Today I drove my dad to a
National Prayer breakfast. This is an event usually attended by dignitaries
from within and abroad. Ambassadors, international business men, locally
established tycoons and filthy rich politicians. Even the president himself
never misses this occasion. Here he meets the people who call the shots in the
economy, the people he must stoop to if he wants to lead a financially stable
and peacefully country.
You might be wondering whether I am my dad’s driver.
No, I am not. This is the only golden opportunity I have ever got to, to coming
close to the powerful and mighty. I had to come, there is no way I could miss
this so I gave his driver a technical leave. A leave I am sure he signed gushing
unspoken curses.
According to the invitation card,
dad’s only job was to prepare a 5 minutes prayer. The contents of which were to
include a prayer for the nation, the presidency and the people in that order, a
prayer for a stable economy, prosperity and peace among the people in that
order. A guideline whose contents according to my interpretation were probably written
by a lay person filled with wants and demands from the supernatural being.
Nothing mentioning thanks giving. In all the jargon and vocabulary used how
could he forget all the similes for thanksgiving? Appreciation, gratitude,
approval, blessing, Asante… I wonder!