Find love...

Find love that heals…

Find love that transfigures and shields…


Find love that doesn’t spoil and hurt you…

Find love that gives your dreams a chance to be birthed…


Find love that is enduring…

Find love that is encouraging…


Find love that doesn’t abuse…

Find love that doesn’t confuse and is rude…


Find love that is simple…

Find love that reveals your dimple…


Find love in the birth of a baby, a saviour…

Find love in his death and resurrection…


Find love in the true meaning of Christmas…

Find love amidst the conflict and the strife and fuss…


Find love for it propels you beyond yourself…

Find love that will give you wings and everyday a song to sing…


Find love, not hastily…

Find love not out of convenience…


Find love; follow the love-map…

Find love among the wise heart…

Reach Out...

Reach out to a wrinkled hand…

Reach out to a discouraged man…


Reach out to a lonely young girl’s heart…

Reach out to make a fresh start…


Reach out; it is divine to do so…

Reach out everyday and wherever you go…


Reach out for a better life…

Reach out with all your might…


Touch those who will touch others…

Reach out and touch the fathers and mothers…


Touch those who need to be healed…

Reach out to a heart of stone and a soul of steel…


Reach out to a teacher…

Create a new life, a new chapter…


Reach out it is time…

Reach out with love and begin to shine…


Reach out and grasp that which you need…

Reach out and reap the harvest, but be sure to sow the seed…


Reach out…

Stand out…

Reach out…

Indigo Chronicles Chapter 2

1Shall men see only to the horizon?

What lies behind the edge, the limitations and struggles?

2His eyes are more than what is in his head. Must he not enlarge his perspective to include the eyes of his heart and his soul?

3Who will make me a failure by uttering words of doom over my head, because they cannot see beyond what their eyes can see.

4Who will rob my honey because their voices have been turned against the bee to scare them away?

5I am not what you see, I am the Creator’s hand-made and He controls my destiny.

6Shall I be made a fool for the plain reason that someone has spoken to me as though I am?

7I must arise from that place and find where I ought to be; for if the one who leads me cannot see where I ought to be then I am in danger of being blind as I follow a blind.

8Yea, but I have seen good leadership perish as the people were not prepared to follow a good and godly leader but rather trust their old ways of corruption and evil.

9We must now embrace at all times the good and constantly resist the evil less we become acclimatized to the wrongs and find comfort in a wrong place.

10I must honor the voice of God above every other.

11I must see my life through the eyes of God.

Indigo Chronicles Chapter 1

1I have seen a generation of daughters who rebel against their fathers and sons who walk like fools. They have walked away from the foundations of the family and will be rewarded for their waywardness.

2The wicked has used their tongues to lash out against me, tongues they would never use to bless and prosper me. I have seen my own skin turn against me and cause me great pain.

3Shall a man strip his body of his own skin to find comfort and be healed.

4I have seen a son hated by his brother for his successes as he strives for excellence.

5I have seen a farmer increased his herd of pigs, but he is no more who once lived in Portmore for a two-legged pig spilled his blood over his own.

6A wicked generation they have become that shed their own brother’s blood.

7They must be confounded for division eats their soul as acid upon the skin

8I have seen a curbing of our life cycle from vertical greed.

9One man is contented with acquiring more and more while he sucks another man to become a mere skeleton.

10But God is just and will reward every man accordingly.

11My God will shut the mouths of the wicked less they devour the righteous from off the face of the earth.

12All things must praise Him, He is God.

My Chronicles

Today I begin my Chronicles with several chapters and verses, which will be named based on colours e.g. Purple Chronicles, Red Chronicles with various chapters.

In these Chronicles I hope to capture the happenings around me and speak of each of them all with the eye, mind and perspective of the word of God.

Join me on this heart-warming and soul-searching journey as I capture the suss, the sense and non-sense of living in today's world.

Textbook not facebook

Textbook not facebook

Textbook not facebook
Exam a come
Work affi dun
Textbook not facebook

Find your place
That study-congenial space
Not on my space
Understanding and knowledge chase

Textbook not facebook
Idleness, a student's crook
Make it worthwhile
Go the extra mile

No more distraction
No learning subtraction
Control your action
This is your sanction

Textbook, not facebook
Tempted to take a look
You could get hooked
And have your goose cooked

Resist it
You can do it
Temperance is of God
A few days yet and you'll be glad

Jermaine Gordon releases debut album

Jermaine Gordon releases debut album

If I Could Inspire My Dad

If I could help him to lift his head to the sky

If I could tell him how much influence he has lying within him


Another man of champion

A lion, a man


If I could show him how he can win

If I could inspire him


Stir him to reach higher and higher

If I could show him his wings and be his wind


If I could make him believe that his seed lives on in me, deep within

If I could inspire him to change his thinking so he could embrace a better living


If I could demonstrate how his words live on,

Though I am no longer a child


If I could make him understand that I had no idea just how much I needed to protect my grown up years from my childhood experiences


He inspired me to be better, much better than he has been,

Now it’s my turn to help him be better than he has and always been


If I could inspire my dad,

I would let him know he is one of a kind, the only dad I have ever known,

The only dad I have ever had.



