Slay Queen?!

Chantelle and Nicole are two lovely girls whose curiosity and passion for knowledge is quite intriguing, and I say intriguing because Chantelle is only 7 years old and Nicole is also 5 years but their thirst to know and understand things is worth emulating. After watching Rapunzel a fairy tale story the girls got into an argument about who is Princess Rapunzel. Nicole persisted and screamed loudly ''I am Princess Rapunzel!" I must say I was awed by the response from the seven year old, she said and I quote “ you want to be a princess go ahead, you need a boy to come and save you from the castle I am a queen I don’t need anyone” I was really wowed by this statement. Then I heard the word ‘SLAY QUEEN’. When it comes to the word ‘slay queen’, one would think that it also has a very positive connotation so I thought but I was wrong.  

The urban dictionary defines ‘slay queen’ as a beautiful but dumb young woman who chases after wealthy men. They spend hours on snapchat and Instagram showing off things that they don’t even own. This term slay queen has taken social media by storm and gradually becoming socially accepted. The term slay queen has become pretty dominant in Ghana. Now how to identify a slay queen.

1.       Slay queens cannot go a day without make up. Some go to bed with their make up on as if they will meet Billionaire Dangote in their dreams.

2.       They show off fancy and luxurious things they can’t even afford. They will go out of their way to snap a picture in or around a lavish car.  

3.       Slay queens love to party. You will see them at every party, club and gathering that there is music. Even at funerals you will see them with their lips pouted and hands outstretched in search of the best selfie angle with the dead body.

4.        A slay queen cannot live without social media. Almost 95% of their social media page is made up of her pictures. Mirror selfies, beach selfies, club selfies, you name it. Every minute of her life needs to be documented.

5.       They have a weird way of talking like instead of hello they go like halooo.

6.       Now when it comes to intellect they have nothing to offer.

7.       Their taste in men is quite obvious. They don’t date broke men or men their age.  When a slay queen finally grabs someone with her long manicured fingers, you can be sure she will post about it a million times a day.

So these are a few points to know identify a slay queen.  Can we redefine this social cancer eating away the very existence of our females? Can our ladies become independent queens as Chantelle wants to be? These are questions I need you all to help me answer. I encountered a slay queen once and in our conversation I asked her what she thinks of global warming, and with a straight face, she told me she purchased her global warming at Accra Mall for 1500 cedi’s. Can you imagine that?

Let’s show our ladies the beauty of their brains and not their butts. The future of our girls is upon us. Yaa Asantewaa defied odds, Nana Konadu Agyemang had a vision, Michelle Obama made history. These are the real slay queens I think that term needs to be redefined. There is still hope in Africa for African women.

Angel Daniel Obinim Needs to be Congratulated

If you are on any social media platform be it Facebook, twitter, YouTube, Instagram and my personal favorite snapchat then am sure you have witnessed some Challenges trending . In recent times there have been a lot of challenges which have become socially accepted on the internet around the world.  When it comes to these Challenges, it doesn’t matter what position you hold, your age, sex or how much you have in the bank you can take part. Challenges like the mannequin challenge, the ice bucket challenge which big names such as Bill gates, Cristiano Ronaldo took part in other to create awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The most recent challenge is the Obinim sticker challenge which is making waves on the internet. Bishop Daniel Obinim popularly known as Angel Obinim is the founder and leader of God’s way international church; he is married to Ghanaian gospel icon Florence Obinim and the whole hullabaloo about the Obinim sticker challenge is centered on him.

I must say I am amused by the testimonies people are sharing. Hundreds of people have taken to the internet to share their testimonies including celebrities such as Afia schwarzneggar, D.K.B and the likes. My personal favorite is by the former President of Ghana John Mahama at a press conference, suggested to the ruling President his Excellency Nana Addo to get an Obinim sticker to help his government because they are super incompetent.

This issue of the Obinim sticker has generated a lot of controversies as to whether the sticker indeed works or it doesn’t. In my candid opinion the world is full of good and bad, real and fake so is pertinent, therefore, to ask are all men of God true or false men? I believe there are true men of God just like I also believe there are fake men of God. We should not be surprised to find false teachings in the church today. Jesus and his apostles were very clear that false teachers will arise. Jesus said “for false Christ and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. So be on guard; I have told you everything ahead of time” (Mark 13:22-23). Likewise, in Luke 6:43-44 Jesus says it twice so that we won’t miss it; you will recognize them by their fruits so all these warnings are clear.  It is very difficult to recognize in the moment because we do not have access to their personal live. But irrespective of that you cannot make it generic that all men of God are fake.

Also I will like to bring to your notice a clear warning. The Bible clearly states in 1 Chronicles 16:22 do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm. So though there may be false prophets, teachers, apostles and the likes you need to be careful who you cause harm or who you touch. In addition to that, Jesus said “very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these because I am going to the father”. So am not surprised about the testimonies people are giving about the Obinim sticker be it true or not.

As much as we joke with the dubious nature of these farfetched testimonies, I think we should sometimes have a moment of silence for the gullible victims of such deceptive tactics of these unscrupulous pastors cum confidence tricksters and reflect on how vulnerable our society has become due to poverty, lack of education and misapplication of religion.

