The Tra Grade S - Chapter 16

My life has always being about supernatural force stepping in when I am at verge of given up and this is a clear indication of an essence beyond my thought grasp. I would not have pass this test if I had not had assurance. I am truly a man helped by a supernatural force, because I have always totally relied on that force that drives me to stay on the right course. It has never being by my strength surmounting some situations in life. I have had only the option of giving up, but something would always see me through and from my personal experience, I have come to know that I am nothing without the force of good that would always step in for me, which implies I am truly a product of benevolence of that force. I am growing progressively through affliction. There are people who can never see the supernatural manifestation in your life because they are short sighted, do not blame them.

My wedding was a literal miracle that I have not recovered from until today. I am still trying to figure out how it all happened, and cannot just understand. When the supernatural is involved, you can never ever understand how it happened. I mean, it will just happen anyhow. The success of my wedding was not my faith at work, but the faithfulness of drive of my will. From my experience, I have realized that cannot be late and has never been late, even when in our myopic thoughts, we define lateness based on our timing, but God does things, based on His timing, to deliver us from many things that we would not have been able to escape in our timing.

Angelic visitation are incidence of Divine realities that reflects Gods mind to help administer to carry out the good thought of God towards those that love Him and this could be through beings which are supernatural even though sometimes they could appear natural in human flesh to administer helps in desperate times of need.

I had a literal angelic visitation on 14 April 2017 in the course of my negotiation for my traditional wedding, but I was not dawn on me at that time, because I was overwhelmed with all that was happening. On the 24 April 2017 after my wife had woken up from a threatening dream, we knew that we have to intensify prayers, seeing that the enemy is out to wreak havoc, but victory belong to us. We both prayed vehemently together, after which I started studying the Word of God. It was in the course of our conversation, recounting on the benevolence of the supreme creator, bringing our desire to pass, from the traditional to the white wedding, that we realized some heart shattering miracles. They were literal miracles we experienced, which began with heavy down pour of rain that gave us overflow blessings of water for the domestic use of our wedding preparation, which I will talk about in the subsequent as I proceed.

The heart-shattering miracle that was the greatest surprise was a certain man that stood as the intermediary for me, whom we have no single knowledge of whom he is and where he is from. This man was not from my paternal family, neither is he from my maternal family. This was really a big surprise to me, still yet to recover from the shock after it dawned on me. This man made everything went very easy and smooth for me in the course of the negotiation. What happened that day was a gentle reminder of the fulfilment of promise of the benevolent one to me in the position of my program in His thought for me as written in Psalm 91: 11, “For He shall give His angel charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways”. On this faithful day of my traditional wedding, when everyone were gathered, with the DJ slamming the music, preparing and stirring up the atmosphere, while the negotiation was still on going inside. It was a moment of great expectation and I was being optimistic to see the promise of the benevolent one concerning my wedding happens. Apart from my elder sister, Iyneke, I had no one from my immediate family with me, not even any of my uncles or aunties. Three of my uncles who were resident in the location of my wedding came in the course of the traditional wedding, because I had gone to see them and tell them, there was no one representing my dad and I am all alone, so they were the ones that stood for the entire family of Euwki. This very day, it was as if my heart was budging out of my chest, because in the midst of the deliberation, my uncles were completely absent minded. They were discussing politics, while my wifes uncles were setting the pace to carry on with the process. My uncles attitudes really instilled fears in me, instead of hope, because they were sounding very pompous and rude to my wifes people. In the midst of the discussion, I noticed a man who walked in from nowhere, I just noticed him. Somehow, he took up the task of my uncles and started doing the talking for me, alongside a particular woman, I later found out to be my late mothers close relative; her name is Mrs. Trofmoc Ubi. It was Mrs. Ubi and that certain man that was really doing the talking for me. It was as if they both had it planned, but I realized that it was benevolent ones perfect arrangement to shame the enemies of good thing who had purposed in their heart that my marriage would not work. My uncles were communicating their intention to this said man, who will lighten up their intention and right communicate it to my wifes people. This man can only be an angel in his mode of communicating, as he was ever calming the tension that was brewing from my wifes people because of the attitudes of my uncles. The manner in which this man spoke was soft and calm. In his voice was humor that nobody could resist. Therefore, my wifes people could not help it, but laugh and smile. I could not imagine how effective and positive those words used by this certain man, but from my perspective, he seem not to be making sense at all. However, it was as if, he was refocusing everybodys attention to the main thing. This man said to my wifes people that, “My wife and I are meant to be and it is not all about the money to be paid as dowry”. From what I observed from the voice of this certain man, if I am to describe is it, I would say, “his voice nuns with irresistible charm and has a way of calming the brewing tension”. You will never understand except you were right present and was in my shoe. There was something very extraordinary about the certain man that did not cross my mind then, because I was very overwhelmed, wishing that the face of the negotiation pass. When my uncles attitude were upsetting my wifes people, deep down in my heart, I was crying and wishing my dad was strong enough to have represented me, or my immediate uncle Sognob Euwki who was sick and was on treatment abroad. In my heart, I was just wishing that my wifes family calm down and make them not to see my uncles, but my intention. Truly, I was alone with the benevolent ones messenger that I did not realize and my assurance that all will be fine, as I heard in my spirit, “Be still and know that I AM, do not be afraid, for I will not put you to shame”. It was as if I was daydreaming. I could literally feel the benevolence one working from the inside of me out, while my reliance in propels me with hope to walk from the outside of fear into confidence that it shall all end in well.

