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Job is a Bible character used to teach faithfulness and absolute reliance on Yahweh among Christians. His story is a rather disturbing one, perhaps the most disturbing story in the Bible. What happened to Job?           According to the Bible, Job was the wealthiest man of the East, at the time. His affluence was incomparable, and he had the most beautiful children too. He was also a righteous man, serving his God faithfully and offering sacrifices as needed. Job’s children were also well-to-do; they organized parties regularly on the day of their birth. After each of the parties, righteous Job would offer sacrifices to God on their behalf in case they had sinned against God during their celebrations. Job had many friends, the closest being four men. He was blessed with a wife too.           All was well with Job until Satan insisted to God that Job was faithful to Him because He was protecting him. On two occasions, God permitted Satan to test Job’s integrity and faithfulness. Fir

          AI-generated image      Marriage is often compared to a beautiful rose garden. Roses are undeniably stunning, but they also have thorns. Just like the roses, marriage is a beautiful thing, but it's not without its challenges. People are complex and ever-changing, so a perfect marriage is unrealistic. Before we get married, we tend to have romanticized expectations. We envision a life filled with endless happiness and unwavering love. While optimism is great, it's important to be realistic and address any red flags during courtship. Remember, "love is blind, but marriage is an eye-opener." Sadly, many marriages today face harsh realities. After the wedding bells fade, couples come face-to-face with who they truly married. Personalities unfold, and what once seemed perfect can become a source of irritation. There's no one-size-fits-all guide to marriage. Therapists can't predict every issue, social media is a highlight reel, and even married frie

       (AI-generated image)      Words. We toss them around every day, sometimes without a thought. But have you ever considered the power they hold? They can build up or tear down, open doors to opportunity, or slam them shut. The Bible offers a fascinating example of this in the story of Noah and his sons.      Imagine surviving a world-ending flood.  Noah,  following God's instructions, built an ark and saved his family.  After the flood subsided, Noah planted a vineyard and enjoyed some wine a little too much. He ended up passing out, unintentionally exposing himself.      His sons reacted in very different ways. Ham saw his father and told his brothers. Shem and Japheth, however, showed respect. They discreetly covered their father. When Noah woke up, he realized what had happened.  He blessed Shem and Japheth ,  but  he  cursed Ham's descendants, condemning them to be servants.      Now, this curse might seem harsh. But fast forward a few generations. Abraham, a descendan

Leadership is often thought of in terms of grand titles and public achievements. But the most challenging leadership role might just be within the walls of our homes. Fathers, after all, are raising the next generation. Their choices have a ripple effect, impacting not just their families but society as a whole. Father's Day is here (June 16th, 2024). Let's consider a father from the scriptures who faced a unique challenge: Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus Christ. Imagine being engaged to marry someone you love, only to discover they're pregnant before your wedding. This was Joseph's reality. An honorable man, he initially planned to leave Mary quietly to avoid scandal. However, through divine guidance, he was called to stay and raise the child Mary was carrying. Joseph's situation was far from ordinary in those days. He would be raising a child not his own. This could lead to misunderstandings – his corrections might be seen as confrontations, and his role

  Duncan’s Dream Catch up on  PART THREE .   My name is Duncan Mills. I got married a year ago and here is my story. Many men out there who are one year old or older in a marriage may relate to what I’m about to share.           I married Dorothy while she was still a virgin. When I met her about three years ago, she was very spiritual: she loved the Lord and kept His precepts, including maintaining sexual purity before marriage. I was a wild boy then, a ladies’ man, and when I met her, I used to cut corners with two other women because Dorothy wouldn’t budge with my requests. However, after some months, she won me over. I yielded my spirit to Christ because I followed the light Dorothy shone.           You see, Dorothy was different from my other women in many ways. She listened to me rant about work, my friends, and sometimes my family. She could think through problems logically. She always had an idea that gave me more diverse ideas for my designs as an architect. Dorothy was a

 SEVERAL DAYS LATER... Read  Part Two Everything had been going well between Dorothy and Duncan since their first fight. Dorothy was warming up to her place in Duncan’s life and she was loving it. First, he consulted her on whether they should rent a bigger three-bedroom apartment or remain in their small one-bedroom apartment and save towards their own. Then, he would return early from work and do some of the domestic chores. The other day, Duncan gave their bathroom a good scrub because Dorothy had been swamped with work. She was grateful to him and she felt she couldn’t love him any less than she did now.           Duncan, on the other hand, was not a very happy man. He loved his wife very much and he did not want to cheat on her. But he wasn’t happy with the downturn of their lovemaking. He was grateful to her for ensuring that they had a meal every evening and keeping their cozy apartment clean most of the time (Duncan didn’t mind contributing to that at all) despite her busy sche

