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As the year rolls off I'm sure there may be some level of experience and lessons 2016 has imprinted on you. What was your biggest regret(s) in 2016? |
I'm currently on a crossroad and I really need your cordial insights on this issue. I graduated two years ago and I'm currently 25years old and God has been extremely so good to me. I was recently able to secure a job in a multinational firm and I receive a very good pay. I've been able to put a lot of things in order and I feel I'm ready to settle down. I proposed marriage to my girlfriend who is currently 23 and she accepted. our families have been friends even before we were born. myself and her grew up together and we are literally best friends( we've officially been dating for the past 4years). I've stated my intentions to my parents and hers but they both disagreed .They said we're too young to start a family and we should wait for a minimum of 4 to 5 years . I'll be travelling out of the country next year with my company to start an off-shore business unit and I planned to get married to her by December and take her along with me. I really don't know what to do as my family has become my enemy in this issue. They threatened not to give me their blessings and never to accept money from me if I go ahead with my plans. |
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Recap.. LekinsRibirth: |
Kindly go through the previous chapters again so that you won't be lost..
I've been able to write the complete story and have it ready..
I'll simply just post each the chapters here.
Thank you for sticking around. |
I'll post tomorrow..
Forgive me please.. |
I'm currently studying Agricultural Economics and Extension services in school.. But my parents have already given up on me.. They think I can't achieve anything in venturing into Agriculture. So sad! |
To get an understanding of the next post you may wanna read page 3 of this thread. Big thanks for being here! |
Appologies that haven't posted in a while..
We're here now. |
procy7:lol... Funny guy! Am back though.. |
sir geolabious please, is it possible to request for the certificate if you're in the state, but stay in another LGA.. Or you have to travel there. |
Sir ProphetUdeme, permit me to draw your attention to the fact that the Bible is not as plain as it is written. It takes only the Holy Spirit to reveal hidden truths in the Bible. Therefore when you read, pray for the insight of the Holy Spirit and spend time in meditation. Also when you read the Bible, endeavour to read the entire CONTEXT and not just the TEXT. NOW back to what you posted. The Verse in Isaiah53:1-2 has nothing to do with Jesus' physical appearance (ie, if He was ugly or handsome). That verse was a revelation given to Isaiah to fore-tell the PAINS, SUFFERINGs AND REJECTION Jesus would have to go through and endure during his trial and persecution. It talks about the judgement that God transfered from us to HIM. Look at Chapter2-3 of that same verse: ''. . . . He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him... 3* He was despised and rejected by mankind......... Like one whom people hide their faces.. Now lets dissect this: The above verse talks about Jesus' trial when He was being tried by the chief priests, leaders and pharisees (Matthew chapter26-27). If you've read the Bible, you'll notice that during His trial everyone turned against Him, the people all wanted Him to be killed.(Isaiah53:3* He was despised and rejected by mankind.........) Even Peter denied Him (Verse3* . . Like one whom people hide their faces.) Now lets go upwards to Verse2. ''. . . . . .He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him'' Now lets dissect: This verse speaks about his rejection by the people. No one had pity or sympathy on Him ( 'Attract' in the above verse doesn't mean physical appearance, it means SYMPATHY. -To feel a sense of Pity) . Let me reiterate that on that day He was to be killed, He was beaten and flogged mercilessly. Completely Covered and drained in blood. If you're honest, you'll agree that you won't be attracted to someone covered in blood no matter how flawless his previous state was. (Verse2 *He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him.) WHY? Isaiah 53:5 has the answer. Because ''He was BRUISED for our transgressions, He was CRUSHED for our inequities: The punishment that brought us peace was on HIM, and by His WOUNDS we are healed'' My friend, someone who has been BRUISED, WOUNDED, PUNISHED and CRUSHED wouldn't be attractive to the eyes. .... I also want you to Read Verse4 to 12 of Isaiah 53 to know why Jesus had to go through and endure all these things. Bless you. |
Afz9095:lol.. I ain't gon run. Am still here. |
CONTINUATION: ............ Class kick started as usual and I kept thinking about how to confront Kevin. I decided I'd do that during break-time. It appeared that there was an emergency staff meeting minutes before break-time so some seniors were posted to different classes as the teachers departed for the meeting. *I moved to Nonso's seat taking my English reader with me acting like I was going to read with him* ''... Nonso, I think the letter is with Kevin'' - I whispered silently. '' Really? How are you sure'' *I told him how I had left my bag in the class went I went to pee* ''you maybe right.. But I think you're in trouble o.. How are you gonno get the letter back now?'' -Nonso whispered. ''Am not in trouble, Tasha wrote the letter not me. But I don't want to be included into any problem. Am thinking about going to ask Kevin if he had taken it''- I replied. '' wait till break, we'll go together'' - Nonso uttered. *I frequently kept looking towards Kevin's direction, his facial expression seemed neutral, but I wasn't comfortable that he was sitting few length ahead of Emma, he'll regularly turn towards him as they both seemed to have a chat going.* #The bell didn't sound off for break at the regular time due to the delay of the teachers' meeting. . It was minutes after they arrived that we were finally allowed to go out for break.# ''oya, lets go..'' - I uttered to Nonso. ''wait, lemme go and give Olaitan her money for biscuit''- Nonso replied. *Olaitan was Nonso's neighbour who he brought to school. She was in Kindergarten.