Omoni Oboli Shares How She Deals With Grief, Pains & Failure

In this very touching piece, Nollywood
actress a.k.a mama boyz, Omoni Oboli explained how she has managed to cope with
failures, rejections and even loss. She says it has been only God who has
helped her through even when things seem too difficult. Here’s a apiece she
wrote on her blog titled, ‘Let go and let God’.

“I once heard a story about
someone who fell into a pit and was hanging on to a branch, which was holding
him from falling all the way down. In his fear, he cried out for someone to
help him. He heard a voice call out to him. Excitedly, he asked, ‘who’s
there?’. The voice answered, ‘It’s me God’. He was very happy! ‘Oh thank you
God, if anyone can help me, it’s You!’ ‘Ok my son’ God replied. ‘Let go of the
branch’. ‘Let go of the branch?’ He asked incredulously. ‘Yes son, let it go’.
He looked down and saw a never-ending black hole. ‘Help,’ he cried. ‘Is there
anyone else up there?”

“Many times in our lives things
happen that we don’t understand. You are just about to get a big job, or a
business deal and at the last minute it doesn’t fall through. You cry out in
your frustration to God and don’t seem to get a favourable reply. I cannot tell
you how many times I’ve been so close to a deal, I could literally smell the
money and pecks that come with it, only to have it pulled out from under me.

“I have cried real tears of
frustration and mourned those jobs and deals, sometimes for weeks, wondering
why. All things work together for good, right? What is the good in a deal that
will bring good money and perks just going away like that? What is the good in
losing a loved one? When I lost my mom, I just couldn’t get it! What could the
good be?!!! It’s been almost 13 years and I dare say I don’t know what good
came out of it but over the years, I have come to let go and let God.”

“Many times, a much bigger and
better deal comes that wipes the tears of the deal I lost. Other times, nothing
comes but I have learnt to trust that He knows what’s best for me and he makes
all things beautiful in His time. It doesn’t mean I don’t hurt or even cry
(yeah, I cry about stuff like that. I am human after all…lol!) but after wiping
my tears, I tell myself ‘it’s working for my good’. It always is all part of
God’s grand plan for my life. I am not perfect. Far from it! I make mistakes
everyday.”

“Sometimes they are not even
mistakes, I do the wrong thing knowing fully well that it is wrong but hoping
it won’t matter in the end. I just came by to encourage someone including
myself that if we could just let go and let God, all things will work together
for our good. Sometimes, the ‘good’ might not be what we had hoped for or
envisaged, but because none of us knows tomorrow, it’s still best to let go and
let God! Don’t forget to leave your comments or share your own experiences. I
am loving them! Love always!”