Page 134: Blessing Offor
The Unfolding
Northwestern Media
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🗓️ 12 August 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Nigerian-born singer and songwriter Blessing Offor immigrated to the United States when he was six years old, leaving his parents and five older siblings behind. His family made the difficult choice to send him to America for medical care because he was born with congenital glaucoma and was nearly blind in his left eye. Instead, a few years later a fluke accident left him almost totally blind in both eyes. It was a series of events that many people might have considered tragic, but Blessing Offor considers a gift. Blessing is a talented musician and songwriter, with songs like "Brighter Days," "Tin Roof," and "The Goodness" (with TobyMac). If you're in a place where your prayers don't seem to be answered and it feels like everything has gone wrong, Blessing's story might change your perspective.
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| 0:00.0 | Page 134 of the unfolding is the story of blessing offer. |
| 0:04.6 | If I could go back in time, I would say to God, now where was I standing for that water gunshot? |
| 0:10.2 | Because I would take it again, because I like where he has me now. |
| 0:14.3 | If I missed that shot, I don't know where that would be. |
| 0:17.3 | So I like this. |
| 0:18.4 | And this is better than vision. |
| 0:19.9 | And that's a God thing. |
| 0:22.3 | God's story has been unfolding. |
| 0:25.6 | Since the beginning of time. |
| 0:28.7 | He invites you to be a part of it. |
| 0:35.1 | Another page in the unfolding. |
| 0:46.9 | Hey, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 0:49.5 | Blessing Offer, a Nigerian-born singer and songwriter, |
| 0:52.9 | immigrated to the U.S. when he was six years old, leaving his parents and five older siblings behind. |
| 0:58.8 | His family made the difficult choice to send him to America because he was born with congenital glaucoma and was nearly blind in his left eye. |
| 1:06.2 | They were hoping better medical care might restore his sight. |
| 1:09.9 | Instead, a few years later, a fluke accident |
| 1:12.3 | left him almost totally blind in both eyes. It was a series of events that many people might |
| 1:18.0 | have considered tragic, but not blessing offer. If you're in a place today where your prayers |
| 1:23.3 | don't seem to be answered, where life seems like chaos and it feels like everything has gone wrong. |
| 1:29.4 | Blessing story might change your perspective. |
| 1:32.5 | So I was born in southeastern part of Nigeria in literally a village. |
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