Love and perfection
First of all, i apologize for my disappearance, it wasn’t planned. I lost my phone and my laptop was involved n a terrible accident but thank God I’m back and better. I really missed being here; there were so many things to say but no way to relate them to you.
Today I’ll be talking about love and perfection. Many times we are told love is caring for people despite their obvious flaws and this is very true. Romans 5:8; but God demonstrated His love for us that even while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. We were nowhere near perfect when this happened but as a result of this love, we are now made perfect, love creates perfection. He chose to love us even in our imperfect state, love is a choice. He demonstrated His love, love is an act. We’ll examine these traits of love but first let me tell you three stories. Don’t just be entertained by them, pay attention to details. Let’s start with Ruth’s story.
There was a little eight year old who had seen far too many things for her age, her name was Ruth. Ruth was born to a teenage mother and lost her father at just three months of age. Her mom had to continue schooling so she had to go stay with grandma. Grandma died, so she had to stay with her great uncle, grandma’s younger brother. His wife died so she had to go stay with her aunt, mom’s elder sister. Ruth was a very smart girl who knew how to deal with matters far beyond her years. She had seen so many things in her young age, enough to last a long time, you can say she was too old for her age but she was nevertheless very young at heart. I’m not saying this so you feel pity for her but only so you know where she came from. So many things happened to this little child but I want to relate her experience with Aunt Susan.
Our story starts with Ruth at her aunt’s place. Now Ruth stays with Aunt Susan, a beautiful fair lady whose husband is well to do and had a daughter, who was only three years old and just too spoilt, you get the picture. Now our Ruth is very endearing, yes! Everyone who meets her falls in love with her, she is intelligent, petite, pretty and very respectful. Ruth was in Primary 5, school had only resumed for the first term in the session when the incident occurred. The English teacher started teaching letter writing and asked the students to write a letter to their fathers. She wrote hers too and scored highest even though it was to an imaginary father. The fine arts teacher started a project of making cards out of cardboards and designing them by gluing glitters, etc with the students. Ruth thought about combining these two things and decided she was going to write a letter to her uncle (Aunt Susan’s husband) thanking him for all he had done for her. Ruth really loved him, he paid her tuition fees, got her presents, took her out with his daughter, made sure she lacked nothing. She saw him as her hero.
Later that day, she was done with her chores so, she retreated to that little quiet and dark corner she loved so much because it gave her the solitude she loved [she still loves the dark]. She had no cardboard to use so she decided to tear out the middle page of her assignment note and started to write;
Dear Dad,
I write this letter to thank you and to say I love you. Thank you very much for everything. Even though you’re not my real dad, you do not show it. You buy me gifts and take me to beautiful places where I have fun. You always smile at me and allow me watch cartoon on Cartoon Network with your daughter. You don’t like it when I do so much work and this is the best place I have…
Aunt Susan walked that moment in and asked Ruth what she was up to and she told her she was writing dad a letter. She collected it from her, read it and laughed out loud. She told Ruth she was a very stupid girl for writing that letter. She insulted her, called her mother promiscuous and her father irresponsible. She told Ruth her father in his grave was a very mad man and that his irresponsible relatives abandoned her and that they had not heard from them since she was a year old. Ruth was shocked to hear this; she never knew her dad was late and that his relatives had abandoned her. She never knew the circumstances surrounding her birth because she never asked. At this point, she was in tears but her Aunt Susan wasn’t done yet. She said the little girl was a fool for daring to point out that her husband wasn’t her real dad and that if she wanted her natural father, she should wake him up from the grave. Aunt Susan wasn’t still done, she tore the letter; she went in, brought out a cane and flogged Ruth senseless and rubbed pepper on her scars. Little Ruth cried like there was no tomorrow. She wasn’t even given a minute for the pains to subside, she was set to work immediately and Aunt Susan warned her off her husband, told her she mustn’t be too close to him and that she dare not breathe a word of the incident to him. This was only one out of the many abuses Ruth suffered in the hands of her Aunt Susan. However, Ruth never resented her, she loved her and never spoke ill of her. She called her ‘mom’ and always showed off the gifts she got from her to her friends telling them how her mom got her pretty things, regardless of the fact that this happened on rare occasions, she cherished them
Three days after the letter writing incidence, Ruth and her little cousin were home alone with Aunt Susan, it was a Saturday and her uncle had travelled the day before. Ruth went in to Aunt Susan’s room to continue her chores but she saw her lying down on the bed looking almost blue . She looked terribly sick, she was gasping for air and she was so weak. Ruth immediately rushed to her side, tried helping her but she was too little to be of much help. She then ran out to the neighbors telling them mommy wasn’t feeling too well. Aunt Susan was rushed to the hospital and Ruth prayed for her quick recovery. She cried and asked God to keep mommy safe. She was very happy when she was told she would be discharged the next day. She woke up early, cleaned the house and made sure everything was perfect for her return. She overheard their neighbor telling her uncle that Ruth had saved her Aunt Susan’s life that the doctor said a little delay could have killed her.
