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So me and Solo ‘dems’ are still at the Accra mall food court having our swell convo. Last week, you saw a bit of it, but i didnt get to ask about their heart breaks (o yeah, they had relationship wahala) and what it took for them to be so successful, they tell us this week. And who am i to keep stalling right? So without much i do ado, here you go;

Me: one very important one; Success’ a big deal these days. Guys doing 419 and sakawa. Women doing ashawo and armed robbery. How did you guys manage to get so filthy rich with no back doors?

David: You gotto be ready mehn. When the right time comes, you gotto be ready. Cos with me, I had learnt how to play the harp and fly the sling way before Samuel showed up. When Saul started getting his fits, he sent for me because of my harp-playing skills, not my looks or my anything, but my developed talents. Later when I asked to fight Goliath, I already had some of his trust you know. So you gotto be ready. Obedience to God is a given.

Solomon: True, and you gotto know how to ask for stuff. You must know the person you’re asking something from, know what he’s passionate about and connect your request to his passion, I mean that’s what I did with God. Then you’ve gotto be generous and serious about God’s work. Cos that temple wasn’t easy to build. I gave it my all mehn, and I gave, I was really generous, and I don’t mean that in a naughty way, ask the Queen of Sheeba.

Me: Joe?

Joseph: Well, I guess, in everything you gotto keep your eye on the bigger picture. I mean there were countless times I came close to giving up. I’m an ex-con for crying out loud. But you gotto keep faith. And you’ve gotto believe in God and love Him. Not just for a breakthrough, because if you start to think he’s delaying you either question his omnipotence or his love for you. And that’ll make your relationship with Him, unsustainable. You’ve gotto decide that your allegiance to and love for him is unconditional.

And like my mehn Dave said, you’ve gotto develop your God-given talent. I started off with interpreting my own dreams when I was a boy, then by the time I was marking jail time, I could interpret others’. I musta done a good job cos years later, the guy remembered me like I asked him to. The Pharoah’s dream was the trickiest, cos he wasn’t telling anyone what he even dreamed, so to figure out the dream was problem enough, then to give it a meaning, mehn talent development is key.

Me: Wow. Ok, back to the issue of women and heart breaks, Dave, I got a question.

David: O not this Bethsheba business again.

Me: O no, this’ different. Actually people don’t often talk about it, it’s not very popular of you.

David: What’s it?

Me: The Merab saga. First Saul was to give you his oldest daughter Merab as he’d promised whoever took out Goliath. He even told you he would, but in the last minute he gave her to some other dude.

David: Yeah, that was some serious heartbreaking I got then. But it was all good, cos if Merab wasn’t given to someone else, I wouldn’t have married Michal, and men, she was the best, nothing better. Besides Merab didn’t really love me, she was just gonna be obeying her dad’s request, but Michal did, she really loved me for who I was. At a point, she actually saved my life when she helped me climb down a window and planted a dummy in the bed so that when Saul’s guys came in, all they saw was a goat-haired dummy. (We all burst out laughing). I doubt Merab would have been that helpful, so you see, Good has to go to make room for better.

Solomon: besides the issue of heartbreaks started way before dad’s time. I mean, look what happened to God-bless-his-soul Jacob. See the trickery, the heartbreak. Jus for one woman, look at the years of hard work. These days when they say you should bring schnapps, kente and small cash, you start acting up. Try playing laborer for 14 years! It’s all in the attitude dude.

Word!

PS: If you’re hoping this’ the last post of its kind, i’m about to ruin your day. Those old testament guys have more to say than just two posts’ll allow me to tell you. So, it’s going to get a tad regular here on Goldinwords. It’s even possible that we’ll have New Testament girls girls and what nots…I can promise you though; it’ll never be boring!! God dey.

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