Out of brokenness, He brings forth loveliness;
Out of bitterness, sweetness;
Out of nothingness, something beautiful;
Out of the valley, streams of healing waters;
Out of ignobility, aristocracy;
Out of a sow's ear, a silk purse;
Out of tatteredness, wholesomeness;
Out of chaos, orderliness;
Out of confusion, clarity;
Out of a pile of mess, a message.
Only my Lord and Friend can do that,
For He works all things together for good for everyone who loves Him.
You just turn on your light anywhere you are
And darkness will flee:
For darkness has never comprehended light and never will.
But if the light in you is dim or it is darkness,
How can you shine?
Arise! Get rid of every partial or total darkness in you
By letting the Light of the world shine through you.
For in His light we see light.
His mother gave him five loaves of bread and two fishes, To have as lunch on his day out with Jesus. But the crowd was hungry, hungry, And the disciples were looking for what they might feed them with. Then they found this little boy, who was willing to give his lunchbox. "But what can five loaves of bread and two fishes do, Among a crowd of five thousand men, Excluding women and children?" They asked Jesus.
But instead He directed them to have the people sit down,
In groups on the green grass, Took the little boy's lunchbox and blessed it. Then He gave it to the disciples to share. Everyone in the crowd ate and there were twelve basketfuls of leftovers. All these happened because of five loaves and two fishes which a little boy
happily brought to Jesus.
What do you have that you think is too small to give to the Master?
Never mind, when you give it to Him, He will bless it and increase it, And not only you will be blessed but a whole multitude of others.
Oh that we will stop giving excuses and give that little we have.
Africa is a biiiiiiiig country with many towns:
In those towns, you will find jungles with a lot of wild animals--
Lions, elephants, giraffes, antelopes, monkeys--name it.
There are a lot of humans there too.
Those humans, hmm, they don't go to school,
They can't speak or write pretty Engrish.
Their children are malnourished with bulging stomachs and skeletal bodies;
They feed on less than a dollar a day.
Those people, hmm, they drink dirty water,
They don't have access to clean water.
Those humans, hmm, they live in mud huts with thatch roofs.
Some of them even dwell on trees with monkeys.
Every house in Africa has at least a giraffe,
That ruminant with long neck, as pet.
It is such a sweet pet too,
It sometimes feed from its owners' hands.
In Africa, there are no side walks,
No roads, no bicycles, no cars, no trucks, no airplanes--
Those people, hmm, they go on all their journeys on feet, bare feet.
I am one of the human beings from Africa,
Ebony-skinned with a head full of wild, kinky curls.
This human, hmm, she did not go to school
And cannot speak or write pretty Engrish.
I come from that town in Africa called Nigeria.
I
believe in God--The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.
I
believe Jesus is the Son of God. I
believe He came in the flesh to save the world. I
believe He died on the Cross and rose again on the third day. I
believe His death was to save me from my sinful nature and give me abundant and
everlasting life. I
believe He ascended to heaven after His ressurection. I
believe He is alive forever more. I
believe He will come back some day, To
take everyone--who believes in Him, repents of his/her sins and asks Him to be
his/her Lord and Saviour--home to be with Him forever-- This
is an event we Christians call 'Rapture'.
I
believe in the existence of heaven and hell,
I
know it is not a cock and bull story nor is it a fairy tale. I
believe Jesus is the only way to the Father, the only way to making it to
heaven. I
believe my good works and moral uprightness are not good enough to save me. I
believe the only righteousness God recognises in humans is the righteousness
that faith in the saving grace of the Blood of Jesus bestows. I
believe Jesus lives in me, I know as well because I experience Him whether it
is rainy or sunny, whether it is stormy or calm. My
claims are foolish, I understand, but the 'foolishness' of God has ever proven
wiser than men.
I
am glad I know Him personally and have a working relationship with Him.
I
beseech you to seek Him today and invite Him to save you from yourself, from
eternal damnation.
Are
you confused about this whole Jesus thing?
Pray
sincerely to God, with an open mind, to make things clear to you, If
you seek Him and do not give up, He will reveal Himself to you. For
you will seek Him (God) and find Him, when you seek Him with all your heart. Jesus
loves you and really cares.
