By Ustaz Mark Bang
Waiting for opportunities doesn’t need those who have no patience, those who give up when almost reaching to opportunity, and it doesn’t need stories if I would have done this and that. When your clock clicks, joy will ring, and no one will stop it or do something about it.
There is a woman in the Bible who once experienced having a hard time bearing a child; women in her neighborhood kept teasing her as a childless woman. Whenever she converses with them, they say that you are nothing; if you die now, you will die childless, but in our case, we have A and B not knowing the ways of God are bigger than human thoughts. One day the woman went to pray in the tabernacle. There she was praying hardly, and her heart was lifted up to God in prayers. Then her mouth was moving while she was praying. The man of God suspected her of being drunk with wine, and he asked her, “Young women, why are you drunk?” She replied, “I am not drunk, a man of God, for I have come here to ask the Lord for a favor, and she was starting to leave.” The man of God said, “May your petition be answered accordingly.”.
After some months, she got pregnant and bore a son, and she breastfed her and presented the baby to the Lord as a gift. That young boy grew on the side of the Lord; he became a prophet. Please, we are supposed to see things others have that you don’t have, but pray that God may you have yours also.
This is your time to embrace joy, and God will wipe away your tears. Weeping may endure for a night, but your joy comes in the morning. You will smile again.” You are lifted.
In my case, I’m not of such individuals, those who falsely posted negative ideas that seem almost to be causing catastrophic things or chaos to our communities. Those who expose themselves to be much better than others, those who rally behind their relatives in fighting for political games, those who never sleep at night thinking of dragging their opponents over things, succeeded in leaving them behind due to what they are in themselves. Some never view how they, their societies, their behaviors, and their interactions impacted others. I am not of such individuals who posted dead bodies on social media, for I knew it was an inhumane practice, those who talk against other communities regarding how they do their things. In psychology, a course I learned in my four years when I was in college. It says, “All communities have their own culture, of which their beliefs seem negative to other communities and vice versa. They too seem to have a negative culture.” Literally! We have to imitate positive cultures and do away with negative cultures.
Many of our counterparts are almost losing hope, but I do continue to cajole the feeling about things that might change just within “Zero Hour.” A Nobel was written by Ben. R. Mbtobua.
Today and tomorrow never look the same, but one casts her/his eyes on his brother’s properties to steal, but maybe just later, his administration comes after she/he has stolen things, thus remaining the focus of the day. Tie yourself with determination, ambition, and destiny; there you will find a room for conquering your most desired goals. “Public Staunchest Ally”
The writer of this article is a Human rights activist, writer, and professional teacher.