God is able to change your season!

Now The Spirit speaks expressly to tell you this!
"Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the LORD has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years."-2 Kings 8:1

-If the Lord can call for a famine, He is also able to call for abundance. The Lord is able to call for prosperity and abundance that will take you beyond the next seven years of your life!
If God can decree a famine, He can decree super-abundance! If the Lord can decree a scarcity is also able to make a turn-around that last for more than a decade.

So, go and get ready for a super-abundance of His blessings. He is calling for a prosperity beyond human comprehension. Amen!
Go and dig your ditches and excavate your cisterns, for there shall be a sound of abundance of rain. There shall be performance of those things God has spoken to you and me. Praise God!  Hallelujah!

The Pathway of Destiny- how prophecies are fulfilled and greatness realized.

Oftentimes I have seen people pleading to be made by other people. We look into the hands of men like us to make us. We trust in our networks for some forms of assistance or the other. I have seen people who get disappointed, bitter and frustrated with one relative or another. We envy and fight friends who cannot help or assist us to reach some desired goals or the other. It is because many of us do not understand the meaning of the path of destiny. So we feel let down. The path of destiny is a thorny, lonely path. It is a place of buffeting, bruises and discomfort. It is a place of prickling in the flesh...until your greatness come forth!

The pathway of destiny is a place where the shriveling of the first, outer, and scaly layer of the human mind gives way to his soul. It is the process to the top. It is the pathway of transformation whereby the outer epithelial layer of the human mind changes like a man undergoes a skin-surgery. This removal of the inhibition to greatness is a supernatural work that God allow in any of His creation who yields to Him. It happens even in animals such as snakes where there is a shriveling off their scaly-skins. It happens in Eagles whereby their feathers are shed off. This is the period when the eagle look so ugly and weak. This loss of the feather is necessary if the eagle must soar onto higher grounds.

When this happens in man, people can no longer  recognize the man and the woman that they used to know...this is because a metamorpho has taken place. A transformation that may be unpleasant in the moment. A scary experience or the other always come along with the process of birthing destiny. This is usually part of the plan. That is why most of the times, those who have a call of God upon their lives are separated during the course of birthing their destinies, ministries. This is because their making must of a necessity be unadulterated. As a result it is of a necessity that they be removed and separated from their brethren for a season.

  "What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet” (Psalm 8:4-6).  We were made just a little lower than the angels. We are the crown of God’s creation. The reason we die like mere men is because we fail to realize who we really are.

Sadly, on the path to destinies, just when our transformation was to begin; many of us abort the process because we  do not understand what God is trying to do. So, we try to fix the problem that required a serious surgery, with the administration of an Aspirin. As we try to help God, we sin and sink further. We try to do spiritual things in the arm of the flesh. What usually happens is that, we get struck down like Uzzah who touched the ark of covenant of God and was killed by God on the spot! (2 Samuel 6:1-7 and 1 Chronicles 13:9-12). Reason is we cannot solve spiritual puzzles with natural minds. 

Scripture said that a natural man cannot comprehend the things of the Spirit. "The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit."(1 Corinthians 2:14). This is why nobody can help you in the birthing of your destiny. And the earlier you realize this, the easier and quicker your journey will become.

For the same purpose, we read of how Moses saw the path of his destiny and decided to pursue it. "By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible."- Hebrews 11:27. We read of how Joseph was separated from his brethren. "And for the precious things of the earth and fullness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren."-Deuteronomy 33:16.

Just as in the beginning when the first man- Adam- was put to sleep, and separated from the sense of right and identification with other creatures at the point the first woman-Eve was to be formed; We read that Jesus was separated from his disciples in the garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-42).  Many times, we casually read these things but we fail to ponder over them. We do not appreciate what actually happened. We only read of Jesus' struggles in the place of prayer at Gethsemane, but we can only imagine His travails. We don’t really grasp what happened before His destiny could come to the fore. From the point where the sweats that came out of his body was like a rushing of blood, up to the point of his beatings by the Roman soldiers, we can only imagine without really understanding the essence of what happened in all.

We cannot fully know what was going on inside Jesus’ minds. Yes, we read of His struggles but we cannot identify with it totally. Nobody can compare with him in his death. That was a transformation, a transition that did not just happened through  a death-process but much more through yieldedness!

Although, we read that some two thieves were crucified with Jesus, yet we cannot fully understand or grasp if those thieves were actually crucified "with" Him? In the literal sense; they were crucified with Him. However, the three men died on three different crosses. So what does it mean to die on Jesus’ cross, in Jesus' shoes? On the account of being killed for good works? Or for being killed as the Son of God that He really was? How can you explain what it means to be tried, charged and sentenced for being you? When we compare what it means to die on Jesus' cross with what it means to die on the other two crosses? We will see a huge complexity and mystery.

