Forged in Love
His life was littered with potholes
of his mistakes
He made a lot of decisions that he
regretted with all his heart
He had no anchor and for that reason
he drifted helplessly as driven by
the prevailing wind
He was a good man for a season
He was a drunk for another season
He started smoking for a season
He stopped drinking and smoking for
a season
He was a faithful husband for a season
He was an unfaithful husband for a
season
He was not better than other men
He couldn't also be said to be worse
He lived by the senses and was tossed
here and there by the vicissitudes of life
By the time he clocked seventy
He could account for seven children
Five from his first wife and
two from his second wife
Both women and their children were
not really in his life
He was a free bird who lived his life
pleasing people
People came into his life and left
at will
He couldn't call himself a good man
He couldn't also call himself an evil
man
Life is life for a reason
He could only say he had lived as
best as he could
There was a season of his life that
he spent as a teacher
Another season was spent as a
lecturer
Another season came and he was
a taxi driver
Another season came and he was
a businessman
He was not one of those who did
only one thing all their lives
He evolved with the time
He was a hustler who would
follow the scent of legitimate
money anywhere
He left his first family because
he found himself in need of a
work permit and other benefits
of being a citizen of the country
he traveled to
It wasn't planned
He only adapted
The woman he met in the country
where he travelled to was divorced
She was also willing to help him
become a citizen
Sentiment had no place in his
situation
He married her and as a result he
tore to shreds the life he built for
the first forty-five years of his life
He thought he would make up for
it by making so much money to
meet the need of that family from
abroad
He didn't
His wife and children starved and
grew to hate him
When they discovered he had remarried
they assumed he deliberately abandoned
them
He remarried for them and yet he was
the devil
It made him very bitter
Why couldn't they just understand?
His first child, a daughter reached out
to him in defiance
He appreciated the gesture
All hope was not lost
He ensured she lacked nothing
He started another family with
his second wife
He was determined to get it right
this time
He was living in the greatest country
in the world and he had all he would
ever need to succeed
He started his own company
Bill Clinton was the president and his
policies favoured his enterprise
He built a dynasty
Within five years, he was an example
of legitimate success
He had finally found his way to the
top of that famous tree of success
But with success came certain kinds
of attention
Ladies wanted the fruit of his tree
He didn't have to do much to attract
them
Success was like sugar, ants will
always find their way to it
His wife's friend came to his office
She did eye for him
He did eye for her
She offered him a piggy ride
He climbed and rode in delight
His wife caught them red-handed
He tried to beg and plead
It was the DEVIL
His second wife refused to hear
any excuse
She got a restraining order against
him
The judge told him to keep one
thousand feet away from her
The problem was, the company
he built with all his might was
located right next to their house
He told the judge this
The judge said he should have
thought of that before playing
"Who is in the garden" with another
woman
He had to start all over
While he was trying to put together
the resources to start another
business
His first daughter got married and
relocated with her husband to
the country where he was
They needed some money to set up
a nest
He didn't mind the mess he was in
He raised the fund and sent it to her
He wanted to be sure his daughter
prospered
He wanted to be a father to all his
children
Some of them hated him already
He knew this but there was nothing
he could do about their misgivings
The one that reached out to him
must not be disappointed
The money he gave his first daughter
set him back many months
He turned his car into a limo service
and began to shuttle between the
airport and his county
That way he was able to feed himself
and pay his rent
He was already in his late fifties and
his dreams had become a pile of
rubble
His first son got married when he
turned 61
They were not on talking terms
He was one of those that took his
decisions badly and had refused
to reconsider his position
He decided to be at the wedding
and be there for his son
He thought to take advantage of
the occasion to reconcile with
the entire family
He traveled home and did as he
planned
His first wife never remarried and
he wanted to make things right
The wedding was a success
So was his reconciliation attempt
This time, he was determined to do
right by his family at all cost
But his resolve was blown away by
the fumes of the aeroplane he took
back to his base
There was something about keeping
promises that was difficult for him
He forgot his words wherever he said
them
His family took the second betrayal
very poorly
The first time, he was able to blame
many things for his behaviour but he
had no excuse the second time
Still, he kept in touch with his first
daughter
She had just delivered her second
child through surgery
He visited and ensured he supplied
her family with as much as he could
spare
He wanted her to know that he loved
her with all his heart
She seemed the only one who
understood his frame and frailties
Another ten years went by
He had started working as a guard
in one of the private prisons
The pay was okay
All his children had become independent
He started planning to retire
He didn't want to die in a foreign land
He sent a message to his younger
brother
He started building a small house
He worked very hard to complete it
He was already seventy and he planned
to return home before his next birthday
Then he got the call
His supervisor called him into the
office and told him he had tested positive
for Covid-19
At his age, it was almost a death sentence
He was told to go home and remain in
quarantine for a month
Within a week, he was coughing blood
and finding it difficult to breathe
He called his daughter and told her
what he was battling with
His daughter sent him a note to call 911
She said "You have never really been
a father to me or my siblings, you
deserted us when we were little! We
suffered without your support for many
years. It is true that you gave me some
stipends over the years but those are
my right as your child. I didn't ask to
be born and I will be damned if I will
raise myself. I owe you nothing. I wish
you luck as you battle the ailment.
