These four letter-word would help you cope : Hope
– Christ A Poet
#hope
Dear Future Husband! 3
January 2, 2017.
Dear Future Husband,
The last time I wrote you, I really didn’t want to keep you so ‘penstruck’ for too long, so I decided to write you something short then. I really want to make that particular letter complete, like right now. Uhm, I really wanted you to know just how much of ‘me’ that I owe to you, somehow.
I want you to know that whenever you look at me, or think of me, and say to yourself that I am beautiful, then you need to really take out a little moment of that time to appreciate yourself because, I am simply ‘the beautiful’ that you made.
Listen, Father refines me daily because of you. I let Father prune the garden of me because I know that you are there to eat of my fruit. The truth is that, I really do not need any man to survive but I know that I really cannot thrive as ‘me’ if you hadn’t been created and born. Oh, thank God, Father didn’t miss out on any details of His Genesis creation plan!
So, if you ever think I am beautiful, please then remember your birthdays, and take them very seriously! And if you ever think that you want to celebrate ‘the beautiful’ in me, then maybe you should start thinking of celebrating your birthdays!
For it was on the day that you were born that ‘the beautiful’ of me took form. Every single breath that you’ve taken on earth, every single mistake that you ever made in life, and every single trophy that you have ever won, has thus far made the ‘the beautiful’ of ‘me’, hidden right in you.
God had always known you from the beginning of the world, He formed your heart before the world began, and He knew your beautiful end in Him, even before you learned your own name. The totality of who you are, and all that you’d ever be, forms and refines me every day.
So, if you really think that you appreciate me now, then you just take out some time to be happy about ‘YOU’!
When you find me, take me, and publicly make me yours, then I would be the most beautiful woman that there ever would be, because already, the fragrance of you from afar, and every tiny bits and pieces of you has thus far, made me ‘the beautiful’ that the world can now see!
If you think you love me, love yourself even more because all the loving thing in me, took form in you!
In fact, never for one day, forget that I am the mirror reflection of the Glory of the only True God that you are so wrapped in, oh my Lord!
The LORD has created and made you Royalty, and when you hand-picked me by the outstretching of our holy scepter, I was crowned a queen of the very same order as Esther! And like Esther, I bask and thrive on the fear of the very air of your presence, oh Royalty, so divine!
I love to find my dwelling place in your shadow, your own very shadow is the safest haven on earth for me. You know, I am so secure in my heart for you just like Esther because I was made, ‘the Right One’, who the way to your heart knows, much more than Esther by the eunuch, knew the King Xerxes.
So, I prefer to stand back and watch to my thrill, all the fair ladies them, take their turns to show off their wares before you, my King! For I know that I was created and born your queen before the world took its shape, and not a woman displaying some goods. And of course, you know that all queens come last in the grandeur of the most euphoric procession. I could never fight to have you because I was made so that you’d have me.
Therefore, do not try so hard my King, to win me just as I am so secure in your Love for me!
Your own very,
Woman.
P.S. Please do visit this place very often because my ‘pen is always bleeding in a worshiping love’ for YOU!
EverydayJesus’ the Two!
If I were Dante
in the third sheet I’d say,
“leave every hope, o ye that enter”.
For One is Lucia
And the Other Lucifer
The Other brings dawn
Keeps us fawning for corruption
Glued us to hedonism
And kissing of things we should have despised
But One like a cork opener
Allows us to enjoy fresh air
And life without end.
One is a teacher
Penance the castle he lived in
the other on pride abides
A war Lord who defeats
Men too careless.
One is mercy and pity
The Other brutality
One is genuine
and the other falsehood
Ravaging the neighborhood of dust with lies
Arts, and daubing of life
Instead of face.
One builds with stones; precious and durable
the other found his work on hay
Creating too many ways
Yet One offers one way.
One upholds the ancient landmark
To touch not from the heart
But the Other resizes the landmark
Covering it with a blanket of
Heart bigger than acts
The things we can’t really be in light
And the things that war in us
As his premise.
The Other seemingly quiet
Waiting for the sun to rise in Venus
To make the mounds of Venus receptive
Of the seeds our hearts had sown
Against the warnings of One
To protect our light
And abide not in Venus.
Yet One still call us to
Take hold of every hope,
As we enter the fight against the shadow
With armor built by One.
