Author: macaulaypriscilla

PAUSE… THINK… CONNECT!!!

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It takes great sensitivity and discretion to discern and understand everything that goes on in our life. And for a world of this kind that we live in, situations come up every now and then. Some come to fulfill what has already been said; to correct wrongs already done; to avert intending danger or even create more danger; to teach and make us better persons. But always realize that no situation is above you. Rising above them is what seems almost impossible for us.

However, understanding  the situation at hand for more discrete decisions to be taken requires great patience and sensitivity. Sometimes, mistakes are often made thus lounging one into worse state than one already is which further leads to shame, feelings of inadequacy, regrets and even more pain and confusion. So, pause and then think.

As Christians we should always understand that nothing happens outside the knowledge of God and that he permits something to happen, is not without reasons – that makes Him supreme. His reasons are sure without doubts and ultimate. So, being spiritually connected keeps you at peace first with God, yourself and the situation at hand. This connection helps us to know what to do and how to about what to do. The end results always bring joy. So, it takes spiritual connectivity to be sensitive and obedience.

Pause to understand the situation at hand; Think to know the lessons to learn from them; Connect to know exactly what to do and how to do what to do. There is no need rushing into rash and hasty conclusions. Learn to be rational, yet, yielding both to issues and God most importantly.

Matt 1:19-21; Joseph, her fiance, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, ” do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

THE CROWN

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I do not want to live my life like it doesn’t matter

Swimming round the circles claiming to be an oracle

Drifting slowly away from the way that makes all ways

I do not want to live my life like the world is all about me

Degrading the personality of others and rinsing their worth in the mud

Relegating their importance to the dust of ashes

I do not want to live my life like the all knowing Continue reading →

I JUST IMAGINED !!!

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I just imagined God in His fury of jealousy

Burning with passionate anger for His straying and almost lost bride

 – Or should i say Lost already?

Eyes blood red

Not at the one whom she had left Him for, but for the bride’s loose sense of choice

Her unfaithfulness knows no bound and operates without mercy

I just imagined God’s broken heart

As pieces of gold scattered on the ground

With liquid of intense love gushing out as blood

His feelings of betrayal pacing to and fro seeking reasons why,

Still wishing – If only she could return

Compassion and longings of receiving her back

Washed with total forgiveness and her unfaithfulness to be remembered no more.

I just imagined the angels leaving the heavens

In search of God’s run away bride

By the marks that is inscribed on His once owned temple

But sadly enough, their search seemed futile because the once beautiful bride

That shone in irresistible splendor and glory of her Lord and master

Is now covered in rags of mud – stinkingly awful ,isn’t it?

No trace of her master’s ownership of any kind

I just imagined that the gates and windows of heavens are left wide open

In hope of the Master’s brides’ return

Her name engraved on the streets coated and made of gold

Songs of praise now turned to composed songs that beckons on Her Majesty

I just imagined how much pain must have pierced His majesty

HMMMM !!! Such out pour of Love

In her unworthy state i imagined Him crying out:

“I CAN MAKE YOU WORTHY OF ME AGAIN JUST RETURN AS YOU ARE

THAT MY HEART MIGHT KNOW PEACE ONCE AGAIN”

” . . . I am the Lord who demonstrates unfailing love . . .” Jer 9:24 (NLT)

THE WORD

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Quietly and consciously flipping

My eyes and whole thoughts fixed

All fixing their gaze at the pages of the holy book

Reading and drawing out words

… Some  words actually

Corrections, instructions, promises, rebukes …

Most of which sometimes bruised my over blotted ego and stubbornness

Some that sometimes put smiles on my face, some give me hope that something is actually on the way even when all seems blurred

Yet some other of these words make me scared – Stories that records the destruction of many

But something beckons on my attention each time I’m faced with some of this scary stories – Mercy and Love

God always amazes me

A perfect practitioner of Spare the rod and spoil the child, open rebuke being better than secret corrections and the likes in other scriptures.

It still doesn’t stop me from wondering –

What exactly is the word meant for?

Who specifically is it written for?

What situation is it applicable to and not to?

Still searching deep and asking questions

And I came to an understanding:”The word is multidimensional. A masterpiece of peace. Seen as only a book composed of history and mere words,but it builds, gives life, encourages, gives hope, straightens crooked paths and so much more that one can’t tell it all. It is an Anchor, Pillar, and Manual for every life in existence today. It speaks to all and many  – Old and young, poor and rich, man,woman, children, e.t.c.
It speaks to all situations – sadness, oppression,and what have you. It is a completion of man’s life. It makes a whole difference  in a man’s life. It distinguishes the wise from the foolish.”

Sometimes, its difficult to believe in the word and obey, but faith makes the difference.

Following the word is likened unto reading of map to get to a designated destination.

Hold on to that book and you’ll hold on to a secured life. All in Jesus.

Need I remind you also that that word is Jesus represented in a book. Let Him be your GUIDE.

ANGER

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Slowly creeping in

To sit upon the throne of your heart

To be highly exalted above all things else

Gently soothing the nerves of your conscience

Creating holes that seems almost impossible to fill

With my pointed arrow, I pierce hard

Into the fibre of your mind

Leaving no place for forgiveness to reside.

