If we were given an opportunity to write our own biography.
How many chapters would it comprise?
The amazing thing about life is that we have been given opportunities to correct our mistakes. Who knows you may be actually making a mistake now but it won't be the end because tomorrow brings another deal for closure.
I think if I should write my own biography the longest chapter would be the joy I felt knowing that God could cause a lot of trouble in a country just for my sake.
You may say I'm overreacting, and may even conclude that it was a coincidence. After reading this, any conclusion you arrive at is good for you but what I call it, is what it meant to me.
I graduated as one of the best student in my class. My first degree as an extentionist from the university. This wasn't the original course I intended on studying in school. But I completed it though with the expectation that I would do a second degree later on.
I had written jamb and all my scores haven't been up to standard.
So, early this year I started studying for Jamb again after attempting last year but the score was more shameful than the previous years.
When I prayed to God, He told me that He was going to show His hand this year. That gave me the reassurance I needed. I studied and had a lot of lessons to the extent I lost a lot of weight.
The jamb day was at hand, I doubled my study time. Finally, it was the D-day. The title of the Next chapter of my life was about to be decided.
I wrote the exams and inside the exam hall, I kept asking if this was an exam because the questions seemed to cheap. Not being bragadocious though, plain truth.
I saw people standing up from their seats in less than an hour and wondered if they really knew what they wrote. Because physics and chemistry should suck up a lot of time.
Finally, the results were out and guess what?
My score was the lowest of all the time I've written jamb in my entire life.
I tell you this for free, most of the jamb I wrote I didn't study for them enough but I always got a pass mark above 200/400. But, in this particular result, I got 175/400.
After studying for nights and days. I felt depressed. I turned off my phone. I locked myself up in my room. My siblings had to travel back home so they could console me and be with me.
I had already prepared how I would give my testimony in church. How I would dance because God had done it for me.
I went back to God with questions.
"I thought You said You would be there for me, look at my score, what should I do next?"
At that time, it seemed heaven was quiet which made me frustrated the more. My Aunty, was the one who pressured that I should try jamb again. She wanted to sponsor my second degree.
I didn't know how to tell her that the scores were out and I didn't even get a score worth hearing.
After few weeks, there was news that the previous Jamb results written between a selected days were not accurate.
Guess what guys, my day was also included.
I could literally feel God smiling at me. Like saying Surprise!!!!!
The annoying thing was that when this news was released, we were only given two days to go read and prepare. Which was by no means enough. But, I took what I could get, right?
If you are a Nigerian, then you know how almost impossible it is for an African in power to publicly announce that he was at fault and take full responsibility.
But that happened. That actually happened in my country.
This time around I wrote the exam and my score was very high. Not as high as I expected though, but it was high.
I remember travelling to my brother's house that Sunday. But he wasn't around, so I was just alone with my younger sister. When I got the information that the results were out.
I took the code and sent it. I knew I would get a better score but I had a range I wanted to be at.
You know, no matter how prepared you were and write an exam, when the results are out, you will still be nervous checking it.
When I opened my eyes, I shouted at the top of my voice, my sister ran thinking something bad had happened but no. It was something good.
I gave her my phone and she saw the results, she immediately took her phone and started calling the entire family.
Guys Ben got 295/400 in this Jamb.
I know everything works together for my good. Both the good and the bad.
When I saw the first result and I failed. It made me trust God the more. When I saw the good result, I also trusted Him more.