Warnings

A warning is an advance notice of something that will happen, often something unpleasant or dangerous. Most individuals never heed to warnings. As far as it isn’t from a cleric, or a prophet, we don’t heed to others cautionary advice.

As humans, we do not not believe every thing said to us by outsiders, but the best thing to do is, always give whatever warning or advice a thorough thought, at your own space. Most of us believe in sharing it to people, especially elderly ones who have experience about it. My opinion is, always listen carefully to whatever warning given to you, and give it a deep thought before ignoring it.

Most of us believe so much in our clerics, and every decision we take comes from our clerics, and whenever we are being talked to by friends or outsiders, we ignore it because it’s not coming from our prophets. It shouldn’t be so. God uses these people for us too. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying you should heed to whatever your friends or anybody tell you, I’m encouraging you to give it a thorough thought before ignoring. Think about it.
I heard the story of a young boy, who told his Pastor never to go on a trip he planned for. The pastor felt insulted by how a little boy could tell him not to embark on a pastor’s conference he’s been going for ages. He didn’t listen to the boy. On his way to the conference he had a fatal accident and lost his life. What if he had listened or gave the warning a thorough thought, instead of ignoring. Probably he felt God didn’t talk to him directly, but he did through the little boy. No matter who the person giving the warning is, do not make it fall on deaf ears.
Early last year, an old friend of mine called me on phone and said she had a terrible dream about me. Firstly, I was shocked because it been long we’ve spoken. I went ahead and asked her what she dreamt about, she said “Tee, I dreamt you had an accident.” I was in school that period. I made sure that week she told me about it I didn’t go anywhere. I didn’t board any car, or motorcycle. Our lives are important. You don’t shove everyone’s advice away. Most of these advice is for our own personal good.

No matter who gave you the warning, it’s either short or tall, dark or light-skinned, old or young, always give it a thorough thought. God can send anyone to you. It doesn’t necessarily have to be your pastor, or prophet. It could be anyone, a friend, stranger, spouse, anybody. Do not ignore any warning given to you. We’ve heard or seen testimonies in church. People who would praise God for not embarking on some journey that could have cost them their lives.
I once heard a story of two young, beautiful girls. One decided to poison the other because she was envy of her. She felt her other friend had everything she wanted. On one fateful day, the other friend was on her way home from school and an elderly woman called her and told her to bring her lunch because she was starving. She felt bad for the elderly woman and decided that once she get home, she will give the woman her lunch as she promised. She got home home, and hurriedly poured the food her other friend has made for her. She got to the woman and gave her the food. The woman thanked her and told her to wait, she then called a dog and poured it for the dog. The girl got really angry, and asked the elderly woman why she had decided to give her lunch to a dog? The woman said she should watch the dog eat it. Few minutes later, the dog died. The girl couldn’t believe her food was poisoned. Was if she didn’t listen to the woman when she asked her to bring her lunch for her? What if she was selfish with her food? What if she didn’t give the woman her listening ears and have ignored?...

Your warning may not be like the ones illustrated below, yours might be different. Give every warning a thorough thought. Give ears to every advice. Be safe out there!