Chika Jonah Writes

Tag: Faith

  • What’s on your Wish list?

    Dare wanted just one thing.

    To leave Nigeria.

    To leave this ruined country (in his exact words)

    He was done with college but what was the need? His certificate was as good as useless because there were no jobs in the country.

    He booked sessions with several Agency’s for visa requirements.
    Wrote all the said necessary exams to boost his success rate.

    Two years later Dare was broke, all his savings went to failed attempts at securing a permanent visa. Yet, he still wanted to leave the country. That was his only wish.

    Nene is such a sweet girl

    A caring being with a kind soul

    Who doesn’t have any wish…funny right?

    Her wish are only fragments of her mothers wish.

    What her mom wants is what she wants.

    She doesn’t allow herself dream

    Her mom does all the dreaming for her.

    Her mom’s dreams are hers. Her moms wishes are hers too.

    For her what she wants doesn’t matter only what her mom wants for her.

    Meet Grace.

    Grace is such a wild one

    Amazingly bold and full of energy

    Who has a whole lot of dreams and wishes.

    Grace wants to make money

    Grace doesn’t want to get married before thrity to avoid distractions.

    She wants to build a world of her own. Freedom to do whatever she wants.

    While Dare, Nene and Grace’s wishes are different. They still have them wishes. And now you know their wishlist

    So what are you thinking?
    That something is missing?

    No. I don’t think so

    That those wishes won’t come true? Who told you so? They may all come true, if not all, some.

    Then what point I’m I trying to make? You may ask.

    Chill. I’ll tell you…

    You have a wish list like Dare, Nene and Grace. Some are wilder and bigger than others and some if not all may come true while some would never play out the way you want them to.

    Why?

    Because you’re only focused on what you have wished and prayed for and overlooking something else.

    Gods Wish.

    Is your wish list in line with Gods wish list?

    Are you hell bent on pursuing that which you’ve decided to pursue without consulting from God first, to know if it is his will?

    Remember your dreams and wishes may be specific, mighty and great but it isn’t perfect and can never be if God isn’t involved.

    It is only Gods will that is good, pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2

    So allow him in and let him redirect your path to his perfect will for you, so you don’t end up wasting your time pursuing dreams that weren’t yours in the first place.

    To avoid delays, waste and failure go back to your goals and check gain if it has Gods approval.

    You’ll know when its Gods will. His word says;
    “And these signs shall follow them that believe…”
    Mark 16:17

    And;

    “However when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth; for He shall not speak from Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak; and He will show you things to come”
    John 16:13

    Just pay attention. And follow his directions

    So what’s on your wish list?

    What are your thoughts after reading this? What have you learned from Dare, Nene and Grace?

  • A thousand reasons you shouldn’t forgive that person

    That same face

    That same voice

    That same aura

    That Egocentric look

    That exterior

    You see once they are before you.

    Or maybe

    The coldness

    The anger

    The pain

    The aftermath

    The consequences

    The evil

    The infliction

    Is more than enough reason why you shouldn’t forgive that person.

    But there’s one reason enough for you to forgive and let go.

    And that is what today’s word about?

    Stay with me…

    I remember all those emotions swell in my heart when ever I thought of how they hurt me, be it family, friends or anyone at all. And believe me it wasn’t as cool as I make it sound.

    But I also remember how I couldn’t stay in the same room with them. How I hated the mere mention if their names, or how I avoided them like a plague , to avoid story that touches the heart. How I also wanted nothing to do with them ever again in my life.

    Was i doing myself any good? Maybe Yes.

    Maybe I was protecting my self from any future pain and betrayal.

    Also Maybe No.

    I may have been protecting my self but I was also destroying my heart. All those anger, pent up frustration, hatred, stored on the inside burning and ruining the chances of my heart ever been at peace or the thought that change could happen.

    All because I couldn’t forgive.

    I thought I was protecting myself but instead I was destroying myself.

    What changed? you may ask

    One thing. That one reason changed everything. And I’m telling you now.

    “Can you boldly and confidently say that you have never hurt anyone?”

    The answer to that question is that one reason enough for you to let go.

    You’ve definitely hurt someone and yet you we’re forgiven. And even if you weren’t, can you stand to look into the mind of that person and see the hatred they feel for you. I bet you can’t.

