I MURDERED MY SON

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I MURDERED MY SON

My name is kwesi, a well-respected medical doctor with all the good accolades you can confer on my profession. Married to a very beautiful and smart woman, Ama also a lawyer by profession.  I wouldn’t say our marriage has always been flowery, we have had our ups and downs and we enjoyed every bit of it.

God blessed us with 3 cute children, 2 boys one girl. Kwadwo is an electrical engineer, kwabena a banker and Adwoa followed my steps to hospital wards and theatres for surgery. I should be proud of myself I guess.

All  this while I thought I needed a Nobel prize for being the best father to my kids , but Adwoa proved me wrong when she shared a secret with me.

Kwabena my second child seemed like the odd one amongst my children. Kwadwo and Ama were  quite smart, kwabena too but his report cards always got us doubting.

I thought as a father, and  with such respect in society there was no way my children shouldn’t succeed. So I tried my maximum best to give them the required training.

I remember one night with my children where I screamed at kwabena for showing me a drawing. He was startled and surprised because he had never seen that side of his dad. That wasn’t the first time he was showing me a drawing though, but I was tired of seeing them.

 Kwadwo and Ama were having the records in school. It made me very proud as a father. Kwabena was not winning awards but he was good.

Spoke to Ama about kwabena to watch him with extra care, thinking we were doing him the parental good. We forced books on him, gave him to various teachers to be thought and at last he brought smiles to our faces.

Kwabena had now stopped drawing, writing poems and those things he loved so much. He went through the various levels of education and with our advice ventured into administration. This field of study landed him his current job as a banker.

I never knew I had so much effect on kwabena that the least action I took on him had a long term effect on his life. He is grown now, rich from his own labour and married to a pretty nurse Akua. 

Little did I know kwabena all this while hated himself for what he has become. This was seen in how he treated co-workers, his own children and sometimes his wife.

My son was a true artist, one whose work you will surely love and admire. I shattered those dreams with just a shout in a night and those memories never left kwabena. He now lives a life full of vinegar, bitter to taste. Never happy and satisfied with his achievement at work because he never had the courage to put himself out there.

I saw kwabena reject a lot of leadership roles in life even up until now because his confidence level still remains 0.

Yes kwabena is alive but to him he died at age 6, and I blame myself for his murder. I knew I wanted my kids to succeed ,I knew I had to provide for them but I never meant to murder kwabena. 

My excuse has always been the scripture Proverbs 22:6 show the child the way he should go and he/she will not depart from it.

I guess I misunderstood “the” for “my”. And just that level of misunderstanding saw me burry my kwabena at age 6. 

Am sorry son please find it in your heart to forgive me. 

Let this squabble end with just us. The children have their own lives to lives. Again it’s the way, not a way, or my way, or your way. 

The article THE is a definite one, meaning very specific, so only help them locate THE way and you won’t have to write this long essays like am doing.

Parents and potential parents, the influence we have on our children is GOD given, we can either use if for good or otherwise. It will be in our own interest to know that we will surely account for the lives of our children. 

Mind you, they are gifts from GOD and GOD does not give irrelevant gifts. Gifts are always for equipping just as how Ephesians 4:11-16 puts it.  Once again let’s help them locate THE way.

 Thank you and stay blessed.

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IN LOVE WITH A 90 YEARS OLD LADY

                                             

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  IN LOVE WITH A 90 YEARS OLD LADY

It was another great time in the presence of the LORD reading the book of genesis the chapter 18.The chapter describes angels on assignment in Sodom and Gomorrah who  were entertained as visitors by grandpa Abraham and his life time companion Sarah.

Abraham pleaded to do good to these strange men. He invited them into his tent, and served them with water to wash their feet, a place to rest and some food to eat. Afterward the angels asked of his wife Sarah and spoke a word concerning her that, a year by this time she would be a mother to a son, a statement she found very funny and laughed.

Grandma Sarah had hit her 89^th year mark and had given up on child birth probably one of the reasons why she laughed at the statement. 

“Gen 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself^, saying ;after I am waxed old shall I have pleasure , my lord being old also ?”  

 Grandma Sarah made it quite clear in this verse that she was old. Stating that she had waxed old. The Hebrew word for wax used here is balah meaning to decay or to wear out. She caps her assertion by adding the fact that she had even lost her libido. From what she  saw with herself, I think we can’t blame her for laughing, but what Grandma had forgotten was a word GOD had spoken over her in the chapter 17.

Gen 17:15 God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah will be her name.

Gen 17:16 I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”

This was the word GOD had spoken over Sarah that; she will produce or be a mother to nations. We all know that medically speaking a 90 year old woman has lost her fertility and can’t conceive.

