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Unanswered Questions.

Have you ever thought-If God created everything, and He knows everything ahead of time, why did He create Satan? Why do old men have hair in their ears? I was also thinking about why women can’t close their mouth when they are putting on mascara?

ImageSo many of similar questions linger in the minds of many. However, I am not here to solve such mind losing questions. I am here to find answers to some hard questions in the life of a believing Christian.

I am thinking why an anointed guy in church full of the Holy Ghost is still engrossed with masturbation. I am asking myself why does this lady who sings powerfully to the level of healing people in church still sleeping with her guy.

I am very sure someone is saying then he or she is not a Christian, if they really are, they won’t find themselves in such a mess. I am also wondering that the healing that happens when she sings, and the prophecies that he gives are they from Satan? If not then there is an element of God in him but why does a serious believer still have a sinful nature part in him?

What I am trying to bring on board here is that there are some Holy Ghost infested believers who still are dealing with one problem or the other in their lives. Don’t claim over righteous because yourself you have some cobwebs in your cupboard.

Wasn’t Jesus full of the Holy Ghost? Didn’t he know his mission on earth? Why will he suggest to his father in heaven that the cup forfeits him if possible. What changed, wasn’t he ready for the task, did he backslide at that point in time?

Elijah’s case is the most fascinating of them all. A man who could call fire from heaven to consume baal, the same man who had power over the rains, was now running away from a witch queen. Couldn’t he have called fire to attack Jezebel, why did he run away from her threats?

Peter was with Jesus, doing everything to become like Christ, this was the same man who was awarded the rock of the church, upon whom the church will be built, what will such a loving believer like Peter be doing with a knife? Where did he get the knife he used on one of the soldiers who tried attacking Jesus?

I have come to know that no matter how anointed you are, there is a weakness in you that you must work on. If you don’t work on it today it will bring your ministry to a sudden retirement without end of service benefit.

If you are a Christian, and you have never lied, you have never fornicated, you have never murdered, you have never stolen anything, but have done everything right, start crying, because you still lack one thing that you don’t know. Don’t castrate and assault those who are faint now in the grace, help a feeble knee to stand. Help a wavering believer to be still. No matter what happens, consolation is taken from the fact that THE LORD WILL KEEP THE FEET OF HIS SAINTS FROM STUMBLING. I don’t know but I know that behind a sweet and beautiful cake lies all the dirty work. If you are going through some dirty works today, relax your cake will soon be ready, and no one will ever see the dirty work again, don’t quit, because it is better to die trying than to quit. Stick to Jesus’ advice to Thomas-“Just believe and stop doubting.”

People often call and text me thanking me for my writings that have encouraged and helped them alot, if only they knew what i was also battling with. You see, everybody, one way or the other has something to deal with, until you reach a stage without blemish.

If God was to keep a record of sins, who will stand in his presence. Ps 130.

WAS JESUS RIGHT: DON’T WASH HANDS WHEN EATING

 I am sure as a believer there are some few parables or miracles in the bible that seems hard to believe or yet still makes you ask, “So did this really happen”? Don’t worry because such doesn’t make you an atheist or unchristian, is only part of the Christianity race, you can ask Gideon, Thomas, Virgin Mary and Abraham. There are things God can tell you, if care is not taken you are tempted to ask yourself “How can this be?”

Believing the miracle at the red sea, where the Sea was divided for the Israelites to match through wasn’t something difficult; believing that Jesus fed over 500 men with few loaves and fishes wasn’t any hard news.

However, I found one statement of Jesus very subtle, I wondered why he really said that. Do you remember where his disciples where accused of not washing their hands before eating? This is what Jesus said to justify the act: “Listen and understand. What goes into a man’s mouth ‘unclean’, but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean’. Matthew 15v10-11.

I was tempted to ask myself whether the saying; cleanness is next to godliness was a scriptural one or an earthly observation.

In my quest to find answers to why Jesus made this statement left me in a wonder land for 365 days and more, and  kept asking why Jesus will justify eating with unclean hands, I asked if the doctors knew this, why did they insist we washed our hands before eating. It only gave me excruciating pain that I never knew of this verse in my early days; because I would have given my father this quote all the number of times he was on my neck to wash my hands before eating.

As I dived deep into my solitary place thinking about the real meaning of this statement by Jesus and whether or not to accept it, a picture dropped into my mind, (I don’t know and I don’t want to be tempted to believe that it was the voice of the holy spirit, because not been in the right standing for some time now, I wondered if the holy spirit was still at my disposal.)

The picture of a mad person came into mind. Suddenly dozens of questions followed;

1. Have you ever met a mad person sitting on a table with his food at a restaurant before?

2. The last time you went for a dinner party did you come across a mad man?

3. Have you heard any mad person on a special diet or on a nutritional menu before?

 When all the answers to the questions seemed no, I was waiting to hear the next thing that will come up. To my amazement I was enlighten on why and what Jesus really meant when he said that what goes into a man isn’t unclean but what comes out from his mouth.

Mad people are always found at refuse points and seen busily picking up spoilt and decayed foods disposed of by people who claim to be sane. They eat everything they come across in the refuse bin, from spoilt fish to expired canned milk to all sort of things normal people will not eat. They never wash their hands when they come across such spoilt foods. As a matter of fact, sometimes we pity and sympathise with them when we see them eat the kind of food they eat.

