Thoughts & IDEAS

A Practicing Christian... A Politician...

2011-03-16T23:43:00.004+03:00

It all began recently, November to December 2010 until January 2011 after discussing political issues with a christian friend. We shared a number of issues about politics, the candidates and what they stand for.

The bottom line was a question;
"WHAT SHOULD A CHRISTIAN LOOK FOR IN A POLITICAL CANDIDATE BEFORE CASTING HIS VOTE?"

We suggested a number of things, some of which included;
- Truthfulness
- Morality
- Integrity
- Relevancy

These I found very appealing and satisfying, but below are some of those things I found to be way out of line;
- Religion
- Tribe
- Age
- Political Party
- Wealth, and so many more...

I wonder how a christian can vote for a leader based entirely on worldly things, things that God wont based on to approve any man. As a christian, be of the same mind like God, have a judgment like God so that every decision you make whether in your lifestyle, politics, religion or culture also wins approval from your God.

A day is coming when Christians will be ashamed of every wrong decision they made that was not in conformity with God's word; and I guess you would rather not be on of them.

It's indeed a shame to find a christian supporting a corrupt leader.
Find out more on "decision making as a Christian"

How To Avoid Cancer

2010-11-16T10:28:00.003+03:00

It's the third biggest cause of death in Australia (and now among the leading causes of death globally). And while death rates are coming down for some cancers, cancers are difficult to treat unless they're caught in the early stages. This is because by and large, we're still using surgery as the main treatment approach and when the cancer spreads, surgery is much less effective.

But a lot of cancer is preventable, according to a panel of experts who've reviewed the available scientific evidence about cancer, diet and exercise, and come up with some guidelines as to how we can lower cancer rates.

Over five years, scientists working for the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) from nine universities in four countries looked at the available research and published their findings in a report called Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer. There's a summary of it and an editorial in last month's British Medical Journal by a professor of cancer research at Oxford University. But if you don't have time to read that, or the report itself, here follows a summary.

What emerges is that for all our progress in medical science and technology, we still don't know much about cancer. We know how it happens – a genetic mutation in a cell's DNA causes it to reproduce out of control. But why it happens, and why some organs in some people and not others, is largely a mystery.

We do know that our lifestyle has a lot to do with whether this happens and in whom – very few cancers are actually inherited. So modifying our lifestyle will reduce our chances of cancer by up to a third.

First, we need to do something about obesity – it's a major cause of cancers of the oesophagus, colon and rectum, pancreas, breast, endometrium, and kidneys. Our body mass index should ideally lie between 21 and 23. Instead, the Australian average is about 27 – too high, and it's been that way since the 1940s. So we need to shed those kilos with exercise and caloric restriction – a weight loss diet.

Secondly, exercise. Quite apart from helping to lose weight, being fit seems to have an anti-cancer effect in itself. The researchers recommend 30 minutes of moderate physical exercise – like brisk walking – a day, and once we're fit, then 30 minutes of vigorous physical activity or 60 minutes of moderate exercise a day.

Next, our dietary intake. We need to be careful about how much alcohol we drink – it increases the risk for cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus, colon and rectum, and breast; and also causes cirrhosis, which raises the risk of liver cancer. Men shouldn't drink more than two standard drinks of alcohol a day and women no more than one a day.

What about fruit and vegetables? They probably protect against several cancers, though it's hard to say just which ones or why fruit and vegetables are protective. We should eat at least five portions of vegetables and fruits each day, the researchers say. The Australian dietary recommendations suggest five serves of vegetables and two serves of fruit each day. Most people eat only about three portions a day.

Probably the most surprising finding was that red meat and processed meat were convincingly linked to colorectal cancer. On average, if you eat large amounts of red or processed meat you have about a 30 per cent increased risk of colorectal cancer compared with someone who eats little or none. And the more meat you eat, the greater the risk. On average you shouldn't eat more than 300 grams of red meat a week. But Australian men eat more than 700 grams of red and processed meat a week, and Australian women almost 500 grams.

So we need to eat less, and instead eat mostly foods of plant origin. (Cutting down meat intake is also good for the environment – meat production uses large amounts of agricultural land and water, the researchers say.) On the other hand, meat is a terrific source of protein, as the meat industry never tires of reminding us, so there is a role for meat in the diet, but it should be limited.

Legumes such as beans, lentils and soybeans, which contain protein, are good substitutes. Cut out processed and preserved meats such as bacon, sausages, pate and salami as much as possible. The sulfites and other additives may cause colorectal cancer.