The truth about the matter here is that; because of this word released over her life by GOD Sarah was going to remain young, that is young enough to be able to give birth. So yes her body had waxed old in her sight but in true reality she was still a damsel who was capable of giving birth and suckling to the young.

How do I know this?

In chapter 20, bible says Abraham traveled with his family to the region of Negev and settled between Kadesh and shur. We know from Esther’s story that the most beautiful among the beautiful were brought to the king as wives or queens.

 So, for king Abimelech to had gone in for Sarah upon their arrival in the region of Negev only suggest that Sarah wasn’t an old waxed lady who had lost her libido as she thought she was, because had that been the case she wouldn’t have caught the eyes of the king to be taken as a concubine.

Also in king David’s old age and on his sick bed, it was a damsel that was brought to him to check whether he was still strong enough not an old lady, because no matter how old a king is, he is still entitled to the prettiest  lady in his kingdom if his souls desires it.

Where am I going with this? The word of GOD released upon Sarah had so much transformed her  she couldn’t even take notice of it herself, but GOD had made her so even in the eyes of men. The power in the spoken word of GOD over her life had kept her  in her flamboyant age, young enough to give birth to Isaac and fulfill the prophesy of being a mother to nations.

Now, the big question? What has GOD said concerning your life, and how do you see that word in your life? I leave you to answer it yourself.   The power in HIS spoken word over your life will always keep you and surely bring it to fulfillment.

Thank you.

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THE UNHEARD INSTRUCTIONS

THE UNHEARD INSTRUCTIONS.

Today I decided to visit Noah in the book of Genesis 6. The chapter basically talks about corruption creeping unto the earth and GOD’S strategic plan to eliminate such activities from the earth. Bible says when mankind increased in number daughters were born unto them and the sons of GOD saw them to be beautiful and took any they chose as wives for themselves. Note that one group of people were referred to as sons of men/mankind and another as sons of GOD. These were fallen angels having lustful desires for the daughters of men because they had come or entered into the realm of man.

 Bible says the LORD was grieved and said that HIS spirit will not dwell with man again, because man’s heart was continually corrupt. The word continually here can also suggest that GOD might have given man enough time to repent of his corrupt ways but man never understood the language of change and remained in corruption.

So here was Grandpa Noah, who had found favour in the sight of GOD. For this reason GOD drew near and had a discussion with HIM pertaining to the corrupt nature of man. HE revealed HIS final verdict of destruction unto Noah and gave him the escape plan.

 From verse 14, the LORD issues out HIS plan in detail to Noah, and how he was to go about it.

Where am I going with this narrative,  crises were knocking on man’s door, and the only thing that saved Noah and HIS family was the fact that HE had found favour in the sight of GOD. That is to say GOD had chosen to treat him differently from all his contemporary. (This is where we find ourselves as Christians because we are a called out people, chosen among many).

Again for this same reason GOD reveals HIS thoughts to Noah and decides to save him and his family from the impending destruction, by giving him instructions to be carried out immediately. As a favoured group of people (Christians) GOD reveals the impending dangers in life to us and issues out the escape plan for us.  The big question here is do we hear these instructions and if we do how do we go about it. Because from Noah’s story GOD gave a vivid or detailed plan to be carried out, meaning HE did not give room for confusion or misunderstanding; an excuse we can find for falling into destruction.

To eliminate corruption the solution was destruction, but GOD provided for HIS people amidst this destruction.

Don’t blame it on the silence of GOD, in hard times HE always looks out for HIS people. Like the sheep knowing the voice of their master, get to know HIS voice when HE instructs and like Noah you will be floating on the flood instead of being devoured by the flood.

Thank you.

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THE ONE ARMY SYSTEM

THE ONE ARMY SYSTEM

When GOD needed to save billions of people HE did not bring an equal billions of  people but just a one man army, who happens to be our CHRIST. The ratio is 1:1,000,000,000. I mean, this is practically insane.

In Egypt when HE wanted to save HIS people, again HE went for a one man army in the person of Moses, and with him HE snatched HIS people from the pharaohs. This issue about one man army became more evident to me in the book of Esther where GOD uses a lady to once again save HIS people.

 This is the amazing thing. Esther with her uncle who also doubled as her fathers after the demise of her parents were all brought into the province of king Ahasuerus as slaves from war. For one funny reasons the king decides to destool his queen and search for a new one.

Ladies were assembled to battle themselves for the royal crown as queen to the king. Some way somehow the king sees Esther and he begin to walk according to the dictates of GOD, in that GOD needed the situation to save the Jewish community. He madly falls in love with the Jewish slave and makes her a queen in a bit.

