NEVER DISCARD PEOPLE

NEVER DISCARD PEOPLE

It was the dawn of a new season for me as I experienced for the first time what it means to be treated like a king. Stepping out of the first class cabin of the Virgin airline was a whole new world to me particularly because of the array of events that welcomed my arrival. There was a red carpet laid from the aircraft exit to the exquisite limousine that had the plate number “presidency”. At that point, I was thrown into confusion, could this be for me or another passenger? My confusion immediately switch to a surprise because I spotted my name boldly written across the red carpet, and inscribed, “You are welcome”. Beautifully arranged were carefully selected attractive looking ladies and gentlemen lined up on either side of the red carpet. It was such a refreshing moments as they were smiling wide and singing a sweet melody welcome song composed using my name.

WE ARRIVED THE PALACE

A three star hotel is fine but a five start hotel should just be described as a palace. As our Nigerian people would always say “wonders shall never end”, indeed wonders is the least description that I can give to what I was treated to. After I checked into the room, I sat back to notice that my name was printed on the toothbrush, soap, bed sheets, pillows, bottled water, and every drink provided in the refrigerator. After all these drama, I had to glance through the invitation letter again to be sure if a fellowship invited me to preach or it was the president of the country. After the first night of the ministration, I was gracefully informed if I will love to have my dinner at the presidential villa. When my host noticed the reluctance in my countenance, he let the cat out of the bag. “The service coordinator for the just concluded service is one of our key leaders and the first son to the president.

DINNER AT THE VILLA

I tried to wake up again and again because I thought this was a dream. It was not a dream but a dream come true. I had just a taste of the meal because the presidential hand shake and chat was the all important event that stole the center stage. As if that was not enough, the president, his wife and entire family went on their knees as they craved my prayers and blessing. Wow! What an experience. At the end of this entire episode, my bank account experience a summersault that made the regional manager of the financial visit pay me an unscheduled visits.

THE GENESIS

There was no logical reason to have anything doing with Ubong Nkim after his display of extreme insincerity and unfaithfulness in handling issues touching finances and all round relationships. Ubong will lend money for so many friends and promise to return same but on the set day, he will either ignore your calls or simply switch off his mobile phone and abscond. It was this same Ubong that recommended me to for the treat I enjoyed. The world is a wonderful entity yet a small village.

Chapter wisdom

People are riches above gold and silver

The value of people is beyond face value

The value of people is beyond their certificate.

The rejected “stone” will always become the “chief corner stone”

People will always offend you; learn not to judge people by their offences because you too offend people on a daily basis.