Not alone in BECE fight
Arku Jasmine
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For several years, I have been doing advocacy to get the Ghana Education Service and Ministry of Education to allow pupils to sit for the Basic Education Certificate Examination, as many times as they wish or until they secure the necessary pass marks to gain admission to further their education at the secondary or technical level.
All along, I have felt like fighting a lonely and losing battle. But now, I have been told that a group of human rights lawyers want to team up with me as a plaintiff to take the matter to court.
But while waiting for the lawyers to submit their proposal, I received a great shot in the arm with a motivational letter from the Salt and Light Ministries, whose content I want to share with readers.
Dear Yaw,
YOU ARE UNIQUE!!!
Grace, mercy and peace be yours from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
As you may know, Salt and Light Ministries is a ministry of encouragement to the Body of Christ, to be everything that God, in Christ, has raised us to be (Matt. 5:16). As part of our mission of motivating and encouraging people to be the best God wants them to be, we take this opportunity to write to let you know YOU ARE UNIQUE for your courageous and enduring attempts of championing the cause of the BECE re-sit examination.
God has carefully, intentionally and individually crafted you and vested in you various skills, talents and tasks, and has called you by name to accomplish certain things for Him. This thought should bring you great comfort as you seek to do your part in the larger scheme of the affairs of this nation.
God is the Author and Enabler of every human ability, and so as you go about your duties, please remember that your personal abilities, skills and work habits are specific gifts from God, which you are to use for His glory.
You are not just a collection of genes and molecules thrown together by random chance. God, the Lord of the universe, has called you into being for a special purpose.
As you go through the inevitable trials and tribulations, stresses and hazards of our world, please consider these three profound and important points:
1. You are unique – You may indeed have many things in common with other people but never forget that you are one of a kind. There is no one like you – nothing of yours can be matched to someone else’s. You have been specially hand-crafted by God with your personality, your unique set of talents and motivations as well as your own special “bent” in life (Ps. 139:13-16).
2. You have a unique purpose – Not only has God made you, He has designed you for His special reasons – He has created you to carry out a unique purpose and mission in life. He has called you to do “good works” (Eph. 2:10) and is able and willing to help you to discover and carry out the purposes for which He so lovingly and carefully crafted you.
3. You have a responsibility to God – As your Creator, God expects you to live in Him and for Him. Your life needs to be centred on God since ultimately you belong to Him (Rom. 14:7-8). Whatever you do, ought to be done as His representative, His ambassador who seeks to bring Him glory – 2 Cor. 5:20.
May the Lord garrison you with His love and endure you with all wisdom and discernment so that you can use all your gifts, talents and skills to His glory and for the well being, advancement and prosperity of our dear nation. He who has called you is faithful. He will do it!!
Once again Congratulations!!!
Yours Sincerely,
The letter was signed by Dr Joyce R. Aryee, Executive Director of the Ministries and a former Minister of Education. I am, therefore, thankful for the encouragement and hopeful that all Ghanaians will join hands in this endeavour to ensure that our children are not denied the needed opportunity that will help them blossom into useful and productive individuals because of a dysfunctional policy.
By Yaw Boadu Ayeboafoh/Daily Graphic/Ghana
All along, I have felt like fighting a lonely and losing battle. But now, I have been told that a group of human rights lawyers want to team up with me as a plaintiff to take the matter to court.
But while waiting for the lawyers to submit their proposal, I received a great shot in the arm with a motivational letter from the Salt and Light Ministries, whose content I want to share with readers.
Dear Yaw,
YOU ARE UNIQUE!!!
Grace, mercy and peace be yours from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
As you may know, Salt and Light Ministries is a ministry of encouragement to the Body of Christ, to be everything that God, in Christ, has raised us to be (Matt. 5:16). As part of our mission of motivating and encouraging people to be the best God wants them to be, we take this opportunity to write to let you know YOU ARE UNIQUE for your courageous and enduring attempts of championing the cause of the BECE re-sit examination.
God has carefully, intentionally and individually crafted you and vested in you various skills, talents and tasks, and has called you by name to accomplish certain things for Him. This thought should bring you great comfort as you seek to do your part in the larger scheme of the affairs of this nation.
God is the Author and Enabler of every human ability, and so as you go about your duties, please remember that your personal abilities, skills and work habits are specific gifts from God, which you are to use for His glory.
You are not just a collection of genes and molecules thrown together by random chance. God, the Lord of the universe, has called you into being for a special purpose.
As you go through the inevitable trials and tribulations, stresses and hazards of our world, please consider these three profound and important points:
1. You are unique – You may indeed have many things in common with other people but never forget that you are one of a kind. There is no one like you – nothing of yours can be matched to someone else’s. You have been specially hand-crafted by God with your personality, your unique set of talents and motivations as well as your own special “bent” in life (Ps. 139:13-16).
2. You have a unique purpose – Not only has God made you, He has designed you for His special reasons – He has created you to carry out a unique purpose and mission in life. He has called you to do “good works” (Eph. 2:10) and is able and willing to help you to discover and carry out the purposes for which He so lovingly and carefully crafted you.
3. You have a responsibility to God – As your Creator, God expects you to live in Him and for Him. Your life needs to be centred on God since ultimately you belong to Him (Rom. 14:7-8). Whatever you do, ought to be done as His representative, His ambassador who seeks to bring Him glory – 2 Cor. 5:20.
May the Lord garrison you with His love and endure you with all wisdom and discernment so that you can use all your gifts, talents and skills to His glory and for the well being, advancement and prosperity of our dear nation. He who has called you is faithful. He will do it!!
Once again Congratulations!!!
Yours Sincerely,
The letter was signed by Dr Joyce R. Aryee, Executive Director of the Ministries and a former Minister of Education. I am, therefore, thankful for the encouragement and hopeful that all Ghanaians will join hands in this endeavour to ensure that our children are not denied the needed opportunity that will help them blossom into useful and productive individuals because of a dysfunctional policy.
By Yaw Boadu Ayeboafoh/Daily Graphic/Ghana