From the Jewish community all GOD needed was a lady not evens a man. Esther goes into the palace and the ripple effect begins to unfold. Now Mordechai unknowingly becomes a CID or better still an FBI agent to the king where he leaked an important missile of a message to annul the plans of the enemy towards the king. This act of kindness also lifted Mordechai from being a common slave now also to a royal. Putting aside the impact they brought to the Jewish community as a whole , let’s look at the impact it brought to their family.

All the family needed was for one person not two to be lifted up in social horizons and the ripple effect will bubble down to raise more.  This goes a long way to tell us that in a family you need just one not two people to be well placed, and this person or individual will set the ball rolling for others. Unless the lifting up of the individual is void of GOD, if not know and understand that GOD has also arrived to set up your family.

As Christians lets practice the habit of helping each other, praying for each other and holding each other in place. After all with are a body to a head.

When a brother  or sister starts doing exploits in church, at work, in the home, etc, hatred shouldn’t be your breakfast rather learn to diet on support because the ripple effect just started and your Mordechai elements will surely be met.

The one man army system of GOD has always being a secret strategy, and like in wars communication is in codes. You only get to understand this code when you are part of us, most Christians have side-lined themselves forgetting we serve and work for one GOD therefore making them novices to the good codes of GOD.

The ripple effect always begins from somewhere, just join the right army and wait on your turn.

Thank you.

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JESUS MY BALLON DOR

JESUS MY BALLON D’OR

I sat behind the television waiting patiently for the blast of the whistle to begin the world cup games. Thoughts of who is winning ,who is getting out at the group stages, the golden ball and golden boot winners created a special euphoria around me.

Then an interesting question popped up in my mind. The various teams have their special talisman who they believe can rescue them in times of trouble. The Brazilians have Neymar, the argentines can count on Messi, Egyptians now choruses the name Mo Salah, and the like.

So I asked “who is my talisman”?

I couldn’t think of anyone better than my Captain JESUSCHRIST. He is more of utility players who fit well in any position you choose to play him.

As a goal keeper, he is my saviour (Matthew 18:11). He is ready to save me any day, and at any time and at any place from the hands of the wicked one. HE came all the way from heaven just to save me from the sharp teeth of death through sin.

As a defender HE forms a formidable hedge around me (job 1:10). Defending me against false accusations, and the fiery dart of the evil one.

As a midfielder, HE was, is and will always be the only way to the FATHER (john 14:6), the link between my humanity and HIS divinity.

As the striker HE promises to never fail me and also to take me to an expected end (Jeremiah 29:11), winning me the trophies of salvation and prosperity in the LORD.

#JESUSMYTALISMAN.

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BOYS IN THE KITCHEN

BOYS IN THE KITCHEN

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So, my mother in the LORD is an interesting personality; kind-hearted and GOD loving. I think I should see my father for such an anointing to choose and choose well. Ha-ha!

It was time for celebration. Our unshakable aunt was half a century old and the family decided to celebrate her in a grand style. We started preparations towards this event. The canopies came in, followed by tables and chairs, then the decorations, and the to-do list kept unfolding.

I found myself in the kitchen with some brothers and my mother in the LORD. The ladies were out, leaving us with mummy. This was an opportunity to show mummy we will certainly survive should our wives travel.

Mummy was so busy putting things in place, making sure everything was perfectly done and that for me was too much work for her. She got close to the sink to do the dishes and I was like “where is my head”.

In Africa especially Ghana, you must be psychologically imbalance to watch your parents do the dishes unless under special cases where they feel or insist on doing them.

I offered to help do the dishes yet mummy wouldn’t let go. Finally she was convinced and I took over. In my mind I was going to wash dishes; little did I know I had entered a classroom.

I picked one bowl, rubbing my fingers in it trying to check how dirty it could be since it looked clean to me. It felt smooth but I looked at my fingers and saw dust; that confirmed it needed a wash.

After washing I rubbed again, this time around it felt rough. I checked my fingers and there was no dust. I stood there for some time thinking about what I had just discovered.

When the bowl was dirty, it had a smooth feel but when clean it felt very rough.

This is what I learnt:

It is a very smooth and enjoyable life if you want to live in dirt as a Christian, you tend to satisfy your lustful desires anytime they pop up but you can’t say same for trying to lead a chaste life. You have to battle the lust of the flesh, call out for peace when lust starts the war in your mind, initiate self-control, and in some cases call out for backup by praying to GOD.

 This road is indeed a rough one but like the clean bowl, in the long run when you are inspected, you will definitely be selected because you are clean and qualified to be used to serve.

Don’t be smooth and be dumped on the day of celebration, go the rough way and be chosen for merry making.

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Thank you.

