As we witnessed the slaughter and
were confronted with the monstrous obscenity of yet another 200 innocent souls
being butchered by Fulani herdsmen in Plateau state yesterday there is very
little that gives us cause for cheer in our country.
Evil abounds, acts of kindness
are rare and people have become insensitive, unfeeling, uncaring and
hard-hearted.
Worse-still, these barbaric
events are undereported in the media, played down and quickly forgotten whilst
the ruling class, from both sides of the political divide, do not appear to
care less.
As the good people of the most
powerful nation in the world, the United States of America, express sorrow and
outrage about immigrant children being forcefully separated from their parents
by Homeland Security and immigration officials and incarcerated at their
southern borders, the people of Nigeria, as stoic and uncaring as ever,
continue their day to day lives with little protest and no expression of
horror, shame or disbelief as hudreds of thousands of their compatriots,
including women and children, are butchered by heartless and cruel Fulani
terrorists all over the country.
Saddled with a President with an
insidious and utterly hideous agenda and who leads a Federal Government that
encourages, administers and sponsors terror and protects the terrorists, the
truth is that wickedness, horror, the flow of innocent blood, violent death,
carnage and the barbarous and bestial acts of an undeclared civil war have
become the norm in our country and we have lost our sense of humanity and
decency.
Events that would literally
traumatise people and give them sleepless nights in civilised countries hardly
move us in Nigeria: we have become numb to our natural sensibilities of love,
compassion, sensitivity and sound reasoning and our hearts have been turned
into stone.
That is what the sinister and
dark forces that have seized our collective destiny and that have been ruling
our nation for the last three years have done to us.
We are used to abnormal bestial
acts and the most barbaric courses of action and we sit back and crack jokes as
our peoole are subjected to genocide, ethnic cleansing and mass murder by
agents and friends of the state.
We clap and make merry as we are
confronted with the ugly sight of our perverse and vampiric President dancing on
the coffins and defecating on the graves of the slaughtered innocents by going
to Eagle square for a party convention at the very same moment that his
subjects in Plateau state are being butchered and carved up by those that the
Holy Bible describes as “evil and bloodthirsty men” like turkeys on Christmas
day.
Yet in this cacaphony of madness
and theater of the absurd that Nigeria has been transformed into by the tyrant
and his underlings there are still a few acts of kindness that remind us that
all hope is not lost and that despite the evil that we see and hear about every
day, we are still human beings.
We are reminded that in a nation
which serves as home to millions of hard-hearted and unfeeling cruel souls,
there are, thankfully, still a few good men.
Consider the following. Some time
back I went to see a prominent and well respected man of God to discuss
national issues and to ask him to pray for the nation.
When I got there I saw a
good-looking young man with him. He treated the young man with such love,
affection and kindness that I thought he was his son.
When I asked him he said that he
was not his son but someone that he took into his Church and that he had more
or less adopted.
He said that the young man’s
whole family, including his parents, brothers and sisters had been wiped out
all in one night by a group of cold-blooded butchers and that during the
killing spree the young man himself had had his throat slit open and was left
for dead.
He said that when he heard the
story he was moved and decided to look for the youngman, take him in and look
after him even though he had never met him before and he did not know his
family. Such gestures and acts of kindness are rare and consequently I was
deeply touched.
On my way out I saw the young man
again and this time I looked at him more closely. I noticed that there was a
deep and long scar across his throat which had clearly healed over a period of
time but which was nevertheless stilI visible.
I also noticed that he looked
confident, happy and relaxed despite his past travails and ordeal. As I left
the Church and drove off in my car I thought to myself that this is a true man
of God.
He took in and assisted the poor,
the afflicted, the weak, the suffering and the vulnerable and he not only nurtured
and strengthened them but he also gave them hope again.
That is surely what being a
preacher, a pastor and a servant of God is all about: to care for the stranger,
to bring healing to the sick, to heal the broken-hearted, to set the captives
free and to be a good Samaritan.
This aspect of the glorious
gospel of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in my view, is even more important
than all the prophecies and miracles.
It is only a truly strong man
that is filled with the Spirit of God that goes out of his way to help those
that are suffering, in danger or in need.
The weak, the irresponsible and
the morally reprehensible never help anyone but themselves whilst the strong,
the responsible and the profoundly good are more than happy to lend a helping
hand to those that are less fortunate. That is the message of Christ: to love
and to do unto others as we would do unto ourselves and that is why the Holy
Bible says “thou shall know them by their fruits”.
It is a joy and a relief to know
that we still have such men in the Body of Christ and in our shores.
The Pastors name is Prophet T.B.
Joshua and his Church is called Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN).
No matter what anyone may say or
feel about this deeply committed and compassionate man the truth is as follows:
If we had more leaders and
clerics that showed as much compassion and love to the poor, the helpless and
the suffering as he does, Nigeria would be a much better place.
T.B. Joshua turned 55 years old
on June 12th. Once again I wish him a happy birthday. He has done us proud.
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