A man's help:20 million trust gone.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

Brian Clough

While growing up, we got familiar with others belief from ours.

Money they say is the root of all evil and many are ready to horde the tree to their home.

Health is wealth.

In dust we came and to it we shall return.

A wealthy man without a good health is not wealthy at all.

When there's life there's hope, right?

That means the moment someone dies, their hope also is gone..

Why do we then live life like we own every bit of it.

We put our trust on earthly things that can rise against us or fail us in our dire need of it.

Prayer they said is the key and we all pray to thank God and also request for things we need.

Sometimes our prayer request wouldn't be met and we'd be left with questions on why they didn't.

The way things didn't go as plan baffles us and turn our spirit sour.

We'd question God on why things didn't work out even when we prayed and fasted towards getting them.

We fail to remember that in every disappointment there's a blessing we can't see.

People call it a blessing in disguise.

This brings me to a story I heard from a close friend of mind during one of our converse.

She said:

Once upon a time, there lived a man whom we can say to be a civil servant was striving and toiling to take care of his family of 4 plus his wife.

As a devout man he had been praying for a breakthrough in his life and one day the answer came to him. His younger sister's husband who was wealthy finally remembered him and promised him and 20million Naira..... Wow with this sum I could become my own boss and an entrepreneur with people under my payroll so thought the man.

The meeting day arrived and this civil servant went to his brother in law house for the supposed meeting. After being entertained both men moved to the study area for the official signing of the cheque. As the brother in law was about to pen his signature which was to validate the filled cheque, suddenly he felt dizzy and hot. Then he began to slump. First fell the pen from his hands and next was his body going limp on the chair .

Thinking that this was a prank which was not funny, he began to tap the slumped body to wake up and finish signing he cheque. After some minutes his scream brought the attention of the rest of the family members and lo and behold he was pronounced dead.

In this story you can see the men dined together and nothing happened right?

What do we call this?

How would you react towards this?

A man's help all of a sudden slumped and died when he was about to sign the cheque.

It a painful experience for the man.

But do you know what would have happened if the man have signed the cheque and gave it to the man?

What if he might be killed on his way to the bank of coming back?

We never know.

We some in life who really wants to help but can't because they also do not have or are not capable to.

We meet some who promise to but have no intention to render any help to us.

But you'd see them spraying money when the one who they were supposed to help dies.

Just like the quote above as said

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

Brian Clough

Some won't help us when we are alive but would come to party on our dead bed.

Some wants to help just like the story shared above , but certain circumstances couldn't let them achieve that aim.

This should remind us never to put hope in any man because even when some are willing to help they couldn't because death snatched them away.

Only God knows why he does things and as painful or hurtful it might be we should all try to embrace it and remember how he was always there for us and never given up on us even when we lost the faith to.

Believing in God and praying for His guidance, mercy and love upon us shouldn't escape our lips any day.

This is a trying time as everyone is going through different phases we can't even talk about.

In each journey of life, let us call on God and hopefully He will hear us and lead us through.

Don't give up yet sister and brother.

You are alive, that means there's hope and hope means something will come up.

Remember how God saved you during your trying times and be thankful.

Don't give up on God.

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Writer: Balikis

Date:14 April 2022