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At a given time in our lives,we all decided on our own accord and for
various reasons to migrate to USA. Based on what we had heard from different
sources, we came with great anticipation that life in the US would be better off
than our native lands. Time
alone would prove us right or wrong.
Once here, it didn't take us a long
time to find out that things were not as easier as we had thought.How so? We
found out the following:
1.We went through a culture shock that took
some of us a long time to recover
2.Time is money
3.Bills have no sympathy
for the lazy ones. Its either you work hard or you won't make it. And so to make
ends meet,we found ourselves going for doubles and at times triples.
4.The
kind of jobs available were not all what we expected. They were the kind that we
would not do in our native lands
5.Every one has got rights. Men found
themselves angered , confused, powerless and out of control
6.A lot of
freelance advisers and teachers with all kinds of weird ideas and way of looking
at things
7.America is a land of opportunity to all those who care to make
use of it
In trying to adjust and make meaning in this new land,some
things went right for some of us and unfortunately bad for others. Here is what
transpired:
1.Some decided to go to school,work so hard and succeeded in
acquiring good jobs
2.Some took wrong advantage of various rights, abused
them,and thus ended up separating themselves from their families and the
community
3.By listening to the freelance advisers, some made wrong decisions
that only succeeded in destroying them.
4.Some,consumed by the desire to
become rich and develop the native
land, spent all their time in working to appoint that they forgot to
spend quality time with their spouse and children
5.During their long hours
of absence from home,others gave into the temptation of finding new lovers at
their places of work
6.Due to frustration and wrong influence,some made a
wrong decision to tarry long in bars or anywhere where alcohol would be
found.
7.With the misguided notion to get rich quickly,some came up with
schemes to steal from wherever money would be found
8.Children too, chose
disobedience and rudeness as away of life. School was not a priority to them any
more.
9.Due to some deceptions that come from the enemy, some spouses dropped
or exchanged their" old fashioned and uneducated spouses" as they went searching
for the young,charming,beautiful/hand some ones with a career.
10.Some
friends took advantage of their friends and misled them big time. As a matter of
fact they played an active role in destroying their friends.
Anything
else?
Yes, and perhaps this is the more serious one. What is it? Some
people divorced God from their system. They decided not to pray, read the
Bible,return their tithes and give
a generous offerings and un fortunately took leave from attending church
every week. That way,they isolated themselves from the only one who gives
riches,good health,peace of mind and satisfaction.He alone is able to deal with
stress,depression,and all kinds of challenges. By choosing to go this deceptive
route, many of us became our own enemies;hence the reason we are hurting
ourselves and others.
So then,what must we do?
Repent and return
to God. Here is what God says:
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