When I was
younger, I was wrongfully accused of theft.
It was the
saddest period of my life.
At the time
the incident occurred, my father was at work and my mother had travelled to
Kumasi.
When she
returned, I told her what had happened and she immediately threatened to take
me to prison: she had an inspector friend who could whisk me away whenever she
needed that kind of help.
Mummy didn’t do that.
But what if
she had?
I would have
been reprimanded and perhaps remanded for a crime I did not commit.
The prisons visit I embarked on with
a group of friends was a personal reminder of the faithfulness of God and how
much He has covered me.
You know, the young men we met at the
correctional institute are no different from our brothers at home, church or in
school.
We need to constantly plead the blood
of the Lamb over our lives.
There are some of them who got caught for a single mistake…. mistakes you and I could easily have made.
Over there, you would see…
Wrongfully accused inmates
Victims of broken homes
Victims from abusive backgrounds
Victims of strong demonic
manipulations
Victims of hurt as a result of
unfulfilled promises from loved ones
Victims of circumstance
They may
have caused harm to others…
They may
have inflicted wounds in the hearts of others…
But what we do not see is that they were victims before they victimized
others.
Yesterday,
our leader, Reverend Caleb Hammond spoke to the inmates on, “The man of honour”. It was a
brief but profound message of how men of honour protect, give and above all, are
spiritually strong and not just physically.
It was
breathtaking to see a sizeable number of these young men stand to profess their
intention to be men of honour.
The motto of the inmates is: We
will rise again!
We pray for
these young men, that indeed they will rise again.
We most
especially are asking the Holy Spirit to water every good seed which the various
churches and ministries have sown into their lives through their outreaches and
ministrations.
Like
Reverend Hammond said, when we get the chance to sow seeds of goodness into the lives of the young men and
women we see outside the walls of the correctional centre, let us not hesitate.
For it is better that we save them from entering such places because whether we
like it or not, some of these young men who enter such environments are likely
to come out being crime lords.
I have a
responsibility…. You do too.
Lord, help us.
This is #SharingLife.
God bless you for sharing life!
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