Ice cream for breakfast

This is quite a laughable experience and teachable moment but stay with me you might learn a thing if you don’t atleast you might thank God on my behalf.

So prior to the weekend, on plodine’s catalog (i.e being the country’s owned retail store you know like spar and ShopRite) from Monday being today till Wednesday this ice cream pictured below will be on discount about 400 naira when converted to naira,so I thought it be nice to treat myself you know? I even joked about getting it for breakfast Monday morning... Of which I did kinda obsess about during the weekend and Monday will be perfect since it could be sold out before Tuesday or Wednesday so the earlier the better.. well I know where is your faith? I just thought why worry the Lord this is not even the weightier matter of the law right?

Sure enough I leave my dorm early Monday morning no kidding like before 7:30 because by 7:36 I was already at the supermarket and had ticked off two items off my grocery list, I walked by the way (an added information that you didn’t have to know but since I woke up Sunday morning I am yet to sleep ).

The story I am getting to has nothing to do about the ice cream but about the walk up to the store. I was thinking to myself why the store didn’t open at 6am because I was getting too many stares from passers-by ( quick back story so like the black population in this country is like 0.03 %). I have been here more than a year now you should have seen me by now, then it hit me that I have not really thanked the Lord for the days thus far. When I first came here every anniversary of my stay I was deliberate to give God thanks. I realized at the moment that it was both a good and bad thing : good because finally my mind is here present with my body not some outta mind experience I have been dealing with but bad in the sense that even that was a reason to give thanks.

The next thought hit me. If you know me well I don’t like being the centre of attraction, I don’t like having eyes on me, I don’t like people knowing my business and stuff I’m up to. I am quite a private person but God literally put me right where I am the centre of attraction like you literally can’t miss me, I am the only black person in my dorm and in my school we are just 3 Nigerians (well Africans to say the least) the other two are light skinned but I’m like dark complexioned. I really don’t care if all eyes are on me anymore. Sometimes I have the stare down 🌚, or smile but since we have face masks you don’t notice it or other times I wave. But the point is I didn’t care for it anymore, their opinions didn’t affect like I use to think it would. Isn’t He faithful?

So I shared this because I sometimes have doubts about where I am in my life. I’m not old and if I’m honest I’m not trying to be "made" or "blown" what matters most to me is that I am in the will of God and pleasing him in all respects (In fact favourite verse Phil 2:13 NLT( you didn’t have to know too but ..)). lately I have struggled with that because my experience here hasn’t been the "greatest" especially financially or educationally not counting missing my family and friends.

Prior to coming here I thought easy signified God's will but nah it does not always. Difficulty, hardship, hard times also signifies God's will (see Jacob, Job, Joseph etc). I am learning from everything , becoming totally dependent on God. God's providence means much more to me now who am I kidding I didn't use God's providence before in a sentence or thought. I have seen me grow especially spiritually, gaining more light and understanding. So yeah maybe it was good that I was afflicted (not exactly like David but you get the picture) now I obey the Word.

The experience I shared was just God's way of reminding me that despite everything and it has been really overwhelming and hard, He is where I am. He reminded me again "He is the only God leading me".
I hope this encourages you irrespective of what you are going through. You are God's portion and he leads you without any foreign god. If it doesn't then give the Lord thanks on my behalf 😊🙏.

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