MY JOURNEY AS A SINGLE MOTHER.
Part 15.
By Authoress Rhoda.
I wasn’t expecting any one except Esther to knock at our door, because I felt l was being stigmatized.
I heard the soft knock over and over again. Esther told me before she left the room in the morning that she won’t be back till evening.
“Who could be knocking at my door this afternoon?” I asked no one in particular.
The knock persisted.
I went to open the door to at least, have peace of mind.
Immediately I opened the door, I saw my mummy. It was as if I should hug her. At the time, I felt like shutting the door, leaving her outside.
I just didn’t know what to do. I kept quiet. She was speechless as well.
We were both staring at each other.
“Good afternoon, ma.” I finally greeted.
“Oko mi, good afternoon. How are you?” She asked.
“Fine, ma. How may I help you?” I asked.
“Where are my grandchildren?” She asked as she used style to enter the room. It really skipped my mind to usher her in, maybe because a lot of thoughts were running through my mind.
I did as if I didn’t hear her.
“Bisi, I am so sorry for all we have done. Every day, I keep shedding tears for my actions. I wish I was there for you. I know I have failed you. Please, find a place in your heart to forgive us for all we made you to pass through.
Bisi, right now, I am not normal. I am mentally abnormal. I can’t just be explaining how broken my life is ever since your dad became critically ill.” She said.
“Daddy, sick??” I asked.
“Yes, your dad has been knocked down with a terrible sickness some months ago. Right now, he is at the verge of kicking the bucket. He was the one that told me to find you and beg you on his behalf for how he treated you. In fact, he will really like to see your face. No one can tell if your presence will heal him.
Please, just forgive us. Of a truth, no man on earth is above mistake. As humans we are weird to make mistakes. But, we went too far in handling your situation.
I can’t imagine the trauma you went through. I know we have failed you. Just find a place in your heart to forgive us.” She said.
All through the time she was talking, I was drinking tears. Sorry, I mean my tears were flowing like a tap that was turned on.
In fact, the memory of how dad chased me all around the community with cutlass in his hand made me weep uncontrollably. I could remember how he drove me out of his house not minding my safety. I could vividly remember how he turned deaf ears to pleas from people on my behalf.
I thought my parents would always be there for me. I thought they would always stand by me. But, reverse was the case.
No wonder the bible says can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? The answer was “yes, they may forget.” But, God said He will never forget His own children because He has graven His children upon the palms of His hands.
I was forgotten by the same mother who carried me in her womb for 9 months and took care of me till I became a teenager. But, just my mistake took away the love. I was forgotten.
Well, humans can fail you. Your parents can disappoint you. Your loved ones can forget about you so quick. But God, cannot forget you. God cannot forsake you.
Yes, God hasn’t brought you this far to abandon you. Yes, because you are loved and cherished by yout your maker.
God is not like human being. Despite the fact that you err, God is still in love with you because He isn’t interested in your death but your repentance.
That is why if you commit sin either great or small, and you trace your steps back to Him, He will forgive you immediately without reminding you of what you did in the past like what many people do.
Some people cannot stop talking about how someone offended them in the past, despite the fact that they knew such person eventually gave his or her life to Christ.
Once God forgives you, every record of your sins are taken to the sea of forgetfulness. That is, God doesn’t reckon with those sins anymore as long as you are in Him.
My parents forsoke me. But God came through for me. When my father and my mother forsoke me, God took me up and handed me over to Esther’s family. Who could ever believe that I was going to receive such help from her and her family that day?
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Well, because of my love for God and in order not to pay evil for evil, I followed my mum to the hospital.
Before I actually went, I placed a call across to Esther. I narrated everything to her. She told me to pray to God to use my presence as a healing balm to my fsther. We prayed together for some minutes. I told her to pick up my children and take care of them.
Immediately I got to the hospital, I couldn’t help but shed tears when we entered dad’s ward.
I laid my hands on his head and I began to blast in tongue. I was groaning in my spirit. I prayed fervently for his healing, because the doctor made us to understand that he had few days to live.
“Daddy, by the stripes of Christ you sre healed. I command right now that the great physician should perfect all that pertains to your health in Jesus name…” I prayed.
Well, to cut the long story short, God answered my prayers. Dad’s health was restored. In fact, he was discharged after 4 days.
Yes, prayer works. There is nothing prayer cannot do or solve as long as you make your petition known to God, appropriately (clean heart, absolute trust in God, patience…).
My mum’s joy knew no bound when her husband was completely healed.
“Omo mi, I am so sorry for all I made you pass through. In fact, right now, we are ready to accept you back into our family. I am now a grandfather of two wonderful and great children.” He said joyfully.
Yes, I reconciled with my parents. My mother became a mother to Esther and grandmother to my children.
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” Hmmmmm!!!!”
I didn’t know who actually…
To be continued.
©️Ojo Rhoda Ayanfeoluwa.