‘Love has hands’ – The Colour and Power of Your Thoughts – Inspiring, Witty and Motivating Words

Independent VoYces ring out in St Mary - Entertainment - Jamaica Gleaner - Monday | November 14, 2011

Independent VoYces ring out in St Mary - Entertainment - Jamaica Gleaner - Monday November 14, 2011

Jermaine makes legal deposit of his debut abum

http://www.colouryourthoughts.com/media-pr/photos/jermaine-makes-a-legal-deposit-of-his-new-album

Jermaine Gordon releases debut album - Entertainment - Jamaica Star - November 12, 2011

Jermaine Gordon releases debut album - Entertainment - Jamaica Star - November 12, 2011

You Matter To Me...

You matter to me…

Every now and again it becomes so important to recognise the people we love and appreciate, people we   like being with or around, people who matter to us. So I wanted to tell you this:

You matter to me…

So I take the time to call and the time to write

You matter to me…

So I send you a text

You matter to me…

So I ask how are you doing

You matter to me…

So I come online just to say hi

You matter to me…

So for you I often pray

I don’t mean to sound selfish

But I feel so good about myself just because of you

I feel so accepted, never rejected

For these reasons and more you matter to me.

RID YOURSELF OF THESE...

The things that affect and influence us most are those things which were said to us and done to us that we never forget. They grow and become like flesh that cling to our mind, body, and heart.
We must therefore continuously rid ourselves of those things that are toxic.


In your gold quest…


- Uproot fear it causes you to unwillingly yield control

- Uproot unforgiveness you are poisoning your own body

- Uproot impatience it is very disruptive


You add strength to the things you give your attention

The more you think about it, the more you talk about it, the bigger it seems



Riding yourself of the unwanted must become a daily exercise

What are you focusing on now?

~ DTGIY

POISONED MIND

I gave you an opportunity to speak…

I took a chance to listen…

Now I am poisoned…



I took a chance and looked…

I was shocked, had to quickly close the book…

Now I am poisoned…



Who are you?

And what’s your assignment?



You who are reading this blog…

Know its true…

Perhaps it has happened to you…

You gave a part of your mind…

Through your attention or your time…

And you were poisoned too…



So in an attempt to protect your mind…

You refused to listen any further…

Your eyes looked no longer…



As for me, unless some things change...

Whenever they come around...

There will be a gate locked with chains...

As I seek to guard my mind...

As I desire to remain sane...



The sign on the gate will read, ‘Mind Closed’...

This mind is closed to trespassers...

The pathway to my soul ...

No access, it is Holy Spirit Controlled...

Stolen Understanding

I understood a matter


At least so I thought

Tried explaining it

It confused me more

Someone else attempted

They too fell short

We took the matter to the cops

As we felt robbed

A thief

A swindler

Took our understanding

The officer recorded it

Didn’t quite understand it either

Seemed his was stolen too

A stolen understanding

Leaves you weighing in the balance

Leaves you hanging

Searching never finding

The times are confusing

Each ‘why’ leads you to another

The culprit was still on the run

Two weeks later the report came

Many lost theirs too

National leaders

Teachers and doctors

Great men and women

Had their eyes darkened

Understanding stolen

~ ` ~ `~ `

Ephesians 4:18

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

A Complete Makeover

It is never easy to think or accept that the problems I face do not start with me.

It is always natural and easier to deem the world is going the wrong way and you are the only one who seems to be getting it right.

Conflicts flourish on seeds of selfishness, a judgmental spirit and an unwillingness to forgive.
As I look around me, my home, my church, my work and my community and by extension my country.

It is so easy to get up each day and point fingers at everyone else and to rationalize why the world is the way it is.

I have seen great confusion, strive, discontent and evil at the hands of people who thought they could protect themselves from bad influences.

But I have grown to realise that our unwillingness to submit moves us from the umbrella of divine protection.
If I decide not to submit to the laws of the land I am therefore removing my protection.

Believing I can do better on my own only creates more waste and regrets. We are all susceptible and must take the necessary steps to protect God’s purpose in us.

I feel at times as though I am in a scorching pot, that is about to cook me alive.
But I usually find refuge when I withdraw myself to do my regular introspections and ask the Holy Spirit to show me where I went wrong.

My lesson:

Try changing everything around you and you will die trying, think differently and you will change everything around you

So I am now at the place where I believe I am the problem but then I am also the solution. Until I accept that I am the problem then I won’t see the need to be fixed.

I won’t submit myself to God’s authority for him to break, remold and set me. Until I see the need for a complete makeover, the regretful trend may continue.

It is our decision that creates seasons, so I am creating a new season in my life by deciding to go under God’s knife, a complete makeover.

Walking Minds

If you see a stray mind anywhere near you, please send it home

My mind went walking last evening and has not returned

So I woke up today not being in my right mind

As I got to my office someone said, “Looks like you’ve lost your mind”

So I shared my ordeal

Someone over-heard the conversation and told me I could check the ‘mind-depot’ located on Trafalgar Road, Kingston

I took some time off from work and went in search of my mind

Much to my surprise when I got there, I saw all types of minds, big and small

I saw criminal minds, gay minds, priestly minds, beggar minds, whore minds, godly minds, miserable minds, confused minds, perverted minds, hallucinated minds

Then there was an interesting section with some wreckage such as, make up your mind,

‘Mind Over Matter,’ ‘Out of Sight - Out of Mind’, ‘Mind Your Own Business,’ ‘Would You Mind’, ‘Pay No Mind’, ‘Mind Games’, ‘Mind your manners’, ‘Mind your own beeswax’ and ‘Mind Your Ps and Qs’

Then there were some unused minds in a huge warehouse, there were so many of them it seems as though no one had come to claim these: I saw ‘Peace of mind’, ‘the mind of Christ’ and a whole lot more.