By Simeon Chidi, 2017
#rhematown iss. 110
KAREN KINGSBURY – A Biography
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Karen Kingsbury is an American Christian novelist. She was a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times and later wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News. Her first book,”Missy’s Murder (1991)”, was based on a murder story that she covered in Los Angeles. During this time, she had an article published in “People Magazine”
She has written more than 50 novels, with five co-written, and has nearly 13 million copies of her novels in print. She is the #1 New York Times and USA today best selling novelist with the last dozen books published topping bestseller lists.
She is really good like that!
Some of her novels are being developed into movies by hallmark Films including The Bridge and A Time to Dance which aired in 2015. The 23 book Baxter family novel series is being adapted to a television series. Lightworks Media and Roma Downey have the rights to develop the series.
Kingsbury also does public speaking and through national events she reaches more than 100,000 each year not to mention, Karen Kingsbury co-wrote her first song, “Walls” with Gary Baker and Richie McDonald; it appeared on McDonald’s inspirational album, I Turn to You and hit Christian and Country radio in January 2009. She wrote the song, “Tell Me to Breathe”, that will go on to be included on the upcoming album from Marie Osmond . She also wrote “Miracles Happen”, a Christmas song sung by Richie McDonald which now appears on McDonald’s CD, “If every day could be Christmas”.
She is multi-talented like that!
PERSONAL/FAMILY LIFE
Karen Kingsbury was born in June 8, 1963 in Fairfax Virginia as the oldest of 5 children. Her family moved around a lot because of her fathers job with IBM. She graduated with a degree in journalism from Cal State University Nothridge in 1986. After she graduated she worked for the Los Angeles Times as a sports writer.
New York Times Bestselling Author Karen Kingsbury poses for portraits in the Hancock Welcome Center on February 24, 2015. (Photo by Ty Hester)
She married her husband on July 23, 1989. They found out they were expecting their first child, Kelsey, on their sixth month anniversary. Their third child, Austin, had a severe heart defect and had heart surgery at three weeks old. They adopted three sons from Haiti which are Sean, Josh and EJ.
Kelsey, her daughter, is an actress and is married to Kyle Kupecky a Christian recording artist and they have a son. Tyler, her second oldest child is becoming a screenwriter and Sean, Austin and EJ are students at Liberty University, while Austin is in high school.
Karen Kingsbury’s father died due to complications from diabetes. She chose to start eating healthier and to cut out sugar and as a result lost 70 pounds between January and November in 2007.
Amazing right!
HER WRITING ACHIEVEMENTS
She has authored an impressive number of novels which include
Standalone novels
(1) Between Sundays
(2) The Bridge – this was made into a television movie in 2015 shown on The Hallmark Channel
(3) The Chance
(4) Coming Home
(5) Divine
(6) Fifteen Minutes
(7) Like Dandelion Dust
(8) Oceans Apart
(9) On Every Side
(10) Shades of Blue
(11) This Side of Heaven (w/ friends from Cody Gunner series)
(12) Unlocked
(13) Where Yesterday Lives
(14) When Joy Came to Stay
(15) Angels Walking series
(16) Angels Walking
(17) Chasing Sunsets
(18) A Brush of Wings
(19) Heart of the Story collection
(20) The Family of Jesus
(21) The Friends of Jesus
9/11 Series
(22) One Tuesday Morning
(23) Beyond Tuesday Morning
(24) Remember Tuesday Morning – former title Every Now
The Lost Love series
(25) Even Now
(26) Ever After
(27) Red Gloves series
(28) Gideon’s Gift
(29) Maggie’s Miracle
(30) Sarah’s Song
(31) Hannah’s Hope
Forever Faithful series
(32) Waiting for Morning
(33) A Moment of Weakness
(34) Halfway to Forever
(35) Timeless Love series
(36) A Time to Dance – made into a television movie in May 2016 and shown on The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel
(37) A Time to Embrace
Cody Gunner series
(38) A Thousand Tomorrows
(39) Just Beyond the Clouds
Redemption series – BAXTER ONE
(40) Redemption
(41) Remember
(42) Return
(43) Rejoice
(44) Reunion
Firstborn series – BAXTER TWO
(45) Fame
(46) Forgiven
(47) Found
(48) Family
(49) Forever
Sunrise series – BAXTER THREE
(50) Sunrise
(51)Summer
(52)Someday
(53) Sunset
Above the Line series – BAXTER FOUR
(54) Take One
(55) Take Two
(56) Take Three
(57) Take Four
Bailey Flanigan series – BAXTER FIVE
(58) Leaving
(59) Learning
(60) Longing
(61) Loving
