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

Acting and Reacting

Do you often react in a surprising way for even the slightest thing?

Are you more prone to act or to react?

Remember your action is worth far more than your reactions.

I sometimes think of how difficult it is for people to act and make the first move while it becomes so easy for them to react.

They hesitantly make the first move to do something good or even to say how much they appreciate the benefits, people and blessings around them. Yet they, without reservations, become easy triggers to reacting to how they feel.

Learning to separate our feelings from our reactions requires great control and maturity. You should not expend your energies reacting to words, behaviours and other negatives. If you do then you only act as robots and oftentimes will upset and frustrate yourself even more.

If you are feeling bad about something someone has done to you, it is never justification to respond in a bad way.

Refuse to react to the evil and bad. Instead dominate the life stage with your acts of love, kindness and goodness. It is too easy to render evil for evil. Tap into the supernatural and allow God to empower you to shine against the odds.

Good communication is hard work but the rewards are worthwhile. Invest in communicating well with others.

Believe you were made for better. Some people are determined to make the worse of you. Though difficult it may seem, be resolute in believing you were made for better.

Don't stoop to reacting accordingly instead act righteously.

Keep Me From Evil

Dear Lord,

As Jabez prayed that you would keep him from evil.
I also pray that you will keep evil away from me
You have instructed us in the model prayer to ask not to be led into temptation
And also to ask for deliverance from it

Too often your people see a temptation bus passing by and hitch hike; knowing very well its danger and destination.

Our hearts are wicked without your love and forgiveness
Lord, keep me from evil and keep evil from me

As I grow in your word, let your supernatural power manifest itself in my life.
Make it hard for evil to draw nigh, as your covering is all over me

Today I pray that you will deliver me from evil, seen and unseen, known and unknown.
Deliver me from the wicked foes and masquerading friends.
Keep me in all my ways. Amen.

Daddy! Pay Attention to me Please…

Daddy you would never imagine how much I suffer when you’re not here…
My heart trembles when the skies are dark and I am so overwhelmed by fear…

Daddy when you show me how to live…
It is the best gift you could ever give…

Daddy, school is hard work and your words of encouragements are like my spring board into a life of success…

Daddy when you help me to understand relationships and love…
My heart is more secured and I am better able to function…

Daddy you make such a big difference in my life…
We all have to fight to keep the good and positive in our lives…

So I am going to help you to pay attention to me…
Because when you do and I do the same, what a wonderful world this will be…

How Do You Pray?

If you pray just for stuff
Your praying is not enough

If you pray only to complain
Your praying is not from a heart of thanksgiving

Pray when times are good
And whilst they get tough

Pray earnestly for the ambitious,
The beggar, the thief, the ole cruff

Pray to say thanks
Pray to deposit in your prayer bank

Pray when it’s hard to do
Pray, it will bring you through

Pray when you are confuse
Pray when you have nothing to lose

Pray when you are at a lost for words
Groanings will be heard

Pray without the wickedness in your heart
That is always the best place to start

Pray without ceasing, pray without end
Bless your enemies, need no reminder to pray for your friend

Watch and pray
Lest you fall into temptation and go astray

Go! Joshua Go!

Be your own cheerleader

One evening our thirty month old son was riding his red tricycle in our living room.
Up and down the room he went, knocking over just about any small item in his way.
He caught my attention as he was pedaling with such great force and determination and you would almost believe he was a contender in a race.

Soon his enthusiasm soared and he began shouting with excitement, “Go Joshua Go!”
Recognizing that he had won the attention of everyone in the house he shouted even more, “Go Joshua Go!”

Soon his excitement was felt and shared by all. This small act of enthusiasm and passion in motion was able to light up the entire room.

The bible tells us in 1 Samuel 30:6 “And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.”

Shortly after King David encouraged himself, he got up and went to battle and had one of the greatest victories for the army of Israel.

Be your own cheerleader

There will be times when you must tap into the strength that God has already given you; the strength that lies within and is quickened whenever it is tested.

Be your own cheerleader as you face life’s challenges.
This is by no means underestimating the power of working together or fellowshipping among the brethren. It speaks to a time when you must become so excited and determined to move forward you will be able to affect and lift the spirits of those who too may be burdened down or greatly distressed.

Be your own cheerleader as you go about your way, you are bound to find new strength and drive to go forward.

Happiness v Joy

Happiness is me going after my dreams, my fantasies and wishes and usually leaves me with guilt or regrets.

Joy is me going after God’s dreams, his plan and purpose for my life and usually leaves me with a song in my heart even if I am in prison

I'm going to make it

I'm going to make it
It’s going to work out
Though the path I’m on seems so difficult lonely and long
I'm going to make it.

The thing I'm so worried about, in the end may never even count, its going to work out.

I am feeling down but God will lift me up,
My soul gets confused at times but its going to work out

Difficult - perhaps
But not impossible

Uncertain – at times
But faith needs just a mustard seed to work

Even when I feel like a stranger
I must find that place where I belong

It’s going to work out, I know it will

I like to say ‘Hi!’

I like to say ‘Hi’...
Don’t ask me why...

I was taught to be polite...
Read in the bible that I am light...

You may never know...
Just how far a simple ‘Hi’ will go...

What remarkable power in a ‘Hi’...
Cause someone to smile, another to sigh...

Just like the cockatoo...
I like to say ‘Hi’ to you...

So before I bid you bye...
Here is a BIG Hi!!!!!...

(Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you) – Ephesians 4:32 NAS

Heal my heart

Every encounter I have had in the past left me with emotional scars, emotional glories or indifference. But most often I am left with a story.

These encounters then cause me to build a wall, high and wide or sometimes they just break down my wall.

It is certain that I will always take decisions based on my experiences. Oftentimes these decisions are not healthy for my future; Decisions that cause me to lose self confidence and torment my heart with fear, shyness, guilt and more.

You too have emotional encounters every single day of your life; Encounters that leave you with baggage or strip you of your joy. You then take decisions going forward which may be wrong as these only block you from being the best you that you can be.

These are decisions which sometimes cause you to lower your expectations and standards. Your heart believes the lie that you must settle for that which the word of God strictly forbids.

You start living the lie, the Deceiver then make it seems like this was just what you needed all this time, but you know within your heart your solution presents more questions than answers and brings you more trouble than ease. His prescription leaves you with too many side effects and ungodly actions and reactions.

Now you are at the place that I have been before. The place where you now realise you must stop and take stock of your life. You look at where you are now and where you want to be. You are determined to stop wasting time, stop distracting yourself and quit the idle jesting.

Then you do what I call an emotional inventory, so you look at all the bad experiences that you have had and the way they make you feel and live today. You also look at the decisions you have made from those encounters you’ve had and compare it to what the word of God says about you. Determined to move forward your soul is now ready to cry out, “Oh Lord, heal my heart”.