I have since written this blog to tell you that you too can recover your mind, some folks only purpose is to make you lose it; you must be determined to keep it and preserve it.

When your mind goes walking, make sure it returns.

Back-to-School Blessings

As I go off to school, Father, help me to learn

Give me patience and bless my teachers so they will be patient too

Many opportunities to be a blessing to the world will surround me

Help me to always grab a hold of these opportunities

Whenever things go wrong and they often will

Help me Father to be a part of the solution and not to complicate the problem

If I am tempted to jump on the "bad-mouth bandwagon" help me Lord not to

As for me and my mouth we will serve the Lord

Help me not to be a complainer but a thanks giver

Grant focus to my mind

Remind me that I am a Christian before I am a student

And we are Christians before we are teachers, so we serve you first, not ourselves

Whenever it gets rough and the money is just not enough

You have promised to always supply all my needs, so I look to you Lord

Bless my school, bless the students and staff, and keep us safe,

Let me shine like a star, leading and lighting someone’s way

It is too easy to do evil so help me Lord from evil to stay

Lord, help me to always believe and accept that ‘I was made for better’

I want to pursue excellence and do your will, bless me now, bless me today

Ipromise to be the best me that I can be

Amen

I just want you to know

I am not hungry if you can’t feed me

I am not thirsty if you can’t quench me

I am not going if you won’t send me

Father, free me, live in me

What have you done to me?

I have changed...


I am different...


I hate the new me...


You’ve changed my skin...


Fill me with anger within...


What have you done to me?


I need to escape...


I am your captive...


Release me from this bed...


I just might end up dead...

I Asked...

I asked for wealth


I knew it not

It was right there

From the start



I asked for good health

I knew it not

It made me able to see

You have been there with me



I asked for good friends

I knew it not

They were always there

Helping, showing a heart of care



I asked for a servant’s heart

I knew it not

I was sent daily needy people

To show your love was the greatest



I asked for a wise man’s mind

I knew it not

It was a special kind

I had it all this time



I asked and I asked

When I thought I had it not

I knew it not

I murmured and complained



I asked and I asked

Much to my surprise

You had already equipped me

Now I can see, you were always there

The Colour and Power of Your Thoughts: The language of laughter

The Colour and Power of Your Thoughts: The language of laughter: What language is laughter? I speak Italian and you German Yet you understood my very laughter expression I am amazed at this little fact...

The Colour and Power of Your Thoughts: The language of laughter

The Colour and Power of Your Thoughts: The language of laughter: What language is laughter? I speak Italian and you German Yet you understood my very laughter expression I am amazed at this little fact...

The Colour and Power of Your Thoughts: Hey! Champion

The Colour and Power of Your Thoughts: Hey! Champion: The champion in you Let it soar like an eagle Above and beyond the challenges One by one, jump over each hurdle Walk, run, fly Th...

Hey! Champion

The champion in you


Let it soar like an eagle

Above and beyond the challenges

One by one, jump over each hurdle

Walk, run, fly

There is no problem greater

Than what God has deposited in you

Kill worrying, she is too distracting

There is no obstacle stronger

Than what God has given you

Your victory is coming

It may not be fast and quick, but it will come full

Patience is your friend, impatience your enemy

His laws, your road map

Your obedience, the access key

There is a champion in you

Walk, run, fly, soar

Above it all,

Cry, ask why, but don’t stop try

There is a champion in you

You Made A Difference In My Life

May Day - Manchester

(Feel free to share with a family member, a friend or anyone who has touched your life)

Run!

Life is a race; you better believe it and must be prepared to run…

Every morning when you wake you have got to run…

Enemy coming at you to tempt and deceive you, you better be running…

You know you’ve got the intelligence and you like to win an argument but sometimes you have got to run…

Those who run away aren’t necessarily the weak or cowards…most often they are wise

Run! Like joseph

Run! Don’t be like Samson

Run! Away from the lust of the eyes and the flesh

Run! Away from the drugs and substance abuse

Run! Away from the fights that never end but change your entire life and bring you death

Run! Away from greed and the love of money

Run! Away from the love of the world

Run! Away from yourself

It is a race in which you are running against yourself and time

Run teenage boy run
Run teenage girl run

Run husband run
Run wife run

Single man and woman, run
Some won’t cheer you on but they’ll quickly scorn…run, run and run

You may have failed as a son but you don’t have to fail as a dad
You may have failed as a wife, but you don’t have to fail as a mom…run, run, and run

If you are going to run well you must learn what to run to and what to run away from
In any case when you wake in the morning, Run!

(Animated image from: www.halhigdon.com/rundogsrun.htm)

Game Over

Why do I allow you to rob my joy…and bring me pain

Why do I keep allowing you to take my pride…return me shame
What you think of me does not determine my name

Once upon a time you would mesmerize my mind
I would be fool’s foot ball to be kicked where your legs saw fit
But TODAY, you will no longer walk over me, no way

I am claiming my victory
I’m writing a new story
Time to walk in God’s glory

I’m changing my name
I'm changing my game
Here’s my status for you:
GAME OVER



Why I Cried...

