I gave two women to a husband yesterday. Leah looks like a centenarian with her two pedals. It has a few scars on her black skin rendering her less sparkling to the eye compared to her brownish, shapely, colourful and elegant younger sister. What she lacked in terms of physical beauty was compensated for with the sonorous sound that comes from this upright piano which is bound to attract ears favoured to decipher why an older violin resonates better.

I did what a normal businessman would do to minimize risk. I offered Leah at a price that was almost 40% lower than the bride price of the three-pedal Rachael. I didn’t want it rejected this time around. It had stayed too long in our living room and I was beginning to wonder if it would ever get a suitor considering that the flower age was almost gone.

To my surprise, the suitor didn’t behave like Jacob. He was happy. Being more experienced in musical arts, he told me the older piano was better than the one I sold at a higher price and that was the one he would personally keep. Rachael would be moved somewhere else!

Really? This was beyond WhatsApp chat. I called him to understand why. He told me the frame and wood of Leah were superior to those of Rachael, hence the better voice. In other words, I sold Leah cheap, which was an interesting gain to him. Yes, a little more would be spent on cosmetics and tuning but it would provide a better food for the soul of the new owner. He explained how older drums talk better and clearer. The older a normal girl is, the better she’s able to articulate herself.

Though difficult for us to accept most of the time, we don’t know everything. What we place a high value on may be worth less than what we treat as nothing. The stone rejected today is often the chief cornerstone tomorrow. The discerning man sees more beauty in the wrinkled face of Leah than the alluring putty-filled and masked face of the strange woman in her skimpy dresses.

While new wine may taste fine, the wise know older wine tastes better! Making new friends is great but keeping old and older friends is greater. It’s cool to befriend your agemate but Rehoboam would not have lost the throne if he knew the importance of walking with the wiser older people.

Have you been tagged useless, hopeless, valueless and expired? Is the wound of rejection hurting you hard? Wipe your tears. Who says you won’t be favoured to have half of Jacob’s sons? Who says Judah and Levi won’t come from you? Judah means praise. Levi means joined in harmony. David was of the lineage of Judah. Levites were priests in Israel and these two came from the rejected Leah! Something great and wonderful is coming out of you!

Beloved, keep hope alive! Expect God to bring your way the person who values you. Let Him lead you to the market where you’re recognised. When you are polished and begin to yield great fruits, those who dump you in the pit and sold you cheaply as a slave will one day bow at your feet!

When the Lord changes your name from wounded, outcast, lonely, reproached, etc. to favoured, joyful, lovely, etc. I will be glad to listen to your testimony.

If you still wonder how ashes can turn to beauty, ask me!

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