FROM EGYPT TO CANAAN PART 2 BY Sophia Anyanwu
FROM EGYPT TO CANAAN PART 2
On March 28th, 2022, I wrote Part 1
of this post, here:
https://morethanwriters.blogspot.com/2022/03/from-egypt-to-canaan-part-1.html
In
that post, I mentioned a bit of the hardships I faced in Nigeria [Egypt] which
God turned around for the good of my family and I, when He led us to the UK [Canaan]
in 2003.
In the Bible, we read that the Israelites were
told by God that the land He was giving them to sojourn was Canaan and they
would expect the following:
1.
They would live in houses they did not build.
2.
They would not see the Egyptians anymore.
3.
They would live in a land flowing with milk and honey.
4.
They will harvest from vine yards they did not plant.
When
you read this in the Bible, do you reflect or gloss over the deeper truth? Put
it this way. Maybe, someone you know has had a huge change [for the better] in
a marriage, finance, a health crisis or relocation to a new residence from a
place of horror. It is a MIRACLE! An
Israelite slave in Canaan understood what the Lord meant! We lived in Nigeria and now, in UK. We
understand. The prophets before Moses
never ceased to remind God in prayer that the Jews were suffering and needed a
deliverer. Moses was sent. Their songs and stories of deliverance and their
testimonies of praise are written all over the Bible.
We
cannot forget that there are fellow Christians, in other countries suffering unbelievable and unimaginable situations. Some
face persecution for their faith. Christian writers experiencing these
situations reflect it in their writings. Do readers read for the deeper meaning?
The irony is that there are people who live in UK who do not see it as a land
flowing with ‘milk and honey’. So in
ACW, we are first Christians, then writers. We have a dual duty to continuously
remember our fellow Christian writers who are struggling to practice their gift
and bring the love and light of Christ through, to illuminate the hearts of
those in the dark.
It’s
been difficult to write my memoir. Now I think I could write two. One will be
about my childhood and youth and the other, about my adult life living in
‘Egypt’ and relocating to ‘Canaan’ where I will tell of deliverances and
testimonies. How my future generations have been affected forever! This idea is
a revelation God gave me right now as I write this post! All glory to God. This
idea excites me. I trust God will give me the Grace. I pray for you all that the words you write
will be ‘pleasant words as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the
bones’. Proverbs 16:24.
Thank
you Papa God for this post! By Your Grace, there will be Part 3 for this post
sometime in the future…
Sophia Anyanwu is an educationist, encourager, reviewer, indie author, poet and an active grandmother! She is a member of the Association of Christian Writers, UK and has published 20 books , which are available on her website: www.olusolasophiaanyanwuauthor.com and Amazon. You can subscribe to her YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/3j0oPuy and follow her on all social media here: https://bit.ly/3UG36Kx
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