I WANT YOU NOT yours!
One Sunday in the month of March I was at Prevailing Word Assembly, Nsukka, I was asked to interpret in the second service (bilingual service).
I did and after it, I was really hungry for I had not eaten before the service, neither was I fasting.
Like Sister Ify Ozoiyk read my heart, she offered me two biscuits that remained after first timers' gathering. I willingly collected the two biscuits.
As I opened it, one child who is around 2 years old walked up to me with this amazing smile on his face... In my mind I was like, "stop smiling as if we are friends, I know you want my biscuits".
I know I was hungry but I must share with him now.
I was still looking at him as a long throat baby when I opened it and offered him one stick... He smiled and shook his head in disapproval.
I was like, are you shy? I had to now offer him the one I hadn't opened and he again smiled and said no.
I looked at his mom and she was even far away.
I insisted he should collect it but he insisted that he's not interested in my biscuits. He then left me and walked away. I couldn't help but look back at him with respect.
I then looked at myself with shame. I thought he wanted what I have not knowing he only wanted me.
He wanted me and nothing more.
I offered him biscuits and not myself.
It's amazing how we often interpret people's good gesture to us as need related.
If he visits, he's hungry; if she smiles at you, it's because of your new car. We feel what we have is more attractive than who we are.
We are often wrong!
Many of our parents keep giving the the wrong thing. Thinking that what they can send into our accounts is more important than their company.
During your daughters secondary school graduation, you send money.
During her matriculation, you send money.
Convocation, you send money.
As other parents are identifying with their children, you are busy thinking all to love is money.
Sometimes, the children get tired of toys, they get fed up with cartoons and they just want Daddy to remove his eyes off network news for ONCE and show that he cares.
What they keep getting is "Go to your room and play"
Let's Learn to know that our biggest treasures lie within our hearts and not within our hands; so opening up your heart is more noble than opening up your hands.
I WANT YOU NOT YOURS.
Hope you learnt something.....
