JUST CHILL

I’m sure some of us would have heard the statement “Just Chill” and I’m very sure the time you heard it, it didn’t sound like the appropriate thing.

Anyways, that’s probably the last thing anyone who has lost something valuable such as his/her ATM Card would love to hear especially if you got a few Naira Notes in your Bank Account- Exactly what happened to me.

Days, Weeks and almost 1 month passed, no trace but I figure I prolly left it somewhere at home so the deal is I’ll look for it while I pay the Bank to get my money anytime I wanted to withdraw.

To cut the story short, I checked my room alas it was there so I thought the next thing to do was to get another one. 

So here I was at the Bank to withdraw and fill a form for another ATM Card but, the woman at the customer care says “have you searched for it well”? In my mind I’m like, excuse me, you didn’t just ask me that q. Well, as she crawled like snail –pardon my English- I thought, I can’t wait for this, I’ll deal with it another day besides I have a colleague waiting for me outside – I can’t miss the free ride back to the office.

The gist is I didn’t know God had orchestrated something hence the woman’s snail movement that got me worked up. Almost 2weeks after, I went to another branch to withdraw, also to see if I could block that one and get another ATM Card. The customer care woman was welcoming, so I sat, told her my story… she gave me 2 forms to fill which I did, unfortunately I didn’t remember my account number so I checked for it on my phone but to my greatest surprise, it wasn’t there. I asked her to help check and while she did, she asked me where I worked, I told her. Again, she goes  “does your name have Funmilayo in it? Meaning is my middle name Funmilayo… I said no. 

While I wondered what the question was for, I went back, head down to my phone… then I heard take-on looking up, right there, held up in her hand was my ATM Card. I sat there, frozen and too shocked to move but smiling. Of course what came to mind was how come and all that? She explained that it was brought in from another Bank where I confirmed I had gone to withdraw from the ATM. 

Talk about my steps being ordered, that’s exactly what it was. Imagine my joy that morning.

For me one key lesson I learnt is God is always working behind the scene even when it seems all is not well. I remember the woman at the other bank and the way she was ‘snailing’ mscheew – I didn’t know it was for my own good.

Trust me, I don’t want to sound preachy but I told God I was sorry, also I said a big thank You.

So sometimes when it seems all is not going too well, ‘JUST CHILL’.