Ghana redefines the meaning of the grace of God

I am very familiar with the concept of grace. You see, as a firm believer grace is what practically governs my life. I live up to the notion that I stand because of grace today.

I was taught very early in my life that I am a product of grace. This is true to me and the ones that have had the opportunity to witness. Let me start by emphasising that grace has different meanings to everyone.

My definition of grace is the unmerited favour that meets you at a point of need. The kind of favour that you encounter when all odds are against you, but grace still finds you capable. If protocol needs to be broken for you to have an encounter, it is called grace. Grace is the connector to destiny. Grace is the reminder that tomorrow is not promised. We rely on grace to see us through the next day.

We depend on grace to purely exist and in these trying times grace is what sustains us indeed.

Well, Ghana redefined the meaning of grace for me.

For a moment, I found myself overthinking when every second Ghanaian would say to me ‘’I will see you tomorrow if grace permits’’.  The first thought would be ‘’oh my goodness it’s definitely not happening’’. Or I would just feel very unsettled and anxious of the outcome. On other occasions, I would feel so guilty because people are generally busy.

I pursued to fully comprehend why grace is emphasised in Ghana.

Oh, then it dawned on me and everything fell into place.

Ghana is a beautiful and peaceful country. Ghanaians by birth have been brought up to cultivate the spirit of hard work. Ghanaians fully understand life in Ghana and the difficulties that exist. They have taken it upon themselves to embrace the realities by working towards creating an atmosphere of uplifting one another. The kind of atmosphere that seeks to accommodate differences though conservative however open to learning because through learning change comes.

So now, when Ghanaians say ‘’if grace permits’’ I fully comprehend. I comprehend because with everything before us we still believe that unmerited favour will step in and meet us where we need it most. We believe that when so much hard work has been done, someone will be gracious enough to send down the ladder for more to climb up.

If you ask me when I will visit Ghana again, the old me would say December. Now, the reformed me says if grace permits even next week chale.

Ghana has my heart.

The Gateway link; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkGnC0OiRJ0&t=20s

Please be on the lookout for the full report on my Ghana trip.

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