Foods high in folate may reduce the risk of cancer of the pancreas, and diets high in calcium may reduce the risk of bowel cancer, say the researchers. Other recommendations include:
limit consumption of salt
don't take vitamin supplements – you don't need them and some have been linked to cancer
mothers should breastfeed babies for the first six months: breastfeeding protects women against breast and other cancers.

Getting people to adopt all of the lifestyle measures won't be easy, the researchers conceded. But do what you can. It beats palliative care.

Link: http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2007/12/13/2117657.htm

NOTE: This information was provided by the website above. All comments in this publication are in brackets and not in the original publication. I hope it helps you live a healthy life.

Who is God…?

2009-07-01T16:18:00.002+03:00

Who is God? Is he only the creator of heaven and earth?

Is earth the greatest creation of God?

No, earth is the creation our God loves the most. He has chosen to stay in the hearts of men – to let his spirit live among men that accept and honor him with their praises and worship because he finds great delight in men that love him.

What is your size O God? Are you small or big, tall or short, black or white? Does it really matter what you look like to except what you do?

What is your body made of my God? It is a spirit, a cloud or fire? Even angels don’t know enough about you; they are still amazed at your power, your might, your glory, your wisdom and love for what you have created. Though you’ve made them stay before you and serve you, their bodies still melt at the fullness of your glory, their minds challenged at the great abilities of your power, even how deep your love for mankind goes.

Men are in thousands; angels are in thousands, spirits are in thousands, but even without surveying the entire universe, you know you know each of them by name and voice.

How big is your memory O God that you know everything about the beginning of everything and the end of it? My God, we are only men, with a life so limited by time and the weaknesses of out body on this planet, have mercy on us, even for our lusts, and let our spirits see your glory on that day.

You’ve made spirit see what men can’t see, and angel with a lot of revelations, yet still, we are all amazed by your glory, even by the revelations you have exposed from time to time.

Angels are holy and spirits are shift, but you O God are their judge. Spirits are shift, but you O God will arrest them and bring them to your judgment; and, how about man? We only need your mercies O God, because we are too weak and foolish to plead with you.

For all my life; through these youthful days, and in my grey days: I will honor your greatness with my worship and praise.

All Things Glorify God…

2009-06-05T16:15:00.000+03:00

Look how mysterious the Lord our god is!

Who can fully describe his work in his creation?

The Lord our God is indeed mysterious. He made the strongest men dancers and the weak ones among me soldiers, and they win battles and conquer nations. He gives a tree with shallow roots a long life, and those trees with deep roots dry even in the rainy season.

He gives a poor man peace and happiness while rich men sleep awake, socked and overwhelmed by worries.

He gives insects the wisdom to store food in season and have enough out of season; isn’t it amazing that insects with so short a life can determine seasons? Yet, men in their knowledge will lack food and die of hunger, even in season!

The Lord makes the names of those that once very despised highly honored and remembered from one generation to another.

He gives the weak ones in his creation the wisdom to build their homes far enough that their enemies and predators won’t destroy them; look and the insects, they make their homes deep down in the ground, and look at the birds, they build high enough that cats and man won’t easily reach them, even in thorny trees that they will fill safe at all times.

Our God has exalted human wisdom, knowledge and understanding to be higher than that of all other creatures, and he has also given him the authority to manage the rest of his creation on earth.

With his sharp eyes and great understanding, our God will judge intensions and thoughts; he alone can see that far in all men. He looks deep in the spirits of men, and grants them the silent desires of their hearts. He corrects the minds that can have gone wrong in the way they think.

He has given life to words, even to his blessings in the lives of men that they will see growth, multiplication and increase. Our God is good!

All Things Glorify God…

2009-06-01T16:15:00.001+03:00

The Lord, the Creator…

2009-05-14T15:24:00.000+03:00

My people! You who I chosen to know me; you that I have called by name.

How I love to see you worship me! How I love to here you voices when you praise me in the congregation!

But, I hate to here you complain before me; when you speak and treat me like am not a just and kind God; when you talk like you don’t know me at all!

Don’t you know that I the Lord you God do not lie? Don’t you know that I fulfill my promises? Isn’t Abraham happy?

I the Lord your God, I am the only God worth every creature’s worship, because the earth and the heavens and all that are in them belong to me, yes, I am they Lord and creator. I created the whole earth and all that is in it belongs to me: I set the time when any creature is born to its mother, even the time when it should give up its soul.

I give a bonus of days to men and women that please me, and I destroy proud people; the stubborn people that do not worship me. I take the life of people that disobey me, even before their pre-determined time.

My mind and plan towards your life is not changed by anything else except your obedience and disobedience. Good deeds will please me while evil deeds will stir my anger. I the Lord you God, am the author of life and time. I rule over the world with justice and mercy, yes, I rule the world with love.

