Tanwa

She came to my office on a Wednesday morning 
She was dressed in a very improper manner 
I am particularly uncomfortable around 
flesh peddlers 
I can smell them from a mile 
It is not the lust they desire to stir in men 
that bothered me 
It is the unclean spirit within them
Unclean spirits debase humanity at 
every level! 
They mutilate the human body and 
cause their host to suffer from 
insecurities about their bodies and 
a stong lack of self-esteem! 
They do the opposite of the work of 
the Holy Spirit! 
(The Holy Spirit builds, demons tear down)
They incapacitate their victims and manifests
in a very violent manner
So I was always careful not to pray 
with anyone alone 
I am also careful not to be too familiar 
with those who came to see me for
prayer or counseling
It was a very thin line indeed! 
The moment I saw her, 
I knew there would be a strange move 
of the Holy Spirit 
I could feel my spirit revving silently
She had a health challenge 
That was why she came 
There was a strange growth along her 
spinal cord 
It moves about and no medical test 
had ever detected it 
The growth was extremely painful and 
would sometimes cause her nerves to 
tingle painfully
She experienced tremours that cause
her to shake violently too
She needed help badly
I remember thinking "Why would she 
dress like this and still assume 
I will feel free to pray for her! 
Why would you want the person praying 
for you to be self-conscious, on edge or 
uncomfortable? 
What kind of thinking is this? 
I didn't know what to do! 
I was very ill-at ease
I wanted to send her away
Tell her to return when she had changed 
into proper clothes 
One can never predict what will happen 
once we start to pray! 
I so much needed to avoid a scandal at 
the office 
I don't want the naysayers scoring a 
cheap point 
So I asked her when she can come back 
and if she could dress appropriately whenever 
she chose to come back 
I tried to be as polite as I could be under 
the circumstances 
She looked at me as if I had told her to eat 
a rotten dead cat 
Before I could explain myself 
She started crying "I am dying and you are 
saying I should come back because of
My clothes! 
What if I die? 
What if I die while trying to find a
change of clothes
I couldn't sleep all night! 
I came to the interdenominational service
they were conducting in church this morning 
But I know my case needed special attention
I asked the security guards in the church
 if they can recommend a pastor! 
One of them brought me here! 
I didn't sleep all night 
Please help me! 
The pain is killing me"
Wow!
I was taken aback by her sincere outburst
She was the one in real pain
All I had to contend with was people's
opinion and impression
 I left her at the conference room
I went to get one of our cleaners 
They usually have a change of clothes 
handy or an extra pair of uniform 
The cleaner obliged me 
The cleaner came to the office with me 
I explained what she must do 
She followed the cleaner and came back 
in black Jeans a red T-shirt 
We prayed!
She started manifesting! 
The demon started its drama
She said she was a special child, 
she was born 18 times before her
 mother finally found a way to keep 
her alive mysteriously through a prophet 
who tied her life to a bell and kept it 
somewhere in the spirit realm that she 
cannot access! 
She said a lot of stuff!
She had been here and there 
Had incisions all over her body 
Is a political weapon of destruction 
deployed by politicians as an ambition 
assassin! 
She had many destinies buried in 
between her legs!
I usually do not suffer demons to speak
But she was very loud and violent
Jumping all over and screaming
I had to wait for her to catch her breath
I don't yell when praying 
Sometimes i dont say anything at all
 I got tired of the nonsense at a point 
I didn't ask to know her CV 
Evil is evil!
I told it to shut up and leave her 
It shook her violently and it left! 
She fell on her face shaking violently 
Suddenly she grabbed her waist and 
tugged at it until she broke the waist
 bead she was wearing 
The beads scattered all over 
And she went still 
It took about 45 minutes
I couldn't wait for her to get on her feet 
I left her with the cleaner and ran to my office 
The church service was over and I had to 
be on my seat when my principal 
(I was working as a Personal Assistant at the time)
got back from church! 
I got to the office just in time Peter Parker style! 
The cleaner stayed with her until she left!
That was eight months ago 
A lot has changed 
I had left the organization 
GSWMI had begun and Peter Parker 
didn't need to wear a mask anymore! 
She called me today 
She went to my former office and someone 
gave her my phone number 
Her name is Tanwa! 
She said she needed to see me today! 
We arranged to meet 
When I got to the fast-food restaurant 
I saw somebody flying in the air towards me! 
Thank God I caught her! 
She was so happy! 
She had changed totally 
She looked younger and happier 
Almost too happy and playful 
She was getting married 
That was why she came
She wanted me to meet her man 
She wanted me to bless the two of them 
She kept calling me "Daddy" 
She is 36 and I am 39 
"Where and Who is who's Daddy?"
Our Father is in Heaven! 
I corrected her over and over! 
She shrugged it off 
She has been healed by the Holy Spirit 
I don't know how I feel right now!!!
A stranger met another stranger 
A lifetime of affliction was taken away 
by the power of the Holy Spirit 
Just like that! 
I wouldn't have remembered her
 if she didn't call 
She wasn't the first stranger I prayed for 
and I know she wouldn't be the last! 
The Holy Spirit loves us all
PS: As a believer, you have the opportunity 
to set captives free anywhere you meet with them 
Just allow the Holy Spirit to express his 
love through you! 
Find a way 
Treat it as urgent 
Save a life! 
Jesus did the same for us! 
He found a way and got the job done!