  FIRST DAY Start at  the beginning. AI Image Dorothy Duncan-Mills. Dorothy liked how the name rolled off her tongue. It sounded exotic. Even if she didn’t include ‘Duncan’, Dorothy Mills sounded exotic.  She still lay in bed at 6 am the next morning, a rare treat for her because she was usually out of bed and on her way to work in Kasoa by 6 in the morning. She didn’t have a car so she had to struggle every morning from Pantang to get a vehicle early enough to go to work.           Her partner at work had been gracious to grant her the first week of her marriage off to “get to know your partner well and enjoy some”, as she had put it. So, here she was, in bed, reminiscing the events of last night. She wondered if they could do it all the time. She turned around to her lover with a smile, only to find his side empty. Dorothy frowned. Where could he be? She checked the bathroom; it was wet but Duncan was nowhere in sight. She went to the kitchen to find warm chocolate beverage with frie

FIRST NIGHT AI Image      Why do all fairy tales end with the wedding between the prince and the princess and they lived happily ever after? What did the ‘happily ever after’ constitute? Dorothy had been curious since her teen years. Unfortunately, even as a twenty-five-year-old woman she didn’t have the answer.           Now it was her turn to marry. She was at the end of the fairy tale: she was getting married to Duncan Mills. All her family members and her friends were present and happy for her, just like in the fairy tales. In her case, there were no fairies; just two families rich enough to pull off a fairy-tale wedding. However, her fairy-tale wedding was a beginning, not a happy ending, with many twists and turns.           Reality check began on their wedding night. After the hectic wedding party, Dorothy expected them both to be too tired for anything else. After they ate, showered, and got into bed, she felt a hardness behind her. Duncan had spooned her and was dropping light

  “Will you call me?” I asked Anthony quietly. “Of course, I will, Yvie. Come on, this is not the end.” His response was enthusiastic, and it came with his signature cocky smile. We were standing face-to-face in my one-bedroom apartment in Danko, where I had come to offer voluntary service as part of my church’s outreach program to Northern Ghana. The team had been in Danko for a year. We had successfully won many souls for Christ, had started a small church, and had recently begun running a school solely funded by benevolent Christians and our mother church in Accra. Our time had ended, and I was detailed to leave three days ago but I had delayed for obvious reasons. One reason, actually: Anthony. And he had come to help me finish packing up. If I had one wish, it would be that he would tell me once and for all what would happen between us after I leave. I had many reasons to worry. In the first place, we had known each other for only ten months, but it felt we were only reconne

Image is AI-generated. Ever heard the expression, “Take a leap of faith”? It is what many people say or are told when they are about to undertake a risky venture. Faith is a strong conviction of possible events which will align in our favour and we earnestly look forward to that expected end.           Religious people hold Faith in very high esteem: it is their guiding light in this dark and dreary world. Faith is the cool hand that holds ours when we are at a crossroads. Faith is that still, small, and usually gently urging voice that spurs us on when we are at the end of our proverbial rope. When we overcome eventually, some attribution goes to faith and grace. Even unbelievers have faith, just not in a power higher than themselves. Their faith is in their abilities and they usually attribute their success or failure to luck.           In our world today, where physical situations like the economy and poor choices make us feel that the world is collapsing upon us, where positivi

Most of the time, Christians remember they have a powerful God when they have tried all that they could without results. To such Christians, God is the last option. To them, God wants them to try all that is humanly possible and fail woefully then He would finally come through as their knight in shining armour to rescue them. By the time these Christians find their way to God, they are so battered and embittered that they do not expect much from God: their perception usually is, “If God will do it, let Him. If He doesn’t, I don’t care. I have suffered enough as it is.” Other times, they question the power of the all-powerful God and lose faith. If they happen to succeed in whatever venture they are pursuing, they think of themselves as self-sufficient and not needing any God at all. Where was that God when they were starting to try and kept on failing miserably?        In this generation, it has become more difficult to see and believe in God because of our perception. Our movies gen

       Mina looked at the pink baby in the bassinet near her bed. This was not her first child, yet, the feeling was alien to her. It was as if she had not only recently pushed the baby out of her. She could not form any bond with her newborn and she didn’t know why. She felt… empty.           She knew the routine of taking care of a newborn: breastfeeding, cuddling, diaper changes round the clock, she knew them all, and she did them almost mechanically. But deep down, she wished she didn’t have to.           That was not how she felt with Skye, her first son. She had felt overwhelming love for him from the moment he had been placed in her arms. She had not wanted anyone else to hold him for too long. She had invested so much of her emotions into Skye that, looking at little Curtis, her newborn, it seemed she had none left for him.           She felt guilty about it most of the time. She knew that she must love Curtis more than she did now, but she just could not bring herself to