Waiting/Attendre

French
Attendre
Attendre n'est pas facile,
mais plusieurs fois il faut attendre.
Parfois j'attends patiemment,
d'autres fois j'attends anxiuesement.
Mais quoi que je fasse, je dois encore attendre.
Alors j'essaie de m'amuser en attendant
parce que de cette façon il ne semble pas attendre du tout et bientôt le temps passe.
Ce qui est toujours une bonne chose n'est-ce pas?
Bravo de profiter de l'attente!

English

Waiting
Waiting is not easy,
but many times it is necessary to wait.
Sometimes I wait patiently,
other times I wait anxiously.
But whatever I do, I still have to wait.
So I try to enjoy myself while waiting,
because that way it does not seem like waiting at all and the time soon passes.
Which is always a good thing, not so?
Cheers to enjoying waiting!

Angela Azumah Alu, 23/06/2019
Corpus Christi Sunday

Image from:http://fourthwallbooks.com/product/waiting/

God's own time-a meditation on Gen 21:2b and Is 60:22b

At the time at which God set: 
He created the world and man, 
He brought the flood, 
He called Abram and gave Abraham a son, 
He gave Isaac a wife and twin sons, 
He gave Jacob a wife and made him a nation, 
He made Joseph a redeemer and saved his family, 
He delivered Israel from Egypt through Moses, 
He brought Joshua to lead them into the promised land, 
He brought Ruth to Israel and made her an ancestress of Jesus, 
He gave Hannah a son, 
He anointed the kings, 
He spoke through the prophets, 
He sent his son Jesus Christ, born of a virgin, to redeem the world. 
He will do for you as He has said.

Amen.
Angela Azumah Alu

Keep Trusting

Sometimes, God desires to give his chosen ones a testimony; a really big one like He gave Job in the bible.
He doesn't tell them this; it would defeat the purpose.
But literally, He's put them out there to tell the world that trusting God is best thing to do.
When that happens, he brings them one test after another and keeps giving them standing ovations in heaven for trusting Him.
He watches them cry over the material things they lose but is pleased as punch that they choose to praise His name.
He watches them grow in faith and in prayer as they wrestle with the actions of the evil one.
All this time, He's a little scared that they may lose faith, but He knows their hearts are for Him and so is comforted.
After a while, He settles and resettles them.
He restores and renews them and gives back everything they lost and more.
They just won another battle for Him; proving to Satan that they love Him because He is God and not just because He blesses them.
They are His Ace students and He is very proud of them.
So Child of God, keep faith in your LORD when things seem to go so badly for you that you wonder what is happening and ask if God has abandoned you.
You never know, you may be "taking a test for God".
You sure wanna give your LORD some "bragging rights" don't you?
Keep  faith in Him; in righteousness, purity, service, prayer and worship.
Grow in faith by all means and keep trusting.
You are one of God's star players.
May you never fail Him; prove that He is worthy always.
Keep faith alive and see Him restore you and lift you high.
Weeping may endure for some long nights but joy comes with the morning.
May God give you a testimony for His name sake!

Angela Azumah Alu, 29th July 2015, Tema