Everything about life is a privilege. It is an advantage to have the breath of life, being created to be a human being. Have you ever thought that it costs God nothing to create you, a cow, tree, grass; even an ant that man tramples upon without compunction. But here you are in His image! The family you are born into, the happenings that precede your birth, your sex, your language, the country, your physical make up, your weaknesses. These are all a privilege. The problem is that naturally, we are negatively programmed. Acquiring right knowledge will reprogram you to see things from a positive angle which will give you access to abundant life.

The definition of the word “privilege’ will help you to agree with my thinking. Privilege is a gift granted to you. A peculiar and unique benefit, an advantage of position. Which means in whatever circumstance, if you can be quiet, no haste in reaching decision, you will enjoy peace of mind despite the situation. That is when you can discover the opportunities locked up therein for you. Many people are down today as a result of their experiences, their ego trampled upon, misguided, betrayed and living with injured emotion. Just because they blame themselves or nature for their situation.

A lady along with her son were rejected by her supposed husband’s family on the grounds that she did not come from a known, wealthy family like the husband’s. She was fortunate to be accepted and cared for during her unprepared for pregnancy while the husband to be jetted to another country to continue his studies. As she was in the family house, I hope you know the kind of humiliation, insult and intimidation that goes on in such setting. This lady refused to be moved. Instead she made up her mind to be counted among the wealthy.

In a short while, the man’s parents let her go even with her son after six months. She was told there was no way their first son would marry an unknown, not wealthy family; that action will bring the family down. After much begging and crying, she was shown the way out. She appreciated the parents and moved on. She picked up the pieces of her life. She vowed to be relevant in that family forever if God would spare the life of her son and hers. The same happened to Haggai, the mother of Ishmael, the slave girl in Abram’s house, I hope you remember? As an undergraduate studying business administration, she changed to accounting. The state of things and her experience made her will to be strong and focused. In about seven years, she had finished and secured a job with one of the first generation banks. All along, she maintained a good relationship with her son’s family even though they snubbed her most of the time but she has made up her mind to be respected where she had been disgraced. The feeding allowance promised by the parents were regularly paid into her account, so financially she had something regularly.

Unknown to the parents, all they had done to this lady, made their son to be of strong will as to marry the “poor girl” according to his parents. There was no link between the soul mates but the love was growing much stronger by every passing day. The man graduated, came back to the county to manage one of the parent’s businesses.

INTERVENTION

Meanwhile, the parents had tried to get their son into another relationship without success. He would pretend to love different girls introduced to him by his parents as they come, only to later tell the girl he is not interested. The last attempt got on the nerves of the mother as that led to a quarrel between the two families. Meanwhile the man had been making effort to know the state of things with her love and his first son: blood cannot be erased, for it has a strong magnet. Supernaturally, he ran into a secondary school friend who happened to be a cashier in the bank where the lady was now working. As they chatted, the old friend mentioned the name of this lady as one of the promising brains in the banking/finance industry. The lady’s surname rang a bell as his old friend called the name of the lady. He told his friend he had been trying to get her, to link up with her. A date was fixed. It was as if his friend would come back to tell him, it is not true but thank God it was true and real.

VISITATION

You will agree with me that the moment the old flames who separated in the way it happened see themselves, the force of love usually becomes too much for any one to come in between. That was how it happened. The man confidently took the lady and his son to his parents on an appointed day. He did not tell his parents what had happened until the day he had arranged to show his parents something he had been keeping away from them. The parents were no more with strong objection when they saw the lady and their grandson looking well.

POSITIVE OUTLOOK

It took both the lady and the man ten years but the parents at the end accepted the lady and her son into the family. Remember not as a nobody but as a woman with good credentials, an acceptable standard of education/career, good job, riches and integrity. She was accepted back into the family with joy and jubilation. A previously forbidden wedding took place in a big way.

Think of it, had the lady not been patient and learnt from what had happened to her in the family house, she would make a wrong move which would definitely not put her where she later found herself.

BE QUIET

God says vengeance is mine (Leviticus 19 vs 18). Are you cast out in your marriage? Has your husband or wife left you for another person? Whatever could be the reason given for the bad treatment meted to you? Pause! And be quite even though difficult but try to endure the temporary shame. Surely you will have a last and enduring laugh very soon.

When you are quiet in your spirit, secret things will be revealed to you. When rejected, the natural way is to retaliate.

If we can reject the first negative suggestion and calm ourselves down, the good side of what has happened will be shown. See it as a privilege to excel.

Thanks For Your Love

May 29th was my birthday. It was a honorable day as it doubled as Nigeria’s democracy day. It is a day of victory for Nigeria as a nation and we shall keep on celebrating God’s faithfulness. I was in Malaysia this time with my soul mate to attend a conference organized by QuestNet, a network that is fast growing and uniting the world. The network founders called the conference mini United Nations.

Every barrier has been removed, the universal language is health and wealth. It is a group to belong to.

Malaysia is a beautiful country, well laid out and there is evidence of affluence all around. It was a privilege that I deeply appreciate to have visited it.

For all those who sent messages to me on my birthday, I want to thank you for your thoughtfulness. Your life shall never be devoid of God’s decoration.