The title sounds funny, I know right..  So, I met this one time senior of mine from far back Our Lady’s High School, Effurun. A whole lot has changed about her, I must say.

I can’t remember which of her numerous blogs I first read, it was through Facebook we firs connected because back in school,she probably didn’t know me. I’m however hardly ever forgets faces or names.

Talking about her blog,she literally explains the feelings bubbling inside of me. Those feelings you can’t put in words,  thoughts and challenges you feel like you’re going to share, then someone else just shares them the exact way you may have shared, and even does it better than you would have.

I looked forward to meeting her and other sisters who would sharpen me in staying more rooted in God. I prayed that I wouldn’t just get a word but have a word also for her or any other sister present, God answered. I happened to be the only one that showed up, I never knew God had more in store for us. 

On getting to our proposed venue, Delta Mall in Warri, we found each other after a few minutes of walking in the sun. We spoke like we had known ourselves forever. We actually were going round to get a convenient place for us all (still expecting the others) but after searching to no avail, we settled for Chicken Republic.  Then she said, “let’s have a word of prayer”, you would be wondering in Chicken Republic?. But here is a woman who wasn’t afraid to show she belonged to Jesus!

We talked about a lot and we seemed to have quite a lot in common.  She’s a lawyer and I’m a pharmacist, she didn’t work the whole of last year,i also am awaiting induction and not working. A good number of my classmates are and it feels like, are you sure you know what you’re doing sometimes.  How do I explain exactly that what God is laying in my heart to do is probably beyond my field of study, how do you say it to your friends, lecturers who are curious, who shall believe our report? But sitting with me was a lady who had an encounter with God. It was like it all made sense now, the leadings,everything. The Light that emanates from her is literally contagious. 

We spoke on relationships and she just hit the nail on the head, where and where my heart needed to get it right. I shared some notes God had giving me while I read her book: “10 Steps to Walking in Purpose”. Sometimes even more often we need the company of those who are walking same path with us, its just beautiful. The notes so blessed her  I got to see her smiling, nodding and even moved to tears! Now I was humbled.

See they’re times the enemy wants to play the doubt game with you, like are you sure you heard from God? Its only God inspired pieces that could speak and communicate God to people. That made me realize that I wasn’t alone and that God is even more interested in our growth in him than we are (Isaiah 37:31).

The most beautiful part about our meeting is that she is by God’s leading my accountability partner for the year 2017.  This just reminds me of an illustration my pastor almost always shares with me. Mary and Elizabeth, Mary the younger one(I in this case),  needed someone who had handled the things God was now trying to get to her. How can a woman conceive in old age? As if that’s not “strange” enough, how can a virgin be pregnant? She needed to be around such a person for her to stay “sane” lol. And they were confirmations,mere exchange of pleasantries which led to the baby in her womb leaping for Joy,filled with the Holy Ghost.

So this for me is a Mary-Elizabeth kind of relationship,there’s no parasitism, both parties are blessed! I pray God give us the grace and wisdom to make the most of it. God bless you Woman of God, Frances Okoro.

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Benedicta Uweru

Is a pharmacist the founder of  Girls’ Health Foundation, a God lover and chaser church singer & very passionate about her walk with God..

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It’s Frances here.

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Posted on: January 18, 2017, by : 4thewomenatthewell@gmail.com