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EPILOGUE  "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD.. 25 years Later… Amos and Hezekiah knelt before Grandpa Acme before the Whole Church.  I couldn't hold my tears back as I watched my two sons get elevated by God… ****** After the Retreat, Amos turned a new leaf. The prayer of foundational deliverance became our daily prayer over him. Reuben mentored Amos and Hezekiah deeply in the things of God. Reuben left no stone unturned. Amos became even more on fire for God than Hezekiah. When we realized that, we began to invest more in Hezekiah as well till we could see that they both were matching in the things of God. Did the question of his fatherhood never pop up? Yes it did, When Amos became a full blown teenager, he questioned his complexion difference and we had to tell the story. He was shocked and that gave a better result than we expected. He said he learnt a lot from the story and he hoped he would not turn out like the man w...

PART 49 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD.. I explained all that I had received… "Thank you Jesus! How come we never thought about it. That means we need to do foundational deliverance for Amos, he has to be separated from the powers of his father's house." " Yes, it now makes sense, Amos has anger issues, revengeful spirit and the one he just exhibited with the money; 'If I can't have it, I will destroy it'  which was what Daniel did to me." I said… From that moment to the next three days , it was a time of prayer battle.  Ha! Reuben indeed is a whole man , not a broken one. You would think Amos was really his biological son. I saw the way he prayed for him with passion. Prayers like… "Amos my son, I detach you from the ancestral pollution of your father's house in Jesus name" "I set you apart from the pattern of your Father's house" "The Spirit of Daniel li...

PART 48 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD.. Ten years later… I was having it sweet in marriage but there was still the bitterness. Though Reuben had accepted Amos as his son, Amos still exhibited traits of not being Reuben's son. Amos was always getting into trouble. It seemed like he was also battling two spirits in him. Amos could be sweet one minute and even talk like Reuben, but the next minute he would behave so madly like Daniel. I knew Daniel's look whenever he was angry, so there were a lot of times I would see Daniel in Amos.  One day, he did something that broke me into tears. I almost cursed him in anger. By that time we already had another daughter; Esther. We were on our way back from church that Sunday afternoon, and I decided to pick up some groceries from the mall. Reuben was to stay in the car  with Esther, while the boys were to follow me to be of help. Amos said he wasn't getting down. Hezekiah f...

PART 47 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD.. Beauty! Beauty!" I heard Reuben calling my name. I woke up to his Soft face looking at me. I thought I was dreaming.  "Are you Okay?" He asked still looking soft. It had been a long time since I saw that look on his face. " Yeah!" I said trying to gather my thoughts as to why I was sleeping in my mother's room. Boom!  Amos! "Amos?" I said jumping from the bed and looking to Reuben's eyes "He is fine and very Stable, my Mum is with him" " Your Mum?" I asked " Yes!" A lot of questions in my head. Just like everyone, his Mum didn't like carrying Amos, So what changed? " I asked her to please come stay with him for a few hours" "That would be bothersome, Let me shower. I will go back to the hospital. Thank you for relieving me" I was already going to the bathroom when Reuben held me and witho...

PART 46 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. "I know you love her, everyone can see it" Bishop said as he patted him on the back "I do not love her anymore, and I want a divorce. I have been wanting to divorce her for months but I couldn't bear to do it. Daddy, Beauty cheated on me and has a child for him" "Hmm..." Bishop said Reuben noticed his father's unsurprised response. " You knew?" Reuben asked Bishop nodded in the positive. "That means everyone knows, that means it is so Obvious." Reuben said "Well, Amos doesn't exactly look like either of you, so it only makes sense for people to query his birth" "Dad, I made the biggest mistake of my life. I married a Spiritual baby. I guess I was smitten by her beauty. I saw the signs before marriage, I thought if I showed her love in marriage she would grow." “If there is no seed in the ground, you can’...

