Who is your companion for the second half of the year?

1ST JULY, 2022.

113TH ARTICLE IN ALL.

1ST ARTICLE IN THE MONTH.

There are many stories in history of people who tried but in vain to find true companionship in money, position, power, occultism, materialism, alcoholism among many other futile alternatives. A wealthy business tycoon once let out his frustration thus: "I have everything money can buy except peace of mind."

At another time, a well-known celebrity regretfully revealed, "I have my ways of hiding my pain - laughing when there was nothing to laugh at, smiling when there wasn't anything to smile about. That was just my way of getting through life. Pretending like everything was okay. I guess I did it so well that I really began to believe it. I fooled myself. Using my escapisms was my thing not to feel my pain - whatever would numb the pain... just because you have money doesn't mean you can't feel worthless. Just because people consider you beautiful doesn't mean that you feel that way.

Where are the great Men of yesteryears who championed great wars? The enormous power they wielded would not save them for the pangs of death. Many of them died miserably. King Solomon had numerous wives and concubines and was endowed with matchless wisdom; yet none of these would give him happiness and fulfillment in life.

Those who have tried the way of occultism (sorcery, magic, horoscope, witchcraft etc) have equally failed. They have always ended shamefully and miserably like king Saul of Israel whose doom was declared in the house of an occult woman, the witch at Endor.

Maybe you too have already gone to enquire through occult means about what the remaining half of this year holds for you or what the future holds for you or you may have gone to read your palms. If so, you must quickly renounce such and turn to the lord before it is too late. Not only does association with the occult enslave and ensnare, but it also attracts the wrath of the almighty God.

Drunkenness and alcoholism have not proven to be good companions to those who court them earlier. Instead, they have continued to wreak deadly havocs on lives and homes. Those who thought their sorrow would be taking care of by embracing these habits have since discovered, to their hurt, the hidden scourge in them.

Many women who have resulted to prostitution to make ends meet - as well as some married people who have sought solace in adultery- have found out that they are actually compounding their problems.

Indeed, nothing, absolutely nothing, can satisfactorily substitute for the place of Jesus in any life or situation.

Thanks for reading 💖