A spiritual process

When chioma finally arrived at Harrison's apartment, she saw him with a middle-aged man whom Harrison introduced as his spiritual father. He had told her about this man before but this was the first time that she would be meeting him . From the uneasy look on the faces of the two men, no one needed to tell her that something was not right.

She asked her fiancee, Harrison if there was any problem. Harrison told her that there was something serious that the man of God wants her to know.

The next thing that chioma heard was the most ridiculous thing that anybody have ever told her before. The man of God candidly informed her that there was no way her and Harrison would ever get married. He explained that God has revealed to him that she had been possessed by evil forces that were working against her.

In her bewilderment, she quickly turned to Harrison and searched his eyes for an explanation and Harrison told her that he had been equally confused about the revelation and that was why he had to call her so that she could also hear from the horse's mouth. And together, they could seek for a solution.

Even if they would later get married, the pastor had instructed that a spiritual cleansing must take place first which would include fasting and praying in order to break the ill luck hovering around chioma.

The pastor was still talking when she broke down in tears and wept bitterly. Chioma had already picked a wedding date and preparations were in top gear. Now this "man of God" is telling her that she couldn't marry her man.... Is this playing, what kind of playing is this?

She was already in her early thirties and she had suffered alot of heartbreaks that would last her for another lifetime. She only found Harrison some 7months ago and she had thought he was Godsent. But now, her whole world seem to be crashing down once again.

Harrison on the other hand did his best to comfort her. He told her to take solace in the fact that there was still a solution to their problem as all hope were not entirely lost . If they could only complete this spiritual process, then they would definitely get married.

Chioma told the pastor that she was ready to even fast for a 100 days so long as she could get married to Harrison afterwards. The pastor looked at chioma for a long while and this made her felt as if she was in front of judge who was about to pass a final verdict. Her legs suddenly began to Shake.

"What kind of dreams have you been having lately and what are the events that keep reoccurring in your dreams"? The pastor asked.

Now, the young lady was quite taken aback by this question but she replied that she hadn't been dreaming lately. Infact she hadn't experienced any dreams for over a month now.

This reply made the pastor laughed and he said that he had never met anyone who doesn't take her spiritual life seriously like chioma. According to him, it was not proper for someone not to be experiencing dreams. It was a great sign of spiritual weakness.

Now chioma was a bit disgusted as this man was gradually prying into her private life. At 30 years old, chioma was already a very successful business woman. She was far richer than all the men she had dated in the past, including Harrison. Infact she could walk into a carlot and purchase five brand new cars at a time. Yes, she was that Rich.

Her life was going well, she hardly falls sick, she always see the results of her hardwork, she had a great career and most importantly, the money keeps flowing in.

So why should she be bothered about having dreams or not having them. It was only the person who had countless obstacles to surmount in life that would be running from one church to other seeking for solutions. She thought.

As if the pastor had been reading what was going through her mind, he began to tell her the importance of taking one's spiritual life seriously despite all the "successes" that one may think that one had achieved in life. Infact, the man of God made bold to say that if he orders Harrison to cancel the wedding plans immediately, Harrison would do it without any hesitation.

At this moment, she turned towards Harrison and the indifferent expression she saw his eyes told her more than anything that the pastor was right.

With a sinking feeling in her heart, chioma knew instinctively that she might lose Harrison again even though the wedding day was just three weeks from now . Fresh sobs rushed to her throat as she shed hot tears

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