With that, i would like to share a piece i have written some time last year. I believe it is relevant even for the beginning of this new year because, we make new year resolutions and promises to God and to ourselves. I strongly believe that in this era, it is one in which we ought to walk the walk, talk the talk and connect our spirits to God. After all, it is important to draw closer to God. It is important to run the race that has been set before you. It is important to fight the good fight of faith even in this year. "Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses." 1 Timothy 6:12.
This year, i pray we pray like never before. I pray we worship like our lives depend on our worship to the father. I pray we study the word like we never opened that holy book before. I pray we serve like we will get no other opportunity to serve again. I pray we will love God without reservations. I pray we will love our neighbors like ourselves.
I pray that despite broken bones, we would still dance and praise like crazy.
I pray we will understand that God is our primary focus and nothing else matters. I pray we will come to know the God who is and not the God we make him out to be. I pray that we will be transformed into the very likeness of Christ Jesus. "So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord--who is the Spirit--makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image." 2 Corinthians 3:18.
"May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God." Ephesians 3:19.
Here is the piece.
When Darkness Falls
When darkness falls, stillness
resides.
Silence awakens when the voices
simmer.
It is great when it all quietens down
on the outside but the voices in your head scream louder.
The things you could have said
ricochet back to you as though they were tangible. Those that you shouldn't have said shoot right back at you like a fiery dart.
When darkness falls, you tell
yourself you would spend the next daylight differently. You make plans to
redeem the next minutes of your life with productivity and not just frivolity.
There is however a profound force of resistance.
When darkness falls, you reckon it
all and promise yourself a better tomorrow.
Then day breaks.
The silence breaks. The stillness of
the darkness erupts into a million voices which all vie for importance. How do
you listen for the quietest because it is the most important? How do you filter
out the noise without dubbing the words?
Love like Jesus Loves, and Stay blessed.
Ems
