“Uncle Colonel”, you will fondly be remembered for your many good acts of service but especially to us, in how God used you and mama Adeline in the miraculous recovery of Ernestine from a post-partum hemorage and near death experience, when we had our last child. You did too much too soon as though to let us know that you will not be around for long. The sting of death is strange because it comes in many ways unimaginable to human kind and at moments least expected. Let your transition be remembered by many and serve as a point of evangelism for you stood by your word and the Word, despite the odds. We know you are in heaven for you had time to reconcile with the Lord. Inspired by that, this poem was written in your memory.
A Salutary Verse
A blessed heart that gives will get,
The grace we seek in all our strives
For this indeed provides the base
For us to wear, a talent crown
Which to some few, Wisdom adorns
For unto each a given task
That brings to one a glorious life
A life in truth for hope’s great sake
So at the end of life’s great race,
We’ll sing the Amen song with joy
A hallelujah chanting verse
Of deeds that left a blazing trail
For when in God we put our trust
To right the very wrongs we did
He points to paths of highest praise
And gives us time for true repent
For unto us surviving ones
Had we in earnest done our best,
Forbid it Lord that we should boast
But pray and trust to go that way
For lives of truth and joy and hope.
To get the everlasting grace
We’ll feel same peace and grace within,
We’ll heave and say “Oh Lord! Thank You”
Wilfred Mbacham (March, 2015)
What can we say further when God decides. Fobang, the rest of the Family, Ernestine and I say thank you and may you find eternal peace. Ernestine and Wilfred Mbacham.