God can work all things for good, and take you from the pit to the palace.
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The Scent of Water
They met in church
He was a spirit-filled, easy-going believer
She was taken in by his calm and gentle spirit
He was also very intelligent, one of the best minds she had ever met
He had a good job and came from a very good family
She was very much like him
Spirit-filled, easy going and focused
She was working with a multinational company and making rapid progress in her career
They spend their weekends outdoors
Parks, cinemas, retreats, church and events
They were both in courtship and they were determined to do it by the rules of the church they were attending at the time
She started her part-time Masters at the University of Ibadan
He encouraged her
The plan was for them to get married in two years by which time he would have completed his Ph.D
He was 29 and she was 24
She picked UI because her parents were professors and they insisted she should honour them by attending their alma mater
Her man agreed and he would often travel down with her from Lagos or drive down on Sundays so that he could drive her back to Lagos
One weekend, just after her lectures, he got a call from her father
He asked her when she last heard from her man
She told her father they prayed together the previous night
His father kept quiet and cut the call
She immediately suspected something had happened
She started calling her man's phone number
It rang out each time
She found her way to Lagos
When she got home, she met the police at their house
What happened?
The police insisted they didn't know what happened but they found the dead body of her man dumped in a bush close to his flat at an estate in Lagos
It was as if she was sleep-walking
Body...
Dead...
Who?...
His car was also missing and they found his flat ransacked
Wow
She fainted
They rushed her to the hospital
Her parents and siblings had surrounded her bed by the time she came to
They began to console her
Some even told her to thank God that she had not married him before he died
She went a week's worth of tears per minute
He was her friend, her guy, her bestie, her heartbeat
He taught her how to study the scriptures, how to drive, how to whistle, how to cook Ewedu and Gbegiri, how to take long prayer walks
He was her world and he had been snatched from her
The police later arrested his murderer and another man in his car at Edo State
The murderer was the security man guiding the apartment where her man lived
The murderer said he was hungry that morning and decided to go and ask for financial support from the only tenant who greeted him, made small talk and was warm to him
The murderer said he was sure the man would give him some money so that he could buy something to eat
The murderer said when he knocked on the door, her man opened and asked him what he wanted
The murderer said he told her man he wanted some money to buy food
The murderer said her man told him that he didn't have any extra change to spare as he walked back into his flat leaving the door open
The murderer said he walked in after him and attacked him from behind
Her man never stood a chance
He was bludgeoned to death by the man meant to protect him from predators
The murderer said he then searched the pocket and the entire flat for money but he didn't find much apart from some notes in the wallet of her man and her man's car keys
The murderer said he wrapped the body in a bed sheet and dumped his body in the boot of his car
Then he drove the car to a deserted road and dumped the body there before speeding off
He didn't know that once he had left Lagos, he could still be arrested
The murderer's intention was to sell the car and raise some money with which he would flee the country
That was how a dumb knife chopped her future into pieces
It was a tough season
Friends and family members gathered around her
She was there for the burial of her man
She mourned him and felt live giving up on many occasions
She returned to work and school
Routine stuff helps to keep the mind from sliding into torment
Even though the gulf was there, she trusted in the Lord
She asked questions and told herself "it could have been worse" scenarios
She wept all night and cried all day for many days
One day, the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt came to her flat
He had been told about the incident and the unbearable pain she was swimming in
He sat with her and told her the scent of water was powerful enough to make a dead tree live again
She heard him but it was too soon for her to process hope
Despair is the bed of death and grief
She went to church on Sundays, worked on Mondays to Thursdays, school from Friday till Sunday
She deleted her man's pictures and started training her mind not to see, imagine, talk about or remember him
How could a blunt knife kill such a glorious destiny
Why is there so much evil in the world?
Life was like a place between sleep and death for about a year
She gradually shook it off and began to live again
She changed the church she was attending
The memory and fragrance of her ex was everywhere
She began to trust God for the fulfilment of that word of prophecy
She completed her Masters and got a better job with another multinational company
She had come to accept the past
She began to trust in the Lord for her future
Two years went by
One Sunday morning, she dressed up for church only to discover that the wig she wanted to wear was tangled
Her first instinct was to stay at home because she had not bothered to make her hair that weekend
She decided she would go with her natural hair as it was
The service began and ended
Someone came to tell her the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt had asked for an usher in his office
She got to the office
She found the brother in Jeans and T-shirt seated opposite a young man in a brown suit and coffee brown shirt
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt told her to take the young man's number and reach out to the young man later
She took the number and left the office
Later, the brother in Jeans and a T-shirt sent for her and told her she should take the young man seriously if the young man should ask her out
She reminded the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt that she had gained admission to a school in Canada for her Ph.D and had already bought her ticket for the journey
He told her to remember that all things work together for her good in Christ
Later that evening, she reached out to the Brother in Brown suit and Coffee Brown shirt
They got talking about life and faith and family
He was a genius, full of the love of God and loaded with the vibrancy of the Holy Spirit
Not a man of many words but a man of integrity and purpose
The more they talked, the more she felt at home in his space
She didn't know how but it was as if she had known him all her life
She never imagined that a light could outshine the sun until she met him
They got talking and bonded effortlessly
She told him about her plans
He told her about his plans
He was a banker with plans to further his studies abroad too
They began to court
Two weeks after the journey started, she travelled to Canada
Her programme was for just one year
He told her he would be ready to propose to her when she returned
A year flew by
She graduated with honours and also secured a job
She jumped on a plane back home and flew into his loving arms when she landed in Nigeria
He proposed as promised
She said "Yes"
The wedding happened in Abeokuta, Nigeria
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt and GSWMI were there to celebrate the faithfulness of God with the two of them
A few weeks later, the two of them departed to Canada, where they still reside to date
Glory be to God.
PS: I remember like yesterday the message the brother in Brown Suit and Coffee brown shirt sent to me
I remember inviting him to church the following Sunday
I remember introducing him to Sister O
What I found most amazing was how the two of them bonded so quickly
It was a match made in Christ
Say this confession out Loud:
Every obstacle and challenge facing me shall be the springboard for my new divine heights, in the name of Jesus.
The breakthrough of 'how did it happen', the miracle of 'that is not possible', the favour that brings confusion, the settlement that shouts, the acceleration that cannot be stopped, the prosperity that is beyond explanation, the joy that causes sorrow for the enemy and the celebration that brings talk shall locate my life, in the name of Jesus.
Amen
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Make this Confessions out loud:
Every power rebelling against my progress shall sink today, in the name of Jesus. The God of Elijah shall rain down fire on every power that is not giving me rest, in the name of Jesus. Irrespective of the number of experiences that I have had, my testimonies shall be greater, in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
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