No matter how hungry you the person reading this article will be, it will never push you to eat left over foods and spoilt foods disposed at the refuse bin, the stench alone will scare you off.

Nonetheless, the last time you went to the hospital did you see a mad person report to a nurse or doctor of stomach ache as a result of food poisoning? Do you know any mad person who owns a national health insurance card? So now the question is why is it that those (mad people) who eat all the decayed and spoilt things that sane people dispose off do not get sick but always healthy and rather, those who claim to know what is good, those who wash their hands with liquid soap and water rather get sick and die as a result.

Was Jesus right when he said what goes into a man does not make him unclean (sick, worried,)? I have discovered that what Jesus said was true. Whatever that enters you, is made whole or unwholesome by virtue of the mind. It is in your mind to think that someone who eats snakes is weird and unspiritual, wait until you travel elsewhere then you will also find out that your chief meat (chicken) which you enjoy every 25th December is also abhorred by some group of people.

What comes out of you when you eat snake, chicken, goat, or beef is what will do the judgement as to whether it was right to eat it or not. Today a lot of people have taken in pain, hatred, shame, chastisement and scorn, that does make you weak or unclean, rather what comes out of this hatred, shame, pain inside you will make you clean or not.

 If someone forced you to eat hatred, shame, pain, anguish and sorrow without washing your hands, don’t be perturbed, that doesn’t make you a mad person or a weak person, but be careful what you allow come out of you. The reason is that mostly know who is mad by what they say, be slow to speak, be slow to judge, be slow to react, by so doing, I am sure you will not be forcing people to eat without washing their hands.

As believers, let the pain and troubles we go through spur us to higher and unattainable heights, paying evil for evil is evil. Let it go, you have another chance by reacting differently to issues.

 uncle ebo heaven

sunson505@yahoo.com

 

Why Wrist Watches stop working on some people

Some people are tempted to say that with the advent of different kinds of mobile phones, which have time on it, the sales of wrist watch is dying out gradually.

However, most people will also agree with me that they feel “naked” when they don’t have their watch on, as they’re used to wearing it on a daily basis.

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How would you feel spending a lot of luxury to buy a watch and then find out after two or three days that the watch has stopped working? I am sure you will take it to the repairer thinking the battery is down. You buy a new battery and in the next few days the watch is off again.

Wrist watches are a common fashion accessory for both men and women. However, watches often stop working for unexplainable reasons. At least the reasons appear to be unexplainable to the owners. But the reasons why watches stop working are rather simple. While some damages can be prevented, others are simply unavoidable.

What started as a joke compelled me to research on this issue. I was walking with a friend and I asked her what the time was, she responded “My watch is not working” I thought she was kidding me so I seized her hand to verify what she was saying and it was true. She went further to explain how every watch she puts on stops after some few days; something her father is also a victim of.

From my research and calls conducted it appears true that some watches stop working on some people, and the reason for such varies from one person to another. Let’s take a look at some of the most common reasons why watches stop working and what you can do to troubleshoot them.

High electric in body

On rare occasions, it is the owner that is unconsciously at fault for the watch not working. This is because humans have electrical currents running through their bodies and while it is not at a noticeable level, it does sometimes affect the batteries in wrist watches. Individuals with higher electrical currents affect the batteries. While a person with a relatively low electrical current can wear a functional wrist watch up to a year without problems, a person with higher electrical currents may only be able to wear a watch for two days until the battery is completely drained. This is scientifically proven and although it is not spoken of often, it is a common phenomenon.

High acid in a person

Some people have high acidity levels in their skin. If a watch is not genuine silver it stops working, which causes skin irritation. For people with more acid in them, the only watch they can use is a pocket watch. You will try all other watches but it will simply stop after some days.

I talked with someone with similar problem, (who wants his name withheld) and he has this to say: “I got my first watch at the age of 17 (he is now 45 years) and no matter what brand of watch, if it is one that is worn on the wrist, it will stop.”

Excessive sweats

To function properly, the inside of the watch needs to be completely dry. This includes dampness and moisture. People who sweat profusely affect the functionality of the watch. This is because sweat that emanates from a person unto the watch deteriorates the seals within the watch. The small and sensitive parts and gears become rusted and irreparable over a small period of time. When this happens you will keep on changing watches every now and then.

Physical damage

Wrist watches are more prone to physical damage than any other type of watch or clock. This is because humans use their hands for many practical things and often, wrist watches become a habit to wear, and thus unnoticeable for the owner. If a watch suffers physical damage, it might stop working because something within the watch has become detached or broken. This includes the internal gears or the sensitive mechanisms that make the watch a system.

Hereditary

Wrist watch will stop working on some people not by any of the above reasons; they just inherited it from somebody in the family. It is either carried from a mother/father to a daughter/son. Mercy Mills is a final year student of the Koforidua Polytechnic and she has this to say: “I use to think the problem was with the watches I buy until my father told me he has similar problem. I have stopped buying them any way.”

Time is very crucial in our daily life and we need it everywhere we go. Even with the influx of mobile phones, people prefer the use of wrist watch to check the time. So before you throw your watch away or visit the Watch repairer, make sure you don’t have that kind of a body that stops watch from working or perhaps you can also inquire from your parents how long their last watch lasted.

Ebo Turkson.

sunson505@yahoo.com

MY MANIFESTO: MY VOTE OF LOVE

Mr. Chairman, Marriage Counsellors, Bishops, Prophets, Apostles, Pastors, Fellow Contestants, Ladies and Gentlemen, greetings from the throne room of the Almighty God.