It is too dangerous to attempt to move forward without being healed; then again sometimes what you really need to be healed is a simple decision to move forward.

Be an Instrument God can use

What would you do if you had a piano for seventy years that was never played?

How would you feel if you were made gold but was treated like feather and you lived like a rat?

What if at the end of it all you were told that you were a predestined winner, who has never won?

Imagined God having loads of unclaimed blessings in heaven with your name on it, for which you never asked, you never tried, always thinking you are too afraid, too shy.

Do you realise what gets used stays longer and its years are extended?

Consider a shoe, a car or an article of clothing, how they last when used.

Be an instrument God can use, this is one time you really don’t mind being used, after all He created you, and He knows best, that which suits you.

I did this all for God’s Glory in 2010:

I created:

950 Thoughts

230 Poems

115 Songs and Other Music Pieces

145 Blogs

79 Other Creative Writings

Certainly there is something God can use you to do, something ordinary, something supernatural, something new, it’s entirely up to you.

Ask Him today, to use you in a powerful way and then get ready for it.

Music Mouse Trap

She was only lying to herself. She now pays the bitter price. She had no idea she would have been captured like a mouse with a trap that was so nicely decorated with cheese.
Those of us who continue to believe that music is music and it is nothing more than a form of art and entertainment, better know that something dangerous is looming on the horizon.

If you are one of those Christians who believe it is perfectly ok to listen to just about any type of music whether on your own ipod, computer, phone or those of your unsaved friends, then you better know that you are walking in the devil’s forte.

Over the last 36 months I have made several presentations on the impact of music on human behaviour, highlighting how the music affects the way we think, act and who we ultimately become. I have used several scripture references to show that once our desires are not in line with what God desires for us we are most likely treading down the wrong road. I have also pointed out the importance of making good daily choices.

The world is already trapped, no question about that, as the head of the world’s music is one who was once the best in heaven. He now stands as a great musician, composer, arranger etc. He waits like a bear in the woods wanting to get the heads of especially those who are in music in the Kingdom of God, so watch out. His name is Lucifer, a deceiver. He has so much experience deceiving people I sometimes wonder why we think we can single handedly out wit him.

Sad to say, too many have already been caught by his ‘mouse trap’. I like to call it ‘MUSE – SICK’, amuse them while making them spiritually, emotionally and physically sick. You are likely to pay attention to whatever entertains you and whatever entertains you and get your attention find it easier to make its way into your heart and into your soul; Without you even knowing it or being aware of it sometimes you find yourself in a mouse trap and in need of rescue. I pray your eyes will be open and you will discern the enemy’s cunning devices. Otherwise, self deception will lead you into self destruction.

Just for Married Folks and Prospectives

Some of us married folks are really going to burn in hell if we do not change our ways. We murmur and complain and become ever so bitter towards each other as if God doesn’t and has never done anything right in our lives.

We are sulky and angry at almost everything, we become like the Children of Israel who God delivered from a bad place with a great promise of better but because of their disobedient and evil heart they never made it save two persons. In retrospect some of us are coming from a bad place and our marriage and family relationship may not be the ideal and quite a distant from the paradise some of us seek but it is still worth giving thanks for.

I have found that some singles do find themselves in a similar position as well and are also in need of healing lest they perish. If our souls are with our real lover, Jesus Christ the groom, then we will find so much more to be thankful for and so fewer opportunities to bicker.

The bride must become spotless to meet her groom and while you are busy counting others’ spots, be careful those spots aren’t transferred to you. Change your ways, time is running out.

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A brand new day awaits you…

A brand new day awaits you…

They call it tomorrow…

A brand new day awaits you…

Free of worry, trials and sorrow…

A brand new day awaits you…

You can sing sweet melody like the sparrow…

A brand new day awaits you…

After all this, a new season must begin…

A brand new day awaits you…

This fight, this struggle, you will win

Emotional tangle

Emotional tangle

It can be too much to handle



Emotional confusion

Unclear motivation

Confronting, understanding

My emotional complication

Rescue me from this situation

Mental frustration



I react off the cuff

As though the earlier problems were not enough

In an unstructured discourse

I felt like I was force, now deep remorse

So I speak my mind

Though mean and unkind



Now I am twice disturbed

Thrice perturbed

“Good Heavens!” My anger tree must curb



It’s happening!

“No, its not”





It’s happening!

“No, its not”



All in one body

All in one head

Come alive

Then drop dead



What do I want?

“I want that which I don’t want”

So I let go of that which I want to hold

Cuddling with warm embrace

While saying, “Stay outta my face!”

What do I want?

Oh God I need your help



My emotional drama

Each separated by a comma

In a minute I love what I hate

Then excited over what soon bore me, sealing my fate



Émouvoir

French emotion

Move, strong devotion

Drive, elation



All in one body

All in one head

Come alive

Then drop dead



Later I’ll be ecstatic

Electric, a fanatic



Bombarded by fear

Having no care

Doubt and uncertain

Then suddenly all is clear

Oh, what is this my Dear?



All in one body

All in one head

Come alive

Then drop dead

Emotional tangle

It can be too much to handle



No. 1 reason I do what I do

Led by the emotions rather than the heart

Oh it’s tearing me a part

Emotion needs no reason

At times may use a season

Then another moment, high treason



All in one body

All in one head

Come alive

Then drop dead

Emotional tangle

It can be too much to handle



(Those who struggle with the emotional highs and lows, learn the importance of replacing that part of you with faith, faith in a God who is far more powerful than your emotional experiences)

I Survived Home

A new day breaks

Greeted by aged old heart aches

A place call home for loving hearts

A master piece work of art

The irony of this symphony

My place of safety

Love sanctuary

Has become my Calvary

To help me the evil dispel

Is now my living hell

Be Obedient

Why do you ask questions when you don’t want answers?

Why do you want me to speak when you are not listening?

And why do you ask me to lead when you want to follow the path of your own?

Why do you hear my words, and then disobey?

You asked me to order your steps but yet you keep running away from me

You believe I always watch over you, surely I always do, even though I don’t like all the things you do.

You said I should hold your hands and lead you into the unknown


But you only want to go the way you know


You just don’t understand, for you, I have the perfect plan

There are doors that have failed to open because you are not walking with me…And those doors already open will only take you down a path further and further away from me

You said I should control your lips but you keep on speaking and singing lewd language

You Gossip, you carry tale and oh God knows what else…that’s right I do know what else…

You said I should keep your mind pure yet you keep harbouring unwholesome thoughts and imaginations

My words are true…

My mercies each day are new…

If you really want to worship me…be obedient

The Burden of a Girl's Heart - Prayer

Oh God,

You are God of all creation, human and wisdom.
You reign supreme.
Oh God, you know the cries of my heart

Some things I just don’t understand.
Why a mother hates her child,
Or a child hates his/her mother
I don’t quite know why mom and dad just doesn’t seem to get along

Nor do I understand why it seems as though dad hates his child
And why the child hates dad
How can a place of love and protection
Be packed with so much hatred, bitterness and danger?

