Crownless

He couldn't help but ask her why 
He knew his question will sound intrusive
and embarrassing but he couldn't help it 
so he braced himself and asked 
"Why are you cheating on your husband?" 
She looked at him and said "I am very lost 
in that marriage. It isn't my first and I 
don't think It will be my last 
I had expected that once I got married, 
the gulf i feel within me will be filled 
You know... I had always felt this lacuna, 
this void deep within me 
I don't know if you get it 
I feel like I am a seeker and what I 
need is in a man's hand
That's why I keep doing men and they
keep failing to satisfy this need of my 
heart
For a moment after I met
my current husband, I had bubbles in 
my tummy and it felt as if the gulf has 
been filled but then after we got 
married and things settled down, 
the void returned it was exactly how 
it felt in my previous marriages 
It just felt empty I am like a wanderer 
who couldn't settle down
I was just sapped and lonely 
That was when I met this guy 
A medical doctor who looked at me as 
my husband once did and the bubbles 
in my belly started rising again 
It didn't stop the void but it made me 
forget it 
Like a temporary reprieve 
So you see I needed the two of them 
in my life 
My husband for the love and my lover 
for the distraction from the void I feel 
within me 
He nodded. Then he asked 
"Why are you still depressed? It seems 
you have found the perfect solution 
to the crisis, you had in your life 
She: No, the shame and the guilt is 
killing me daily 
This is my fourth marriage and it has 
failed 
My husband will find out at any time 
and my lover has told me this is all 
fun for him 
There is something within me that 
longs for a home and another that 
simply can't settle down 
I feel so terrible within 
Is it that I am evil and irredeemable? 
I am confused
The brother In Jeans and T-shirt smiled 
Many try to find a solution to void they 
feel deep within 
Money, lovers, pleasure... And yet, the 
more we clutter our lives with things 
the emptier we feel 
After 700 wives and 300 concubines, 
Solomon lamented that all is vanity... 
He told her she was just being a sinner 
Sin is the only thing a sinner knows 
to do very well 
The more he or she tries to stop, the 
more burdensome and unfulfilling life 
feels for such 
So what do I do? She asked 
He said "Accept the Lord Jesus as your 
Lord and savior, and get filled with the
Holy Spirit. 
The course of your life will be reordered 
and the emptiness you fill within will 
no longer need to be filled by guilt and 
shame 
Out of you shall flow rivers of living water 
Hmmm... He could hear the clock of her 
mind ticking and tocking as she mulled 
over his words
Eventually, she said, "Let me do this and 
see?" 
She lifted up her hands and gave her life 
to Christ She got filled with the Holy Spirit 
and she cried her eyes out as 
His love busted the dam of self-loathing 
and filled up the dam of her self esteem 
She saw herself and Christ sees
her and shook with awe For him, it was 
another day in the office 
He didn't really see it as a big deal 
Eight weeks later she was back with 
an elderly man 
The elderly man was her father 
He was a staff of a federal hospital, a 
medical doctor He showed up in her 
house that morning and demanded that 
she must bring him to the brother in
Jeans and T-shirt 
The elderly man looked at the 
Brother in Jeans and T-shirt and 
shrugged as if to say "Really?" 
He said "Can my daughter excuse us 
for a while?" 
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt nodded 
His daughter left the conference room
He said "I was initiated to a secret cult 
by my late Father 
My late Father, was a very powerful 
herbalist, the type that local kings consult 
for help in those days 
I combined my father's training with my 
orthodox medical practice and I prospered 
When i turned 55, I was told
i had only a few months more to live 
The leader of my cult for that year 
told me so 
He said he got the info during his divination 
I sought other opinions and found his words 
to be true 
I asked them what to do to avert death and 
I was told that the only solution was to 
have sex with my only daughter 
I was told that if i did this, she would never 
be pregnant and she would never truly 
have a home but she will live a long and 
wealthy life 
I was told I will also live a long and 
prosperous life 
I did as they said when she was 17 
She had no knowledge of this because I 
hypnotized her 
Since that time I had tried everything else 
i could to turn the verdict of bareness and 
"crownlessness" upon my daughter 
I had consulted both far and near 
All my efforts were futile until she told me 
she was pregnant over the phone three 
days ago 
What!!!
it was impossible 
She insisted she was pregnant and came 
to my hospital for the test 
Since I saw the result I had been restless 
and found it difficult to sleep 
It was impossible and yet it has happened 
This is why I told her to bring me here 
I wanted to know-how that table turned
The brother in Jeans and t-shirt was 
caught by surprise 
The man was a Queens English speaking 
medical doctor and there was nothing 
about him that looked occultic 
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt told 
her father about the power of salvation 
through Jesus Crist and the Holy Spirit
Her father also accepted Christ and 
was filled with the Holy Spirit 
He started a fellowship at his country 
house a month later 
The fellowship grew into a church within 
two years; a church where the undiluted 
gospel of Jesus is preached. 
As for the daughter, she is still married
to her husband 
She is currently pregnant with her second 
child after delivering Gideon, Jesufifehansimi 
on the 27th of October 2018 
Jesus filled the void of sorrow with 
eternal joy 
The lot of the family was turned around 
within eight weeks 
Glory be to God! 

PS: Is there a void within? Is pleasure losing 
its allure? Is sin becoming cumbersome and 
self becoming unsatisfying? 
How far do you intend to dig before 
you stop digging? It is time to walk in 
the realm of supernatural manifestation 
It is time to be clothed in light and 
become one with Christ!