Freedom, God's Way. Who the Lord sets free is free indeed.

God is an Awesome God,
A loving God
Who gives his children
What is good for them.
He will not give a scorpion
to a child who asked for bread.
Neither will he let his child cry
for ever before he sends help.

Asthma is one of the worst diseases in the world
leaving a sufferer gasping for breath
Like a fish out of water.
Treatments offer temporary relief
and some treatments help prevent
attacks from coming at all.
Still attacks happen
and God's child is left
gasping like a trout
pulled from the lake, lying
on the boat deck.
Death follows soon for the trout.
Unless thrown back in the water.

When in life people find themselves
caught in a murky waters with a
fishing net of life
which throw them constantly
on the boat deck, gasping for breath
and with crying out, they find help
or struggle into water again and
get a span of life, sometimes very short,
only to be on the boat deck all over again.

All their life dreams are shattered, like finishing
their education, finishing what was started,
like pursuing their hobbies, like being themselves
around family and friends and strangers.
But no!! That cannot happen.
Beacuse wings will pop up on the back,
Wisdom will overtake. They will outshine
the investors.No! No!! No!!!
Subdue by all means. Sit on the chest.
No air. Sit tight. Don't budge.
Until suffocation. Or live like a
fish on the boat deck flapping for air.

A cry out to God for some air.
He comes through as promised
and grants freedom.
Pheeeewwwwwww !!!
Thank you God, I can breathe.
Oh God, I can breathe.
Thank God Almighty, I can breathe.
A deep breath and then off to work.
For years, eyes on the plough working
and God stands by, guiding, shielding,
helping, being a leaning post and finally
Finished, almost finished and a deep
breath---- pheeewwwww!!!

All those things left on the back burner
where are you?
Hobbies, unfinished courses, goals,
dreams, where are you.
Life at last.
No!!
How dare you? Who are you?
You filthy being, how dare you ?
Get back in the fish pond
Get back in the pond, where you belong.
Filthy, worthless you, get back in there
or else.
Nothing has changed in the pond.
The same stifling, murky waters.
Nothing has chaged, even worse now.
It is surrounded by droves of fishermen
helping to goad the fish into the murky
waters.
No!!
No!!!
Nooooooo !!!
Call this fish what you want to
Paint this fish any colour
Plant this fish in any setting
No problem.
No!
No!!
No!!!
Even Rahab was used of God.
To God be the Glory.
All knowing God, you are in control
You can do all things.
You can clean fish ponds.
You worked with fish all your stay
on earth.
Everything is possible with You
You love everybody, everything You
created, no matter their condition.
In pairs or solo.
That's why You are God.

Nwada (Lady) Chinwe Enemchukwu
Onye Uwa Oma
na Orlando,Florida

reflecting on the life of a fish out of water----- Stifling.