The Night my Life Changed Forever!

I would have lost heart, unless I

had believed

That I would see the goodness of

the Lord

in the land of the living Ps 27:13

It was past 11pm I picked up my phone again and called. This time the line went through. What a relief!  I was happy the lines were going through at last! Hello, where are you….  I was already talking then I heard another Hello! I realized it was another person’s  voice, before I  could stop to ask who is this? The person on the other end blurted out in Hausa language ‘the owner of this phone has been involved in an accident’ I felt sick in my stomach for want of better words to describe what or how I felt. I was still trying to digest, understand or make sense of what I just heard; when I heard another voice at the background saying “just tell them he is dead”. Bang! It was like being hit by a volcano! I lost it and began to scream. Words simply cannot describe what I experienced that night. My life as I knew it had just ended.  The person on the other end of the phone was a police man, the phone was my husband’s and the dead man they were referring to was my husband.

Beyond the Shadow of Death

This book, Beyond the Shadow of Death,

is an exceptional piece of literature which serves three purposes.  First, it documents, for posterity, the story of a worthy pilgrim who fought a good fight, kept the faith and left this world in a blaze of glory.  Second, it underscores the power of faith in the journey through the labyrinth of pain and grief.  Third, it sends a message of comfort and hope to all those who grieve because of the loss of a loved one.  And the message is clear “…Joy comes in the morning.”