(62) Children’s books
(63) Always Daddy’s Princess
(64) The Brave Young Knight
(65) Far Fluttery
(66) Go Ahead and Dream
(67) Let Me Hold You Longer
(68) Let’s Go On a Mommy Date
(69) Let’s Have a Daddy Day
(70) The Princess and the Three Knights
(71) We Believe In Christmas
(72) Whatever You Grow Up To Be
Gift books
(73) Forever Young
(74) Be Safe Little Boy
(75) Stay Close Little Girl
(76) Forever My Little Boy
(77) Forever My Little Girl
(78) True crime
(79) Missy’s Murder
(80) The Snake and the Spider
(81) Deadly Pretender: The Double Life of David Miller
(82) Final Vows
E-shorts
(83) The Beginning – prequel to THE BRIDGE
(84) Elizabeth Baxter’s 10 Secrets to a Happy Marriage
(85) I Can Only Imagine
Treasury of Miracles Books
(86) A Treasury of Christmas Miracles
(87) A Treasury of Miracles for Women
(88) A Treasury of Miracles for Teens
(89) A Treasury of Miracles for Friends
(90) A Treasury of Adoption Miracles Devotional
She has also featured in some movies such as:
(1) Like Dandelion Dust (2009)
(2) Gideon’s Gift (September 2015)
(3) The Bridge (December 2015)
(4) A Time to Dance (May 2016)
SOME LESSONS FROM KAREN KINGSBURY
(1) She has the passion to inspire people(of different ages)through her books, movies, songs and speeches; which we should also show forth in our dalily life ( and bring sustained sparks in people’s lives.
(2) She has a helping and faithful heart as shown by the help she rendered by adopting the three Haitian children and by having faith in God concerning her own biological son that came down with a heart disease at the early stages of his life.
(3) She shows excellence and creativity in all her works, which should also be part of our lives especially in whatever field we may be relevant in.
Other lessons are embedded in this biography, so let me not say it all.
Search it out by yourself!
She lives with her family in Tennessee, United States Of America.
References:
(1) New release today
(2) Simon and Schuster
(3) Wikipedia
-The Christ A Poet Team Biographies Team
QUICK QUOTEs
Only a man living in grace dies in hope.
– Christ A Poet
#hope
EVERYDAYJESUS’ Worded Gift!
Each Word a Gift!
‘In a fast paced world…’, a popular advert would say. With my fast paced mouth I’d rather say, I could have a pretty hard time keeping up with my ‘Word Processing Center’! Sometime last October, I learned more than a handful from one of my precious moments of solitude, I’d tell you about it. I have this major favorite guy, it’s supposed to be a secret but please don’t get this twisted. Alright? Thanks! One day before I hibernated in myself, aka solitude, I gave him this cool compliment over the phone, I am so not telling no one what I said to him. And you mustn’t get this twisted too. It could be an everyday compliment, okay? Needless to say, the compliment was a lil bit flirtatious, I must confess! That wasn’t the plan I swear, but the compliment leaked anyways! Nevertheless, he didn’t let a drop of the compliment to sink into his heart; he is one of those rare species- trust me! So, how did I know that he didn’t accept the compliment then? Well, Favouromeje has a knack for picking up every kind of vibes, even the ones sent wordlessly and wirelessly through a phone- trust me! This guy’s cold shoulder treatment towards my ‘innocent flirty’ compliment gave me some cuds to chew, and I learned a bundle of truth by the time I was done ruminating!
Ephesians 4: 29:
“Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth; say only what helps, each word a gift” (MSG)
“Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God’s favor) to those who hear it” (AMP).
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” (NIV)
“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear” (ESV).
“You must not let such a word that depletes the spiritual state, and gives the mind more renewal assignment to do, to come out your mouth, but only that which is a needful and wholesome diet, nourishing to the soul; no junks added, and is able to improve, renew, better the mind, bring about Spirit ascendancy over human mind, and of course is able to impact God’s unmerited favor on any one who is fortunate to hear you speak to them” (Favouromeje).
So while my mouth is blabbing, I must be sure that it is blabbing at the right time, giving good spiritual nourishment, no mind corrupting junks, no soul barricading cholesterol, making people better, and having basically the Grace and Gospel of God as an underlying major theme.
I wonder how I can prepare such a Word Diet in this fast paced world, with my really fast paced mouth!
Well, I am doing that now (winks)!
By Favouromeje
#rhematown iss. 109
