lifelong lessons
Most times it’s difficult to tell But sometimes it’s impossible not to tell If others over you fell Then I wonder why we yell Though cased in a fleshy shell You have the grace to excel And be ranked Jehovah’s pearl* Only if His will, you do well You may assume this as another yell But if you always keep from the path of hell Your worth, like hot cake will sell When it does, remember I […]
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This bid to succeed Is what I had always foreseen But in all that I had seen A setback of sin had always been When I embarked* on a course With all reasonable force There seemed a pause And yet sin the cause When I decided to be on my own And meditate on the unknown Seeds of evil begin to get sown All of which, from sin had grown I begin to doubt a way […]
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Many a time have I wondered Surrounded by different sizes of boulders* At whose sight my mind shudders* How much temptation do I have to shoulder? I know of the Saviour called Christ And of His powers above all, prized ‘Am aware of His desire to see me rise For this sole sake paid He the price But unseen is the growth I desire And though unlived is the life I aspire Yet I know that even […]
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In the light of creation It sought not a name For situations of the same It could not compete for fame Many saw this as pride And took it for a ride So, it decided to step aside but it was impossible for it to hide Situations did unfold And attained heights untold Then conditions presented a mould* Yet it shone more than gold Questions were asked And answers were waxed* But the reason could not be […]
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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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