God, Almighty!
Where have we gone wrong?
The devil is certainly having a field day in our family
We have a spare room around the back, I am sure that is where he sleeps at nights.

Sisters and brothers hating each other so much they try to kill each other
And sometimes they do succeed.
God, in all this madness
Fill my heart with gladness

Hear the cries of your children,
The cries of children being hurt and cursed,
The sadness and pain of children being battered and abused
A land in ruins, a family in turmoil

“The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands” (Proverbs 14:1)
“A wise man builds his house upon a rock…” Matt. 7:24

Why a teen, a child like me should carry such a burden?
So God, I write you this prayer from eyes swollen with tears
I write you with a heart so filled with anguish and hate, for my parents taught me well
Sometimes God, Dad, I wonder what was it like when my parents were children
Did their parents hate them too?

God for four years now I tried killing myself, I have now concluded that even death hates me
So now I want to live and find true love in the world,
I believe I was made for better.

Help me to show that with you in my life, a mess can become a message
Help me God to find better, help me to endure, help me to find joy, in Jesus name.
Amen

(A child, a teenager, a man, a woman, needs this prayer today - A world filled with dysfunctional families - Intercede toay)

His soul search for home…

A man wanting to give love and care…

Not quite the story we often hear…



His heart desires to be home…

Instead it seldom wanders but never roams…



A soul caught within a love-net…

Leaves the faint discouraged and perplexed…



A man, no boy…

Must he treat love like a toy?...



He won’t even bet on it…

A chance too great to take…



A man wanting a girl…

Someone he can call his precious pearl…



A man wanting a wife…

With whom he can joyfully share his life…



A man wanting a son…

A lad to perpetuate his legacy…



A bitter taste in the heart…

Hunts for the sugar sweet love of his heart…



As the lungs need air…

He wants his love to be near, be there…



A man longing for a touch…

English, Spanish, French or Dutch…



A man wanting to give love and care…

Not quite the story we often hear…



If while giving…

He too starts receiving…



A soul searching for home…

Ends the seeking, the hunting when it finds Home!

Caged No More…

Caged no more

Free to fly

Free to soar

~~

A bit taken aback

You standing still

Carrying the past in your pack

~~

Confinement your testament

You ask oh why

A mind in predicament

~~

Hands and feet no longer bound

Yet you standing still

Thralldom compound

~~

Stop this human greed

Hoarding the basics

While another dies from need

~~

Caged no more

Free to fly

Free to soar

~~

A bit taken aback

You standing still

Carrying the past in your pack

~~

The Slave encaged by the Master

But still keep his will

The Superior enslaved by greed, a sheer disaster

~~

Caged no more

Both must be free

Free forever, free forevermore

Knock…knock…Your success is at the door

Knock…knock…who’s there? ... Your success...

If you were told that your success is just outside your door, what would you do?...

Knock…knock…and the knocking continues…you need to make the next move...

The next move to get just what you have always wanted...

You have been praying for your breakthrough for a long time now...

Finally, your answer is just outside the door...

Perhaps too you are thinking, “Yeah right!”...

“If only life was that simple…”

But let us suppose again that life was always simple...
And our faith is what determines how simple or complex life becomes

“Really now?...”
Sure…it is as simple as opening the door and allowing success to come inside...

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” – St. Matthew 7:7 – “Join the 7:7 Prayer”...

There are some considerations too…Time is essential as success will only wait on your response for a specific time…the offer wont last forever…It will soon move to the next available door, obedient heart or determined bidder....

If you were told that there is just one small problem that is standing between you and success…would you be willing to make that change?...

Would you know what is standing in your way?...

Your ‘door’ may be a bad habit...

Or it may be your intemperance, impatience, your slothfulness or foolish pride...

It may be that you just didn’t ask....

Whatever it is, how prepared are you to open that final door and allow success to walk right in?

Join the 7:7 prayers…let’s make success walk right through your door.

The Best Two-Word Conversation I Know...

Thank You…

Sharing these two words with you, there isn’t much else to say or do…

Thank You…
For all you have given, done and continue to do...

Thank you…
For staying the course...

Thank you…
You stuck to the task...

Thank you…
Now we have fond memories, forever they’ll last...

Thank you…
The best two-word conversation I know...

Thank you…
Even the smallest act of kindness or caring gesture will ignite a heart and cause it forever to glow

Thank you…

He's living a lie

He calls himself a saint...
Poisoned by his own lust he grows faint...

He makes the altar a place of shame...
Partaking in the name without playing the game...

His gift and status, a young girl's deception...
Uncovered by her conception...

This 'priest' with a soul of charm...
Yet another prey he hunts then harm...

When the prophet rebukes...
Forsake the stubbornness of age and the folly of youth...

The fragrance of deception...
Can you tell by mere smell...

Playing evil melody on his drums, his flute...
cloak-and-dagger, guileful pursuit...

He wears a lie in his profession...
That keeps him at peace without confession...

Not one with The Creator...
Rather the Deceiver...

CONGRATULATIONS!

I know there were times when you certainly thought you couldn’t, you wouldn’t and perhaps you shouldn’t.

Throughout the worrying moments; the pain, the tears, the tiring days and sleepless nights there were so many battles that you had to fight.

~ *~*~*~

With all the skeptic voices shouting you can’t and you won’t, well…you have done it!

You managed to swim against the tide, now your success cannot be denied.

Whatever you didn’t know then, you know now, you surely can and you surely did it. The results are here…Yeah! You did it!

Congratulations!

She needs her identity

Her father was never the real big man...


She hated men though she needed one...



Always wishing he would one day come home...

But she wondered whether she would hit him with a stone...



Her father was never the real big man...

She hated men though she needed one...



Her peers spoke highly of their dad...

She could only imagined the glories she never had...



Daddy if you only knew...

Mom had a baby girl and called her Sue...



Her father was never the real big man...

She hated men though she needed one...



With tears streaming down her face...

Father’s day, she yearned for your embrace...



Her father was never the real big man...

But she didn’t want just any man, she wanted that special one...

Who or what is standing in your way?

In your quest for success how do you decide who to keep close to you?

How will you jeopardize your goals by playing with fire or by simply being stupid?

How can your smaller goals, wild habits and desires destroy your main purpose?

If you remain disorganized, uncommitted, indiscipline and tardy, how will this ultimately affect you achieving your goals and ultimately the final score of your life?

I have been embarking on a personal ‘clean-up’ exercise. What is that?
It is an exercise that is aimed at eliminating those beliefs, values, ideologies, thinking and imaginations, behaviours, prejudices, attitudes and individuals in my life which make it more difficult to live in God’s will. Frankly, I am embracing a wiser lifestyle and letting go of the complicated and foolish living.

