Here’s your sign

Hello, been a minute. Two weeks actually, my phone and laptop decided on a vacation without getting my consent K. As the Americans would say, “It’s probably the Russians”. In that time as well my friend Sade got married and this is me wishing her hubby and herself God’s blessings in this new phase of their life! It happened in Ibadan, a place I haven’t been to in ages and one thing caught my attention, a sign “Lanlatu Memorial Plaza”. Lol!!! Yes, I share your thoughts. I have never come across a memorial plaza, ever! If a school, a church, a library, a hospital yes, but a plaza? That’s an out-of-Lagos experience I won’t forget in a while, oh well, on to my insight…

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Mark 8:10-13

10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. KJV

Most people are looking for signs, in all sorts of places, magic, spirits and aliens while others are looking for signs from God, proof that He does exist and that Jesus is indeed His son. These Pharisees that met Jesus did the same thing and as above we can see his reply to them. Jesus came to grant salvation by making the ultimate sacrifice, and He gave us the choice to make (John 1:12). Also from Hebrew 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” KJV, we see that the basis of Christianity isn’t a logical thing, it is spiritual (1 Cor 2:14 “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” KJV). So instead of waiting for Jesus to “show” why don’t you pray and ask for faith to believe and for the spiritual things to be made clear to you? Mark 9:24. I believe that even if Jesus “showed” Himself, there would still be some slaves that would hold on to their chains for its said;

Jer 17:7-10

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. KJV

Did you get that? From 7 & 8 we see that there is good in trusting God but in 9 we see the truth about the heart of man. If the heart of man is desperately wicked, what makes you think seeing Jesus would change it? Paul might have been an exception, but are we all exceptions to the rule? Prov 28:26 says “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.” KJV and from Jer 17:10 we see it’s the heart the Lord tries, not our accomplishments or wealth. So are you still waiting for some sign before you believe? Really? He has done His part and told us what to do, our work is cut out for us already and the clock is ticking.

In conclusion, Mark 8:34-38 ”And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” KJV.

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We know you would knack tonight!

After being at home a lot over the past 2 months I got to attend my friend’s sister’s wedding. Yay!!! Being an introvert of sort on relapse of recent, it was good to finally go out to a social gathering. Deciding to go with my neighbour who was a mutual friend, he decided we’d go for the reception thereby skipping the church service which was fine by me. I’m a very patient person, as the rule. The exception however is church weddings!!! Oh my! They bore me to death! Even receptions do but with Uno who is a bro from another mother, I was sure I’d stay awake.

All aspects of my elder brother’s wedding took place in one day a few years ago. Last year I was one of the groomsmen for a friend whose wedding was done in a similar manner. Those types of wedding usually takes the whole day and yes I’m happy for them but I get darn bored! The people toasting, the dancing, singing, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera as the king from The King and I would say. I usually find myself walking around, listening to music and basically struggling to pass time. This has often led to mum and I having disagreements as to how my wedding is going to be an exception averse to the regular time consuming galore of activities that obtains in today’s weddings. Yes it might not go down well with HER or HER family, but once SHE is fine with me possibly yawning profusely and/or sleeping off during the church service or reception, they can do whatever they want! Also I’m not going to have the “I’m too tired, I just want to sleep” statement on the first night. That should be reserved, possibly but hopefully never, for the later years of marriage. Hence, weddings should be brief and purposeful in my opinion!

Frankly speaking the title, if you haven’t figured it out by now, comes from the fact that at weddings during these boring periods it does occur to me that these two smiling, giggling, elated people would knack that night! Oh yes! I wonder how they can keep a straight face and smile after giving us a preview (we don’t get to see the movie though) following the preacher saying “you may kiss your bride”. This is the part I always make sure to get a picture of as it seems to be the highlight of the ceremony with people cheering after which there is hardly anything to look forward to. But really how do you sit in front of your friends, family and even her father knowing they all know you would knack that night? I know right? You don’t know how that feels, me neither, as I’m not married. Would I call it karma? Maybe not, but one day it would be my turn and who knows maybe I’d be the only one there conscious of that fact while the guests just focus on taking pictures and filling their bellies.

Interestingly the wedding wasn’t drab as there were people to talk to and it was fun. The lore of single women at weddings wasn’t really present but also wasn’t necessary as I had enough company. Topping it all off was the song “we go celebrate, we go pop champagne”, well there wasn’t champagne but there were hyped-up young ladies who “popped” something and of course young men setting wedding P. Ladies being brought up with their wedding day constantly on their mind, it’s no wonder to see them so happy they having it in mind it would soon be their turn. Well maybe I’m being relieved of my “reaction” to weddings, but next week’s wedding should tell.

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