There was so much happening…

Too much that I had little or no control over…

“Make it stop! Make them go away!” I shouted repeatedly…

But as each sun rose then set, it grew worse and worse…

I started bottling it all up…

Fighting it on the inside…

Hurting myself more and more…

Once I thought I would quit…

Twice I lifted my eyes and started to do it…

I internalized it, I criticized it, I hated it…

But as each sun rose then set, it grew worse and worse…

The system, the people and the way things were designed…

They all seemed to have been working against me on over time…

They had disrupted my reasoning and messed up my mind…

I felt my heart at a snail's pace bleeding as the pain grew stronger…

“Oh God, I just can’t take this any longer!”…

“Make it stop! Make them go away!” I shouted repeatedly…

Then one day it all hit me so hard…

My head felt like it was about to explode…

My heart burned from pepper mixed with fire…

Then slowly down my cheeks the teardrops came…

No longer could I bear the anguish and the pain…

As I sat down to write this, down came the tears again…

I cried and I cried as healing tears washed my eyes…

Then I cried some more so my heart could see life around me a bit clearer…

Now that I have cried, today I stand stronger, wiser, brighter and happier…

I have dried my eyes, I have had my sad moments, so when you see me smile, let me go by…

I know why I smile and I know why I laugh, I also know why I cried…

I am a Seed

Planted

Nurtured

Lived

Germinated

Matured

Fruitful and now it gives

A word spoken

A kind deed given

These are precious seeds

I am a seed

So too are you

Whose seed do you carry?

I am a seed of another seed

You carry a sown seed

It determines how you live and who you marry

Plant a seed for change,

It may not grow in your life time

But plant it anyway

Many have planted

We are their produce

They live on, once we speak

I pause to honour

The difference they have made

A vital difference in me and perhaps you

A chosen seed

A seed of love

A seed of mercy

A seed of purple or blue

A seed of thoughtfulness too

I am a seed, so too are you

Far from it...

I am perfect…far from it

I am righteous…oh dear, far from it

I am very loving…far from it

I forgive easily…oh man! Far from it

I love the Lord…now I am a bit closer

I want to live with Him forever…now you talking (BIG SMILE)

I am not perfect, but your love is bringing me closer to it

I am not righteous, but you are my righteousness

I am not so loving, especially to those who hurt me, but I am transformed by your love for me

I use to forgive easier before all this madness around me but you are teaching me daily to let it go

Wow!

It is no wonder why I am able to sleep well at nights and live in peace

Because everything I am not, you are

When I am far from you, I am far from all the good and holy things too

All you ask is that I remain close to you

Thank you Jesus

The Love Story

‘A list of thought provoking comments and questions on love’

• The story of the average young searching for love is both confusing and mixed up, but who says that's the way it always have to be...

• Why do you have to make all the wrong selections before arriving at the right one?

Desperate for love we accept God’s reject...

Why so many people in love aren’t willing to forgive each other?

Love makes communication easier; disrespect makes it harder...

The word love means a whole lot of different things to different people and to the same people at times...

Loneliness should not be your main reason to seek love or a companion...

If the mind loves misery it will not find comfort anywhere else...

There is an element of ‘love’ which says, ‘taken for granted’...

Whatever you love sometimes you want more of, I wonder whether that is the case for those who love the poor?

You will do for love what you believe is impossible for everything else.

A love quest often leaves the chased and the chaser blind to others... 

When a child loves you he/she believes you are perfect, but as they grow older we teach them to look for faults and hold on to them...

Love is very encouraging to the heart...

My BEST days are the ones I gave love without partiality.

Dog Quarrel

In the still of the night

The cry of grey hounds filled the air

A fierce quarrel among the beasts

Bark, bark, everywhere

They all were speaking at the same time

So what the other said, I could not hear

Brutal, heated words, they were not clear

You dare not grab a dog by its ear



Though they were near, a distant away

I would not dare, I would not dare

A bite may be better than a bark from the beasts

They quarreled louder dangerously quiet a tease

Like pairs of ferocious women

Bitterly they tore each others’ flesh with growls

Barking the clouds from out the sky

No neighbour to calm this flood of fire



Acrimonious sound bites

‘Brown dawg!’

A fight ensued, I knew it

The quarrel wouldn’t last

Midnight only a distant past

Skimpily clod

I knew I had to



Sweep for my sleep

I grabbed the broom, dashed from the room

Breathing heavily

Blood was in my eyes

Too long, in the middle of the streets

A grave wrong had robbed my sleep

I rushed outside so fast

Two huge stones followed me


I tossed the stones and I wielded my broom

The sacred angry dog pack rapidly dispersed

Leaving a wounded lying still

He was too badly bitten

One quarrel

One fight

One sacrifice

Dogs short of fence

Owners starved of sense

Must a child now pay?

Hiding From Myself

I haste,

I haste,

To find a place,

A place beneath,

In this game of hide and seek,

Hide me from myself,

Make me into someone else,

A heart that is 180 degrees to my mind,

Myself I hid, now I try desperately to find,

I travel where my desires are greatest,

No, not where my Father say is best,

Hide me from myself,

Make me into someone else,

Fear and shame,

Give me a new name,

I detest it,

I dislike it,

Who I am and who I have become,

I can no longer hide,

I must ride my tide,

My thoughts

My mind

My secrets

My stuff

Though not perfect

A seed of righteousness is in me

I am God’s promise for someone’s dream

I must fulfill it

I must live it

I am bringing this game to an end

I want to be free, Jesus is my friend

I am in it, to win it

I am in it, to win it

(God loves us just as we are, come as you are, bring all your broken pieces, bring it all to Jesus, He is calling, He is waiting)

Independence Quotes

1. The spirit of independence was breathing heavily down our necks; we could not contain its fury. We gave in and now we celebrate 49 years of it all.

