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HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THAT FELLOW

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When you get to know a fellow,

know his joy and know his cares,

When you’ve come to understand the burdens

That he bears,

When you’ve learned the fight he’s making

And the troubles in his way,

Then you’ll find that he’s different than you

Thought you knew him yesterday.

You find his faults are trivial, there’s not so much to blame,

In the fellow that you jeered at when you only knew his name

You are quick to see the blemish in the distant neighbour’s style

And your prejudices fatten and your hates more violent grow,

As you talk about his failures  your hates more violent grow,

As you talk about the failures of the man you do not know

But when drawn a little closer and your hands and shoulders touch

You find the traits you hated really didn’t amount to much

When you get to know a fellow, know his every mood and whim,

You begin to find the texture and the splendid side of him

You begin to understand him, and you cease to scoff and stare

For with understanding, all this prejudices disappear

You begin to find his virtues, and his faults you cease to tell,

For you seldom hate a fellow when you know him very well

When you get to know a fellow, you understand his ways,

Then his fault won’t really matter, for you will find a lot to praise.

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – WHO IS JESUS TO ME

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Who is Jesus to me you ask? Kind of a funny question. Of course I know its serious but what kind of answer would be appropriate, would contain all my heart longs to say. I know it’s ambiguous but first of all I would like to say WOW. Funny right, I get the fact that I can’t simply say in a word or two who Jesus is to me or how much He means to me but is it because I’m at a lack of proper words to use or is it because I don’t really know what to say, maybe I don’t really know who He is. Puzzling…
Okay let me try again. Jesus, this Jesus is the man I’ve read about in the bible, a hero prophesied about, waited for and didn’t show up in the Old Testament. He in the fulfillment of time as the bible says showed up in the New Testament, a marvel indeed. Although kinda weird to the people of that time, He altered the course of the world before, present and even defied the laws science would one day present. His fame spread far and wide and though He led quite a short yet eventful life, His teachings and Spirit, His miracles and lifestyle has left the world a totally different place. He is the same one known to be the SON OF GOD; but wait that’s not who He is to me. Those are just some truths you already may have come to know.
Just as the world is carefully divided into seven continents, nations spread far and wide, thousands of towns and cities with millions of languages similar and the different and amazingly billions of characters, individualities and yes opinions of whom Jesus is.. but you see I can’t speak for all these people whether saved or not see Jesus but I can speak for myself, I can say how I feel, what I think, the truth I’m sure I know and though ambiguous I still think is impendent I figure out, you figure out who this Jesus is to you.
You see Jesus is the voice that spoke to me when I went wrong as a boy. Jesus was the one who consoled me when no one knew deep down I was hurting. Jesus was the one who drew me to His word as a little boy, teaching and tailoring my life into His masterpiece. Jesus was the one who called out to me every Sunday morning relentlessly until my heart answered to a call to love, light and life. Jesus was the one who had me saved and had to watch while I nailed Him time and again to the cross. Jesus was the one who wept in my insides when I opened my eyes to pornography, to lust, till the very reason my soul could find no peace in God. Jesus, this same Jesus is the one who forgave me all my sins in His mercy but had to repeat the process over and over again because I wouldn’t just stand firm in the victory he had won for me. Yet He kept forgiving me even pleaded my cause at the father’s feet. When my heart was lost in darkness and my conscience sealed as if forever, Jesus was the voice that called out to me still, renewing my once lost love, reinstating me, giving me a life testimony no, a love testimony. all my life I’ve known Him to be my healer cos though He does heal my body, the healing He provides my soul as He does so many others is so sure its value remains eternal. He healed my heart so well that I think it’s new. well it has to be cause though I should feel hurt, I feel joy and where resentment should abide in abundance I find acceptance, I find love, I find Him yes I find Jesus there.
This Jesus is the one who taught me to be strong, to be a man, not the kind that had to be proved with every passing minute NO! He taught me to be a man confident and assured, a man who knows that responsibility is his to bear man without fear but with courage on nothing but the living and true God. This same Jesus was the one who taught me to respect the woman even as He does the Church. so I don’t stay away but just close enough to be a friend and as at when due a lover, a companion, a husband.
I’ve said quite much but permit me to say, this Jesus was the one who saw me in my room alone masturbating, hopelessly loosing the joy of my salvation but he didn’t leave in disgust. He stayed there to caution me, close enough to forgive me when I cried out. This same Jesus saw me struggling and He called His servants together, rallied around to raise an army just for my sake, so that I may still see He loves me and would save me at any cost. This same Jesus rejoiced with me when I came to the realization of the fact that of a truth it is not by works but surprisingly by His own mercy cos He lived, He died, He conquered sin for my sake so I would never struggle cos he knew if I did I would fail. He freed me even before I was born and on that dark September night when I realized this, He smiled with me rejoiced with me for I was once lost but now am found.
You see, this Jesus will be the one I would see when it’s all been said and done. He will stand there and speak for me before the father; He would comfort me of all the wounds and scars the world had to offer. He would love me and forever keep me at His side in His love and light.
Now about the question you asked here’s a clue about what I think of Jesus or as you say ‘who He is to me’. Jesus is my love, my saviour, my inspiration, my God. He is the reason I sing, I live. He is the life in me that makes me smile. He is so many things to me and here’s some more, just kidding. But seriously if I were to use a sentence to say who Jesus is to me, I would say He is my love and He lives inside of me.
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Ezeonyeka Godswill

