Our Sister is dead.
Our hearts grieve.
We are broken.
She was killed.
She stayed too long in the wrong place;
With the wrong person.
She took the counsel of her own fears.
She died; was killed; we grieve.
But this is what we must remember;
What we choose to remember- she loved God.
Her heart was broken by the things that broke the heart of God.
She sang her pain, her hurt, her grief, her love for God.
We heard her.
We were broken with her.
We cried with her even when we did not understand the language-
Not just the Igbo language but also the language of her pain.
In our tears we found healing.
We worshiped God and we were encountered.
That’s what we remember- she was Theophilia, a worshipper, a praiser, a thanker.
She must get justice.
We must learn lessons.
Her memory is blessed.
But this is what we must remember;
What we choose to remember!
Dr. Ode Eyeoyibo is a Lagos-based Lawyer and Pastor
