PRIORITIES!!!!!!!

Little Matters Affecting Us..... And yes God first

Last Sunday, I was coming back from church with a friend( let's call her Z), it was mother's day and I recall telling her that I needed to call my mum, that was when it happened; the taxi we were in was passing through a street(single lane), and suddenly the car came to a halt, I looked out and noticed that a jeep was in a face-off with our driver, in the car was a woman with her kids(2) all dressed like they were also returning from church, cars were literally lining up behind us, everyone was begging this woman "madam, abeg reverse" because there were no cars behind her, someone even blurted out in frustration "shei, you from church dey come" but she remained adamant.
On a hot Sunday afternoon my people, this woman put off her car, parked right in the middle of the road, insisting that all the other cars reverse instead.
I didnt really understand her, what was this about? Was it about feminism? Or about proving who was right?, all I know is that we were sweating under that hot sun for almost 30minutes o, until a police van came along, never been happier to see the po-po. Abeg who understands what she was trying to prove???

THE PRICE- PART1

Little Matters Affecting Us..... And yes God first



"The sun is too bright" was all she thought about as walked down the ever busy east-west road,Choba, wondering if she had just heard the self acclaimed faculty officer; Mr Daniel correctly,  "you will not graduate" he had said,with such evil zeal and a smirk as if reminding her of all the times she had so politely turned him down.
"Here see your spreadsheet,your Ges400 is a missing script,we cannot clear you if it is not found",  she had pleaded remembering how well she wrote that last paper and reminding him that the papers were submitted to him being the examiner of the day, all he managed to mutter was "but Cynthia, you are  wicked oo,you know i can talk to Mr obi to just pass you in this course , you want me to help you but you are about leaving Uniport without doing something for me, you stingy sha".
Sir, pls help me i cannot have an extra year,I wrote that exam she said breaking down in tears,then like a predator who had finally cornered lunch he roared "get out of my office!! come back next year and write the course or if you want my help, you know what to do" and immediately feigned seriousness.
"The sun is too bright" she thought to herself while walking down the road,something had to be done and fast too..

THOU SHALL NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE NOR PROPERTY:

Little Matters Affecting Us..... And yes God first


Perhaps we are too familiar with these lines, when we were little we even said them in a sing-song way. It is THE 10TH COMMMANDMENT. usually this commandment is taken quite lightly by christians, some feel God maybe wanted to complete the commandments(right?) , we wonder why we would want our neighbour's stuff, we forget that he is GOD, infallible, never making a mistake. it wasn't until this evening that i understood the source of our problems in life; COVETOUSNESS, to COVET means to desire earnestly almost to the point of ENVY,its the reason why you wanted the denim jacket you saw on your friend and stole money to buy it, the reason why Paul sleeps with John's wife, it is the reason why the extra piece of meat is taken,it is also why you envy and backbite.. Let us take a pause; realise at this instant that the 10TH COMMANDMENT is everything, when we break it, it could lead to commiting any of the previous 9 COMMANDMENTS. God knows what we need, he gives us the needed tools to acquire that which is meant for you, the 10TH COMMANDMENT says it all, admire the good things in life but do not wish to have what is for the next person, as our faces are different, SO IS OUR PURPOSE. Do not be anyone else but yourself..

DO NOT WEEP

Little Matters Affecting Us..... And yes God first

I wrote this piece in memory of every loved lost one, you see sometime in 2013, i lost my elder brother he was just 24, the hurt is something we all might not be able to reckon with, but here goes,IN MEMORY OF ENUKOHA KAYITONNA ARTHUR. MISS YOU LOVE!!!!

DO NOT WEEP

I am gone, do not weep

My treasures,do not keep

Give to those in need deep

My memories please do not sweep

Do not look for me weeping

I lay still no more, not sleeping

Flying with the wind whistling

Dwelling in hearts, love guarding

Thinking of me does not warrant crying

Beautiful memories like mine are worth smiling

I should not have left so soon

But time is not a friend to my cocoon

In the waters flowing every morn

In the eyes of the tender newborn

Soaring,staring from above

Whispering "it is amazing being with God"

I was born many years ago, I do want to have a voice,most days i feel like a baby, smiling at everyone with all my words trapped inside... This is my voice. Scratch that its yours. Letting go of them now, one day at a time..Enjoy Reading..
God in little matters affecting us-glitmus