lifelong lessons
As a Christian Fate* found you not But God did find you Amongst fellow brethren You have seen hedges broken And snakes on their way in But you have faced the runway Discussions have risen And fables have overridden truth But instead of giving strong rebuke28 You have faced the runway Scriptures are fused into secular gist In seeming proof of selfish points And buffer* the lies that are told You see this and face the runway […]
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This is known and expressed in words “The pen is mightier than the sword” The sword has slain in numbers But the pen is plain in wonders The sword transforms heroes to victims The pen transforms zeros to victors ‘The Word’ is likened to a sword But the pen penned ‘the Word ‘ Hence the pen penned* ‘The Sword’’ If you know the penned word Then you have a ready sword For the penned word Is […]
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On a day I thought to gain I encountered terrible pain Strength was what I wanted to feign* But my actions almost drove me insane I retired and lay to rest But ended up in unrest For the pain was to be a test And I took it for a pest So waited I for a while Wishing all this was a lie But the pain became bitter as bile And I felt like to cry To […]
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The same atmosphere existed The sun rose and set as always The boundaries were not separated And land margins were undisputed Then things started happening Waters were demarcated* amongst them Plagues and curses separated them The one atmosphere bore boils The other remained calm and unaffected None on any side fully understood But the cause was not unknown Death even came visiting Yet it was limited in course All this happened in a land Co-existing within […]
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In recent years I have learnt a lot Much more I guess Than I thought afore* I have woken before dawn I have witnessed the sun go down In all, God’s glory have I seen I have come to know That we know better what we teach We become better or worse what we think That the inside dictates the outside And most importantly That life is not about being the best But being my best. […]
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Male and female made He them Of male He formed, female He fashioned Strength unto male, beauty unto female To the one He called stronger, the other weaker Leader He called one, the other the led The head He chose, the assistant He assigned What lacked one, lacked not the other To this end made He them to be one Fearfully and wonderfully, made He them Spiritual gifts gave not He to one more than the other For […]
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Out of them all He was first four Out of first four He was one best His work was flawless* And in all, exploits he did But then he disobeyed King Darius His right; only that of a captive And he dared to disobey! His position in the envy of others And he dared to disobey!! His life seemingly at the mercy of beasts And he dared to disobey!!! He knew the law was unchangeable Yet he dared […]
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When trials and troubles abate* not When sadness overwhelms* you When unbelievers intimidate you And sorrow no respite knows When sun rays grow cold Moon streaks* cast no shadows Dusk and dawn differ not And the morrow, you expect no better When in fear you live In failure you yet fail When in men, no consolation And God too far seems When all these seem true In the God that seems too far Return! Lie […]
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It is written by God And no guile* in Him is found But the things written about me Happen not to me Should I seek again? People give testimonies Fresh as the morning while I sit murmuring Alone in wandering Should I seek again? Many seem to have gone While I look undone They look commissioned And I seem to lack mission Should I seek again? Others stand in authority Dividing the word of truth I […]
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David killed a bear And the lion didn’t go free Experience had taught him that A dead ant and a dead lion are the same Then came a man, a mortal man Who stood head high And challenged the God that Israel served He challenged the God that made him Not knowing that he was Fearfully and wonderfully made He challenged his right to live And he lost it If only he hadn’t Perhaps the bear killer wouldn’t Have let […]
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