Special seventeen

Change 🍥

          Determine to do it
      Embrace discipline
         Diligence in everything
    You're on  your way to change.

The Bible our handbook to attitude living got to me and i knew i was guilty.

I only really take notice of my bible on sundays or whenever daddy decides to study the word during our devotion.

''have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus"
Phill 2;5.

I understood that for me to have the attitude of christ then i needed to know christ.

I promised to study at least one chapter of the bible everyday.

I continued studying and i saw it there, Jesus was selfless, submissive and secure.

Was i selfless?

I questioned myself, my parents once told me I was selfish and self-centered.

But i argued  i didn't believe, i only thought they said that to defend princess.

I believed I shouldn't care about what others think because it wasn't their business but now that i thought of it, does that mean I'm self centered.

I wanted to be like Jesus, Jesus was submissive.

Am i humble?

And for that i knew the answer.

I wasn't the least bit humble especially when I'm angry.

My relationship with my elder brother micheal could tell it all.

I argued with my parents and wasn't one to succumb easily.

I felt the desire and urge to change overcome me.

Not once have i ever evaluated what it meant to be a christain but now that i have, I was determined to change.

If  Jesus christ the only son of God gave his life so i could be saved and have a free access to God then how can i neglect such a precious gift.

Jesus came in human form and didn't fall for the things of the world then so can i.

I might not be 100% like christ but i determined to be 99.9% like Christ.

I read till chapter seven, time was fast spent, i started reading around twelve and now it's two pm.

I folded the tip of the page i stopped at before closing the book and taking it to my room.

Princess will be home by four while mum by five.

I had done all the house chores except washing the dishes, i always left that for princess because it was her duty and i didn't want to be turned into 'the housemaid'

Princess will be tired after being in school all day, I didn't go anywhere and it will be preposterous to leave the dishes for her when am not doing anything.

I got up and went to the kitchen,  singing and dancing as I did the dishes.

That's the kind of joy you get when you've got God by your side.

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We sat down to a delectable meal of amala and ogbono soup.

I closed my eyes to savour the taste.

Hmmm, how i love ogbono soup.

I'm not a "swallow" food someone.

But i could never say no to swallow and draw soup.

My dad being a yoruba man prefers egusi(melon soup), efo riro(vegetable soup), gbegiri(beans soup) etc.

So mum prepares them more often than my favorite ogbono, okro or ewedu soup.

Joanne, mum said patting me softly jolting me from my 'foodie thoughts'.

Ma, I replied but mum and dad returned my gaze like i was expected to say something.

Oh my, i was asked a question and i didn't even know what it was.

Sorry mum i wasn't...

Listening, princess completed. 'Joanne is always wandering off in thoughts'.

Hope you're not still thinking about your admission, mum asked worriedly.

No mum so far from it, i said frustratedly. 'I was thinking about how delicious the ogbono with amala tastes, i blurted out before realizing what i just said.

Damn!, I'll be teased till eternity.

They were all laughing.

Later you'll say I'm the foodie, princess said still laughing.

I can't believe you were thinking about food with that serious look on your face, dad said smiling.

It wasn't really like that it's just i enjoyed the food you know how much i enjoy ogbono, i said trying to clear my reputation, Princess is the foodie.

Noo, we now have two foodies in the house, mum teased.

Joanne i want you to register for your jamb in your former school, dad stated.

No! dad i can't..., I started to shout when i heard the small voice say 'be submissive the way Jesus was'

Sorry dad, i said getting baffled looks from my parents.
I didn't remember ever saying sorry before maybe I'm starting to change.

Am sorry for shouting, i repeated. ' I just don't want to go to my former school again, i don't want to register with those who were once my juniors, be humble, I heard again but this time choosing to ignore.
'They know i wrote jamb and all my mates have gone to school, I'll feel ashamed', i said sincerely.

Omobolanle, my dad said visibly calmed. 'It's not your fault that you didn't gain admission and nobody can judge you for that'.

But joanne they already know you're not in school, princess chipped in.

Yes i know but i don't want to see their pitiful looks or maybe its just me imagining it I don't know, still there are other places i could register, i said looking expectantly at dad.

So where do you want to register, mum asked before he could talk.

In the state library, i said rather too fast, knowing just a little about jamb this year.

Are they registering there, mum asked dad.

Yes, some students from my school have been registering there, dad said before looking at me squarely. 'You know you're in for a long queue'.

Yes dad, i beamed glad they agreed.

Princess, second test has started can i have your test script, mum said to princess who had left us long ago to watch t.v.

I packed the plates to the kitchen and left to my room winking at princess, it was her turn to be interrogated.

That's what happens when  both of your parent are teachers, they follow you up with the school calender like cat and rat.

We are lucky we  were not forced to attend the school they teach in.

Lucky us.