My blessings will come upon those that please me, and in due time I will punish those who have no regard for me; I’ll not hold back my anger and curses – I will punish them and teach the world that I am the Lord and creator.

The Love of Christ…

2009-04-07T16:22:00.000+03:00

Ooh, how I wish the Lord’s spirit would reveal to us the depth, the width, the length and the height of the love of Christ for the children of men that have accepted him and freely chosen to believe in him.

There is a mystery about the love of Christ, which if not revealed to us will leave us still living according to the flesh, according to the rules that govern this world; in sin. Discovering the mystery of the love of Christ will alone deliver you from the hands of the enemy, even from his tricks and traps.

If this mystery is revealed to you, it will change your thinking, speech and actions, you can’t go wrong! After the greatest sacrifice ever made by a King, the creator of heaven and earth for mankind; how then do you find it hard to forgive someone for material things? Especially after blood and life has been lost to redeem your own blood and life.

How I wish the mystery of the love of Christ would be revealed to all believers in Christ; we would all know how valuable it is for us to love one another; loving one another is our strength, an indication that our hearts, minds and spirits have been put together with Christ.

There is nothing more pleasant to God than a complete love; it is the greatest form of faith, and it takes wisdom, patience and most of all the spirit of God to make it complete: let us go after love.

A Prayer for Forgiveness…

2009-04-01T16:25:00.000+03:00

Forgive me O Lord in this prayer if any word or phrase offends you; I want you to know that I love you very much, far more than I loved you in those childhood and teen days when I didn’t know enough about you. I have never preferred Satan to you, even though my ways have not been perfect before you.

Your ways have always been the ways in which I take delight, even though I have many times been over powered by the ambitions and lusts of youthfulness.

But I thank you for your goodness; for your love for me; and for your abundant mercies. With your forgiveness, you have covered all my wrongs, you have embraced me with your love and kept me in your arms with your endless mercies; am now sure enough that I’ll be in your arms forever.

And because you’ve loved me, I pray that you’ll forgive me and forget all my youthful sins forever; and that even in my old days, nothing will cause your hand to punish me for my youthful sins, not even the devil’s tricky and provocative speech that he used before you, in the congregation of your holy angels in the days of Job – your faithful and successful servant.

Let your mighty angels keep Satan’s hands far away from your children, but let your spirit teacher them with his gentle and loving voice of authority; let his wisdom be there delight – give them obedient hearts that you’ll take great pleasure in what you have redeemed with your great sacrifice of love.

Teach me your ways O Lord, don’t stop until my spirit comes to you. Who has learnt enough from our God? Be careful and don’t let your pride burry you; our God cant not be fully known, not even by the angels!

A Real Life, a Real Me…

2009-03-28T16:46:00.000+03:00

Though my face may look pleasant to you, I am not a boy; I am a man. Though am merry and I speak words of courage and hope, there are times when I my spirit has been low, very low.

Tough I may seem strong to you, there are times when I’ve wished there is someone to hold me, someone to tell me “… it’s going to be alright!”

There are times when I’ve cried; there are times when I’ve been very sad; there are times when I been lonely, lonely with no one to talk to except the God and father I don’t see – he has really been their for me.

I have failed; I’ve been very disappointed and embarrassed; I have been betrayed, although you admire my faith. I have been very discouraged, abandoned and neglect, although today you see so many people around me, but God has been there with me through it all.

The Lord, my God, has been my teacher; he has taught me to be what you like about me – and I am still learning. The Lord has been my trainer: he has held my hands and taught them to do right; he has taught my brain how to think right – he has been there with me; he is my trainer.

Though I look young to you, yes my age is an age of young people, but look into my eyes, my experiences have taught me confidence – I am fearless, and am not shy to do or say right. Listen to my words; I have learnt from the best, my God. I have learnt from every opportunity, in every experience and so I speak wisdom and godly words.

I have foolishness, but I’ve been foolish many times; I hate ignorance, but ignorance is eternal – you can know everything, , but learn how to choose right from wrong, just from unjust, good from bad, righteous from evil, godly from ungodly.

I may seem very courageous to you, but the many discouragements I have had have taught me how to stay courageous and hopeful at all times. There are no walls in life is you put your hope in the Lord, the creator of heaven and earth.

As I Remember…

2009-03-26T16:44:00.000+03:00

Our father and God, we thank you for this day; words aren’t enough to express our gratefulness. You alone can tell how worse our lives should have been if we hadn’t known you, accepted you, loved you and trusted you with our lives.

