The Sun News Online | Kiss & Tell

You are welcome to the last lap of this story you have been enjoying for the past three weeks consecutively. There have been different responses from readers regarding what individuals think Celine should do. You will remember that last episode hanged on the note that Celine was not ready to forgo the offer of N3m that chief proposed against pastor’s counsel. Come along as we go this week’s journey to know what exactly ends up Celine story.

“…Ah, that will not hold pastor. It is either I collect the money or I continue with James,” I said with ire.
I left pastor’s office in disappointment. I wonder how a man can tell me to forget such offer that will give me a new beginning and better life in my new location. Left to me I have made up my mind to avoid pastor from that moment, get the offer and go probably to Port Hacourt to resettle; leaving my job and cut off James his father and Pastor.

But that night pastor came with his wife, he was aware I was not ready to give up on my decision to take the money from chief. They came around 7.00pm and left around 9.30. They talked and made several references with different testimonies from some people they have known in the past. I was obstinate and wanted to do my will despite their counsel and biblical references. It got to a time something rose in me to send them out of my house but I just tried to be calm and take it easy with them and which I did.

Thank God for such few men of God we still have in our society. Many don’t visit their members, they feel too big to go to members. To such pastors, it does not dignify when they visit members but I must confess the pastor and his wife changed things drastically that night. Though they didn’t have the assurance that I have agreed with their counsel when they were leaving my house, they only prayed with me in faith and commended my heart to the spirit of God. And of course the spirit of God never allowed me to sleep that night. I was troubled within and confused. I was just rolling here and there on my six by six foam I put on the floor in my room.

Even deep into the night, I still found it difficult to sleep, I thought of many things I can do and at last I decided to cause trouble and forget about the money.

“If pastor and his wife would not make me take the money then Chief must not go scot-free”, I thought.
I put on the light and took my pen to write. I decided to destroy everything that needed to be destroyed and the major focus was to write to Chief’s wife about all that transpired between us that made him stand between my marriage with his son. I knew she may not believe me, she might be thinking I wanted to blackmail her husband but I had my proof beyond any doubt that will expose all we did in secret and I had packaged them all together to unleash the great havoc on the home Chief was trying to protect.

I finished everything in the night and it was then I had the opportunity to sleep.
The morning that followed was a miracle. I must confess I woke up a new person. I just woke to find that those thought of doing it my way vanished and a certain joy overflowed my soul; I felt a kind of joy I never experienced in life radiating in my spirit. I was just smiling and joy I cannot explain overflowed me uncontrollably. It was like that bitterness I had within me last night never existed; the experience was beyond explanation.

I went to pastor to tell him my experience; what I have decided to do and what happened at daybreak. I later had to destroy the letter instead of destroying Chief’s home as earlier decided.
But James would not let me have my rest, my mind was already off him but he still insisted he must marry me at all cost. When the pressure was too much that he would travel from Lagos to meet me in Abuja to appeal to me to change my mind, I inquired from pastor if I should tell him what had happened between me and his daddy which was not known to him because I knew that was the only reason that can make him back out. But pastor asked that I should not tell him because he would not take it lightly with his father and that may be tantamount to what I had earlier planned.

So when Chief called to ask of the account to send the money he promised; he had then had the assurance I had totally called off the relationship. I could easily sense his disappointment and surprise on phone. He was seriously surprised I could turn down that huge sum of money.
“But Celine why? Why? I am ready to help you! If you have another man I wouldn’t even mind sponsoring your marriage, let me send the money it is out of my good mind,” he insisted.
“Thanks chief for the offer, I am contented. Godliness with contentment is great gain” I responded with a Bible passage even though I didn’t know where it is located.

Just exactly five months later, I met Chris. I was with the pastor in the office when he came for counseling. He was a Christian from another denomination but only came to seek counsel regarding one of the ministrations of the pastor he watched on air. He greeted me and I answered casually and went out and honestly I did not look at the face that I can still recognize him but all I could tell was that I noticed he was fair in complexion.

Pastor could not hold the gist till the next meeting when I would see him. He sent his son to call me after his several failed attempts to get in touch on phone.
“Did you notice the young man that came in after you in the office this afternoon?” he asked.
“Yes sir, but I don’t think I know him…” I was trying to respond while he cut me.
“Celine, you don’t need to know him you will know him better very soon. He told me he had seen you twice during our interdenominational programme he attended and wants to have your hand in marriage.”

I smiled as if I was hearing issue of marriage and love for the first time in life and before I uttered any word pastor have added: “just go and pray about it don’t be in haste to give answer to such request.” He said and we closed the meeting for the day.

I was already having a kind of joy within without praying about it yet. Pastor led me to several praying sessions regarding the issue and at last I gave my response, then our courtship started.
Not long, Chris traveled again to UK on official assignment. He spent three months before he came back to begin planning for our wedding. We went down to his home town to see his parents and to my parents too. I am proud to say that God had vindicated me today, I am married to the right man with two children.

Why I want everyone to read my story is for ladies to learn that God can still do same in their lives; for as many ladies that are still roaming the streets disappointed, having no hope of marriage, I want to encourage them that God is able to settle them in His own way.
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