2. Such great wealth in being independent, if we could sell then it may be priceless.

3. The sweet tune of the Jamaican song, ‘wi love yu, wi luv yu a jah mek yah’

4. We have endured so much suffering and pain. Our fore fathers made such great sacrifices, the price of freedom has already been paid, it is now time to live, preserve it and pass it on.

5. Independence is great for those who know what its worth

6. Its such a funny thing that we believe we are much wiser today yet those who fought for our freedom did so with so little and we have so much and having such a hard time keeping it.

7. The stories of Jamaica’s independence must be told, written in books and stored in libraries and universities so we will rise above our challenges of yesterday and become stronger, better and wiser tomorrow.

Flag of Jamaica image courtesy of 4 International Flags

He is

I don't spend a lot of time describing God I just simply say, 'He is'

Unusual Fencing

I need an edge around me

This time not from mine enemy

I need protection and a line of boundary

Against those who love me

I have come to know

Not only does the evil harm me so

But all too often, those who say they love me

With words and deeds

They sometimes deposit bitter seeds



I need an edge around me

This time not from mine enemy

I need protection and a line of boundary

Against those who love me

A dis-functional culture

Breeding added ill-nature

Robs you of your present

And destroys your future



A fence to help me

Nurture that which is within me

From hostility and strife, set free

‘Tis my earnest plea

Oh Lord, build an edge around me

A Father's Heart

A father gives lovely gifts to help his children grow

A father provides food and books and tells them what they ought to know



A father’s work is dear to him so it’s never done

At times he forgets he needs a break, relaxation, and time for fun



Like a child and his toy

A father pursue his joy



Gifts for dad are hard to find

Because daddy you are special, one of a kind




We’ve tried getting you gifts of varying amounts

But now we know, it really is the thought, the heart that counts



A Father’s Heart message is available as a FREE print download at www.colouryourthoughts.com/free, and also available as a personalized

framed print

Is your PHONE on?

Four times I tried calling you and four times I got your voicemail…

Seven times I sent you messages and you didn’t return my call…


Sometimes I get a busy signal…

At other times I get your voicemail and your inbox is full…


I began wondering if I would soon get the ‘out of service’ response…

Finally I eventually got to you and told you what I wanted…

Shared with you my expectations of you…

Wrote to you and explained my purpose, my plan…



You agreed and promised to do it…

I called…you answered…I told you what to do…you promised you would…

I awaited your fulfillment of your promise; you gave up, saying you can’t do it…

So I am sending you this blog to tell you I AM STILL WAITING FOR YOU


For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.

– Ps 100 v 5



P – Prayerful

H – Hearts

O – On

N - Network

E – Eternal life

 

Give Me Something More

I desired

I anticipated

with eagerness

excitement blazed

from all corners of my head

so it came

and so it went

In sync – Faith and Hope

We‘ll dance even when the music stops

We’ll sing even when the song has come to an end

We’ll paint even when there is no more ink

We are committed to going all the way

We are determined to persevere until something beyond the ordinary happens

We’ll continue even when all logical reason to persist has been lost

I love your bits and pieces

It is not easy to love all the small details about some of the people around us.

Whenever we spend time with some folkes we gradually but eventually realise how much we can’t stand little things about them.

It is for this reason that the second commandment in the Old Testament says we should love our neighbour as ourselves. The truth is many people find it difficult to even love themselves, so those of us who are having hang ups over these persons need to understand this message. As long as the person is not able to love him or herself they are going to have difficulty loving others.

Furthermore, have you ever noticed just how easy it is to love the people you love and similarly how easy it is to hate the people you hate?

Well, that is why it is repeated by Jesus in the New Testament when He said, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’.

Who is our neighbour? Our neighbour is more than the person who lives next door. Our neighbour speaks of everyone, including our enemies.


"You have heard that it was said, `Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:43-48, NIV)

The reason God sends the rain on the good and the bad, the just and the unjust is that He is a perfect and Holy God. He also desires for us to be perfect and holy.

We are therefore being called to love the bits and pieces about each other, as difficult as that may be.

The next time you have an encounter where you would react unpleasant to your neighbour, love them. Love their bits and pieces, though tough it may be. You can do it with God’s help. Though I don’t fully agree with some of the things people do around me, I must still love their bits and pieces.

We choose hurt…

Often times when we are close to someone we say they hurt us by means of something they said or did. We take on the hurt because we experienced failed expectations or painstaking disappointments.

This will happen because we are close to the individual. However this is not a case of sparks are flying so you will get burn, rather it is a flowing river and you choose to dive in, you choose to get wet.

If we were to have seen the person’s behaviour from a distant it might not have mattered to us. We would perhaps just over look the fault or the problem and move on or move up.


But too often when we are close to someone and that individual do or say what they will, we choose to wear hurt. In choosing to wear the hurt we take the bad end of the stick, we say well you don’t know what you did to me when you…Whenever this happens the emotions begin to ride the tides of our hearts. The spirit then becomes discouraged and downcast.


I am one of those persons who believe that even in our best and greatest efforts we still offend, if not many, at least some. I have seen governments who did what was best for their people yet were hated for it. Jesus came and did what was Godly and righteous and was hated then crucified for it. I am writing this to help some to overcome hurt, still there may be those who dislike me for it.

I believe when God sends the rain, one man is happy, another is angry. I believe when God sends us the sun, one man is grateful, another man is complaining. We choose our response and we also choose to wear hurt. Some persons may look at this with great cynicism. Perhaps you will say people are hurting you and you have been hurt in the past.