I stand here today to spell out to you why I think you should all vote for me to have this enviable position of being the groom of the bride in whom this election is going to be held for.

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When I am given the position as the husband to the bride in question, I will ensure that some good things about her will become better and the bad ones will be turned to good. I therefore wish to explain categorically that when I am voted for, the rest of her life is going to be the best of her life.

Socially, I will ensure that before she steps outside, she will be in a befitting dress, so that men will not watch her and fall into gutters, she will not expose certain parts of her body to the public, I will ensure she doesn’t smear Borges olive oil on her two upper apples and hipping it to entice men, I will personally ensure that she doesn’t give Jesus a second crucifixion by putting on a cross in between her cleavage.

Physically, with the help of my father in heaven, I will make sure she spends less time before the mirror but more with her bible. This is not to mean she will not have to look good, but I will explain to her understanding that the real beauty of a woman lies in the inside not by turning herself into a California lady (a lady who has different colours on her face). I know this is where my contestant can use to woo her, but I ask myself if a man really loves you, must he share your vital parts with the world?

Reproduction wise, when many couples are battling over the number of children they want to have, I will just have to remind her of the biblical verse that says, “The barren woman shall give birth to seven children”, therefore I wish to let her know that we shall graciously build our family with seven children and the gates of bareness shall not prevail.

Knowing how family oriented my prospective wife is, I want to let her know that when I am given this position as her husband, members of her family are free to visit at any time of the day except on one condition: the visit should not be on a weekend and  the visitor thereof must be asleep by 7pm, reasons best known to my wife later when she votes for me.

Materialistically, I know my competitor has a 40inch LCD flat screen TV, a queen size water bed and rides the latest Range Rover, my dear prospective wife, I want to remind you that man should not live by material possessions alone but by pure affection of which I have more than any contestant, as for those material gains, they are good to have but I will give you something more than that.

And if at any point you getting scared by the boxing face of my sisters, thinking they will molest you, I wish to tell you that they will cherish and adore you, they only look this hard in the face because they feel grieved you are taking me away for good and so they will not get to enjoy the coins and notes they were always enjoying from my pocket when they washed for me.

Before I bring my manifesto to an end, I want to let you know that I will adore, appreciate, praise, extol, eulogize you in the presence of any platform I will stand on to preach, and if you were ever thinking that because I have so many spiritual daughters, your number one position may be at risk, I want to tell you that all my daughters are patiently waiting for your arrival, if you think I am lying you can ask Akosua Agbo, Esther, Vicky and the prodigal ones(Audrey, Rebecca, Barbara…)

I want to end here by saying a very big thank you to some individuals that have helped me all this years in my attempt of having you as my bride. My pastor Emmanuel, my God sister Thomasia and my three musketeers’ paddies in church, having all grabbed and always teasing me, Sammy banku, borga Eugene and Swapo Prince.

I can’t end this manifesto without saying a big thank you to all the jezebels that came my way to detract me from reaching you, don’t forget the saying: before you get to the castle you first must step on frogs…they helped me to stand firm and tough all this while…

I peacefully end my manifesto with this advice from Ruth 1vs16-17… (Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people shall be my people and your God shall be my God, where you die I will die, and there I will be buried, may God deal with me, be it ever severely, if anything but death separate you and me.)

 

Uncle ebo heaven

Sunson505@yahoo.com

 

Enough is enough: choose one

I dont know what you do every day in your closet when alone, but I can say that there is something you do almost every day that I know of. I know that every day in your life you do some choosing, you did it today, choosing between a long sleeve shirt over a short one, choosing between a white dress as against a blue one.

I can’t imagine a world without choices. God understands choices and always gives us the freedom or ability to choose whatever we want in life, but never to forget that every choice we make in life comes with ramifications, I am sure you have come across the saying “Is your life is your choice”

 

One day Joshua was fed up with the double standard life that the people of Israel had engulfed themselves into, he was sick and tired of them. He openly threw a challenge to the people in the book of Joshua 24:15 “But if serving the lord seems undesirable to you, then CHOOSE for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD”

The life of pleasing two entities started long before now, as we see Joshua asking the people who they want to serve. But I want to ask you a question- aren’t you sick and tired of today God, tomorrow worldly pleasures, aren’t you fed up with today sanctimonious life tomorrow immoral life? It doesn’t pay to live this double life.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, wishes and hopes alone can’t get you anything in life, you have to decide at one point in your life. Elijah the great prophet once told his congregation “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him. ” (1Kings 18:21)

I am not Joshua, neither am I Elijah, but assuming I stood in their capacity today, asking you to choose between heaven or hell, God or your girl/boy friend, truth or lies, which one will you choose? You can agree with me that for some week you seem to be the kindest or most noble of all men, in less than a month, you find yourself swimming in the pool of filth. My dear reader, just choose one today and you will be okay. Choose to be saved or perished.

There is always that time in the life of a man or woman, that you have to make that bold decision of choosing who you want to spend the whole of your life with. One of the most difficult things for a man to do is who to choose for a wife, and for the woman, who to accept for a husband, many will agree with me that they found abundant peace choosing the right partner, others reading this are doing so in their office when is around 8:30 pm because for them there’s more peace at the office than to go home and meet a quarrelsome partner.

