HE NEVER SLEEPS, HE NEVER SLUMBERS

It is true what people say that we usually forget where we are coming from especially when we reach a certain comfortable stage in life. Sometimes, we even forget how dedicated we were to God when we were in need. When we have nothing, most of us are really humble, polite, sensitive and quite hardworking depending on our life choices. We do this because we want better things out of life, then when we do get them, what next?

I read a girl’s story on a popular blog today, it was such a heart-wrenching tale that I’m crying as I type this piece. I should just stop reading the said blog because it keeps reminding me of how much struggle is out there and how blessed I am. Then again, what I read on this blog also keeps me grounded and always knocks me right back to those days when I was a charity case. So I guess I’ll keep reading and using people’s life experiences to remind myself that I owe everything to God Almighty. One day, God will give me the strength to not only be a reader of the blog but also to extend my hand to someone who sincerely needs it just like others did for me.

Sorry for my digression from the story that made me have enough zest to come back to this blog after I didn’t blog at all through 2014. As usual, I’m at a low point in my life, that’s why I feel like writing. Writing is good, I prefer it to talking to people sometimes, it’s a personal release for me. I guess 2014 was such a happy year that I felt no need to blog, lolz. I’m not saying bloggers are sad people, some people have bought Range Rovers off blogging, I’m sure they are always happy.

Anyways, so this girl’s story was about how she lost her father and her father’s family threw her mum out accusing her of the father’s death. The father’s relatives usurped his property which included houses, cars and even access to a bank account meant for the three children. They turned her and her siblings into trade slaves after promises of good education, thankfully they were allowed to finish secondary school. The part that got to me was where she asked for help to further her education from one of her married uncles who got a lot of help from her late father and this ingrate of an uncle tried to force himself on her.

This just brought back so many sad memories for me. Sometimes, I wish we were in the era of those periods in the Bible when God would strike down people for any misdeed, I just know such men will be extinct. This married uncle can be of help to his niece but he has told her that the only way he would do so is if she slept with him. So many men wield this fiendish power. If you are a man and you have held someone ransom on the basis of sex before you help them, there’s a special seat waiting for you in hell. 

It happened to me sometime in 2006. It was one of my best friend’s dad and till today, I never told her. This man watched me grow up and when he made such an advance, I was so shocked. That was the last time I ever stayed in the same room with him or even laid my eyes on him. It gave me a strong resolve to be someone great in life.

I give God all the glory that today by his grace, I’m not where I aspire to be (it’s never enough) but I can still walk out on any lascivious man who may be making promises of giving me billions. I also want to thank God for keeping my parents to this day and for not letting death throw our family into despair. I thank God for the strength he gave my mum to stand firm by all her children even when we thought she could do better, she saw a better future and she was right.

I thank God that even as a charity case, he did not expose me to the elements, he has, he’s still and will always protect his own. 

I pray that God grants me that conviction, direction and fortitude to reach out to people and be a blessing to them.

If there’s anyone out there going through a tough time, please turn to God and I know you have heard this many times but with him, the end is always the best. One night, I cried to him by starting with the plea for forgiveness of sins and I’m sure he heard me because right from that moment, my life changed. 

Likewise, if you are currently basking in abundance now, do not forget God who has made everything possible for you. Do not lavish your savings on things that will take you back to naught. 

Yes, there were times I almost gave up but God’s love overshadowed my life, this can happen to you too. Whatever you are going through, be it loss, heartbreak, poverty, barrenness, sickness, they are all ways to make you shout out to God and let him know that like Job in the Bible, you still believe and have faith in him.


As long as there is life, there is hope. Look up and smile.

May God be with us all.

Forever Mo.