lifelong lessons
Life is a function of time Though for it we pay not a dime While others in it find grime* We by grace find a rhyme Acknowledge this rhyme today Know that His grace has come to stay Given that He chose this day And ordained our stay Moving from height to height Trust not in your strength For though ahead is the light The end is not yet in sight. Prov. 3:5-6 5 Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with […]
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Of a virgin was He born Journeyed to Egypt as a newborn Laid at birth in a barn Hmm… this Jesus Quizzed on His first day out Parents returned to seek Him out And He followed without a shout Hmm… this Jesus He began His ministry with wonders In many hearts, He grew fonder And His enemies were left to wonder Hmm… this Jesus Before Abram He was In our days He’s our boss The future without […]
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It’s the beginning of another year Despite all, I am still here I count all my fails the year before I can’t say I was cool, I am sore The desire then was so strong How then did things go wrong? I have wit and grit, I show zeal Yet I didn’t have enough to deal This year is new and yes, I feel same Though unchanged, i still bear my name I can’t wallow in this thick mud And […]
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SUICIDE STORY It was my first time in the International School Ibadan (ISI). I went in the company of the Ibadan Vasity Christian Union Postgraduate Fellowship (IVCU-PGF) as a visiting senior friend. These young ones were excited to see us and as part of their agenda, they had series of questions to ask. I heard different funny questions but two questions forced me to tell one of my life’s story. The one question centred on music and the other on […]
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Few minutes ago I received a text message from a phone number that wasn’t registered on my mobile. It ended with the sentence “thanks for being a teacher and a friend”. The sender would not reveal himself (I assume he is male!) and I decided not to hunt for the phone number despite every plea from my hormones to advance a search I have gotten texts that swelled my emotions, calmed my nerved and immobilized my racing thoughts, I have […]
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Up one early morn Faith arose Before dawn, had begun work He toiled hard to push Hurting his nails to their roots He wouldn’t give up And again to push he arose Dusk closed in but he kept on His destiny, to push it was This Mountain must be moved And harder still Faith pushed Just then the mountain moved. Moved! And into the sea it plunged Faith looked behind him And full of smiles was Work […]
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PRACTICAL PRESENCE I appear to represent you, yet I am not sent of thee A form of godliness indeed, the power therefore is lacking I speak the language of the court, I am known in the royal parlance Respected for office and authority, but deep within, I am hollow Filled with emptiness and void, nothingness ravages my mind Troubling my thought and meditations, channeling them in directions That are marked for destruction If I plead for you to avenge my […]
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MY DESIRE Wishes are that I be near Near enough from God to hear His yoke I desire to bear So that when I’m in fear Being neither here or there He as he assures, will care Making dry my rolling tear Making worthwhile the days that make my year Wiping from me the sin that has me in tss smear I desire to be near Near enough from God to hear “Well done , my son so dear”
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SPIN YOUR WEB Frail is the spider’s web But sure is its daily bread Neglect feels the bed For the books must be read Other have said Many have heard You that have read Have it so penned Success is ahead That’s what I wish as led If you must eat bread Then none but you will spin the web
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GOD’S GRACE We all have dreams Some sweet as creams Others end in screams But a dream is a dream We all dream to reign And our full heights attain But unsure is the terrain And so good and evil may altogether reign If our dreams fail That shouldn’t make us pale We may not look hale But it pays not to be frail Whatever we go through is a passing phase No matter how slow the […]
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