PART 27
“ MY FATHER’S FARMLAND”
©Opeyemi Ojerinde Akintunde
Let’s take a look at Ola’s farm, while you think over what your judgement
should be…” FATHER said to Oba as Ola followed after HIM…
Ola’s Land was so large, and thankfully, she didn’t have blood on her land,
rather her farm had a lot of rotten fruits. A lot of fruits were overripe and had
fallen to the ground thereby causing rottenness.
“Ola, you sowed the seeds of hard work and prayer for fruitfulness on your
farm, and you got a bountiful harvest, but you have done what has made your
farmland a rotten place…”
Ola looked on, wondering what the rottenness meant, as she had tried to live
a good life.
“You amassed wealth for yourself and never gave out. Your crops, your fruits
were multiplying, but you didn’t give out… Your reason was simple! You felt
you had suffered greatly while growing up and you didn’t want to become
poor again. But Kikiolaoluwa, now that you have left the earth, won’t
someone else take over your position and enjoy your wealth?
Your land kept producing unending harvest, but you didn’t give out the
fruits. Don’t you think I should take this farmland from you and give it to
someone worthy, someone who will be able to help some of my other farmers
who may not have seeds to sow on their lands?
Kikiolaoluwa, your being blessed was for you to a blessing to others, to my
work and my workers, but your case was like that of a nanny who was given
food for herself and the children, but ended up starving the children, while
eating the food all alone, What do you think should be done to the Nanny…”
Father said
Ola knew Father was right, She had attended a lot of finance and money
management training seminars, that had made her very disciplined when it
came to giving out her money. That discipline was definitely selfishness in
disguise.
“All the pains, injuries you went through, Kikiolaoluwa, I permitted you to
go through those phases to create in you an understanding of what other less
privileged farmers were going through. Like I told you earlier, injuries are
not out of the ordinary for farmers. I permitted the rape injury so you could
feel, understand and cater for those who might have been raped, I permitted
the pregnancy so that you could feel the pain of teenage single mothers. I was
expecting that as you grew financially, you would build homes for the less
privileged people, but you were less concerned about them.
Kikiolaoluwa, I permitted you to be dumb for a short while, with the high
expectations that when your wealth comes, you will care for the less
privileged with disabilities.
I made you and your siblings go through financial hardship and educational
hardship, so that when the harvest I had prepared for you and your siblings
manifested, you would be able to help the less privilege who had financial
issues and educational issues.
Rather, Ola You never helped people despite the compassionate heart I made
you have, you have been buying properties, saving your money, and getting
the public recognition as the 7th Richest woman in Nigeria, who cannot boast
of blessing people.
Your Staff don’t enjoy the privilege of the wealth you have, your church
doesn’t, and other workers in my farmland…
Ola, who is worse?
Ola, the orphan who God took from a low position and raised her up to the
level of becoming a blessing to nations, but unfortunately, she blessed
nobody other than her family and few friends, thereby making her farmland
rotten littered with rotten overripe fruits
Or
Sunkanmi who despite having a rough farmland still tried to bless people
with the blessings he was blessed with. Sunkanmi had 250 students on
scholarship, 80 widows he fed every month, he was a regular giver to the
things of God…He did this even when he was ignorantly living in Sin. After
his genuine repentance and his once rotten land had been cleared, he stil
continued in the act of blessing people…
So, Answer me, who is worse?… Kikiolaoluwa who is more of a sinner?
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