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I was at my desk that morning when she came over and asked with a grin on her face “What do you think you’re writing? I’m sure you’re writing a love letter to him”. I laughed out loud and wondered which ‘him’. it was then I remembered years ago when letters were the best art of communication especially when we wrote letters to our crush or our secret admirers anonymously. It was through letters loved ones communicated , it was through letters the opposite sex revealed their feelings to each other and probably fixed a date through letters too. So I thought of what would it feel like to write a letter to God, not a letter to my lover, boyfriend or admirer but to God himself even though I knew God isn’t a human being that could just grab the letter wear his glasses and read it out loud, but I knew he could see it, feel its content and express himself in his glory. The problem was I had already written a letter to him four years earlier which I shared in Facebook not too long ago, where I revealed my intimacy with him. ” Oh” I said to myself smiling as I recalled a letter I received from a little boy. He said if God was sitting with him at home this was what he wanted to tell him so he handed over the letter to me and asked me to read it. I want to share this letter with you too.

letter content

” Lord I thank you for my life for making me to see January to this new month November. for the sleeping and waking up, provision. I am grateful. even for the going out and coming in, for going to school, for Divine protection. Thank you for forgiving my sins father the ones I haven’t said take over them.
Lord I thank you for my family life and for making them to see January to November for their sleeping and waking up, provision, shelter. I am so grateful. Give them grace to train me and my siblings thank you for Mmesoma, Ikechukwu, my mum, my dad. may your name be glorify.
Thank you for my relatives. My friends father. Give my neighbors money to go back to school, feed them well. even as we are going to bed Father takeover the night… forgive all our sins.
Father in this prayer anyone I haven’t said take over commit them into your hands in Jesus name I pray. Amen”.

What it revealed was beyond my expectation. I expected to hear “God please give my daddy plenty money to buy new toys and games for me” or “God help me take first position in my class”. But the words he wrote got me dumbfounded. His very heart was the spirit of thanksgiving, protection and selfless provision. As adults we always know its important to say I’m sorry, Please and Thank you in everything we do. But this child displaying his heart and wish selflessly was pleasing.
Firstly, his every word was to say thank you not for the little things he wanted from a God he knew can give him everything but for the things he already had; his little brother, sister and parents.
Secondly, he was happy to be back at school but he was also sad because his friends and neighbors hadn’t gone back to school yet because of no finance. For that he wanted God to provide for them to do so.

Thirdly, his words of protection was directed to protect everyone around him that was why his last sentence was what took my breath away “Father in this prayer anyone I haven’t say takeover, commit them into your hands…” These words was like an extra covering for all those he forgot to mention which proved that his innocence, sensitivity and character was humbling.

After reading this letter I remembered my early key quote “sometimes when you expect too much you get disappointed but when say thanks you get much more”. I figured out that the best ways to approach God was with a prayer like this. I want to see the world with a grateful and a selfless heart like this little one. I hope you do so too after all Philippians 4:6 said it all ” Be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayers and supplication with thanksgiving make your request known to God”.

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She kept walking fast almost running, every hair on her body stood in fear as she couldn’t bear looking back. It was dark, too dark to be out alone but she closed late and had no choice but to go home only now she couldn’t because she felt someone was following her. Hearing the thick steps he took towards her made her head spin. She tried looking back and saw his shadow behind her, fear overwhelmed her so she screamed and ran. She didn’t know where she was running to, all she knew was that she had to escape. Thankfully she saw a sharp bend and ran towards it for her dear life.

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His scattered brown teeth shone as he laughed at his victim. He was having so much fun following her and scaring the shit out of her. It was easier to just grab them and slice their throat with his knife but that was no fun. He liked creating fear in them. He wanted to see the expression of my-life-is-almost-over on their faces. So he always chased them like a shadow. He was a professional killer and that’s why people hired him . This particular job determined his life. If he loses this one job the boss would personally kill him, so winning was a must; winning meant the girl must die.

He laughed at her as he followed her to the bent road he saw her run into. He brought out his knife in readiness to kill her but when he turned he didn’t see her. In frustration he shouted and began searching every corner of the road but all to no avail. He kept searching for hours but never found her.

*   *   *                                           What he didn’t know was that  when she ran into the the bent road she entered a junk yard and when she looked around it turned out she was surrounded with all sorts of condemned cars and parts, scraps, useless and dirty items. She quickly went on top not bothering if she may get injured, she bent at the corner of a junk car and hid there.

