My Father's Son

Dear Bro Gbenga, 
1. Good evening to you and 
a Happy birthday once more. 
2. I thank God for His gift 
upon you. 
You are rare & special.
 Please continue to dwell 
in His presence. 
3. Please join me in 
celebrating Jehovah 
overdo, my wife finally took-in
in March(8 months after we 
got married). 
She also got a lecturing job 
in January. 
Praise Master Jesus. 
4. Sometime towards the end 
of last year, I unfollowed you 
on twitter. 
At that point, your stories 
though very interesting and 
awe filled as usual were no 
longer encouraging me but 
doing the opposite. 
I started feeling tensioned 
more and more. 
I was reading stories of God 
doing the impossible for people 
and I kept believing in my 
miracle but the more 
I waited the more the miracle 
was afar. 
Recall I told you that my wife 
was having hormonal 
imbalance which made her 
not to menstruate for about 
6-7 months despite all the 
drugs and treatment. 
The more I read your stories, 
the more I felt like God was
 abandoning me and the 
more I questioned God. 
Also, the more I confided in 
you, the less you replied to 
my messages. 
I understood the fact that 
you had a lot of things and 
people to attend to and handle, 
not forgetting your family too. 
But you see, at those times 
when I reached out to you 
crying my heart out, I wasn't 
trying to drown you in my pity 
or negative realities, I only 
needed words of 
encouragement continually 
from you. 
Truth be told, you sent some 
Bible passages for my wife to 
read but I just needed stronger 
words of encouragement from 
you because I had come to 
admire you. 
Then, I wasn't complaining because 
I was going to stop serving God 
(I'm yet to see what would make me 
stop serving my God). 
When I continued feeling depressed 
and bad, one day 
I had to think of why I was seriously 
upset and worried. 
I found out that reading your power 
packed stories and not apparently 
seeing the same 
Rhema and miracle unfold 
in my life was a contributing 
factor. 
I decided to unfollow you 
and stop seeing your stories, 
I left the telegram group too 
and I deleted your number. 
None of these were done 
out of anger but as measures 
to stop me from complaining
and whining to God.
I complained again to a 
very close priest who had 
known me for about 9 years 
about those same issues 
and he encouraged me 
(he told me things I really 
wanted to hear from you). 
After hearing those things, 
I stopped complaining and 
started praying and praising. 
My wife and I embarked on a 
30 days fast and on the 10th day, 
she saw her period after 
about 6-7months. 
I told my wife of my decision 
and that I would only reconnect 
with you after she conceives. 
I told God what I wanted. 
I told Him that my wife must 
give birth this year. 
I reminded Him that for it 
to happen, she had to 
conceive before the end of 
the first quarter of this year. 
We repeated treatments 
again while still praying and 
she took in in March. 
At the time she took in, 
she was already a month 
gone before we knew. 
Within that one month, 
you added me back to the telegram 
group out of the blues. 
Recalling my earlier decision 
to stay off until she conceived, 
I wanted to quit the group 
again but the small still voice 
said "hold on". 
I didn't even know she was pregnant 
then so the command 
of the voice made sense to 
me after we left the hospital 
with the good news. 
5. I had to write this long 
message to humbly tell you something. 
It's not easy looking after 
the large flock you are in 
charge of. 
You are a very great man of 
God but you may not have 
to handle the flock the same 
way. 
What fits one may not fit the 
other. While you perhaps 
thought that I was trying to weaken 
your faith in God 
through my complaints, I was 
just in need of very strong 
words of encouragement. 
I thank God that He has 
made everything beautiful 
in His time.
 Ps:I have followed you again 
here. 
6. Greetings from my wife and I. 
She teases me with this remark 
"You & this your Bro Gbenga".

THE REPLY
I love you brother. 
I love you with all my heart 
and I celebrate you and your beautiful wife. 
I understand everything and 
I thank God for bringing 
divine guidance your way 
when you needed it most. 
I apologize for not having 
the exact words that you 
needed at that time! 
I write this in tears of joy! 
You see, God answers all 
our prayers because we 
are precious to Him! 
When we are looking to 
the east for help, He might 
send it from the North! 
His coming through for you 
and your wife was a proof 
that He is a very present help 
in time of need for all men 
regardless of "human" limitations, 
expectations and
claims
I never stopped praying for you,
not for one day
You informed me the day you 
unfollowed me on twitter
I asked the Holy Spirit what
was going on
He said "Unwind"
I cannot fully say I understood
that or its implications but i
was restrained from writing or
calling you as a follow-up
gesture.
I was strongly restrained!
Glory be to God for this 
great testimony! 
I love you and your wife with 
all my heart! 
I couldn't forget our meeting 
in Lagos when you came for 
your honeymoon! 
I am equally grateful for the 
gift you sent to me on my 
birthday! 
You are priceless to me 
brother and your family is 
too blessed to be ignored! 
Glory be to God for a story 
that is worthy of being told 
to the world with joy! 
I love you sir! 
Congratulations to you and Madam! 
Tell my sister she is right! 
You are my brother and she 
is my sister! The gospel of 
Jesus has made us one!
 With all my heart! 
Gbenga
He replied
Thank you so much sir. 
God will forever be praised.
Gbenga: I am publishing 
your testimony sir! 
Just as you wrote it
I am blessed by the 
testimony
He replied
 I'm laughing because I 
had a strong feeling that 
you would publish it. 
The Spirit in us never lies.
 It would please me sir to 
read
GSW's Notes: I love all the
children of my Father
We are all walking together
while at the same time
trying to sort out our own
realities to make it conform 
to the Word of God.
Without the Holy Spirit we
would put our noses where
it doesn't belong and take
offense when we should 
rejoice.
This testimony is a reminder
that you will always know
in part and understand in part!
You must trust the Holy Spirit,
the one who "knows the end
from the beginning" to be
the lead in all your affairs