There’s not a mountain too tall
There’s not a problem too small
That Jesus can’t resolve
In time He’ll get involved
Our God He cares about us

So wait on the Lord
Wait on the Lord
Wait on the Lord
And He’ll renew your strength

There’s not a light too dark
A journey too long to embark
Jesus will see you through
In time He’ll make you new
Our God He cares about us

‘Cause He’s ordering, He’s ordering your strength
You’ve got to wait, you’ve got to wait

• Wait on the Lord – Brandon Wilson

This is what my fiancé said to me, “This has taught me patience.”

The background story?

It was a simple renovation to a small apartment God had blessed my fiancé and I with. Or so it seemed. Our initial plan was to change all the windows and also give all the ceilings in the house a facelift. We wanted to change the ceiling from the original-styled plywood to a Plaster of Paris styled (P.O.P) ceiling.

I once heard someone say that construction work is never within budget. Can that usher over there hand that someone a microphone to repeat it?!!

I am convinced that two things never ever stay within a budget; a wedding and construction project budget. Lol.

The renovation project started small, and the plan was for it to stay small. However, before I could finish sipping my non-alcoholic sparkling wine, the budget for the project grew like a disrespectful forehead pimple that suddenly appears gets bigger when you have a hot date in a few days. No matter how much we sulked, the cost stayed and grew.

The good news is that the ceiling designs we chose for all the rooms including our small hallway were absolutely beautiful designs. But there was bad news as well. By the time the work was done, the ceiling in our hallway like my fiance put it, looked like “a monstrosity”.

Considering how small the hallway was, it looked like the Hulk in Bruce Banner’s clothes after transformation. It looked like “too much” in the small space.

The inflated balloon of our expectation for that hallway design popped so hard it was probably heard in the “multiverse” lol (I need to lay off this Marvel comic imagery). The other rooms had turned out perfectly. We expected that this last part (the hallway) of the project would be the final crowning glory, especially because it was the entry point into the house. But alas! the monstrosity stole our laughter.

I am not throwing my fiancé (now husband) under the bus but he entered into complaint mode. We started exploring all the options to remedy “the fault”. We considered removing the parts of the design from the ceiling that made it look ostentatious. “What do we do?” was the question. We were scared that we would be laughed at. We saw what looked like our dreams of a beautifully decorated place go down the drain. But like the pimple I spoke about, this too we could not remove. So we took comfort in the fact that we would own our mistake and brave it out as hardcore-we-don’t-give-a-hoot-what-you-think gang. lol. But we actually cared. Don’t buy our fake bravado.

Eventually, we just thought to ourselves, “you know what? perhaps the aesthetic was disrupted by the ghastly yellow and black wallpaper on one side of the wall and the wine-painted color on the other part of the walls” – features we intended to change but constituted the final stage of the entire project. So we decided to execute “Plan Mitigate”. We consulted with each other and some interior design blogging sites. We finally decided to go all white for the walls to match the white of the ceiling.

Good news! It turned out fantastic in the end. Once the ceiling lights were fixed, the distracting wallpaper and paint scraped off, and a new rich coat of all white paint applied, Voila! The true beauty of the ceiling popped. It stood there without all the distracting factors and it was a work of art. No more the monstrosity we had initially judged it to be.

Then my fiancé said, “I am so glad we waited. Imagine what we would have lost had we decided too quickly and interfered with the design. THIS HAS TAUGHT ME TO BE PATIENT.”

We learned a big lesson that day.

Anyone can be in such a place in life. In the small hallways of our lives, our issues, problems, projects, dreams and like matters may like the ceiling appear monstrous. They seem to overshadow the entirety of our existence. It can be a person who doesn’t behave the way we want them to. Or a season of pain, hurt, disappointment, and all the craziness of this life. A situation that looks ghastly at the beginning. Often, it becomes all we see.  Yet, the beauty of that situation or person may be obstructed by all the other things happening around us. Unfortunately, we may judge too early. Act too fast. We sometimes act based on the fear of the opinion of others; scared to be laughed at. Sometimes it simply looks bad from certain angles from which we look at it.

But! If you would give it time. Wait. Wait till the end. The diamond in the rough will shine ever brightly. The value of patience is indeed great. Our perspective is oft times the main issue and not what we are facing. We need to consider our perspective.

It is not easy to be patient. Especially in our present world where everything and everyone is on a fast track race. Our perspectives are so limited. We can only see from where we stand. Unfortunately, where we stand is not always perfect. We can make wrong or hurried choices if we do not learn how to wait. The right attitude matters. The right motive matters. The right perspective also matters.

With our humble ailing project, a little bit of patience saved us from a mistake. We managed to avoid a greater destruction. Yet often, the issues of our lives are much more complicated than this ceiling problem. They are the stuff that can make or break us. The stuff that stretch us to our breaking point. And we often want to resort to our own ways to resolve them.

When Abraham moved too quickly, relying on his own ways ahead of God’s time, he made a choice that has had generational impact. He bore a son out of works. He bore a son out of his impatience instead of waiting in faith.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land

Psalm 37:7-9

God wants us to wait. At the place of indecision, wait on Him. Why should we wait on God? First of all, he is not in a hurry. His timing is right. Secondly, he has the right perspective. He decides and designs all things from a position of perfection and so we are assured that we cannot get it wrong with him. We cannot lose when we trust wholly and completely in Him.

