It Was Worth It!

I savoured every spoonful as the sour and sweet taste exploded in my mouth, giving me a sense of satisfaction.

I had been craving it, and my dear sister, Iya Al’amin, had given me plenty of it. Every mouthful was followed with gratitude and blessings for her benevolence.

Mama Kures watched me savour every moment as we chit-chatted about plenty of things. Just when I got to the bottom of the cup and was crunching away the last pieces of groundnut, anticipating my blissful drink of the water that remained, she spoke:

“Bani ruwan in sha. Give me the water, let me drink.” Hey God! My precious garri water that I was anticipating how I’ll savour it to finish off the craving I was satisfying; my mother wants to spoil that satisfaction.

“Mummy, let me soak garri for you, please; there is a lot of it…”

“I don’t want to drink garri, I just want the water…”

Toh. How I wan do? I had to give it to her. If it wasn’t my mother, nobody could have collected that last garri water from me; nobody.

I handed the cup to her, and she drank it with her full chest.

“Thank You.” She looked both satisfied and mischievous.

“You are welcome, Mummy.”

I handed over that treasured garri water to her because she was worth it. She was worth the sacrifice. She was my mother.

The same way Jesus sacrificed his life for you because you are worth it. You are worth every stripe, wound, and bruise. He endured it so you can have a life with God, a life of beauty and glory.

Take heed of his sacrifice today.

The door is still open for you to decide to live for Him if you haven’t.

It wasn’t easy, but You were worth it.

Happy Easter!