
I ASK MYSELF ALL THE TIME, "WHERE DO I COME FROM?". IF YOU ONLY THINK SUPERFICIALLY, THAT IS EASY TO ANSWER....BUT THINK DEEP. WHERE DO YOU REALLY COME FROM? HEAVEN? YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB? (surely you can think deeper than that!) YOUR HOMETOWN? (please!)
MOST RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY CAME FROM HEAVEN AND THEY ARE GOING BACK THERE (NO MATTER WHAT THEIR IDEA OF HEAVEN IS). I'M RELIGIOUS. (NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!). I BELIEVE IN HEAVEN. I KNOW THERE'S HEAVEN. BUT SOMETIMES IT ALL SCARES ME. SOMETIMES I THINK, WHY DID GOD MAKE ME? BUT AS A CATHOLIC, I SHOULD KNOW THAT "GOD MADE ME TO KNOW HIM, LOVE HIM AND SERVE HIM IN THIS WORLD, AND TO BE HAPPY WITH HIM FOREVER IN THE NEXT".......SO WHAT'S MY PROBLEM?
JUST ONE MORE QUESTION....WHAT IF THERE WAS NO ME? SURELY, THE WORLD WOULD STILL BE HERE......NIGERIA WOULD STILL BE OVER-POPULATED......MY MOM WOULD STILL HAVE CHILDREN..MY FAMILY WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN ME, SO THEY WOULDN'T MISS ME.........SO WHY AM I HERE?
AND IF I DIDN'T COME.....WHERE WOULD I BE? HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO IMAGINE NOT BEING ANYWHERE? I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY IMAGINE NOT BEING ON EARTH, THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN HEAVEN LOOKING DOWN, OR IN HELL LOOKING UP, OR ON ANOTHER PLANET LOOKING IN OR SOMETHING..IN ANOTHER WORLD.
BUT HOW ABOUT NOWHERE? TRY AND IMAGINE BEING NOWHERE.....IT CAN DRIVE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND. YOU HAVE TO BE A DEEP THINKER TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS..... I'M NOT TRYING TO ENCOURAGE YOU.
BUT ANYWAY, HERE I AM. I CAN'T EVEN GO AWAY IF I TRY. GOD PUT ME HERE FOR A PURPOSE, I KNOW. THE MORE I THINK AND THE DEEPER I THINK, THE MORE I AM CERTAIN THAT THERE MUST BE HEAVEN AND GOD DEFINITELY EXISTS. GOD HELP THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN HIM.