The next Monday in school, one of Ruth’s friends, Emilia who had just read a storybook about an orphan girl and her wicked aunt asked Ruth if her aunt was like that with her. Ruth said her aunt was the best and that she got her gifts and only spanked her where necessary. She always spoke well about her Aunt and her family, some of her friends even wished they were in her shoes and they never hid their envy. Ruth told people her aunt was perfect and never resented her. Her mom however saw the scars on her body and noticed she was being abused, she took her away from Aunt Susan. Ruth loved her aunt even with all the flaws she had, she never once wished her evil. I know many people at this point already think this is a fiction, like one of those movies you see in Nollywood but I tell you it’s not a fiction. It is very real, Ruth is now a big girl.
Aunt Susan was nowhere near perfect, some people will say she was a very wicked woman, some will say she was evil, even say she was both. Many of us will find it difficult showing that kind of person love and affection. You think that’s the height of wickedness, wait till you read the next story.
First of all, i apologize for my disappearance, it wasn’t planned. I lost my phone and my laptop was involved n a terrible accident but thank God I’m back and better. I really missed being here; there were so many things to say but no way to relate them to you.
Today I’ll be talking about love and perfection. Many times we are told love is caring for people despite their obvious flaws and this is very true. Romans 5:8; but God demonstrated His love for us that even while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. We were nowhere near perfect when this happened but as a result of this love, we are now made perfect, love creates perfection. He chose to love us even in our imperfect state, love is a choice. He demonstrated His love, love is an act. We’ll examine these traits of love but first let me tell you three stories. Don’t just be entertained by them, pay attention to details. Let’s start with Ruth’s story.
There was a little eight year old who had seen far too many things for her age, her name was Ruth. Ruth was born to a teenage mother and lost her father at just three months of age. Her mom had to continue schooling so she had to go stay with grandma. Grandma died, so she had to stay with her great uncle, grandma’s younger brother. His wife died so she had to go stay with her aunt, mom’s elder sister. Ruth was a very smart girl who knew how to deal with matters far beyond her years. She had seen so many things in her young age, enough to last a long time, you can say she was too old for her age but she was nevertheless very young at heart. I’m not saying this so you feel pity for her but only so you know where she came from. So many things happened to this little child but I want to relate her experience with Aunt Susan.
Our story starts with Ruth at her aunt’s place. Now Ruth stays with Aunt Susan, a beautiful fair lady whose husband is well to do and had a daughter, who was only three years old and just too spoilt, you get the picture. Now our Ruth is very endearing, yes! Everyone who meets her falls in love with her, she is intelligent, petite, pretty and very respectful. Ruth was in Primary 5, school had only resumed for the first term in the session when the incident occurred. The English teacher started teaching letter writing and asked the students to write a letter to their fathers. She wrote hers too and scored highest even though it was to an imaginary father. The fine arts teacher started a project of making cards out of cardboards and designing them by gluing glitters, etc with the students. Ruth thought about combining these two things and decided she was going to write a letter to her uncle (Aunt Susan’s husband) thanking him for all he had done for her. Ruth really loved him, he paid her tuition fees, got her presents, took her out with his daughter, made sure she lacked nothing. She saw him as her hero.
