Christian Living

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Thelma froze as she stared at the disgusting photograph the Pastor held to her face. The face was sure hers but the body, no. she couldn’t be half-naked with her head lying on a stranger’s chest. The Pastor was saying something but Thelma couldn’t hear him. His voice was so distant. Her eyes moved to her best friend, Joke, who obviously was enjoying the moment. Her fiancé had uttered a statement. I am done with you! She heard that including the rising and falling intonation that came with it. The Pastor’s verdict was clear. She would no longer teach Sunday school and lead the worship section in church.
By the time the shock cleared out, no one was ready to believe that she was innocent. How could they? It looked so real. But why would her best friend frame her up just few weeks before her wedding? Thelma wondered. She cried her eyes out until there was none to supply. After many weeks of sneaking in and out of church, she walked into a supermarket one Saturday morning and saw her supposed fiancé holding hands with Joke. Immediately she resolved to take her pound of flesh. She was going to tell everyone about Joke’s rare disease and her battered uterus which she knew would wade off all the I-need-a- virtuous-wife men in church.
But the next morning, she opened her devotional and the title for the morning reading was “throw no spear.” The memory verse was 1Peter 2:23.. Those words cut through her heart as fresh tears ran down her face. She asked the Lord for wisdom and soon she began daily to pray for her best friend. The hurt didn’t go immediately especially with the photograph still flying around. But soon a deep love began to grow in her heart for all those who had deserted her.

This blessed evening, Thelma decided to pay Joke a visit but what she saw as she stepped into her friend’s room startled her. Joke was held up in seizures like a man holding live electric cables. For five nights, Thelma stayed with her at the hospital. The day after she was discharged, the truth came out to the whole. Joke confessed that the body was not Thelma’s, no thanks to technology. Thelma got vindicated that day.
Pals, Spears hurt! if you’ve ever seen a real spear, you’ll know the tip is sharp enough to kill a man. We’ve been speared many times either through words or actions but here is what Jesus is saying as a Kingdom principle: No matter how many times you’ve been speared, do not throw any spear! You have the grace to bear through any offence

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