How deep would we have gone in those days of trouble and lack without you O Lord? Only you can our anchor can answer; you ran to our rescue even when we were ignorant about the intensions of the evil one – you saw everything, never waited for us to pray or call, and you defended and supported us, yes, you fought all our battles alone.

As I remember,
And compare the times that have passed
To the times we are in
I see the mighty of your hands
And glory of your works,
And I say glory, glory be to God
O glory, glory (glory) be to God…

My joy and amazement can neither be expressed in words or tears, I don’t have enough ways to say thank you, yet I can’t stop saying am grateful for what you’ve done for us.

Everyday in your presence was a day in the arms of my defender, a day on the table of my father, yes, a day in the forts of the almighty Lord of hosts; the mighty warrior, were my enemies could not reach and harm me, not even the spiritual evil one.

Today, I see everything that happened in the past days and years like a dream, a terrible dream, but because you carried me through, I have woken up a victor in and through you; am not worried to sleep again, am only grateful because you’ll be glorified again and, am courageous because you’ll be with me. To you our God be the glory, honor and praise from all men in all nations forever. Amen.

Forgive us and Make Peace…

2009-03-24T16:41:00.000+03:00

O Lord, My God! Have I not known you to be a merciful God? Haven’t you forgiven even those that destroyed and robbed your temple? Haven’t you forgiven even those that disgraced your innocent child and shared his clothes in his sight?

Look at us O Lord, look at this poor nation of in Africa; look at Uganda. Forgive us O lord, forgive us for the blood of you people; the blood of the children of Abraham that was shaded in our land.

Cleanse the soil of this nation with your mercies and love, and forget all that upset you about us; forgive us our passed ambitious leaders. Forgive us because of the foolishness, wickedness, ignorance and ungodliness of our leaders.

Don’t punish the whole country because a single man or group of men; look at these thousands that will suffer because of or under your wrath, because of one man’s evil thought, even because of one man’s arrogance and unproductive ambitiousness.

Bless our nation O Lord, bless our land. Let the children of Abraham know that it was never a wish of all people in our land to offend them. Let them know about our apologies before you, their God, even about the love and pride we have in them.

Unite us O God, unite us with your chosen people of Israel. Let us come together; let us share a table and make peace. Hold back your anger upon and bless our land. Let our children and grand children be able to eat from our land peacefully.

Forgive us for the anger we stirred in you thoughts and the hatred we stirred in your heart, and choose honest, humble, wise and godly men and women among our citizens to be our leaders: appoint among us the men that are faithful to their service to this nation to be our leader, those that have love for this nation; the same that treasure the peace and friendship that is always going to be their between Uganda and Israel your beloved nation.

Let all nations worship you; let all nations praise you, now and forever. Amen.

Make Peace with Israel…

2009-03-20T16:39:00.000+03:00

“Am I not God, the creator of Heaven and Earth? I have made it known for many generations, and to all men, in all nations that I have chosen Israel to be my own. Who can accuse me for that? Not even Moses or Joshua; they are happy because Abraham, their father is happy.

The children of Jacob are my children; I married them as my bride through the covenant I made with their father Abraham, and I have blessed them, fed them and defended them with my own hand.

Though I punish them for their wrongs, don’t laugh and rejoice at their pain because your day is coming: cry with them and laugh with them and rejoice in all that is pleasant to their eyes, and you’ll see my blessing at all times.

Make peace with Israel, make peace with Israel all you that have declared yourselves enemies of my people, and I the Lord, the creator of the universe will be at peace with you and I’ll bring peace within your boundaries. I am the God who examines the hearts and minds of men therefore make straight your thoughts; you can’t hide anything from me, not even a single intension.

As sure as I am the Lord, the creator of heaven and earth, and Israel my people, all enemies of Israel will fall, yes, I will punish them for their curses and mocking upon my people. The enemies of my people are my enemies, and those who love them shall see my salvation.

In the day of my wrath, I will stretch my hand upon my enemies, the enemies of Israel, and they’ll know that I love those that I love and hate those that I hate. Make people with my people; make peace with the children of Abraham and your governments will prosper.”

Do not Punish us O Lord…

2009-03-16T16:31:00.000+03:00

Don’t punish us O lord, we are very ignorant!

Don’t kill us; don’t let us die in this ignorance. Just teach us my God; teach us because we are your children. Treat us with your great mercies and compassion because we are very foolish. Look how shameful our thoughts and actions are; we even still fight our battles like they are battles against flesh and blood!

Our mighty warrior and father, aren’t you the Lord of hosts? Teach us how to fight the good fight of faith; how to take victory over the flesh through training and strengthening our spirits.

