SHARING LIFE

 As the minutes draw near to mark October's ending, my desire is to etch these memories in time.  October was tough... financially...  But, October taught me what it means to hold on to the Lord Jesus and His Word.  October challenged me to stand and not look for the easy way out.  October taught me to rest in love and not performance.  October taught me that indeed, help comes from the strangest places.  October taught me that ABBA has not forgotten.  October taught me... all in due time.  October taught me to trust.  October spoke to me.  October encouraged me.  October showed me that ABBA speaks and more importantly, that I hear Him and do not miss it...  For someone who has battled with spiritual inferiority complex due to "church" hurt, October held my heart close and showed me I'm not lost.   October touched my heart... maybe that is why I didn't want to watch this day go like any ordinary day...  Octo...

  Hello Sharing Life fam! How is the going? I hope everything is kosher. One of the things I am most thankful for is to be a member of the Word & Spirit Feasts family. At the Word & Spirit Feasts, we have learnt how important structure is as we endeavour to be all that ABBA has called us to be. One of the principles that make a good spiritual structure is Bible Reading. I just finished 1Kings Chapter 2 and would like to share 3 things I admire about King David. 1.       King David did not entertain guilt and condemnation I have learnt that one thing the devil specialises in is condemnation. He is the accuser of the brethren for a reason. His commitment is in ensuring that we stay feeling bad for wrong done. One thing my spiritual father would say is: the devil will accuse of not doing the right thing and when you do the right thing, he will accuse you that it is not enough. That is what he does best. But, we see in 2Samuel 11 tha...

  I gave my life to Jesus in St. Louis Senior High School.  I am very sure I had gone forward for altar calls many times before that. But St. Louis was different. I was conscious; I was aware of myself and my environment. I knew I needed God in my life. To be honest, the issues of life drove me to take God seriously. A friend had had a dream about her and me and the moment she shared it, I knew I had to let go of the old garment and take on the new. So, I joined the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) meetings and that was where my life changed.  That encounter led me to a great relationship with the Lord. I read the Scriptures (my favourite was the Book of Psalms because I used that to pray a lot). It was in St. Louis I learnt I was never alone (why do you think I support Liverpool FC so much?). I learnt to rely on Him alone.  When I entered the University, I realized a newfound freedom and observed (by the Grace of God) that if I didn’t take my spirituality seriousl...

Babe,  19. I love your sense of responsibility. You are a very responsible man, and I've been privileged to see how that immense sense of responsibility causes you to think about things people your age seldom think of. Be it church work, work work, life's work, whatever the work, you show up and take charge by ABBA'S Grace. I'm not surprised that people are often surprised by your age because of this.   20. I love the way you trust ABBA with EVERY THING. When we started dating, you said to me that you wouldn't start anything that prayer wouldn't be a part of. You're quick to commit time to pray and seek ABBA on things. On the regular, you're always seeking and entrusting things into ABBA'S hands. I know I can be a handful sometimes, and so you need that consistent connection from my Manufacturer 😂 but, yes, you try. May ABBA bless you, baby. 21. For this reason, I'm not surprised at your humility. I love that about you. I love the fact that you ...

Hi babe,  I love you, and I love these things about you:  16. I love your work ethic I'm not surprised at how far you've come with the ABBA'S Grace. You have taken ownership of and utilised every space and opportunity you've been given. I see you get worked up because you're not able to do more of the things you expect you should be doing. You are a faithful steward, by the Grace of ABBA and I pray you keep receiving His Grace. Remember Romans 5:17 ❤️ 17. I love the service you render to ABBA You try, Chale. I admire how you go all out in church work and how you push me to get involved in church regardless where I find myself. You lead, you guide, you encourage and you contribute to the building of ABBA'S people. For this, I say, God bless you! 18. I love your relationship with ABBA. I have been a direct beneficiary of your love. I can't tell you enough how much your relationship with ABBA shaped mine. When we started dating, you were unequivocal about your ...

Hi baby, It is often said that marry a kind man and not just a rich man. By ABBA'S Grace, I get to say that I have both! I am blessed with a kind man who is rich.  13. I love your kindness to me.  I remember that time I had to go for a Mediation training in Sunyani. I recall how you gave you very last ti help me go for this course. By ABBA'S Grace, I have seen you gi above and beyond for me, even it is the last you have.  14. I love you kindness towards others  I have seen you use your savings to help people in need. I have seen you fund dreams and possibilities. You may not have it all yet but by ABBA’s Grace, you have it ALL. You have denied yourself so that those around you can have relief and comfort. For all the sacrifices made, for those silent prayers within every moment, take all the Glory, ABBA. 15. I love how you look out for your friends You are a very good friend. You are loyal and you do what is right for them. I love how you care about the spiritual he...