This is what I deduced during my moment of silence. It's like this: some people are laughing on one hand. Other people are seriously adamant on the other hand. And you can't blame them. It's their faith which I have to respect as long as it's their right. We shouldn't only laugh though. We should open our eyes to the fake signs and wonders going on and the fake prophets they are worshiping nowadays as foretold in the Bible. We perceive God's blessings to be overnight riches and success and sometimes ‘unmerited favor'.  Can't Christians just trust their God and accept their destiny in good faith instead of chasing miracles or breakthroughs.  We pray as if we want our will to be done, not Thy will be done.

And you will think that exposing these disturbing deeds of these pastors will expose them in the negative light, but sadly in Africa, it's the opposite. The more his congregation will even grow with this negative publicity. A lot of religious people have become hell-fearing people instead of God-fearing people and the heaven-visa- granting pastors are cashing out.

All this being said I personally think Bishop Daniel Obinim needs to be congratulated for how viral his Obinim sticker challenge have gone. I have learned a lot and with all the testimonies coming in, this shows that with God all things are possible.

I assure you also that no matter how twisted the teaching may be or how deceiving some false prophets may be as God preserved Noah and rescued Lot; so the Lord Jesus will rescue his true people from false teaching and false living of false prophets.

Man's So Hot!

I want to die, I want to end it all, I want this pain to stop. I just can’t live this life anymore. I believe the world is better off without me. Don't you think I have enough valid reasons to end it all? Huh? You will soon find out. Growing up with three brothers Curtis, Leroy and Sean was no easy task though it was great to have three good-looking, intelligent and cool brothers. The competition to outdo each other just to get our fathers acceptance became a norm. Major Chris Worla; a decorated soldier, very principled, strict and a no nonsense man, very authoritative and anytime I saw him I always remembered Adolf Hitler, unfortunately he is my father. Sometimes I wonder how my mother ended up with him and I refuse to believe this is a classic tale of beauty and the beast. 

Due to my fathers principled lifestyle and strict ways there were no room for mistakes, which made life unbearable for everyone in the family especially me. My father would physically abuse me whenever my results came in though I had some A's a couple of B's and lots of C's to him it was never enough because my brothers were A+ students and I needed to meet that standard. On a good day he will verbally abuse me and call me derogatory names. He once questioned my mother if I was indeed his son. I felt pathetic when I heard him utter those words. I lost confidence in myself, I became hopeless. I knew I could never be good enough for my father because I could never match up to my brothers who were super intelligent. I found refuge in isolation to avoid being judged by grades, style and status. I knew I was at peace or so I thought.

My life became meaningful the day I bumped into Vicki, a transfer student from the University of Ghana (Legon) to AUCC. She had Cute eyes, flawless skin, long braided hair, petite physique, she looked like those models in Tyra Banks American Next Top Model TV show she looked stunning. I started to stutter in my attempt to say hi as she sat next to me. When she smiled at me I knew she was the one. Vicki and I became very close. Just like the sun rises gradually to brighten up the day the love I had for Vicki escalated. In our final year of our second semester Vicki's attitude towards me changed, I noticed her being distant and making excuses whenever I wanted to see her

It was Saturday; unannounced I decided to surprise Vicki. I went over to her house because her parents were out of town. Unfortunately for me I was actually the one who met the surprise that changed my life. Vicki lying in bed butt naked with another man. I panicked and felt a lot of heart lashes seemingly exploding and breaking the details of my internal body, my brains couldn’t process the images my eyes were sending to it, choked on words and tears running down my cheeks. That is my girl; those where the only words that could escape from my mouth. She made me feel like man's so hot, but I guess man’s not so hot.

So you see why I want to end it all. I will never be good enough for my father and no one actually loves me. Thoughts of suicide took resident in my mind. I was rarely without temptation to end it all. Like the old devil and angel on your shoulders. One screams that there’s no point, that forty more years will not change anything and it’s not worth it and I should throw in the towel. The other pleads with me to try just one more day that this isn’t that bad and that I can survive it all. I listened to the devil and I drunk poison but thank God I survived. My father apologized for being hard on me and that he loves me so much. I could have been dead right now. I wouldn’t be finishing my second year of college. I wouldn’t be able to go to release my EP, I wouldn’t have seen karma catch up with Vicki, I wouldn’t be around to see my niece grow up. And most importantly, I wouldn’t be able to share this. 

This is my story, I understand that sometimes the depression and pressure is unbearable, the question is why kill yourself? Why give up because someone didn’t see your worth? A wise man said to me “where there is life there is hope, you get to live as many times as you want don’t give up in life". If you are reading this and thinking of suicide please reconsider. I don’t know you. I've never met you and I probably never will. But let me say this to you, I love you. I accept you as you are. I understand what you are going through because I have been there. Our stories might be different but remember you are loved. You are created in Gods image, you are immeasurably valuable. You are worthy of life. People love you let them love you, because you deserve it and just so you know MAN'S SO HOT AND SO ARE YOU. I LOVE YOU