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.

UNABASHEDLY

As i worshipped

Somewhere near the surface

Tears lingered

Not unto sadness

But of gratitude

Of praise

Overwhelmed by You

And your love for me

My worth in my eyes

Growing because of what i see in yours 

It's a good thing that your thoughts floor mine

That nothing can separate me from Your love

That when You look at me it's Jesus that stares back at you

Thank you for the gift of righteousness

Unabashedly i offer worship

Unabashedly i offer me.

FIRST THINGS FIRST

First things first

I wait to hear

Inclining to the Master's voice

Daily He speaks

Yet i tarry

Hoping my day is here

'Tired 'doesn't even describe

I'm at my wits end

I know better than to run

Before the starter gun blares

False starts haven't gotten me anywhere

Just back to the beginning

Standing on one spot

Brings despair

A loaded cannon going nowhere

Seemingly equipped for the long haul

Apparently not by the Master's declare

Sadly the world doesn't understand

Difference in life's compere

Axe sharpening at lent 

Afraid that trees will be extinct

Before my day comes

Sometimes i wonder if i've got it wrong

But my insides testify otherwise

I yearn for the peace that comes with the terrain

But somedays the discomfort stirs 

I'm warmed up

My hand stretched backward

Eagerly waiting for the baton

So i can run my bit 

And affect my crowd

Knowing my race i ran

Not to a false finish line.

    

ZECHARIAH 2: The Restoration of James

Desolate i stood

Scattered by many winds

Drinking from the cups of others

Wondering if i'll ever see my 'Jerusalem'

Praying and waiting

Scanning the horizon

Sniffing the air for the rains

Like He said he would

At the fullness of time

He showed

With a tape he measured anew

Enlarging my territories

Yet they burst at the seams

Overflowing with more than i'll ever need

He became a wall of fire around me

And the glory in my midst

Those who plundered me

Came running back with compound interest

Begging to associate

They didn't know that when poked at my  eyes

They were touching Yours

Praise God!

For He is risen

To restore and enlarge

To inhabit my praise!