BANJI hadn’t thought much about future. Everything life to him had always been about getting education and a good pay job.
Well, he’d repaid his school loan then, so he added a life quote: Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
He owed no man thenceforth.
Yet now, the man took care of his family. He sent money to cater for his siblings.
They’d given up school just for him, so he felt responsible for them.
So, life to this school master was ‘present tense’—not a future tense or thought.
He answered Jonah. ‘Life is full of hurdles, yeah – but there ain’t surprises: “there’s nothing new under the sun.”
‘Now you can’t compare what we have ahead in time to what’s in front of our eyes.
‘I mean, why will you compare future time with students playing here? Or even this exam period?
‘We’re talking life, Jonah. Not school life!’
Right then he dipped a hand in his pocket and took out a cigarette stick and lighter: ‘Now talk about life!’
Jonah replied him. ‘It’s about Jesus. Want to tell you the Way through this life!’
Well, Banji knew this was where things headed. He’d expected his friend to preach Jesus to him for a while.
And now that he did, he wasn’t prepared. He went quite offensive—maybe, defensive.
He wasn’t quite ready for Him.
Now he drew the sword on defense, but then he sheathed it back.
He put back the cigarette at the mention of Christ.
It’s about Jesus—he heard that again.
So he went all weak and limp; and then, listened.
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