THE GREATEST BOXER OF ALL TIME

THE GREATEST BOXER OF ALL TIME

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I was in West Africa but felt so close to the noise, amusement and anticipation that surrounded the announcement of the bout between Floyd Mayweather and McGregor. World media succeeded in making a lot of boxing enthusiast out of this announcement because it was a match you wouldn’t want to miss.

 The build-up and interviews towards this event just escalated the interest of people, because now, all were curious about the results of the bout based on comments from both athletes.

One day I sat and thought through this event of life and the level of attention it had being given, all because it involved two champions who had made their marks in their respective divisions and deserved all the respect they both commanded.

Delving deeper into my thoughts I figured out there was a secret champion in life men have chosen to ignore and also to give 0% anticipation to HIS bout, even though HE is an undisputed champion, never lost a bout and will never loose a bout.

HE is the only champion knocks you down and out without throwing a fist but with HIS name. (Philippians 2:10, that at the name JESUS every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth)

A champion who never uses HIS fist because records have it that no one can stand HIS wrath.  (Revelation 6:17, for the great day of HIS wrath is come and who can shall be able to stand?)

HE is the only champion who defeats out of love for love and in love. HE is a champion to behold, a fighter to enjoy, and yet the cameras frown at HIM  denying HIM the audience He deserves, the doors of anticipation shuts at HIS name blinding people about HIS reign and second coming. 

HIS interviews are echoes in an empty room, no one to hear HIM, and no one to cheer HIM on.

HE bypasses all these ill-moments and always steps in the ring to fight my battles for me. Now I hold the “MORE THAN A CONQUEROR” title in all divisions yet never came or sat close to the boxing ring.

 I don’t know about you but I think, HE deserves my full attention and I’m anticipating HIS return to reign as the champion HE was, HE is, and will always be.

Thank you.

DEFORMED BECAUSE OF LOVE

DEFORMED BECAUSE OF LOVE

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I’m confused trying to wrap my head around this whole issue of love. I don’t seem to get it; whether to run into it or away from it anytime I see it.  Run away and your life is miserable, run into it and loved ones make it miserable.

We have heard of people who committed suicide because the bridge of love which leads to happiness failed them along the way. Some fortunate ones only went mad with dying hopes of recovery; others have also given up on life leaving everything to chance. They care less about what happens; be it good or bad. My question is: why is this so?

As I listened to my pastor preach on Sunday about JESUS. He drew my mind to some interesting things CHRIST had to live with because of the love HE had for mankind.

From biblical descriptions and history, our saviour JESUS was beaten to the point of deformity where you couldn’t make out HIS face, which is not even my point. Glory be to GOD that our JESUS resurrected on the 3^rd day after burial to fulfill HIS purpose and calling on earth.

The bible also gives account of HIS life after resurrection where HE did many wonders. In one of these accounts, HE visited HIS disciples in the absence of Thomas, one of the disciples, who upon hearing the news of the visit doubted what his fellow disciples disclosed to him.

JESUS visited the second time when Thomas was present among the disciples. HE beckoned unto him to come feel the marks on HIS hands, thrusting his hands into HIS sides.

“Then saith he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing” (John 20:27).

What beats my human thinking is the fact that the life HE lived after resurrection was quite different from that of before.

 For example, before HIS death, HE would enter through the door into a room which was the norm. After resurrection, HE appeared in a room without using the door, pointing out the kind and level of life HE was living; this was proof that HE was indeed a new man now.

CHRIST changed HIS approach to matters after resurrection. HE even changed HIS countenance. Mary spotted HIM at the cemetery and thought HIM to be the gardener until HE revealed HIMSELF unto her as JESUS.

“JESUS said unto her, woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She supposing HIM to be the gardener, saith unto HIM, sir, if thou have borne HIM hence tell me where thou hast laid HIM, and I will take HIM away” (John 20:15 KJV)

Interestingly, what CHRIST couldn’t change about HIMSELF after resurrection were the marks inflicted upon HIM as a result of the harsh maltreatment HE received from the roman soldiers. HOW DO I KNOW THIS? In John 20:27, HE called upon Thomas to reach out his hand thrusting it through HIS sides indicating that the deformities from the scourge were still with HIM.

Now this is the power of love: the deformities HE incurred because of love were still with HIM even after resurrection when a lot about HIM had changed.

Indeed LOVE is a powerful tool, because GOD is love and love is GOD.

MY PLIGHT AGAINST THE CHRIST

                                     MY PLIGHT AGAINST THE CHRIST

So I met JESUS on the high way, and as usual i took a bow to show reverence to HIM. HE held my hand up with a faint smile on HIS face and embraced me . HE asked about my destination and I told HIM  I had a case in the court of heaven. 

which case is that; HE asked? A personal one; was my response.Talk to me HE said.