Today I have made a decision, a decision to choose HEAVEN over HELL, GOOD over EVIL, GOD over SATAN, HOLINESS over IMPURITY….what do you choose today???

Enough is enough so choose one.  

 

Uncle ebo heaven

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THE DEVIL IN COURT OVER MY LIFE. PT2

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After such a gruesome encounter, I was really weak and tired when I woke up from bed. I explained all I saw and went through to my HER, she looked petrified and advised “Don’t worry, I have an attorney, who can represent you, I will talk to Him on your behalf.”

Days passed, weeks passed and I still hadn’t heard from any one when the next hearing would be. I was beginning to think it was just a dream; I lived my normal life once again. I was at the kitchen when I heard my china phone ringing, I hurriedly went to answer and there was no caller identity, I thought it was my sister calling me from Afghanistan, I answered the called and the voice said “Greetings, don’t be late for today, same place, same time.” (By instinct, I just knew it was the court hearing appointment call)

I was on my way to visit a sick friend, the thought of what was going to happen took the whole of me, I didn’t realized I was walking by  the road side, I heard people shouting Jesus..Jesus, unknown to me, a 4×4 Nissan Patrol car was close, the car knocked me, I was unconscious, I saw my spirit standing by me, some men with huge wings come to my aid. They sent me to a place that looked familiar, as I looked around I saw my accuser, Satan.

He looked angry and tormented, his face scared so much that no baby would even accept a toffee from him. I sat down and looked at my right hand side and there sat my attorney. A kind and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed recognizable to me. I felt I knew him. The Judge who commanded so much splendor, sat on a high table, the brightness of His garment couldn’t allow me to take my eyes off Him, He looked straight into my eyes and said “Let’s start”

The Prosecutor rose and started “My name is Satan and I am here to show you why this person belongs to hell.” He proceeded to tell of all the lies I had told, things I stole in the past, He told of some horrible things that happened in my life that nobody knew about. The more he spoke the more embarrassed I got; it was so embarrassing that I couldn’t raise my head to look at anybody, even my own attorney.

Satan suggested to the Judge he had three witnesses to testify against me. The judge responded, “Let’s call Mr. Immorality to give a testimony about what the devil is saying”

Mr. Immorality: Oh I know this guy, he has been under my guide for years, just last month, I sent him to a lady to have a promiscuous act with her and he did it. However he cries every night upon realizing how he has messed up, and the best part of the game is to always see him cry when I rejoice. This guy shouldn’t be here, he is guilty. (After a deep sigh that seemed he was disappointed in someone, the Judge called on the next witness)

Almighty Liar: I don’t know why this guy is standing here, my Lord he has my ID card, which is given to people who lie and think is a small lie, he lie’s to his parents, friends, even in church. Two months ago, he told a big lie that nearly imprisoned his best friend. I am not sure he is worthy to be called a Christian, in my own opinion; life imprisonment in hell wouldn’t be a bad idea. (The last to testify against me was…)

Mrs. Lust: Uncle ebo heaven, how are you? I have been with you since ages and you know that. I tried so many times to get to him through beautiful ladies, I make him think they love him or he loves them, so that he will spend all his money on credits and talk, by so doing he will forget to read his bible and pray for longer hours.  My lord, he doesn’t deceive to go to heaven, his welcome party in hell is ready, and we are all expecting him tonight.

As upset as I got about him telling of all the things I had done in the past, I was equally upset with my attorney who sat there silently not offering any form of objection. I thought to myself “I know I had done bad things in the past, but what about the good things I have done in my life, couldn’t that equal or exceed the harm I had done in life.”

When it was the turn of my attorney, he got up and walked ahead, I was able to see him in his splendor and majesty. I realized why he seemed familiar. This was Jesus representing me, my lord and personal savior. He stopped at the bench and softly said ”Hi Dad!” and then he turned to address the court “Satan was right to say this person has sinned and so must be in hell, I won’t deny any of these allegations , and yes of course I also know that the wages of sin is death, and so he deserves to die.” Jesus took a deep breath and turned to His father with his outstretched arms and said “However I died on the cross for him so that he may have eternal life. Also he has accepted me as his lord and personal savior” he continued “Where were you Satan when I died on the cross?”

He continued “My lord I have with me here this book called; the book of life, this guy standing here, who is my client has his name written in the book  of life and so no one can snatch him away from me, I know his works, he has never denied me in the multitude. Now I have these few questions for Satan” he asked “Where were you when he helped that old woman by the street with GHC5.00 that fed the woman for three days, where were you when he visited the victims of the motor way accident and prayed for them, where were you when he went to church early every Sunday, to sweep and arrange the place for me to come preside over their meetings?”

“My lord I can boldly and confidently say to you that, all that my client went through, were testing moments for his faith in me to be solid as a rock and these are no grounds to implicate my client.”

Suddenly, I could feel some relief and for the first time in the court room, I smiled, I turned back and saw my HER, my pastor, family and friends smiling back.

Jesus looked on. He said to the Judge “There is nothing else that needs to be done, I have done it all.” After his final delivery, my attorney looked straight into my eyes with a smile and said “Have I not told you, that in this world, you will have many troubles but take heart, for I have overcome the world.” (John 16vs33)

The whole court room was quiet and calm, Satan, who had brought the charges against me, looked at me with a hard face, he raised his hand and said “I forgot to add that this same guy forged some documents and applied for a job, two years ago” but the Judge lifted His mighty hand and slammed the mighty gavel down.