Little wonder Isaiah wrote: "It pleased God to bruise Him" (Isaiah 53:10). I mean, when we consider "HOW" Jesus died in comparison with the other two men who were crucified with Him. We can see a huge difference. Why because there were testimonies and events that marked the ascension of His soul from the cross to the other world. For example, a Roman soldier who was standing in front of His cross testified that Jesus was the Son of God because of the uniqueness of His death. "So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!” -Mark 15:39.  "So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”-Matthew 27:54

This kind of testimony on the Sonship of Jesus is germane because it marked the order of birthing destinies! Jesus' death was different from other two men who were equally crucified because Jesus poured out His soul-His will. He was willing to die.  Little wonder we were told to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice as well. "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God--this is your true and proper worship" -Romans 12:1

The reason is because the will to be slain marked Jesus different! He understood worship. So, he bowed down His head, and gave up (yielded) His Spirit. It was the will to die for the sins of the world. His yieldedness was His submission to the ultimate Will of the heavenly Father. It was not a will to be let go. No. It was an unpleasant decision. But something happened inside Jesus that hour His will was given up for the ultimate Will of the Father. The power of that resolve was what saw Him through the Roman torture, and the pains of the cross.
This experience can be understood if we trace it back to the Gethsemane. The trails of His blood and sweats that can be seen on the floors as they left the garden of Gethsemane. As they led Him out of the garden to Chief Priest and to Pilate's court. 

What we saw was a walking dead, but much more he was the God of the living and the dead. The reality of His divinity became pronounced because he has been renewed and rebirthed in prayers at the Gethsemane's garden. It was at that place of prayer that he was able to birth his destiny. The path of destiny is unfolded in communion with God. It is not in the miracles that Jesus performed. The mysteries of His destiny came alive in the place of His communion with the heavenly Father. Although, He did mighty works but he was not glorified until he had prayed, transformed, died and ressurected from the dead. 

The fullness of His “divineness” (or His divinity) was a hidden experience until Gethsemane. The glimpse of the “divineness” (or the divinity, the Christ) who was shut, and trapped in the human body so called Jesus was seen and recognized by a thief. Alas! He pleaded for mercy to equally ascend! May this revelation that made a thief's ascesion possible at the die minute be revealed to us all. Why because it was enough to save the condemned criminal! He was able to enter into paradise because he saw something which the other thief did not see! So, what was it that one of the two thieves saw in Jesus; which the centurion also saw? (Mark 15:39). 

What was it that strangers saw and testified to but was not seen by those closest to Jesus? - It was the Sonship of the Lord Jesus.
Although, this revelation of His Sonship was revealed to Peter earlier but he did not grasp the actual depth of it. That was why he denied Jesus when the path of destiny was to be unfolded. Everything about Jesus’ destiny was mere prophecy from the day of John the Baptiser up to this point. When Jesus prayed that: "…and now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began."-John 17:5; we cannot fully grasp the meaning of these words, without studying His death on the cross.

This is why there was no contemporary or ally standing with him in His death. All His disciples fled. They fled despite their previous promises to stand by Him.  The reason for their escape was because the destiny of Jesus was too mysterious and huge that it cannot be supported by his supporters club. Jesus had to pass through the Hades through death, into the place of destiny. It was a tight place, which no two people can occupy not to mention twelve disciples. That transition was a process. It was his birthing into destiny. It was a divine cross over that gave him the license to sit on the right hand of the Father in heaven. Little wonder we read what he told Mary Magdalene: "Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"-John 20:17. 

Why this ascension?  Have we ever asked? What did he ascended for? This ascension was symbolic and synonymous with his destiny and divinity! Crossing into the other world and returning with power is a process that turns ordinary into extraordinary. This is why it is always a lonely path. This birthing is synonymous with birthing a newborn into this world. Every child comes alone. They pass through the Uterus yet at different intervals of time. Every twins exit the womb individually! No two babies share the same exit at the same time period. That is why the process of birthing destiny is unique.

The moral here is: nobody can share the struggles of your destiny with you, no matter how much they love you. Just how the Apostle Paul experienced and narrated in his account that: "At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them."- 2 Timothy 4:16....for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia."-  2 Timothy 4:10.
We read: "So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak."-Genesis 32:24. No one can fully comprehend what happened in Jacob during this wrestling. We only heard that his name was changed but so was his heart! Once his heart was corrected, we saw the prophecies coming to fulfillment at the speed of light in his life! The reason is that the path of destiny is a mystery that unravels with time and death involved. It is a transformation journey on which no two people can embark upon. It is a path of death, rebirth, and resurrection. And for some this process may be complex and repeated some few times during their life journeys. So we can understand and agree with the man who said: “do not abort your afflictions.”

