'IT IS NOT TIME THAT HEALS, IT IS GOD'

I have heard that 'time is a great healer of pain' and from my experience I am unable to accept that. I rather believe it is God that heals and provides the strength to carry on when we lose our nearest and dearest.

Part of my carrying on was enjoying a meal and film with my wife last night, and surely, steadily God is enabling me to carry on.

The coming week is extremely busy for me, I have to wake up at the crack of dawn, before the sun rays streak through the clouds and catch a train to London for a meeting at the office and then put in extra work, anticipating the time I will be away from my desk while attending my twin sister's mother-in-law's funeral.

I do not know how I will handle the situation but I feel comforted that I can play a role my twin would have played but also to support my brother-in-law at this difficult time.

Ademola (brother-in-law), I know it is so hard and it is a long road, when you face the world alone and it appears there is no one reaching out with a hand for you to hold, but God's love will cause the emptiness you feel today to disappear.

I share this song with you today and dedicate and pay tribute to my brother-in-law:

“There's a hero

If you look inside your heart

You don't have to be afraid

Of what you are

There's an answer

If you reach into your soul

And the sorrow that you know

Will melt away

[Chorus:]

And then a hero comes along

With the strength to carry on

And you cast your fears aside

And you know you can survive

So when you feel like hope is gone

Look inside you and be strong

And you'll finally see the truth

That a hero lies in you

It's a long road