RELATIONSHIP SERIES 1 - ‘RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD’

YOU CAN’T GET THROUGH LIFE SANE WITHOUT GOD SEEING YOU THROUGH ON THIS JOURNEY!🙌

Truly, no matter how many goals you set and plans you make, if God doesn’t see you through it, I’m sorry to say you ain’t gonna succeed well and sane.💁

I dedicate this blog post to Almighty God who saw me through this hard time I faced. Sometimes, Nobody really understands what you are going through; not even your parents, closest friend, partner, etc. If you’ve been in that kind of situation, you’ll understand what I mean, right?💁 Who do you turn to in such situations that can really help you out not just sympathize with you. You’ll see that you’ll need someone greater than you who you can just pour out your heart to and really listen to you, then actually help your situation on point; like someone who gives you exactly what you need that can solve your problem. How amazing to have such a person in your life that you can always turn to who will always be there for you and actually helps you out at that very point of your need; always has your time and never gets tired of you coming to him in time of need for help. Well, maybe few humans are like that; people who never get tired of helping others. I know of a great man who will ALWAYS be there for you when you run to him for help and He’ll never be tired of you. His name is JESUS. I recommend Him to you totally.👍I won’t recommend something that doesn’t work especially when I haven’t tried it. This one, I highly recommend Him because I’ve tasted, seen, and tried Him and He didn’t fail me, not once, twice, or ever. He has always been there to listen to me, comfort me, and help me at that very point of my need. I tell you, try Him and see for yourself. He works. He is reliable. He has been tested and tried; AUTHENTIC!👌💥

I’ll tell you of this particular trying time I was in and He helped me when I didn’t know who or where to turn to. He proved that my relationship with Him was worth it.💖 So, here’s my story:                           

I love music a lot. I play it in my room, in the kitchen when I’m washing the dishes, in the bathroom when I’m having my bath, and literally everywhere. I can’t imagine life without listening to music most especially gospel music which inspires my soul and gives me hope. It’s therapeutic to the soul I must say.💆 That very day, I was washing the dishes and playing gospel songs in the kitchen but made a mistake by placing my phone on a high place (I did it so the song could sound everywhere. How smart of me.😅) Then, a few minutes later, not knowing I didn’t place it very well, my phone came crashing to the ground and the screen shattered. OMG!😱 It was like my heart broke.💔 (I hope you get what I mean. My fellow Gen Z’s can relate to this. We love our phones so much *smiles*). ‘Omo!’ I didn’t know what to do; whether I should cry or laugh. I just stood there perplexed looking at the broken phone screen. I knew from that day on, my life was not going to be the same again and that began my hard times. 😭 The phone we are talking about here is a Samsung product and knowing fully well how expensive it is to repair the screen, broke my heart the more.💔😢I just knew I was in big trouble. I tried to see if I could just manage with the broken screen but it started malfunctioning, and then I knew it was the end of me using a smartphone for that period of time. (Don’t worry, my story gets better😉) My mother saw this as an avenue to teach me a lesson for overly using my phone. (Really, Nigerian mothers are something else. Don’t try them o!😂). So, from that day on, I started using the Nokia torchlight phone, you know that first edition of mobile phone that came to Nigeria ‘Nokia 3310’ to make and receive phone calls at least. ‘Omo!’ I started thinking of my life whether this is a fall from grace to grass or what. I was totally cut off from everyone online and out of my reach physically. I was now permanently stuck to relate with my family alone. Well, it was not all that bad as it made me face the real world squarely and see it for what it really is. Sometimes, I fell into depression cause I couldn’t relate with my friends and know what was going on in the outside world (Basically, I was suffering from ‘FOMO’ – Fear Of Missing Out😪)

I really didn’t know who to turn to that could actually help my situation either by giving me money to repair my phone or buying me a new phone so I kept to myself and it was eating me deeply. I thought about a lot of stuff I could do to get out of this mess both good and bad but I know I cannot do that because I know the father that ‘born’ me 😅 except I don’t want to be his child again, I could do whatever came to my mind but truly it made me think a lot, it made me depressed all the time and nobody knew what I was going through. I thank God for a few good friends who noticed I hadn’t been online and called to check up on me. I’ll forever appreciate those calls cause they made me know that there were still people who truly cared for me. I won’t mention their names but I really do pray God will bless them for me.🙏 This brings me to point out the fact that people are going through a lot and if there’s any way you can reach out to them by showing love and care to them, you could just make their day and give them hope again. The world really needs love and we need to show it to one another. As they say, “Love makes the world go round”💞. Sincerely, those calls from my friends who truly cared about me made my day and gave me hope. I’ll never forget them for what they did for me. I truly appreciate them. They made me believe there are still really good-hearted humans out there who truly love and care for people.👌💖

Apart from my friends who called to check up on me which made me feel good for a while, my problem was not yet solved and I still needed to fix my phone or get a new one. I needed money which my mother was not ready to give me as I said earlier, she wanted to teach me a lesson and my father wouldn’t even listen to me. Then, I knew I was left to figure it out on my own but I didn’t know what to do. I was confused and frustrated.😢 I had no one to turn to help me except God.☝ I knew I couldn’t see Him but I just had to believe Him and trust Him on this one cause help was coming from nowhere. This trying period did help me get closer to God through prayers and His word (the Bible) as it helped me realize that He is my father and He cared for me, that He’ll take care of me in this life. He gave me peace that everything would be alright. Then, came my testimony!💃💃💃(I told you my story gets better😉)

One Saturday morning, a call came through my mum’s phone, it was my aunty I hadn’t really talked to in a long while. I was surprised to wake up to this call from her. She had called to be sure I had received the money she had sent the day before. I didn’t understand at first what she was saying because I was like ‘Which money was she talking about and the money is for what?’👀 She said she just sent it to me to use for myself and I was in awe to find that it was the exact amount of money I needed to repair my phone.😮😭 I wanted to start crying cause I just knew this was God who had answered my prayer. He proved himself again in my life; that’s why I have the full boldness and confidence to say to you that God works.💪💥 Come and taste and see that the Lord is good. This is not a cliché.🙅 He is real. I have experienced Him firsthand and you can too. I recommend Him to you. Relationship with Him pays off.👌💫

If you don’t know this God yet and you want to try Him for yourself and see what He can do, Say this prayer with me: “Dear God, thank you for loving me with an everlasting love. I want to experience you. I want to have a relationship with you. I want to see you work in my life. I receive you Jesus into my heart as my Lord and personal savior. Come and transform my life. Come and help me in my life. I need you. Thank you for hearing me and answering me, In Jesus' Name, AMEN🙏”. If you just said this prayer, I’m so happy for you.😍 Welcome to God’s family.👏💖 Do let me know about this decision you made which is going to change your life forever. Contact me on 09091493831 or email me @chukwudaluoba@gmail.com

I’ll be willing to guide you and help you in this amazing new-found relationship with God. Trust Him to help you in life and He will. Your real journey to success has begun with Him.💃💫Let Him run this race with you and His Grace would carry you through. I love you and He loves you more. See you at the top! 💪💥

-          God’s Chosen one (Chuks)😘

P.s. My full name is Chukwudalu which means ‘God, thank you’. I believe you’ll like that better.😊