I HAVE A DREAM

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Sitting by my bed at night
I picked my pen to write
To say, to express myself right
This truth that stays inside me tight
You see, I have a dream
What’s new about that? You say…
But what you don’t get yet
Is what I so highly speak of
It’s not the film shows you see
When your eyes are closed in sleep
It is in fact what keeps me awake like today
Boiling in my spirit, vibrating with promise
It is not the past or present
It is the future
The future with so much promise yet untouched
My dreams yet accomplished

Yes, I have a dream
But not the kind anyone would want
I have a dream solid and strong
My expressions running wild along
I have a dream
A dream so big even I wonder at its magnitude
I have a dream and that dream is me
Who I am and someday will be
I have a dream to fulfil
And though my eyes see nothing
I see it shining in the distance
My dream in full manifestation

Now you wonder
What do I dream? You wonder
What’s so different about my dream? You ponder
Here’s is a clue brother
I want success. Yes…
But not the kind given by G.P and fruitless hard work, NO
I want success embedded in fulfilment, not purpose
I want money not by ill-gotten means
But by God who is really to bless with ***** attached in

Of where I want joy and peace
But I will not seek it I the arm of women with lying tongues
Or in green bottles and their contents, NO
I will follow Rom 14:17 principle
I will seek true love in family, worthy friendship
In God, its very source
I want an assured future, but not in the certificate
Or in the unstoppable promise of man and what he can do
But my future remains safe in God’s hands

I have a dream
A dream so big it consumes me
Will it come to pass? I think
Shouldn’t I just follow the crowd?
Do what they do, be whom they want me to be
After all in the confession of many, the truth is upheld
Everybody can’t be wrong
Why must I be different, old-fashioned as they say
But then I will recall
The extra mile is a lonely road
The top is quite less populated than the bottom
If I would achieve this dream so big
I might have to learn to run alone
Cos I found out quite early enough
The road to destruction is wide and popular
But the road to life is wide and narrow
Narrow enough to let the few who would dare
Who would dare to be different
Who wouldn’t trade their dreams in an instant
Just like Joseph… what a man

I have a dream
That someday at sometime
I would stand before my saviour
And he would confirm from the books
The book of life to see if of a truth
I did accept him through and through
If I acknowledge the absolute truth
That God came in the form of man to die
Just for me, just for my sake

I have a dream
That he would see my name there
Written in golden print
And the wonder I would meet.
When he would say to me “welcome”

I have a dream, I have a dream
I have a dream which outside God is nothing
I have a dream though ahead of time is within me
I have a dream
That this dream you dream
Will one day see the light of day
If we could all hold on to Jesus
The author and finisher of our faith
Of our Dreams

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Ezeonyeka Godswill

LOVE ON A TREE

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Was walking down the path all alone
Dejected rejected my hopes lost and gone
Path after path I took left me disappointed
The joy I sought after, the peace I longed for
Was all but a mirage that shone before me glitter glitter
I would turn on yet another path
Hurriedly approach my supposed answer, the end of my search
And one more time I would meet my deranged self
Staring down at nothing but dust and dry leaves an empty package
I couldn’t like this I was done.

