BROKEN GLASS

Have you ever seen how fresh and sweet mangoes look like when they reach their maturity cycle? You will see kids planning on the strategies they will use to pluck the mangoes as they dance all around after they have successfully plucked down the mangoes, can you imagine how a young man would feel if he ends up getting married to the love of his life? You will agree with me that the joy that will emanate from his heart can not be quantified or expressed by words.

This was exactly how I felt when Adebayo Williams, the love of my life proposed to me inside Queen Park Garden on the 14th of April 2008 in the midst of friends, families, and others who came to beautifully grace his birthday party, he knelt down with a blazing ring in his hand and said Rachael Adefarati, will you marry me? I did not know when tears found their ways into my eyes and rushed down like a mighty flood, for a moment I was speechless but later helped him up and gave him a deep kiss and sealed it with the word, "I do".

I couldn't hold the joy because it was so obvious on my face as I smiled home like someone who just won a jackpot, it was so obvious to the extent that everyone I talked to could notice the radiant smile that came to play on my face , they kept saying , Rachael , what brought about this smile because we didn't say anything funny?.

Adebayo Williams's  Proposal reminded me of a number of heartbreaks I have had in the past. I actually thought Adebayo Williams has come to remove those painful daggers that have been placed in my heart for years by heartbreakers, I never knew his own strategy was dreadful and silently came to break my heart into pieces. I have truly had a number of heartbreaks, maybe I did know how to drive the vehicle of love to a successful destination but all I know is, I do love blindly, I easily surrender my heart into the arms of love.

After we successfully had our introduction, we were making plans on our wedding as we agreed that it will come up in three months time, 2 days before the wedding, after all, had been set, after leaving Adebayo's family house, I got a text on my phone, on my way home that reads "baby am sorry" , it was sent by an unknown person, I quickly used true caller to check who it was, It was Adebayo , my husband to be in two days time, I didn't feel like anything was wrong , I took it as a joke because he has always been a funny guy. 

Finally, I got home and I tried calling all his mobile phones, to my surprise, his phones were ringing but weren't picked, I said to myself, maybe he was busy or has logged into dreamland. 

On the 27th of July 2008, the following morning, I was called out from dreamland through a message that was sent to my phone by Adebayo Williams, my husband to be and was read , tears suddenly found their ways and covered every dry spot on my eyes and cursed my eyes with a rain of tears. I began to scream with tears in my eyes like a baby who misses the nutritious breast of his mother, my screaming traveled to my sister and made her come to my rescue,my loving Younger Sister named Blessing, as she rushed in from her room, nothing was said by her, all she could do was to offer me a warm hug, I was beginning to surrender my soul to the other side of life(fainted) and I was rushed to the nearest hospital.

It surprised me to announce to you that Adebayo Williams is happily married, blessed with elegant wife and two beautiful daughters who live in the United State of America , his text furtherly read that he only came to Nigeria on a business trip and he was stuck inside the web of my love but right now he needed to snap out before it gets out of hand,he ended the text that he is on his way back into the arms of his beautiful wife and adorable daughters.

 It was already out of hand said my heart, I am like a man who saw the beautiful shining light reaching to him but was suddenly snatched away his very eyes, like a woman who is ripe to eat the fruit of her labor and wishes she had couldn't come to reality.

After so many months spent in the hospital, I was finally discharged from the hospital, broken in the soul, body, and mind, just like the broken pieces of glasses all over the floor.  

Adebayo Willams gave me a transformation that gave birth to a new me, a monster in human flesh, this time I was determined to break the hearts of every man that comes my way. I became a monster who was making men have a bite of the food left for me by Mr. Adebayo Williams.

I became a terror to society and got men into a romantic scene of love and left them with a painful dagger to their hearts. 

At a point, I ran out of numbering men that have successfully placed a beautiful and painful dagger 🗡️ to their gentle hearts, it was a mission accomplished for me, like I care, all men looked exactly like him, that was reflected by my ugly memory, I was able to do this for a good 6 years and by that time I was turning 34, reaching toward menopause.

One cool evening, After leaving a shopping mall, I met an old friend named Tina, who has now become an Evangelist, we greeted and she successfully handed me with a flyer that speaks about a program that will take place for 5 days and pleaded with me to try attending the revival, at least if it is just a day, which I responded with the statement" I will try but not promising".

Several times, my friends have asked me, which cream are you using that makes your skin glow this brightly? They are surprised because they know I am turning 34 years but still looking sexy like 27 years old damsel, the secret is that I inherited it from late mother, beautifully said with a smile but a wounded heart.

