Multi-award-winning cinematographer and entrepreneur Jibril Blessing, popularly known as J Blessing, has opened up about the devastating loss of his young son and the surprising blessing that emerged from the grief.
Speaking during a candid conversation with DJ Moz, J Blessing recounted how his son’s ICU battle led him on a journey of faith, forgiveness, and reconnection.
He explained that he used to wake up early each morning to pray and, on one particular day, he asked God to reveal Himself. Once he finished praying, he said he received a call from the hospital informing him that his child had been resuscitated.
“I had a child; he was sick, and during that time I was going through a tough season, and I remember praying to God and asking him for a miracle because my son was in the ICU and I just wanted a miracle for him to get out of the hospital,” he narrated.
“I used to wake up early in the morning to pray, and that day I told God to show himself, and when I finished that prayer, nikapata simu kutoka hosy nikaambiwa ‘you know what mtoi alikuwa ameenda tukamu resuscitate back’, nikaambia mungu if this is the way you want to show yourself to me, please do not show me.”
J Blessing further disclosed that his son had passed away during a difficult season in his life, and he came to realise that throughout that ordeal, God had been teaching him reconciliation.
He said that although he lost his son, he gained reconciliation and noted that it has been around ten years since his son passed. He emphasised that his desperate situation became a lesson in reconciliation.
“All in all, my son passed away, and it was a tough season of my life, and what I realised all through that is that God was trying to teach me reconciliation. I lost my son, but I gained reconciliation up to date,” he narrated.
“I think it is around ten years since he passed on, and I have gained reconciliation with people because when my son was sick, I was trying to get anyone who is close to God to tell God to heal my son. I was in a desperate situation that taught me reconciliation.”
However, amidst the pain, J Blessing discovered a profound lesson. In his desperation, he reached out to everyone he could, including friends, family, and even those he had wronged, to pray for his son.
“I was calling even the people I felt like we had issues with; I was calling every single person that I had wronged or had a problem with me, and through that I had to learn about reconciliation,” he disclosed.
