The god, The gifts and The ungodly- TUNDE TAIWO

Keturah was a brilliant, super-amazing and fearful mistress. A looking suave lady; when she walked, her expensive waist-beads,made of her best coral, murmured. Any man who have ever lived in the 15th century would surely know how significant waist-beads were to women's allurement, especially to their hips.

Keturah,a busty lady who usually tie only lappas over her breasts without tops, like old African women. If she runs on her expensive horse, her breasts 'll swing with bare health.

If Keturah sits,and curls her long legs, together in feminine modesty,like an amazon, one would know that she had styles,that only rich and exposed people could possess. She was an ardent advocate of totalism who lived in the province of Eliza. Her matchless qualities were spellbound, especially to the Very Important People in her province. Some of these people desired to have Keturah as a wife, but her feminine mindset was an unimpeachable deterrent.

One day, she woke up with a desire to destroy a pauper,who have used over two decades to raise his fifty sheep. Yearly,the shepherd increase but Keturah was disturbed by a sense of insecurity, that this man was coming up to her height in her clan. As powerful as she was, she did everything at her disposal to peg the man's growth and destroy him, but she couldn't get rid of this meek,weak,powerless and gentle shepherd.

At a point,she thought about a powerful priest by the name Oliaz,who lived within her province.This priest was a great seer,when he speaks, it's like God speaks- his words 'll never go unfulfilled.

Due to Keturah's mindless desire,she went extra mile,to this powerful priest who have once sought her hand in marriage. In order to deliver a good job, Keturah renounced her belief, promised to marry the priest with her wealth if he can help him put a plague and curse on the shepherd and his sheep.

This turned the priest on. He hurriedly consulted his god on what he would do to execute the job, but the god warned him,that it's a job he must not take. "The poor man can't be cursed", said the good!

However,the gifts have blindfolded the priest,he was recalcitrant, he deceptively accepted to help the destructive being whom he was willing to have as an evidence of strength and pride. He didn't want to sever the golden opportunity.

Afterwards, he joined the woman on her horse,rode to meet the shepherd at his sheepfold,to put plague therein and curse the poor man, but unfortunately,it was a time a wild animal was about to enter the sheepfold. The animal met the priest and Keturah at the entrance,and callously devoured them and the beast gallantly returned to the wild.

Keturah, here, exemplified men and women of influence who are threatened by the development of others. The pace of growth that lowly people experience in their pursuit often give them sense of insecurity, rendered them poorer,as though they have lost everything while the priest was an example of those who have forsaken the right way and gone astray due to lack of discernment

Sadly,they both borne the brunt of insecurity and greed.

Dear friends,we can not enjoy long success without developing a healthy sense of discernment and security, to constantly strive and pursue the worthwhile goals before us, no matter the pace at which others are developing.

Run your race with discernment.Do have a great week!