About My Marriage.

Chapter 8

"Okay I had wanted to tell you myself but since you got to know, what do you think about it?" She

asked in a cool manner

"Think about what?"

"Adopting her of course" she responded as Mark was silent for a while

"Babe....look at me" he said as he made her to face him

"Listen, I love Rejoice. I love everything about her. Her smiles, the way she laughs and she's quite

intelligent. But she's not my daughter, even if you decide to adopt her. I want my own children. Not

just that, I want them to come from you. They will come from you; Out of this body, and no one is

looking elsewhere: I'm not getting children from another woman and you're not bringing an

adopted child to my house either. You said three adoptions ryt. What if you were meant to have

five children on Earth? That means it remains two. Those two would be enough for me, so far

there coming from the woman I love so much. I know it's difficult for you my love but I'd always be

here. It's the only way of proving my love to you in these trying times. You'll still give birth, I have

so much faith you will and even if you doubt it, my faith would swallow your doubt as we are one.

Do you understand me?" He said, ending his speech with a question as Kemi had been listening

with rapt attention.

"I understand" Kemi replied after sometime

"I love you" Mark said, seeing his wife was kinda confused on what to say

"I love you more. Thank you for everything." She replied as he hugged him after which they

disengaged and kissed

It's been six months since Kemi has been going to the orphanage. She has successfully discarded

the thought adopting Rejoice and started having faith in God for her own child

"Even if it's just one" she said in one of her prayers.

Rejoice on the other hand, has so much faith that one day, she'd no longer be referred to as an

orphan.

Her faith finally saw her through one day as a couple came looking for her and Kemi was present

"Rejoice....it's me, your mother" The middle aged woman said as she knelt down to get to her

height, after being allowed to see her. "I'm so sorry for abandoning you all these years my love. You're not an orphan and I'm here to

take you home." She said further as Rejoice shouted for Joy

Her mom turned to Kemi who was in shock and said

"Thank you so much for caring for my daughter. I had her when I was a young teenager and

wasn't ready to settle down so I dropped her by the roadside as I didn't have the heart to kill an

innocent child. I'm a married woman now but have not child ever since. I then remembered her

and have been looking for her for about a year now and thank God I've found her; not just that, I

found her in hood hands. Thank you for taking care of my baby for me" she said as she hugged

Kemi who was still surprised

Rejoice's mom was about leaving before the little girl asked for a moment with her aunty (Kemi)

"My faith has made me whole aunty. Your faith will if you believe without doubt." She said as Kemi

smiled, stroking her hair

"I'd miss you my love" Kemi said

"I'd miss you too ma but I'm happier here with my mom. Thank you for everything big mummy" she

said as she hugged her

"Remember, faith" Rejoice said as her mom took her and the couple left

Kemi went home that day, still surprised at what just happened at the orphanage

"The faith of that little girl brought her parents back to her. Wow" she thought within her as she

went to meet her mom

"Mama I'm back" she said as she greeted her.

"Kaare oko mi. How was your day?"

"Full of surprises

"Really?. How

"Mama you remember that small girl Rejoice, that I told you I was thinking of adopting?"

"Yes what about her?"

"Her parents came today to pick her up from the orphanage

"Really? "

"Yes Mama. The interesting part was that she has been telling me that she's putting what I taught

her, that is faith, into practice and she believes that's she isn't an orphan and has faith that one

day, her parents would come looking for her

"Wow....that's interesting. Just as you'd faith would give you your babies"

"She mentioned that too while waiting then but I took it lightly. But I think now I'm going to start

believing I'd conceive in no time" Kemi said as she smiled

"That's good my dear. So you have to practice it as well. Faith without works is dead.

"I will Mama. I will." Kemi said as she smiled to herself

Kemi went to children's shopping mall the next day to buy stuffs for kids

"Faith without works is dead" she said to herself as she picked both boy's and girl's clothes

"I'd love to have twins" she said as she picked them

Mark came home that day an was surprised to see baby clothes in their room and when he asked

her, she simply said. "I'm putting my faith into actions"

Mark was glad when he heard that, so he just smiled and left her alone

Meanwhile

Kemi has been thinking of what Mark's talents could possibly cos she decided that since she has

found hers, she should help her husband in discovering his too, and she knows it's gonna be big

She was thinking about it one night after prayers

"But wait" she said as her thoughts were bringing memories to her

"Mark has always been an adviser in any office he's posted too and is always his boss' favourite

anywhere he goes. Anyone that plans to take that position from him is sacked and he gets promoted. The office also stands to be at loss if they sack him so he's always exempted. Even

when the battle was hot then, they considered it not a good decision. That's it" she said as she

snapped her fingers

"His good advices would take him far in life." She said happily

"But how do I go about it"

"The spirit of understanding and an excellent spirit. Daniel was the only one that could understand

difficult dreams because an excellent spirit was upon him" she heard a voice within say

"Exactly" she thought aloud

"He just has to get more spiritual. Maybe attend church services regularly or something" she

thought to herself

"Church activities aren't synonymous with spiritual growth" sue heard that same voice say

"Then he'd grow in Christ personally then and meditate on God's word. Asking for the spirit of

knowledge, understanding and excellence as well as the seven Spirits of God" she thought

"Exactly.....oh thank God." She said happily as she prayed a little and then went to bed.

