A friend once titled a post on her blog ‘yahoo boy, yahoo police’. Therein, she narrated some bizarre experience her siblings had with the police.
Now this is for those who drive along Nigerian roads.
Desire!
I bargained with life for a penny and life would pay no more, however, I begged at evening when I counted my scanty store. For life is a just employer, he gives you what you ask,but once you’ve set the wages, why? you must bear the task. I worked for a menial’s hire, only to learn dismayed, that any wage I had asked of life, life would have willingly paid.
Desire!!!
Go light your world
“There is a candle in every soul
Some brightly burning, some dark and cold
There is a Spirit, who brings fire, ignites the candle
And makes His home
Carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the hopless, confused and torn
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, go light your world
Frustrated brother,
see how he’s tried to light his own candle, some other way
See now your sister, she’s been robbed and lied to,
Still holds her candle, without a flame.
We are a family whose hearts are blazing
So let’s raise our candles & light up the sky
Praying to our Father in the name of Jesus
Make us a beacon in darkest times.”
Sometime ago, i came across this song, ever since, time and time again, i have listened to it and i’m always touched by the lyrics. I’ll upload it as a theme song as soon as I can. I wrote something about it and sent it to my friends, here’s a version of what i wrote:
On and on it goes, but the message is so clear and sharp, no missing it!
You see, our lives need not necessarily revolve our-individual-selves or may be our immediate environment; however, we’ve been admonished to take our candles (lit) and hit the world. The above lyrics tell me something, there’s a candle in every soul but it will only be lit by the Holy Spirit, in other words, it’s Him that gives us the power to reach out to the world around us.
Now, there’s no point running without a flame cos you need to catch the fire first before you can bring illumination. Simply put, you can’t give what you do not have!
It’s not like I’m there yet but …
I don’t know how many people can feel this song, really deep!!
Again, it talks about a frustrated brother trying to light his own candle some other way, a sister with a candle but without a flame, now, these are real issues around us we can see. I’ve listened to this song over and over again these past few days and I couldn’t hold it any longer. I actually got it from a friend who got it from another and I believe passing it around would serve as a reminder for us as to our mission here on earth. There may be a revolution… who knows??
The Inside Scoop
How do you create an identity on the blogsphere?? Maybe a very catchy theme, some ridiculous plot, a rather romantic post… ideas?? creativity is limitless, you know?
Well, we’re not soley about that cos, what we seek to achieve is beyond that! (I’ll let you in on the why behind the ‘we’, hint: i’m not alone)
I once came across a poem – Psalm of Life, permit me share some part of it here:
“Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us,
Footprints on the sands of time
Footprints that perhaps another
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlon and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again”
Did you get that?? … a forlon & shipwrecked brother…
Now, that’s the gist! Perhaps, through my, sorry, our posts, someone out there will find inspiration and encouragement. Now it’s not like i’m some master piece of some sort, at the moment, there’s this overwhelming feeling of I’m not there yet! but the joy of it is that my journey is making me into someone new, someone stronger and someone more beautiful.
May you find inspiration in this online journal as you seek to explore your identity in Christ and discover new ways to fulfil your potential.
