“Bro Saul, I…” Jane was going to say when Saul dropped the call. Jane’s throbbing head gave way as she burst out crying loudly, wailing uncontrollably. Sandra, her friend and a sister to Saul moves to her fridge, withdrew a bottle of chilled water and moved towards Jane again. She uncapped the bottle and passed the bottle to her.
“Take some water my dear friend.”She said but Jane wouldn’t be appeased. “Where am I missing it? Why am I this confused? Why is it hard to make a choice in this marital thing? Why am I so frustrated? Why am I…” “When your whys become so many, watch it because ingratitude is already taking a hold you!” Sandra said and Jane shook her head.
“Do you know how many days I fasted and prayed just to know what the Lord’s mind is concerning my marriage?” “Do I need to be told?” “So, why am I still confused? Why hasn’t the Lord still spoken clearly?” “Maybe the Lord has spoken clearly and you are too confused to see it. Not because the confusion is coming from the Lord because of course, the Lord is not an author of confusion but because you choose to be confused.” “Oh, really? What does that mean?” Jane said, wiping the gathered clouds off her eyes. Sandra sat on the bed and stretched the bottle of water to her.
“Whenever I am confused, I move to my fridge if I have water inside and gulp a whole bottle of cold water down! By the time I am done, I would be too full to say foul words to the Lord! I would be too full to complain and murmur.
I would be weak to my mouth and helplessly, I would cry, ‘Mercy, Lord. Mercy Lord’.” “Hmmm” Jane sighed, collected the bottle of water and gulped down in a second. Sandra burst out laughing. “That’s the spirit!” She said and lay on the bed. “Talk to me now. Why are you lying down?” “I will. When you become too weak to murmur and complain, call me, I will speak with you then” Sandra said. Jane looked forlorn for a while, slapped her stomach twice but she didn’t seem to be satisfied. Getting up, she moved to the fridge, picked three bottles of cold water and moved to the settee. She gulped the content of the three bottles down till she was breathing hard. She would belch and gasp again. She crashed further into the settee, rubbing her protuded tummy.
“Oh Lord!” She moaned uneasily. Sandra smiled and sat up. “I think you are weak enough now, so I can talk and you will listen!” She said and Jane nodded. “Let us see if the Lord is the cause of your confusion or you, yourself” Sandra said, pulled a chair to her front and started. “How does the Lord speak to you?” “Through my dreams. I also have deep impressions in my spirit” “Who are the major guys causing you confusion?” “Bro Saul and Bro. Roland” “And they have both proposed to you?” “Yes”
“Why are they making you confused?” “Bro. Roland is every lady’s dream. He is rich, spiritual, handsome and influential. I am afraid that I might be attracted to him because of all these.” “And Saul?” “He’s been a mentor since I was a youth. He is very strict, talented and spiritual. If the Lord has revealed me to him, then, he might be correct.
He is very spiritual and he hears God but I am not seeing him” “Through the ways God speaks to you, have you heard or seen anything about Saul?” “Yes. I dreamt about him when I was in the second year at school. We were married obviously and were in a matching ankara attire. On a closer look at him though, the hair on his head was ruffled and his own attire tattered.
When I called his attention to it, he started beating me till I started gasping for breath. Then I woke up.”
Very interesting