PART 18
” RECKLESS REKKY”
©️Opeyemi O.Akintunde
“ But if half of what he told me is true, that means we are in trouble, he said he is a Ritualist…if he really kills people, then my son and I will bear the consequences of his bloodshed. We have been spending the money from his bloodshed! I am finished!”
“ No, you are not finished, Jesus finished the work on the cross so you won’t be finished. For you not to be finished, you can rush and hide under the tent of Him that can save you!”
“ How can Jesus save me from the consequences of the sin of my husband?”
“ Ma, if you give your life to Christ sincerely and Walk with him, neither you nor your son will beat the consequences of your husband’s bloodshed!”
“ How do you know that?”
“ My father was a terrible herbalist who pounded new born babies as part of his charm. This was his secret ingredient that made him the most powerful herbalist in over seven villages. Kings of different Villages came to my father for charms. He was that powerful. My father was always buying slaves and impregnating them. It was the children of the slaves that he used for his charms. He never used the children of his wives.
As years passed, and we the children got to marriageable years, everyone of us started getting married but there was a big problem. None of us had our own offsprings. My father tried everything possible but 7 of us didn’t have children.
As a medical doctor, I tried everything possible. My wife did IVF 14 times and it all failed…
“ 14 times?”
“ Yes, like I told you… I had read hard and wide, so I wanted to proof to myself, life was not as hard as people were painting it to be . It was after the 14th IVF, Christ met me. He met me on my knees, where I broke down in tears. I spoke to the creator of the universe and surprisingly he took me on a journey!”
“ What journey?”
“ As I laid on the floor weeping. I saw a man walk into my room. He stretched his hand to me. He told me to walk with him. I did and instantly I found myself in my hometown in my Father’s shrine. I saw my father’s mortar he used in pounding the babies.”
“ What are we doing here?”
“ Watch!”
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I saw three of my Father’s slave girls walking into my Father’s shrine.
“ Ada, this is the evil mortal he uses to pound our babies!” Soma said
“ Yet, he keeps his own children …”
“ What should we do to it ? Break it?” Soma asked the others
“Yes…!”
As the three lifted it, they noticed the mortar had no base…
They quickly dropped it…
“ It has no base!”
“ So?”
“ It means, it is a diabolical one. Breaking it is not what is important!”
“ What is?”
“ Let us pay him back in his own coin!”
“ How?”
“ Bring your hands!”
The three ladies joined their hands together…
“ Obi, you have been emptying our lives, therefore, just like this mortar has no base hence everything in it drops, your children’s bodies including the wives your sons marry, their bodies will never be able to retain babies! This curse shall stand because you have done evil to us.”
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“ Ha! That was why the IVF was failing too?” Mirabel screamed
“ Yes! Can you see that I know so much about actions and consequences.”
“ You can say that again!but how where you able to escape? I know you have two daughters already.”
“Christ revealed to me that I could be separated from the consequences of my father’s sin by becoming the son of God.”
“ Hmmmm…”
“I found that light in the Ezekiel 18! You can read it from your phone.” Doctor Mike said. He wanted Mirabel to read the words herself.
Mirabel nodded. She couldn’t remember the last time she had read the Bible. She was grateful for search engines. She quickly searched from one of the search engines…
“ Ezekiel 18 reads
The Lord spoke to me and said, “What is this proverb people keep repeating in the land of Israel?
‘The parents ate the sour grapes,
But the children got the sour taste.’
As surely as I am the living God,” says the Sovereign Lord, “you will not repeat this proverb in Israel any more. The life of every person belongs to me, the life of the parent as well as that of the child. The person who sins is the one who will die.
Suppose there is a truly good man, righteous and honest. He doesn’t worship the idols of the Israelites or eat the sacrifices offered at forbidden shrines. He doesn’t seduce another man’s wife or have intercourse with a woman during her period. He doesn’t cheat or rob anyone. He returns what a borrower gives him as security; he feeds the hungry and gives clothing to the naked. He doesn’t lend money for profit. He refuses to do evil and gives an honest decision in any dispute. Such a man obeys my commands and carefully keeps my laws. He is righteous, and he will live,” says the Sovereign Lord.”
“ I hope you understand what you just read?”
“ Not really?”
“ Well, this was my liberating word. I stood upon the word that if I decided to give God my life and follow God, I won’t have to bear the consequences of my father’s evil. And that was what happened…. Through connecting to God, I experienced his Mercy and among my siblings, I was the first to have kids, after me, other siblings started going with me to church and today they all have their children…”
“ In essence, if my son and I connect to Christ, we will not have to bear the consequences of Mayor’s bloodshed?” Mirabel realized
“ Exactly!”
“ I am ready!”
“ Ok… You have to say this short prayer after me.”
“Ok!”
“ Heavenly Father, I come before you, asking for your Mercy. I believe in your son Jesus Christ. I accept Him as my Lord and Personal Saviour. Help me to live a new life in Christ Jesus and Please cut me off the consequences of my past sins, inherited consequences of my parents’ sin including that of my spouse in Jesus name”
Mirabel said after him.
Doctor Mike was about giving thanks to God, when Mirabel threw a bombshell at him…
“ Thank you Doctor, but I have to leave you with him, I can’t stay with him any longer so I don’t bear the consequences of his evil. Apart from God helping me, I have to help myself.” Mirabel said
Doctor Mike became tongue tied as to what to say.
To be continued
