Me: Hi, Hi, Pops!!!
God: [Silent]
Me: Pops, whatagwan?
God: [Silent]
Me: Ahn, ahn, you won’t answer me?
God: Ada!!!!
Me: Yes, my love. Speak your daughter listeneth…
God: Ada!!!
Me: No think m, tell me. Talk your mind.
God: Ada!!!
Me: Ok, ok, I can explain. Let me explain [scratches head]. Pops, you see ehnn, hmmm… It’s not like that o, no be as you take think m really.
Hmmmmm, the story is long ooo, kai! Shey you will not just forgive me let’s leave the long story.
God: [Silent]
Me: Okay, I will talk. First of all, no vex. I am your Ada na, you sef know. But you see this “lifeing”, it wanted to kill me. Life wanted to choke me, I was basically living on a thread, and I know that thread is YOU!
I know I should have come back, I know I should have been here regardless… But God, this is me! This is Chinelo, unworthy as I am, human in all its entirety, a mere mortal.
I give up at times, I lose faith, I know you are my daddy, but there are times where I don’t even want to listen to you, I don’t want to hear your thoughts nor do your will, times where I really just want a breather, times where I am tired of being in your army and I want to just BREATHE!!!
So, God… That’s it! It’s been what I will call a tumultuous season, a lot happened. Pops ehhn, you still calm down because I came with GIST!!! Gist from A LOT!!!
God: You this girl… Well, I am sure that you know I will always be HERE!
I am Abba for a reason, I do not forsake my own, but I leave you to make your choices and I respect them. I won’t force anything on you, Chinelo. I propose, you obey or do what you want, my stubborn geh.
Me: Even tho, even tho…
God: Come here… [fits me into a warm and big hug]
Me: [After enjoying the hug, and letting the tears flow seamlessly]
See, you missed me too. See as you are hugging me now, you are doing big God, tough man, but you missed me na. See you!
God: What of you? Small hug I say let me hug you, you want to choke me, see as you held on to me like I want to run away. Thankfully, you can’t suffocate me, I am the AIR itself.
Me: You want to show yourself na abi? Ehhhn, me sef I am your daughter so I have bragging rights. Everybody come ooooo, my Father has the whole earth! My Father is a big man, daddy wey dey pamper, clear road for the ultimate Princess!!!
God: It’s your show, enjoy it.
Me: At least I can brag with you, you now, who will you brag with as you are EVERYTHING!
God: Try to start behaving well so you can be my bragging right…
Me: Small play, small play you haff carry gun [side eye].
God: Welcome home my Ada, yes, I have missed you. I love you, even when you stray, my love is undying.
In your sin, my love is constant. In your confusion, my love stands true. My love never fails! Always remember, I am FATHER. Not as a title, but as a position. I AM HERE! Chinelo, I am here.
Me: I know Daddy
[Runs into my Daddy’s arm, and we hug in silence]
To be continued…
Written by:
CHINELO EKENTA
Creative Writer, Project Manager, Brand Manager.