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PERSIST We get so discouraged sometimes Forgetting that we are but men Subject to life’s wiles And all the ills that nature could birth Staying alive for a day is enough hard work Crowding the day with thoughts of worry Isn’t going to sort us into peaceful portions Rather we lose our ultimate focus Our target might be far from sight But we must keep our aim guided Our hands steady and strong to throw The darts […]
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Balance the scale Of truth and an equal lie See if you can have it stable If it stands and does not tilt Balance the scale Of forgiveness and the sin involved See if you can comprehend it If you be at one end and not the other Balance all of men and God of all Of their thoughts and deeds alike See if you can strike a balance If once can do all the other can do!
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The whistle blew and the race began Everyone cheered the sprinters as they ran No one noticed the lone sprinter As he bowed his head in defeat He sobbed as a tear drop left his eye To hit the track without a thud This was all he could do For he was already left behind He braced himself and watched the race end He had trained three years for this one race Now it had ended and he […]
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The latter should be greater than the former The end better-off than the beginning To start a thing and not finish Is synonymous with failure He that would build a house must be set He that would run a course must be prepared He that would finish must define it from start Not the swift, the hasty or the know-it-all They that finish and succeed Found their strength elsewhere In the confines of the One rich in glory […]
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This is a principle of heaven and below That any break in communication Breaks any relationship And distances those involved Any that will keep the fire aflame Must strive to bridge the distance Man to man, man to God Both to talk, both to listen Shortest distance between two entities Is a straight talk Be it a talk so formal or a simple gist Bridging the gap means talking it out.
Read moreAs we gather in God’s space Hand in hand in love We knit our spirits to wait And intently seek his face Desires may worsen our case And our path may bend and curve But the journey to this eternal gate Must never be at our own pace The strength to run this race Will, all our problems, solve For if we won’t be late We must depend on his grace. Acts 4:33 “And with great power […]
Read moreLOOSEN UP Burdens could keep one unrested Disfavour unto the one who yields Tales untold that weigh a tonne Until the time to tell is spent Tales could plague the busy mind Weighing more than lead and more To speak the burden just as is Lips need more than pleas to part To tell or not is but choice and pact Of two or more conflicting to agree The one that wins bears the brunt Or rather so the peace […]
Read moreShe had her life to live before I came When I came it was never the same Her life was no longer hers at will I was hers and so was the bill There were days of endurance Many moments of tolerance In nine months her body changed In few years she had aged The pain she bravely bore And the birth that made her sore To her were grace and blessings And nothing but godly mercies When I […]
Read moreTwo gone in recent times!Could it be better than limes?When you least expectYou pay your last respectDeath sounds no clarion callYet it would never stallPleasant memories still fresh Present thoughts in a mesh That wishes could just stay Whether or not we pray Then i`ll never lose anyone Or mourn a single one They were gone before my eyes Like the throwing of dice Doubtless to say we all are sent, Though our destinies be different Each with a […]
Read moreTen to the Saviour came To be healed and no more They of His mercies begged That they be made whole And from shame be freed I saw the Saviour’s pity Turn a command “Go show the priest yourselves” And as they went by the way Behold! they were healed To give praise returned one, a foreigner And of him the Saviour asked “Where be the other nine? Weren’t a dozen, less two, healed? Thy faith makes thee […]
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