The reason why very few come through afflictions and are made is because we do not understand the ultimate purpose of afflictions. We misinterpret our struggles as some sort of sufferings that God inflict upon us by allowing the wicked to triumph over the righteous. But for as many that come through, they are made because they always emerge glorious. He that overcomes shall be crowned! Scripture said: He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.-Revelation 21:7.
 The most High God himself revealed to us that there is an inheritance awaiting every overcomer. You are going to inherit all things! Isn’t that exciting? He did not say that you will inherit some things but all things. "To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne"-Revelation 3:21. This should encourage all who are passing through some terrible things or the other at this season of their life. 
You are about emerging as great man and woman. It is because the path of destiny is a path which no mother can help her child. No father can help his son. No husband can help his wife. But it had to be thread alone. That is why many give up because man is a social being. We are gregarious by nature. And when destiny is about being birthed, this human, frail nature has to give way.
 This is why some destinies get aborted, because, we fail to allow this transformation happen in us. We are afraid of being forsaken. We are afraid of being lonely. We are afraid of being misunderstood and misjudged. We try to visualize the process and path of destiny with naked eyes and interpret it with human mind. 
As a result, remain the same, and die like mere men. That is why the psalmist said ye are gods but you will die like mere men. I said, “You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High.“Nevertheless you will die like men and fall like any one of the princes.”(Psalm 82). The truth is we were born great! But why do we die without ascending like Jesus? Why do we die without reaching our full potentials? It was because we fail to allow the path of destiny unfolds. Maybe, because it is unpleasant, scary and outside of our comfort zones… It was Adrian Hines who said that: "Your true self is outside of your comfort zone."

If I was a lady desperately in need of a man?

In case you are wondering why I am writing this? My purpose is to help as many single ladies out there. This is how to get a man in ten seconds! I often wondered why some beautiful, good ladies are still single? It is still incomprehensible to me. I have observed how some ladies catch their men. I hate to sound misogynistic but they are just too desperate. Nevertheless, some of these desperate methods works! So,I have chronicled a snippet of that method in this piece without sieving them. So, you got to be careful how you follow advice!

So, if I was a lady desperately looking for a man? I'd simply stop lurking around on Facebook and checking out male friends' profile status! Rather, I'd update my status to: "waiting for a real man!". Then, I'd go buy some pairs of high heels and join the church' ushering department! I'd not volunteer in children's department! (for real!). Even though I love kids, I'd reduce hanging around little kids excessively in public. Why? Because they can get in the way sometimes! (oh yeah!). So, I want to be easily accessed! I'd always wear men's cologne! So, they can cast a second glance at me in wonder of my deodorant! I'd also wear masculine' wrist watch! They kinda feel connected to something like that, I guess.

Since, I'm desperate, I'd make it a point of duty to smile to everyone i meet. Perhaps, they may also be desperate! I'd stop driving my own car to work and bus instead. I'd walk on the curb by the roadside in order to be seen! I'd attend events and try to speak out there. At least i'd ask a question at the event before everything is over. That way, I can get noticed. I'd not be conservative about my colour combination. This is the time those loud colours work wonders! In addition, I'd be kind to strangers. I'd volunteer for organizations.  I'd bike to everywhere i need to go. I'd start jogging in the evenings instead of early hours of the morning. When I jog around, I'd make sure to slow down, so that my speed does not become a barrier! I'd also avoid areas that are not busy when I'm taking those meditative-walk! Remember being seen is the key! Positioning is the clue!

If you think this a crazy advice? Remember this is for desperate ladies! So, why are we still single if we can make some little adjustments to our life and get hooked up?!
However, from a man's perspective, I think being desperate is not the way to go. Why? Because, you catch the wrong fish! She who hides her true identity just to fit in and be accepted will lose more!Because she will attract the wrong and repel the right people! Manipulations may get you inside the door, but can it keep you in there? That is the food for thought!

Go tell your Mama how the story ended!

Twas the middle of exodus in Summer,

We joined the troop going North

With hopes from the Sahara

in quest of the Golden Fleece

We labored heartily, ‘til we bled.

we were loved, we were envied, we were hated

We toiled as men, we strive with conscience

But we fell upon hard times,

we were hit hard by the hand of afflictions

The boat sank...we lost time.

we emerged afloat...then attacked in ambush

wounded by disguised foes,
betrayed by kisses of wolves veiled as sheep

In crisis of faith,

we questioned self, we doubted life,

we redressed, we regrouped, and things turned up anew

Happiness cloaked in cynic covers

Stereotypes hinder destiny

some beats of the heart are more trusting than cocoons of closed mind!

While time ticks, life failed

courses and choices were altered.

Identities were questioned,

What is our roots and mission?

Are we closing in on the search since we left home?

Shall we turn aside to see our own burning bush?

Go tell your mama how we came

in search of something, and found 'one thing'

How we seek the golden fleece, but found the golden heart 

How great things are often concealed! 

How we lost ourself to find ourselves!

How we sow ourself to reap ourselves!
How we found a reason to live again!

Go tell your mama how brave men lived

We came, we saw, we gave and we conquered.

What was lost was found,

when we gave again and again

until genuineness gripped ingenuity 

our wounds were healed, our hearts made strong!

Go tell your mama how the story ended...

that we disbanded from herds of lunatics!

We bought the truth!

We exhumed the spirits of heroes in pages!

We seized the courage of heroes past!

