AN IDLE MIND...THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP

I'm sure we've all heard the adage before so no surprises there. Its always something I think of when I have nothing to do and then I remind myself to do something all because I don't want to find myself doing the thing I really do not want to do cos I was idle. Anyways I'm sure that's the case with all the serial killers out there that kill or destroy people's lives either because they enjoy it or because they just idle and need to keep the busy. I also believe that its the reason we've had students who went about killing their fellow colleagues all in the name of "nothing to do" and wanting to get busy for fun, unfortunately it led to loosing precious lives and loved ones. I'm sure we all know one story or the other of armed robbers or thieves who go to houses, not just to rob families of their properties but also end their lives, again all in the name of "joblessness" or "having fun". This sickens me more than ever. The intensity of an individual's imagination is a measure of what the mind thinks of. When the mind is way too relaxed, unnecessary and unwanted thoughts starts to creep in and the devil takes over one's mind without even knowing it. The bible says "the heart of man is desperately evil", I also read a passage in Genesis that describes the heart of man even worse (will find the passage n post). My Creator knew what He was talking about I'm sure. However I've often wondered how the heart can all of a sudden think evil when God didn't create it to think such. Well, I want to guess its when the mind and soul decides to be idle instead of studying the Word, studying your books, washing the plates or clothes, doing house chores e.t.c. There are more than a million things an individual can do rather than stay idle and be the devil's workshop. The devil is sure roaring about and looking for whom to devour, so why give him that chance, that opportunity, that satisfaction to make use of our lives. I think we give him that second to allow him to creep in because we just don't want to do what we know we ought to do. I believe its a good thing to imagine and think, however let's have a limit and a line drawn to what we want to imagine or think about, because honestly...the CHOICE is really OURS!!!

A Young Girl's Imagination

We've all been there before, back in the day when we were just reach our teenage years or just starting that puberty stage: for a girl, starting your MP (menstrual period), for a boy having a piece of hair down that area (you all know the area I'm talking about, winks). Yes! We've all been there...wanting to grow up so fast so we can leave our parent's house and start a life of our own. Yep! that was me a few years ago, I just turned 14 yrs old and I envisioned myself having my own place, working with a nice company and just owning it all to myself. Too young huh, well what can I say...thoughts start to run wild when we find ourselves in places we really do not want to be. Right? Anyways, for me: It all started ooo, this imaginations of mine When my aunt sent me to go and grind pepper 2 houses away from ours (yes, I'm sure a few of us has done that before) unless you no go chop that night if you know what I mean. So quit rolling yours eyes like you've never put a large bowl full of tatase, tomatoes and rodo with onions on your head with osuka (head gear) to prevent the peppery water from soaking right into your hair. Do I hear a yes! ok now. Anyways so as I carried my bowl of all those a ta la ti se o be (red peppers 4 soup) on my head, looking all scruffy like I haven't had a shower all morning with my bath-room slippers on to the grinder's shop, of course cursing out my aunt in between and wondering why in the world she had to send me when the house-girl Siriki was there doing practically nothing. Ah! I ya ti je ota mi rin oooo, ko n se di e (my enemy has suffered once before, no be small). Hmm...sha I got to where I was to grind my pepper only to meet two young girls as myself already there in the same predicament waiting to also grind their bowl of peppers. As I sat down to wait for my turn, my mind gave way on me and before I knew it.... I started thinking of how my college days will be like, the cool and chicky girl friends I would have and the tall, handsome guys that would come ask me out to date me, woo me or marry me (which ever I'm interested in at the time) and I will have to decide and choose from the list. The interesting and fun parties, I would attend and how trendy and classy I would be amongst my friends, better yet stand-out from them all. Oh! How beautiful those days will be, how exciting and awesome my life would feel. I would graduate and then start working with an Oil Company because I would have my Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering, be my own boss for my boss and have staffs working for me. How my already working fiance would come take me out to lunch and we would walk hand in hand and eyes would fall upon us saying..."aww, look how cute they look together". Hmm...life will be so sweet, I can't wait. Thoughts of preparing for that two days better yet three days event, yes! my walking down the aisle to meet the man of my dreams, the man who swept me away at "hello" and swept me back in again at "would you be mine forever". Gosh! did I already say I can't wait...How we would live in our home with three kids (2 boys and a girl) and how happy and joyful our family would be. How.....how... how...and then I heard someone calling me back to reality and disrupting my beautiful and perfect thoughts. Oh! It was the grinder calling my name...my turn to grind my peppers and head back home to an aunt who despite all my parent's assistance to her treats me like a damn slave. ARGH!!! Anyways point is, as a young child we've all had different imaginations of how our life would be when we finally get to that stage when we can make lone decisions. I would love to hear some of the imaginations you had as a young gal or lad. Let's make this fun and interesting, aight? Much luv