St. Valentine's Day eve 1998. There he was in the barbershop waiting to get a haircut and getting ready to go out later and sin. For the sake of anonymity, we'll call the main character in this story Commander ulO. I'm sorry, excuse my bad manners. Before I continue, I'll like to thank you once again for stopping by Heaven, Here We Come. Hope you a wonderful week and getting ready for an amazing weekend ahead. May His goodness continue to sustain us and be evident in our lives
The barbershop sure was buzzing that night and packed with customers all talking about their Valentine Day plans. And while Commander ulO was in the barber's chair, one last customer came in. This wasn't no ordinary customer either, this customer had a gun and probably wasn't interested in getting a haircut. And sure enough that's exactly what was about to take place, an armed robbery. Like I said, Commander ulO was in the first barber's chair and was the closest customer to the armed robber. As he sat, the armed robber pointed the gun towards his direction and ordered everyone to give up their money, watches and jewelry. With the gun pointed towards his head, so many things began to run through Commander ulO's mind. One of them being where he would spend eternity if he was to die that night. Looking at how he was living his life, especially with the kind of plans he had later on that night, he knew it definitely wasn't going to be with Jesus. All he could do was pray and make all kinds of covenants with God to spare his life. The robber meanwhile collected his contributions and just as he was about to leave, his gun went off. The bullet passed right between Commander ulO's head and the barber. How that bullet did not hit Commander ulO's big head still amazes him till this day. Especially with the fact that the bullet managed to pass between him and the barber despite the close proximity. 13 years later and Commander ulO is still well and kicking. He however admits that he hasn't fully lived up to the promises he mad that night with a gun pointing to his head.
My prayer for us all is that we won't need to have a gun to our head before we decide to live our lives in accordance to the will of our Heavenly Father and his Son Jesus Christ, who died so we can all have life. Fact is we're all going to pass from this world some day. Problem is we don't know when. Smart thing to do will be for us to make sure we are living our lives in such a way that when we come face to face with death, we can smile with confidence as we know we're only going home to our Heavenly Father. Have a blessed and fruitful week ahead.
Ebenezeri,
Prince Olu Commander.
P.S
Oh yeah, Happy Valentine's Day