Told HIM , I am angry and sometimes i feel disappointed in HIM and HIS FATHER even though I still believe AND TRUST IN THEM. In my hands was a printed version of the numerous prophesies and words I had received from HIS prophets and servants on earth.

I showed him the “pink sheet” which had the list of prophesies and words for my life. HE took it from my hand and seemingly scanned through them as if he was checking something out. HE then beckoned on me to come see something. HE drew from HIS pocket the original sheets which had my name boldly written on it and every single prophesy or word for my life, then HE said to me this is the original copy.

In a shock I asked if all these things were really going to happen to me on earth? Again HE smiled at me and answered yes.

 So why……… were the few words I was allowed to say because HE picked the question from my mind and started answering me.

With HIS hands on my shoulders, “Samuel” HE mentioned my name, I feel your pain and disappointment, and you have every right to be, because I feel disappointed sometimes in you too yet I still love and believe in you.

You only get wet  when you are walking, dancing or running in the rain. Hide under an umbrella or a shade and you wouldn’t be beaten by the rain.

 A flood only sweeps what is in its way, but leaves the others unharmed.

A prophesy released unto your life is just like a key to your unseen future, and with this key you open the doors to the unseen future.

Once again a prophesy is manifested on the wings of prayer, which is the force with which the keys are turned to open the doors. Now ,this is why your prophesies seem not to be manifesting.

I nodded several times in agreement with what HE said. Thank you JESUS, I REST MY CASE THEN.

Can I have the original copy I asked? No HE answered

Why? Because you can’t handle it HE exclaimed.

Felt a soft touch on my forehead, opened my eyes and realised I was still in bed in my room. It was all a dream and I enjoyed it.

THANK YOU.

THE TEA BAG

                                            

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                                                       THE TEA BAG

It’s funny how life has so much teaching in it yet most often than not we fail to see what life tries to teach us at any point in time. Something as simple as even brushing your teeth in the morning can be a great lesson which will help you at a point in your life.

In the evening I decided to prepare myself some tea before going to bed, and I was amazed the lessons tea thought me.

Tea is actually a simple meal to prepare. All you need is a cup, hot water, and a stomach to receive it. Sugar and milk are quite optional additives.

Remove a tea bag from its box and drop it into a cup of hot water. After a minute or two your tea is prepared. You then add sugar or milk to taste, and there you go, tea is ready. Such a simple process to put smiles on your face. But something struck me about this simple process.

The final stage or the purpose of a tea bag in its life time is to be used to prepare tea, in other words the end product of a tea bag is tea. But let’s look at the process it had to face to bring out its purpose.

First and foremost, it is picked from its box alone and drowned in a cup full of hot water, what does this mean?

 GOD said to HIS friend Abraham that HE should separate himself from his father’s house and go where HE the LORD will show him because it was time for him to pursue his GOD given purpose on earth. It was time for him to be made a tea, therefore he separated himself from family, friends and loved ones. The tea bag like Abraham is separated from other tea bags because its time to make tea.

Secondly, it is drowned in hot water for steeping/brewing. I have personally not being drowned in water before, but the level of pain we express towards such  on our TV screens when they are reported shows that it’s not a nice one.

 we may not be drowned in water ,but we are drowned in various issues and problems of life. We chock for breath beneath such problems and issues hoping to come up the surface of such occurrences and gape for some air into our systems. 

Not only is the bag drowned, but it is also taken out of its comfort zone to a much discomforting zone all in the name of fulfilling its purpose of tea. In its packaged box it enjoys normal room temperature, and time with other teabags. But it is taken and drowned in a hot temperature arena where it stays till tea is ready.

What am I saying here?

The good book says in Isaiah 46:10, GOD knows the end from the beginning. So HE actually knows and understand your purpose, and for its manifestation you need to be processed.  Like a tea bag our purpose on earth is to make tea, and until we go through the processes listed above we will still remain tea bags.

Have you realized that the teabag has the ability to change the taste and colour of the hot water it is being drowned in. yes! That is your substance. In such difficult times, the problems and issues are supposed to change colour and taste because of the substance you carry in you.

Another interesting part of this process is the fact that after tea is made, that is after the real substance is obtained the residue is taken out and thrown away. The best and needed part of you remains with you for further future battles whereas the negative mind-sets, disregard, disrespect, self –denials and the like are thrown away.  

Living your GOD given life can be very simple like the preparation of tea, but the processes involved is an uphill task. The good news here is the fact that GOD is the CHEF and with you as the tea bag, you can trust HIM to prepare a good tea for you.

so in conclusion,

Be ready to be steeped, and to be stirred to prepare a good tea for consumption.

