EXCITEMENT THAT LEADS SOMEWHERE

If God ordained to give

One gift for all my days,

I’d want the way He loves

To permeate my ways – Verway

I have been procrastinating writing this piece. Every time I start, I get overwhelmed by a feeling of melancholy and pain. At the onset I was just too angry to have to write a sad piece hoping that in a little while this storm will pass and a rainbow would appear to cast the cloud away. However, as time went on, I only became more bewildered. 

With the increase in quantity of people murdered, kidnapped, villages being razed and such number of ill happenings blowing off the roof day by the day, this has somewhat desensitized us as to what these people who are affected really represent. This is numbing especially to those of us who live in somewhat peaceful areas who in a quest to maintain our sanity have had to learn to mentally exclude ourselves from such sadness acting as mere spectators.

Thousands of people are victims of bomb blasts and other dastardly acts of the insurgent group that has held our dear country bound for years. For the staggering number of those young girls carted away right from their schools it proves an even more chilling reality. But they are more than just mere statistics, they are children who are loved by their parents and family.

True, we cannot all join the Military or the civilian JTF nor march to Sambisa forest and liberate these girls. But for those who have joined protests and are at the fore front of the campaign, raising the #BringBackOurGirls banner high, may your strength and dedication be daily renewed. 

However, for some of us who haven’t been opportune to lend our voices, what we can do is pray. Let this buzz of excitement go somewhere, let it not wane, till something amazing happens. Let us pray for these girls and for their family who miss them sorely and want them back, doing so without ceasing. Not the lackadaisical attitude we would otherwise have, but dedicating our all in seeking God’s face amidst this crisis. And for all perpetrators of this evil, with their sympathizers and those who politicize the pain of others for their personal cum selfish reasons, there is a special place in hell for them all.

I believe that God in his benevolence will deliver those held captive, and we will in turn have reasons to have a good cheer.

God bless Nigeria