Kemi told Mark of her "new discovery" concerning his potentials

"Babe, on a norms your office respect you wherever you go and value you as their special adviser.

I'm thinking if you go deeper into the things of God and improve spiritually, your talents or

potentials would be used to the fullest" Kemi said to her husband as he agreed to become more

spiritual

He tried reading his Bible at night before sleeping, praying before leaving the house and fasting

often. He them added praying at night but only as his strength could carry him as he was no match

to his wife.

He then prayed for an opportunity for his talent or gift to be needed

"After all, if there was no problem of the King's dream at that time, nobody would've known Daniel

further." He thought in his heart as he prayed to God and his prayers were answered as it seemed

they were losing their customers and firms weren't interested in doing business with them

anymore. It was so severe that his boss was losing his mind as a result of the drastic loss and the workers haven't been paid their monthly salary.

He then decided to call on Mark for advise. Mark himself was surprised at the way the company

was running at loss. He didn't know what to do but he had an idea, which he wasn't sure if it'd

work but he told his boss anyway

His boss welcomed the idea and also asked him to hold meetings with the various important

workers of some firms, convincing them to partner with them and telling them of what they stand to

gain from partnering with them. To Mark, it was a big task but when he started his little "errand" he

was able to get them convinced and business was back to normal

His boss was so happy for having someone like Mark under his leadership as he mentioned him to

the DG of the company when he visited their little branch few months later.

Having seen and heard of how Mark's advices and intelligence had enabled they branch to

bounce back, he decided to try him out himself by inviting him over to their head quarters diaspora

to see how well he would do. The overall boss sponsored everything he needed: his tickets and

passorts as he also promised to take care of his expenses when he gets there as well

This was a great good news for Mark as he went home that day, ver joyful.

"Honey, God has done it" he said as soon as his wife opened the door for him

"Wow....someone's in a good mood. What Happened today?" His wife asked with smiles as they

made their way to the dinning room.

So our DG visited us today and said they had a little problem aat the headquarters. My boss, Mr

Richard recommended me to him and that's all. He said I should prepare for set off in the next

three days." Mark said happily. They were in the room now as Mark had rejected the food until he

told his wife everything.

"Wow....wow....wow. So as I'm seeing you like this, in three days time you're out of the shores of

this country? Wow....thank you Jesus. This is beautiful" Kemi said as she hugged him happily

"My love that's not all. He is also the one sponsoring the expenses of my documents and will make

them ready as early as possible. He'll also be in charge of my expenses when I get there" He said

further

"Wow ...this is more than I expected. This good is too wonderful. Ohh Lord, I'm more than grateful

to you" Kemi said as she knelt down, thanking God with a grateful heart as Mark joined her.

"He really is wonderful. I can't believe this" Mark said after series of praises "Me too....but it's real. I didn't really expect this. I was thinking that highest, you'd be promoted

again or transferred to where you'd have a higher pay. That was what I was thinking but now this"

"My love. We need to thank God this very night. It's so wonderful. I can't tell it all" Mark said as

they made their way to the room for prayers of praise

Mama got to to hear the good news the next morning and her joy knew no bounds.

Three days later, Mark was off to diaspora with his boss as his wife didn't cease in prayers for

success of his mission for going there in the first place

Mark later called his wife that night to tell her how things were going. Kemi was glad things were

moving smoothly and intensified her prayers to God till Mark was back in Nigeria

It's been three months since Mark has come back from abroad and the DG had commended him

for a job well done, encouraging him to keep up the good work in his original place of work as his

boss was so proud of him as well

However

Keki had been noticing she's been having early morning sicknesses these days and nauseating.

She wasn't comfortable with it so decided to visit a doctor.

Soon the tests were out and the doctor came to her, smiling broadly

"Congratulations Madam, you're three weeks pregnant." He said, still smiling as Kemi shed tears

of joy while heading home

"Mama.....Mama" she called as soon as she got home.

"Mama see" she said as she gave the doctor's report to her mom who was in her room reading a

book to kill boredom as there was no light.

"what is it?" Mama asked as she collected the doctor's report from her hand and after reading it,

she smiled broadly "You see? I told you. Rejoice told you too.....your faith has made you seen this." Mama said as

she smiled broadly.

