Smoking in the House of God
I
The mysteries of human life
The success of our lives
Was also the cause of the tragedies
Tragedies are everywhere
Even among the churches
Full of self anointed “chosen ones”
“Winners” of the new God
“Metamorphosed” ones
But the pastors are having a full house regularly
As long as there is poverty and frustration in the country
And there has been poverty in the last three decades
The congregation look as thing as an orphan
Fed grudgingly by a cruel master
The church crawls sluggishly forward
Like a tortoise carrying a house
Bugged down by “spiritual” aids
Sycophant-like shelf
Held captive by fear of hell fire
The “pastors” - Imposters
Who committed to memory
A few passages from the good book
For the purpose of lending to their fraudulent sermons
Stealing in the name of God
The only distinguishing factor
Is that they are not “armed”
But armed they are
Armed with terror
Threats
Blessings – real and imaginary
Breakthroughs
I thought for a moment
There is something just sinister about most of these churches
Dad echoed my thoughts
They said we have the heart of stone
I said we have an open heart
That they need to shed their shelves
They said I’m not in the “spirit”
II
Charmed by the poise and confidence
Of their pastors and pretty young wives
The congregation melted
Cast down under foot and trampled
Their pastors
With disoriented sexual orientation
Enjoyed counseling young women
Fornicating and aborting
Charm encountering charm
The pastoral school didn’t have any effect on them
Hence they are internally changeless
Revival
Blessings, more blessings
Receive, receive it
Catch it
Hold it
Fold it
Someone made a pledge of 1 million bucks
Amen, amen, amen
And when you think it’s over
A moan swept from the crowd
One woman was screaming
Another woman was tumbling
A lady sank to her knees
Finally someone began to cry
Then another
Soon the whole congregation was crying together
All synchronized
Too beautiful
Too experienced
Too artificial
Too crazy
Smoking in the house of God
© Churchill Okonkwo 2008
