Save me, Dear Lord

Meditation on Matt 8:23-27

Dear Lord,

The storms of life buffet me badly as I try to follow you.

I seem to be failing you and everyone else around me.

And sometimes it feels that it is all quite impossible.

You seem to be silent and not hear me as I call out.

And sometimes I am so paralysed that I cannot even speak.

Dear LORD, help me, I am perishing.

Save me LORD!

Only you can do this.

Calm the storms in my heart and in my life.

Show yourself strong as you have done so many times previously.

There is no one as powerful as you.

Do what only you can do!

Angela Azumah Alu, 30th June 2026

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It will all end in praise!

Shall we accept the joys but not the sorrow from what He brings?
He is the one who dispenses both sometimes in seemingly equal measure.
Do we think we deserve only good because we belong to Him?
Who fed us that lie?
Do we not know how our salvation was won?
What witness have we if there are no valleys or mountains?
How does He prepare a table for us in the presence of our enemies if there are no enemies?
How do we make a sacrifice of praise if there is no sorrow we praise Him through?
What witness have we if there is no reason for which our praise demands attention?
Tis the summons of the LORD of all flesh!
Will you answer in a way that shows your faith or not?
He is the LORD, the God of all the flesh! Is there anything too hard for Him?
He is the God of the impossible who makes the dry land bloom and rejoice.
Cheers!

Angela Azumah Alu

14/12/18

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Tis Lent again

Tis another Lent Lord Jesus as you know,

With renewed focus on prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

You know it goes; sometimes I do it all.

Other times I flit and afore I know it’s holy week already and I’m wondering the Lent went.

So Lord, this Lent I ask for your mercy.

Restore to me the joy of salvation and sustain within me a willing spirit.

Show me the treasures in your word in this season.

Give me a renewed love for you and for my neighbor.

Teach me to wait on you and to trust you whate’er my lot is.

May I glimpse your glory as ne’er before that my focus may be transformed.

And Lord, when Lent is over, keep me praying, fasting and giving alms with as much fervor.

Abi you know dada.

Love, Angela

Angela Azumah Alu, 10/02/16

P.S. Help me to go through it not as usual but with the awareness of the moment of grace. Show me how to war and battle my soul’s enemies.

Let your glory be seen; may they never ask, “Where is her God?”

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TRUST IN GOD

Someday, the pieces will fall into place

And with hindsight, I’ll see why you arranged everything as you did

I’ll jump for joy at the precision with which you planned everything

And be amazed at your love and care

Father in Heaven, with the eyes of faith I see all you’ll make me

And I rejoice at seeing your wonders

With all my heart I rejoice now

And I thank you and bless your name

I rejoice

At the questions

And all the things I wonder about

And I trust you

Because you make no mistakes

So with the eyes of faith I rejoice and see

All you’ll make me

And with the eyes of faith I rejoice and see

Increase my faith

That I may see as you see

And rejoice while I wait on you

I trust in you

You alone are my hope!

All things work together for good with those who love God and are all called according to His purpose

Romans 8:28

ANgelA AzUmAh ALu

8/12/13

A call to holiness

Called to be holy

The Matthew five way

Living each day

Like Christ

Called to depend

Solely on God in a

World that continually

Screams the opposite at us

Called to mourn for

Sin and evil in a

World where

Everything is relative

Called to be humble

In a world which

Despises humility and

Considers humble

People weak

Called to hunger and

Thirst for righteousness

In a world that encourages fulfillment

Of every desire but that

Called to be merciful

In a world that

Doesn’t know the

Meaning of forgiveness

Or mercy and is all

For vengeance

Called to be pure

In heart in a

Corrupt world

That wants to

See everything

But God

Called to be

peacemakers in

a world that

can accept all

religions  but

that of the Son of God

called to be persecuted for

righteousness

sake in a

world where

the persecution

has entered and

comes so subtly

we may not even recognize it

called to be salt and light

called to be different

called to love

called to go the extra mile

called to be citizens

of the kingdom of God

journeying in this evil world

called to live

an impossible kind

of life- a life

we never can

live except for

the grace of God

called to be holy

Father in heaven,

We have heard your

Word. Greant us your

Grace to livethe

Holy life you call

Us to-every waking

Moment of our life

Angela Azumah Alu 30/1/11