lifelong lessons
Days I think am right Shouts jolt* me sternly Revealing the right undone Conspicuous, my evil clone Gosh! What thought I? Seamless cloth of deed How thick, yet threadbare Woven by an untailored mind Wrapped layer atop layer Warped* in purpose and intention Oh! What deceit unseen What astray could have led? Let my face be smile-less Drained of all color The cost still is cheaper If my correction is now Prov. 10:17 “People who accept […]
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The deeds that are done Will in time be forgotten The memories of a past would read as none So say some The glory of the now will fade As mist in the sun’s shine Glossy though, the picture at present looks When ‘now’ turns ‘then’ its wear will show The past casts a shadow No glare can overshadow In it the present sees its future Otherwise maybe its futility “It’s forgotten, it’s nothing” Some […]
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What exchange can give A man of anything to live? Many a man would not believe Though water hold in a sieve What fosters doubt mere Keeps the mind from truth bare Kindled atoms of evil flare Blown thither and here Quelling this fear in myriads Nothing could thus raid Save that a sovereign* soul’s paid Not after we all were made We hum the price as free Of our Saviour’s actual fee Seeing His blood […]
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Torch my heart O abstract bit Sit my quiver* with your arrows String my bow with unknown skill Target to hit, make it mine Though my quiver full of it Let the first that strings my bow Fly unhindered for the kill Love that I seek, make it mine …wholly mine Romans 12:9 “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”(NIV)
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Tossed to, tossed fro Buffeted*on all sides Shaken without mercy In fitful*sways it stands Thin as it looks and is In the midst of the howling wind Bent, though unbroken …is the reed We may bend But break? Nay! Our salvation is full and not of us Though we be shaken, our foundation sure stands For we chose not but are of Him chosen No matter what the times tell We’re too bedecked* with grace To […]
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Forgotten are the days When we toiled till dark Our heads below our waistline Feet astride58 mounds of soil Forgotten are the years When we formed cliques, in uniforms Our desire; to learn what we ought So we could pass the test Forgotten are the days When we attended extra classes Seeking help in all nooks For a foundation, we sought to build Forgotten are the years When we fought with zeal, in queues For admission, gotten […]
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#1 – (IM)PROVE Mindset determines a lot, it influences what you see, hear and think. Most times I watch you in my mind’s eye struggling to be happy when you don’t have to struggle. You live with a constant need to prove yourself rather than improve yourself. Proving yourself means you have an audience you want to impress, it means you have a confidence you want to win, it means you have a self-esteem you want to boost, it means […]
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Oh! Lord, when sin I behold The past, which now is unseen Rebirths in the womb of now As thistles*, by a landowner, not sown The gift of grace though sufficient Sin in its stride is unrelenting* On the deeds of now, the future hoisted* What hope for the sons that are saved? In your love not unabashed* In your dealings, stainless and pure Fill us with reverence for the Father Who out of love, sent us […]
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Far off from home Emissary* to a foreign land A duty to perform Integrity to uphold Unnumbered foes seek to enfeeble* you Compromise draped* as urgent commission But your faith shall embolden* you And your laid foundation be unshaken Scripture as crystal, spoken Shall unfailingly return, not void For the respecter of no man Ahead of you is gone We’ll dearly miss your fellowship But if we’ll hear dulcet* tones of your report Then we […]
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THE GREEN TREES Leaves are shed to make room for more Beyond the norm and what the eye sees It just might look like a simple open door But through it many have found a new lease What started like a flirting idea that might bore Has become nectar attracting colonies of bees Today, it sings as lyrics, tomorrow it will be law Yet it disguises like what one would look upon and hiss From deep within you have rummaged […]
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