Don’t let us die in foolishness and ignorance; for there is no glory for you in that, but pour unto us your spirit and give us hearts of flesh – obedient hearts, that you will take great pleasure in us.

Don’t judge us O Lord, because we are not worth your righteous judgment; we are to weak to learn from your punishments and endure your educative pains. Open our hearts and minds, wide like the sea, plain like the African deserts, and scoop out all the evils within and create within us the thoughts and desires that give you glory.

Examine everything within our heart and minds help us grow from childishness to spiritual maturity, from foolishness and ignorance to profitable and glorious wisdom and knowledge forever.

All our earthly fathers are proud when they see their children growing up, especially to be wise, important; to be resourceful people, but then, how will a father, even you O Lord, take pleasure in foolish and ignorant grown-up children?

Don’t let us be a shame upon you; don’t let us disgrace you when we identify ourselves as your children O Lord. Don’t let us stay a reproach upon you by evil men forever when you have all it takes to make us the people you want us to be; a people that will glorify your name in all ways possible to mankind.

Like you’ve always been our God, don’t stop today, don’t deny us; even today be our God and create in us a personality with characters that glorify your name, but don’t punish us father.

I am the Strength of my People…

2009-03-05T15:52:00.000+03:00

The Lord love all that believe in him; he treasures all that accept him and confess their faith in him in all the things they do. The Lord our God will not give up on all that love him; he will fight for them; he will defend them; he will prove to any one that he is their God.

And now, this is what the spirit of the Lord says to all mankind, “When I look into the heart of people I see those that love me and those that hate me. I hate those that hate me, and their days will be full of pain without mercy: they will complain, even call my name – the name they once despised and rubbished, and I will hear but I won’t help.

O, how I love those that love me; I will open my arms and receive them on that day, and in their days I will stay with them through all challenges; I will come close to them and put ears closer to their mouth and listen to all their cries, needs and complaints, and I will show them favor.
I will open their hearts, examine them and find the things that they desire most and I will give them in plenty, yes, I love to see those that love me happy. I will look through their hearts and see those that they love most and the things that they treasure and I will protect and defend them.”

“I the Lord, the God of the universe, I am a jealousy God: I take great pleasure in punishing my enemies, the enemies of my people. Yes, I take great pleasure in destroying those that hate me; I love to see them cry in their times of trouble because I know that their gods can’t do anything; they can’t even defend themselves, but I the Lord, I am the only God. My strength is not in my people, even before the world was, I was God. I am the strength of my people; I stretch my mighty hand and save them, they are my people.”

Love for the Young Ones…

2009-03-04T15:46:00.000+03:00

Aren’t you amazed by the kind of love mother animals have for their young ones? A wise man will look at a goat and its kid, and tell whether it is happy or not.

A goat will become restless when its young one goes far away from its sight, and if the kid refuses to follow its mother along the way, the mother will cry and call, until the young one responds, and many times got back to pick it, yes, its heart will remain restless until the kid does what she wants it to do or until it is in its presence.

A hen, a great lover of its young ones will cover its chicks under its wings; she will gather them all under her wings for protection and warmth. She won’t rest until all its young ones have eaten and learnt how to find food for them selves – she won’t stop teaching.

A dark will fight for the life of each of her young ones; though she moves as if she is heavy, she can run after anything just to see her young ones are safe. Do you want me to tell you how a lioness behaves with her young ones?

Both animals and man are pleased to see their children healthy, obedient, strong and safe. “I the Lord, I have taught them to do so from the beginning of time. How much more then, am I pleased with men and women that obey me? With all my strength, I the Lord their God will ensure that they are healthy, strong, safe and satisfied. I am God”

God; a Loving Father…

2009-03-01T15:43:00.000+03:00

Like a father, God wants us to make him proud. The Lord loves to see us follow the way he has tested confirmed to be right and taught us without holding back any truth.

A god father teaches his sons and daughters many things about the ways of life, and the Lord, our father, has held back nothing. He takes pleasure in seeing life treat his children fairly because they listen to is counsel, learn from each message and obey with understanding.

Our good father and God is a good teacher; a good trainer of the heart, mind, body and spirit. The Lord never gives up on the humble and obedient; he enjoys the hope he sees in the patient – those who wait up on him with an optimistic mind; he rewards them awesomely.

With a deep and great fatherly heart and mind, the Lord our God is our defender. He fights our battles, even the battles we don’t know about: this moves me! He challenges the devil’s accusations with his great love and mercy.

He insists that we should love one another because we are his children, and he gives us time to discover the secret of loving one another. With great love for on another, the evil one will not prevail among us – his fruits are easily identified because they never preach and perfect true love: in love they can’t stand the tastes of time.