Oftentimes it is said there is much wisdom in simplicity. I wholehearted agree. I have committed to living simplier and wiser too. We have complicated our own lives, and by so doing we have made living almost impossible.

I am on a quest to finding people I can network with who share similar passions and are also committed to their purpose. I will then keep these persons for as long as God says they are to remain a part of His plan for me. Speaking of plans we force others into our lives or vice a versa and they are not a part of the plan and never will be. But we somehow just want them to be, only to our own peril. Is that stupidity? I will let you be the judge.

The world is filled with too many people who are going nowhere. As difficult as that may sound, I know you will agree there is some truth to it. They are at the same place every time you meet them. It even gets worse in some instances. You must always go back over what you have done a thousand times before when dealing with them. They aren’t moving and they are not growing. They eventually start holding you back if they are around you long enough.

I have resolved in my heart, when I meet such persons I must seek God’s help and do the wise thing. I must let go of my ‘negative drivers’, which may be any of the seven things listed above. As a caution, we help ourselves down in attempting to help these persons up at times, so beware. The sooner we realise this is true the better we will be.

There are far too many persons who are their worse enemy, distracting themselves from the very goal they are working towards achieving. But what should they do? What can they do? Well..Deal with yourself, recognise that your soul likes to connect, but you must not connect or even entertain just about anyone.

Another area of concern, persons tend to hide under the ignorance clause, “IDK” or I don’t know. They tell themselves that they are not quite sure the impact others are having on them, and by the way, these are usually negative influences. They deny that there is power in the music they sing or listen to; they continue to say their environment, the company they keep, and the things at which they find entertaining are not distracting. Truthfully and sadly, they are living in a state of denial.

Beware, you can deceive or ‘psyche’ yourself into believing that some things that are destroying you are good for you.

I said it earlier that most persons are going nowhere. This is so because not many take the time and care to ask about that single most important purpose for which they were created.

They never take the time to ask God, The Creator for His blue print of their life.

Some do ask, but then start to construct their lives even before God responds.

So now, how do you decide who is to remain a part of your journey and who should not?

This is such an important question I am happy I learnt the importance of this in my mid teenage years. Daily look at the experiences you have, preferably at the end of the day. With God’s guidance decide which persons or things are worth having and which aren’t, always weighing them against the purpose God has planted in your heart.

Who claims to be wise? Let him show it by his good life. The book of James 3 is a good place to start.

Can you ever forgive Dad?

She hated him for how he treated her and her siblings. He would drink until he became drunk, then came the verbal abuse.
That is story of 16 year old Sarah.

In another house not very far away, 17 year old Jack is being told that he must be on his own when he gets to age 18.
He is scared and tormented by the fear of being driven out in the world too soon.

There are many untold stories of very unfortunate experiences with fathers.
The irony, many hurting children grow up and cause similar hurts to their children and spouse.

When does this vicious cycle ends?
Yes daddy was wrong, he was far from being perfect. But what good is there in treating him as he deserves? When do we start healing the world by touching one heart at a time?

When we have the opportunity to show others a better way of life we should always jump at it. Even though you might still be hurting, by choosing to forgive, you have made the first deposit towards settling your own healing bill.

FORGIVE, then start to experience a better quality of life.

One hand raised for Dad

Recently I was conducting a choir rehearsal with fourteen members in the church hall. I asked persons to show by the raising of the hand if they grew up with their father and whether he had played a role in their development even if he was not physically present. I was dumb founded at the responses. Much to my surprise I was the only person in the room with my hand in the air.

In that moment of reflection, persons used the opportunity to share their various heartbreaking and disappointing experiences. There are people all over the world who never experienced the love of a father and some are still paying the price today.

There are those, who like me, had a father present but still not fully appreciative. Sometimes we become very ungrateful to our fathers because we somehow believe they never played the role we wanted them to play. They love the best way they knew how and gave what they could. They got some things wrong but they got many right too.

Christian Evangelist, Billy Graham said, "A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society."

Love can be communicated in many ways and too often we notice that the way a father shares his love with his children isn’t given much value and importance.

Men enjoy buying stuff and giving it when they share love. It is like sharing a part of them with you. Often times the monies used to purchase these gifts and items are hard earned monies on which they place great value; Monies that cost them their strength, energy and time away from home.

June is here and every year we take the time out to acknowledge the fathers across the world. Today I raise my hand for dad. I will always remember one small boy in my Sunday school class some years ago who said that when he grows up he would like to be a father. I thought, ‘How wonderful’.

To my female readers, please help to make our men become fathers we can all be proud of. Support them with your kind words of encouragement. Refuse to add your energy to the many negative voices out there.

To my male readers, we can do better and better is required of us, the odds are against us but let us keep our hands raised for dad. Regardless of whether you were exposed to good fatherhood, you can make a change and make a difference. Our children need their identity, they need us. Our Heavenly Father is counting on us. I raise my hand for dad. I raise my hand to you, keep going.

Travel to Jamaica

If you are planning on travelling to Jamaica and is a bit worried over what is being reported in the media.
No need to fear. I want to encourage you not to change your vacation plans. Furthermore if you are travelling to the resort areas, the hotels are usually secured. Take your usual precautions when you travel, but don't be overburdened with fear and worrying. You can still make this one of your best vacations ever.

Every body needs a little motivation

In times like these we all need a little motivation

We are all motivated by something or by someone



If you have not yet found it,

Go on a search to discover what motivates you

Quite often, we require the opposite of whatever discourages us



As you aim for the good, the right and excellent

Be mindful of the battle you are in

Fight this battle with wisdom and prayer



Let’s make it happen

You are on your path

Beware of the shadows that either drives fear in you

Or want to distract you



Stay focused,

Your reward,

Your destination

A sense of fulfillment

Are all powerful motivators

Love is also another powerful motivator

Take all the motivation you need



Dreams do come true

Dream it, believe it and make it

Think it – bring it – become it

Let’s make it happen

Intimate worship and a friend in you

So many times you have cried because someone failed you… So many times you have cried because someone upset or disappointed you...Oh those times when you felt hurt by words, actions and beliefs.

There have even been those times you failed yourself and felt really bad.

But, when was the last time you felt so loved and appreciated it brought tears to your eyes?

When was the last time your heart swelled with passion and overwhelming joy?

That aching feeling you felt wasn’t quite pain…But the uneasiness of knowing you have finally found comfort you have always longed is alive… It feels so strange but it is what you wanted…Know this, you deserve it….Get use to it

Tears are just like expressing words, a language from your heart

If you have been so moved that your heart sweat and it shows on your face in the form of tears, then it is only a sign that your heart is healthy.

When you enter into intimate worship or you experience the joy of great, true and Godly friendship and love it makes your heart sing.