 Thank you.  

BY THE WELL, BUT IT'S NOT WELL

BY THE WELL, BUT IT'S WELL

I came across an interesting story in the book of john chapter 4, where JESUS was moving from Judea to galilee because the Pharisees had taken notice of his unprecedented increase in winning and baptizing souls unto GOD.

Something struck me about this journey. JESUS being the leader saw the need to draw HIS disciples away from the famous trouble makers in Judea, that is the Pharisees, and to accomplish this ,HE took them on a voyage to Galilee.

The bible says in verse 4 of the chapter that HE must needs go through Samaria, meaning there was a special purpose for routing Samaria.

The story continues in the verse 5, where he goes to Sychar a town in Samaria. Sychar in the Greek is Suchar which has its origin from the word Shekar meaning an intoxicant that is, highly alcoholic. At an intoxicant area, the bible says JESUS was weary.

Intoxicant (Sychar) here represents discomfort. JESUS in Sychar can be likened to fixing a square peg in a round whole. The man had so much purity in HIM that such an intoxicated area  should have been an allergy to HIM. At this point HE could have used the help of HIS disciples yet they  had left HIM in pursuit of food and HE was left alone in discomfort.

Many a time, this is the case with our leaders both in church and at work. They are always there to support us and give us the necessary dosages of encouragement to rise again unto our feet, but they are left alone in such situations.  This is for another day.

 Keenly following the story, the disciples returned with what they thought would help JESUS, that is, food. Then said HE to them, ‘I have food to eat that you know not about’, in other words the reason why they left HIM was irrelevant, because if it was for food then HE had food they knew not about.

Once again, I was hoping that scriptures would have captured where JESUS finally drunk from the well, or from the ladies bucket so as to quench HIS thirst and revive HIMSELF from weariness, but we only saw HIM prepared and excited about the food the disciples knew not, which HE was about to eat.

JESUS got weary, and landed in discomfort because HE had not gone about HIS FATHER’S business, which happens to be the purpose for HIS very existence. Just some hours, or days off HIS purpose, the bible says HE grew weary. To get back HIS strength HE looks out for the opportunity in the woman at the well to reach out to people.

 Your purpose on earth should be your source of encouragement and a point from which you draw your strength. The good book says  in Hebrews 12:2b, that  JESUS  for the joy that was set before HIM endured the cross and despised the shame and has sat down on the right hand of GOD’S throne.

Don’t grow weary, keep up the good work ,  be focused and fulfil your purpose. Every second of your life counts. 

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INDESTRUCTIBLE

                                             

    

 Paint me black and I will bask  as white as snow in the sun

 Crush me into stones and I will form an integral part of the strength in your build up.

 Kill me here and my arms will be widely opened over there to embrace you.

Shatter my dreams and aspirations and you will find success knocking at my door for entry.

 Burry me under the soil and I will sprout out with many branches and fruit.

Hide me in the dark in the night and the sun will give me up during the day.

Throw me into the deepest part of the sea and I will hold meetings with the most high in the stomach of a fish.  

Kill me a billion times and I will rise up a billion times. The seed GOD planted in me was an indestructible one.

 I never deteriorate, I never go extinct, no amount of energy can destroy me.

I am unimaginably indestructible; the seed in me is the seed of the most high GOD.

So devil let me save you the burden of labour. Spend your time seeking for repentance and salvation than seeking for my failure and shame.

Indeed you rested not until you have destroyed. So then congratulation on your vain labour because I am made of an indestructible seed and that is the seed of GOD in me. 

I am who GOD says I am and not what you would want me to be.

                                                                                                                                          Yours faithfully,

                                                                                                                                            GODS’ Seed.

COMEDY ON THE STREET

COMEDY ON THE STREETS

In a public transport to run some errands, I looked through the window and saw two young ladies seriously laughing their hearts out, and I wondered which comedian is giving a free show in this era of economic hardship.

We drove ahead and I was mesmerized by what I saw, and why these young ladies were laughing. Ahead was a half naked mad man, who had bent down to pick GOD knows what from the floor, and in so doing had exposed part of his private part to the public which had caused this laughing disease in the ladies.

I was not really bordered about them laughing ,but I was totally crazy about what could have resulted in his condition which has caused him to be blinded so much that he doesn’t know he is naked, and does not know how to carry himself in public.

You can think of all sort of causes, it could be a medical situation, an emotional disorder, spiritual curse, smoking, or whatever. If it is a medical condition what could have being done by the doctor, if it was an emotional disorder what could a counselor offer, what could the pastor had done for him if it’s a spiritual curse , then again what advice would have being given him by loved ones if its by smoking.

