Daddy left me a box

Not sure what exactly triggered this...just something here, another there...then...Chinwe, 'Ande, Bimpe(dear friends) and I  spent the whole of 120minutes and some more talking….venting... (had a test the next morning that none of us was prepared for…but that could wait)…we decided we've had enough:

'Trust nobody!', 'always have a back up plan', '
'Wind  windows up in traffic (even when it feels like 100degrees)'
'Don’t have female helps ('they could seduce your husby')'
'Don't have male helps ( 'they could seduce your wife')'
'Don't trust  family members ('my friend's father raped her')'
'Don't trust friends ('a friend of my friend scammed him ') '
'Don’t own flashy things (people could get jealous and hurt you)'
'Love with your head not your heart ('that way there's no heartbreak')'
'Don't announce your success ('you never know who's listening')'
'Don't let anyone know when you're travelling'
'Don’t let anybody touch your head'
'Don’t leave  food with anybody'
'Don't go out at night'

Don’t don't don't

How did life get so evil, careful, mediocre…children are trained in the way of distrust(of everybody), skepticism(of everything)... Placed in a box by well-meaning loved ones…they grow up learn a few 'lessons' of their own... the box gets smaller for the next generation…and the next...

This shouldn’t be

It's like we're given a room..someone turned off the lights...we try to move around, blindly…then just as we get comfortable with moving , something pricks our feet and we make a mental note not to go that far again, we take a step back…tomorrow we bump our head.. it really hurts…another mental note…another step back...next day, another pain…another mental note…more steps back...we keep moving back…backing up against the wall…
Pushed to the wall… fight back or surrender

We must fight back..the good fight….

'Cause  it'll never let up

Evil won't retreat…it won't remain as it is…it'll keep moving….it'll get worse

The world isn't getting better, what was seen as a taboo is now just a bad thing…what we used to spit at, we now just shake our heads at…evil has moved up a notch…

But we're called into an abundant life John 10:10…even in all of this

Where we are not afraid to open our hearts/homes/windows

Where we are not afraid to talk, laugh, celebrate, love

Where we're not afraid to live

Only in Christ…

We're free in Him…the lights have been turned on...let's move forward…refusing those restrictions...let's start living

People need freedom…we'll show it, they'll embrace it…they'll embrace Him

Our legacy does not have to be a box...