He had cancer of the
lungs
By CHRISTY ANYANWU
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
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•Pastor
(Mrs.) Oguntobi
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Pastor (Mrs.) Beatrice Oguntobi of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, Province 2, is the coordinator of the church’s
widows programme. Her department, the Tabitha Fellowship,
takes care and counsels widows in the province. Recently,
she was sighted at the BDPF International Conference held
at Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos.
She takes you through the survival period recalling how she
did all kinds of petty things to fend for her children when
she lost her husband. Today, she has conquered the odds.
My husband
My husband is Julius Kehinde Oguntobi. He was the purchasing
officer at the University of Ilorin. He had cancer of the
lungs and died on May 19, 1996. He had been sick for a long
time. I thank God because before I lost my husband I did not
sit and start depending on him to cater for all my needs.
I tried all what God laid in my heart to do in term of businesses.
I sold rice and with the little things I was selling, I was
able to raise my children, five of them are graduates today.
The word of God says; looking unto Jesus the author and finisher
of your faith, he will not let you down. I trusted in him
and I thank God I have not looked back. God will continue
to make me stand. My household and I are for signs and wonders.
Advice to widows
The family altar is very important. God will help us train
our children in the fear of the lord and when they grow they
will not depart from it. Let the widows be hardworking and
as many as God has blessed to help the widows should do so
and God will bless them abundantly.
Ask God almighty who is our husband and father of the fatherless
to help you and he will see your family through all the trying
period. The hand that scatters doesn’t lack. Don’t
hold to your money because of worldly things like buying cars
for women who will not remember them when things go wrong.
It is better to lay a good foundation for the underprivileged
and God will lift you up.
Women should not be lazy. The arms of flesh would fail; it
is advisable to learn some skills. Today, I am computer literate,
I had to go and enroll in a computer school to keep myself
going. I want to start encouraging the widows to learn things
like this for women development. Widows could sell small,
small things, starting from pure water (sachet) is not a bad
idea. All they need is go on their knees and seek God’s
intervention that they don’t want to beg. People will
come to their rescue, if they trust in Him.
Society
The Bible says whenever you put smiles on the face of a widow,
God almighty will bless you. Let us arise and shine, let us
help widows, some of the children of widows are really suffering.
I want to encourage them and teach them something to do. As
a co-coordinator, I know where the shoe is pinching them most.
I am a widow, but I thank God that He has raised me up to
put smiles on the faces of other widows.
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