You may begin to wonder,

Wonder why everything that is right is right

Yet you sit on the fence of your defence

Beating your chest in agreement that your heart is at rest,

Little do you know that,

Like a terminal disease

I have taken over your whole system

Owning your own very being.

Here i come not alone,

But with my relatives and whole kindred

From anger, it turns into rage,

Rage if not controlled invites malice,

Malice decides not to be alone

Thus causing hatred to sprout out in conquest of your soul,

Laughing and scoffing at your faith

Treating you like one with no root nor base

Yet you rejoice in your own folly

Folly of self- righteousness

Pampering your actions

Like a babe basking in the euphoria of mothers warmth,

Making them not to count.

Watch out for me because,

Like a bandit in the night will i come upon you

As a snare i lie in wait for you,

To destroy the very reason for your course here on earth

I will label you a murderer

Because that is exactly what you have become.

With me exalted in you life,

Righteousness is far from you,

Because you keep fanning the flames of my existence,

What out for my sting

My inflicted pains knows no end

My misery is extreme

Except you give me no chance to rule

Nor pay me no attention.

End note: James 1:20; For man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. (NIV).

GOD’S MERCIES

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She has always been

When my life is nothing left but feign

I think of all that remains

I realized that nothing is retained

Searched for a better life

Even though my throat is stashed by the knife

I know that victory is achieved in her

Perhaps!,

I may not have understood before now

But the light has opened my eyes to see now

That no better life can be lived outside her

She that surpasses all things

She that sustains beyond understanding

She is God’s Mercies

END NOTE: Thank you Jesus for all your mercies shown to me
Even though am undeserving of it, you still find me
Worthy to be blessed and beautified by your mercies
I love you Jesus

– Macaulay Priscilla

I MADE IT!

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Locked out of the bright side of life
Shut in the deepest part of thick darkness
Trapped behind the walls of frustration
Unyielding achievements filled with misery and no hope
Walking through the deepest part of the deep
The deep dark rumble
Searching for direction
Directions that plunged me more into doom
I seek that I may not stumble
Yet the farther I go,
The more I grope in the dark without aid
And I ask me
Will I ever make it through?

Lost in my own world of unending ends
My fear kept tripling without gauge
All I felt around me
Was doom being spelt with my name
The only thought that filled my heart
Was the string of death
And again I ask me
Are all these my wage?
Wage for a sin long committed?
Or could it be that my life was made to be this way?
I kept asking me
But no response was forthcoming.
Most of all times
The growl and howl
Of fearful beast and creatures
Seems to take my breath away
Even before death could erase me
I still couldn’t hold a grip on myself
Because gross darkness
Was fallen upon me.
My heart was persistent still
As I kept searching for solution
I kept asking me
Hoping that someday, I will be saved

Hopelessness laid its weight on me
Burden couldn’t even let me
Let me run for safety
My heart was empty and dry
Seeking for the perfect filling soothing enough to grant me peace
Alas!
I beheld a shining light full at the end of the turbulence tunnel
A mighty hand and a soothing voice
Beckoning me to come over
Against time, I said to me
If only I could reach that light
If only I could get a hold of that hand
Then I know I am saved and free
As in, free indeed
All of a sudden
as bones received strength and shook
As of a mighty rushing wind
In a mystery I could never explain
Looking up with much fouls and distraction kept at bay
Paying less attention to my troubles and pains
Saying to me again
I know I can make it
Moving to my place of rest and relief
And in a twinkling of an eye
I was made whole without a hole
Holding close to the embrace of my saviour
And with a deep sigh of cheer and victory
Just because He made it through to me
I said finally to me again
I MADE IT!!

JESUS IS OUR ONLY REDEEMER…..HOLD ON TO HIM NO MATTER WHAT.

-Macaulay Priscilla

nEVER aBOUT me!

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If I could trade all
Just to raid off,
Then, I know
It’s never about me.
Give up most pleasures
Just to build up my treasures
Then I know,
It’s never about me.
Toil all night
To win all fights.
Then, it’s never about me.

Staining all the ego’s of life
Just to avoid the pains of the knife,
Then, I trust and know
It is never about me.
Sweating out day and night,
To make life pay and right,
Then, it’s never about me.

Watching the face around the fence,
Hoping that life will bring them defence,
Then, I know
It’s never about me
Watching smiles mixed with fears
Then, I know that the ends seems near
I just realized that hopes are raised high
As voices cry out miles.
Then, I said to myself,
It never could have been all about me.

Destinies wake up!
To responsibilities look up
For great men to fire on
Bringing answers to so many questions
Solutions to mud problems.
Laughter to frowning faces
Comfort to troubled souls
Hope to failing hearts
Sparks of joy to crying ears
And above all, salvation to lost souls
Then, we know, it was never about us.

Just like Jesus taught
In His pains He still fought
Living up to the story
Just to gain the glory
That we all might be free at last
Only because He understood the fact
That, it was never and would never
Be about Him!
ACT LIKE JESUS !!!

by
Macaulay Priscilla