WANDERING HEART

My heart is not the purest

I want to be the farthest

AMy flesh fights for interrupting its feed

Even though that's what my spirit needs.

I am the wiser

By drawing closer

To the Purifier

Of my often wander.

I may not identify

But constantly You clarify

Protecting your promise

To take me high.

My feet will always splatter

Throwing a spanner in my own works

But yet, You will forever

Bring me back to Bosom

Shielding like only I matter.

SHADOW OF LACK

Some days the events of my day contradicts your word,

And i begin to consent to the down-flow,

Then your word in me finds an outlet 

First in trickles,

Then like an untamed tide

You deliver reminders of who you are

And what you have accomplished for me

Sometimes it's just a word

Other times a phrase

Or a scripture

Pointing me to the Word that supersedes 

Every let down

Every lack

Every weakness

Every false start

Every contradiction

Then I profusely thank You

For leading me besides still waters

For feeding me through a raven at the brook

For letting me share bread and fish with 4999

For challenging everyone who wanted to stone me for adultery

For braving the cross

Your Word requires no validation

Even though our experiences are proofs

You are a stand-alone

All encompassing

Author and perfecter

And the in-between

So when i speak Your word

I am reminded

I am energized 

I am updated

I am 

As He is.

HITHER

I sense a call to a higher place

To come up hither 

A place of more

An unveiling of riches

A growth beyond my years

An attainment that few have dared

Teach me

Show me how

Quieten my spirit

That i can pick the faintest of scents

Bind my wandering heart

It is a defining moment

A divider of ranks

A separation from the mediocre

A season of quantum leaps

It is time for the supernatural

To do away with undulations

And perpetually soar

To heights designed for me

To the me i am meant to be

Author and Perfecter

All knowing

The Lion and the Lamb

My King

The I am that I am

My Creator

Help me.

 

MY WORDS ARE STILL FOR YOU

A review of our banters gone by

The effect of our exchange

The trickle of our frolic

And my heart rends

Then it quickly mends

Born of the urgency of a rebirth.

Selfish,i have been

Keeping our talks to myself

Forgetting that mine was a prayer of echoes

The ripple effect in my yearn

Forgive my lack of a-bigger-picture syndrome

My words are still for You

Forever my pen bleeds Jesus

Deeper will i dive

Coming up only to praise

I will tell of the many facets of You

And brag of the quality of Your genuineness 

I commit to share

Out of the abundance You have sowed

Holding back none

Spreading Your every word

Until hearts start melting

Legs come running

And men yielding in abandon

My words are still for You

My pen bleeds for only You

I am consecrated.

CHOOSE WHITE

Lots of gray in the world today

The standard has moved from God to self

Quickly they bend

Just because it's soothe

Then they rally a headless bunch

To help them affirm

They forget who the Author is

Refusing to look at the mirror

Knowing what will stare

You can mask the truth

Eventually it will rare

We are a ship with a rudder

But not for us to steer

He said, ' let there be'

And there was you

Acting like you came out of thin air

But the end is there to tell 

So for a moment ponder

Step out of self

Look at the bigger picture

And make amends

For soon the clock will lose it's relevance

And you will be standing bare

Either or

Eternity will pick you whence.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

It’s the morning of your day again,

Celebrations in every cranny of the world,

Felicitations, food and fun,

All on your account,

Wonder if anyone has personally wished you ‘a happy birthday’

Gifts are under the tree,

But none of them is addressed to you,

Nobody has asked what it is you want on your day,

If you want it ‘hush’ this year,

Or just want to hang with the motherless babies,

A grand service with age old routine might get you yawning,

So I say,

I’m mighty grateful you were born,

I love that you came in through the humblest of families,

That your place of birth was a lowly manger,

Your arrival is the genesis of my salvation,

I might not have gifts of myrrh and frankincense for you,

But today a redeemed heart which you made happen,

Is here praising you,

Adoring you,

Thanking you,

Worshiping you,

Saying blessed is the day you were born.

Happy birthday, Jesus.

I don’t need to wish You long life and prosperity,

Cos I know that your years are eternal and all things are Yours.

                                                                                                     

JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU

My love for You is unconditional

I have learnt to separate things

My needs, my yearnings are glaring

But my yearn for You is key

It is not fleeting

Neither is it tied to anything

I understand that i am the Kings kid

So for sure the spoils of the palace are mine

That apart

My heart leaps at the voice of Your word

To know You  is my life's conquest

To be close to You

To lean on You and drink deeply from You

I search Your living word on a daily

Seeking to meet with You

Seeking to find me

I know that a life outside You is fickle

So i press on eagerly

If i am ever going to be the me You intended then i have to ask you to show me how

Enough of the ' to and fro'

I'm staying put with You

Until You nudge me towards

Open up to me Your  most intimate insides

Need i say, You have access to mine

I wanna beat my chest without a doubt

Screaming ,' my Father showed me how'

Being a success that You  endorsed

That i didn't just cook up

My love for you trumps all

Stripped bare and with no promise ahead

I' ll  be shouting ' i love You  Lord' from mountain tops

All life long.