Their parents died within the same month – less than two years ago, leaving her and six siblings. With a secondary school certificate, a low-paying job is all the seven continue to rely on for their bills, including school fees for the rest. The rocky road has been littered with disappointments. One elderly top-shot to whom she was directed, though willing and able to help, knowing her needs, insisted on going to bed with her first. She refused, lost the opportunity, but is still alive with the siblings. God continues to keep them for the brighter day.

?The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?? ? Jeremiah 17: 9 (KJV)

No human position is permanent.
Let the Son shine in your heart daily.

By, Nosa Owens-Ibie,
Friday, October 22, 2004.

Emailed October 28, 2004