It makes our hearts sing when others touch our lives through their kindness

At times when God speak to our hearts, the only way the heart knows how to respond is through our tears.

Just love Him and enjoy those joys He has brought into your life.

Let your eyes cry, let your heart sing.

I am here to help you…

If you need to walk I’ll be your legs...

If you need to see I’ll be your eyes...

If you need a drink I’ll be your water...

I am here to help and I am here to serve...

God wants us to rely on Him as our divine source...

But He has deployed his soldiers, his troops on the grounds...

We don’t fight with a gun or a knife...

We fight with God’s love weapon...

I am a soldier of Christ...

I go where he sends...

I answer when he calls...

Dance when He plays His rhythm...

If you need support, hold my arms...

I am here to help you…

God sent me, here I am

Saying I love you

I said it

I meant it

And it felt real good



These three little words

Eight letters no hate letters

In one unbroken sentence



I said it

I meant it

And it felt really good



It came back to me

In ways I just couldn’t see

And it felt real good like it should



We desire to hear it from someone

Experience it, not with just anyone

It must be ‘someone’



Time has never really explain

Words that can sooth and heal

Remove the headache, the pain



I said it

I meant it

And it felt real good



You heard it

You believed it

And it felt real good too



Saying I love you

Is a powerful heart-glue

The bond for two hearts wanting to come together



Between “I” and “You”

There is something we’ve got to learn to do

Place love in the middle, always start with “I” but focus on “You”



I said it

I meant it

And it felt real good



Like a ‘Give away’ that stays

A run away that never leaves

Love resides in the heart and parades on the sleeves



Love award us experiences we never knew

Stirs the emotions and awake the soul,

Or cause the soul to sleep and dream by a simple

“I love you”

HOW DO YOU KEEP A SMILE

How do you keep a smile?...

When there is so much disappointment, so much pain...

When it seems you are losing a lot with very little gain...


How do you keep a smile?...

When life requires so much of you...

When daily your storms you’re passing through...


How do you keep a smile?...

When your heart is breaking...

When deep inside you are aching..


How do you keep a smile?...

When you feel like you are the only one standing...

When many issues have you craving for more and more understanding...


How do you keep a smile?...

Day in and day out...

When life is almost freaking you out...


In everything we encounter daily...

There is always a point of decision..

A time to decide what you will give up and what you will take on...


You must decide whether this is worth your smile...

Next time someone tries to upset you, discourage you or offend you...

Ask, “Is this worth the value of my smile?”...


How do you keep a smile?...

Refuse to give it up for the cheap, disturbing moments we all face...

Your smile is worth more; don’t lose it over just any and everything...


A smile is healing, keep it!

FROM HER HEART ( A young girl's questions)

1. Why am I unhappy?...


2. Why does no-one love me the way I want to be loved?...

3. Why did God make me with all these feelings and emotions and I have no where to channel them?...

4. Why do I have the need to be loved by a man when it isn't humanly possible?...

5. Why are most of my Christian friends married and I am being faithful to God and He cannot find me a husband?...

6. Why do I even need one?...

7. Why has God been holding back on me?...

8. What have I done that I am being punished for?...

9. Does God even hear my prayers cause frankly I am tired of praying about a relationship?...

10. Am I missing something?...

11. Do you think God will tell me if this is in His plan for me so I can forget about it from now?...

12. Why do I keep meeting people that will only hurt me?...

13. Why do I always get hurt from men?...

14. Maybe I really don’t need them!...

15. Why am I even asking these questions when no one has the answers?...

What do you think and how do you feel about this?...

Little words…huge effect

A small kind word so fitly spoken
Heal our ills and mend the broken
But a small unpleasant word uttered out of turn
Sinks deep into our spirits and cause the soul to burn

So when next you must speak
Keep your words pleasant, soft and sweet
For the delicate heart wounded and hurt
May be like an irremovable stain upon a shirt

I found love…

I found love underneath the carpet and swept it out by mistake…

I found love but miserable me got the better of me and stole it…

I found love and ran the car over it one morning while rushing to work…

I found love but hated its inconvenience features and traded it in for a microwave instead…

I found love on my door step one morning I woke up but never appreciated it and so it left…

I found love but was too scared, too blind and too deaf

Then one day love amazingly found me…

Arrested me by the heart, told me to be quiet and bounded me…

Now I am as happy as can be….

Ever since that day love found me…

Love’s risk

Oh love, why do you favor the brave...

Why do you make it so hard to find you...

And at times you seem to be in my heart and all over my mind …

Why do you make it so painful to bear when you leave…

And at times you seem so true with those who want to deceive…

Oh love, why do you favor the brave…

Why to find you, I must become you, give you and do you…

And at times I feel you are with me, and other times you are not …

Oh love, why do you favor the brave…

It is hard to find you, twice as hard to keep you and devastating to live without you…

You are a risk I must take, a choice I must make.

Your Precious Reminder

Your Precious Reminder

If you think no one loves you…I do…

If you are feeling sad, lonely and uncertain of yourself…I woke up with you on my mind today and I sent the sun just so you could see the day and find your way…

If you are coming under the weight of the pressures of life…I am here to help you carry your burden, let me lift it from off your head, there’s just too much there…

You have been walking around with that ‘guilt cloud’ hanging over your head and on your back for some time now…Oh my child…I shed my blood for that too, now you can be free…Rise up and walk…leave it behind you…

If you are feeling discouraged and bitter…I am here, I am here so reach out for me…I am here…

I am here, my precious child…I am your Lord…The God Almighty

I made all your parts, including your heart, so I know you inside out…Talk to me…Pray to me and worship me…

Let go of the things that hold you…Those things that are making it difficult for you to walk with me…Be free mentally, emotionally and spiritually...I love you

If you love me too…then you’ll know just what to do…I placed my words in your heart so you can wear it…obey it and live it…like a garment, put it on, cover yourself with it…I love you

Travelers

Travelers

We are all but travelers...
Passing through this moment in time...
I just happen to be a part of your journey...
And you just happen to be a part of mine...

We are all but travelers...
Of all the people God could choose...
Of all the possible times you could travel through this place...
He chose me; He chose you, and then put us together to run in the same race...

We are all but travelers...
I will pass up all opportunities to hate you or hurt you...
Gladly I will embrace the opportunities to love you...
Share a moment, a smile, a journey or even a thought too...

We are all but travelers...
Perhaps you I would have never known...
Had it not been for this juncture, this phase, this stage...
You are a part of my travel, so let's make it worthwhile...

We are all but travelers...
If at the end, time must choose its favourite time...
Let it be the times we have shared and the time we met...
These precious times, that time itself will never forget...

###LOVE###STOPS###AT###ALL###DOORS###

It is late, but not too late

It is late, but not too late

Do your remember how you felt the last time your arrived late for work, school or church?