Later that day, she was done with her chores so, she retreated to that little quiet and dark corner she loved so much because it gave her the solitude she loved [she still loves the dark]. She had no cardboard to use so she decided to tear out the middle page of her assignment note and started to write;
Dear Dad,
I write this letter to thank you and to say I love you. Thank you very much for everything. Even though you’re not my real dad, you do not show it. You buy me gifts and take me to beautiful places where I have fun. You always smile at me and allow me watch cartoon on Cartoon Network with your daughter. You don’t like it when I do so much work and this is the best place I have…
Aunt Susan walked that moment in and asked Ruth what she was up to and she told her she was writing dad a letter. She collected it from her, read it and laughed out loud. She told Ruth she was a very stupid girl for writing that letter. She insulted her, called her mother promiscuous and her father irresponsible. She told Ruth her father in his grave was a very mad man and that his irresponsible relatives abandoned her and that they had not heard from them since she was a year old. Ruth was shocked to hear this; she never knew her dad was late and that his relatives had abandoned her. She never knew the circumstances surrounding her birth because she never asked. At this point, she was in tears but her Aunt Susan wasn’t done yet. She said the little girl was a fool for daring to point out that her husband wasn’t her real dad and that if she wanted her natural father, she should wake him up from the grave. Aunt Susan wasn’t still done, she tore the letter; she went in, brought out a cane and flogged Ruth senseless and rubbed pepper on her scars. Little Ruth cried like there was no tomorrow. She wasn’t even given a minute for the pains to subside, she was set to work immediately and Aunt Susan warned her off her husband, told her she mustn’t be too close to him and that she dare not breathe a word of the incident to him. This was only one out of the many abuses Ruth suffered in the hands of her Aunt Susan. However, Ruth never resented her, she loved her and never spoke ill of her. She called her ‘mom’ and always showed off the gifts she got from her to her friends telling them how her mom got her pretty things, regardless of the fact that this happened on rare occasions, she cherished them
Three days after the letter writing incidence, Ruth and her little cousin were home alone with Aunt Susan, it was a Saturday and her uncle had travelled the day before. Ruth went in to Aunt Susan’s room to continue her chores but she saw her lying down on the bed looking almost blue . She looked terribly sick, she was gasping for air and she was so weak. Ruth immediately rushed to her side, tried helping her but she was too little to be of much help. She then ran out to the neighbors telling them mommy wasn’t feeling too well. Aunt Susan was rushed to the hospital and Ruth prayed for her quick recovery. She cried and asked God to keep mommy safe. She was very happy when she was told she would be discharged the next day. She woke up early, cleaned the house and made sure everything was perfect for her return. She overheard their neighbor telling her uncle that Ruth had saved her Aunt Susan’s life that the doctor said a little delay could have killed her.
The next Monday in school, one of Ruth’s friends, Emilia who had just read a storybook about an orphan girl and her wicked aunt asked Ruth if her aunt was like that with her. Ruth said her aunt was the best and that she got her gifts and only spanked her where necessary. She always spoke well about her Aunt and her family, some of her friends even wished they were in her shoes and they never hid their envy. Ruth told people her aunt was perfect and never resented her. Her mom however saw the scars on her body and noticed she was being abused, she took her away from Aunt Susan. Ruth loved her aunt even with all the flaws she had, she never once wished her evil. I know many people at this point already think this is a fiction, like one of those movies you see in Nollywood but I tell you it’s not a fiction. It is very real, Ruth is now a big girl.
Aunt Susan was nowhere near perfect, some people will say she was a very wicked woman, some will say she was evil, even say she was both. Many of us will find it difficult showing that kind of person love and affection. You think that’s the height of wickedness, wait till you read the next story.
