BREAKING 27 BONES

 

I was thinking this morning..... Last Friday, I attended the funeral mass in honour of the mother of a colleague. When I saw the crowd that came from all over the world to honour this great woman, I was pleased because I learnt long ago that the labour pain women experience during child birth is equivalent to breaking 27 bones in the human body at the same time. Yes! 27 bones. How is that possible? I couldn't argue with it because I have never and will never be delivered of a baby. How can anyone survive that threshold of pain?

But wait o, if the pain of childbirth is equivalent to breaking 27 bones, what will make a woman be willing to experience the pain of breaking 270 bones (10 children)? I was trying to imagine the pain, but then I remembered the saying that Pikin wey think say he fit use his tongue count his teeth na headache go kill am, and I gave up.

Breaking 27 bones was on my mind when I recalled an event that occurred while I was living with my aunt on campus years ago. She had driven out for shopping that day and unfortunately had an incident with another vehicle. Apparently, the man driving the other vehicle physically assaulted her. She came home that day in tears. I had never seen her cry before. While her husband raged and paced, wanting to rush to town to kill the man that dared to slap his wife, I sat quietly wondering why a sane man would raise his hand to hit a woman. A woman who had endured the pain of breaking 27 bones.

Incidences of domestic violence on women seem to be increasing, with the latest being the celebrity actor accusing her billionaire husband of beating her. Some women have even lost their lives from this. I still don't understand why some men disrespect or worse, beat their wives. Meanwhile, these same men will never do the same against their fellow men. Like we say in Warri, 'If spirit no dey fear, why dem dey waka for night?' As a man, if you are tempted to assault a woman, first step back and consider if you can endure the pain of breaking 27 bones.

I can not imagine disrespecting my young wife, who has endured the pain of breaking a total of 81 bones. 1st Peter 3:7 says, 'Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife.' I kowtow for all mothers around the world and encourage all men to honour their wives.

Stay hopeful. God's got our back.

Happy Sunday!

......Just the thoughts of a certain Wey Mey