Our God and father; our defender is a mighty soldier, a loving father.

The Lord will Command Respect…

2009-02-28T15:41:00.000+03:00

The Lord takes great pleasure in people that honor him; he is happy with any one that acknowledges him alone as God of the universe.

But, in time, the Lord will make any one that dishonors him a laughing stock: you can speak anything foolish against the Lord and take pleasure in provoking him, yes, take advantage of his patience, but his day is coming when he will let the world know that you own nothing in this world, neither what you call your property, your wife and children nor even your own body.

In those days, he will let those you laughed with laugh at you, and through your pain he will command respect amongst all the people around you.

Worship the Lord, the creator in the days when you have more energy than you can spend, and he will protect you from many things that people fear most.

Don’t fear you enemies at al times, but let the Lord your God know about everything that troubles your heart and he will stand with you, yes, he will defend you. The Lord our God won’t hold back anything from those who worship him in spirit and truth; he will defend them with all his might, and even though it means leaving his heavenly glory just to let you know that he is faithful to his word, he will do it for your safety.

What won’t end in this world? We don’t even fully know God’s eternal purpose for man, yet all we know is that there is not a single thing that will last in life except if it is fully held firm by the Lord our God. Give the Lord the pleasures of his heart and he will grant you your desires.

My Trust in the Lord…

2009-02-26T15:37:00.001+03:00

I have put my trust in the Lord and nothing will scare me; my confidence is in the Lord, my God; the creator of heaven and earth. Neither yesterday, today, tomorrow nor the unknown future will scare me because the author of time and all that operate in it is on my side.

He says he has good thoughts and plans for me, therefore I won’t be troubled because in all things, through all things I will find happiness, peace, victory and satisfaction. I know little about my God but it is all good. He created me without my consent, so I will not worry about my death, not even were my soul and spirit will rest after this life – I have trust him with what he owns.

I will not worry when I feel weak within my body because my body is his temple, his resting place, and as I take care of my house so shall he more than take care of his shelter; the Lord himself is the origin of my life. I’ll put all my trust in the Lord my God without doubting him at all.

I will rely on him for my protection and provision, because in him my heart and spirit find a peaceful rest, happiness and complete satisfaction. Those who don’t love the Lord are worthless; those who don’t worship and praise him are in deep trouble – the day is coming when he will use nature to punish them.

A wise man and woman will run to the side of the only right and true creator of the universe; he alone is strong enough to defend himself, even against time. Whatever I do, in all that I am; I will worship the Lord my God with all my energy, and I’ll put my trust in him alone.

The Greatness of our God…

2009-02-22T15:34:00.001+03:00

The Lord our God is a great God!

Who is like our God, except for those he has called his own?

Who can challenge the God I know as my god?

From the beginning of time, all through the generations, he alone has defended his position as our Lord, the creator of heaven and earth, and all that are in them. With his eternal wisdom, the Lord has made seasons for sawing and harvesting, but all time for praising and worshiping him. He made seasons for different types of fruits and cereals, yet his protection, provision and love in our lives is always their.

Our God challenges all natural wisdom and knowledge when he defends us from enemies we don’t see. For generations man has invented many things, but even the wises and most knowledgeable of men, even the most honored, the richest, the most powerful, except for stubbornness and disobedience; all of them acknowledge the presence of a powerful God.

The powerful God is on my side; the mighty God is on the side of those that love him through doing what is right and pleasant to him. He will defend those who stand for what he says, and for the proud, he will pour great fear on their death beds.

The Lord’s love, provision and protection are always their; his mercies have no season, but a time will come when he will reward the obedient and punish the disobedient.

The Lord our god is the creator of everything beneath, on and above the earth, yes, he owns them all and no other can claim them from this influence; yet his greatest desire and pleasure is to see men and women worship him in spirit and truth. As for me and my house, we will give the Lord our God what he desires most from people, we will give him his greatest pleasure.

The Lord’s Mercy and Judgment…

2009-02-20T15:29:00.001+03:00

The Lord is very merciful; our God is really merciful to us! He consumes all our evils under the wings of his mercies. Seated on his thrown, he looks deep in the minds of men and silently corrects the evil within their hearts.

Even when no one sees or hears, far away in the caves, in the forests, in deep darkness, even in isolated islands; the Lord see and hears the evils of people and still stays silent.

The Lord, our merciful God has given all evil people, people with filthy minds and spirits days of repentance. The Lord our God has numbered their days of success; don’t envy their success because it will soon end into shame.

The Lord says, “My day is coming when I will take charge of the courts, my judgment will pass and it will be just. I’ll punish the wicked in spirit and mind without mercy; I will show the entire world how filthy their actions are when every one is asleep, in the dark and in isolated places: I the Lord will disgrace them and their families for generations.”

