It was suppose to be a movie night but what I walked into was a devil casting, tongue speaking and feet stamping prayer session. I did a double take to make sure I was at the right place. Of course I was because Kemi and Tolani were standing in one corner of the room, probably mad as hatters. I had convinced them the previous night to come out for the movie night. I wondered how a movie night turned into a night vigil? If Mobola wanted to have a prayer night, all she was suppose to do was ask. Although, I don’t think I would have showed up if I knew this was going to be an Iso oru[1]. I can pray without ceasing but omo not tonight. I was tired.
As I walked across the living room to meet Kemi, Mobola's mother passed to me a white handkerchief, “fi bori e” [2] she said. I threw the cloth over the top of my head and tied it at the back while I said breathe prayers to God to take control of the situation going on in the living room. I managed to get to Kemi then whispered
“What happened? I thought u guys were watching Twilight? How did this become a night vigil? Where is Mobola?”
“It was a movie night until 30 minutes ago. Mobola's youngest sister – I don’t remember her name….”
“Korede” I interjected
“Yes... that one, she sha fell asleep and then we heard her screaming Jesus over and over again”
“Kilode”?[3]
“She believed she was bound by the devil”
“Bound by the devil ke? I don’t understand.”
“She said when she woke up, she was unable to move or speak for 5 minutes. It was as if she was frozen and something heavy was sitting on her chest. oh... she also said she saw a vampire in the room.”
I chuckled... “Which one? Jasper Cullen”
“Stop laughing because it's not funny. Their mother even broke the DVD into pieces”
“Stop it, you are lying”
“okay oh... shebi you have eyes, look over there now” she pointed to the broken dvd pieces laying on the carpet
“Ladies, please let's be of one accord. The devil is always looking for whom to devour. please stop talking and let the holy ghost do his job” Mobola's mother spoke
For reasons unknown to me, I stayed and prayed with them for 10 minutes before i took my leave. I would have thought in a household filled with registered and license practical nurses, someone should have known that what happened to Korede was Sleep Paralysis .
But as usual, ignorant culture took over
I am still shaking my head
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30 comments:
hah..I am a little speechless here. Ignorance is one of this worlds biggest problems..Thanks for sharing
...naturally, the 'devil' must be bound; only in this case what (or who) is the devil???
Ignorance, i daresay.....or better still impatience to analysis.
lolololol! kpele.
Blessed be. You updated. Off to read
I'm shaking my head too...
lol...i must be an ignoramus cos i just heard abt sleep paralysis too.
Good one as usual.
lol!!! don't even know what to say
lol...i am not watching this twilight sequel thing o
i would have taken side with mummy mobola to bind devil oh.
But wait which one be sleep paralysis? this a good case for MFM oh.
Where have you been?
There will be a day when the devil will come and sue everyone that accuses him of being responsible for their simple misfortunes....poor devil.
@ darkelcee, lol @ being a case for MFM. I'm all for asking God to take control, but b4 the binding and casting episode, shouldn't you know what specific spirit you should be addressing? just my opinion nywayz.
Sleep paralysis -- first time my ignorant razz head is hearinng of that tho.. Nice expose..
lol!
So the movie twilight spurred an "iso oru". Something that only happens among 9ja pple.
I really enjoyed watching the movie, I may just watch it again later today.
Lol…Babe, don't blame them oh..I always tot it was the devil too untill I saw a documentary on tv recently…at first I thought that naija devil is also here till they explained….it's education...
kai, devil don suffer mehn.
When will this whole binding and casting of the Devil, and accounting every thing to him, reduce. It's too inhibiting to reasoning and our minds.
i cant even laff...
lol...
o ga!
u back?? welcome back
meanwhile make i no lie...first time of hearing of sleep paralysis..off to google
lol'....
i've never liked twilight and never heard of sleep paralysis either.
how've u been?
sweetie i may have to disagree with you. we are not unaware of the devices of the enemy, that is why we know that we do not look at things from a physical point of view but a spiritual one. One day you will need God and then you will understand.
@Tisha,
must everything then be about the enemy? Can't an experience be much more than a battle? A war?
You deprive yourself of so much when all your actions are motivated and directed by fear and you prevent yourself from expanding your consciousness...Nothing can touch you unless you allow it, so therefore, when you stub your big toe, what has that got to do with the devil? It has more to do with the fact that you were not looking where you were going...
Don't imprison yourself with fear.
na wa oh...but to be a bit lenient u never can tell oh....sha sha but movie night?!no twilight watched?na wa oh!
first time here....wow...nice blogging!
Fear is not a good thing.
Allied, you are the master storyteller...
I've never heard about sleep paralysis. Will google!
Hmmm...thanks for the insight. I never knew about sleep paralysis.I have had that experience before. i stopped watching scary movies a long time ago cos I found out I used to dream about the characters in different forms and situations.
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