* I observed Kevin's movement as Nonso went to Olaitan's class. Haven waited for a minute or two, he finally came and we both went towards the direction I had seen Kevin go through. #I and Nonso searched for Kevin for a while until we eventually found him and some others playing close to the school's exit. I beckoned on him and he seemed not to mind me. So I went towards. ''Kevin, come with me first'' - I uttered while holding his hand. *He rejected* '' Am I holding anything that belongs to you?''- Kevin. ''Come joor, we just want to ask you something'' -Nonso intruded. . ''What do you want to ask?'' -Kevin. . '' Can't you see people are here, Just follow me. All you need do is answer yes or no'' -I added. . ''well, if it is because of the letter Tasha wrote to you, it is not with me!'' -Kevin. *waves of anxiety went throw my abdomen on hearing this* . ''Why did you go through my bag? Whats wrong with you?!'' - I flared up. *Nonso cautioned me to keep my voice down*: '' ok Kevin, we know the letter is with you, just give it back''- Nonso uttered. . ''I said its not with me! I was with it this morning but Emma took it in class'' -Kevin. *I felt an hammer fall on my head. what I had feared had finally happened. I just opened my mouth hoping he was joking.* ''Liar! How come he is with it?'' - Nonso. . ''I swear! I was gonno give the letter back to Lekins yesterday during closing-hours after reading it.. But he went home too quickly before I even had the chance to open the letter. I really wanted to return it today but Emma took it from me in the class.'' -Kevin uttered. * I couldn't say anything, I just stood thinking of the worse that could happen if the letter gets to my class teacher* #I got angry and went into the class leaving Nonso behind. I saw Emma sitting calmly in the class but I didn't dare approach him.. He didn't seem to care either. I went to my seat and forced my food into my stomach as I didn't know what to expect.# *few minutes later break was over..* #while everyone were getting settled Nonso came to my seat and assured me not to worry that we'd go and beg Emma during closing-hours. I told him to forget about the idea that Emma had probably given the letter to my class teacher. Nonso further assured me that Kevin had told him that Emma wouldn't report me.# While Nonso was trying to calm me down, our class teacher (Mr.Ojo), came into the class and Nonso immediately went to his seat. *Time went rather fast and we were set to go home. . I was a little bit calm hoping on what Nonso said would turn out true. I had actually planned how I'll knee and beg Emma to try and convince not to send the letter to Mr. OJo. The closing bell finally went and I and Nonso was on our way out of the class when Mr. Ojo called me .. *That feeling when you know you're in trouble but not sure what to expect. .yeah, Fear gripped me! . ''I think your friend sent you a letter ''.. Mr Ojo replied while handing me a white paper.... ------------------------------- To be continued. |
CONTINUATION. .............. I was confused! I kept trying to mind-fix where the letter may had 'flown' to. I remembered clearly that I had kept the letter in the inner pocket of my school bag. How come its gone? Apart from being confused that I didn't know how the letter had magically disappeared, I was scared. Scared that the letter may had gotten into the wrong hands which will eventually get to my class teacher. Ofcourse. . . That would be the biggest tragedy of my young life! Apart from being brought out in the assembly or probably stript of my pants, my mom would kill me! Plain words.. I was scared. I couldn't eat properly, it seemed like the food were not going in. Then I thought to myself while doing my assignment.. '' I didn't write the letter (I had never written a letter to anyone then), Tasha did. So if the letter is found she'll be the one in trouble and not me.'' *I was a little bit relieved after realising this truth* #NEXT DAY: ''Hey Leke, so what did the letter say?'' -Nonso. . ''listen, keep quiet. You speak to loudly. Besides, I don't know what the letter says''-Me. . ''meaning what? You didn't read the letter or you just don't want to tell me?'' -Nonso. . '' I swear, I searched my entire bag for where I had kept that letter yesterday but I couldn't find it. I'm really confused on how it disappeared.'' -Me. . ''you mean the letter Just went off from your bag just like that? I know You're hiding that letter from me..''- Nonso. . '' Am serious Nonso, I could not find it.... Truth!'' -Me. . ''Who did you sit with yesterday?''-Nonso asked. ''Kevin.'' I replied *It then dawn on me that I had actually excused myself from the class yesterday for a pee. I thought that Kevin may had saw me putting the letter in my bag and took it when I left. It made sense.. I was convinced that Kevin took the letter.* #I was about telling Nonso what I had just realised when the bell went off to hold assembly.# *Everywhere seemed normal and everyone were present for assembly apart from Tasha. I was shocked to see Emma( the bully), some pupils told me that they saw his mom literally dragging him to school. I saw him during the assembly and he was looking more fierce than ever, definitely ready to disarm any hapless prey that crossed his line. * #Still having thoughts of who Tasha's letter may be with, I thought about going to Kevin to ask him if he had gone through my bag. That would be awkward.# I had no big problem with Kevin.. He was just my classmate but we weren't friends. The reason being that he was one of Emma's cliques ( This automatically made him my adversary). Then I thought for a split second that if Kevin really had the letter, he wouldn't hesitate to show it to Emma... Surely, after the embarrassment Emma received weeks earlier (flogged publicly), he'll want me to have a taste of it. Definitely that letter will get to my class teacher's hands.* I was worried.... More so, I had no idea about the content of the letter. . ------------------------------- Am still here, more updates coming......... |
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Tell them to listen attentively in class they'll say no! Lol. Cc; lalasticlala , Ishilove .