Hi babe,  6 more days to go. We thank ABBA for everything.  10. I love the way we resolve conflict. I truly appreciate the posture with which you approach conflicts. Thank you for showing me that your posture is always to do what is needed for us to move forward. Thank you for showing that your goal isn't to find who is at fault and then crucify the person but rather to identify how to build from there and keep building. It took me a while to know this and thjs knowledge gives me the peace to resolve issues with you. I pray ABBA'S blessings for you, always. 11. I love how you give me room. You don't hold me back. You push and keep pushing me to strive for excellence and to be the best. Thank you for pushing me to start Doux! Thank you for pushing me to take my place. I encountered a man, whom I thought I loved, who was more concerned about me putting my ministry and dreams aside to pursue his. He never encouraged me if it didn't fit his "ideas". One of the mai...

Happy Monday, baby!  Can’t believe we are a week away. I am nervous… in a good day. I pray you have a great day on that day.  7. I love the way you pray for me  Baaaabe! Thank you for always praying for me. I get to see your heart every time you pray for me. On the hardest days, you are there to cover me in prayer. On the happy days, you are there to thank ABBA with me. Thank you. I love it when you pray. Bruh! You pray so well, by ABBA’s Grace. I love you. Thank you.  8. I love how you seek opportunities to correct my childhood traumas.  I remember that one time I shared the story of how we used to manage food in my home as a child. I told you about how our stew was always little with a lot of rice or yam or whatever. I remember how on that day I shared this with you, we were having lunch at your parents’. I recall how you went to the kitchen and fetched so much stew for me. It meant a lot and on so many occasions, I have seen you seek opportunities to correct ...

Hiii! It’s me again. Now to the next set of things I love about you:  4. I love how you push me to not allow people rush me.  I remember that one time in Papaye Osu when I had not yet made up my mind as to what meal I wanted. The lady at the counter was calling me to place my order because I was the next in line to be attended to. I was in such a rush to order just anything because I felt I was delaying the lady. Just when I was about to say just anything, you held me and asked why I felt compelled to place the order. I told you it was because the lady was slightly getting impatient. You pulled me to the side and said to the lady that we weren’t ready to order and so she should go ahead to serve those after us. You admonished me not to allow people rush me into things when I know I am not ready. Since that time, I often have that moment in mind when I feel like people are trying to rush me with their timelines. 5. I love the way you see me.  I love the way you see me. I l...

Dear Semenhyia, the benefit of choosing to do life with a writer is that you must be ready to be bombarded with a lot to read… oftentimes about you or to you. As you enter the 3rd floor, I want you to know how happy I am for you and for this milestone. To me, it is a big deal; one I will not take lightly. At alllllll, by ABBA’s Grace! To mark your 30th birthday, I am sharing with you and the world 30 things I love about you. To be honest, when the idea came, I asked myself if I would be able to find 30 different things, I love about you. But, to my surprise, there are more things I love about you. Chale, I am not surprised. I will keep treasuring them till you hit the next milestone, in Jesus’ name.  As today marks exactly 10 days to the big 30, I will share 3 points for each day. So, here we go:  30 things I love about my Semenhyia.  1. I love how gentle you are with me.  Babe, I love how gentle you are with me. I love how you talk to me. Thank you for being tender ...

Hey Sharing Life fam!  Legit, I think I need to find a cool intro for you all. I almost always struggle to find the words. But, vim dey!   Today's post is me thinking out loud... you know...  I have seen that in life, if I don't make a conscious decision to focus on the things that truly matter, I will live but not live at all.  I must admit, and thank God I know, that for the longest time, I have been the girl who can easily put her plans and pursuits on the side burner while actively pursuing another person's vision. I have noticed that if I do not properly and intentionally balance the various facets of my life, I will be a success on one side and  not  do  so well on another side.  Yes, God forbid, we rebuke it and all but the thing is, there is or are actions to be taken in order for these things not to happen.  Trust me, a good number of people will hardly tell you to get a life or to find balance especially when your "imbalance" favour...