The following words flew from his mouth like mosquitoes fleeing away from raid insecticides, “From the evidence gathered here and by carefully putting together all the facts available” I really looked tensed and bit my finger nails terrifyingly. All I thought of was how the hell fire was going to burn me if I was found guilty, how I was going to feel thirsty that I  may need someone to dip his finger in the water to cool my tongue, how the worms were going to eat my flesh and make mockery of me. My parents, friends and love ones had moved outside because they couldn’t stand me being declared guilty, surprisingly, my HER was seated and she caught me steal a glance and she whispered “Never stop believing!!!”

The Judge continued, “The world may have the facts, but we deal with faith, this person is FREE, the penalty has been paid, the case is dismissed” I couldn’t believe my ears, I heard the loudest shout behind me “Thank you Jesus,” turned and that was my HER, my parents and loved ones had rushed into the court laughing and chanting songs. As my lord escorted me I saw Satan furiously and disgracefully ranting and panting-I won’t give up, I will win the next case.

I was crowded with a lot of people, I was yearning to walk out of them and hug one person, who stood by me all this hard times, and can you guess who the person was?

The press men waited for me outside, for a moment I thought I was a movie star, camera flashes nearly blinded me, and everybody was rushing to touch or ask me a question. Christ called me aside and told me what to do next and where to go. He advised “You will agree with me that the best attorney in the world couldn’t have saved you from all these allegations, that guy will come at you again, watch what you do and the people you move with.” I nodded and he continued “When are you going to marry her?” I looked shy and speechless and he said… “She is the right person, just go on and do what you have to do to get what you have to get.”

He dipped his hand into his pocket and gave me a complimentary card, “Call me any time you need something or advise.” I looked on the card and it read JEREMIAH 33:3. (Call on me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things you do not know.)

LESSON: Brethren in the Lord, don’t let the devil rid you off your position in Christ, no matter how he tries to remind you of your past wrongs, remind him of his future doom in hell. No sin is too big for him to forgive, no burden is too mighty for Him to carry, cast your cares unto the Lord, for he cares for you.

 

Uncle ebo heaven

Sunson505@yahoo.com

 

THE DEVIL IN COURT OVER MY LIFE_PT 1

It was a warm afternoon; I decided to take a shower before going out to see HER. Right in front of me was a letter in an envelope; I was scared to the bone. I live here all by myself; I lock my doors every time I am going out, who could have come here?

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After 5 minutes when I had swallowed all the saliva in my mouth, I mastered the courage to open the letter; I closed my eyes while opening it, so that if it was a bomb from boko haram, I would die with my eyes already closed.

However, it turned out to be different, the letter read “Don’t be late for the appointment, exactly 3:00am”. At this point in time the paper had fallen from my hands. I have not arranged any meeting with any one, more over I should be sleeping by that time. The first thing that came in mind was that may be some of this occultist groups on campus had sent this letter to the wrong address, I checked the salutation of the letter and it bared my name.

I hurriedly sped off to meet my HER.  As usual of them I got there 5 minutes late and she wasn’t around, after ten minutes she showed up, she took her order and I asked for a glass of water instead of my usual fruit drink, she looked at me suspiciously and asked “What is it this time, did I do anything wrong.. If is about the Brazilian hair, then forget it, I don’t need it any longer”

With a big sigh, I wondered whether to let her know of what was troubling me or just swallow the pain as we say in our local parlance that it is a man who swallows bitter pills.

Just as she always does, she made her face like one about to cry just to coax me to tell her what ever was bothering me, I did and she weirdly and surprisingly laughed at me. She advised, “Let’s go home and see my father, he could pray for you and tell you what to do, but I will introduce you as a friend before he sends you to your early grave”

I declined the idea but she bemoaned me “Please we have to do this, at least for me because I don’t want to lose you,” at this point in time she had wiped her tears with the white handkerchief she held in hand. I surrendered to her advised.

After telling my future father in-law my problem, he prayed for me and advised that I should remain calm and see what happens. I was still not fine but I had to feign as though everything was alright. He took my number and said “Young man I will call you first thing tomorrow morning”. Now my problem was where I was going to meet this person for the meeting since there wasn’t any venue in the letter.

As I walked home I watched my phone to check the time as it drew closer tick by tick. It was seven hours away when I got home, expecting someone to knock at the door, eventually it was three hours away and no one had called or knocked on my door. I decided to watch a movie to keep me awake, another hour passed and an hour and half passed again and I realised the pop corn that kept my mouth busy couldn’t help any longer, I started dozing off. It was a quarter away from 3:00am and I went off. The next moment all I heard was “You are welcome, we are glad you made it finally”, he added “Before you enter the appointment room, you have to change what you are wearing, please take this garment and sandals, someone will come for you soon.” When I was just about asking him a question, he turned his back and left. What is happening to me?”

In the next seconds, a man dressed in fine garment, a little whiter than what I was given, looked me in the face as one who knew me and beckoned. I followed him, we were walking but I realised my feet couldn’t touch the beautiful streets I walked on. Suddenly we came to a place where there was a multitude, some were sitting on royal stools, and others stood with long white beards. I saw one who sat on a throne higher than all the others. His face could not be seen, I requested for the man who brought me to give me one of the stools to sit on, but he shook his head in negation. The man sitting in front of me said “You have been called upon to answer some questions. A case has been filed against you”

“On 20th December 2012, your accuser filed a case against you. He is charging you on six different charges.” he said.

