THE ESSENCE OF BEING A BIG FISH-7/11/07

WHEN YOU’RE A BIG FISH IN A RIVER

WITH SMALL FISH,

BE HUMBLE

LEARN ALL YOU CAN

BE NICE AND HELPFUL

AND ALWAYS TEACH OTHERS

AS FAR AS YOU CAN

AND LEARN TO BE THE BEST;

NOT JUST BETTER THAN THE REST

FOR SOMEDAY, BIG FISH, YOUR

SIZE AND YOURSELF

WILL TAKE YOU INTO FOREIGN WATERS,

THERE YOU’LL MEET FISH WHO ARE AT HOME IN THE WATER

 YOU CALL FOREIGN

AND THEN, YOU TOO WILL BE A LITTLE FISH

BECAUSE YOU’LL NEED TO BE HELPED,

SHOWN AROUND,

GUIDED, DIRECTED AND TAUGHT

TILL YOU CAN FIND YOUR OWN

WAY AND ARE A BIG FISH TOO!

IT WILL TAKE WORK

LOTS AND LOTS OF IT

YOU WON’T HAVE IT EASY

YOU’LL FEEL LOST, DISORIENTED,

DISCOURAGED AND DOWN

BUT DON’T YOU GIVE UP

BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRULY

LOOK AT THEM, THEY’RE THE

SAME SIZE AS YOU

(YOU’RE EVEN BETTER BECAUSE YOU KNOW OTHER WATERS TOO!)

EXCEPT THEY ARE AT

 HOME IN THE WATER

YOU CALL FOREIGN

BUT REMEMBER THAT YOU

HAVE TO WORK, YOU HAVE TO

LEARN

NEVER FORGET THAT!

LEARN A BIT FROM HERE,

THERE AND EVERYWHERE

PUT THEM TOGETHER, AND BE

THE BEST THAT YOU ARE

AND THEN YOU’LL BE READY

AGAIN FOR EVEN BIGGER

AND MORE FOREIGN WATERS

BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO CARRY THE LESSONS ALONG

SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS

REMEMBER TOO THAT YOU

HAVE TO SHINE WHEREVER

YOU GO AND MAKE A

DIFFERENCE HOWEVER SMALL

BECAUSE THAT IS THE

ESSENCE OF BEING A BIG FISH

END OF THE YEAR-23/11/07

LO, THE YEAR IS ENDED

EACH DAY NOW BRINGS

THE END ONLY CLOSER

FROM DAY 1,

THE ALMIGHTY FATHER

HAS BROUGHT US THROUGH

ALL TRIALS, WORRIES

SORROWS;JOYS AND HAPPY TIMES TOO!

NOTHING WAS EVER TOO

BIG OR SMALL

BUT HIS LOVE ENFOLDED US

NO LESSON TOO BIG OR SMALL

FOR THE LOVING FATHER TO TEACH

ALWAYS, ALL OF THEM

WORKING FOR OUR GOOD

THROUGH ALL OF LIFE

HE HAS BROUGHT US HERE

TO SEE THE END OF

ANOTHER YEAR

AND TO THANK OUR

ALMIGHTY FATHER IN

HEAVEN

FOR HIS LOVE THAT SEES US THROUGH

FOR HIS CARE THAT HE

SHOWS EVERY DAY

REPENTANCE-2/9/10

Full of joy, I come

Repentant

Knowing I’m forgiven

Yet hesitant

But

Mindful of your love

Overwhelmed by your love

Amazed and flabbergasted

Thinking about all I had failed to do

But hearing you tell me you love

Me all the same

That you understand

That you are here-you hear and see

As always

That your grace is sufficient

And that you know

That your desire is for me to live

Before you unashamed and not guilty

Because that is what you have declared me

That I am redeemed, holy and sanctified and consecrated in your sight already because of Jesus

That I should only walk in that path

And I come because you have called me to your banquet and have consecrated me. Without one plea, full of doubts I come-in faith

Because you have called and have held my hand

Your grace is sufficient

FIRE-28/12/11

Burning, controlled- useful

Burning, uncontrolled-destructive

Like me I guess, emotion, expressed constructively, useful

Emotion, uncontrolled-destructive

God given, wisdom needed for governance.

Thanks be to God!