lifelong lessons
SUICIDE STORY It was my first time in the International School Ibadan (ISI). I went in the company of the Ibadan Vasity Christian Union Postgraduate Fellowship (IVCU-PGF) as a visiting senior friend. These young ones were excited to see us and as part of their agenda, they had series of questions to ask. I heard different funny questions but two questions forced me to tell one of my life’s story. The one question centred on music and the other on […]
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Few minutes ago I received a text message from a phone number that wasn’t registered on my mobile. It ended with the sentence “thanks for being a teacher and a friend”. The sender would not reveal himself (I assume he is male!) and I decided not to hunt for the phone number despite every plea from my hormones to advance a search I have gotten texts that swelled my emotions, calmed my nerved and immobilized my racing thoughts, I have […]
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Reckoned* as the most widely read Features the past, present and the future It’s more real than can be imagined Studied to be sturdy Read to be real Followed to be followed Practiced to be powerful Others may just inform It alone transforms Can never be misinformed Once you conform Divine writ Sacred scriptures Written word Holy Bible Heb 4:12 “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to […]
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Before earth’s creation God was Man was made in His image Beguiled* by the devil to sin He disobeyed God to his own detriment* Men lived and men died Yet more men were born Then came the birth of a man who is God Great was and is the mystery of godliness That He was made manifest in the flesh Justified in the Spirit Seen of angels He was preached to the gentiles And believed by many Yet killed for […]
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That love could be so strong I had no idea at all He despises love Who finds himself surrounded by it Yet, when distance broadens, The heart grows fonder* And as thoughts deepen Harbored* anger fades And precious moments are longed for shall I have the opportune time again I shall bask in that love
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Up one early morn Faith arose Before dawn, had begun work He toiled hard to push Hurting his nails to their roots He wouldn’t give up And again to push he arose Dusk closed in but he kept on His destiny, to push it was This Mountain must be moved And harder still Faith pushed Just then the mountain moved. Moved! And into the sea it plunged Faith looked behind him And full of smiles was Work […]
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PRACTICAL PRESENCE I appear to represent you, yet I am not sent of thee A form of godliness indeed, the power therefore is lacking I speak the language of the court, I am known in the royal parlance Respected for office and authority, but deep within, I am hollow Filled with emptiness and void, nothingness ravages my mind Troubling my thought and meditations, channeling them in directions That are marked for destruction If I plead for you to avenge my […]
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MY DESIRE Wishes are that I be near Near enough from God to hear His yoke I desire to bear So that when I’m in fear Being neither here or there He as he assures, will care Making dry my rolling tear Making worthwhile the days that make my year Wiping from me the sin that has me in tss smear I desire to be near Near enough from God to hear “Well done , my son so dear”
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SPIN YOUR WEB Frail is the spider’s web But sure is its daily bread Neglect feels the bed For the books must be read Other have said Many have heard You that have read Have it so penned Success is ahead That’s what I wish as led If you must eat bread Then none but you will spin the web
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GOD’S GRACE We all have dreams Some sweet as creams Others end in screams But a dream is a dream We all dream to reign And our full heights attain But unsure is the terrain And so good and evil may altogether reign If our dreams fail That shouldn’t make us pale We may not look hale But it pays not to be frail Whatever we go through is a passing phase No matter how slow the […]
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