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Valentine Valentinein
my secret sin2 Mar 2021
I was surprised too because I thought I'd never go there again but it's like I was compelled.
No! It's not what you are thinking. Haba na! I did not go alone. I went with the Most High. I went to offer him Christ.
I stood at the door feeling reluctant to knock. After a while, I did.
He opened the door and was surprised to see me. He stood at the door confused whether to let me in or not. We stood in total silence staring at each other.
After awhile, I broke the silence, "Fred, I'm. "
"No! No! No!" he cut in. "You don't need to be sorry," he said emphatically. I should be the one apologising.
"Onyeche, I'm sorry, it's over between us."
"Over?" I asked faking the surprise just to hear more. "Please forgive me Onyeche, you're now my past."
"Fred, what happened? Did I do anything wrong?" The woman in me wouldn't tell him the reason I visited. I wanted to feed my curiosity.
"No Onye, you didn't do anything wrong. It's just that I have found true love."
"Fred will never change," I chuckled. "Is that why you couldn't even welcome me in? Is she inside?"
"Nobody is in," he said paving the curtain to give me a better view of the room.
"You mean your love for me was never true? Where did I get it wrong Fred?" I enquired just to hear his opinion because from onset, I knew we were into an illicit love affair that will lead to nowhere except hell.
"Onyeche, I must confess, you were not my first love. I left my first love for you. I thought I could hold on to both of you at a time but it's never possible. I've decided to return and start all over again with my first love."
"Hmm! Who could that be Fred? You told me you love me and promised never to let me go." "This love is different from what I felt for you then," he said confidently exuding great joy.
"This love is genuine. This love is pure. This love doesn't fail. This love has covered my past and given a future. This love is shed abroad in my heart." He was nodding his head as he spoke with total peace.
"Onyeche," he called placing his hands on my shoulders. "I HAVE FOUND TRUE LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS. I have returned to my first love. Onyeche, there is no better love than the love of Christ. There is no love outside Christ. What have we gained from the sin we called love? What has fornication added to our lives? Why not give this love a chance to find its expression in your life?"
The joy I felt in my spirit knew no bounds when I heard those words from Fred.
"Fred, this love is what brought me here. This love found me some months back. I came here just to offer you this love but I'm overwhelmed with joy to know that this love has found you too. This is miraculous."
"It is the Lord's doing," he said. "Do you mind coming in?" he added leading the way. "No, I don't mind," I replied as I followed from behind.
This time around, I was not on his bed. We knelt beside his bed in prayer thanking God for His unfailing love, amazing grace and His undeserved mercy.
I was dead, and now alive again; I was lost, and found.
I am Onyeche, I only exist in #Adogasimagination.
DEDICATION
To all those in the church of God but still struggling with one sin or the other. Don't just relax in that sin. Hold on to Christ for a little while.
He is more interested in helping you than you are interested in helpinghelping yourself. Just one more prayer and you will see the handiwork of God.
Remain blessed. See a good follow up to that choir mistress story. Thank God that she repented, anyway.
We can *speak in tongues* and miss heaven. We can *win souls* and miss heaven.
We can *see vision* and miss heaven. We can *prophesy* and still miss heaven. We can *cast out devil* and miss heaven.
We can *perform miracles* and still miss heaven. We can *read the whole Bible* and miss heaven.
We can *attend all church services, fellowship activities and camp meetings* and miss heaven. We can have *anointing* and miss heaven.
We can have all *spiritual gifts* and miss heaven.
We can be *rich, prosperous and wealthy* and still miss heaven. We can *give and sow seeds* and still miss heaven.
We can *wield power and be influential* and still miss heaven. We can have a *powerful voice to sing* and miss heaven.
we can also have *fame and popularity* and miss heaven.
*•••But we cannot LIVE A HOLY LIFE and miss heaven•••*
*HOLINESS IS THE REAL DEAL!*
Without holiness through salvation in Christ, one will not make heaven.
Forwarding this is *Evangelism.* Let us win a soul for Christ.
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