Ghana's Energy Crisis: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

Okay, so thank God it rained a couple of times and the water level of the Akosombo Dam rose slightly. And its all good and dandy that religious leaders and Ghanaians in general are praying that God works the Akosombo situation out for us. But it seems like we conveniently forget "God helps those who help themselves" . Prayer is a powerful tool, but I also believe God has equipped us with what we need, or at least some of what we need..and what do we do? We decide not to use it. As much as we should trust in God to turn our situation around, why not use the lovely brains he's blessed us with and come together to find a permanent situation to the electricity situation?? And while we are at our prayers, I think we should slip in a couple for the 2008 elections (which is really not that far away now). We need to pray for good leaders who have Ghana at heart and not their selfish ambitions or are more interested in pleasing outsiders.

I was watching "Meet The Faith" last night on BET and they were talking about money in the Black community and how people spend it. Apparently, the Black community contributed the most to raising the US out of the recent regression...and its not because people made well placed investments...its because we spent our money on clothes, cars, and jewelry. There was this interview with Oprah where she tells her critics that she can choose what to do with her money, and to her setting up the school in SA was putting her money where her mouth was. You might be wondering where I'm going with all of this...basically, all I'm saying is its about time we Ghanaians start putting our money where our mouths are. This electricity situation happens basically every year. And every year we say we'll work on it, but every single year we're back at Square 1. Honestly, this is a vicious cycle we NEED to break, otherwise we're wasting both our time and money by investing in certain things when even the basic utilities of our people cannot be met. Maybe I'm just ranting and raving up in here, but seriously, even before the 2008 Elections roll in and the politicians start throwing soon-to-be-unfulfilled promises left, right and center, start thinking about which potential leaders might actually have Ghana at heart. I hope we continue to pray for our homeland Ghana and other African countries in general. In the meantime, lets get to work!

Check out the article about prayers for the dam at http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/200707/7076.asp