We sat with great minds!

We traced treasures back in centuries,

thru echoes of honour in covers,

We found a reason to stand for

We stood to be counted, and died standing, 

propped in death by truth and conscience!

As for this Golden Fleece? Go tell your mama 

We don't know what it looks like, 

but we found one thing that surpassed a fleece!

She's higher than the high heel on her feet,

shinning with a golden faith!

Go tell your Mama: We may never return with a fleece, 

but we stood in honour, with honour,

And we never missed every moment that takes our breathes away!

Is God asking you to be great or to be faithful?

Today, I attended Bishop T.D Jakes' church for the first time. While in the service at the Potters House in Dallas Texas, I marveled at the excellence of the place. While in the wonder of everything about the ministry, God interrupted my line of thoughts: "I did not ask you to build something big". And He paused. Then, I asked Him: so, what did you asked me to do Lord? He said: "...be faithful!"  Then, it suddenly dawned on me that if I can be faithful and remain faithful to Him, the "bigness" I was worried about will take care of itself. Is this not true of some of us? We want to do greater works for God. We want to achieve great feats. We want to do exploits for the glory of God's kingdom. But is God asking you to grow big and grow great; as much as He is asking you to become faithful and remain faithful onto Him? Faithful is He who has called you, who will also do it (1 Thessalonians 5:24). The reality is: Just as mine; our hearts can deceive us. The devil can deceive us. But God will never leave us forsaken. God will always deliver us from deception!

Being challenged at the Potters House, I was already motivated before the sermon time came! I was thrilled and filled with great inspiration for the journey ahead of me. Its been worth it, coming out here. This was a goal I had set since last year. And I was unable to come last year. But I made it today. Glory to God! As I stood in Potters House, I kept thinking to myself: Imagine the power of one...the power of just one committed man! How could one man do so much for God? One great leader made a huge difference. At this point, I already felt like moving to live in Dallas Texas just because of this one ministry. I tell you: your church can determine how your destiny unfold! And I mean that...I have seen where membership of a church can make or mar your life!

The whole experience at the Potters House reminds me of the story of King Solomon and Queen Sheba. How the Queen of the South traveled long distance to spy on King Solomon. 
"Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind. And Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing hidden from Solomon that he could not explain to her.  And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,  the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, and their clothing, his cupbearers, and their clothing, and his burnt offerings that he offered at the house of the Lord, there was no more breath in her. And she said to the king, “The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom, but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report that I heard. Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God! (2 Chronicles 9:1-8).

Just imagine if one place on this planet earth can be beautiful and excellent; what will heaven look like? 

Vision hawking or vision working?

The vision is big in the heart of the visionary
resources are few
money is scarce.
she looks around for investors
for those who will buy in,
just to keep the fire burning
so the vision won't die!
she desperately search for funds
so the dreams won't wither in her hands.
the banks said no.
Lo! The loan-givers said no!
the employers said no! Get back to work!
her monthly bills said no!
Creditors yelled at her...keep working!
The visionary runs hither and thither,
desperately looking for help!
What is the hope beyond the scope?
with tired feet, she stopped walking,
when she stopped, the vision stopped burning!
Just as the manna ceased,
and the Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat.
Vision hawking is not the road to freedom!
Vision working is it!
Its the gradual out-working of the dream!
Why will you stop?
Even Rome was not built in a day-length.
A little here, a little there.
That is the mantra for the biggest dream!
Until the vision finally comes true
Until everything comes together in one whole piece.
Are you keeping the big picture in focus?
That is all that matters.
It is not in vision hawking;
It is in vision working!

The result of the US 2012 election?

This piece is a brief analysis of how the media"killed" Mint-Roomy in the US 2012 election.Based on the psychology of photography, we can see the result of the US election. The media ruined Mint-Roomy by showing him badly! There were series of footages of his campaign across the US. Yet they showed the poorest edits of those footage repeatedly to portray him as a loser.

People vote based on what they can hear and see about the campaign. Since we cannot all travel with these candidates, we rely on the media for who they are. As a result, any candidate that is loved by the media always wins the election. The media showed Roomy begging the audience for votes. "Please help me. I need your help. I need your vote".

On the other hand, the media showed Barack Obama motivating the people! While the media televised a sluggish walking old Roomy; they showed a bouncing energetic Obama saying confidently that: “We will win this election! We will finish what we started! We will strengthen the bonds that bind us together! Yes we can! Let’s move this forward! I have been working for you. This is why I have got grey hair!”

Alas! Those silly News editors have ruined Mr "Mint-Roomy"! Some Rookie media guy somewhere has duped Mint Roomy by taking his money and buying some sweet mints (candy)! The media gave Roomy the poorest media coverage ever. The campaign of Roomy was not projected with the same level of energy we saw in Obama’s campaign.