Some Ladies walk on the streets half naked and we term it fashion and not madness. Why is it called fashion instead of mild madness?

This is as a result of packaging. Such dresses have being well packaged and marketed that its element of madness has being taken away leaving behind the soothing element which is appealing to the eyes of people.

The man became a comic icon because his packaging was not convincing enough to earn him applauds from the public but it was rather convincing enough to make him a laughing stock..

Am not a business student but I perceive that, packaging has a bearing on marketing. How packaged you are can determine your value and who you attract on the market.

Look within you , and search for that naked part of you which you know when seen in public will make you a laughing stock and cloth it well with the right clothing.

Don't be a mad-clothed individual.

Life can be very difficult yet simple when you apply yourself unto GODLY wisdom.

Stay blessed and thanks for reading.

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Thanks once again.

THE AFRICAN

                                      

                           

                              THE AFRICAN

I am privileged to be an African who lives in Africa where we enjoy good moral practices, rich cultural activities, loaded with all kinds and types of natural resources to grace our standards of living. Yet it is quite sad we find ourselves at the tail end of the league of successful people, cities, countries and even the continent as a whole.

A few individuals are contributing their quota and working tirelessly to restore mama Africa back to the finest mother she is.

Got struck with different kinds of thoughts and questions at work today, and was hoping you could help me answer them.

The first was to ask why I was born in Africa, and of all the nations in Africa why Ghana.

The second was why was I born to the parents I have but not to some other parents.

I realised I was not consulted by GOD in any of these situations, that is as to where I want to be born and to whom I want to be born. I had no hand in it. NO! Not even a finger; it was all the doing of the LORD and entirely GOD.

As a baby, I came out of the womb light skinned. As I begin to age the skin colour started changing, for this reason our ancestors were termed black people. The black nature (colour) of Africans is as a result of the numerous amount of melanin we have on our skin as compared to other people from other continents of the world.

In high school I appreciated the fact that it was no mistake I was born black, born to black parents and born in Africa. In my biology class I learnt that melanin is a pigment found right under the surface of the skin, and its main function is to protect the skin against damage from the ultra violet rays of the sun

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Give birth to a Ukrainian, Australian, or German, in Africa and he/she will still grow with a minute amount of melanin as compared to a native African.

My black make up was actually planned, and designed by GOD to fit this part of the world.

This means GOD has given me the ability to survive as an African, the ability to rightly project as an African, the ability to withstand harsh conditions, the ability to serve, the ability to fight, strong minded individuals, the strength to work and achieve great goals.

It is quite sad and embarrassing when you look at the league of success and still see us at the tail end with all these abilities.

GOD is overly wise and whatever thing HE does it comes with a reason and a purpose.

You are in Africa and born an African because GOD knows you can help make Africa.

You are an African and born to African parents because there is a bit of Africa’s development in your genes which needs materialize into African growth.

You are an African and live in Africa because we are the best people GOD can entrust this continent to and they are no two ways about that. But we are failing to recognize that.

I don’t know about you but I have been tired for long, now I believe am sick of being at the bottom because am an African child.

The truth is there is no need for competition among humans because we have being strategically placed at where we are for a reason, which is the betterment of the world as a whole. Will find it difficult to live in the arctic because of their low temperatures, and I believe the reverse is also the same. That does not mean there can't be cohabitation.

Be a proud African , Be glad you are an African, work hard as an African, enjoy success as an African and together let us make mother Africa the finest mother she is. 

 Am a Ghanaian and am starting this in my small corner. like we see it happen in diffusion processes let us diffuse positivism in our minds, programs, systems  and work towards a worthy goal of making mother Africa great.

Thank you and GOD bless AFRICA.

A GIFT ON MY DREAM DATE

A gift on my dream date

As usual it was my birthday, and I had switched on my ecstasy button, was so glad because the night before He had promised me a gift and I was really looking forward to it.

I returned from lectures filled with happiness because for once I had good enough reason to shun academic activities for the rest of the day.

I went to the bathroom, took a cold shower, ironed my velvet body-con dress, picked up my heels and headed to the car park where his Hyundai santa fe was packed. We drove through the streets of Accra, chatting and admiring some cool buildings in the city

I liked how we started our celebrations because it was just how I had seen and imagined it in my dreams. We made a stop at a hawker selling coconut, where we bought ourselves some coconuts to enjoy.

Friends started calling and asking me about how my day was going and I couldn’t help but tell them how my dreams were becoming a reality. 

I received a warm gaze from him at the coconut stand , and all I could think of was running into his arms and speaking softly into his ears the words” thank you” after giving him a kiss on the lips, but that would make me a silly  girl.

