lifelong lessons
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
Born as a plain slate All writings are ours to do The path we tread alone Is the one we choose to Who sees a man to succeed That deems it fit to slumber, To lie in indolence before duty And expects him to rise aloft? None, called and skilled Lives to transcend heights When he leaves the clear path Choosing to run in the mud It hits a straight point That he that’s given all to […]
Read more
His ways and yours differ His thoughts and yours cross not He is God, and you man He is the maker and you the made Rich Abram thought slaves Were to be his next-of-kin But God said See if you can count the stars For so shall your descendants be Things may look blurred* and hazy Progress may seem to have halted And conditions get no better But see if you can count the stars For much more is […]
Read more
Many times we struggle unopposed Life is full of struggles and As we live, struggles are inevitable* We want to overcome Yet we are wont to give up We want to succeed But we still bargain with failure We get to cross roads Speculating*, weighing facts and figures But the fact is this- Fears that veil the truth Thoughts that cloud our vision Actions that negate our hope Doctrines that disable faith […]
Read more
When our Lord says to be sober Only sickness and its like remind us When He says to rejoice We define the world’s standard We mount the altar with our words And cry aloud in selfish tones Forgetting the blood that founded faith And the souls that paid the price Our very acts stir Sodom in her grave Causes Gomorrah to sigh in disgust Yet we speak the tongues of saints And bear the emblem of holiness […]
Read more
BIRTHRIGHT Not even a fainting soul Was an excuse for Esau’s folly* The earnest desire for a child Did not justify the Abraham-Hagar relationship Moses’ just anger Did not deter his return For a second command set For any sin or act of sin There exists no justification God wants us to be holy Our birthright lies in our salvation And no reason is enough To sell or even misuse it Give no place to the devil Give […]
Read more
ANGER Beheld as one of the dangerous emotions of man The cause of many a sorrow Anger bottled up is more to be feared Than an African black mamba Uncorked, it can be likened to the Ever-present venom of the cobra Many seeming undesired and impossible dreams It accomplishes in moments Anger like death and hades is never satisfied It habituates* in the bosom of ardent fools Possessed by the devil In the form of an angry lion […]
Read more
UNTO MATURITY If you desire to be like Solomon, Wisdom is your limit. If you desire to be like Samson, Strength is your limit. If you desire to be like Noah, Obedience is your limit. If you desire to be like David, Bravery is your limit. If you desire to be like Job, Patience is your limit. If you desire to be like Abraham or Samuel, Faithfulness is your limit. If you desire to be any man except […]
Read more