His Most Holy Name!

Do u know why at the name of Jesus every knee must bow'?,bcs in truth every name is Jesus. Peter finds fulness to his name in Jesus, so does Paul, so does lion, eagle,shark,even trees, rivers,mountain, deserts and d whole creation;they are all Jesus by name. Tell Babalawo not to waste too much words on rhetoric,the name of all medicines is Jesus; tell alfa that all Arabic litanies simply point to this name Jesus. This is truth: that at the name of Jesus, every knee must bow, since sincerely speaking,everything is Jesus, all things visible & invisible . Accept this, or die!- Happy feast of d Holy Name of Jesus!

Change, Or Die!

We need to think 'out of the box', or risk being caught up. The universality and 'globality' of our actions is the challenge of this millennium . It is not enough to be a patriot of a group, a tribe, a religion, a nation etc. We must create an atmosphere in which our interest could survive in the face of 'totality'. This in no way prevents us from having an identity, but an identity which aims at thriving at the expense of another identity, a kind of proselitism , be it of idea,or belief is heading for doom. Live and let live is the temptation of identity. As I look at people like Adolf Hitler,Slobodan Milosevic,Ratko Mladic, Bin Laden, Robert Mugabe and actions like the Middle East process(prior to Obama); I see in these people and their acts a form of national or ideological heroism and patriotism, but that which was myopic because they failed to think outside the box, they succumbed to the ills of either not adapting to universality or being sluggish about it. Yet , the challenge of this adaptability springs from the 'fear of the wolves'. Ask George Bush , he would ( if honest) point to the fear of these wolves as his reason for turning a blinded eye to the 'injustice' of the Middle East, that which brought about global terrorism and the economic crash. America's sin was that of an inherent reluctance to act out of a presentiment over the consequence of action. The fear of the wolves.I hope it is not too late for America to understand that universalism will increase and nationalism will decrease during this millennium , wether we wilt or not. So what shall we do? For me, it is better to act out of the box, irrespective of the wolves and despite its risks than succumb to an idealism which keeps us inbox.He who remain inbox shall have time and tide as his enemy, rather than friend. Universality,'globality',humanity, totality..., those are challenges we face, irrespective of the wolves.We must either change, or die!

Experience

That fateful morning When i was woken to terror When evil stared at me And the severity or the war i saw And paralised by fear i was And half empty the glass i saw Nollywood, Al qaeda neither it be But real and close this behoves me And every faith in man i lost And i knew why our villages are arid And why our towns lay waste And why our cities are rotten Its because of the evil of the land And the sins of the city And the paradox about life I saw: When you came in and spurred me on When all that was left was waste and spent To believe -for you- or not: This necessity of wheat and weed I know not; but this am sure: Life is short and brief Be happy and rejoice therein The future you think is far, is now Though satan buffets and trial comes Believe or deny evil you may But cease neither to do good nor alter your faith in humanity Once more, I've been proved right In you my friends i see the face of Christ. When you dare to love prepare for war And this charity begins at home Be courageous and of evil fear not And even though your heel be bruised Its head be sure forever you smash History is worth all these and more Dare run from man and loose out Life is a task always for doing good And in spite of all, in humanity to believe Thank you, thank you for being there for me!

Dig It, Dig Unto Love!

Dig unto love, dig it! That first tingly feeling could be fake And surely does vanish for reality But let no man discourage you Dig it, never let go, dig unto love People let go and they conclude: There is nothing called love. Because they lack the will power Or the audacity to dig further There is something called love Surely more than that which you feel But a good starting point is that which you experience,now! Dig unto love, never let go, dig! Love is a verb , not for the lazy Love is responsibility, not for the fainthearted But love is wonderful, love is freedom, love is sweet And the starting point is that girl, that boy ,that lady, that guy You have that tingly feeling for! When they ask you to let go Telling you it is pointless to hold on Dig unto love, keep digging! What is happening is more than him, It is more than her Love can be hurting but it is always fruitful And when you are told that all this will amount to nothing Tell them: even Something has become nothing! The Word has been made flesh for love Even such love that happens to you now Just don't stop,keep digging! MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIENDS!