I therefore ask you this question, when you get a release from the hurt you are feeling and carrying isn’t there usually a process of letting go? Even in therapy we are guided to connect with the source of the hurt and to replace the ill feelings with better, a shifting of the emotional response.


We choose to take on hurt, even when no offense is given some will always take it.

Even when an apology is given some will always choose to hold on to the hurt. This message could never be clearer to me, we choose to hold on to it and we choose to let it go. We choose to put on the garment of praise or the garment of hurt and bitterness.


The flip side is that hurting people hurt people. Not many are discerning enough to notice that the child who keeps snapping at his school mates may very well be in need of help. We often take on the hurt from others, while becoming blind to the bigger issue that the person may just need help.


How do we fix hurts? We let them go. We let them go and replace them with better. We let them go and replace them with suitable substitutes of healing, deliverance and freedom. This we do when we embrace the truth of God’s word. The darkness and evil will flee away. No longer will I choose hurt, I choose life, and I choose abundant life.

(If you need further help with overcoming hurt, feel free to make contact with me)

I am here...You are there...

I am here…


You are there…

But we connect by our phones

Or by our hearts

I am here…

You are there…

But we connect through prayer…

Or by our spirits

I am here…

You are there…

Through the simple words we share

We often know God is near

Speaking To Yourself

I am more than who my mind says I am…

I am more than what my emotions feel…

A fool’s water I will not drink

To a useless vessel I refuse to shrink.

My heart is not ashamed of its Maker

I will be among the world’s shakers




I speak to myself

My secret song, exalt thou the name of the Most High

Soul of mine, seek thou God daily

Heart and strength, worship thou the living God




Evil flee from me, to the west and to the north

Oh God, discharge your angels over me

Walk through the dry places and rain your joy and presence

Slay an evil prey, cause my lips to say-

“God is watching my back”



Restore the joy of loving, serving and living

Cause my eyes to see the mountains, not just the stone in front of me.

Let a bird sing a new song of melodious praise to me,

Let an ant show the works of his persistent hands,

Let a crashing wave meet the earth with thunderous shouts!

For they all live, but they live for you Lord.



My wicked heart, my selfish mind, the sorrowful soul

Knows it was made in Your image
…pause to acknowledge that You are God.




Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; - Eph 5:19

What’ yu doing?

“Daddy what’ yu doing?” has become one of Joshua’s favourite questions these days…which usually follows an appropriate answer but before you know it there comes the same question again.

Being a 32 months old father, I have become more conscious of what I am doing at all times, remembering at all times that he is watching and writing his own version of whatever he is observing.

His eyes are keen, his ears are sharp and his mind is amazingly ‘glue-telligent’ that readily sticks to whatever stimulates it.

“What’ yu doing?’ is a very important daily question for me now…I ask myself whether what I am doing is in line with what I ought to be doing…sometimes too much effort and resource is wasted on doing what is urgent and immediate rather than what is important.

What yu doing…

The Teacher’s Hand Writing

It’s all over the board,


Inscribed all over the wall,


All over my mind and all over my heart


My teacher you toil day and night

To ensure the students get it right

Even when parents don’t


You do

Your joy is our success


You desire our best


You use your time, your money and energy

To make us who we must become


Your reward is immeasurable


Teacher your hand writing is on the wall

Though not seen, some read it and live better lives


You go over and beyond what is asked

Your joy is our success

You desire our best


Teacher your hand writing is on the wall

God knows just how special you are

(Happy Teachers' Day 2011)

Empty…

Empty your mind of all the ills so I can fill it with my peace and my will...

Empty your heart of all the aches, pain and anxiety, hush and be still…

Empty your eyes of the tears so I can look into your soul...

Empty your arms of the baggage so I can caress you and have you to hold...

Empty your face of the frowns and sadness so I can replace with a kiss of gladness...

Empty your destiny of all the distractions, too many unprofitable talk and thoughts…

Empty your life of the distress, the disgust, the discouragement and move by faith and love

Empty you on me then let me take your cup and fill it up…

I made you…I know just what you need right now…

It’s your life, don’t second guess, I can do it better than you can and for much less

GOD

Marriage of the Moon

The moon got engaged to the rain

Oh no, I am by no means insane

In the brightness of the night

Pure and lovely light

Cool, serene, nature display

Almost took my breath away

On this night all nature will sing

As the precious moon now wears her ring

(Seen on the night of Saturday, April 16, 2011)

Fix it Daddy!

Ever so often when a toy gets broken I would hear the voice of my two year old son shouting out,
“Fix it daddy! Daddy fix it”
Somehow I think he believes that daddy is able to fix everything.
I have had to tell him that daddy isn’t superman and even superman needs a little help every now and again.
He is however convinced that daddy is able to fix if not all, most things.
Seeing me conduct repairs on a few of his broken toys has led him to the conclusion that daddy can fix it.

We have troubles and problems that sometimes seem to overwhelm us.
They grow much bigger than we can even think or imagine.
Sometimes the issues we face at school, at home, church or work seem to flood us out and cause us to want to give up.
Then there comes a gentle voice asking us, “Why don’t you ask daddy to fix it?”

The bible says, “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.”

Let daddy fix it.

My son soon learn that I wasn’t about to fix all his problems especially the ones he could have prevented.
So right now he has a few broken toys at home that I have no intention of repairing.
He must realise that while he has his father’s covering he must not deliberately destroy what has been given to him.

