Pulpit Decor

Our chapel preparation ministry does some cool decorations to beautify our church. One Sunday I saw this in front of our pulpit. :)

It sure takes little and sometimes, insignificant things to get me excited about life.

Lady Akofa
God bless ya!

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Great is Thy Faithfulness is undoubtedly one of my favourite hymns. In times of trials the lyrics have redirected me to look upwards to God time and time again. So you can imagine my delight when I found this video on YouTube of the Metropolitan Baptist Church choir and congregation, singing Great is Thy Faithfulness. I just love the way the organist thumps away on the pipe organ with his hands and feet.

Observe the different people singing, plus the deaf and/ or dumb. Now, imagine what it will be like in heaven too… pure bliss of worshiping and serving God forever and ever.

God bless ya!
Lady Akofa.

While I was away

While I was away from this blog, I took some time off work as well. I did a kaleidoscope of things ranging from taking a personal retreat, to pulling weeds from flower pots, to sleeping, to reading, to joining our church outreach programme in a village in the outskirts of Accra. I know, I got called to the office for a meeting, but what could I do? I also started the 90-day bible reading challenge for the 2^nd time in my life. I first did the challenge in sometime in 2006 and now I’m on it again. I’ll be sharing random thoughts on the 90-day challenge as time permits.

And Miss Blog had her 1st birthday on 15^th October kinda uncelebrated. Happy birthday to Miss Blog!!! Better late than never.

Ok, ok, ok, trite… I don’t really believe in celebrating some things… like a blog’s birthday, but I just did. Hehehe!

God bless ya!

Lady Akofa.

Tagged! - 6 Lessons

Ok, I'm back from my blog break... but I wasn't able to stay away from this blog completely as I had planned. :) Aaaah... no wonder some bloggers find the whole blogging thing addicting. Balance is the key. I've a number of ideas for posts on this blog but my 1 major excuse... I simply get lazy these days when I have to write. Discipline, discipline, discipline in time management and in your flesh... Akofa! Nobody needs to tell me this. I tell it to myself! :)


Stephanie of Thirsty Soul tagged me to share 6 things I've learnt this year. I'll play along. I think the tagging game is fun.


I've learnt many things and I'm relearning some 'cos as with human nature, the lessons evaporate so quickly from my brain!


They are not in order of importance or neither are they in chronological order. Lets' see....


1. Being humble and teachable works. Humility is not as a result of somebody forcing me to do something because he/she is older than me or has some authority over me. But knowing who I am and choosing to submit to the person out of reverence for Christ, Ephesians 5:21. Jesus knew who He was and the authority He had, yet He chose to kneel down and wash His disciples' feet, John 13: 3-5. If the Son humbled Himself even to death on the cross, how much more me?

2. I'm still learning that I'll always have to wait for something. Yeah? In all these years how come this one lesson escapes you, Akofa? It's so obvious! Yeah, yeah, yeah... did I not tell earlier you that I forget so quickly? Waiting on and for God is not always easy but He promises to act on my behalf if I wait on Him. Neither does He disappoint.

3. My trust, hope and faith in God will always be tested, because there will always be situations that will potentially cause me to loose focus or ask questions. But I can continually choose to trust God as I lay those recurring questions at His feet and enter His rest knowing that the issue is fully settled in Christ.

4. Like Stephanie, I'm relearning the sovereignty of God. It's like asking God why he chose Jacob instead of Esau. I simply cannot fathom His thoughts and ways. This post and this one best express some of my thoughts on God's sovereignty.

5. God is my Deliverer and He will deliver me again. I'll have put a post up explaining how this has been true in my life someday soon.

6. The importance of the the local church and the diversity of gifts God bestows on us so that we can compliment and serve one another and glorify His Name together.

I'm not sure who might be interested in this fun game... so I'll tag Taffy, for now. U're welcome to join the fun if you want to.

Almost not a Word: Dashboard Image

Ok, ok.. what is this? A toy? Yeah... my friend's daughter's toys on the dashboard. I was waiting in the car and boredom set in. I thought looking out and watching commercial cars zoom pass was rather trite. Taking pictures of this toy seemed much more interesting. :)

Not a Word: Coconut tree in the home grounds

Not a Word: Bunch-like Flowers

Not a Word: Dry branches, Green leaves

Not a Word: At a Restaraunt