I am very sure … infact more that 98% sure that many of you have heard of the statement “Ghana is Blessed” at least once. Infact it is said a lot in the church. Pastor have a firm belief that Ghana is blessed … many christians …. and non-christians believe strongly that Ghana is blessed. Some say Ghana is the Isreal of Africa. A lot of these people ascribe their believe of God’s blessing of Ghana to the fact that we are an “island of peace” in the West African sub-region. Ghana has yet not been affected by the turmoil (wars) in countries around us. We have the most stable and peaceful Government. Have had a number of peaceful elections …. you can count and count the blessings of God on Ghana.
There are many however who say that Ghanaians have become lazy and “un-thinking” because God has blessed us so much. These people that God, having blessed us with the many good things, has actually done us a great dis-service. We don’t make use of the many natural resources we have. “We are poor amid plenty”. How can we say we are poor … go abegging when we have so much we are not utilising? An elderly man accosted me
just this morning on this issue. “Just put cassava stick anywhere … in any kind of soil and just leave it. You will come back a few weeks to find that you can harvest this cassava for your fufu” he told me hotly. He said if the people of Isreal were given Ghana for five years, they will be greater that any country on this earth. “Look at what they have done to their country .. a complete desert”. “We Ghanaians are just lazy and useless because God has given us so much”.
I was struck shocked when I saw an evidence of what my elderly friend was talking about. Who would have believed that a plant can grow and actually fruit in rocks? I mean real rocks. The picture is very real. I took it myself .. infact with my camera. It is a watermelon growing and actually fruiting amoung rocks. Believe it my dear, it is true.
Na true …… Ghana is really Blessed !
