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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 Thank you

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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