The media showed pictures of Roomy waving here and there like someone traveling away from his country to some far away land. The footage of Roomy`s campaign was with very little or no speech at all. If there was any speech of Roomy, he was portrayed as a beggar. Roomy was shown affirming Obama. Roomy said: he (Obama) has it. And I will snatch it from him. So, the media portrayed Roomy as someone who wanted to steal what does not belong to him? 

While the media showed Obama connecting with the audience, touching people, hugging people and bonding with strangers; they showed boring Roomy so boringly. While the audience was going crazy for Obama's charisma; they show Roomy waving as loser. Roomy was shown as one exiting the stage for the winner. How will the people not vote for Obama again and again? Can somebody kindly tell Mr Roomy to go back to his roomy room?

The election results have been decided long before it all started. If Mr Roomy has any son who will like to be a US president in the nearest future; let him advice junior to learn how to court the Media. The first rule of the political game is to court the media and shun the sycophants! Why because the Media can make or mar any candidate. Besides, I wonder why Mr Roomy left his roomy room to embark on his political campaign without getting a better stage name? I can't even spell his name rightly or what? Roomy went this far spending so much money without realizing that he was being set up for a failure? Although, this may sound comical, but the underlining is obvious.Yes! I audaciously root for Obama; and its forward ever! Backward never!

The Broke Broker!

Who is the broke broker?

You're the broke Broker my friend

If you're so proud to admit a wrong decision!

From pillar to post you'd run

Looking for what is not?

Trying to tie a deal?

trying to sell us on this or that?

You were convince, to convince others

So you connive and coerce?

You're now so desperate?! 

Oh no! This is evil my friend!

You're broke! And you can't even see?

You're the broke Broker!
because you're now in a miry-clay!

Alas! S/he claims some financial freedom

A pie in the air or some troubled water of abstract sales? 

S/he regurgitates what was said to her to sell to you?

She was trapped to trap you

She was caught in the traps of some phony businessmen!

So many crooks are out there these days!

You can help yourself and others, they'd said

You can get rich climbing over the shoulders of others.

You can use yourself, your friends and your relatives to make us rich

That is what they were really saying!

Alas! this naive friend did got sold on?!

S/he signed up for some crappy contracts of nothingness from Nottingham.

And now s/he is stuck in a thread-mill of rat-race!

Losing money and time on a tread-milling machine of falsehood

S/he is stuck like rats on some poisonous entrapment

S/he stuck in some multilateral madness!

They called it trade. Yet it is slavery!

S/he is stuck in some static business of immovable program

heading nowhere...full of promises...

Ever dreaming...

of financial freedom, of castles in the air!

Deception has brought the Broker into deception.

The deceived is deceiving!

Sign up one. Make more!

The Broker is given hope...false hope!

"You can climb up this ladder" They'd said.

S/he fails to accept that s/he is stuck!

S/he fails to agree s/he is in a down-line to hell

She is enslaved by some wicked, mindless up-liners!

Everybody is here for himself!

Weren't you told?

Now they've turned you into a user...

They've changed you...

from trully genuine people lover to people-user

You've become a desperado

And one of them

Ain't they phony brokers?

selling unwanted products and services to uninterested people?

You are wasting away in the darkest tunnel of multilevel scams!

Trapped in phony programs that's going nowhere to happen!

Return! Repent! Redress or you're doomed thou broker!

Get up! Wake up!

Dust yourself and free your mind

You're wrong! Admit it!

How long will that take you?

You have made a mistake. Admit it!

You made a wrong decision. 

So stop! Don't suck it up! Because you don't have to suck it up!

You are smarter than that!

You were deceived!

How did you get deceived?

Why did you get deceived?

You're sinking in quicksand!

You need help!

You need to get out of this!

It is a mess and you know it!

Something tells you down in your heart that this is nothing near the top you wanted 

This is not what you were promised!

You have been deceived!

Stop sinking deeper!

If you don’t get out, you will keep sinking!

Stop digging yourself a hole!

You're already losing daily

You're getting into bankruptcy!

Stop going deeper, for that is not survival

Don't come telling me in a decade's time: "had i known..."

if you don’t stop now, you will lose more

Admitting you were wrong is a sign of strength. Not weakness!

You were told you will need a client a day or you're doomed?!

You were told to sign individuals into what’s already frustrating you?

You will need someone before dusk or you are in trouble

No commission yet much commotion?!

So, why not cry out for help?

You know you really need help!

Shout for the escape route!

Run towards the door!

You don't have to hang in there and die trying!

We live once! So why waste your life and time?

Speak the truth to yourself

You need help!

Pray and ask for help from above!

Tell Him you're stuck in a mire of a mindless trade!

This wheel is going nowhere and you know it!

How long will it take you to see...?

But you ask how can I turn back now?

Yet you're stuck! Can’t you see?!

Are you so proud to admit you're wrong and stuck?

You mutter the truth daily, 

yet someone keep speaking you into staying stuck?

So you've head on mindlessly?

You went on blindly, hoping there would be a road ?

"God will make a way where there seems to be no way?"

You’re misapplying the scripture there my dear!

Oh yes! Nothing miraculous will pop up from this dead-end road!

