Brothers and sisters, God’s love is great and we know and believe it. It can be seen in the abundance of mineral resources like gold, diamonds, bauxite, manganese, iron ore , cocoa, timber and even the virgin forests that Africa is blessed with but what do we see now and how can it be
This same blessings God has given Africa can be seen in him sending Dr Kwame Nkrumah and some other past (and in blessed memory) visionary leaders to show the continent Africa the path to continental prosperity.
I asked myself what happened, and how can it be. What did the people of Africa do wrong that in the abundance of all these rich mineral resources, we have still not gotten the Africa we want. How come Africa still hasn’t found what we are looking for? How come people keep going through all kinds of untold hardships here in Africa. How come people of Africa keep on dying of preventable and curable diseases? I, Bro. Samuel keep asking myself, what went wrong in Africa that more women keep losing their lives or that of their babies at childbirth whiles we can make mention of numerous renound health workers here in Africa.
Why is it that we have leaders, but we can not feed ourselves because there is war in Ukraine. PLO Lumumba once asked in his speech.
How come brilliant kids of school going age are carrying pure water on their head for sale under the hot sun during school hours? Is it because God doesn’t love us anymore because this is not the Africa we want.
No I don’t think so I believe His love is ever present with us, as long as we can breathe, walk, see, talk and do many other things to His glory, it’s all because he lives and He loves us. The issue has always been the kind of leaders we have been electing in power and or appointing I to offices. We as Africans still haven’t found what we are looking (visionary leaders)
I wish I will be given the chance to publish or make known my version of John 3:16, I Bro. Samuel will pen down that, FOR GOD SO LOVE THE THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA, THAT HE GAVE US LOT'S OF MINERALS RESOURCES, THAT WHO SO EVER SEEK THEIR USES AND APPLICATION COULD TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES AND THAT OF THEIR NEIGHBORS. THEY CAN PROVIDE ALL THE NEEDS OF THEIR PEOPLE AND STOP BORROWING OR DEPENDING ON THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FOR HELP AT ALL TIMES, THEY (AFRICA) CAN FLY HIGHER THAN AN EAGLE AND SWIM DEEPER THAN THE DEEPEST FISH TO THE GLORY OF HIS NAME.
This is not a biblical verse but I hope it helps to open our mind to the immense abilities God has instilled in the people and leaders of Africa that we are not using.
Let's all rise up and seek or search for the Africa we want. The Africa we want is the Africa that will not be depending on other countries for financial aid. The Africa we want is the Africa that will stop transporting it's leaders to other parts of the world for medical treatment. The Africa that we want is the Africa that will it's leaders will stop sending their children to other parts of the world to study. The Africa we want is the Africa that, each and every single soul can afford a three square meal with everyday. The Africa we want is the Africa that will stop voting for Pensioners as their leaders. The Africa we want is the Africa that children will not be dying of hunger any longer. The Africa we want is the Africa that it's leaders will stop praising themselves just because they are producing pencil whiles we are in a century that technology is everywhere and in everything we do. The Africa we want is the Africa that will understand that we do not have one hundred and one genders but rather, two genders been male and female and other ninety-nine mental disorders. The Africa that we want is that Africa that it's children will no longer be sitting in dilapidated structures or under trees to learn where when it's raining season, school resumes a long vacation.
One of the important things we must consider is how our mineral resources can be very beneficial to we Africans and not others, outside the continent. On this note I wish to say to those who still believe that Christianity is a tool to keep Africans in servitude and backwardness, we cannot shy away from their truth. It is true that some Popes of old did authorize slavery and a slave ship was christened Jesus. But we have come a long way to turn Christianity into a force for good. The contributions of some Africans, from Augustine to Bishop Emeritus Kwasi Sarpong continue to make us realize that it all depends on the choices we make with our faith. Augustine wrote the defining Christian doctrine masterpiece, THE CITY OF GOD and Kwasi Sarpong humanized Catholicism in the heart of the Ghanaian worshipper. How long are we Africans choosing to be swimming in the never-ending sea of God’s love while others take God’s love to the next level by seeking and applying the knowledge from all His messages to build a walled swimming pool under a roof, so that they can keep swimming even when there is a rainstorm.
This is not the Africa we want, how can it be, and the time is now for the positive change from we the vibrant youths in Africa. The Bible says seek the truth and the truth shall set you free. In the Bible there are many truths including the truth of God’s love. But it is not the only one. And if we seek all the truth and apply them to change our conditions and that of our neighbors for the better I don’t believe God will deny us everlasting life for doing that.
At this moment our beloved continent and our people are bleeding from corruption, nepotism, loot and deliberate distortion of by the very people that have been entrusted with power here in Africa. The good news is that all this can be stopped, reversed and rectified in order to bring Africa back to the right path of progress and prosperity. But it will first take I, Bro. Samuel, you, him, her, they and everyone to stand up and say Enough Is Enough It's time to change the continent to the Africa we want. The time is now. The Africa we want is a dream not far from materialising. Together we can. Every Step Counts
I MEAN NO HARM, I ONLY STAND FOR THE YOUTH OF AFRICA AND FUTURE BETTERMENTS
BRO. SAMUEL OBENG BADU
samuelsoba14@gmail.com