WE GIVE THANKS... In All Things

This is Tuesday, exactly two weeks after the demise of our President, President John Evans Atta Mills. Every Tuesday since the exact Tuesday he died, the weather looks misty and a bit cloudy, with a chilly notice that tells you something is going on somewhere in the realms. The sign of the loss is everywhere, and the serenity, which has come upon Ghana since then, is strange, but quite soothing…

This soothing calm was however almost stolen from me this morning, when a careless bus driver ran into my car from the driver’s side. It was not a mistake; it was the result of a calculated recklessness… He ought to have looked, but he just kept coming. I have a soft spot for people who make innocent mistakes and are genuinely remorseful, and situations like this, since they do not fit into that category, gets me running my mouth, and throwing my fists, and kicking backsides with my long black-belt legs (looking for a reason to laugh). But for some reason, I am calm, and I am wondering, could it be as a result of the serenity in the season?

If you remember in my post Mom’s last laugh, I shared with us, that there is always a good side to every bad story. Well, sometimes we don’t know how closely the things we talk about relate to and apply to us. But here I am, wondering what could have happened, if that bus driver was reversing faster than he was… He would not have merely dented my car, but he would have taken a part of my flesh or my bone with it. Here I am alive, well, hale and hearty, not having too many reasons to smile this morning, but having every reason to be thankful… Thankful that God was standing by and making sure that the plans of the enemy of my soul did not exert upon me.

And when I came out of the car, I was calm. Meeeeeeeeehn!!! I shocked myself, and I was like girlfriend, you deserve an award, ‘cause you have outdone yourself this time.

In all things give thanks, for it is the will of God for you, in Jesus Christ – 1Thesselonians 5:18

I am thankful because of what my experience this morning has taught me, and the reality I have come to terms with, that I am growing and having God in your life, always pays off in times of crisis. 

I wish I could go out to my office car park during my break time to realize that all this was a dream. But as I sit here writing this piece, I am calm, I am at peace, and above all, I am thankful to God for keeping me whole through it all. And, I thank God for the life of my late president, and the serenity this country is enjoying now.

…And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose – Romans 8:28

God is close to you… No matter what you go through today, God is close to you. Let this confidence be in you, today and always.

Peace… I’m out.