Happy Sunday everyone, permit me to start this Sunday in this manner, you can call this a rant , complain, gossip anything at all , but I will still say what I woke up with in mind.
So there is something about life in general that I just cannot get out of my head and it is how we humans behave, now sometimes I wonder why people cant do good, like genuinely, it surprises me when someone just does the right thing without expecting anything in return and at the same time, it also confuses me when people knowingly choose to do bad, you know that something is good to do but instead you choose to do bad, why? that question alone can give me headache if I think about it too much.
Does that mean that we don’t have the right sense of judgement? or that maybe we do have it, but we just ignore it when it doesn’t favour us, because deep down, most people actually know when something is wrong, It is not like a voice will be shouting from heaven before you realize something is bad, your conscience already tells you, but then humans can be funny… we will hear that small voice telling us don’t do this, and somehow we will still go ahead and do it.
That’s how one woman knew that what she was doing was bad in our compound but that did not stop her until she got caught and she blamed it on the devil. Innocent devil mtcheeeeew o .... See ehn, sometimes the way people shift their blame is what even shocks me pass the original offence, because how will you consciously do something, plan it, continue doing it, then when you are finally exposed you now say it's the devil that pushed me? Ommoooo ehn ... The devil will just be somewhere minding his business and people will be putting blame on his head up and down, it's actually not a funny thing even though it sounds like it is
What even happened was that this woman had been doing some very questionable things that people were already suspecting, but nobody had proof, you know how compound life is, rumours will be flying but nobody wants to accuse wrongly, until last night that she was finally caught red handed and instead of her accepting the responsibility of her actions , she started crying, saying she doesn’t know what came over her, that it was the devil’s work, ehnnnn ...one me at that point I just weak, because accountability is something many people do struggle with.
And it is not even only her, if we are being honest here , a lot of us humans do this thing in different ways, we justify our bad actions, we blame circumstances, we blame people, we blame village people innocent them o, we blame the devil… everything except ourselves, but growth actually starts when you can say, Yes, I messed up, that honesty alone can change a person.
I pray God will help us to do right in one way or the other, because truly, life is already hard as it is, we don’t need to be adding intentional wickedness to it, if everyone just tries small to do what is right, this world will honestly be a better place, sometimes the difference between good and bad is just one decision, just one.
And that one decision can change everything.
Next time suggest your colleague consider her bible.
1 Corinthians 10:13 - No temptation has come upon you except what is common to men. But God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but along with the temptation he will also make the way out so that you may be able to endure it.
Jesus told his followers to guard against and flee from temptation. Matthew 6:13; 26:41
Remind her that her weakness is not insurmountable if she only relies on the one who can provide the strength.