ICTerian @centrichard - Twitter Profile

7 months ago

Good morning, mutuals. Hope you all had a good night’s rest. Let’s talk about “generational curses.” Do they actually exist, or is it just a convenient excuse we use when we don’t want to take responsibility for our lives? I used to believe in them. Not anymore. Generational curses don’t exist. Generational mistakes do. Stay with me. You're a young man in Nigeria. You have no stable source of income, no side business, and no investments anywhere. You can’t even pay your rent on your own. You probably still live with your parents or relatives. Yet you’ve gotten married and already have kids because of pressure. You’ve been deceived by the idea that “children dey bring money.” Wrong. Children don’t come with dollars or naira in their hands at birth. They come with responsibility. Life is not Nollywood. If a wealthy relative tells you to go ahead and marry and have kids, promising to support you, don’t do it. Until you have money in your hands and real stability, refuse. No man has ever died because he married late or had children late. But many men have suffered, broken down, or died early because they couldn’t provide for their families. Some are in prison today because pressure pushed them into crime just to survive. What you’ve done is simple: you’ve increased the cycle of poverty instead of breaking it. That is how the cycle continues. There are no “village people.” No generational curses. Just decisions and consequences. What do you think will happen when those children begin to grow up? The daughter may become a hookup girl just to survive, and the son may venture into fraud and other vices just to survive. They may even grow up to resent you for bringing them into suffering. I’m not telling you not to find love. No, that is not my message. What I am saying is this: stop spreading your seed when you are not strong enough to take responsibility. On the idea of curses or “village people,” I am a Christian, so I will speak from a Christian point of view. Many Christians still believe in “generational curses,” that God punishes children for their parents’ sins. But that is a big lie told by some men of God who want to take advantage of your ignorance. God Himself addressed and ended this idea in Ezekiel 18. The people of Israel had a popular proverb: “The fathers ate sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” They were blaming their suffering on the sins of their ancestors and previous generations. God rejected this idea completely. Read God’s response in Ezekiel 18:20: “The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child.” So why do you still believe in generational curses? You are not being punished for your ancestors’ sins. Everyone is responsible for their own life. If your father used to play Baba Ijebu in his younger days, and you now grow up and start playing Naira Bet in this present age, that is not a generational curse. It is a generational mistake. You should blame yourself for repeating your father’s path instead of doing better than him. So my message to you this morning is this: no matter your family background, stop blaming your bloodline. You are not cursed. Take responsibility for your own life and succeed. Gozoman.

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