FIND GRACE THROUGH STRUGGLE:

 ***FIND GRACE THROUGH STRUGGLE

I just discovered that grace of God can fall on people through their struggles.

I want to tell a brief story about my life. I like doing things in a hilarious way to amuse people.

In my primary and secondary school days, I was rated good by both my teachers and fellow students but all I was doing was just to create amazement. I could read all night just to create wonders in the eyes of my classmates but I found grace through those merriments. I once narrated a beautiful account of "The prodigal son" in CRS, the teacher was so happy with my elaborate presentation in the test but I refused to write the exam😂😂see madness O Hehehe!

Several times, what made me to have an edge over my classmates was extra efforts. I took time to make up the remaining syllabus that was not taught in class. I knew so many of my classmates were better than me but they lacked pushing spirit, drive and encouragement. Those extra efforts became my grace. 

In GSS Ologba, I was called Agboni, my grandfather's name which many people thought was a nickname. I have heard students conversing with one another about me saying "That guy is Agboni O, he's a witch O🙈"  And funny me, I always wanted to display to prove their alleged assertion on me.

Those extra efforts became my grace, I was passing a junior class one day and I discovered that the teacher, Mr Baba simon was taking the students a topic that we were not taught when we were in that class. I stopped and stayed at the window to receive the lesson with them. During our Junior waec, a question from that topic that I took with the junior class surfaced. Guess what? I found grace in that subject.

The same way, I took a tutorial lesson on how to seek for permission, apology etc in my SS3. Few days later, our classmates had misunderstanding with our Economics teacher. The master became angry and then reported our class to the principal and our form master. My form master Mr ochidi called on me as the senior prefect to give detail explanation on what transpired. I didn't even attend the class so, I pleaded for forgiveness but the form master asked all the students to write an apology letter each as the punitive measure. 

Many of us didn't know how to write apology letter but we all wrote. In my funny way, see my apology letter👇😂😂

Sir,

Letter of apology

Sir I write to apologize on behalf of my classmates for our indiscipline display during lesson hour.

Though sir, I wasn't in the class when it all happened but an adage say " one hand stirs the soup but its owner bears the blame.

Please sir forgive us like your children and I promised it will not happen again.

Yours sincerely

Ndah A Jibrin

Headboy.

I thought it was a joke but our form master came to announce that all the letters were rubbish and that he picked one which we found grace, guess what? It was my letter.

Lastly, I found a grace of job. In my final year in school, we took a course called maxillofacial rehabilitation. We didn't have the lecturer in our school, so a specialist was sent from Lagos to take us in just a week including practicals. It was scary. After the lecture, I went to one of the most senior who knew more about it to put me through, He did and we graduated.

During my internship training, we had that similar case. And as an intern, my senior colleagues left everything for me but when I received the consult, I ran to them. Sir, there's a case of obturator O. I gave the details but to my surprise Oga said " go ahead, na you go do am O! Wahala.

On the whole, the case was successful, even our head of department marvelled at my job and he whispered to my immediate boss, "we'll not allow this boy leave, he's an asset" That's how I found the grace of my present job 

SUMMARY

Grace comes in different form but we can find grace through our handwork and struggle. Always get ready for opportunities, whatever certificate you have today, get mentored, acquire extra skills, specialize, add value to yourself, grace might befall on you through them. We don't have the same grace but when we put extra efforts, we can enjoy abundant grace through that struggle. Good morning, end of my story😂😂😂

Compiled by:

Dr. Ndah Jibril Agboni,

Specialist Hospital,

Gwagwalada.