And yes! God is not a man that He should lie!

Wake up thou slumber! And stop testing the Lord!

You’re trapped. Admit it and change

If a man cannot change a situation, he changes himself!

You're held in traffic, trapped in unprofitable business

Don’t be fooled!

You've been tricked!

You're in a garbage deal!

Take my tirade and hasten to leave!

Run from tyrants dealers!

A trade of burden is not what you've been shaped for

You were called for significance!

Review the contracts!

Don’t be ignoramus!

Get out of that pit!

Get out of the quicksand!

This is a thread-mill leading nowhere!

The moment a man realize he's on a wrong route,

Failure to change and to make u-turn leads to doom!

There’s no way around dead-end than U-turning

Wrong roads heads nowhere!

It won’t become a right road!

Be wise! Free yourself! 

Free your mind from deception!

Don't allow pride destroy you!

...Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,

Like a bird from the snare of the Fowler (Proverbs 6:5).

Irony of Mockers and Seekers.

Like the North-star, the seeker sets his sail towards his goal.

Temporary mishaps makes the seeker the object of mockery. 

Vagaries observers assume the seeker as confused.

Like the mockers of acclaimed prodigee of a certain great prophet,

(who rode off in the chariot of fire).

Will you ever amount to anything? They asked.

Will you ever have leadership figure in your life after tonight?

What will you become? And what will become of you thou seeker? 

They mocked the seeker in Elisha; just as they mocked the dreamer in Joseph.

The prophetic authority and spiritual governance of the region was about shifting base. 

The whirlwind of change was transporting the most coveted anointing.

The geographical base of power was shifting; yet mockers were unsuspecting. 

Location of mockers remain unchanged, yet they had the gut to mock?

Alas! They were mocking themselves unknowingly.

Not considering their own misery, and destiny.

Little did they know that the seeker has gone farther than their naked eyes!

While mockers were interested in the ephemeral, the seeker was seeking the permanence.

While they were concerned in scheming, conning and cornering the seeker;

the seeker was interested in something bigger than life itself. 

While they were passionate about frivolities of being led; the seeker wanted the "double portion"...of what controls every other things.

While mockers stuck desperately to manipulations and control; the seeker seeks the ultimate...the Person, the Power and the Purpose.

while, mockers were absorbed in maligning the seekers,

the seekers by living becomes their teachers through authority and power.

While they cast condescending look at the seekers in their parochial views,

the seeker builds from within what cannot be given from without.

While they faced the temporal, the seekers faced the permanence and transcendental.

Years may roll by. Winds may blow over unharvested crops.

Mockers would return in repentance.

Their ignorance and evil desire would be abated.

Their folly would be made manifest.

They will behold the seekers and what the life of seeking has drawn from deposits of time.

They will give glory to God.

Mockers would learn how seekers life yields dividends.

If only they had joined the wagons of wisdom.

If only they had enrolled in the school of wisdom.

If instead of mocking, they learn?

But they grumbled and mumbled,

They backbite and back-stabbed.

So, you wonder why they want it too?

You wonder why they want it cheap? 

What the seekers spent entire life seeking?

What like time-travelers seekers sought with aches and pains?

What only hearts understand, but words can't encapsulate?

That which is hidden from ordinary eyes?

That which the nobles and the deities even seek?

That which the riches of the rich cannot acquire?

That which naked eyes can't see? 

That which is accessible yet not all have the appetites for?

Yet you want it without wanting the accompanying life?

You want what the seeker possess, without wanting the lifestyle of the seeker?

You want it cheap? 

If you can't get it, you'd fume in the mouth? You'd fight?

You'd attack those who spent their entire life seeking it?

You got no reason to envy what you did not die pursuing.

You got no excuse for losing what you had originally suffered to earn.

Why did you drop it?

Was it out of carelessness? Was it out of ignorance? 

How did you lose it, thou mocker?

Did you chase it, but got tired?

Did you retire?

Was there a more compelling reason to chase it?

For where there's a more convincing reason to chase;

then the chase becomes endless.

If it's not worth it, then give it up!

But keep seeking if its worth it.

Keep chasing, for surely as the dawn, you will reach it.

And at the end of your chase, you would have become much more...

You would have become more than a seeker but a "finder".

To be a finder of a self in the process of seeking.

To be no longer a "seeker" but one who finds and keeps finding...

To come to a realization that what convinces the conscience is not without.

That, what is within is greater than what is without. 

That the ultimate is seen by those who dared to chase it.

That it doesn't matter if you got it or not.

That what matters is who you have become and who you are becoming in the process of finding.

That my friend; is what can never be given to you by anyone.

That my friend; is the reason for seeking. 

That my friend; means that there are things which cannot be given.

One of such is a seeking mind.

And that is why i will rather spend my entire life seeking...

living the life of a seeker. 

I'd rather chase it, than give up a chase that i did not engage!

I'd rather chase a carrot and stick; than assume from a distance that it's unattainable.

