Christkind

She came in early on a Wednesday morning 
She looked like one of those ladies 
One of those ladies who dress deliberately 
for a meeting with a male 
(NOT SEDUCTIVELY, but deliberately) 
It was as if she was just coming out of a 
beauty spa 
She made a lot of effort to look very good
It piqued his curiosity 
Why would a woman coming for prayer and 
counseling take the time to look so good? 
What was she hiding? 
What was she up to? 
It is usually either of the two! 
Sometimes someone very sick would take 
the time to dress so well to make himself
 or herself feel very good! 
Sometimes someone emotionally sick 
would dress in party wear on a drab day 
just to get a lift! 
The usual practice, especially for ladies 
was to dress appropriately for an occasion! 
In this case, what she wore was an overkill! 
She sat down nervously 
She was a fast talker! 
She said "I apologize for how I am dressed! 
I am depressed and the only reason 
I was able to convince myself to leave 
the house was by dressing this way! 
My mind likes to Strutt and if I don't 
dress this way, I will never leave the house! 
I had to please my mind always"
The second reason was because I needed 
prayer! 
I was working for a media organization 
for about eight years.
I was a dedicated staff member and I 
even won numerous awards! 
My organization was a young one although 
we were owned by a politician who needed 
us for his political relevance
Management was a problem! 
The leadership of the organization was 
changed as often as twice a year! 
As usual, the leadership changed and 
a Nigerian who has lived for a long time in 
America was brought in! 
He was a South-south but he married from 
the South-west! 
He had two children
He was eleven years older than I am! 
Before this time I had never been in any 
serious relationship! 
I had been chased by many married men 
but I found it insulting and I told such so! 
His case was quite different! 
He had been separated from his wife for 
four years and the wife had a restraining 
order on him in America! 
Because of his wife he had to move from 
Dallas to St. Louis in order to have some 
peace of mind. 
When he got the opportunity to work in 
Nigeria, he took it just to leave the agony 
of his previous marriage behind! 
He was a sincere and loving man! 
He saw my work and drew me closer on a 
professional level! 
It was through his influence that I got to 
travel abroad for several professional 
seminars and workshops
He was patient with me and very kind 
Somehow I got to know his story and 
we got close on a personal level!
Since our company's policy does not 
allow staff members to get married 
within the organization, he resigned 
and joined another organization 
in Osun state despite the fact that 
he was earning more and I was the 
subordinate! 
He truly loves me! 
After serving at his new place of work
He proposed to me! 
Up until this time we had never been 
intimate and I was very careful not to 
be too physical with him! 
He held my hand sometimes and we 
hugged but that was that! 
Anyway, he asked me to marry him! 
He had hinted at the possibility of 
proposing before then and had thought 
about it! 
I really liked him and wanted to marry him! 
So I said Yes! 
That day, he took me to his apartment and 
we kissed for the first time! 
I was not a virgin or anything like that but 
I had been celibate for a long time and 
I told him so! 
He was gentle with me!
He treated me with respect 
We made love and I was happy! 
I slept in his apartment that day 
Around 3 AM, I started to hear a 
strange noise in the house 
I woke up and went to his sitting-room 
I saw him making a strange noise and 
eating newspaper! 
He had gone mad! 
It was crazy!
I called my parents immediately,
In retrospect, I have come to see this 
as a mistake but as at that time 
I really didn't know what to do 
My parents said I should get an ambulance! 
I did and he was taken to the hospital 
In all he spent three months there! 
By this time my parents had made up
Their minds that I cannot marry him! 
But I love him! 
It didn't seem to matter to them! 
When he was eventually discharged 
I got a message from a strange number 
The message said "He who carries the 
carcass of a sparrow has carried 
damnation" 
It was written in Yoruba! 
I showed it to him! 
It was his wife's number! 
They were not divorced yet because 
she refused to sign the divorce papers! 
She swore he would never remarry and 
if he dared she would make him useless! 
At first I thought he was just making stuff 
up because of his mental condition, 
until she came to my office last year June, 
asked for me by name and told me she 
would wreck me if I don't leave her tied 
goat alone! 
Nothing we did has worked! 
Many of the pastors we went to had 
zero interest in the case! 
I would have left him but I don't think 
that would be fair at all!
That was why I came! 
I lost my job last year I designed because 
I lost interest in the job I sit at home and 
cry most of the time I am overwhelmed! 
I really need help! I just want to be free 
I also want him to be healed 
This battle is too much for both of us 
Please help us!"
Ironically, she was not a believer and 
neither was he! He was an agnostic 
She was of another religion 
I told her of the only hiding place know 
The strong tower that crushes nameless 
and faceless fears and grinds sorcery to 
dust! 
I narrated my salvation story to her 
How the name of Jesus delivered me from 
wickedness and all it's attendant 
consequences! 
She believed!
She gave her life to Christ 
I laid my hands on her and got her filled '
with the Holy Ghost 
Them we held hands and prayed together 
in the spirit 
Power surged! 
Within minutes she was rolling on
the floor! 
The anointing flooded her and continued to 
rise until every fibre of her body was taken 
over by light and joy! 
The yoke of depression was broken! 
I told her to bring her man the next day! 
They arrived at about 11AM He was a giant! 
Tall and huge! 
I kept wondering how I would lay my hands 
on his head at my own height! 
And I do not pray for people on their knees 
So I held his hands! 
I prayed in the Holy Ghost 
She joined me 
We prayed for about thirty minutes 
Then he joined us! 
He started shivering and shaking 
Then he gushed... 
Glory be to God!
After praying for a while, I led him to Christ! 
I told him he had been healed of the 
mental affliction! 
He was shocked He said "Just like that" 
I said yes! 
Could see his eyes shining and dancing 
He had been lit up I only instructed that 
he made an habit of praying in tongues at
least an hour daily! 
He say down afterward and we talked! 
I told him not to dwell on the past 
He said he hides from people because 
of the shame 
I told him to take his wife and return to 
America 
There is no more danger! 
No one can harm him anymore I was so 
confident of this!
They left at 3 pm 
They met with her parents the following 
weekend to announce their intention 
to get married 
Her parents told them to go ahead as long 
as they would be living abroad! 
They figured he would get better help for his 
mental health condition in the USA 
The wedding took place three months later!
When they were done at the registry, 
they came to my office and I blessed 
the union! 
They left for the USA a few weeks later 
(She had a two years visa already) 
When they got to the USA, they found the 
divorce papers, signed by his ex-wife in 
the mail! 
They had lived at peace
He was never afflicted again
She recently had a baby girl! 
She works with the post office at their county 
and he works with another government agency! 

Ps: Demons can afflict mankind but they can 
never afflict a Christkind! 
He who is in Christ and full of the Holy Spirit 
is a Christkind!