It Takes Patience To Cook A Stone

Patience can be described as the ability to wait without getting frustrated or angry. It can also be the ability to persevere through uncomfortable situations and factors. Patients can also be the act to accommodate things that are normally not possible without falling out. This topic is an idiom that talks about virtue, Patience and the wonders it can perform. It describes how you achieve what people think is ordinarily possible.

On a cold afternoon, TEMI rushed out of her house to the supermarket. She wanted to get beverages to prepare hot tea for herself. After buying all she needed, she turned to leave and bumped into a man mistakenly. "Am sorry", she humbly said" it's nothing, am not injured, MR Johnson Adewale replied nicely. "I am Wale, and you?, Temi is my name. Ok, it's nice meeting you, thanks". Their discussion ended and they both want to their different destinations. She got home, made her tea and went to bed.

The next day, she went to the gym as that was her daily routine. Five minutes later, the same Mr. wale she met at the supermarket walked in. "Wow, we met again miss Temi, what are you doing in the gym?". I should be asking you that question", They burst into laughter ". From there, they got together, things worked out for them and they became good friends(later they became a couple). They were alike in all manners except their religion. While John wale was Islamic, Temi was a Christian. However, before their marriage, Wale assured her that it will never be an issue between them.

After marriage, things were not as supposed. They were always happy together, except on Fridays and Sundays. Sunday service starts at 7:30 am at Mrs Johnson church and as a worker, she expected to be to sit on or before 7 am. She offered to cook for Adewale by 6 am, but wale always insist that he cannot wake up to eat at such an hour, and he dislikes eating meals that are warmed after cooking it. This cause commotion between them every Sunday but the Friday case was not so different as there was a night service at Temi's church every Friday from 8:00 pm, and it was always 2hours.

Also, Mr Johnson always goes for his prayers by 8:30 pm and always get home by 9:30 pm, Temi suggested that she cooked his food by 10 pm when she comes back since he wanted foods that are freshly prepared. "No, I cat take that, you can't keep me waiting for 30minutes, is not done. That is disrespect towards your husband" this kept them at loggerhead between these two days of the week. Temi tried as much as possible to convince him and calm him down but was always too stiff neck to listen to her. She always prays silently in her heart that God will change his attitude. After three years in the marriage, Mr Johnson made friends who influenced him to beat his wife anytime they quarrel.

Things got worse for Mrs Johnson and Temidara and at this point, she started failing in her duty to the church and the pastor and other church members noticed it. She now comes late to Sunday services and left early on Fridays.

When she started this compromise, she thought things will become better since she was already satisfying his desires, but things became worse than the argument became a daily activity. He now came home late, drunk and tired, and would beat her mercilessly at the sight of the slightest mistake. She became a major customer of the chemist who sold pain reliever. She bought it in bulks and would finish it before the week runs out. Despite all this, she waited patiently for God to answer her prayers. She never got angry as to insult him.

One day, she went for her normal night vigil on Friday, knowing fully well her husband will come late as usual. The vigil took longer than normal, and they didn't close until 11 pm. The pastor (he knew the situation already) then decided to escort her, just for safety and to explain the situation if he happened to be home already. On sighting the Pastor's LEXUS LX 470, he ran inside to get a cutlass. If not for the intervention of the neighbours, he would have injured both the pastor and his wife.

After that day, he disallowed her from going to church. She could neither go on Fridays, not on Sundays. Semi was visibly frustrated and depressed. She, however, did not compromise, she was patient and did not take any bad action, she made sure she justified herself in every of their disagreement.

However, things changed in one week. It was a Monday. Mr Adewale did an abomination when he brought a harlot to his matrimonial bed. At that point, Temi could not take it. It was not expected, she was devastated and disorganized. Her husband made her sleep in the living room and made her cook for the harlot. Despite this, she did not talk back at her husband. She simply let the sleeping dog lie.

After that night, her husband realized he had truly passed his boundary, he thought if there is a type of church that would make someone so full and dumb as not to react as such. She has patiently waited for me to change". That day, he apologized for all that he had done and promised to change. He then finally decided to follow her to the watch night service on Friday. After sometimes he repented of his ways, and they finally lived happily including Fridays and Sundays.

It is only patience that can allow someone to hope on something that looks impossible and wait till something good comes forth. Temi had a list of options that could have saved her from the misery, but she waited. She could have filed a divorce and everything would have gone down easily, but she patiently waited to build her home. Truly," it takes patience to cook a stone".

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