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CONTINUATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ............ Bisi handed me the letter but I was reluctant to receive it, I thought she may had been playing a prank on me. But with much persuasion, I yielded.# ''Am serious Leke( Leke was my nickname back then and almost everyone called me that). The letter is from Tasha, she came to my house yesterday evening and instructed I give it to you. . Look here (opening the letter), its her handwriting.'' -Bisi assured. * I took the letter from Bisi and took a glance in order to scan through the handwriting, and it was indeed Tasha's. * # I was about reading the letter when the bell immediately went off for break-over. . I neatly folded the letter into my pocket and headed immediately straight to my class leaving Bisi behind without saying a word to her. Class commenced and I was really itchy to know what was in the letter, I thought about courteously reading it in class but the fear of being caught exceeded my thought. So I sensibly took out the letter from my pocket and placed it inside the inner pocket of my bag. I resulted to the ideal that I'd read the letter when I got home. *The lectures seemed to be taking forever until and I almost leaped for joy when the bell finally rang for closing. I immediately took my bag and bid some of my classmates farewell and zoomed outta the school's premises. #On my way to the house, I didn't take the usual cut I followed home cause it appeared the heavy rain that fell earlier on had caused a terrible erosion. So I took Nonso's root and decided to say hello to him before heading home. *Nonso lived in a fine apartment and they had two gigantic dogs. so any time I went to visit him from school, I'd always shout out his name from his gates.* ''Nonso ! Nonso!!!!!!!!!!!!! '' - I shouted severally but no one came out. . After severally times of calling on Nonso with failed reply, the mom then came out. She greeted me and said she sent Nonso on an errand nearby and asked if I'd like to wait for him, I politely objected and said I'll be back later during the day. I had already walked half way from Nonso's house when I saw him coming out from a little kiosk holding a nylon bag, he immediately alighted me and walked swiftly to where I was.# '' hello Leke, are you coming from my house?''- Nonso. '' yes. I've shouting your name and my voice is almost cracked.'' - I replied '' my mom sent me to buy onions. how was school?'' -Nonso. ''Boring! Non of you came to school.. I was all alone.'' -I replied ''the rain was too heavy, so my dad said I should remain at home.. So tell me,,, was Emma in school?'' -Nonso. ''No. . The embarrassment from last week is probably too heavy for him to show up anytime soon.'' -I replied while I and Nonso laughed. '' I really do hope he never shows up in school ever again.. His own is too much!. . . Anyway, why don't we go to my house, I've gathered alot of cover bottles, I now have upto three different teams'' - Nonso. *back then Nonso and I used the cover of bottles to play a football table game.. What made ours fun was we used paper to wrap the cover bottles and wrote the names of players of different teams on it* ''I can't go back to your house, my mom would be back sooner. . Besides, Tasha sent me something.'' - I replied while smiling. '' what did she send you?..'' -Nonso asked with a broader smile. '' A letter, and don't ask me to open it here.... I won't!'' -I replied. ''hold on.... you mean you haven't opened it? What are you waiting for?! -Nonso flared. '' I don't want anyone to see it with me, am gonno open it when I get home. . Am leaving now, bye.'' - I replied while moving away from him. '' Leke wait na. . Lets read it together.'' - Nonso replied while trying to follow me. '' I thought your mom sent you to get something for her, you better go and deliver it now! I'll tell you all about the letter tomorrow. .Bye!'' -I uttered while I ran from his presence. # I walked home briskly and eventually arrived at my compound. My mom had not arrived from work so I went to the usual place we kept our key.. I got the key, opened the door and immediately dashed my bag on the table to open where I kept the letter. Lo and behold. . The letter was no where to be found! 'what?!.. I'm sure I kept it here' -I thought within myself. *I scattered the entire bag and searched all the pockets. I also checked page-by-page of all my books including my uniform pockets.* I couldn't find the letter.. . By this time, anxiety had already gripped me! ------------------------------- To be continued. |
