The path of Man is never laid out before him. He chooses where to set his feet and the direction his steps shall lead him. Situations, regardless their magnitude, were never meant to subdue Man. If they were, Man would not have been created to subdue the earth, neither would GOD have created him in HIS likeness and image.
It is foolishness to expect an animal to reason like a human being; don’t be surprised though to find human beings who think like animals – Herbert Nyakutsikwa Jr.
Real Talk
Don’t go over your problems, GROW over (beyond) them! That is the only way you will resolve them; only by this can you go through them and be guaranteed you will overcome.
ALMOST (SAVED) By Ezekiel Azonwu
One of the most dangerous terms in English diction
If it could be translated into audio it would sound like
‘Pbb-bb-bb-bb’ from the saxophone of Lisa Simpson;
Two words designed and strategically combined
to form the biggest oxymoron in the history of mankind
ALL-MOST
But see, as far as the world’s concerned, you could live your life vile
and could almost get away with murder if you had a nice smile.
You could almost meet folks just to almost sleep around
and stop at your local clinic while you almost had a child.
See, ‘almost’ is no stranger to Satan. Here’s proof:
he only tells lies when they’re almost the truth
and it’s amazing
In our incompleteness we find complacence
but if almost is one of Lucifer’s many traits
then we are inadvertently good Satan impersonations.
But on the contrary, Christ did his job fully
and he proved he was God when he died on the cross like it was his duty
and to pardon my iniquities that I commited rudely
he resurrected from the grave just to tell death to excuse me.
But excuse me, this is your life and that’s something I can’t impose on
but your body is God’s home which was alone about to get forclosed on
See, an almost Christian looks right but lives wrong
Can’t stand the conviction in Romans so they sit down to be comforted in Psalms
Never understood worship but loved to sing songs like ‘I surrender all. . .’ MOST!
Cuz it’s far to expensive to spend your life on something that doesn’t appeal to your five senses
see, nowadays, Christianity is like a Louis rag–
no function or use but we just rock it cuz it’s stylish
not righteous, but right-ish
So now all God sees is a pile of ISHmaels when he intended for Isaacs!
And we’re moved by how we feel so we’re saved when we feel like it
so technically we’ve never really been saved we merely tried it.
So no wonder why we’re never sold out when we return it after we buy it
Let me break it down because you need to beware
that your life could lack the very standards that need to be there
Cuz on that final day of judgment while God’s receiving his heir
will he say, Son, well done or [spits] medium rare!
Cuz even by worldly standards it would be highly insane
to start spending all of your money days before you almost get paid
like parents, you wouldn’t send your kids to a school that’s almost safe
and ladies, would you really date a man who claims he’s almost straight?
And this is the very thing about God that we all try to get around
but his standards are like between two mountains–no middle ground
so a halfway life is unprofitable to you
cuz after all the Sunday service, Bible studies, and prayer meetings
and everything that goes between, God will say I never knew you
But that’s not even the worst part of living your life as neutral
it’s that you were once arctic but it is your warmness that is causing him to spew you
and this is the very thing that had me
I was bound and held down by the unforgiving gravity of my spiritual reality
I was a Christian, or at least I portrayed the fantasy
With a filthy personal life but a “God bless you brother, how you doin’ sister?” personality
I was a male enveloped by guilt because I was stamped a sinner
My message couldn’t be received because I didn’t represent the sender yet I was almost delivered
Till that one day when I totally, absolutely and completely surrendered
I took heed to a modern prophet who proclaimed it was time for change
now I’m no longer bound to sin point-blank off the chain
You can ask Umar Abdul Mutallab, he’ll tell you the same–
you don’t almost go to jail when you almost blow up a plane
like you don’t almost go to hell when you almost get saved
despised the cross that he was slain and thus the cause in which he came
but don’t worry i’m almost done, but before I leave this stage
we have all worked in sin and death was minimum wage
but if it wasn’t for Christ we would have almost got paid.
Reality
To be defined by anything less than The Creator is to despise your own existence;
The reality of this is found in living your life without His divine assistance.
Many people have died for their beliefs, but the real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe – Christopher Paolini
What Do You Believe?
Knowledge And Its Application
Where I live, we raise chickens. As such, we have chickens of various age groupsJ, yes age groups, ranging from day old chicks to oversized birds that require exertion to lift off the ground! From my experience, I have realized that these birds are very prone to diseases, infections and thus if not taken care of properly they can easily die. What they are most prone to though is cold!