We continued our tour through the streets of the capital, and oh my GOD he was so funny. I laughed my head off and needed to borrow a rib in case I broke the ones I already had.

I said in my head that, this day is going down in my books as the best birthday ever. Finally we drove to a well-known and in my opinion, the best hotel in the country; where we had a reservation for just the two of us. 

Only GOD knows what was on my mind at that particular time. The waitress brought the menu and we settled with some delicious dishes. After the meal, the next event was the gift presentation. He asked me , aren’t t you curious about the gift I want to give you? And all of a sudden I became nervous.

If this guy dares proposes to me , there is no way I was going to say no or am going to think about it because the answer would be a really quick yes ,I quickly told myself.

Close your eyes he said, and I obeyed like a lamb.

Open your eyes again he said, and as soon as I heard him, I literally hopped from my seat.

   On the table was a small coffin of about 4cm in length and 5cm in height. Why the hell would you do that? I asked. Sit was his response. Within a twinkle of an eye he had ruined my romantic dream date for me.

He said, I really admire you, had that not been the case, I wouldn’t have given you this for a present. He said, this gift is to remind you that , you are a step closer to your earthly self-contained house( coffin) , but the question to answer is, would you be this happy in this house as you were earlier today?  Now the romantic ph-meter started dropping until it reached equilibrium.

The life of mankind on earth has a common point and resting place, that is death and the grave.

 Would you sleep peacefully in the grave or you will sit in the grave crying anytime you look at your unaccomplished life on earth.

Would you prefer to cry because, second chance is an impossibility?

It’s actually wonderful to be celebrated, enjoy birthdays when they come, it’s a blessing, but then again know that you are a step closer to the grave.

Time and tide they say waits for no man, know your purpose on earth, work to fulfill your purpose, enjoy and live a fulfilled life even in death after you have lived out your days on earth.

Thank you.

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THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER

THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER

What is beauty? According to the Merriam Webster dictionary beauty is the qualities in a person or a thing that gives pleasure to the senses or the mind. How interesting.

Walking through the book of genesis I came across Adam who was wowed by one of the greatest creation of GOD.

Let’s begin from Genesis 1:26-27, “And GOD said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 , So GOD created man in HIS own image; HE created him in the image of GOD;HE created them male and female.”

Take a look at the play of pronouns here and note it very well. Referring to the same creature yet uses a singular pronoun and a plural one simultaneously. The pronoun them is further splitted into male and female in verse 27.

A better understanding of these verses is seen in Genesis 2:21-22, “So the LORD GOD caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. GOD took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. Then the LORD GOD made the rib HE had taken from man into a woman and brought her to the man”. This confirms the them we saw in chapter one.

Now let’s continue, before the creation of woman in Gen 2:21-22, the idea or promise to get man a helper was first mentioned in verse 18. Since it was the era for creation was expecting the creation of woman to follow suit right after the idea came about, but interestingly HE gives man another job to do, that is to call the names of the wild animals and birds HE (GOD) had created to keep Adam busy and working.

When it was finally time to create woman the hidden beauty and glory of man; then again GOD causes Adam to fall into deep sleep, where he performs the first ever operation, because bible says GOD took the ribs and closed again the flesh at that place.

GOD could have performed this operation without man sleeping but HE chose to cause him to sleep. I don’t know how many of us have undergone surgery before, but if you have, you know and understand the pains involved before, during and after the surgery.

Moving on, Gen 2:23, And the man said; this one, at last, is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called woman, for she was taken from man.

 An absent Adam during the creation of woman rises up from deep sleep, wowed by what he sees which causes him to profess the processes used in creating woman.

POINTS TO NOTE

1.       In Gen 1:27 the bible testifies of the presence of woman in man. The pronoun (THEM) used. Glory hidden in man. 1cor 11:7

2.       In Gen 2:18-19, GOD kept Adam busy with him by tasking him to name the wild animals and birds.

3.       In Gen 2:21 GOD causes Adam to sleep deeply in order to bring out a hidden beauty (woman).

All am trying to say with these analogy is that, there is always a hidden beauty (glory) in man , and the best person to bring this out is GOD.  Note the processes used.

a.       The idea to bring forth such beauty is  conceived

b.      GOD then gets you busy with HIM through work

c.       HE then puts you to deep sleep where you are free from pain, all distraction, and any other thing except GOD.

d.      Then finally when HE is done with your miracle you wake up professing the testimonies.

There are a bunch of prophesies spoken over your life ,a whole lot of wonderful things that will make your life beautiful. Learn to be patient and wait on GOD and you will rise from the deep sleep like Adam to profess the process of your beauty as a testimony unto others.

Beauty created by GOD is not subjective to lie on the face of the beholder, but very objective

THANK YOU.

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