Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
ON WHOSE SIDE?
Alas, the time shall come,
when you will be besought
both sides by faith and flesh,
what would you assess?
Alas, the time will come
when you have to choose
betwixt godly and wordly virtues,
what will you do?
Surely the time will come,
when your yes does not look like yes,
and your no is only a joke,
for what would you be known?
When that time comes,
whose side will you be on?
The Lord Jesus Christ or your enemy the devil,
It’s up to you to choose.
-Emenike Chiwendu
(c) 2013
FOR LOVE’S SAKE
What would you do for love?
Quite a hard question you say. But you know quite well that strange feeling that steered up in you as a young man when asked that awfully big question. Years later you just smile and look at me. A knowing in your eyes say more before the sigh. Tis still a hard question but something changed about the answer didn’t it. Years back a question such as this could spark up a long stream of answers punctuated here and there with the maybe’s and the never’s but time’s past with many a experience gathered and strangely the answer grew shorter. What would you give up to experience true love? What character would you quit just for a chance at the real deal? It may sound bizarre,some may not even accept it but truth is in our very busy jumbled up cacophony of events we call ‘life’ something always stands out if found. It seems to put all events on hold and the world seems to come to a stop. For a moment there you can’t feel your legs and your heart seems eager to beat Usain Bolt’s records. In a split second you feel warmth like never before as LOVE wraps your heart. Once you get a hold you can’t seem to let go! You’ll do anything, change anything to bask in its warm sunshine. When with whom your heart is wound in this cocoon, time loses all urgency, everything could wait a moment longer and a whisper,a smile, a laughter or a sigh would worth more than the crown jewels itself. Ah! You smile cos you know what I speak of or at least the movies have given you a peek into the magic and yes you do know how little if any would be left if love, true love had a price tag on it.
WHAT WOULD GOD DO FOR LOVE’S SAKE
Cos I know we ain’t a bunch of wonder experiments gone wrong or an amazing set of high definition toys I’m sure we were created for something for someone for… You fill it in. See God made us to express a part of Himself that is infact HIS entirety and in fact ours too (for in His image created He them male and female created He them Genesis 1:27). Just like us HE could have anything from anyone at anytime save that one special thing that defines us, LOVE. He sought love in us, we turned our backs on HIM ignorantly but like a love-crazed man HE went on a love-sick mission to get us back though HE knew quite well it was us who needed HIM cos without HIM that void in our soul would never be filled nor satisfied. In HIS search HE found an answer one so daring it had the ability to not only fix us but restore us back to the original state the original love. But daring as it was, this love as many today had a price tag on it. Although it would be the highest that has ever and would ever be required HE was willing for love’s sake and though HE would be risking all, for a chance at love HE would give HIS all (For God so LOVED the world that He GAVE HIS ONLY begotten Son, that whosoever believes in HIM shall not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16). For true love’s sake HE gave HIS all, for you HE gave HIMSELF. Truth is its you who needs HIM yet HE gave anyway. What are you willing to give for love?
VICTORY AT LAST!
Its a new month fellow bloggers, literature lovers and children of God! It has been quite a ride to this very month and looking back, it makes a whole world of sense to thank God for what we see him do and for what we don’t, for the life we lead and the breath He give and most especially for who HE is.
It is true that you may have had it quite rough this year and thanking God doesn’t really make the cut but I’ve got just one word for you; GET UP! Cos you just stepped into your month victory. Might have taken too long but now it has come, its VICTORY AT LAST! The Christ A Poet Team welcomes you to your best month yet. Col 2:14, 1 Cor 15:55-57 1 John 5:4 Isaiah 25:8. Love you but God loves you more.
– Chief Editor
Quote for today
Life is all about setting and achieving goals.
-Ezeonyeka Samuel
Stuff 2 Know
Hey guys, I know this segment has been quiet for a while but here are some refreshing and very interesting facts you ought to know…
This year december has 5 Mondays, 5 Tuesday and 5 Sundays.
This happens once every 823years.
What’s more?
We are the only generation
who have seen …
01/02/03
02/03/04
03/04/05
04/05/06
05/06/07
06/07/08
07/08/09
08/09/10
09/10/11
10/11/12
& lets celebrate
11/12/13 too
Forward it immediately…
You may be the first one to tell…
I IGNORED ALL THE SIGNS
“I never believed that such a sugar-coated tongue could feed me a pack of lies.”
The words kept ringing in my head. “You are nothing, not good enough. You can’t do anything, you are worthless.” These words occupied my subconscious mind. I couldn’t believe it, I had finally broken up with Stanley. A relationship that had gone on for 4 years! Stanley and I met when I was about graduating from secondary school and I thought he would be “the one” ( sigh; childish fantasies). Barely 3 months after we met, we started dating. I was head over heels, the whole ‘butterfly in my tummy’ experience. The relationship went smoothly for about a year and a half then the complaining began. “You don’t do this, you don’t do that, do you want me to go out there and cheat?”, he would threaten. My friends warned me to quit before I got burned but I turned deaf ears.
I should have read the signs, Stanley was a ladies man. He would lie to my face, “they flock around me, I cannot help it”. Ironically, he was the jealous type. He went through my phone regularly and threw tantrums whenever he read friendly text messages from other guys. Things got worse when I began to see other ladies in his house. He would dish out numerous excuses, “she’s my colleague, my friend’s girlfriend, my ex-classmate”. At some point, he even claimed some of them as relations. I was blind or maybe I was just ignorant. I never believed that such a sugar-coated tongue could feed me a pack of lies.
At some point, I thought I was the problem. Maybe I needed to start using more make-up or wearing more fitted dresses, I thought. Poor Me! I was only worrying my pretty little head over a person that didn’t deserve a second of my time. Sadly, I didn’t know this until much later; then it was too late. In my ignorance, I became desperate to save our relationship. Continue reading
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
1. Prayer is not a “spare wheel” that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a “steering wheel” that directs the right path throughout life.
2. Why is a car’s windshield so large & the rear view mirror so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, look ahead and move on.
3. Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes a few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.
4. All things in life are temporary. If they are going well, enjoy them, they will not last forever. If they are going wrong, don’t worry, they can’t last long either.
5. Old friends are gold! New friends are diamond! If you get a diamond, don’t forget the gold! To hold a diamond, you always need a base of gold!
6. Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, God smiles from above and says, “Relax, sweetheart; it’s just a bend, not the end!”
7. When God solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when God doesn’t solve your problems, He has faith in YOUR abilities.
8. A blind person asked God: “Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?” He replied: “Yes, losing your vision!”
9. When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.
10. Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles; it takes away today’s PEACE.
Christ a poet 