I trudged on and on cos even If I couldn’t what I sort for
I could at least reach my end whatever way It was
And just when I thought the end was near
I was at a crossroad, yet another decision maker
To a side, a familiar scene
Just at the near end was a bright package
It shown In all Its glory very beautiful very promising all for me
Probably containing all my heart so longed for
But my lesson was already learnt
I couldn’t handle anymore disappointment not anymore
And although the other path showed no promise
It was way better than one more heartbreak If fruitless
As I turned my heart stayed on
Everything in me would love to just try and see
Nevertheless I turned aside
And even though my legs wouldn’t move I pushed on
With a broken heart, a wounded soul and dry bones
I took a new path with no hope none at all

As I walked along up the path I chose
I couldn’t understand why it seemed so difficult
I now totally regretted my choice of path
I so longed for the easy though disappointing path
And just when I would turn back
Something caught my attention something different
Twas a tree, just a tree? You may ask
But this tree was different and it carried something special

I took a step closer, closer an yet as step closer
I took a look closer and there right there
Love hung on a tree
I couldn’t believe it
The tree wasn’t decorated neither the path silver plated
Nothing gave a clue infact none would have guessed
That right here In the midst of hopelessness nothingness
Love, love hung on a tree
Love died to set me free
And though I never knew such a sacrifice was made just for me
It was there all the time
I now acknowledged my mistakes and believed on the mystery that
When nothing would do
Love lifted me

There must be a mistake I assured myself
Or had I taken the easy going path
Cos love the best life had to offer
Could not have hung on a tree on a path so dejected
But then I took just another closer look down the path
Right at the far end a light shone
A light like I had never seen before
Wasn’t a mirage but an actual light
And the light had a life, it had a voice
It called out to me
It beckoned me
It reached out to me
It said ‘son come home’

There that was what I’ve been looking for
Hope, joy, peace and it all began with love, love on a tree
And though it wasn’t a race against anyone
I ran for all I was worth
The path that seemed difficult and tense
Lay like plains so easy before me
When I fainted, I soared with wings like eagles
And as I ran I met so many people running like me
Even made friends with faith grace and mercy
Now as I continually run with vigor
Paths appear before me but change my course I won’t
I now have one hope one home
And that’s at the end of this path
Where my father awaits me with open arms
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Ezeonyeka Godswill

A KNOCK THAT CHANGED MY STORY

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In the midst of my commotions

My troubles and confusions

I heard on my door a profound knock

Sure, it startled me but it was a knock

Could it be for me I asked myself quietly?

And it came again, a knock

From the sound I could tell

The knocker was in a hurry

Yet seemingly gentle and soft

Could this be the answer to all my questions?

A solution to all my problems I asked myself again

Well I could open the door and see for myself

But what if it were a thief

What if it was only an illusion?

What if he/she hadn’t all the answers I wanted

What if What if What if

In the midst of all these mind bothering questions,

 I heard the knock again

This time more persistent more earnest

This knocker wasn’t giving up any time soon

Here I stood at one side of the door

Not knowing what was behind the door

But what did I stand to lose if I took a peep just to be sure

Nothing could be worse than this mess I was already in

So I took a step closer and then another and another

Now in front of the door

The key in the lock turned and my hand on the handle

And I remembered I could just go back

And continue wallowing in my sorrow and pain

Than run the risk of more sorrow and pain

But the knocker wouldn’t just stop

So with high expectations and a little courage

I opened the door slowly,

 Uncertainty raging in me like never before

And there he was, a man

Standing at the door, shining like the sun

A setoff the most welcoming arms and a very charming smile

I was stunned overcame dumbfounded

This was better than all my imaginations my expectations

But there was a problem, should I let him?

Sure he looked good but how sure was I

That he truly had all the answers and solutions I needed

Secondly, my house was in a serious mess

And he didn’t look dirty in any way

Thirdly, while He spoke,

He told me of the pain and suffering He went through for me

How sure was I that the same would not be my fate?

I felt like banging the door in His face

But something told me that would be the wrong decision

And moreover He would continue knocking

So I let Him in and it all began

He first asked if I wanted my mess gone

And as funny as it sounds I said yes

Whoosh! It was all gone, gone, gone forever

I couldn’t believe my eyes

His was better than I thought

I ran to him and asked him to fix me

And he said he would if I would listen to him

And let him own my every property

Although that was quite a difficult decision

This guy surely had what I needed

So I was ready to trade in anything

For the joy, peace, wealth and health he had to offer

After the trade, he began to make some changes

They hurt so much I wanted him out immediately

But after every trying period something got better with me

It was like he was teaching me to be better

Instead of using is magic to make me better

So I hanged on

Sooner than later, I began to enjoy his lessons and teachings

I found it difficult to concentrate on anything than him

And even when he punished me in my wrongdoing

I could only see the pure unending love radiating from his face

I could only hear his soothing voice assuring me all the way

Every day I got more reason to know

That I made the right choice to open the door of my heart to let Jesus in.

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