Wedding: Anatomy of Nonsense By Adelaja Olusola Samuel As a student, (incoming writer) i do not look at faces. Church wedding is absolute nonsense without scriptural foundation. The ideas of pastor joining anyone together can be supported by book written by so-called men of God, but you will find no single Bible verse to support it. Real wedding is what we call engagement in Nigeria. “You may now kiss your bride”they say, but nine out of ten (10), the lady is already pregnant is a shame wedding on Gbasemo street, Ikorodu, Lagos, where a naked bride and her equally naked friend were dancing in the church. They were US based, and had reportedly offered the minister large sum of money. The minister, loyal servant of their bellies, said nothing wrong with their dressing. Before long, thug and a few local had stormed the frontage of the church, shouting obscenities at the ladies. “Ori awon eleyi daru ni?” (Are these ones mad?), Etc. Now what my niece said (i do not feel comfortable saying it): “my mummy, that sister is wearing blue panties” It make absolutely no economic sense to buy a fooling gown which you will never put it on again. I have heard the claim that the gown will be put on the woman when she dies, but how do you know that you will die where your clothes are, or that gown would still be your size? This is pure foolishness. Again, i am still at a loss as to why Nigerians can not just put on native attire at the reception. Certainly, my own God is not, English; He is the Lord of glory, a most gracious God who has not instructed me to copy any culture without applying a bit of common sense. if you can not see revelation here, it is a sign that you meant to see. A teacher who earn #20,000 Monthly will nevertheless want to kill a cow, rent a hall which cost #20,000 and make a cake which will be the talk of the town. What are the essence of the wedding that couple can not eat a good meals for a week after the wedding? a good wedding should be once that couple would enjoy their self in honey moon for at least a week after the wedding day. Actually, we do not need cake on a wedding day; what we need is sufficient Amala and enough pounded yam with a lot of Egusi soup for our people. I was bored stiff once in Ondo when, acting best man for the first (and now I know, the last) time, the best lady started pouring some creamy/foamy nonsense on him. Notice that notice that he had not condemning the beautiful ideals of a best man, but to had previously disagreed with the best lady who wanted him to wear hand glove, when he was not a foolish corpse, or a parade commandant. Yes, of course, I wore a suit, but I put it off during the reception because the Let me tell you about pastor Ganiyu, a relation of mine. Well, this man insisted on one Brother Gbenga wedding day that the offering, which the church normally collected before joining any couple together, must be |30,000, or no wedding. people made donation and #28,000was realized, but pastor Ganiyu said no way. Eventually, pastor Ganiyu joining the couple together at a few minutes past 4p.m. But brother Gbenga was fuming. Upon all my work in this church as an interpreter, head of choir, pastor Ganiyu, my own very brother, has refused to join me and my wife. All my ogas who I wanted to give cake they have gone! This is wicked. This is my last day in this church! “ and it was. Both are extended relations of mine, and do not make the mistake of thinking that I had invented a fable. The bride was very hungry said she did not want to eat while wearing the gown but pastor Ganiyu would not budget. The muslim who came to the wedding were saying: is this how Christianity is? “Well, we do not do our own thing like that! What a shame!. Pastor are jester on the day. They speaks for too long making the day theirs. My sister told me that she once attended a church wedding, which still had not finished at 5p.m. Eventually, she had to leave in anger: because she any my niece were by then very hungry. Common sense ought to tell you, Mr. Pastor, that a wedding day is actually a day God has chosen for the couple, why do you speak for so long? It is to milk the people dry. The God I serve will never collect offering from unbeliever. What are the essence of marriage that break in three Months? Before God accepts anything from you. He first washes you by the water of regeneration. But some pastor can take money from anybody, even the devil shrine. Men like Orekoya and Babalola are gone. B ut I am happy we still have men like Amos Omoboriowo, Adejare Adeboye, pastor G.O. Olutola, men who do not care a hoot about your money, God-called men who will never join anybody together because of money. and man like me, sent with a liberation message for those who recognized wisdom, not fools who argues their way right into hell. Nigerian wedding is still full of expensive rubbish; that is the reason why many people don”t marry until they are as old as galilee. Now, having read this, I have no doubt that you will think very well before you inviting me to your wedding. Mark those who says “wedding is only done once, they would not be there when you start your married life in penury”. ADELAJA IS IN DEPARTMENT OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 21:49:15 +0000
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