For in every chase, there is change. And in my chase, is my change. 

As long as i am changed, every other counts for less!

Much Ado about topless photos and royal nudity?

Once upon a time, there lived a duchess, who went out to sunbath during a summer. A royal photographer who knew her itinerary betrayed the royalty by giving Paparazzi some clue as to where they could position themselves to capture the nudity of the duchess during her vacation. The Paparazzi harmed with revealed information concerning the whereabouts of the duchess; embarked upon a mission to chip at her greatness with chisel of mockery!

This Paparazzi traveled long distance, day and night to position himself ahead of the duchess. He purchased expensive flight ticket, an eccentric camera with an ultra-lens. He sneaked around the tickets, hiding in bushes, getting around hedges, bruised by thorns until he finally came close enough to capture the clear view of the duchess.  Alas! The goddess whose beauty has been widely spoken of! He snickered. Calibrated his camera lens. Zoomed in. Aim closer at the upper part of her body. Locked-in the focus on the cleavage area. With the accuracy of photographic lens, he shot the duchess. He hastily reviewed his shot. He saw how all the anatomical features came out clearer in his shots! Then, repeated the process: Click! Click!! Click!!! And the evil genius shot and ran! The image of the duchess has been captured.

The paparazzi made his way to an old frustrated editor; who has been starving and struggling for years. He was almost out of business due to new social media invention! He needed something to keep him from bankruptcy. If he was to stay in the business of journalism, he needs a big break,a major News, a scandal! Anything at all!
Upon sighting the freelance journalist panting as he ran into his office with the duchess' topless photographs; he jumped onto his feet! Flipping through the topless photos; he salivated. Immediately, money changed hands. Pictures changed albums. Intentions changed. Photoshop expert worked on the photos. A lion share was sent to the royal photographer who divulged all the information about the duchess’ itinerary.

Next day, duchess’ nudity photographs was published abroad! Upon publication, there were instant reactions from public. Some had mixed feelings. Some; embarrassed. Some; excited. Some irritated. Some; indifferent. Some; confused! Royalty was offended. Journalist summoned. Placed under arrest for making mockery of the duchess, her husband and the royal family. He was sentenced. His accomplices were hung at stake. Their flesh was served to the coliseum' lions. Families of royal photographer, paparazzi, editor, and journalist claimed innocence. They claimed being oppressed by the royal family. Then, an uproar arose in the state! The union of journalists, the union of photographers embarked on a justice march. The protest lasted for weeks as anarchy became the order of the state.

The irony lie in its anachronistic moral. Not in its familiarity or barbarous plot. Years later, event was re-evaluated for finesse, intricacies and allegories. Questions of concerns arose:

• Was the royal action too cruel in treating royal “betrayers” accordingly? 
• Was it worth it engaging “riffraff” with royal sledgehammer?
•  What should be the ideal royal reaction in a civilized society?
• To what extent should journalism freedom be permitted?   
• Who should be blamed? The one whose breasts was shot? Or the one who shot the royalty's breasts?  Or the one who divulged the royal itinerary, breaking the oath of confidentiality and privacy acts? Or the one who published the royal breasts photos for public consumption?  Or the one who sold the magazine containing the royal topless photo?Or the one who bought the printed nudity of a woman? Or the one who relished in gossip over royal topless photo? Or the pervert who posted the nude pictures all over his room and office walls, fantasizing over royal nudity? Or all of the above? Who must be blamed?

The Sunday following the release of the royal topless photos, a priest preached to his congregation about royal topless photos: “...never dress half naked because the eyes of paparazzi are watching you just like the eyes of God! Ladies must be modestly dressed! For the Lord has spoken that the Sun shall not smite thee by day nor the moon by night! That means no sunbathing! And you men must never climb tall trees to snap a woman’s breasts with a photo camera! Except you want to be like Zacchaeus who climbed the tall tree because he wanted to see Jesus! And don’t practice photography in an ungodly hour and be hell-bound sinners! For why will you graduate from a photographer into paparazzi and lose your own soul? And in the absence of a camera, do not even zoom on lady's breasts from a distance with your eyes, thereby committing adultery by casting a glance at a girl! Verily verily i say unto you that the paparazzi who snapped the duchess holiest of holy has seized unholy moment for an unholy gain. And he shall face judgement of hell if he does not repent! For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?Jesus is coming soon!"