PART 45 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. I couldn't sleep, the reality of what my mother had said to me was a wake up call. It was a call of the need to be grateful to God. It was a clear resounding call to thank God for the gift of Reuben. As I laid on the bed going over my mother's piercing words, my phone beeped. I rushed at it thinking it was Reuben calling to give me news about Amos, but Surprisingly it was Bishop who had just sent me a chat. Not knowing what to expect from the chat, I tapped the open icon to glance through. "Daughter, I had a chat with Reuben yesterday, it was quite intense. I recorded it without his knowledge, Look through. I am sure this will give you a peep into his heart." I shakily tapped on the document. I realized it was a video . I saw that it was a video recorded From Bishop's office. I noticed Bishop was positioning the Camera . He went back to his chair while he waited ...

PART 44 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. Fifteen minutes later, Reuben was in the hospital with Hezekiah, I ran to hug Reuben like my life depended on it… “I am sorry… forgive me” I kept saying to him as I hugged him, and right there unashamedly, Reuben was tearing up seriously…  “I know you don’t love me again, but please forgive me and be father to my son” I said. I knew I needed Reuben to pray for my son. His Spiritual cover had not been on Amos. “I love you Beauty” He said it like he was saying it to convince himself. He hugged me tightly like a father hugging his prodigal child. “Your son is my son. Amos is your son, so he is my son too” Reuben was saying it and was crying. Hezekiah who didn’t understand why his parents were crying joined in the tears session. Amara & my mother rushed into the hospital. Reuben had called them on his way to the hospital. ****** Amara had taken Hezekiah from us and left the hospital. ...

PART 43 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. "He looks like his father” Bishop said concerning Daniel. I nodded in agreement. Amos was everything like Daniel; selfish, over possessive of me, stubborn. “That is what the devil does, once you let him into your life few minutes before your desired miracle manifest, he will add black to your white” . Bishop said Bishop brought out a ball from his locker. It was a black and white ball, half was black, while the other part was white. “This ball is you and I, but because of our few minutes of dinning with the devil, our lives have become a mixture of black & white, but I want to give you a secret I am using” “What sir?” “Continue your life and live it prayerfully that this black side of your life will turn white” “Sir, since he is a part of my life birthed out of mistake and evil association, can’t I cut it off” “Did God cut off Eve from Adam after she made him sin?” “No Sir” “...

PART 42 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. No matter how saved a man is, No matter how Godly a man is, there is the part of FLESH in him. I told Reuben everything, leaving no detail out. When I got to the part of having intercourse with Daniel, his hands could not carry the babies anymore, he dropped them. I told him about the medical explanation of how it was possible for me to father the twins from different fathers. Reuben wept like a child. I was too afraid to go close to him… ‘That explains the love you started having for me after you realized he was a beast after all?” Reuben summed it up “Beauty, I gave you my life, I gave you ME! I loved you,  yet I was not good enough. You weren’t enjoying intercourse with me, so you had to go back to Daniel!” He said “I didn’t go back to him, because I loved him, I went back for him to reverse the curse” I said sobbing “Nwala, I thought you would bring beauty to my life, but you have...

PART 41 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. We got back home and the atmosphere was tensed. I saw that Reuben was trying hard to smile. He would ask me a few times, if I was okay. I couldn’t look him in the eyes. It was obvious he was doing the same. There were a lot of unspoken words in between us. My Mum and my mother-in-law had come to stay with us. Likewise, there were a lot of unspoken words hanging in the air. The fair-skinned baby was a loud baby, he was very expressive. He was always screaming, while Reuben’s baby was very quiet. He would only cry a little if he was hungry. This made everyone love Reuben’s baby. My mother and my mother-in-law were quick to carry Reuben’s baby, but they were quick to call Daniel’s baby “Cry cry baby and overpossesive of me” During the pregnancy, we had decided to give the boys: Amos and Hezekiah. Amos means CARRIED BY GOD, while HEZEKIAH means YAHWEH STRENGTHENS. With the Choice of name,...

PART 40 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. The day of delivery came like a thief in the night, my EDD was still three weeks away, but I woke up to use the rest room one night and boom! My water broke. I was scared I might miscarry again, but Reuben kept speaking in tongues… “My babies are soaked in the blood of Jesus, Mercy of God speaks over the three of you, I will not lose any of you. The three of you are preserved in Jesus name” Truly, the three of us came out of the delivery room hale and hearty, but my heart was not hearty, I had seen something that had thrown me off balance. Something had gone wrong. Immediately the babies came out, and they put them on my chest, I saw my worse fear happening… “He came out first!” A very fair-skinned baby was put on my chest. Without anyone telling me, he was Daniel’s son. Daniel was fair skinned while Reuben was dark-skinned like me. The baby looked exactly like Daniel. “He came out se...