Can you imagine what it would be like if that was your very last chance?
What do I mean by that?
Well…Let us suppose because you were late this time around you would no longer be able to participate in school, or you would no longer have a job or be able to go to church anymore…what would that mean for you? What would you do?
It is a frightening thought.

The last time I was late and had to go through a much longer process than normal was just yesterday. I was attending a meeting as a Pension Trustee but was a little over 25 minutes late and so too were some other attendees. The organizers arranged the first set of attendees to park in the main car park area and the remainder to park at another car park located 7 minutes away and then be shuttled back to the meeting auditorium.

To make it even more heart breaking for me, I was not allowed to go in the main meeting room but had to settle for an overflow room with a screen and a speaker box to hear and watch the proceedings in the main auditorium.

The point is I was late, but not too late.

If you look at the world and judge it by the bible’s clock you would recognise that it is late, but not too late.
In Genesis 6:12 it says “…God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth”.
This was the situation just before God destroyed the world with a flood in Noah’s days. It would then be wise of us to realise the very same conditions now exist across the world today. It is late, but not too late. The world is corrupt.

Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Think about this, only eight persons made it safely in the ark, the rest were too late. Everyone believes they still have time, so they can enjoy the pleasures a little more.

I know I still have time to write a song to help a struggling man, girl, boy or woman.
There is still time to share a word that can bring hope, change a heart and bring new birth.
Surely it is late, but not too late. Some think they still have time, maybe they are right, or maybe they are wrong.

I am Feeling Excellent

I am feeling excellent

Today as I was speaking with a friend online, she asked how it was I was feeling excellent… and most times that is really how I am feeling and how I am.

I responded by saying that everyday when we wake up there will be people and things that are fighting for our mood...they want to dictate how we ought to feel, think and behave...stop…don't give them the slightest chance…Fight for your mood…Fight for your faith

Since most people allow their mood to influence their faith, you must fight for your mood first. Then as you mature and gain more control over your mood, you will grow into allowing your faith to dominate. When your faith starts to take control then your mood is secondary. So when you are not feeling much like it, you will want to do it anyway.

Your faith talk is what some call positive-talk. Your eyes are closed but you are seeing anyway. Your ears are not listening but you are hearing…See beyond your current struggles, see the greater results, the greater you…I am feeling excellent and I radiate excellence as I go…Catch it if you will…you determine what you catch and also what catches you in so many ways.

Despite all that’s happening, I am feeling excellent, how about you?

Where are you right now?

Where are you right now?...

It is still a fairly new year and a lot is happening around the world right now…

But where are you? ...

Where is your head space? Where is your heart? ...

Are you just going through the motions of completing what life demands? ...

Do you have hope for a better tomorrow? …

Or did you quit with the happenings of yesterday? ...

How are you feeling right now? …

Excited, resentful, sad, depressed, pensive, reflective, happy, helpful…

Where is your heart? ...

This is one of the most important questions you could ask yourself right now? …

Where is your heart? Is it with your Creator, your Maker?

At times I search for myself and do find it and bring my heart back home to where it belongs.

Do you need to go out in search of you?

Do you know where your soul walks when you become unconscious?

Whether a brief moment while you are awake or while you are in a dream.

Where are you right now?

11:59 On the brink of a…

(Reposted for your pleasure...since first publishing this poem in 2007 this poem has inspired many other writers and event organisers across the world)

We all experience it, we all dread it
Buzzing with excitement or caged by fear
Change birth stress and
Stress forces change

A change is looming at eleven fifty-nine
For we all experience change in our lives, at some time
A change of day, a change of month or year
We lose or gain something, someone dear

You could love it
You could hate it
One thing is natural
We all must have it

If your clock doesn’t stop ticking
You are bound to be changing
For even when your clock stops
Change even in death you must

But why we say eleven fifty nine?
By no means maligned
A lot you can buy with dollar and dime
But not much can be given in exchange for time

Change is neither certain nor constant
For only time changes change
And change changes time.
Whatever your story, things never remain the same
After Eleven fifty-nine

Copyright (c) 2007 J D Gordon All Rights Reserved.

God loves me anyways

My lips have uttered many lies and deceit, yet He loved me anyways…

My eyes wandered and lusted at the world, the human body, the jewelry and the glimmering life, yet God loved me anyways…

I am hurting, and I have hurt others too, feeling abused and even heartbroken I have broken a few hearts too…yet God loves me anyways…

My mind struggles to remain pure, to remain clean, yet He loves me anyways…

I steal, I cheat, I hate, I grudge and I judge, But God still loves me anyways…

I have messed up, not once, not twice but so many times, yet He loves me anyways…

God loves me anyways…

Oh, so many times I think to myself I just don’t deserve this, it seems oh too good to be true…but He loves me anyways…

I am not without flaws, oh no, I am not without my issues, yet God loves me anyways…

I become proud and feel as if I know it all and I have got all the answers, but He loves me anyways…

Many nights when I become weary of life I cry and cry and cry some more…But still God loves me anyways…

I said I will never let this happen to me again and surely it does, yet He loves me anyways…

I have wasted so much of the time he has given me living selfishly and being swallowed up in self-centered desires and wants, but God loves me anyways…

He loves me just as I am; He waits for me just as I am…

He still loves me, He still loves you anyways.

This time is for you

This time is for you
He knew you had fallen and there was no way you could climb yourself back up into heaven and so he sent His Only Son to get you instead.

St. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that if you should believe in him you shall not perish but have eternal life.”

This time is for you
He knew you would have been battered and beaten by life, surrounded by misery and longing for peace. He knew you would be hurt and wounded and in need of healing so he allowed the whipping of His Son.
Every flogging he received paid your medical and health bill to secure your healing.

Isaiah 53:5 “But he was pierced for your transgressions, he was crushed for your iniquities; the punishment that brought you peace was upon him, and by his wounds you are healed.”


St. John 16:33 “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."

This time is for you
But though you have eyes you will not see it unless you look
And though you look, what you see won’t make sense until you open your heart to Jesus
Then when you see as Jesus does it makes a whole world of difference. You want to find your way…You want the truth…

St. John 14: 6 “I am the Way the Truth and the Life. You cannot come to the Father except through me.

This time is for you
Some call it Christmas, others call it yuletide etc.
All over the world people are looking forward to this time, they want hope; they want escape from the ills of life, they want light. This is your time. Make this festival a Christian festival. This time is really for you…he did it for you

St. John 1: 10 – 11 “He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. 11 He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.”

This time is for you
This time is for you, It may seem too good to be true…a great God did such a marvelous thing for you…but he did…yes He did…will you receive it?

St. John 1:12 “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,”

Economic Crisis and cost cutting

The shortsighted and unimaginative managers of our time again and again

interpret cost cutting to connote human resource reduction.

She looks for love…

She looks for love...

