Let me begin by saying that when it comes to spiritual matters I am a neophyte, if not a dilettante. Yes, I pray often, I worship the LORD regularly, but those notwithstanding I am no authority on spiritual issues.
According to William Shakespeare, when Julius Caesar was about to be assassinated, strange things started happening in Rome, culminating in the dreadful unexpected killing of the man historians describe as The Greatest man who Ever lived ? Julius Caesar.
Similarly, when Our Lord Jesus Christ died on the Cross at Calvary, strange things happened: graves opened and righteous persons resurrected, the Curtains in the Temple at Jerusalem got ripped off into two and several others.
Well, I do not know what you make of the following, but I am getting restless.
The first strange thing is the disappearance of the Malaysian Flight that took off from Malaysia bound for China carrying over 200 persons on board.
What happened to the flight? Where is it? hmmmmm
Did the plane crash mid- air? Or has it disappeared into a different galaxy? Just where is the plane?
The other day a very senior lawyer told me in High Court 11 while waiting for the Judge to come, that scientists are beginning to believe a theory that there exists somewhere in outer space another ?world? ? and that it is better for both worlds to keep separate and distinct from each other???..can it be that the Malaysian flight has ended up there?
An aeroplane, carrying 200 souls to just disappear like that from the solar system, irretraceable?
And do you say this is NORMAL?
My second restlessness is in Nigeria ? Boko Haram menace. 250 female students asleep in their dormitories at Chibok Government Secondary School ? future lawyers, nurses and housewives ? they were forcibly kidnapped and ever since 14 April till date, they have not been released.
What has happened to their education? Can you imagine the harrowing agony that their parents are going through?
The other day I heard a news item that the Nigerian Army knows precisely where these girls are being kept, but the problem is how do you rescue them?
President Vladimir Putin, with his track record, will brood no nonsenses. By now he would have used elite forces to storm the Boko Haram stronghold damning the consequences after all in every military operation ten per cent casualty is allowed.
But not President Good luck Jonathan. Whose daughter should be sacrificed in the operation to rescue the bigger majority? Why not use diplomacy?
And so, the captivity continues thereby giving me sleepless nights. Or you think the capture and captivity of 200 innocent girls is NORMAL?
My third source of restlessness is about CASTRO.
I was in the office when a friend, General Fatai, whispered that: ?Capito, they say Castro is dead??
I stopped writing and looked up: Castro dead? I quizzed
?He was indeed a great leader of Cuba?.?
No, no, no, no ? I mean the Ghanaian hip life artiste, Castro the musician??oh, so sorry??
Two weeks have long passed, and till date it is not clear exactly what has happened to Castro and his concubine – Janet.
All nature of theories are flying around ? some say as a matter of fact that they are drowned in the very depths of the Atlantic ocean, some say their corpses have been eaten up by sharks, others say the Volta estuary at Ada has gobbled them up, while still others profess that Castro is having a nice time in some chamber and hall pagoda under water with ?Maame Water?.
A certain very respectable senior lawyer told me that not too long ago while some Christians were doing ?all night prayers? at the beach they saw suddenly a solid black MercedesBenz salon car emerge from the ocean and drive on the road heading downtown with some four extremely attractive ladies inside??..
Reader do you believe this story?
Whether you believe it or not the point is that we are unable to account for the whereabouts of Castro, should we assume that it is NORMAL?
Finally, reader, what happened on Thursday, the 17th of July in Ukranian air space beats my imagination.
When I was Deputy Minister in Kufour?s era, I was travelling regularly, almost every three months. I remember so well when I boarded a flight from Miami, USA onward to Seoul, South Korea.
Imagine the long wait at the Airport, Malaysian Airlines Flight M-17 from Amsterdam to KualarLumpor ? last call to Boarding Gate D 43 or something like that ? passengers from 15 different countries, but the greater majority from Netherlands? entering the plane, one by one, slim tall smiling air hostesses welcoming every passenger, putting luggage?s in compartment, setline down, get ready for takeoff ? then the hostesses busily checking? you, fasten your seat belt, you please raise your seat ???????.. no, no, don?t get up until after takeoff. No smoking flight.
?This is your Captain. We are cruising 33,000 feet above sea level, we are passing over Ukraine, across Russia then down to Malaysia ?????.?
Those in the business class relaxing as if they are in their living rooms at home, air hostesses serving meals, some passengers reading story books, others deeply asleep, some watching films; watching the progress of the flight?????then, hold it, oh God ?????BUM !!!!
A surface to air missile, fired from rebel held territory, 10 kilometers from below, hits the Boeing 777 jetliner, and it explodes in mid-air, killing EVERYBODY. I mean all 289 passengers and crew!!!!!
Oh, my God and you say this is NORMAL? It is my humble submission that we are SINNING too much!! Almighty God HATES SIN and we should avoid SIN ? all this talk of gays and lesbians, HOMOSEXUALISM is a deep abomination and makes God angry with us.
Too much love for MATERIALISM!!!!! King Solomon admonished us: vanity of vanities, all is VANITY.
The other day a certain businessman visited me in my office, and as we were talking, he made a subtle remark, as if talking to himself????????.
?Even your bed, you cannot cover all of it ? you sleep on just a small portion?????
Reader let us pray. These clouds are ominous. Let us pray.
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By Captain Nkrabeah Effah Dartey