Am I in a court, I asked myself “Who is my accuser and what have I done to him?” I quickly reminded myself of the biblical quotation that states that the devil is the accuser of brethren (Rev 12vs10).

The devil has six charges against me? I asked amazingly,  “He accused you on living a non Christian life over the last two years and that your life has been in shambles, you have done things you shouldn’t do, and therefore you are not suppose to see 2013, not to talk of enjoying of its benefits. Now tell

 

 

this sanctimonious court, are you guilty or not guilty?” the man sitting on the great throne said.

How could the devil send me to court, could it be because of the pencils I stole in primary school, could it be that I got angry and said things I shouldn’t say, or perhaps I have eaten a forbidden fruit, better still could it be that I murdered someone? I asked my self

In the next moment, all I heard was “Are you still sleeping?” I opened my eyes and it was HER, I saw tears drop down my cheek. I realised I had been summoned to heavenly court to respond to charges spelt against me by the devil… I also understood that and angel dropped the letter in my bathroom. The next hearing was not told but was made to know will be communicated to me soon.

The devil has filed a case against me in the Heavenly Court. Stays tuned and get yourself updated on when the next hearing will be…Please if you have any tips for me or an attorney who can help me, do let me know.

Uncle ebo heaven.

 

                                                                 To be continued…

BREAKING NEWS: JESUS APPEARS AT KORLE BU HOSPITAL

      

Thousands of people have gathered in-front of the Korle-bu Hospital after it was announced yesterday that Jesus Christ had been admitted at the hospital. We have our correspondent there and he will give us an update to what is going on there-

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Can you hear me Uncle ebo Heaven? Kindly tell us what is going on at the hospital! “Thank you, this is uncle ebo heaven reporting from the Korle bu Hospital, the crowd here is beyond control, as they eagerly wait to catch a glimpse of Jesus. Most of the renowned International Press men and women are here, unfortunately nobody is allowed into the ward where he is receiving treatment. I have a doctor here who will speak to us on the issue:

Reporter: Good day Doctor, can you explain to us what is going on here and how it all started?

Dr: Thank you. Hmm, I don’t know how to start it but all I can say is that is true that Jesus is on admission here, some angels rushed him here last night. He is diagnosed to be suffering from Cardiomyopathy(cardio= heart+myo=muscle+pathy=disease).

Reporter: What are His chances of survival and what causes this kind of arrest?

Dr: Basically is caused by what we normally call broken heart, it happens when one is disappointed by a loved one. If He can forget about whoever is causing him this pain, he has greater chances of survival. (Suddenly there was a loud shout from the hospital that exclaimed: I can’t forget about them because I love them). Immediately, a Doctor came from the theatre and said that Jesus has a message for the world and He wants a reporter to capture His voice so I should come with him. I was astonished why there were so many journalists outside and he had to choose me, he replied “I see the heart of all men”

As I was led into the room by the Doctor, The doors were all locked. The doctors were sweating profusely, doing everything possible to revitalize Sick Jesus but to no avail. He coughed with his right hand on His chest as a primary 4 student does when singing the National Anthem, Jesus mentioned my name and said, “I am giving you this special information to relay to the world: I am suffering from Cardiomyopathy because I can’t stand the hurt and pain again. My children on earth are doing what I tell them not to. I gave my life for them so that they will not be condemned yet the sins of this world are maddening day by day. Tell the Politicians to stop using innocent blood for rituals, the blood of those people are crying from their graveyards.

My young and beautiful daughters break my heart when I see them on the streets selling their bodies. My young and energetic men break my heart when I see them obsessed with masturbation and drugs. I sob to see people I have called to be pastors exploiting the very people they must help, taking money from them before they pray for them, did I do that when I once lived on this earth?. Today everybody is busily attending to their own issues, they have forgotten about me. I am so much worried for them because they don’t know how the fire in hell burns, nobody can stand it, he added

“In the days of Noah, when the animals walked into enter the ark, they did so one male to one female, yet human beings, created in my image and likeness are doing what is despicable, same sex marriage is tearing my heart apart. The worst of it is some people I blessed and put in high places to advocate for sanity now speak in favour of such stench all in the name of human rights”. (He paused for a glass of water)

 I quickly asked “Jesus you are the Mighty Healer and by your stripes we are healed, how can you suffer from heart attack without curing yourself?” he smiled and whispered “You can’t understand my son. I am the Fountain of Living Water but I was thirsty on Calvary, I am the Bread of Life but I was hungry in Matthew 4vs 2” and he continued sympathetically:

“Yesterday there was a General Council meeting in heaven and my father, I AM THAT I AM, disclosed to me the date and time for the judgement of man, the date he gave me is very soon and I realised many of my children are not saved by my blood, I couldn’t help it with my tears, I pleaded passionately for Him to wait a little longer but He seemed so enraged that he concluded “I can no longer accommodate the sins of this world”. His comment cut deep into my heart like a sharp knife thrust through a piece of cake, I started coughing and I had sharp pains in my heart then I was rushed in here for treatment”.

“Tell the world, they should have themselves to blame when they are thrown into the lake of burning fire. Even though many are sinning there are a few people who have not stained their garment, tell those people I have a message for them in Rev 3 vs. 11” (I am coming soon, hold on to what you have, so that no one takes away your crown.)

