Yesterday was a long day for me; I had been about my business so as to attain near 100 % efficiency. I had so many things to do, so many people to see that by the end of the end day I was tired. All I wanted to do was settle down grab something to eat and rest my body and nerves, when I heard one incredible story that got me thinking and wondering what I would do if I was the one to be in that very tangled situation.

While trying to really analyze the situation and trying to be as unbiased as possible, I still couldn’t figure out what I would do if the tables were turned and i was the principal actor in this story I find both funny and intriguing. This story I am about to tell happened with the names used not the actual names.

Emmanuel is a pastor with one of the Pentecostal churches, humble yet firebrand. He could fast and pray for days on end, he consulted for families and gave pastoral advice whenever members of his congregation came to him for help.

Emmanuel could preach, he had won many souls to Christ and is very dedicated to ensuring that whenever he climbed the podium people felt the aura of the spirit around him. He is very eloquent and always conveyed the message explicitly without turning the scripture upside.

Pastor Emmanuel is married to Sister Ruth, and in Nigeria, an ordained pastor always has his beloved wife by his side to support him in his ministry. Because Emmanuel was such a wonderful pastor that he was invited from far and wide. Last week, Pastor was invited to minister in a neighboring state; he started his car and set off for the journey.

He ministered beautifully and made his way back to his house, to his lovely wife. On his way back, his car suddenly stopped, it is an old rickety car and he was obviously believing God to change the car. After so many attempts and because he was concerned, he called Sister Ruth to inform her that his car was giving him problems and that he was on his way back as he had another ministration the next day, “Honey, i will suggest you go back, it will be very risky for you to still continue on the journey as it was already dark”, said Sister Ruth.” Ok I will try my best” answered Pastor.

But Pastor was adamant because he had a ministration the next day s he kept on trying and barely managed to get the car into civilization, still a few kilometers from home when he suddenly ran out of fuel. He pushed the car off the road and decided to check into a hotel to set off early the next morning.

“Good evening I am Pastor Emmanuel, I am having problems with my car and need to get a room so I can rest as I have a ministration tomorrow” said Pastor to the attendant at the reception.”Ah Pastor we are fully booked and don’t have any room you could use tonight” answered the attendant.

Pastor knew he had no other option but to plead to see if they could help him out till the morning. After about five minutes, the attendant announced to the pastor that he was in luck and that a couple had just vacated a room.

His room was cleaned out and he was handed the keys. Pastor Emmanuel started to end his day by praising God and thanking him for delivering him from possible attack on the highway, took a shower and settled down to sleep after a hard days work and envisaging an equally tough day ahead.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door,” Who is it?” he beckoned.”Sir the couple that just left the room forgot a ring in the room” was the response .He came down from the bed and opened the door, standing right in front of him was his dearly beloved wife, and the ring she had apparently forgotten was the wedding ring.

She ran.

Thank God for strength that he gives to his prophets, he managed to make it through the night only to get home and found his wife waiting in the house. He was mad and infuriated.

They got into a heated argument and almost got physical that she ran again only this time Pastor followed. Sister Ruth ran over a septic tank (soak away like we call it in this part of the world) which gave way and buried her instantly.

She died.

Today, Pastor is now being held for undisclosed charges.

If you were in his shoes how you would have tackled the situation?