One brilliantly cool evening, I got a call from one of my friends that there is a party happening in town and was organized by Mr. Mike, the son of Mr. Francis Evans, a senator, she ended saying, can I get dressed and come for the party and I said with a brilliant affirmation, I am coming right away.

 After putting on my skimpy and sexy beautiful dress which was laced with a touch of silver and gold, as I approached my car, I began to feel dizzy and all of a sudden I fainted flatly on the ground, by the time I wake up, I met myself lying flat  in a hospital bed, just like a lifeless book placed on the table of a vibrant professor , I was approached by a medical doctor who frankly told me after carrying out a dutiful medical examination on my body only to discover that my womb had been seriously damaged,medically report shows that  I can never have a child and as a matter of fact my womb needs to be evacuated to save my other organs from being infected and affected.

Honestly, I began to remember after I have successfully had a series of abortions, I was frankly told too by Mr. Gabriel, another medical doctor in St Daniel Hospital, who gave me a red warning not to try having anything of such again, that it is very dangerous for my existence.

Another reason to cry " I can't have a child because my womb has been completely damaged and It has to be evacuated, the last time I cried was the day Mr. Adebayo Williams broke my heart like the broken pieces of glass on the floor. I was eventually discharged from the hospital.

I got home, walking around the house with so many thoughts flashing through the broken lines of my heart, at a point I thought of killing myself, at that time, life has no meaning to me again, I began to see myself as someone who came to this world with no impact, not even after I have been detailed on my current health status which really worsened the whole situation, that my womb has been completely damaged and evacuated as advised by the doctor.

I finally decided on a thing, after placing so many thoughts on the table of my heart, that before I die, let me first attend the revival program, then I began to look for the flyer handed to me by my old friend in order to check the time and the venue of the program, after searching every nooks and cranny of my house, I couldn't find where I kept the flyer,I began to think of the way out, I decided to put a call across to her , I did call her , she didn't pick it and I was more determined to reach her , I summarily decided to send a text which I did and believed she would get back to me after reading it.

Day turned into night, I kept checking my phone but her call never entered and this got made frustrated made me summon my fate, to take my life by taking a liquid portion of poison.

Another day comes to play, I guess this day is to leave this sinful world said silently by my mind, as I rushed out to my wardrobe to pick my wristwatch, there I found the flyer at the right side of the wardrobe placed at one corner of my wardrobe, I sighed as I jealously picked it and held it just called it my last-minute grace, I took it in my hand and a lightened smile splashing through the right side of my cheeks as I re-echoed it, "my last-minute grace".

I couldn't believe it, I found the flyer on the day the revival will be brought to a halt. I sat on my bed, kept looking at my wristwatch, after so much patience, I left home at exactly 5 o'clock with one reason, just to ask for forgiveness from God.

I got to the revival program at exactly 5 minutes to the commencement of the program, as I entered the auditorium, I was honorably ushered to the front seat by one of the ushers.  

The place felt home,when I began to remember those moments when I was very vibrant in the church, as I said to myself, I have been there before but now, I can't be there anymore, not after destroying the lives of men because they have successfully destroyed mine and left me with a broken heart, the praise section was beautifully handled by one adorable sister but I was still there standing at one side of the front condemning myself to death.

The praise section ended, seconded by drama administration and finally, it was time for sermon and the man of God was called to step forward, at this point, I could not believe what my eyes were brought to see, it was Mr. Adebayo Williams, the man who left me to wander aimlessly on the path of life,I quickly rushed out of the church, at that point, the attention of the whole congregation and the pastor we're shifted to my side, monitoring my movements as I rushed out of the church, my heart was beating rapidly as I stood beside my Lexus jeep car for hours and later gained the courage to drive myself home.

On getting home, I began to question my instincts that why didn't I kill him on the spot? How can a heartbreaker, a liar and a betrayal suddenly turned into a pastor, he doesn't deserve to be walking freely on the planet of this world, at this point, I determined in my mind to bring him down by ruining his ministerial reputation?

My ideas of ruining his life came to reality the moment I remember my childhood friend, Fisayo Folorunsho who has now become a well-recognized blogger, who is magically dazzling the minds of men through his write up on his blog site.

 I put a call to him that I would be glad to see him which he agreed. This time around, it looks like the whole world would hear my bleeding pain that can only be stopped by revenge, that was all that was ringing in my head.