We are no different when dealing with our heavenly father; we sometimes intentionally create problems, and whenever they become too much for us we throw our hands in the air in utter frustration.
God wants to give you life, but if you intentionally take your own life, you have made matters worse.

Surely God can fix all of our problems, but there are no doubt some that we can fix or prevent on our own. Walk in wisdom and raise the standard of your life, be determined that you were made for better. Make a promise to live beyond your current struggles, pray and ask God to help you to walk in dominion.

Hello Ant

I opened the phone

An ant crawled inside, needed a loan

I waited for him to leave

I thought he needed the time

Perhaps he went to make a call

Wasn't sure what he did still

So I decided to check my bill

Strange calls

Strange numbers

I called the telephone company

Submitted my complaint

Told them I never made those calls

Must have been a big black ant

I got no reprieve

They told me I was insane

So when they asked

I couldn't tell them my name

The lady was kind

But said I must be losing my mind

Telling me to tame the monsters in my mind

I felt wounded

I shut down the phone

If I am wrong,

Who win this case

Why then an infestation took place

How else was the message sent

The day the ant in my phone went

You say you don’t know, explain, you can’t

Oh Dear, I think I hear someone calling

“Hello Ant?”

You are not using words

You have said so much to me

You have convinced me so forcefully

I see your desires

Heard your intentions

Know you want to

Heard you said it

But you are not using words



You told me I shouldn’t

Then asked why I didn’t

I approached

You denied

I confirmed

You said I lied

But you are just not using words



Never painted it

Never sketched it

You said it

You never danced it

Stop denying it



You said it

Never gestured

Voices heard

You said it

But you are not using words



If you never did

Then who did

The words are clear

Written all over my mind

You cannot deny it

No, not this time

The Nature of Man

One is yearning for love…another is taking love for granted

One wants a job to earn his keep…another don’t want to work but likes to eat

One gives lovingly to his family and friends…another wishing the begging would end

One appreciates good and give thanks for the bad…another is never satisfied, always sad

One wants a family to love and cherish…another is tearing theirs apart, soon to perish

One likes attention and tenderness…another is annoyed by the closeness

One wants good strong leadership…another thinks the leader is demanding, too selfish

One finds the standards too high…another says the standards don’t make them grow

One is happy with her size…another daily wants disguise

One is unwise with her tongue…another makes the best use of every utterances

One is born male, happily so…another is woman, surgically now a man wherever he goes

You reading about you, noting there is something you can do

You are not greater than your choices; while you make them, they are also making you

Why Do Fools Fall in love?

Why does love always fool some

While some fools just always fall in love

Does love really fool some

And do fools really fall in love

Do some try to fool love

Then make a fool of themselves

Love was not made for the fool

No, the fool was not made to love

The ‘wise’ can scarcely find love

Caged by fear

The fool finds it

Dives foolishly into it

The ‘wise’ breaks their own hearts

The fools in love make our hearts melt

Why does love always fool some

While some fools just always fall in love

Some fool some and find love

Some never lived long enough

Some find it and sold it over a fuss

Who then is a fool

Who is ‘wise’

Some may be simple, but not fool

Some may be bright but not wise

Lasting impressions – Paintings on the mind

As you pause to reflect on the people and things that have made a lasting impression on your life, you will no doubt realise how much the choices you make on a daily basis are impacted by this lasting impression. Your preferences, tastes, standards, values, morals and life become a mirror of all these various experiences. They help to form your beliefs and become a great part of the passion and fuel that drives you.

These may be words uttered that have changed your life or deeds done that paints a picture on your mind.

These could be:

A family member

A friend

A stranger

A leader

A group

A boss/manager

A Teacher

An act of kindness

A bird, a flower, a moment

An experience, an event

Someone’s care and interest your success



Words

Music

Movies

The moon

A poem

A message

An elder

A baby

A child

A graphic image

Lasting impressions help to mold our trends in life, yes you are a part of someone’s lasting impressions and yes I am a part of someone’s lasting impressions.

I recall some years ago watching a movie that ended at 1am, horrified by how it ended and how one of the characters died, I switched off the TV and went to bed. But for another 2 and a half hours I laid flat on my back still tormented over the graphic ending of the movie.

A lasting impression was made on my mind; I have since learned how to clear my thoughts before retiring to bed.

Unlike this bad experience, there are more pleasurable lasting impressions happening in my life every day. Do you have any?

Raise the standards

In a world where so many are competing to lower the standards and redefine morals

Raise the standards when you go to sing

Raise the standards when you seek a mate

Raise the standards when you are blessed to be a man’s wife

Raise the standards when you become a husband

Raise the standards when you are privileged to be a father

Raise the standards when you get the opportunity to be a mother

Raise the standards in your interactions and socializations
Ask yourself what type of friends am I attracting

Raise the standards in your school

Raise the standards in your community

Raise the standards as a student

Raise the standards as a teacher, leader, coach, mentor or preacher
Ask yourself what type of footprints am I leaving behind

Raise the standards as you grow older

Raise the standards when you put up your status online,
Ask yourself if a prospective employer were to visit your profile would you be a potential…

As you raise the standards around you, your life will be become more fulfilled; everyday will bring you new challenges, new zest and zeal and new fuel to keep your fire burning.

Be determined to raise the standards

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Many words have been spoken...

Given to me to give to you freely as a token...

Though in writing they leave their mark....

On each soul and on each heart..

I am thankful for our Creator...

He has made me a life and world changer...

So I pause to acknowledge the many readers...

Readers who took the time to read, to be blessed....

Support from all across the globe...