She looks for love from a guy who she feel will make her complete
She looks for love from a guy who tells her she is so sweet

Daddy you weren’t there to tell her what she needed to hear
“My darling you are so beautiful and so dear”
“My darling you are my precious jewel, your father’s heartfelt cheer”

She never had that love she needed
Though her soul begged and pleaded

So she gives in to the voice of the first pretender
Her entire heart she surrendered

Daddy if you only knew how much she needed you
The hugs, kisses and tender words she needed too

She looks for love, but not sure what are men made of and who are they

So she hurt herself in the process
Grieving that her life is a mess

So now she is confused, feeling violated and used
She learns to distrust men, hate them and resent a few too

She looks for love from a real man, a man who will protect and provide
A man who is good enough to make her his bride

Finally her heart one day finds love
Oh but all that hurt and pain has made her a divided soul
Who has grown bitter and ice cold
A soul of quiet shouts and tearless cries,

She defines love by her reality, though far from the truth
A fate of early love that torments the mature and our youth

She looks for love yet still,
But a wise heart knows The Heavenly Father’s will

She looks for love...

(This is true for our world today, please feel free to share with a girl, a woman, a boy or a man – Someone really needs to hear)


~~HELP~~HER~~FIND~~LOVE~~

The brilliance of a 15 month old baby boy

The family had just returned from church and I went into the bedroom to change when our fifteen month old son Joshua followed sharply behind me. He took my white pair of sneakers and went into the living room.

Shortly afterwards I heard my wife in the living room calling out to him not to put the shoes in the settee..."take it to daddy" she told him

He marched back into the bedroom and returned the white sneakers and took up a pair of brown dressing shoes this time...oh by the way, there are four different types of brown shoes where he toke the pair from...anyway...

I heard my wife once again calling out to him not to put the shoes in the settee...to bring it to an end I then I approached him and thank him for the shoes....I turned to my wife and said...you are missing it...you are too concern over the settee and as such you are missing the most important lesson in this...

I said to her, he is demonstrating his ability to select shoes of the same color and style which is far more valuable than a dirty settee, we can always clean it, re-wrap it or even throw it out...who cares?
I told her there are many grown men who still put their socks or shoes in the wrong places and of course my wife agreed and smiled. I also told her that Joshua is thinking that it is the wrong pair of shoes, and as such he returned each time and changed the shoes.

This was my little Ah! Ah! Moment on the weekend…sheer brilliance

Why students fail?

I know you would have liked for me to tell you the single most important reason why students fail.

But failure isn’t something you bumped into or it just happened; it is a process. In a similar way winning and being successful can become a habit, so too is failing.

Understanding where you have gone wrong is one of the first steps in moving from a state of failing to being successful. I have outlined six main areas that I believe will help you better prepare for your upcoming exams. Just how well you apply the tools below could actually determine which side of the fence you end up on.

 Lack of adequate planning

I have always heard the saying, if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.Planning for your exams include from preparing your pen, ruler and geometry set days before the exam, to planning your answers while in the examination room.

Failing to plan properly will make you more anxious and doubtful of your ability.
Don’t just rush into things.

Stop! Take a deep breath and spend a little time to plan your study and revision schedule.This could go a long way in helping you to manage your time efficiently.
Planning to read over your notes each day is a good habit to develop.

Tip: Always do the most important things first. Plan before you start, and don’t leave the more important things at the mercy of the less important stuff.

 Poor time management

Students often times postpone learning. This is often done especially when the topic is either difficult or we just don’t seem to grasp it immediately. This will have the effect of students using their study time to learn something that should have already been covered.
If this is you, don’t panic.

Just as you would plan your study and revision times, you must also set aside time for learning new materials that you either did not previously cover or wasn’t grasping too well.

Some subjects require more attention than others and it is usually good to split subjects into weak and strong areas. If you do fairly well at Chemistry and poor at Mathematics, then you would want to spend a little more time practicing math.

Practice, Practice, Practice
Do a lot of past papers and practice often. I found that sometimes questions are repeated in future exams with just minor changes.

Study guides and books with worked answers in the back are great, but only if you use them for help and not as an easy way to get your assignment done. Don't let a book or classmates do your work for you. Do not copy someone else’s work either. They won't be available during the tests, which usually count for a big portion of your grade.

Notice I said practice, not cram.
Caution! Don’t fall into the trap of devoting all your time to a subject you love and enjoy doing.
Share your time based on where the need is greater.

Focus – Put your heart and mind into it
A part of managing your time properly is to ensure that your heart and mind is into what you are doing.
Find the right place and time that will make you be at your best. Here are a few simple and effective steps you can take to better manage your study time:

 Turn off the TV.
 Tell your friends you are studying and that you will not be accessible during certain hours.
 Get rid of all possible distractions.

As a teenager I have always found it difficult to switch off the TV while studying. But, I later on told myself that the Movie Makers already knew just how they were going to earn their living. Therefore I needed to take a conscious decision to pass my CXC. This I knew would have given me a head start in life. Find something to motivate you.

Tip: Be discipline, get use to it, you will need it throughout your entire life.

 Procrastinating

You should never do today what you can put off until tomorrow, right? Wrong!
“I will look at this tomorrow”, is always the easy thing to say.
Remember we said earlier that failing is a process? Get into the habit of passing exams and studying properly. I need not say anymore.

Tip: Stop procrastinating – Yesterday you said you would have done it tomorrow and tomorrow you wish you had done it yesterday.

 Poor eating and sleeping habits

Develop good eating and sleeping habits. You will do yourself more harm than good trying to study when you are tired and exhausted. Know your body and how it responds to certain foods. An empty stomach in the exam room may be just as bad as having too much to eat.

Doing regular physical exercises helps with the flow of blood in the body and mind.

Tip: Always have a good meal, not too heavy and not too light. Also taking sweets to chew on during the exam is a good way of replenishing your energy.

 Quitting too quickly

Never give up while the exam is in progress. If you keep worrying over what you cannot do, you might end up doing poorly on areas that you thought you could have done well.
Things to always do in an exam:

 Write clear and easily understood answers.
 Review your answers.
 Make sure your handwriting is legible for written papers.
 Corrections should be neat.

Tip: There are many times I believed I failed an exam only to get the results showing that I not only passed but got a good grade too. Don’t fail yourself, keep going, you can do it.

 Fear of exams
The sixth and final reason why students fail is due to the crippling effect of fear on the mind.
If you are like me, then you never really get to like exams. In high school I was always afraid of exams and this was evident in my many trips to the bathroom. I have since changed my attitude.

I have now adapted the “I can approach”.
Your attitude towards your exam could determine if you have a mind block during the exam.
RELAX!
Things are never as bad as we imagine them to be. I have always found that praying help me to focus and relax, especially just before I begin writing my exam paper, you can try it.