We have a perfect example; a perfect man who did not rush. He patiently endured having foresight of the end from the beginning. He already had a clear view of the grand design and the finishing of it. Therefore, He was unperturbed by the agitations happening all around Him. He trusted in His Father in Heaven – wholly and completely. He was unmoved by false accusations or praises. He did not judge by external appearances nor loose sight of what He knew to be the perfect end for Him. That man is Jesus Christ. He was never a step out of time. Every Christian is called to be conformed to His image; to focus on Him and imitate Him.

When He followed God faithfully until the very end, not seeking His own way, He finally declared “It is Finished”. Now His name is exalted above every name, having fulfilled the will of God for Him on the cross.

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Who knows what tomorrow’s light will bring. Tears to cry or maybe songs to sing out loud.

Only God can see that far away. He made us for living day by day. He wants us to see that the God that He has been everyday of history, is who He is this day…

This day, all His mercies are new. This day, every promise is true. Father! help me to believe. Give me faith that I need to know You and trust You this day.

My name is Ohemaa-Yaa, and I have been saved (a christian) since I was seven (7).

I’ve lived my lifetime of Faith. Sometimes fire, sometimes smoke, sometimes a dying ember

Sometimes hot, sometimes cold, sometimes neither

I am in love with Jesus,

…Sometimes, I am not so sure.

I’ve questioned myself, I’ve questioned others, I’ve questioned Him.

I’ve doubted myself, I’ve doubted others, I’ve doubted Him.

I’ve loved God’s word, ignored His word, listened to His word, shared His word, held back His word.

I have not always walked the narrow path. I have not always stayed in the safety of the fence.

I have been a hypocrite, a pharisee, judgmental; I have cast some stones. I have been bruised in return.

I have experienced His discipline, His mercy, His grace, His love, His forgiveness.

I have received His Spirit, His righteousness, His gifts, His fruits, His blessings, His abundance.

I have felt His peace, His joy, His comfort, His brooding.

I testify of His hand at work in me, to do of His good will and pleasure.

I share with you my journey with the King, not because it is perfect by me but perfect in Him amidst my flaws.

For every day, His sparks a New Awakening In Me.

The idea of a blog started started straight out of university a few years ago as “Spirit Nuggets”. I believed the Lord has a word to share with the world through me. I wondered how I would share this word. I didn’t have a pulpit, I wasn’t the best writer and I was scared. I started the blog and soon abandoned the project. Now five years down the line, He has called me back to the abandoned project. I believe it is mercy and grace at work. And I am grateful for the second chance to right my wrong. I’M STILL NOT THE BEST WRITER and I’M STILL A LITTLE SCARED yet, like Jonah, I WILL SHARE HIS WORD and trust not to flee to Tarsus anymore (read the book of Jonah in the Bible for ref.)

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How shall I begin to speak about a God that I will never comprehend. So high and mighty and yet closer than a friend.

The Beginning and the End. The mystery of His Holiness, the wonder of His Humanness are one and same.

One and the same. I can’t do Him justice with any one name.

The Holy God of heaven and the Humble Man who bore my shame are one and the same.

How can I begin to speak about a man that I will never comprehend. How can I begin to speak about a God I can never intellect.
How do I begin to describe a love I can never articulate.
How can I begin to understand a sacrifice I could never anticipate.
My Future and my Hope.

That Man Jesus Christ.

The world was made through Him. My world revolves around Him.
He is my way In and my way out.
My day and my night.
My dawn and my dusk
My morning, noon and night.
My darkness and my light. Cause no darkness is found in Him. My complete delight.

He’s my sunshine and my rain.
The reason I am sane
My earth and my sky.
My moon and my stars.
In the firmament; He has filled my skies.

That Man Jesus Christ.

He’s my wind and my calm.
The tempest that upturns the ship of my life, and the calm that sets my sails right.
My up and my down.
He’s my going and my coming
My heaven and my earth.
He’s my world.
My TOTAL EXISTENCE.

He’s my body, soul and spirit.
My life, my heart, my mind.
He’s my dream, my vision, my mission.
My fantasy and my reality
He’s what my whole existence comes down to.

I can’t do without Him,
I can’t be without Him,
I can’t live without Him.
I don’t want to exist apart from Him.

That Man Jesus Christ.

He’s seen my crazy and my calm.
My foolish and my wise.
My highs and my lows.
My bigs and smalls.
He’s righted my wrongs
Calmed my storms
My success and failures
My love and my heartbreak.
He’s felt them all.

You know, He’s the air I breathe
The song I sing
My daily litany
Be still my heart

He’s the step I take.
Every move I make.
My purpose and my destiny
The very fiber of my being.
Scientifically proven and true.
My heart may just burst not from how much I love Him, but more so from how much He loves me that I cannot even begin to love Him back.
I cannot fathom what it means to love like Him; and to be loved by Him. The length, breath, height and depth. The very measure of His love, how can I have all that to myself.
I cannot even be greedy enough.

Am I into a figment of my imagination? Does there exist such a man who is perfect and flawless? Only in heaven. Only God can be that perfect.
That God, Jesus Christ.
Solely in my heart can I cherish such splendor without guilt and owe no man but my God.

Who can separate me from this treasure that I’ve found in earthen vessel.
Who can come between us?
Who can snatch me from His arms?
What can I do that could make Him abandon me or stop loving me? Nothing.
How do I take my life out of my life cause He is my life.
We are one and the same. I in Him, He in me. Hidden in our perfect love. Intricately intertwined. We are truly inseparable. A match made in heaven.

I’m talking about Mine. I am His and He is mine. My love story.
My life’s only glory. My beloved is mine and I belong to Him. His loves covers me. Oh, I am in love with Him.
I am in love with Perfection.

That Man Jesus Christ.

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