On one particular night, during my vacation, my brother and I were gathering up the chicks to put them inside the house where it’s both safer and warmer, as we do at the end of each day. He noticed one particular chick that was literally at the brink of death. The poor little thing had been drenched in the chicks’ drinking water and was covered in a gore of water, food and GOD knows what else! (Chickens are not particularly known for their cleanliness. I at times view them as pig on two feet, with feathers of courseJ.) Upon seeing it, my brother immediately dismissed the chick as lost (about to die) and so he suggested we leave it behind. I however, decided otherwise. Quickly recollecting a previous but similar event that had occurred quite a while back, in which my dad managed to “release a day old chick from the clutches of death”, with the aid of a small, white cloth in which he wrapped the bird, and a 60 watt light bulb, I made my way without delay to the house where I found my dad sitting by the dining table. I simply told him, “This chick has been exposed to a lot of cold; it is wet and it is about to die.” He took it from my hands, and with a confidence and determination I have seen exhibited by few, without wasting a second he set up a simple yet effective environment for the chick to get warm again.
Time passed, and we constantly checked on the chick to see how it was. At first there seemed to be no improvement, but as time went on it started clucking and soon enough, it was able to stand!!! Before we went to bed that night, we were all amazed at just how healthy this chick was again; it was literally impossible to distinguish it from the other chicks that were there, it was as if nothing had happened. Interestingly, my brother confessed in front of everyone that he thought the chick was already dead and gone, but my dad and I proved otherwise. This ladies and gentlemen, is the power of APPLICATION of knowledge; it saves lives, brings joy and does so much more.
Now consider this, what would have happened had I not made the effort to help the chick or had my dad told me there was no hope for it and had not acted? It most probably would have died. One would argue, “What value is a single chick among 100?” (A farmer might chase you down for asking such a question!) The difference is that if one dies you end up with 99, and that means you end up with less! Human life is by far more valuable, and such a phrase should by no means be employed let alone entertained in the hearts of men. See, your actions, though they may seem insignificant to you, can go a long way in the long run in touching the lives of others; touching the cords of destiny and literally changing a moment in their lives, and possibly their very future.
“There are 24 hours in day. That’s 1,440 minutes which is equivalent to 86,400 seconds. 1 second seems so insignificant considering just how many there are in a day. Without that 1 second, does the day cease being a day? Probably not, but it’s not a COMPLETE one. So it is with us, our contribution in the lives of others may seem to be like that 1 second, but without it, they may never attain completion, and thus complete self discovery. Make your life count.” – Herbert MJ
Hey Ya’ll!!!!
Man, it’s been a while since I last posted anything on this blog! I am so sorry for the silence. I’ve been on my vacation:) It’s been an experience and a half, really enlightening! I have been preparing some material here and there, and as soon as I put the finishing touches, it’s gonna be up here in no time at all!!!
Thanks for all the support. GOD bless!!!
The Now!!!
To be defined by what is past is to give another control of your life; to live is the now, the perfect moment to show the best that you are!!!#HerbertMJ
I AM ME, YOU ARE YOU!!!
Individuality!
A true manifestation of GOD’S creativity.
Consider this for a moment;
From the same dust HE made Humanity,
In this HIS creation, He made each of us uniquely.
And this HE did not do quickly,
For eons after the completion of creation,
HE waited for that moment in time that HE may bring about your manifestation.
Into this day and age HE brought you purposefully,
And that my friend is the beginning of INDIVIDUALITY!
See, in each if us is something out of the ordinary,
That identifies us from the vast majority!
Alas, many people have chosen conformity,
And thus have lost the essence of true self identity.
Because of their supposed “obligation to society”,
The very same they have magnified as their deity,
They have forgotten the existence of the ALMIGHTY!
See ladies and gentlemen, we are all DIFFERENT!
Difference is the similarity
That identifies us as individuals
Brought into the same moment in time
By the different situations that make us all different!
It is that unique way of smiling girl,
Or that thing you do with your hair…yes, haha, that twirl!
It’s that cool yellow band you put on bro,
And that thing you do in which they call only you “the pro”!
Never mind what the next person says,
For what evil is there in you living joyfully the rest of your days,
Doing the things you love the most?
You can be guaranteed you will never be the “ghost”.
See people will only judge that which is different,
Because they are blinded for they choose to be ignorant.
All they perceive is what appears to them as apparent,
And see not that which GOD made inherent.
So unto you who knows that which lies within,
If that light isn’t already shining its time for it to begin
Shedding light on a world overridden with sin,
That too many people have chosen to hide in.
Again, I say this,
Individuality is GOD’S personal stamp of HIS creativity,
A perfect moment in space and time in HIS unimaginable eternity;
Be-You-tiful, in every sense of the word…