On the Monday, following the release of the publication of royal topless photo, a lawyer was making an argument over a related matter in court. Making a bow before the judge, he motioned to the court. "My Lord! What is so germane in this matter is the cultural permissiveness. Culturally speaking, some excesses are allowed by certain culture than the other. What may be acceptable in some culture may not be allowed in another. My Lord, there are millions of African women with their black breasts captured at closer range with photo-camera. There are countless photographs of half-naked African ladies posted all over the internet in inappropriate manner. The world never bothers about such pictures. We all surf the internet daily and come across those pictures. We wink and move on. We even see photos of breastfeeding mothers and their children. Newborns suck away at their mothers' voluptuous black breasts! Because Mama Africa never mind. She never make a big deal about her breasts being publicized online. We surf away to the next tab or window on the internet from our computers, without giving it a thought. We never ask questions about these websites that posted the nudity of Mama Africa. But the reality only dawn on us when it is a "special" breasts that is in question? My Lord, the African woman whose breasts became a major worldly display on the internet also demands the same measure of respect. She may be living far in the interior jungles of Africa, but she deserves the same level of respect that the lady who lives in the city has. If we should follow the claim that the breasts of Mama Africa should be allowed on the internet, but disprove the  publication of the city dwellers breasts; then we are biased. We are saying all breasts are equal, but some breasts are more important than the other. Why should we file a legal action against someone who  "snapped" a breast without "slapping" the breasts? Is that not an unjustified discrimination my Lord? I rest my case.”

On Tuesday following the release of the royal topless photo, a football coach addressed a soccer team before a major qualifying march: “we're at a critical point in our football career and losing this march will certainly be disastrous. I tell you players that our mockery will surpass the royal gossip over topless photos!”

On Wednesday following the release of royal topless photo, a sycophant spokesperson addressed the media in a press conference: “What is all these about? Is it about some riffraff versus royalty or what? Is it about sneaking up on a "mildly" drunken prince in his hotel, or about trailing the duchess on her vacation? Is it about looking for a hole in the royal armor? Is it for desecrating greatness? Is it for cheap popularity? Is it about desperation for attention? Why are we giving attention to such matter? Why are they constantly attacking the royal family? Can such acts discredit royalty and strip them of their greatness or what?!”

On Thursday following the release of royal topless photo, a father called his children together for a short parental counsel session: “you've all seen it on the news. You saw what happened to the duchess during her vacation? There is no vacation for all of you until further notice because we cannot afford those paparazzi.  The kids nodded. You must all learn from that duchess' story and stay at home during summer breaks! Some day, you will become successful and great. If you are too fond of traveling, going on some vacation and spending expensively, you will be mocked by paparazzi. You must realize some are not happy about your success. The duchess is just learning her lessons! As for you all, I will not wait till then. I will make sure you are constantly learning from now on. So that you are aware of the weight of royalty, successful status and positions of power! Even in death, everything about greatness is constantly subjected to attacks and scrutiny! Wife interrupted: "I just wonder what the world is turning into? Has immorality of our age made it normal to chase other people’s breasts over town with photo camera in the name of journalism?”
 

On the Friday evening following the release of the publication of royal topless photo, some friends sat together to chat over beer after the days work:

Drinker 1: “Hey! what's so special about topless photographs of someone? What warrants all these fuss over lawsuits? Ain't we wasting funds, valuable time, which could have been devoted to building and reforming the society over such unnecessary matter?”

Drinker 2: “No! I disagree! Imagine if the duchess was your wife? How would you feel?"
Drinker 3: "I feel such matter must be handled effectively in order to avoid repetition of the same sordid behavior by the press in the nearest future.”

Drinker  4: “but to what extent can we meddle in other people’s issues? And how much of a freedom can a journalist posses in order to freely practice his career”
ALL: (sighed).

On the Saturday following the release of the publication of royal topless photo, some activists led a protest march. They painted on placards: “What's so special about royal breasts and topless photos when poor are hungry and dying without health care?Com'on occupy everywhere!”

On the same Saturday, following the release of the publication of royal topless photo, the union of photographers met at their headquarters to plan on filing a counter injunction over the matter so that the court may rule in favor of their member journalist. The union legal representative rehearsed his delivery: “...the court’s concerns should not be about what in the world is this journalist thinking, going after another man’s wife’s breasts with his eccentric camera? Rather it should be about professionalism in creative arts. What is photography without intrigue? What is ethics of creative arts without critical thinking that allow expanse of imagination to play its role? To what extent can photography go in terms of artistry and then be curtailed? What defines exemptions and limits of arts and why? What is really acceptable  in arts without infringing on ethics? And who set these rules? How far can we follow ethics, till we lose touch with arts? To what degree can a person be punished for damaging others in practicing his profession? What will be the future of arts and aesthetics beyond 21st century?
 

However, the execution of the paparazzi and his accomplice happened. The families of the killed paparazzi, the menace media agents that supported the royal mockery, gave a speech at their symbolic funeral: “this must be seen for what it is: an oppression of the masses! Now that the royal family has decided to send our sons and brothers to the stakes indeed. Let the society not think that this tyranny will not continue to repeat itself in the future. Our brothers and sons are not perverts going about, salivating, in some journalistic hunt for a peek of nudity of the Duchess. Threatening this dutiful journalists with litigation isn’t a fair deal and sending them to untimely grave is not justice. These journalists were fine men who were busy performing their duties! Although, some delight in chipping away at the enormity of greatness such that they look for every way to make the royal family realize that they are mere mortals like us. Our sons and brothers are not like those people. Let those who live in glass house stop throwing stones!"