Tell everyone under the sound of my voice, who have heaven on their minds and want to make it to go out there and preach the gospel to others, the time is now, tell them not to procrastinate. To realise the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed Maths in High School, and had to wait another year for re-sitting. To realise the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet. To realise the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who just missed a train. Treasure every moment that you have, he added, “Tell my children I really love them and if it was possible for me to die again to save them I would not hesitate, all I need from them is to accept me as their saviour and turn away from their sinful ways so that they can lead many to heaven. This is my message to the world,” he concluded.

At this point in time the theatre was in a pin drop silence, I saw tears dropping from the cheeks of two female Doctors and the three male Doctors, they all went closer to Jesus, bowed before his bed and one of them said” Jesus we are sorry for all the abortions we have done for people, sorry for the stealing of drugs to individuals,” another Doctor wipes her tears with her pink handkerchief and said “Jesus because of my money I never had respect for ordinary people, I avoided people who spoke to me about you, now I want to resign from my profession and devote the rest of my life preaching you to the world.” The remaining Doctors said they will give out their properties to help the poor. Jesus gave a beaming smile that was a sign of relief to His ill health.

 I am now stepping out, I see the crowd praying for Jesus to recover. Over to you Gabriel, reporting from the Korle bu Hospital where Jesus has been admitted, is being Ebo Turkson, reporting for Heaven FM.

Thank you, listeners that was an intensive reporting from our correspondent, wow, I am short of words, all I can add to what he has said is to ask you this question “What are you also doing for Jesus to save him from the heart attack the world  is giving him”.  

 

FREEDOM OF SPEECH: THE ABUSE OF IT

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither should you be afraid”. JOHN 14 : 27.

As I was writing this article I remembered a story my father told me about what he claimed happened in his village:

Almost all the youth in the village made their way to a cinema for the first time. The crowd was huge and all were enjoying the movies. But just after 30 minutes into the movie when the whole room was quite, there was a shout “Fire! Fire! ….. run for your lives”. The whole atmosphere turned into a “May 9” scene: stampede, screaming and run and running for dear life.

The young man who ignited the stampede watched quietly as the people struggled and after some minutes he shouted, “It was just a joke!” He continued after he was quizzed why he did that: “I was only exercising my freedom of speech”

Now my question is what is Freedom of Speech? Does freedom of speech allow me to go into someone’s house and say what I like about his living room? Or does freedom of speech give me right to look straight into the face of someone and describe her as “ugly” and walk away freely?

Freedom of speech is said to be the lifeblood or cornerstone of democracy and must not be trampled upon. We live in a world where people considered to be respectable and honourable make inciting comments all in the name of freedom of speech. Perhaps, they need to be reminded of what my uncle’s brother’s sister’s daughter once told me: “Uncle Ebo, your right to extend your fist/arm stops right in-front of my nose.”

Wherever you are reading this I will be happy if you can close your eyes and say Lord thank, because what happened some days ago about the inciting comments of “Honourable” Kenndy Agyepong could have ended in something disastrous. The painful aspect of the whole thing is how learned and educated parliamentarians are justifying such hellish comments.

I had to come to Tema just to survey his house, which is just about 20 metres away from mine, and I was terrified by the “macho men” who were surrounding the house all in the name of security. Anyone who is stays around community 12 knows about Hon Ken Agyapong for two reasons:

1. His 26th December party that feeds a lot in the neighbourhood and gives inhabitants the opportunity to see some of the politicians they have heard so much of but never seen. One of them is Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, the flag bearer NPP.

2. The long queue that is formed at his gate in the name of seeking financial help from him. You can’t take that away from him.

Why will such a man make comments like “… if you see any Ewe or Ga in Kumasi strike him with anything you have in your store” when you’re noted and boast about your generosity?

Our Lord Jesus, when was about to be crucified in John 17, prayed for the people that were given to him and thanked the Father for their safety. Now I want to tell our power-hungry politicians that just as a sheep is given to a shepherd to be kept, as children to a teacher to be taught, and a patient to a doctor to be cured; so are we Ghanaians given to you the leaders and politicians of this country to manage our economy and resources. One day when the trumpet sounds, don’t think it is only the Pastor who is going to give account of how he took care of his members (sheep). As parliamentarians and leaders you are also going to do same.

So do you think the NPP stalwarts will be justifying and giving the war monger this hero’s welcome that is equal to what Kwame Nkrumah received when he declared: “Your beloved country is free for ever.” If Kennedy Agyapong’s comment was made by a member of the NDC, do you think the NDC would also be condemning it as they doing now? Never. The NDC and NPP are the same but it will not be right to justify wrong with wrong. Let’s condemn any such attitude any time it comes up.

Any objective God fearing man would never justify the comments made by Hon Ken Agyapong. It is about time we called a spade a spade and stopped calling it a big spoon. Dan Botwe for a long time I have admired and liked your way of politics but the justification you gave to this case comes as a shock to me.

The 1992 Constitution of Ghana, Article 17(2) says “A person shall not be discriminated against on the grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic origin, religion or social or economic status.”

Former president John Agyekum Kuffour always thrills me with his proverbial way of addressing issues and I like what he said about the way Kennedy Agyapong’s comment was treated: “Killing a fly with sledge hammer.” He may be right because a friend told me “I thought terrorism, treason were related to the Afghanistan Bombers.”