    Whoever said forgiveness is easy is a total liar.
    Forgiveness isn’t easy.
    Its one of the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
    But it can be done.

    You can’t just wake up and decide to forgive that person. It doesn’t happen that way.
    But in time it can happen.

    Time heals. Time is an illusion and with time brings chances and opportunities. To think. To embrace. To feel. To reconcile. Be it our thoughts, our actions, and reactions.

    Talk to God. God is everything. There’s this scripture I love so much. It has commanded results for me.

    Proverbs 21:1
    The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

    Gods heart is a heart of love. A heart of peace. He can change everything. Its in his hands. If you choose to, if you talk to him about it, then he can heal your heart and restore its beauty. Bringing in peace.

    You don’t forgive because the other person deserves it. You forgive because you deserve it.

    Forgiveness doesn’t mean you trust.
    Forgiveness doesn’t mean you loosen your boundaries.
    It simply means letting go and letting God in.

    Are you finding it hard to forgive? Has this post helped in anyway? Share your thoughts in the comment

  • Oh my God! Am I experiencing symptoms of the corona virus?

    I peeled the ginger quickly and when I was done I threw it inside my mouth fiercely. My face cringed as it’s mint taste went through my throat. But I didn’t care. I was going to fight this.


    I peeled another one and another one and kept eating them till my throat burnt. That was when I rushed to get a cup of water. I opened the fridge to get a bottle of water when I heard her voice again in my head

    “Chika, what if it’s Corona Virus. Remember, one of the symptoms is waist pain”. She said.

    “Oh God! Please I promise you I will not sin again”, I cried, “From today I’ll do everything your word said. Everything. I’ll be a good girl. Just take away this pain or what ever this is”. I prayed. Silently freaking out.

    I closed the fridge abruptly and ran to the kitchen and quickly put on the gas, filled the kettle with water and allowed it to boil.

    “No no no! It’s not possible. I can’t have the virus. There are other major symptoms like dry throat, cough and less breathing. Waist pain is nothing”. I thought to myself.

    I turned off the gas and poured the hot water into the cup. I poured it into my mouth and screamed the minute it hit my tongue “Shit!” I threw the cup.

    “Enough. I no do again. I can’t suffer myself again. Let the coronavirus come”. I said. Obviously, tired of all the nonsense I’ve been doing.

    I burnt my tongue for the second time because of some ridiculous notion that I had corona virus. laughs

    I know you’re laughing at me and you’re free to do so but there’s something I want you to understand.

    Everyone at some point in their life have prayed the same prayer I prayed.

    You walk boldly into doing the wrong thing, something totally against your faith and morality. And when it goes sour you start fidgeting asking God to spare you one more time.

    A guy hides drugs in his room and the day he realizes he forgot to lock his room, he becomes frightened and starts praying to God so that his parents wouldn’t enter his room by chance and see the drugs because he knows the repacautions he would face.

    Then why do drugs in the first place?

    A girl has sex with a guy and when she doesn’t see her monthly period in due time she starts shaking and prays to God to save her and make her period come and that if he does, she would never talk to any man, she’ll never have sex before marriage. She’ll never visit any man. Trying to bargain with God.

    When the bitter truth is even if God does something, she’d still go back to doing what she promised she wouldn’t. After all God is a merciful God. Totally misusing his mercies and grace.

    God is not a God of Trade by batter.

    The fact is we can’t count how many times we’ve tried bargaining with God on silly things when we notice that our wrong doing is about to blow up right in front of our faces.

    That’s not right.

    God doesn’t show up only when you are about to die. He shows up everyday. He is there while you’re sleeping, eating, driving and working.

    So why show up only when you’re on the brink of death? Why show up when you feel like? Why come to him when it’s too late? When you should have been at his feet from the very beginning.

    Call him now.
    Don’t bargain. Just serve him.

    P/s – I later found out the cause of my waist pain which had nothing to do with the virus or anything health-related. I was absolutely fine the next day. Now I’m ashamed of all the rubbish I did to myself in the name of coronavirus. *laughs* Be wise guys.

    How do you feel after reading this post? Share your thoughts with me in the comments section. Don’t leave without doing that.