PART 39 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. I stood up from the chair where I sat listening to Bishop’s story. I was in awe of the love that God has for me to give me a Father-in-law like Bishop. “Your secret is safe with me, I won’t tell Reuben if you are not ready to tell him” I shook my head in the negative indicating I didn't want Reuben hearing about what I had done. He nodded affirmatively showing that he respected my choice.  I walked to the altar like a girl who was afraid to speak to her father after disappointing him. “I am sorry, I messed up, I know I tried to help you like Uzzah did. I didn’t trust you enough to do what you promised. I thought the baby being delayed was as a result of a curse Daniel place on me. Please forgive me, and please don’t let the baby in me be for Daniel. Just like Bishop’s story, I don’t want Daniel laying claim to this child, or God can you please terminate this pregnancy and give me ...

PART 38 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. Man of God, you can see that prayers work” he said to me the day he came to my church unannounced “ Glory to God, The Lord of all “ I said “Are you joking with me? Brother… I mean Pastor Acme, I am sure you know this success is not from the Lord, it is from the Lords”. he rebuffed me “Lords? Which Lords?” I feign ignorance ‘The three Lords, the three prophets” he said  I laughed ridiculously at his claim. “Pastor, my ministerial success has nothing to do with your diabolical prophets. I did not say a single amen to their prayers. My success comes from the Lord, let no devil lay claim to it” I said confidently “Brother Acme, you are playing with fire” My pastor friend left angrily. ******  “Beauty, the devil loves to lay claim to God miracles by showing up at the edge of your breakthrough, he doesn’t own your miracle. This was what he did to Jesus on the Mountain. Jesus had fasted for ...

PART 37 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. Growing up, there had been several prophecies about me. The prophecies were very constant and it all pointed to the fact that, someday I will own a massive church and do mighty wonders for God. I had seen revelations also confirming this. I started ministry immediately after school and I thought I would get the same large audience of students, as I had them back in the University where I served as a Campus Fellowship President. My first Sunday service had over Five hundred students, but as the weeks went by people started returning back to their home churches. I became desperate for revival; I wanted the church to be full with people. For three years, we had about fifty members and those fifty members were not very faithful. They were shuttling between their main church and mine. Most came to our church out of pity. By the fifth year, we barely had fifteen committed members. I decided...

PART 36 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. After realizing I had actually missed my period,   I was torn between going to a proper hospital for a pregnancy test or going to  a pharmacy to get a home kit. I finally gave in to buying the pharmacy pregnancy strip. I went very far away from home and I had my shades on, plus a face cap. I didn’t want anyone recognizing me a bit. The five minutes of waiting for the result from the kit was like waiting forever. I stood in the bathroom waiting and praying that it would be negative. With very shaky hands, I picked up the pregnancy strip and since I was familiar with negative and positive result, I didn’t need a doctor to tell me I was carrying a seed in me. The strip showed positive, but there was no positivity in me one bit. What I was feeling in my heart was all shades of negativity ranging from fear, sadness, anxiety, anticipated shame. “God, who is the father of this baby in me...

PART 35 "NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY" ©️ Opeyemi Akintunde. As Inspired by the LIVING WORD. I can’t remember how I drove back home; all I remember is walking into our house and feeling relieved that Reuben was not home… I sobbed like a baby, whose mother was not around to rock her to sleep. My phone beeped and though I was not in the mood for a call, I checked what the notification was. It was a chat from Daniel… There was a video attached… My heart raced… I downloaded the video praying it was not our sex video. Thankfully it was not, but the content was not less painful… I saw Daniel with three girls on his bed. “Pastor Mrs, I am giving some good girls the three and half round you couldn’t complete…” He said in the video. He sent a chat following the video “I thought you were smart, but clearly, I over estimated you. I decided to stay back in my HOUSE, before returning to the states to meet my faithful wife and kids… I have 3 kids and you have none! CHEKMATE” To make me mor...