"I can't wait to tell Mark. But how do I tell him?" She said, stroking her invisible beards, forming

some point of seriousness

"Tell him anyhow." Mana responded

"No Mama. I'll tell him in a special way.' She said, smiling to herself as Mama giggled

"Children of nowadays. It's okay no problem. Ehmm dakun is there anything to chew in the

kitchen?" Mama asked as Kemi smiled

"I made chinchin yesterday" Kemi responded

"Please go get some for me, the soft ones o. I'm so bored here" Mama said as Kemi left for the

kitchen.

"Babe...." Kemi called out on a cool night as they were together

"Yes dear." Mark responded as Kemi face him, stared at him for a while and hugged him tight

"Thank you. Thank you for everything" Kemi whispered, still hugging him tight as Mark smiled in

response.

"You deserve everything." He said, after which they both fell silent

"thank you for being there for me when it seemed all hope was lost. Thank you for loving so

deeply, much more whatever problem or circumstances we faced; both individually or as a team."

She said as she kissed him deeply, pour out her gratitude and her feelings in it.

"Thank you so much for holding onto me. Thank you for making me your wife so I can be the

mother of your children which is made possible today, I'm so grateful my love. Thank you for being

a man strong enough to stand by me against all odds" Kemi said, looking straight into his eyes

and kissing him passionately afterwards.

"wait.....wait, did you just say mother of my children?" Mark asked to be sure he heard her well as

she smiled in response and nodded afterwards

"That means you're.....you're.......wait come out plain" Mark said as he hadn't wanted to have high

hopes only to have them dashed.

"Yes go on...... it's what you're thinking." Kemi smiled "You're.....you're pregnant!!!" He said, almost shouting

"Shhhh bring your voice down" Kemi cautioned

"You're pregnant. You're pregnant right" he said more quietly as she nodded in affirmative.

Mark's joy knew no bounds as he didn't know when he lifted Kemi from off the floor.

"okay okay.......put me down" she said as she laughed

Mark finally brought her down and hugged her tight

"Faith made this Happen" he whispered to her

"Yes. Thanks to God and you, Mama and my little Rejoice" she responded as they disengaged

"I'm sure that girl would be happy to hear you'd soon be a mom wherever she is" Mark said as she

smiled, looking at her tummy

"Welcome my beautiful children. Mummy and daddy are happy to have you" She said, still in

smiles

."Children?"

"Yes. A boy and a girl. That's what I want" she responded as Mark laughed

"I think you're asking for too much

"My faith would see me through" she said with confidence as Mark pulled her in a tight hug.

Nine months later

It was a sweet Saturday. Kemi hardly did anything at home these days as her pregnancy was

heavy and she would give birth anytime.

She was about going to the dinning to get some fruits to eat when her water broke: luckily for her,

everyone was home.

She was quickly rushed to the hospital and had been there for a while..

The doctor came out from the labour room after sometime as Mark and Mama got up to meet him "How is she

"How is my daughter

They both asked simultaneously

"Can I see you both in my office?" He said as they both agreed and followed him

"I'm sorry to say but she can't give birth on her own as her strength is weak. We'd have to take her

through CS" the doctor announced

"What?" They asked simultaneously, not wanting to believe what the doctor had just said.

"What?" They asked simultaneously, not wanting to believe what the doctor had just said.

"No....my daughter is not having her child through Operation. I didn't give to her through CS, none

of her family members have so she won't be the first" Mama protested as Mark was lost in

thoughts

"Can I please see her at least" Mark pleaded as the doctor accepted

"Baby....what is the problem?" Kemi asked weakly as soon as she saw her husband

"They said you have to deliver via operation my love." Mark replied, holding her hands tightly

"Operation? No. That was not wheat God promised me" Kemi protested

"Baby baby. This is a matter of life and death." Mark told her but she still didn't agree

"It is in the Bible: Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered

of children and I've been claiming these promises for the past six months so how come. No it's not

possible, I'm not giving birth via operation" Kemi said as Mark was speechless

"My love, I'll be fine, just go and pray. I'll pray here too" She said and managed to smile as Mark

nodded and left her

Kemi looked up and closed her eyes peacefully

"Lord, you honour your word more than your name. Carry these pains and empower me to bring

forth these children. Make this easy for me" she said as she was praying

After five minutes of prayer, it started again and this time, she had the strength to pull through

She was able to push her baby out in five minutes which surprised the doctor

"Wait. They are two." The nurse said as Kemi smiled broadly

"Madam. You have to push so we could have the second one as well" The nurse told her as she

nodded and give it all she had She was able to have that too on her own, without any operation

"This is wonderful. Congratulations Madam" The nurse said to Kemi as she smiled in response,

too tired to talk.

