‘Did you see our pastor today, Aisha? He ate that look. He was so dripping hot. His new haircut was giving Usher the musician vibes. I felt like eating him, Patricia said excitedly. The whole congregation trooped out of the Church as they had just finished the midweek’s service.
Aisha gave her friend a stern look as they both trekked to their apartment which wasn’t far from the church. ‘Can you please stop lusting after him? Aisha firmly said. ‘I am just admiring God’s handwork, I bet he was created on a Sunday when God rested, Patricia argued. ‘That is how lust starts and for God’s sake he is married’, continued Aisha. Patricia didn’t reply to her, rather she hastened her steps just to be ahead of her friend in order not to hear any of her words.
‘I would like to honourably invite to the pulpit my heart, my heartbeat, the wife of my youth to the pulpit. As she tells us more about the ways one can spice up a marriage, said Pastor Lanre.
Mrs George walked briskly with a wide smile to the pulpit. She began to talk about the early days of her marriage, the things she and her husband did to spice it up. Their union was 15 years and she cherished every moment of it.
Patricia sat amongst the congregation, her eyes met with her friend Aisha who sat amongst the church choir. Aisha knew what was going through her friend’s mind.
Mrs George was not the most fashionable type of woman compared to her husband, she could wear what many called colour blocking or colour clashing. Her make-up was just a white powder and lip gloss, she was beautiful in her way but only need a few changes here and there in her dressing. Her English wasn’t fluent, her English has a bit of Yoruba intonation but she was beautiful inside out.
Mrs George began to speak, tears gathered in her eyes because she felt unworthy to stand before the people of God. Patricia thought about how their pastor met his wife. Their Pastor’s wife was an orphan and he had gone to their village to preach in a certain church, he saw this young lady who was their drummer girl and the Lord told him that was his wife.Was it God’s will for Pastor Lanre because this God’s will didn’t look beautiful? She has been having a series of dreams about her Pastor and she felt the need to meet him. She is God’s will for him and not Mrs George but she was scared to tell him.
As much as their pastor was a jovial man, he was also a disciplinarian. She had noticed he had a weakness, and that was being praised, once you begin to hail him and compliment him, he loses his guard. They would make a good couple, she has a good dress sense and he does too. He speaks the queen’s English and she does too. It wasn’t a joke that she finished her master’s at the prestigious Kentucky University in the abroad. Definitely, it won’t go to waste.
Her thoughts were disrupted when Mrs George asked them all to pray for a good husband. Patricia stood up with the rest of the congregation as she began to pray that Pastor Lanre be hers. ” You can begin to take charge of your future from now, pray for your spouse, tell God what you want”, Mrs George Continued. She prayed so hard that there were sweat drops on her forehead. She made a mental reminder to fast concerning this the next day.
Mrs George got home exhausted emotionally and physically, it’s been a long time she stood at the altar to speak. Her husband wasn’t back from the church yet. She stood at the wardrobe, bent her head on it and began to weep. She wept and prayed altogether, she prayed for her husband, who was drifting away. She cleaned her face quickly when she heard the sound of their bedroom door opening. She wasn’t ready to be confronted.
……. To be continued……
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