Please dont come close to my
house or my family!
I dont want to be exposed to the
infection and i dont want to endanger
my family. I wish you well!"
The note felt like a dagger in his heart
He wasn't expecting her to accommodate
him but why couldn't she be kind?
Was he so horrible a person?
He cried all night
It was his season of reckoning
He literally looked through his life
from childhood till his current age
and saw all the potholes he left
in his path
Only one out of his seven children
could boast of his love and care
and that one had practically plunged
a knife into his back
He cried all night and despaired
for his life
In the morning, his phone rang
It was his first son
The young man called him out of
the blue, he said he couldn't sleep
overnight and decided to call in the
morning
The call calmed him down
The symptoms began to fade
They talked for hours
He told his son about his house
building project
His son said "I will send some money
into the project, i will complete it for
you"
He couldn't believe it
Within a week, work has resumed on
his house
His body became very strong
He couldn't sleep without talking
to his son every day
His son told him about Jesus
His son said "That night, as i was
about to sleep, the Holy Spirit
brought you to my heart! The Holy
Spirit said "Can you hate what I love?"
I said "No sir!"
Then the Holy Spirit called you by
name and he said "I love him"
Wow!
I cried all night sir
I had been angry with you for many
years not knowing the Holy Spirit
loves you
I can never hate what or who the
Holy Spirit loves
The Holy Spirit is my eternal guide
I love what he loves always and
I hate what he hates
That was why i called you
That was why I love you sir
I love you as the Holy Spirit loves
you!"
Wow!
The words cut into his heart like
hot knife through butter
He had been a Christian all his life
but it was just an identity tag
He never knew the Holy Spirit
could speak or be aware of other
people's challenges
He was overwhelmed
His son told him about Jesus and
how the Lord had transformed his
life
He believed and he gave his life
to Christ
His son prayed for him and decreed
an end to the effect of the virus in his
life
Within a week, his son had reconciled
him to his other children
The joy he felt was therapeutic
He was completely healed of Covid-19
symptoms and his test result came
out negative after a week of self-isolation
He returned to work in July 2020
He was no longer working to build
his house
He was working to keep himself
from boredom
His days in a foreign land were
numbered
He sees his house taking shape
daily and his heart is filled with
joy
His son counseled him not to be
bitter with his daughter over the
message she sent to him
He reached out to her in love
Suddenly, his life started making
sense
The Holy Spirit brought meaning
to his life
Hallelujah
PS: Reach out to your loved ones
Don't hold on to grudges and petty
arguments
The spirit of Christ is a loving spirit
If you know Christ, you know love
The Holy Spirit loves every soul
Let this love rule your judgment
as a believer
GSW's notes: When i saw Him I fell
at his feet as dead, and He laid his
right hand upon me saying unto me
"Fear Not, I am the first and the last
I am He that liveth and was dead and
behold i am alive forevermore and
have the keys of Hell and of death!
In Him, you move and live and have
your being
You are no longer subject to petty
behaviour and the actions of the
flesh
You are a Christkind, made in His
image and likeness
You can only love for your being
was forged in love
Begin to live in this reality from now
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