This mans words kept the atmosphere in humor and it was amazingly amazing how things were moving smoothly. Another amazing thing about this man was that, he fluently speaks my dialect and my wifes. There was something unique about this man whose identity I cannot still find anything about until today. In the heart of the negotiation, something happened, this, I will never ever forget, because I literally saw the hand of the benevolent one bailing me out of what would have being inescapable disgrace for me. My wifes people unanimously agreed that I should pay about three hundred and something thousand naira and communicated it to my uncles who were the representative of my family. My uncles started grumbling and while grumbling, they ask me, “How much do you have?” I told them all I had with me was the sum of fifty thousand naira only. Therefore, they communicated it to Mrs. Ibu who also communicated to this said man doing the talking for me. After my uncles had communicated what I have to Mrs. Ubi, she related it to the man whose identity remains a mystery to my wife and me. This certain man spoke in his usual way of calming the brewing tension and presented the fifty thousand naira to my wifes family, however, the benevolent one in His infinite mercy made my wifes family to consider me, so, at the end, they did not insist on the amount charged me to pay. So in all, including the bride price, which was fifty thousand naira with all other expenses as pertaining the traditional rites, I was asked to pay hundred thousand naira only. My uncles asked for permission from my wifes family and we all went outside, to discuss a way forward, that was what I thought. I never knew they took me out to lash at me for bringing them down to disgrace them, because I told them I only had fifty thousand naira. Therefore, we all went outside, and the DJ was already playing music stirring up the atmosphere for my wife and me to come join the celebration proper after the fulfilment of the traditional rites. My heart was beating out proportion and I could not even coordinate the rhythm of my heart anymore because it was a situation beyond my control. I only needed help at this time to give me wisdom on what to be able to calm my uncles who were already furious with me and was already making things difficult for me, despite all the stress and tension that was brewing in me. To my greatest surprise, my uncles called me out to disgrace me in the presence of the audience who were already in celebration mood awaiting my wife and me as the latest couple. One of my uncles ask me, “Why did you bring us here to disgrace us?” They came to me with words that reached my heart as a bombshell unexpectedly, but I had to start pleading with them, explaining my situation. However, swiftly I got an idea I could not explain where it came from, because what I was led to do seem foolish, but I could not believe the outcome. I took a bold step of faith, because I was no longer looking back any more, it was whatever my mind prompts me to do, that was what I was doing. Therefore, I had to start calling some of my friends from the audience, asking them to give me whatever they have as money. Hence, from that, I was able to raise twenty thousand naira cash, which was only possible by supernatural help. I immediately returned to my uncles who were outside and handled over the money to them. My uncles went straight in and they were back to the negotiation table, here we are again and my wifes family were waiting and the time was already far spent. Nevertheless, I was not relenting because the joy in my heart became my only propellant spurring up my inner strength. Since I cannot give the details of all that happens that day, let me just summarize what happened by saying, “my uncles through this particular said man, whom I could only regard as an angel sent to help me, added the twenty thousand naira to the fifty thousand naira”. Therefore, in all I was able to pay seventy thousand naira, without a dime contributed from my uncles. I was wondering what kind of uncles I have, and I could not place really, why their attitude toward me was like that, because my dad who was their elder brother was good to all of them and they did not deny that. My uncles made it known that my dad was a good man and has never had issue with anybody that they know. I was given a strict condition to pay the balance by my wifes family, which was thirty thousand naira before Sunday, which was the day for my white wedding, but everything about the traditional wedding went well and it was really a memorable day for me, and I danced like have never dance before.

We got into the celebration proper and I could not hold back the joy that was in my heart, when I saw my wife coming out, dancing toward me to give me the wine she was holding in a transparent glass cup, it was as if I was daydreaming. I could not believe the benevolent one did it for me without a fat account and I give Him thanks because He proved Himself mighty and never disappointed me, for the reason that He is too faithful to fail. When I received the wine from my wife and drank, it was amazing; I felt a chill that stilled all the accumulated tensions, coupled with the stress of running round trying to make an alternative arrangement for those who will represent my dad. It was not easy at all, but the experience was worth it. What a joy that feels my heart, in my heart it was as if I was somewhere far, far away from where I was literally, with a feeling of great released from bondage. I saw myself walking on a straight lonely path, trying to find my way back home. All that happened in my wedding was symbolically pointing toward something deep and it became obvious after, when the benevolent one started revealing things to me. I could not hold back the smiles, I held my wifes hand, and we walked together to our seat. In the midst of the celebration, while I was dancing with my wife and people came celebrating and dancing with us, spraying money as in the usual culture, but to my greatest amaze, not just one of my uncles came out to dance with me, talk more of spraying a dime on me. I was wondering what kind of uncles I have, but God alone knows their deepest intents, as my concern became what the benevolent one has done for me and what He has done, no man can reverse it. It became obvious to the audience my uncles attitudes and their reaction of not identifying, some people started complaining literally. While I was dancing, I could see from the direction I was, that my uncles were eating and seriously breaking bones, left in wonder amaze because of my uncontrollable expression of joy because of what was done for me. It was a moment of lesson for me, that when men has resolved to see you being disgrace, that was when the benevolent one will release His grace to humiliate them, such that when they are saying there is a casting down, the righteous of the Lord will say there is a lifting.