I think it is only proper and wise for Hon Ken to apologise publicly to the Ewe and Ga people in Ghana. War has no advantage. It only breeds division and turmoil. If a people are divided they are less likely to realize the truth. War comes up and spreads like rashes and Ghanaians are not ready for comments like “Ghana will be like Kenya or Rwanda.”

Let’s live peacefully because if anything happens Ghana would be hopeless than any other war afflicted country ever, because they run here when they face war, and all around us are French-speaking countries and the heat in Nigeria is not welcoming: Boko Haram, I pray they don’t read this article before they start looking for me, no weapon fashion against me…….

I end with this with these two biblical quotations for the NDC and NPP.

To the NPP: “Pay no evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honourable in the sight of all” Romans 12:17. And to the NDC: “ Finally , brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you” 2 Corinthians 13:11.

Let there be peace/war…..and there was

 

Of all the weapons of destruction that man could invent the most terrible and the most powerful was the word. Daggers and spears left traces of blood: arrows could be seen at a distance, poisons were detected in the end and avoided. But the word managed to destroy without leaving clues’

Paulo Coecho.
In my primary two class room, there was a notice hanged on top of the blackboard that declared: ‘Don’t speak vernacular.’ Those three words were so strong and mighty that the desire to speak vernacular was killed by those words staring like a police man ready to arrest a culprit.

Words are very powerful, to me the most powerful asset on planet earth, all over history, some people have left a good legacy by what they said, others have being tagged terrorists by just a line of statement uttered.

In the Bible, the Book of Proverbs is very rich with wise sayings and has much to say about the significance of well- chosen words: “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

Have you ever thought about this: God Almighty never really created anything, it was as simple command like an angry father commanding a son “Sit down here!!!” and the small boy does just that. All God did was to command things that were not to be as if they were, ‘Let there be light, and there was light,’ “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and dry ground appear,” and it was so. (Gen 1vs3&9)

Words, especially from those we consider leaders, can guide us or deceive us, make us knowledgeable or ignorant, violent or peaceful, sad or joyful, wise or foolish.

The Quran advises us, “A kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by injury…” A commentary on the meaning of these verses says that the tongue affects the ear. The ear affects the soul. The soul affects the entire body. Every word makes an impression on the listener. But the deepest impression made on the listener is either a kind word or a harsh word.

One of the sacrosanct tenets of Islam is the giving of alms, (Zakat), which is often times displayed when celebrating Eid al Fitr and other festive seasons , If Muslims are advised that a kind word is better than almsgiving; it therefore goes to mean that much premium is laid on speaking good words than any of the 5 tenets of Islam.

Whichever way we look at it, there is no doubt that what we say or write could have impact on our lives, December 7th is just some few days away from us, it is my plead and earnest appeal to our leaders to be very mindful and watch over the words they use. Party differences be put aside, no room for retaliating each other. Mahatma Gandhi said ‘An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind’ so that after December 7th, students can still go to their lecture halls without fear or torment, our mothers can go to ‘kantamanto’ (A market centre) to ask about the price of a bag of perfume rice since Christmas is just at the corner. Much blood has been spilled by it, a drop of two or three powerful words make millions of people think, fight, imprisoned, and cry, a careful and wise usage of it is like honey, it can build bridges for hatred and anger to walk on it amiably.

In Buddhism, one aspect of the Eightfold Path, Sama Vaca, is most often translated into English as Right Speech, which suggests that one should constantly practice the speech they want to make before it comes out, being mindful of one’s purpose in speaking.

The following story illustrates well the power of words: An old teacher spoke to his students: “Tonight I would like to speak to you about wise speech. According to the Teacher, wise speech is that which is truthful, gentle, helpful, spoken from a kind heart and is timely.”

In his story to them, he made the students understand that harsh words are very powerful and can turn joy into sadness, friends into enemies, and words have been the course of most wars in the world.

A young pupil said, “Sir, I do not understand how this can be. A stone can bruise, when a knife cuts, it lives a scar, theft can deprive, but words are just sounds, having no substance, words are innocent and less scary, I strongly disagree with you when you suggest they are so powerful.”

The master replied, “If you weren’t such an ignorant idiot, you’d understand. So sit down, shut up and stop interrupting.” The worried young man fell silent immediately, his joy for the day was completely smashed, about ten minutes later, the student’s face was frowned and had red eyes, and it was obvious to the whole class he was upset, his whole body started shaking.

The old master, turned to him, “You seem perturbed. Your gentle outlook is shattered. What happened to you?”

“Sir you poured harsh insults I did not deserve on me, why did you do that? I don’t think you are the great teacher you pretend to be. I am disappointed in you!” he retorted.

The old man responded, “Ah, I see. It was my words that had such a transforming effect upon you. It seems that now you know how powerful words are? Show me the scar or mark that reflects the pain I have inflected on you? So now you and I agree that speech can be quite powerful.”

Abraham Lincoln said something very powerful that I want all loving Ghanaians to give it a thought: “America, (Ghana) will never be destroyed from the outside (Western countries), if we falter and lose our freedom, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” No country can put ours into jeopardy, as the title of my article goes, “Let there be peace/war, and there was….” Based on what we opt for it shall be unto us.

I have this counsel for the two biggest political parties in Ghana. To the NPP: “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians 4vs29 and

To the NDC: “Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.” Proverbs 13vs 3.

Sylvester Turkson
Communications and Public Relations Officer
Christian Rural Aid Network, (CRAN), NGO
Cape Coast
Sunson505@yahoo.com