Happy New Year familyyyyyyyyyyyy! You have no idea how many times I've typed the opening words for today's post 😂 In the middle of it, I realised something: I am better off showcasing my authentic self than trying to portray any other thing.  I have learnt that the best I owe anyone is being myself.  I am also learning that the best way I can improve is to be honest with myself and with those around me.  The idea isn't to go around being an open book to everyone, per se, it is to choose openness with those people I consider in my inner circle.  What does 2023 mean to you?  2023 is a time for me to place emphasis on me by showing up for myself.  This year, I am putting myself out there to be mentored, groomed and molded into the woman ABBA has created me to be.  I am grateful for the opportunities for growth and for the help He has placed on my path.   I am thankful for the year gone.  2022 was a blessing; a  moment to answer a few ...

  Hello family,  I bring you greetings from Me to you.  Yesterday at work, we were celebrating two of our work colleagues on the occasion of their birthdays. When we were praying for them, it became apparent to us that basically, in life, our going and coming is dependent on ABBA's Grace.  But in the midst of that profound realization, Holy Spirit helped me to appreciate life.  By life, I am referring to the "basic" ability to go and come; to move about and the taken-for-granted ability to wake up each day.  The encounter/realization was humbling.  So today, I just want to draw our minds to the simple truth: If we have life, we have everything.  Our ability to wake up and move about is something that should register hope for us.  A new day is an opportunity to live; an opportunity to try again.  I won't say much today but sincerely, I pray we see the gift we have received.  And of course, I cannot end without saying that...

Hello guys, before I get to today's post, please accept my deepest apologies for not sharing life moments with you in the past month.  I am learning that if I choose to wait for the perfect moment or setting to get important things done, I will never get around to doing anything.  I am a work in progress and I recall something Pastor Benji said some years ago: we don't have to start afresh; we continue from where we left off.  So here I am, continuing from where I left off, and hoping you can forgive me too...  So today's AC-BC post, here we go...  This morning, something interesting happened in the bathroom.  I was reflecting on something I had done when I was in secondary school.  I remembered how some seniors and even classmates would hear my name and say, "that girl" or something unpleasant about me.  The moment the thought crossed my mind, the question that sprung up in my heart was, "Was that before I knew Christ or after I met C...

Hello, Sharing Life fam! I hope the week has been eventful as mine has.  Last week, I spoke about community and how we ought to keep in mind that our lives are for community. I recall my last words being:  And, a part of community is in understanding that your life isn't just for you only .  I was pondering on what this week's post would be when Holy Spirit brought to my attention an experience I had had in Kumasi when I was in KNUST.  I was on my way to campus from town and to get a bus that would take me to my hostel, I had to climb the overhead bridge to the other side to get a bus.  In normal fashion, I ran up the stairs.  When I got to about half the steps, a woman I had seen on the staircase ( obviously catching her breath ) said to me in twi ( which I will type in English ): I was waiting for you so I continue.  This got me thinking: how many people in my life are waiting for me to take a step so they do? How many people around me need my courag...

Oftentimes, we live our lives thinking it is just us and no one is watching... or maybe, even taking notes. We downplay our worth and importance thinking that there is nothing about us and we have nothing to offer anyone. Some years ago, Holy Spirit taught me a lesson on one of my trips with my dad, which I want to share with you today.  We were on our way to Anomabo ( in the Central region of Ghana ) and we got to this Kasoa-Buduburam stretch which, if you are familiar with that road, has cuh_razy traffic! And because we were behind time, we knew we had to use different routes to get ahead. So this is what happened:  Because we weren't familiar with these diversions, we knew the best thing to do was to tail the public buses that were plying the route. Free advice: if you don't know a route, follow a "trotro" 😄 On this particular day, I don't know why all the bus drivers were driving so fast. After a while, we lost the bus we were following and we had a private c...

Two weeks ago, I published a post titled, " Cornerstone " and in that post, I shared how Holy Spirit had thought me about what it means to put Jesus first in seeking Him.  I talked about how by prioritizing time spent with Him, it meant that all the other areas/facets of my life would find their alignment from this one choice.  Today, I bring you updates from this post and a few things to share.  Before I get to it, let me say how grateful I am to God for the Grace to remember this truth and prioritize Him. Honestly, to God be all the Glory.  Last week, I was reading the book of Daniel and in chapter 1, I saw how Daniel and his 3 friends chose to prioritize their devotion to God above what the Babylonian king wanted them to do.  In the chapter, we see how ABBA made them 10x better than their contemporaries.  So today, I want to share Daniel 1: 17-20 "17   As for these four youths,  God gave them learning and s kill in all literat...