***written about 9 years ago***

"This month of August, I celebrate 10 years since i was admitted as a 'fresher' at KNUST. I often look back at that particular phase of my life...lost in wonder, love and praise to God! The Potter of my life used people, events, and even the atmosphere to draw me closer to Himself and to shape my values and my views on life. On those grounds, God taught me that being a 'good Christian girl', raised up in a Christian home and active in Christian activities wasn't enough. Salvation is a relationship with Jesus Christ and not an object one possesses....Salvation is a relationship one maintains with God. Salvation is not obeying a set of laws...it's not a doctrine you believe but a Person you know...Salvation is not an action you perform; it's a fellowship you abide in!

Some KNUST-friends-turned-family :)

 Life is short. God is Sovereign and calls both the young and old to eternity. Writing tributes to family and friends when they are gone isn't fun. I resolve to hug harder...celebrate people more...let people know I love and appreciate them...give many more compliments (not 'flattery' though, 'cos the Bible is against that)...look out for the good in others more - because I
realize that no matter how 'bad' a person is, people (even 'enemies') find good things to say about them when they are gone. 

We all say we are so busy; too busy to visit...too busy to spend time together...too busy to even call - but amazingly, immediately a golden heart stops beating, we get lots of time to mourn; we suddenly call people we haven't spoken to in years...we suddenly want to know the home of that family member or friend we've never visited so that we can go there and share in the grief...we suddenly want to know the arrangements for the funeral so that we can go and 'pay our last respect'...and some of us can even take some days off work for the funeral...What if we make 'just a little more time' for one another while we have breath?

I want to have memories that would put a smile on my face, even through the tears that freely trickle down my cheeks when a loved one departs...I don't want my last moment-shared to be that of a fight that wasn't properly resolved, or an argument that left me bitter and unforgiving...I don't want to regret not sharing the message of the Gospel, or not rebuking in love, or not giving when i could have, or not being nice, or not correcting the wrongs, or not being a good friend/relative, etc. 

By all means, when people depart, there will be pain in our hearts...but let us plant seeds that would cause us to reap some joy even through the tough times. LET US CHERISH OUR RELATIONSHIPS BETTER, TREATING EACH DAY AS THOUGH IT WERE OUR LAST.

"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."- Psalm 90:12

#God, please help me especially in this regard, "so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize." Amen. 🙂

After walking together with 2003 year group of St. Rose's SHS, "Yellow Checks"

Shot from a book titled 'Chasing Vines' by Beth Moore. Background; Villa Awoyo, Sogakope, Ghana

May we live in such a way that we say and do "whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - anything  that is excellent or praiseworthy". May the tears we shed when people pass on not pass for 'bitterest' because we failed to say or do something for or to them....So help us God! Amen.

Selah.

Posted on FB. 9th August 2012

Will having more money make us kinder? No...I don't think so. What I usually say about tithing for instance, is that, if it is difficult for me to give Ghs 20 as tithe out of a Ghs 200 salary, then I don't know how I'll manage to give Ghs 2000 when I start earning Ghs 20,000. I believe kindness stems out of a person's character and not necessarily one's resources. So no matter how small what we have may seem, let's be kind. 

Singing the third stanza of one of my favourite hymns (Saviour, Thy dying love - MHB 579):

"Give me a faithful heart, likeness to Thee,

That each departing day henceforth may see...

Some work of love begun, some deed of kindness done,

Some wanderer sought and won - 

Something for Thee. "

*Posted on FB - 8th August 2014

 "Courageous" - a movie I would like to recommend for every man - for the husbands and fathers; and for the men not yet married.

@Tenack Beach, Axim, Ghana

Here is a quote from this great movie....

"...I now believe that God desires for EVERY father to courageously step up and do whatever it takes to be involved in the lives of his children. But more than just being there providing for them, he is to walk with them through their young lives and be a visual representation of the character of God, their father in heaven.

A father should love his children, and seek to win their hearts. He should protect them, discipline them, and teach them about God. He should model how to walk with integrity and treat others with respect, and should call out his children to become responsible men and women, who live their lives for what matters in eternity. Some men will hear this, and mock it. Or ignore it. But I tell you that as a father, you are accountable to God for the position of influence he has given you." Beautiful... teary movie 🙂

3rd Feb. 2013. Selah.

I must have watched the movie again on 8th August 2023 :) I noted these quotes:

"You have a choice- are you going to be angry about the time you didn't have with her, or grateful for the time you did have with her?"

"When you clock out at work, go home and love your families."

"Going through grief is like having an amputation- you do heal over time, but you're never the same."

"God doesn't promise explanations- He however promises to be with us every step of the way"