Broken People, Breaking People

…This post is dedicated to the generation of youths rising, who are insisting on the ancient paths, who insist on not conforming to the standards of the world

A new kind of generation was formed, they had crossed the point of self preservation, to never return, they had arrived at a point where they could call out darkness as darkness even when they were victims, even when we weren’t meeting up… Because they desired truth in their deepest parts.

They had understood that darkness longed to be covered, and that in covering it they strengthened it’s stronghold even more

Their generation was plagued with diverse forms of darkness, appearing as light, under the cover of “love”, they had mastered the art of taking captives and locking them up in the cages and chains of their lust, they took captives and assigned them the responsibility of scratching their broken souls…

They had a perfect cover,
Love…

Sometimes God’s love, yet without Gods character, principles and perspective, I don’t even know if that kind of mix exists

They were broken men & women, broken by culture, broken by experiences, a damaged self esteem, and sometimes they still had sufficent glitter, to stay in the lime light, they loved the attention and craved the praise, they couldn’t do it like the secular stars, because they had gone too far in the motions of Christian activity,

But they were done…
They had enough! Light had come!!!

Singlehood was a gift from God, a phase in a mans life(male and female) that offered them the opportunity for self discovery, identity discovery and completion, this phase offered us the opportunity to fully be focused on God! 1 Cor 7:33.

We were coming from a past where we were single on the outside, single to the community, single to the church but deep down, if our souls were placed behind a dock and tried before a competent court of jurisdiction, we would be found to be married, some for a month, some married for a year, two years, five years, married to different partners.

How confused our souls must have been, because we had stretched it beyond its threshold, our souls were created to be yoked to only one other soul in total surrender, yet in reality, we had multiple people owning legitimate plots of land in our hearts (lol, I should be a comedian)

The average youth of that generation wanted to be upright they wanted to date right, marry right and love right… At least in the eyes of men, for the hypocrites, in the eyes of their pastor and for the serious ones also in the eyes of God!

Alot of them had previously been hurt by relationships, their soul had been stretched by unfortunate experiences with people who had no business coming into the sanctity of their souls… They had been broken multiple times, by men and women who needed to have their low self esteem scratched and soothed.

Closed heart, free for all soul, we can walk into our souls and feast but please let’s not sign any documents.

But… Let’s not play victim here..
We also who were once victims, had become worse than those who inflicted us hurt…

We had mastered the art of plundering souls of vulnerable people, we found a way to put and pull vulnerable people into our space to fill up the vacuum, it gave us a feeling of completion, it provided approval, affirmation…

The average lady, Smashing beauty, smashing faith, she was single officially, emphasis on officially

She had a Sam for her bills, Musa for emotional satisfaction, Ekene for car hire, Kunle for hangouts, Raheem for the camera, Kolapo was the errand boy and when she needed a quick nap, John the church brothers house was safe because she knew he won’t touch her body our of the fear of God in him… she had a Bryan she was believing God for…

So all these guys (except Bryan) thought they were the main course in the meal but they were just pick up snacks…

There was no definition, in the presence of interest

Ok, the average guy… Good-looking and God-loving, some change to spare, a bright future, he was single officially, emphasis on officially

He had a funmi whose hug gave him the goose bumps, he had Nneka who cooked for him when he was lazy or broke, there was Aisha who he called for long hours because she knew how to fan his ego, he had Chioma who had the looks and body for the public functions, there was an Uduak who the church thought was the main course, then he had this home grown Clare who his family thought was the one.. but just like the female example he had Chichi who he was believing God for…

There was no definition, in the presence of interest

Male and female they were Broken people breaking people with a touch of legality, you couldn’t fault them because they had no record of a commitment asides their emotional prison yard where they had locked People into.

They knew at the end, the culture and pressure would demand them to pick one the right way, but for now the vacuum in their souls were too loud to keep them still.

Don’t get the writer wrong, these people many times legitimately wanted to do it right, they wanted Faithfulness, committment and all.. but they were Broken people in auto ride mode, lead by their brokenness, they needed help.

They needed restoration, they needed to be washed by the word, they needed to come boldly and broken before the presence of God, they needed to account to another above them in total honesty, they needed to open up their souls and give up hiding the cracks within so as to maintain public approval

They needed to realise that their value was not in their appearance, not in the perception of the public, not in 3rd party approval, but that they had value right from the day they were created in the image and likeness of God.

This article is getting long, Ermmm
But if you got this far, take a pause and pray for yourself if you’re on this table, or if you are not, then pray for someone who is on the table, because the table just came down.

Ok, let’s keep the next part for later yea?
If you feel like this article describes you, then..

Ask for help, commit to trusted authority in total honesty, confess to another person so your soul can be healed (that’s what James 5:16 said), ask for discernment, so you can know the exact role anyone who comes into your life will play, some are meant to sit in your living room, some people need to stay at the door, some people need to be dealt with from the window, some people should never have stopped by…

Let’s stop here for now..

Shallom