Determination
He just turned eighteen years last week. He stood by and watched with tears streaming down his eyes. His dad had just recently passed on. Now his uncles were evicting his mum from his late father’s house. She has been asked to return to her father’s house. They had made up their minds.
He helped her to pack her belongings. As they were about to step out through the gate, he stopped and turned back. He looked at his uncles in the eyes and said, I’ll be back. They stepped out and left.
Twenty-five years later, he stood in front of a big edifice. He had just completed this house for Mama. He had the keys to a Mercedes Benz car in his hands. This was also a gift for Mama. Today was the house warming ceremony.
He had invited friends and family. He took them around the house, room by room. As they returned back to the sitting room, he turned and looked at his uncles who were overwhelmed by the sheer opulence of the house. He said, remember what I told you twenty-five years ago when you sent Mama packing. I told you, I’ll be back. God has helped and blessed me greatly. I’m back.
The edifice they all sat in now, was a far cry from the house they were evicted from years ago.
Morale
- Determination is a strong factor in achieving excellence. It doesn’t matter what you’ve been through, don’t let your faith cave in.
- You may have lost a lot in your journey through life, God can restore it back in multiple folds. Believe, pursue and you will surely without fail, recover all.
Stay blessed.
© Nkese Umofia
Photo: Etty Fidele
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