Plans transformed into reality after blogger Fisayo successfully spread on his blog site also used his connection to get it across the media by using a catchy headline " A HEARTLESS SINNER IN THE CHURCH" within weeks what transpired between me and Mr. Adebayo Williams have spread all over the world because he was a famous man in ministry both homes and abroad.

As they say, a bad story spreads faster than a good one, before a month runs to an end, every church member of Mr. Adebayo Williams had become aware of the ugly past hidden sin committed by their so-called minister of God, Mr. Adebayo Williams.

Mr. Adebayo Williams was summoned to the church panel and was extensively questioned by the elders of the church by asking him to deny all that was written about him was purely a defamation of character, to the amazement of the church elders, he became practically speechless with his head statically bowed to the ground, the elders decided to have another meeting and concluded by demoting Mr. Adebayo Williams from the position of a senior pastor to a church member.

Mr. Adebayo Williams's wife and two adorable daughters suddenly traveled back to the United States after hearing the church pronouncements on the issue of his darling husband.

Life became hell for Pastor Adebayo Williams, no doubt about it, as the scripture says, no sinner will go unpunished. It was a moment of restitution with God and the entire church of God for him.

One cool evening, Pastor Adebayo Williams was visited in the church after the service has ended by a woman who covered her face with a buoyant spectacle.

Greetings were exchanged and she decided to put off the sparkling spectacle, the revelation of the woman he broke her heart and left her in a shackles of pain flashed into his memories the moment he set his eyes on my naked face,  tears began to run through from his eyes down to his cheeks and he said I am sorry for the unbearable pain I have caused you, he did not stop there with his shaking voice, he began to explain how he searched for me immediately he came back from the states after giving his life to Christ, he quoted that "a day never passed without thinking of the pain I have caused you".

He was there still begging, asking for my forgiveness,honestly I actually thought I will never be able to forgive him but I guess my love for him snatched me away from my pain and suddenly made me see reasons to forgive him, I echoed it from my heart and released it in my speech, as I said I have forgiven you because I never stopped loving you. He was happy to hear that and we both held our hands together as we cried together like babies.

I never knew love itself is a traveler who travels to space in the hearts of men using forgiveness as its fuel, love arrested my heart and made me forgive the one I never believed I can ever forgive in my entire life, the one who turned my innocent soul into a dreadful and heartless one.

After many months, I began to see life differently, I felt light in the heart after finding the courage to forgive Mr. Adebayo Williams and my life began to form a new shape , already 36, like magic, I felt the urge to accept Jesus Christ into my life after listening to a powerful audio message given to me by Pastor Adebayo Williams, unbelievably I found myself kneeling down with tears coming out from the socket of my eyes as I sang a common song, titled "I surrender oh".

Now, I believe I have been living my life like scissors without Jesus in my life, I have put behind my old self, I was lost in the world but found by Jesus, as the scripture says old things have passed away behold things have become new says the scripture.

I joined a bible study group of the living faith church and at a point, I was so rooted in his words,months passed, this time it's not magic ,it's a miracle, a well-known brother in the church who is of a high class in status named Richard walked up to me and said God convincingly told him that I am his destined wife, even though he was not a comedian but what he said was very funny, me!,he got me here when he said God as well told him that I have lost my womb when I was lost in the world, I was so speechless and walked away from his sight and challenged God when I got home,why would he do that?  Guess God's response, that is your destined husband and you are going to have triplets. 

I honestly couldn't believe my life could have a true meaning after treading on the ugly path of the world, I was nakedly burnt by the fire of life but was revived by the power of God.  In a nutshell, I got married to Mr. Richard Oladapo and we were blessed with triplets.

Did God forget his people? No, he never did, after all the trials faced by Mr. Adebayo Williams; the demotion, the humiliation, the condemnation and the storm that blew in his home, he was still very strong in faith and in the long run,he was transferred to one of their international branches in the United States of America and was given the mantle to be the senior pastor and he eventually reunited with his family.

Some vital lessons to learn…

  👉Not only the breaker of the glass got injured in the race of life, but many would also be injured which could lead them to the underworld.

  👉Don't start what you are not fully prepared for

  👉Don't make promises you know you can't keep.

  👉Don't break hearts, it could lead them to their early grave or could turn them into angry beasts devouring on innocent souls.

 👉Desire and work daily on your weaknesses.

  👉Don't play with people's emotions all in the name of pleasure.

  👉Be prayerful and be disciplined.

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