An Open Letter To God

Dear God, People say that heaven will be boring, that those who make life interesting will not be there anyway. There seem to be this apprehension that you remove our interests and desires, and give us a rather singular pastime of singing for eternity. What really does heaven consist of? Do the saints actually do nothing but sing hallelujah all day? Do you really remove any of our interests? For instance, in my love for music; would you only preserve the gospel music? Would the love of Baba Ara deter me of the truth of Alhaji Agba and would Midnight crew or Infinity rob me off the inspiration in 2face and 9ice? Or would you rather purify them than have me throw them in the bin? Do you really loathe politics, would you rather step up the conservatives and slow down the liberals; or would you really want to do away with them altogether? Would my being ACN or PDP be halted by heaven, even if I keep them detribalized and make them have the unity and progress of the country at heart? Wouldn't you rather support a party with passion for truth, unity, peace& freedom rather than encourage the ‘siddon looks'? Did you really mean me to leave my family in contempt by your command to 'hate father, mother etc'? Shouldn’t my family be my source and theatre for love and progress, and that charity begins at home, even in heaven? People also say You are in no way interested in sport, and once in heaven my support for Chelsea ceases, wouldn’t You rather keep my passion for the Blues, as long as I keep a greater passion for fair play, respect, the fact that it is more honorable to participate than to win, and the inspiration, joy & unity that comes through sports? Some say there should not be religion as long as we are passionate about humanity. Others say as long as we worship the same God, one faith is as good as the other. In Christian circles they say as long as denomination has one common Denominator: Christ, nothing else matters. Its easy to go by this relativistic theorem, it is the easiest way out of the many religious troubles of this world, more so when I’ve seen that no class or creed can ‘box you’, and that your choice goes beyond any particular religion or denomination. But didn't you call a people, didn't you form a church, are you really interested in killing identity? And talking about love, do you really hate 'poppy love’? And of money, do you really loathe business and would rather have us flee into desert than indulge in these vanities? Aren't you also a God of Eros, even vanity that they be? Wouldn't you rather have us journey through them than have our humanity crippled? If you are these it’ll all be fun to be with you since you reduce nothing of our humanity but rather deepen them and would no way kill our identity. If we know these, would Valentine eclipse Easter, or would Halloween overshadow All Saints? Permit me to say people fear you, they dont love you! Isn't heaven about work, but a work with assurance of success without the friction of time and space, wouldn't that be fun? And isn’t your body and blood the eternal life, consummate pleasure and perfect happiness that we crave for? Doesn't it make a fool of crack; make messes of puff, show the silliness of booze and make us blush of sex? Welcome to Heaven!

Mary

As Awareness... Revelations chapter 12 started with: "A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven...". It was mighty and wonderful, it engages all our clarity. The sign that was promised clandestinely to Ahab in the book of Isiah has made its full introduction here in all its clarity. Hitherto much about it has been hidden. But here it comes as something great and wonderful. The sign that came initially weak and hidden in Luke is now seen clearly and powerful in the end times. The great intervention of God in history is made known, and she controls the cosmos: she is a woman, her rainment is the sun, her footstool is the moon and she has the stars as her crown... As Relationship... Revelations 12:7 simply says: And there was war in heaven....When Love and Lights gets introduced, hatred and darkness revolts, a sort of action and reaction. To dare to love is a call to war, and this provocation comes about because the Light and His brothers have simply come to reclaim that which was theirs, and this is the whole purpose of mission: love. As in Romans 8:22 which saw creation travailing in pain, so also the woman travaileth Rev12:2 to bring forth the sons of God. The source of this Love on earth, these sons of God and the complete capacity to defeat the evil one in this war is she who is fair as the moon and bright as the sun,because she is terrible to evil as an army set in battle array!(Songs of Solomon 6:10) As Career... Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth...Mathew 5:5. The sign of God is more thana sign, it is reality. This woman clothed with the sun,, with the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars is the earth. Planet earth is glorious for it shows her mastery and reign over the other planets, cosmos and the entire universe. We are the world, the earth, and the source of this inheritance of the earth is Mary. The woman described in Revelations is the earth, the meek Mary who has gained this inheritance through her complete docility. She is the real earth, and we the church, together with her. Th earth that we misuse through environmental degradation and polution. This earth, of which the Preacher calls vanity upon vanity, because she is truly nothing, but a nothing to be respected, because out of that nothingness has come something.This earth, which has returned to dust in Eve has become a quickening Spirit in Mary

Dying: The Path To Life!

The greatest temptation is stopping.Stopping brings Death, to stop is the beginning of capital Death: the great principality and power. Success is an enemy to growth, the more the success, the more the temptation not to die, yet to live, we must die 7 times, we must go through these changes 7 times:from physical, to mental,to emotional,to follower, to leader, to elder,to ancestor. The task of truly living is that of continually dying, that is love, the action word.Changing is dying, And this constant changing is the test of life.We must struggle against the status quo, no matter how successful or workable we think it is. If we refuse this death, nature and events will take turn on us, and that is worse. To die is to live. Dying, this change, is a journey without which we dont reach our destination. Examples of these positive dyings are: Oprah, Gates,Mandela,Ghandi,Bakare,Okotie,Adelakun .And all christian saints have learnt this art of continual deaths. Examples of negative dying are Mugabe, Ghadafi, Mubarak, Abacha etc. And this positive dying is not so difficult if we but have the desire to make others grow, this desire for others is that which is scarce , and that which is truly scarce is love.And we lack this desire to make others grow because we lack awareness, the awareness, that others are we, and that we are others.That is Truth! Lord show us the truth that we can truly live. Amen!