Ogechukwu Nwamaka Onwubuya popularly known as Oge Kimono, daughter of late reggae legend, Ras Kimono, has taken time to reflect on 2018, a year she described as the year she felt her faith in God was being tested.
In 2018, the reggae singer lost her dad and his wife in a space of three months.
Below is what she wrote:
2018 was a year i felt my Faith in God was being tested. Started off the year with so much aspirations, dreams, goals and plans. It was the first time i actually had a planned calendar and i knew what i wanted to achieve in every month of the year.
I drew up a plan from January 2018 to January 2019. Little did i know that i was making my own plans totally unaware of what i was about to face. The year started off pretty well as my plans kept falling into place month after month up until May when my Dad turned 60. He insisted on having a lavish party which he never does and never has done with the strangest part being that it fell on a week day. With all the persuasion to have him move it to the weekend since we thought people won’t turn up, he adamantly refused.
I remember getting to the venue with him and seeing the car lot filled up to the brim and he turned to me from his driver’s seat and said “shebi una say people no go come”. I remember a friend saying to me that we had just celebrated my Father’s birthday like a wedding ceremony. It was beautiful!!! Everybody who came had fun as we wined and dined and skanked to some good ole reggae vibes. Little did i know that it was the last time i was going to see my Dad.
The following month came with the hardest blow of my life time. My Dad was no more!!! I got a call on the 10th of June from a relative to tell me my Dad had passed on… What??? I was numb. Didn’t know what to feel. My worst fears are here! My Dad my best friend my confidant my only parent was no more. I have to wake up from this night mare as my friend drove me to the airport to catch the next available flight to Lagos. It was all over the media i couldn’t believe my eyes… My world has just turned upside down before me. Everything just changed. I was so numb that i couldn’t even cry. I landed in lagos with a cannula in my vein as i was undergoing treatment before i got the devastating news. I went through the whole process numb with every one cheering me and commending my strength. I was numb! My Father’s death came with alot of challenges, betrayals, lies, deceits, false accusations you name it but through it all God never left me alone.
Just when i was trying to pick myself up and forge ahead with life i got a call on the 23rd of September from home to tell me that my Father’s partner who he intended to marry after he came back from his trip to America which he never made had just passed on. Now that was the least thing i expected to hear on a day after i had just released my first single from my debut album which i had planned to surprise my Dad with before his demise. Here i am back to the path of sorrow again when i thought the worst was over.
Over night my 5yr old baby sister became an orphan just like myself. How do i begin to explain the pain that thawed at my already feeble heart. Here i was again reliving the agony, lies, schemes, betrayals, false accusations and all a second time! I cried i mourned i wept but through it all i found strength in the word of God as i held on to him tighter than ever. This was just too much for one person in a space of three months. But guess what God showed up and showed out! I am a living testimony of God’s abundant and undeserving Grace! I am going into 2019 with confidence in the Holy One of Israel knowing that he is my Rock, my refuge and fortress. Cast all your cares on Him and watch Him do what only Him can do.
I welcome you all to a Year of Testimony and supernatural elevation as God prepares a table before you in the presence of your enemies! Happy New Year???????????????????????????????? ????????????????