The doctor went out of the labour room to share the good news to her relatives

As soon as Mark saw him, he came to him immediately

"Doctor, how is she? Did she make it? Was she able to pull through" Mark asked

"Calm down mister. I come with good news." The doctor said as her husband and mother waited

patiently for the next word he would say

"Congratulations Mr Mark, you're now the father of two bouncing babies" The Doctor said in smiles

"Two" Mark and Mama said simultaneously

"Yes. A set of twins. A boy and a girl" The doctor confirmed

Mark was so full of joy and relieved because he was really afraid for his wife as he thought her

stubbornness wasn't necessary since it was a matter of life and death

"Can I see her now?" Mark asked impatiently to which the doctor agreed and in no time, he was

already at the ward

"Babe" he called as she smiled weakly on seeing her husband

"I gave birth to them without any operation" she said as Mark kissed her forehead

"Thank you for making me a father. I never regret the day I married you" Mark said as she

stretched forth her hand to touch his cheeks. Mark's face was full of smiles; he was now a father of

twins and his lovely wife is the mother of his children.

"Rest now." He said as be noticed she was sleepy.

She smiled in response and slept off

Kemi is seen breast feeding her babies as Mark came home. He has been coming home earlier than usual to check on his wife and be there when she needs someone. He's now the head of

special advisers in his office so there's no problem even if he works for just three hours.

"Is there anything you want me to help you with?" Mark asked as Kemi smiled

"No thanks. How was work today?"

"It was fine. The DG visited our office again today"

"Really, what did he say?"

"That he wants me at the head quarters again; and this time stay a little longer like a month or

two."

"Hmmm.....and what did you tell him

"That I'm a young father. I have a wife and kids to take care of but he said that wouldn't be a

problem. That I could just come along with my family and he'd be in charge of the expenses"

"Hmmmm

"Yeah but I told him I'd think about it, you know I can't make decisions without you and God" he

said, playing with one of the children's hands.

"But what about the business I'm running here, and the one I'm about to set up" She asked

"Someone would be in charge of that. You've opened a shop already and have someone there, let

her be in charge. It's just two months. When we come back, we'd focus more on our lives and our

house" he said reassuringly

"Hmm...okay but can Mama come with us?"

"Yes she can." He responded

"Who would take care if her own expenses?"

"I will."

One year laterThe naming ceremony and dedication has been done. Everything has been settled. Mother-in-law

is happy to carry her son's kids.

Kemi had advanced in her business. She has gone ahead to open a restaurant but put someone

there. She has also bought a small land solely for farming, she called it Aigbogun Farms of which

she's managing currently

Moreover, they had also packed into their house few months ago.

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All these were made possible because they too God serious, they studied their master and

prayerfully discovered their potential: the potentials that had turned their life around for good. Mark

is now a man that goes abroad and comes back anyhow; he has been asked to move to there but

he bluntly refused because he knows his angel of blessings is not located there at all: he knew

that through constant prayers and fellowship with God.

Before we end the story, let's hear from the couple

Kemi's POV

Hmmmmm......I don't know what to say but God is really good to me. I thank God for my life and I

also thank Him for using my enemies to make me know and serve him better because if not for

that, I'm sure we'd still be living below expections and God will be greatly disappointed because he

has given us everything we need to make it in this life. I thank God for using my mom to bless me

richly. I thank Him for also enabling me discover my talents; who would have known that my own

children lied in the hands of me discovering my talents. I thank God for that little Rejoice; her faith

really taught me alot that I named my baby girl Faith and my little boy victor cos her faith was

strong and conquered all odds and mine too made me come out a victor as I put it to practice. And

most especially, I thank God for my husband......the kind of man God gave to me for a husband,

I'm very grateful

Women are the backbone of the home. It is true that the man is the head but the woman is the

neck, without which the head is rendered useless.

I have nothing else to say but to say thank you Jesus. I hope you've learnt alot from the story of

my life.

Thank you Jesus for everything.

Mark's POV

I won't say much but I just want to say Thank You Jesus for the kind of woman God gave me for a

wife. She's been supportive, prayerful and respectful She's been a mom, sister, gist partner, best friend and wife to me. I just want to bless His holy

name for everything

With the help of my wife and God, I've been able to discover my talents and it's been so wonderful

as I've moved from grass to grace.

All men should be patient with their wives and not maltreat them as they have alot to offer,

especially when she's a true Christain

Imagine if I had used her past to mocked her and looked for a child outside Marriage, what would

become of me?

I'm sure my destiny would be affected and I may never discover my talents and put it to good use.

I would've been in confusion and lost the trust of my wife and everything we could've achieved

together but I really thank God I resisted temptation when it came and handled difficult situations

maturely when it surfaced.