Season 1- Episode (8)
She wanted to scream for help, but her lungs were immediately filled with water. She was choking, shrieking and struggling. Aba was dying.
When Aba thought all hope was lost, she felt an arm hold her and lifted her onto the surface. She was dragged out of the pool. She was resuscitated by her rescuer. Within some few minutes she was well and could speak.
“Lady, I am very sorry for startling you. Please forgive me.” Her rescuer said with an apologetic gesture. Aba didn’t know whether to be angry or to be thankful to the man. He almost caused her to lose her life, but he rescued her. With a confused face, she accepted the man’s apology. It was then she took a real look at him. He was in his mid-forties and sounded gentlemanly. They soon got themselves acquainted and exchanged their phone numbers. Aba got to know the man as Mr. Harry.
Mr. Harry suggested he takes Aba to the hospital so they could run checks on her. Aba agreed and they left immediately. Upon arrival at the hospital, the doctor examined her and the results confirmed she was in good health except that, she was in shock. There was no cause for alarm. Mr. Harry drove Aba straight to campus and promised to come and check up on her early the next day. Aba recollected what happened to her at the party. The thought that she almost lost her life scared her. She was just close to dying just some few hours ago. She became weary and slept off.
Mr. Harry came early the next morning as promised. She bought Aba breakfast from an expensive restaurant. He knocked on Aba’s door. Stella opened the door and was surprised to see Mr. Harry. She recognized him from the party she attended last night and was wondering what he was doing at her door that morning. “Hello lady. I am after Aba. Can you please call her for me?” Mr. Harry requested. Stella was in shock to learn that the man she saw at the party was after Aba. She closed the door and went to wake Aba up. “Aba wake up!! You have a visitor. Stella said while vigorously shaking Aba on her bed to wake her up from her slumber. When Aba realized it was Mr. Harry at the door, she quickly got off the bed and freshened up a little. She went to the door and invited him in. “Oh Aba, I am sorry. I can’t come in because I am late to work. I will pass by another time and we can sit down and talk.” Mr. Harry said while he handed the breakfast to Aba. He dipped his hands into his pocket and gave Aba two hundred Ghana cedis. He promised to add more. Aba initially rejected the money, but accepted it later on persuasion. She didn’t want Mr. Harry to think of her as the money conscious type.
“This man is generous Aba,” said Stella when Aba returned to the room. “I have been searching for these kind of men, but had since not been successful. You are a lucky girl Aba. I envy you.” Stella added.
They all left to lectures leaving Erica alone in the room. She had a free day and decided to stay indoors. Erica was in the room alone when a group of gentlemen knocked on the door. She went to open the door and realized they were doing evangelism. They were going into rooms sharing the Word of God. They requested few minutes of Erica’s time to share the word of God with her which she gladly accepted. After all, it was normal on campus and she had had many students coming into the room to do evangelism.
“Hello lady, can I please know your name?” Asked Bro. Kennedy the leader of the evangelism team. “I am Erica,” she answered. “Can I please share a story with you? I think this story may interest you.” Bro. Kennedy requested. “You can. In fact, I like stories.” Erica retorted. “Okay, that is very nice. My story is about a Juggler.” Said Bro. Kennedy. “Let me hear it please!! Erica answered in a haste because she was fond of stories.
“This story is a true story dated in 1874. There lived a poor man who lived in a small village in France. He tried as much as possible to fend for his family but couldn’t. The more he struggled, the more hardship he faced. He finally traveled to the capital city of England. He was sure he would overcome poverty by going to England because he had heard of the industrialization taking place there. He bought himself a ticket and travelled to England.
He was not skillful so he couldn’t work in any of the industries. The only opportunity available to him was to be a Juggler. He juggled in England for thirty years and accumulated a lot of money. He one day thought to himself to go back home to his family. The money he had accumulated would make him a rich man back home.
He bought a ship ticket to travel back home. Because the two countries didn’t have a common currency, he bought diamonds with his money. Diamonds had the same value in his country. He could sell the diamonds and recover all his money when he got back home.
He entered the ship with his huge diamond along with his luggage. He was asleep in one of the rooms in the ship when he heard a noise coming from another area on the ship. It was like people were cheering and clapping. The noise was so loud that he couldn’t sleep. He then went and checked where the noise was coming from and the reason for the noise. When he got to the source of the noise, he realized it was a juggling show. A young guy was juggling with four bottles and was receiving a lot of praise from his audience. The people were cheering this young guy to an extent that the man became jealous. He challenged the young guy and stole all the praise for himself.
He got himself eight bottles and juggled with them. Soon all eyes were on him. All the people left the young guy and were now cheering him. He became very happy and juggled the more. To further prove how good he was, he dipped his hand into his wallet and brought out his diamond. He challenged the people he could add the huge diamond to the bottles and juggle all of them together. The people were amazed when they saw the man juggling with his diamond and all the eight bottles.
They cheered him more and more expressing their amazement. In the process of juggling, there was a little turbulence and all the bottles with the diamond fell. His precious diamond fell and was sliding into the water. He chased the diamond, but to no avail. The diamond fell into the ocean. He watched the diamond disappear as it sank deeper and deeper into the water. He cried and cried, but that couldn’t solve his problem. He returned home empty handed.”
Bro. Kennedy ended his story. Erica was so moved by the story, she thought to herself how foolish the man had been by juggling with his diamond. Bro. Kennedy further explained to her that she may think the man was foolish to act in such a manner, but most people are doing the same thing with their lives. He explained to Erica that most people juggle with their lives when given the least opportunity. They mostly do that to please other people. They hardly do things to please their heavenly Father. He added that people juggle with their lives by living their lives without Jesus and later die and find themselves in hell.
Erica heart was touched by Bro. Kennedy’s words. She gave her life to Christ when Bro. Ken made an altar call. Erica was now a changed person. She didn’t want to juggle with her life anymore. She decided then to take her Christianity serious and be regular at church. Bro. Kennedy invited her to church which she gladly accepted. She wanted to learn more about her new faith.
She went to the church that evening to fellowship. Erica enjoyed the service very much. She never knew joy could be found in the house of God. She was getting to know other people when she saw a face that looked familiar. She wasn’t sure at first, but upon getting closer, she was now certain she knew the person. She was surprised as she never tagged the fellow to be that spiritual. “Hey Bernard! Do you attend this church too?” Erica asked. “Yes, Erica, I am a staunch Christian and this is where I fellowship.” This meeting created a new kind of friendship between Bernard and Erica. They weren’t now just distant friends but had become very close since they fellowship together in the same church.
Is there going to more than friendship between Erica and Bernard? What of Aba? Is she going to end up in a relationship with Mr. Harry because of his generosity? Had Aba learnt from her previous mistake?
To be continued….
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