CONTINUATION. .............. I felt rotimi's knee on my legs and it appeared she wanted me to continue what I had started but I was too scared to do such due to the fear of being caught. I, Fayose and Rotimi were all laying on the floor and the light of the TV was directly facing us, any attempt for Fayose to stand up would result to me being busted! I didn't wanna take that chance so I kept ignoring Rotimi even when she was pricking me. It went on for sometime until she realised I was no longer interested in the 'play' and she eventually went to her mom's room to sleep. Few seconds when she left Mrs Rotimi came and switched off the TV and told I and Fayose to go to bed. We obliged. The next day my mom and I went home and the rest of the weekend went well. ---------------------------------- Monday: I was feeling reluctant to go to school due to the heavy down pour which started at about 6am but mom insisted I'd not miss school due to exams fast approaching. I got to school at about after 9 and it appeared I was rather early. My class was half empty maybe probably pupils decided to stay at home due to the heavy down pour. We were about 24+ in primary4 and we sat in pairs. . On that particular day we were barely upto 14 so our form teacher told us to fill up the seats at the front since most of our pairs were absent. None of my closest friends were present. Nonso and Tasha were nowhere to be found, Emma (The bully) was also absent. . The only friend in class I was familiar with was Esther and we've stopped being close after our fight. Class went on smoothly. Few hours later the bell rang for break and the cloud appeared like it never rained, everywhere had suddenly appeared to be bright and clear. I reluctantly came out from the class to watch as pupils play around the ambience of the school. I hedge my back close to one of the guava tree that was close to our school's entrance gate thinking about my friends who were absent and what they might be doing at that moment. . Probably playing or watching TV. My eyes began scanning through the entire school compound realising how much the school was growing quite fast, students scattered in every corner engaged in one activity or another. My eyes caught a glimpse of Dupe. * Dupe was a class higher than me (P5), obviously the most popular girl in the entire Primary section (I wonder how). . She wasn't that pretty neither was she very intelligent, but everyone in school knew the girl called 'Dupe'. She had lotta friends and all her pairs seemed to be subject to her.. I and Nonso used to think she was a witch. During break girls from various classes usually flocked around her doing what-I-know-not.* My thoughts were interrupted by an unfamiliar voice. ''Missing your friends?'' I turned by my side to catch a glimpse of who had such a tender voice. '' you're lonely right?'' I looked straight to the eyes of the person speaking and noticed it was Bisi.. #Bisi was a class behind me (P3), she was one of Tasha's closest friends due to the fact that they lived close to eachother.# . Me: am not lonely, am fine as I am. What do you want? *I replied harshly toward Bisi because she once insulted me sometime ago while we were practising for something I can't remember. I do remember I was very embarrassed because she insulted me in presence of my entire class mates, juniors were also present. . And they laughed crap outta me. Ever since then, I've always avoided her and she knew we weren't cool.* Bisi: I thought you were lonely because Tasha haven't been in school since last week Friday. . Me: Tasha is not my only friend. . And I don't really care if she's in school or not. . Bisi: you're lying, should I tell her what you just said? . Me: Go ahead! by the way.. I told you never to speak to me again, so why are you here? . Bisi: but I told you sorry that day, I didn't mean to call you a bastard. . Me: Just get out . . Do not speak to me every again. *I replied while I attempted to leave* Bisi: wait. . Tasha sent me to give you something. *She replied while holding my hand in attempt to stop me from leaving* Me: c'mon leave me alone! Don't ever touch my hand again. *I replied while pointing to her face* Bisi: Okay.. am not gonno apologies to you again. . Am only here to hand to you what Tasha brought to my house yesterday to give you . . *Bisi replied while stretching her hand to hand me a paper, seemed to be a letter..* ------------------------------- To be continued. ::::::: Thanks for being here with me people . . I Appreciate you all. |
betimyl:Thanks for your reply. In response to your question: Most of the events happened really. My childhood was almost marred by some obscene neighbours I had then. So yeah, the kissing did happen. |
kwencypresh:I don continue |
Debbiesmart:lol.. Ain't dumping no one. |
roniex2:thank you.. |
I'm back. . |
thats lunch food for some kids. |
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After all is done and sold.. That sexy hips would disappear like magic. That sexy legs would need a walking stick.. That pretty face will be covered in wrinkles. That big arse will be flat like slippers. The worse is when she doesn't know Jesus.. That beautiful soul will turn to burnt offering. |