| I met him through divine
arrangement
By CHUKS ONUOHA, Aba
Tuesday,
November 6, 2007
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Mrs
Ogechi Eze Chukwuma
Photo: Sun News Publishing |
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When former Miss Ogechi Eunice Maduforo visited her friend
in Aba , the commercial nerve centre of Abia State, about
a year ago, she did not know that she would be stepping into
a relationship that would sweep her off her feet and change
her prefix from Miss to Mrs.
She did not also know that somebody, a man of God, was sitting
comfortably inside the parlour of the family she was visiting,
admiring her photograph.
To her amazement, as she stepped into the house, a ravishing
young man sitting in a sofa, shouted excitedly, "she
is the one!. She is the one!" He was referring to the
picture he had been holding for only God knows how long.
That young man is Pastor Eze Chukwuma Paul, a Germany-based
preacher, who had just visited home to perform the funeral
rites of his late brother.
Conversation ensued as admiration metamorphosed into inseparable
love that has glued them together today as husband and wife.
Describing the encounter, Mrs. Ogechi Eze Chukwuma Paul says:
"The word, love means a lot to me. It means happiness,
joy, knowledge, wisdom and understanding. The names of my
husband.
Divine arrangement
My meeting with my husband was a divine arrangement. That
is the summary of the whole matter. I met my husband sometime
last year in a friend’s house in Aba, and the friend
happens to be his friend. He lost his younger brother and
came home from abroad where he is currently living.
On that glorious day, he came visiting his friend. He saw
my picture and was admiring it. Without any knowledge of what
was going on, I visited my friend and he saw me and that was
it. As I stepped into the house, I still saw him admiring
the picture and he saw me and recognized that I am the person
in the picture he was admiring. Nobody told me to come to
the house at that time, neither did I have any premonition
that I was going to meet the love of my life that fateful
day. That is the reason I say our meeting was divinely arranged.
There are situations where people are there and nobody will
see them but in this circumstance, I was not there, he saw
my photograph and at the point he was holding it and admiring
it, I stepped in. He was still not disappointed at seeing
me in person. I still met his expectations.
One of akind
He is one of a kind in the whole world. He is born again,
that is what interests me most. I love him so much and I know
that he also loves me because of the kind of words he tells
me. He doesn’t really come out to say I love you but
the kind of words of encouragement that comes out from his
mouth, the thoughts and plans he has for me. I know he really
loves me because the Bible says that men should love their
wives. And being someone who is obedient to the word of God,
I am sure that he must read it up that loving me is his priority
in our relationship. What I owe him is respect and humility.
To err is human
As human, we are bound to err. I have offended him more than
once and he would quietly tell me that he was offended and
I was corrected in love. He has also offended me. It was during
a conversation and he misunderstood me and I he took offence
of me. He still took his time to make me understand what he
meant and he never wasted time to tell me that he was sorry.
Fascination
He told me that one of the things that fascinated him about
me was my courage that he understands that I am hard working,
and a bit spiritual. He said that he needed somebody that
is spiritual to help him build his ministry and that he found
those qualities in me.
Garden of Eden
He is a pastor and hails from Ideato. He has been in Germany
in the past 14 years and this is his eighth year in the ministry.
I didn’t feel any how marrying a pastor because I had
always wanted somebody that is more spiritual than I am so
that the person can help me to build my spiritual life. I
feel so excited getting married to him today. Marriage did
not just start today as I learnt from the Bible. It started
from the Garden of Eden. It is a union between a man and a
woman. And God has already fashioned this to take place. It
is all about one going to live with a man she loves, not just
to bear fruit but to also be a help mate to him.
My advice to my friends who are not married yet is that they
should just be focused. They should go for a man who can help
them grow spiritually, a born again Christian. I will also
advise them to be involved in the things of God.
Missing rib
As a spinster, I asked God to give me a born again Christian.
I did not ask that he should give me somebody who is abroad.
There were so many of them who came to marry me from abroad.
But I felt that they were not focused and that they were not
my kind of persons. Most of them out there are still very
much interested in clubbing, night life etc. I didn’t
just want to settle down, I needed somebody who I am actually
his missing rib. I did not pray to God for a pastor. But I
thank Him that he did not just give me a husband, but that
somebody who knows and serves Him. |
