WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF YOUR GREAT-GRANDFATHER? (ARTICLE)

*** WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF YOUR GREAT-GRANDFATHER?*******

I am sure many of us cannot answer the above question correctly, yet we want our names to be known by the great grandchildren of our great grand children! How unneccessarily desperate we are in our beliefs and strivings.

A man impregnates his wife 8 times in search of a male child. The 9th pregnancy finally produces a boy. Now he can't provide for his daughters and long awaited son. Foolishness!

Another man sends the wife of his youth packing because she 'refuses' to give him a son and heir, ignorant of the well established fact of the man's chromosomal responsibility in determining the sex of his child. He proceeds to jump from woman to woman until he hears a baby boy's cry. At the end of the day, he begs to feed his family! Stupidity!

The reason men like these give is that they want someone who would carry on their names.

Now, I ask, what for goodness sakes gives any man the delusional assurance that his name would live for many years after he is dead?! Have men not changed their names! Surname inclusive?

Or when has it become a crime anywhere under heaven for a man to change his name?

Well if you have been entertaining this thought, I am sorry to burst your bubble.

The bible says in the book of Ecclesiastes 7:14 "In the day of prosperity, be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him".

So, it is abundantly clear that God has fashioned His World in such a way, that you cannot determine the lifespan of your name!

So, my brother, whatever combination of children that God blesses you with, be thankful and content, and give them the best.

Good children, whether male or female can take care of their parents in old age.

Stop cultivating unwarranted troubles for unborn generations by trying to immortalise your name at the injury and expense of your family's happiness.

Only God reserves the power to extend the lifespan of your name, and that is for His own purpose alone!

Daughters like sons are capable of loving and caring for their parents. Daughters are even better in some instances.

Your daughter can make you proud, when you love and train her well. Do not jeopardise her future because you are hell bent on immortalising a name which you are not even certain of its lifespan.

Let your work and positive contribution carry your name, not the son who may not like the way it sounds, and swiftly change it as soon as you pass away.

Enough said, I would like to catch some sleep now. Think about it. Comment if you please. God bless you.

KUNLE OMOPE.