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Monday, March 31, 2014

ONE MUST PLAY THE FOOL!

One Must Play The Fool
This is a true story told by one of my mentors.
A story of a lady who got married to a man of her dream, they both enjoyed their honey moon. She wished it never ended, every night she prayed for the “good old days” to return, the reenactment of those romantic moments. “What happened to the candle nights, the holding hands, the sweet words, the smiles, the laughter, the attention…!? Why all these bitterness, arguments, cursing and fighting? Why this hatred from my husband?” She wept.
One day she decided to cry home to her father. “Father!” she fell down on her knees crying “You always help people to solve their problems, I grew up seeing you amending broken marriages, my marriage is in trouble! I am not enjoying my marriage but just enduring it. I can’t endure anymore please, help me!”  The old man looked at her and said, “Stand up my daughter, wipe your tears, tomorrow I will give you something to use on your husband.”
The next day, the lady who trusted her father, received powdered substance from him. “My dear daughter, here is the charm that you need to hypnotize your husband. With this you will begin to enjoy your marriage. Anytime your husband is angry then just put little of this in your mouth but be careful never to swallow it because is poisonous. All the ladies that I did it for, it worked perfectly” he instructed.  She believed and left to achieve her desire.
Back home, as usual the furious husband entered with shouting in anticipation to provoke her into another fight but this time he was defeated, his wife did not open her mouth. She was just gazing at him. The man cursed and cursed but no respond from his wife because she did not want to swallow the poisonous powder in her mouth, only noticeable tears were coming from her eyes.  After two months of repeated actions and reactions, her husband broke down one day at her feet weeping like a baby. He said “Honey! You have changed! You no longer curse back when I curse you and you no longer disrespect me. Now I know that I am the one at fault. I am sorry for all the push and for all that I put you through all these years. Please, forgive me!”

The next day, the lady went back with joy to her father to testify of how effective the charm worked. On hearing this, her father broke into laughter. He said “Dear! That “charm” is an ordinary corn flour, not poisonous as I prescribed it. The formula that I gave to you there is do not talk when your husband is angry, play the part of the fool, just shut your mouth and peace will reign in your marriage.  Men do not talk too long and they stop talking when you do not talk back to them. Men feel bitter when you talk back to them and they carry your voice with them for long. It takes two to quarrel and if one decides to play the role of a fool then there will be no quarrel and no fighting.  Thank you my daughter for your obedience “.

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Sunday, March 23, 2014

IT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU ANYMORE
As a young girl, growing up, Paula was excited seeing her mother’s dreams come through. Her dreams were to own a house with a beautiful garden by its side and train her daughter through all educational levels as she desires.
Though Paula’s mother was not rich but she stood by her dreams.  With mortgage from the credit union, she was able to complete her beautiful house. Being a lover of fruits, she planted several trees to fulfill her dream.  Paula too was looking forward to the day these trees would bear fruits.
Life they say is full of many tragedies, the unpredictable tragedies, such that took Paula’s dear mom from her. On that day, she left home in the morning happily with her daughter, dropped her off at her school and promised to pick her up for lunch.  Just ten minutes drive from Paula’s school there were sporadic gunshots. Two gang members were exchanging gunfire and Paula’s mother became the victim as she was caught in-between.  She received a severe gunshot to her chest and died on the spot.
She lost her mom and her mom’s dreams.  The credit union took over the house and auctioned it to another person.  For many years, she was still wondering. “Why?”
After seven years, she decided to visit her former home to revive her memory.  The trees have grown up with attractive fruits. As she stood at the gate with tears flowing down her eyes, a young lady came out of the house, approached her and asked who she was looking for. Paula replied “. This was our compound. My mother built that house and planted those trees before she died”.  The young lady was touched by this revelation, she said “ I am sorry to hear this but is there anything I could do for you?”.  Paula replied “. Yes! If you could please, allow me to taste of the fruits from the plants”.  At this point, the countenance of the young lady changed to that of disappointment.  “Sorry ma. I cannot allow you into this compound and no one is allowed to collect any fruit from those trees. The owner of this compound, Ms. Liz is very strict and mean. She loves those fruits more than human beings. I hope you understand?  I am just a maid who is protecting her job.” The young lady declared.
In tears, Paula left without tasting of the fruits, which she and her mother planted.  The truth is that who owns the compound owns the trees and the fruits. The garden does not belong to the former owner anymore.
We are just like the compound and our lives are like the garden.  When we surrender to Jesus Christ, he becomes the owner of everything that we have. Anyone who does not surrender to Jesus Christ, his owner is Satan and everything he has belongs to the devil. When you surrender to JESUS CHRIST, He washes you clean with His Blood. He does not look at your pasts.
2Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Dear Beloved, you can pray this short but powerful prayer:  Dear Jesus Christ, from this moment, I surrender my life totally to you, please, forgive me all my sin and set me free from all my weakness. I accept you as my LORD and personal Saviour in your name I prayed. Amen !