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He couldn’t face his boss now with a failed mission and he couldn’t let anyone kill him either. Instead he went to the bridge, stood at the edge of the bridge looked over the river and pushed himself into the river. While he fell he took out his knife and sliced his throat. Blood stained the surface of the water as his dead body feel deep into the river.

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What she didn’t know was that her attacker was dead and she was safe. She didn’t dare take a step out of her hiding place because she was still scared to death. So she remained there fearing her life.

psalm 54:3-5. “Arrogant foes are attacking me, ruthless people are trying to kill me….Let evil recoil on those who attack me, in your faithfulness destroy them”.

*That’s what happens when they come after you. They die at their own hands*

He followed her the next day without her knowing and found out where she worked. For the next three months he bought things from there just to glance at her, chat with her and see her work. He knew she worked hard and he was glad but still felt sorry for her. They were becoming fast friends, she knew him well enough, his parents lived outside the city and his sister is married with two boys while he lives alone and all he does is work work work. She liked everything about him and he too.
A week later she came out of the house and saw Jamie in Front of the house early in the morning. “Good morning Root. Don’t be surprised, I’m here to drive you too work, I’m going to be your personal chauffeur”. he said smiling.
” That’s nice but thank you. I don’t need your help”. she replied angrily, passed him and started walking to work. He caught her and stopped her “Look Root I’m sorry, I know you don’t need my help or anyone’s but I need you. Ever since I met you, you’ve become my life map but that’s beside the point. Right now my car seat needs you. it needs someone to sit on it. please!” he said and made a funny face. Root ended up laughing and seeing his sincererity she couldn’t refuse him so she nodded. “Yes that’s my girl” Jamie exclaimed “hop in let’s go”.

From that day he dropped her at work every morning and dropped her off at home after work. It was heartwarming. Root couldn’t believe her good luck. Even Mary and Joan loved Jamie. As time passed their friendship became strong and it was obvious they liked each other. Time flew in full speed and another four months passed quickly and by then they had known each other for seven months. They were walking to the park when Jamie stopped her.
“Why are you stopping?” she asked.
“I have a proposition for you Root and I want you to listen to me carefully first and not misunderstand okay?”
“Okay” she replied thoughtfully
“I want you to finish your clearance and go for your Nysc. You’ve never done anything for yourself this past years, all you’ve done is take care of your sisters. I want you to do it now before its too late to enjoy the opportunity. I don’t care where you get posted to. I just want you to cross over that bridge. Another thing, don’t worry about Mary and Joan they can both stay with my sister and family. Mary has written her exams already as for Joan I’ll take care of her school fees and you can pay me later or in installments. I’m not doing you any favours, I’m just trying to make it easier and faster so there’s nothing to loose” he said tenderly.
Root just stared at him, everything he just said was too much to swallow. He had already arranged everything in his mind and had thought everything through that there was no loose ends and she couldn’t give him any excuse because he covered every area and left no loopholes.
“Wow Jamie, you’ve rendered me speechless. You knew I’ll refuse so you covered all the important details so that it would be hard to refuse you. Wow…you’re amazing. You sure did your homework”. she ranted in total amazement. she was still baffled as she continued looking at him while he smiled at her, waiting for her answer. he was nervous because he didn’t want her to refuse him.
“Okay, Yes! I’ll do that. not for me but for my family and for you Jamie. As for Joan’s fees I’ll pay a fixed amount every month until I complete it so don’t kid yourself okay?”.
” Okay ” He replied knowing how stubborn she can be. “That’s the reason I like you, you’re tough and I love tough women. In fact I love you and I’m happy with you and with where we are now and in the future we’ll be more than what we are now. You and I”. he said lovingly. She took his hands in hers. with all the love and trust she had she whispered ” Yes we will “, as they smiled at each other and continued walking side by side.

Root had butterflies in her stomach. Its been almost eight months since she had that dream and woke up thinking that her life would never be beautiful like the dream but remain the same tough, hard, painful, lonely and boring life. But for the first time life seems warm again. now she had someone to lean on, someone who asked her how her day was, someone who made her laugh until she forgot the hard past. She knew now that the future held much more for them. Reality looked a little better than her dream.

THE END

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