Two days to the expiration of the deadline given by the
herbalist, my husband was yet to confess the atrocities that lead to our ten
years of barrenness and closed heaven. Even while it was clear he would die, he
refused to say anything after much begging and assurances of soft landing. As
at this time, I had forgotten what he did to Ope in our house. All I wanted was
for him to be out of the situation at hand.
The thought of early widowhood began to kill me gradually. I
called Toyin, informing her about everything she needed to know about me in
case I didn’t make it. The emotional trauma I was going through was more
terrible than what Kassim was going through.
I narrated to the herbalist what Kassim did to Ope but he
said he had already seen that with his powers and that’s not what caused his
sickness. I knelt down and began to beg the herbalist not to let my husband
die. Please sir, do everything you can do to save his life, I will pay you
anything you charge.
My daughter, there are only two ways to this matter if he
must not die. It’s either he confesses or you exchange with your life to save
his. What? How can I give my life in exchange for a man who caused me barrenness
for over ten years? Kassim is not worth dying for. I went back to the herbalist
again to check if there are still other options. Yes, we can force him to
confess with spiritual powers but he will die Immediately after the confession,
he said. I became really confused and I instantly fainted because I had not
eaten for two days.
I called Toyin to update her of the situation at hand because
only one day was left for Kassim to die. Nneka, you know I am not with you in
all these paths you are threading. I am a Christian and I don’t want to be part
of this but I will call baba as soon as you drop this call. Thank you, I said
and dropped the call. Two minutes later she called back, baba will call you
now, she informed me. Okay, I will be expecting his call. He called like he
promised. Sister Nneka, I have been praying for you and your husband since you
left my place the other time and God assured me your husband will not die but……
I interrupted baba because I didn’t want to hear the ‘but’.
This is the best thing I have heard in the past one month. I
know baba is not a fake pastor, his words are like oracle and can be trusted.
Sir, I will leave first thing tomorrow morning to Lokoja to see you. I put up a
fake smile to make my in-laws believe my husband will not die. As I was about
hanging up the call baba told me I must come with him if I don’t want him to
die. If he remains there till tomorrow, he will surely die. It was not
difficult convincing my in-laws to let us take him back to Lokoja because they
were already in mourning mood for my husband.
We took Kassim that afternoon and embarked on the journey to
Lokoja. The journey was really rough but God bless baba who was following us up
with prayers. We had three terrible accidents on our way. Death was bent on
taking Kassim but thank God for the power of Jesus Christ. Who is he that
saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? We defiled all
the threats of death, we walked through the valley of shadow of death, but
Jesus through Baba’s prayers took us back to Lokoja safely.
Praise God! My father-in-law and my brother-in-law saw the
demonstration of the power of God through out the journey and they were
optimistic Kassim will be well again. We drove straight to the church to see
baba. Toyin was already in church with baba and the prayer team interceding on
our behalf.
I was ashamed when I met with baba and Toyin because of my
weak faith. My brothers and my sisters reading my story, I want to beg you not
to hide in your sins. You can hide for many years but you can’t hide forever.
You may hide it from human beings but you can’t hide it from God. Unconfessed
sins are chain that keeps a man in perpetual prison of life. Imagine ten years
of barrenness and many years of emotional guilt. The reason why kassim hardly
talk is the weight of the guilts he carries. In case you are carrying such a
weight, I recommend you run to Jesus, the guilt remover.
He saved Kassim from death, he can save you too…….
