Wisdom Rescued Me!

So once, during a “Get-to-Know-You” group activity at a particular work site, out of the blue, someone began telling others that I don’t like that beautiful act God creates for a man and a woman to share — the very act through which life is brought forth, here, there, and I believe everywhere. The way the individual uttered the words, one would have thought she truly knew me – as if we were best friends who sometimes talk about matters relating to each other. She spoke with a high degree of confidence, yet with absolutely zero degree of evidence.

Now, it’s no news that I have two children and dem surely didn’t fall into mi tummy from the sky. I wasn’t molested, and there was no artificial insemination involved. My children were made the way God designed my body to make them. Yes, they were conceived out of wedlock, but I wasn’t drunk nor out of my senses. Unfortunately, I’m unable to state the precise moment the two reproductive cells came into an agreement so fertilization could take place, but I am certain it was during one of those consensual moments.

With that said, I wasn’t at all pleased with what the person uttered— especially since I can’t recall ever discussing my likes or dislikes wid dem. But even if I did, dem not wise enough to understand that being single doesn’t mean one’s desires are dead.

It just means that godly and single people try not to let those desires cloud dem head.

Instead, dem meditate on the Word of the Lord and not cry about who should sleep at the front, back, or in the middle of dem bed.

After being astonished and feeling hurt by the statement, the Holy Spirit gave me words to clear dem head.

Out of nowhere, I said,

“If someone doesn’t eat patty today, it doesn’t mean they dislike it.”

Instantly, there was silence.

The words came so quickly and smoothly that even I was surprised.

Right then and there, I knew — that wasn’t me, that was God!

If I had responded with my born-in-sin, shaped-in-iniquity self, my words would’ve surely been “sourer than lime”.

But the God of my sweet salvation stepped in right on time.

Because He knew I would have committed a spiritual crime,

That’s the truth! And I am not saying this just to make it rhyme.

God knew what I’d say in my flesh — He’s far too sublime!

I’m truly grateful I didn’t respond in anger.

I’m thankful Wisdom rescued me,

Causing the matter not to linger much longer.