The Lord our God is very kind; he takes time to punish the wicked and disobedient. He loves to see evil people change their ways; he takes pleasure in giving them a second chance. He loves to see them giving up their evil mind, and plans and take up their evil holy intensions of love. Blessed be the name of the Lord among those that love him.

The Lord Loves Young People…

2009-02-16T15:26:00.000+03:00

The Lord is kind; yes, the Lord our God is good.

The Lord is truly exceedingly loving; he cares when we know and when we don’t know.

The lord fights our silent battles; he challenges the enemies we don’t know about. He keeps us alive and happy; yes, he keeps us satisfied amidst our enemies.

The Lord loves young people; he loves children very much. He lets children play with anything around them; they eat anything in their sight, but the Lord protects their little stomachs from getting hurt. He gives them a lot of luck to survive in their infanthood days.

Young people, choose to obey the Lord; hide yourselves under the shadow of his guidance and he will give you great honor in your adult days – in the days when you have a lot to speak and little to do; in those day when you strength is limited to keeping you alive.

The Lord has protected nations for many years; he has defended families for generations and he won’t give up on Abraham – yes, he will let his promises to him come to pass, even to the end of the world.

Young people, if the Lord our God can do all that is talked about him, how much more would he do to you if you give up your reckless and ambitious immoral habits, and obey his counsel?

The Lord our God, the creator of heaven and earth is faithful; very faithful to those that love him and obey his counsel, and to those that worship and praise him in their youthful days. Yes, he will reward them with honor at the young and old age.

The Living Blessing…

2009-02-14T15:28:00.000+03:00

I am the God of Abraham; the God that makes a hopeless man hopeful; the God that heals a broken heart with happiness; the God that cures the deepest sadness of the heart with my blessing, I am the God of Abraham.

“Behold Abraham, a happy man; the man to whom I have given a living blessing. Haven’t the nation been blessed through you? Haven’t I multiplied you children to an innumerable number, yet I know each one by name? For generations you’ve still pleased me; your children keep your blessing alive through worshipping me as their God.”

“God then, and tell all the people in the pagan kingdoms, even those who worship idles – those helpless images that were crafted by their ancestors as gods. Go and give them hope; tell them about me and let the blessings of your father Abraham grow. I the Lord, am the only true God, and my blessings have life. I am not carried by my people from one hill to another, no, I carry my people even over the seas and take them were I please because the whole world is mine and all that are in it.”

“because I am the Lord of a living blessing, I bless one orange fruits in the world share the blessing, yet they can’t consume it all: I blessed Abraham with one child, but the whole world yesterday, today and tomorrow is blessed through him. Abraham is a happy man; rejoice, O Abraham!”

“Those that keep peace with the children of Abraham shall have peace within their boundaries. I am the only God that defends my blessings forever. Bless the children of Abraham and you’ll share their blessing. Those that love me as their God are confident people: they won’t worry about any thing – they are happy people.”

The seasons of the nations that worship me will be complete; I will give my people good leaders, honest leaders and my blessing will grow.” I am the Lord your God.

A Prayer for Young People…

2009-02-12T15:22:00.000+03:00

Our Lord, our God and father!

Have mercy upon us; have mercy upon this age of mankind!

Have mercy upon us in the days when we are most stubborn and most ignorant; in the times when we have high energy and weak minds, and are ruled by our desires.

Have mercy upon us in our young days; in the days when foolishness is our master and our bodies are its faithful and loyal servant. In such days when we have disobeyed you; we have ignored your warnings, teachings and guidance: in those days we our acts are too filthy and they stir you anger, and you still hold back your strong hand from destroying us.

Forgive us our God, because we don’t even know the value of pleasing you; the rewards of doing what is right before you.

Forgive us in the days when we think that life is a gamble; when we doubt your ordained plan for mankind; in the days when we think we are too wise and too strong to make our own way; even in the days when we think we are too wise to reason you out – forgive us I pray.

The Lord our God is not happy with young people that don’t worship him in spirit and truth; he will let them saw seeds of stubbornness, pride, falsehood, disobedience and immorality, and let them reap their fruits in their adult day, yes, they will became useless men and women, shameful and shameless; they will leave not legacy when they are gone.

How I wish young people knew how rewarding it is to love the Lord our God, and do as he commands; how I wish you knew the reward of patience and obedience before the Lord!

Young people, seek to know the lord your God, accept him with all your youthful strength and worship and praise him in spirit and truth; he will reward you with honor, peace, wealth, wisdom and a long healthy life in your old days; you’ll be strong.

