I Gave My First Salary to Church—Now I Can’t Repay My Friend

After losing my content-writing job in 2024, I spent months searching for work while my savings dwindled. In 2025, I started attending a church and prayed for a well-paying job, promising to give God my entire first salary if I got one. A few weeks later, I landed a growth strategist role paying ₦180,000 a month. When my first salary came in, I gave it all to the church. Soon after, my mother was hospitalised with malaria, and my friend asked me to begin repaying the ₦500,000 she had lent me. I used some of the borrowed money for my mother’s medical bills, but I’m now struggling to manage the rest of the month. I haven’t told my mother what I did with my salary, and I’ve asked my company for an advance. I still believe God helped me get the job, but I’m worried about how I’ll repay my friend and support my mother.

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