I say thank you for taking the time...

Thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts...

Thank you for allowing me to speak my mind...

While I coloured your thoughts, you have certainly coloured mine...

My hope is that you were truly empowered...

Gracias!

You'll Get Pass It...

You’ll get pass it…

Though it seems hard, too hard to bear
Though you feel like your heart is breaking
Like your last breath you are taking

You’ll get pass it…
Though you have cried till your tears become like a flowing river
Though you feel you have failed
Though you erred and think it is the end of the world

You’ll get pass it…
Today, start a new life
Shake off that which is holding you back
Today, recognise where your true support comes from
And embrace it


Today, quit promoting what is only causing you more pain and hurt
You must get pass it, but you must also learn the lessons well
Pass your test
You’ll get pass it

Nothing n the teen…

Me: “What are you doing?”

Teen: “Nothing”

Me: “Why are you looking so dull?”

Teen: “Nothing”

Me: “Is something bothering you?”

Teen: “No”

Me: “Hmmm?”

Teen: “Nothing man”

Is it lack of eloquence?

Is it an unwillingness to say?

Is it a mood thing?

Is it our new culture?

A secret being hidden?



Words like ‘nothing’, ‘whatever’ and expressions like, ‘dah!’

Have finally made their way into our everyday communication and interactions

The communications specialist will have to assess and comment or perhaps just resolve to saying, ‘nothing’

Magnificent moon

   
    magnificent moon

    makes the man

    moves the earth

    modern moods

    miss a lover

    money for monkey

    matters monthly

    mental madness

    mighty memories

    amazing mysteries

    marvelous light



    bright at dark

    rules the night

Walk away…

She brings a fight to him

A terrible, popular human plight

He hits back bruising her badly

He doesn’t want to harm her

But she is filled with rage and anger

She is in danger of herself

She pushes him over

He hits his head

She beat him and beat him

Till he decide this was not to be any longer

Blood gushes out of her belly

As he plunge a knife into her stomach

Not once but over and over again

She laid, lifeless, the floor filled with red

In a moment she will be dead

The world will think she is a saint

And he a murderer

Oh the price he must now pay

If he only had but walked away

Walk away when you can see the danger

Walk away when the next person is blinded by anger

Walk away as it doesn’t matter the reason for the strife

It’s never worth the taking of another human life

Walk away…



(Everyday family violence occur, the murder rate is high, alarming and growing.


We must encourage persons to walk away. Don’t argue if it will lead to a fight, just simply walk away. A true winner knows he/she doesn’t have to fight to win. The one who knows better but fail to do it is the real loser)

The Mind…The Moment

The mind…The Moment


A moment can change the mind…

The mind can rob you of a moment…



The mind…The Moment

A moment can birth newness in the mind…

The mind can bring new life to a moment…



The mind…The Moment

The mind can cause you to miss the moment…

In a moment you could lose your mind…



The mind…The Moment

In a moment

In a mind



There are some things which must be erased and left behind

To save the momemt

To save the mind

Love Quest

When man on his quest discovers love at its best

He loses his mind to regain it with the passing of time

I am yet to understand how a man who is free

Craves love and its captivity, how clever

For he who has been chained with chains is still free

But he that is chained with love is bound forever.

She Glows…

She glows for her beloved

She glows as her heart finds love

She glows thinking of him who her heart requires

She glows as he is her true desire

She glows whenever he is near

She glows hands locked, walking out on the pier

She glows as love found her heart

She glows from his kiss

She glows from his touch

She glows from a longing to hear his voice

She glows as she misses him so much

She glows for her lover, oh no! Not you, please don’t touch

Save Decency

There seems to be an all out campaign to rid the world of decent and upright living

There are those who believe it has to be indecency to be entertaining

Those who believe that must be in a manner that is rude, slack or feisty in order to gain an audience

Then there are those who ride on the waves of indecency and are stimulated by nothing less

In an attempt to please ourselves, we oftentimes offend each other and offend our Creator.



Save decency…

It doesn’t have to be excessive to be expressive

It does not have to be offensive to be intensive

Corruption isn’t the only solution

I long to see the rude being booed


Save truth, honesty and courtesy

Save our youth from the uncouth

Save decency…

In My Mind

I saw you today, oh how gorgeous you looked.

It seems like your face radiate the glory of the sun and the calm cool beam of the star

I heard your voice today, sweet melodious classic to my ear

As beautiful as nature

As peaceful as the spring

Now you make me want to dance and sing

This happened today, all in my mind

I wish it would never go away

Doesn’t it bother you?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That our children are not allowed to grow in a normal way because of pedifiers?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That you must not ever forget to lock your house door behind you once you get in at night?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That two school boys from the very same school would argue and fight to the point that one stabbed the other and now one is being buried and the other being sentenced?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That some sellers will sell their goods at exorbitant prices which end up going to waste any ways?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That I have to write about it?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That you could be traveling in a taxi and be robbed and shot?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That there is at times a strong syndication between the prison and the palace?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That proper parenting is woefully lacking?

Doesn’t it bother you…
That too many leaders occupying their positions are not being held responsible and accountable?

Doesn’t it bother you that you worry too much?

…Casting all your cares upon Him for He cares for you – Peter 5:7

Potential Sinners

One potential sinner judges another
Having known what the other did
Now feels he is better

One potential sinner sin for money
Another sin for power
Both needs a miracle
Both needs a Saviour

One potential sinner now realise
He needs a brother or sister
We are sinners by nature
Accept God's gift, live forever