Tip: Be calm, be cool and always do something to relax your mind before and during the exam.

This very minute

This very minute a woman is giving birth...
This very minute another soul is departing the earth...

This very minute a girl is finding love...
This very minute someone is angry at love...

This very minute, an achievement someone is proud of...
This very minute, some action someone is disappointed of...

This very minute there’s a man giving up...
This very minute there’s a child wising up...

This very minute someone is grieving...
This very minute someone is believing...

This very minute a girl is feeling lonely...
This very minute someone special is thinking of you, their one and only...

This very minute a family is having a fight...
This very minute a couple is getting it right...

This very minute may not count much to you...
But this is all the time someone has left to make it through...

This very minute may be your final and only chance...
To share hope, to love or even to dance...

This very minute wont last...
It will soon become your precious past...

Make this very minute count...
This very minute may seem like forever...

Let your memories be pleasing to remember...
Be thankful for this very minute, before it is over...

Girl # 2 - The way men look at me

A stranger standing pose
At me dared to lift up his nose
A penetrating stare
On my neck I felt his exhaled air

From the distance he zoomed in on my skirt
With eyes so fixed
What could he possible missed
Was he lusting, flirting
Swearing, wishing or dreaming

Like the shining sun upon the skin
His stare sunk deep, deep within
I then took a gaze
And my, my I was amazed
This stranger choosing to look at a woman
Was not quite a boy and not quite a man

With one glance
I quickly calculated his chance
His hands seemed rough
Hair twisted and curled
Face looked good enough

In my mind lingered random thoughts
My attention he caught
Though not my type
It doesn’t hurt to be nice
So before my meal I buy
I ventured over and said,” Hello” and he said, “Hi”

Who is affecting you?

Sometimes our lives can become absorbed with those who are affecting us negatively.
Quite often this is the case and is usually someone we resent and wish would go away.

Today, take time to acknowledge that your life would be much different if certain persons were not in it. The people who make living more worthwhile and getting out of bed so much easier are the ones you should allow to affect you the most.

Take a little time to really reflect on who is affecting you and how.
Answer these little questions, who cause you to do it most?

1. Become upset
2. Cry
3. Become discouraged
4. Worry
5. Feel bad

a) Laugh
b) Smile
c) Be hopeful
d) Think
e) Feel inspired

If you had jot down your answers on a small sheet of paper then you might have noticed how some persons name appeared more than once on your list. If not, that’s ok too. But having the same person appearing more than once is a good indicator of who is affecting you mostly.

Now, the area you are most affected in will depend on you. If it was easier to answer questions 1 to 5 than a) to e) then you know the negative influences are weighing down more on you.

Our lives are touched by the people we meet, our family and friends or even a total stranger in the street. I always crave the touching, heartwarming moments than I do the disturbing ones. I do not make room for the negative energy.
I do not make myself a magnet for negative and disturbing influences.

Having completed this exercise myself, I did two other exercises you may also want to consider.

Firstly, I rid myself of the disturbing encounters and persons who are magnets for attracting unpleasant encounters. Soon I was happier and I felt more fulfilled. I also had more energy to help and empower those who really wanted to be helped.

Secondly I took five minutes to let those who have touched my life in one way or another know how much they mean to me. Five minutes of gratitude, five minutes of thank you and appreciation, five minutes of, “I love you’.
I was strengthened and they too were strengthened from receiving those wonderful compliments.

If you are being affected by others and you dislike the person you are becoming, then it is time for you to take back the reins. I talk more about this in my upcoming book, “DISCOVERING THE GOLD IN YOU”.

You must remain in control of your life, it is then and only then you will be able to give it to your Creator. Walk well!

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MY BOOK

WHEN I AM...YOU ARE

When I am alone at nights and have no one on whom I can call…
You are the only one I can depend on, when on my knees I fall…
When I am confused, no peace, and no sleep…
You are the only who can restore me, you’re my shepherd, and I’m your sheep…
When I am worried even though it never brings me what I need…
Your word is all I have, you’ve promised to meet my every need…
Whenever I am afraid for the world is such a scary place and sometimes unkind…
Your word reminds me I have power, love and a sound mind…
When I get too comfortable here on earth…
A better home has been prepared for me, this hope of my new birth…
Whenever I place all my hope in this land…
You remind me of your better plan…
When I am alone…
You remind me I’m not my own…
When I am sad…
You are that best friend I’ve always had…
When I am depress…
You are my fortress…
When man fail…
You prevail…
Yes! Lord, I need not fret…
You have never failed me yet…
When I am lonely, you are never far
When I am…You are

You deserve it…No need to be apologetic

You have been in the same job for so many years and you feel as though it is time you move on, but the thoughts of leaving only make you feel guilty….Don’t be apologetic about it, you need to move on. You deserve it.

You have been wishing all your life for a partner who would love you and cherish you, making your life so much more worthwhile. It has started to happen. Now you are so happy and daily you are experiencing joy like you have never experienced before. Don’t fight it, let it happen. You deserve it.

You have wanted to make a change for the better for some time now.
You have been through a lot and cried many times too. God heard your prayers and is now ready to give you your heart’s desire. You are at the brink of a great change, a great time. All the stuffs you’ve detested are removing them selves from you and the type of people you love and admire are coming into your life.
This is your time to live and be free, your time to be happy.
Don’t be apologetic about it. You deserve it.

I watched my eight-month old son scream for stuff he wants, then upon receiving it he instantly become confused and not sure what to do with it. In the same minute he wanted it, he has refused it. As grown ups, we are not much different sometimes, we wish and long for that which when it arrives we are not sure what to do, we become confused, fearful and even resistant. If what you’ve always wanted starts to blossom and bloom, then it is time to sit and enjoy the beauty of it all. Don’t fight it, after all you wanted it. No need to be apologetic. You deserve it. God knew it and that is why he did it.

Is it love at first sight?

I looked at her, saw love in her eyes
So I made a loud sigh
Asked myself why
Then went over and said, “Hi”

She told me her name
Her face questioned my aim
I seemed just too tame
But oh! She was enjoying my game

They say love doesn’t show up at first sight
So I guess this must be ‘like’
Oh my friend can you tell
When you look in another’s eyes

Can you tell they like you
Do you know you like them too
We chat a while
Then we exchanged numbers and parted with a smile

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I Gave You Everything - Quiet Assurance

There’s nothing I can give that I have not already given.

There’s nothing I can do that I have not already done,

So what would it take to ensure you knew I have given you me?

What would it take for you to know I love you?

I gave my life for you

I made plans for you

The things you need I have already provided.

The sicknesses to come, healing has already been done.

I am never too far to feel you

I will never hesitate to meet you where you are

I will always remember a thought so tender…Cast all your cares upon me for I care for you

This is my quiet assurance

"I love you so much," says the Lord

I know the cost of love, it cost me the life of my son

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