EPISODE 10
Ma, i want to go back to my room please ma.
I was just shaking like jelly fish.
Mama stood up and walked into the bathroom. I started searching for the keys. I turned and found out that the key to the bathroom is outside the door which is rather strange.
One mind said look the door and ask her to show you where she kept the keys else she will remain there.
The other mind said, eheee, Don’t try it o. You will be sent out o.
Hey, you needed to see me. I never knew sweat could be very hot. I was just muttering POTIPHAR’S WIFE, POTIPHAR’S WIFE. God of JOSEPH save me.
I quickly remembered that Joseph ran off and left his garment which was used as evidence against him. I quickly took off my shirt. She was still in the bathroom.
Hey God, where do i hide this shirt. At list she can’t drag empty chest and belted trouser. I wish i could swallow the shirt. I hid it under my armpit.
Mama was still in the bathroom.
What is going on? What has she been doing in there?
I can’t believe it. I started crying.
I paused. Something came to mind.
WARDROBE, Yes, Wardrobe. I will hide in the wardrobe. But, what if she’s watching me from the bathroom. I kept quiet. Soon, i started hearing shower running. BINGO i shouted. I quickly ran into the wardrobe and closed the door.
I was peeping from the wardrobe.
Unbelievably, mama walked out of the bathroom completely naked.
I wanted to die. I closed my eyes.
Whaat? Reverend mrs faith Akpan? Noo, it can’t be.
She was confused. She was looking around.
-cornell, cornell, she called. Where are you? Baby please don’t do this to me.
Jesus oooooooo, i shouted in silence
I was really crying. I begged the Lord to save me.
I sensed fear in her. Maybe she was thinking i disappeared. She quickly wrapped up with her towel. Out of fear and curiousity, she opened the door and went through the way that leads to my room.
I came out and ran . I took the kitchen way and ran to Edet’s house. He is the gate keeper.
Edet too ran in with me.
I was breathing fast. Edet was holding his chest and looking at me.
-Cornell, wetin be that? Who dey purse you?
I went on my knees…..
-father thank you Lord. Jesus thank you. Thank you for saving me.
Edet was looking at me.
-edet, water water water i demanded.
-noooo, Edet replied. Cool down first. Cool down.
Me——ok ok ok.
I slept off in Edet’s room.
Mama’s voice woke me up.
-Edet, she called. have you seen cornell?
-ma, Edet replied. Cornell is sick o. He almost fainted while coming down stairs. He was running. I don’t know what was pursing him o.
-Did you ask him? She asked. What did he say.
-mama, he was saying THANK YOU JESUS.
-hmmm, ok. Take this money, go to the bookshop at Parkinson, tell them you want original olive oil. We are having Anointing service.
-ok ma.
Edet left. Mama the potiphar’s wife came into edet’s room.
-cornell, why are you behaving like a child? Let’s roll and you won’t regret it.
Roll kwa? Osi Roll? I was just looking at her.
-listen Cornell, even the bible says we should give unto ceaser what’s ceaser’s and God what’s God’s.
-ma, i replied with shaking lips. I can’t do such wickedness. I can’t commit such abomination. You are my pastor ma. How can you……
I didn’t even finish my long sermon when she did it…….
Mama faith Akpan, wife of papa frank Akpan did it. She actually did it…..she kissed me. We kissed.
Hmmm, i narrate with tears in my heart dear youths, that that one minute pleasure was the beginning of one million troubles in my life.
Mama faith and i started dating.
The first day, i felt like i have done the worse thing.
She kept on assuring me that God has forgiven me even before i did it. She told me it’s no big deal. I should just pray and forget about it.
Brethen, and that was it. I threw caution to the wind. I became a stranger in the kingdom. I was always busy going from programme to programmes, ministering in.songs and instruments.
One day, my music director called me. He said to me…..
-cornell, you are a great worship leader but you can’t speak in tongues. Why can’t you speak in tongues?
-sir, i replied, I’m still waiting for the holy spirit to touch me (hmmm, holy spirit indeed. For i knew, i was just an empty dirty vessel. His reply shocked the daylight out of me)
-listen cornell. This is not the time of the apostles. I will teach you how to speak in tongues.
WHAT !!!!! ha!!! Well…..do i have a choice?
that’s not what my dad said. It is called holy ghost tongue na. In our youths conference some years ago, when dad talked to the youths about BEING HOLY GHOST FILLED.
I was 10 years then. I can never forget in a hurry what happened that day. After dad’s ministration, power came down, all the youths, i.mean all, encountered Holyghost for real. They were speaking in real Holy ghost tongue.
Now this one says he wants to teach me. Well, i am now lost in sin. I have no choice but to settle for the counterfeit. So we started.
My music director started He said……
-now say after me
Bababa
Hmmm, i sighed in spirit. Ta wu ta. (today na today) i replied…..
-bababa
-shinda la la, he continued
-shinda la la, i replied.
Now, join both together he said
-bababa, shinda lala, i replied
-Nice one, he shouted. Say it again
-bababa, shinda la la
-woooow, glory, he shouted. Now join this one. Rikababobo
-sir, i replied
He got angry…..
-listen.to me cornell, i am teaching you as the utterance is coming please be sharp enough to catch it.
-I’m sorry, i apologised.
-what did i even say before, ehen, he remembered, RIKABABOBO
-Rikababobo i replied
-shetawalele…..
-What? Sir please, i think I’m done for today. Thanks.
I got up and left. He was just shouting at and was threatening to stop me from singing. I didn’t give a hoot.
I went home *that day and found *myself practising SPEAKING IN TONGUES. We had a programme to attend the next morning* . Papa frank was always travelling. That night, mama and i ROLLED.
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First it was a stepping in, into the ocean of sin. Now i *am.being drowned in it. True what dad said, ONCE YOU ARE BOLD ENOUGH TO ACCOMODATE* ONE SIN, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY OPEN TO MANY MORE.
And so it was, i joined them. I joined the HIGHERS GROUP. We would drink to be high. When we mount the stage, you will think this people are FIRE.
I took over the mic. As i started speaking in TONGUES , i bit my tongue. It was horrible. The tip of my tongue tore in two. On stage i was bleeding.
That was God’s first warning. I didn’t listen. I was took engulfed with sin that i didn’t notice my maker was warning me.
FOR, IT IS A VERY FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF GOD.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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