Controlled by Human Nature…?

2009-02-10T15:58:00.000+03:00

Those with lives controlled by the human nature will yield death in the end; their spirits are already dead. Because being controlled by the human nature results into death, the Lord our God hates them, because he hates death.

Our God hates sin and those that associate with it. “and a person becomes an enemy of God when he is controlled by the human nature; for he does not obey God’s law, and in fact he can not obey it,” say Romans 8:7 TEV.

The Spirit of God gives life to the spirits of men in who he settles and operates, and if a man is controlled by the human nature, his spirit is dead and his body is to perish soon, and this proves further that the Spirit of God in and with him.

Because, when the Spirit of God comes upon us he shapes our way of thinking, attitudes and desires; he takes control of both our body and spirit and the fruits of God grow and manifest in our lives, which include life, boldness, joy, love, peace and material prosperity, not living out physical and spiritual knowledge, wisdom, understanding and righteousness, which are very important to a Christian character.

Those who obey the human nature possess the opposite of all the above, and therefore the scripture says, “Those who obey their human nature can not please God”, just as it also says, “…without faith no one can please God.”

What controls your human nature, and your faith, have a direct relationship. If you human nature is controlled by the human nature then you’ll live like human do; live a little while and die hopeless, but if the Spirit of God controls your human nature, you’ll indeed be a child of God.

Praises to The Lord…

2009-02-08T15:20:00.002+03:00

Praise be to the Lord our God forever.

Praises be to the God of all that live on the mountains and hills, in the valleys and the islands.
You O Lord are so good; you’ve blessed the people that live in the deserts with enough cereals (seeds) and fruits!

I will praise you for your goodness; in the isolated places I will talk good about you; yes, with my mouth I will confess the wonderful things you have done for me; I will thank you with my praises and tell you how much I love you.

You, my God are a good God; a God of the near and far future, even the God who has been in the many past generations.

Who can tell the depth of your wisdom and knowledge? Who can challenge you about past events; are you not the only true and holy witness we have about what was? Who can fully understand and describe your plans for man kind?

Every time I think about your good plans for mankind, I see how deep your love for us is, though its bottom I can see. And, every time I try to understand your plans for mankind, my mind can’t go far enough, but I always discover how you love us so much.

You, O Lord are very merciful, very merciful to mankind.
You look at what the evil men do and you spare them because of their descendants who still rest in their bones. You spared our evil and pagan ancestors because you saw true worshippers in their linage after several generations.

With our sins we offend you today knowing and unknowingly, and even without remembering to repent before your anger can fall upon us, you forgive us because you know that tomorrow we’ll love, praise and worship you with a true mind and spirit.

You forgive us in the das of our youth, when the desires of our youthful days cause us to sin, because you know that in our old days it’s you that we’ll serve; worship and teach to our children and grandchildren. Praise the Lord.

The Great Creator…

2009-02-06T15:17:00.000+03:00

The Lord our God, our creator is great! Our God is a great creator. He made the fruits of the valleys, mountains, hills, deserts and thick forests very sweet.

He has given them nice flavors; he has made each fruit special from the other by taste, flavor and some even by color. Those from the south are different from those of the north, east and west, and so are those from each of the directions.

The lord our god has blessed them with tastes that bring happiness in the hearts of men.
Men travel from all directions to all directions of the earth to find and taste the fruits our God has made.

Our God is a great creator, yes, he is a great creator.
He has blessed each land with its own blessings; its own animals; its own crops; its own climate; its own customs and language, and we all need one another.

Men travel from all directions to all directions to see what the Lord our God created their, and they come back home to tell of the greatness of the things they have seen, and they speak to their countrymen and conclude by saying, “the Lord our God, creator of heaven and earth is a great creator.”

Because we can’t know about all creature and customs of all people on earth, we can’t fully tell how great a creator our God is.

Because we can taste each fruit and seed to tell the different tastes each has from the other, by taste and land of origin, can fully describe how good our God is.
Some tastes are beyond description like the gory of our God.

My Best Chapter...

2009-02-01T14:37:00.000+03:00

As you know, each of us has things he or she prefers from others, and as for me, the bible has this Chapter (Hebrews 2:1-18) that I passionately love. Today, I dedicate to you this Chapter that it will give you the knowledge in which I personally take pleasure.

Hebrews 2:1-18
Hbr 2:1; Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip. Hbr 2:2; For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; Hbr

Hbr 2:3; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];

Hbr 2:4; God also bearing [them] witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? Hbr 2:5; For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.

Hbr 2:6; But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Hbr 2:7; Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

Hbr 2:8; Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing [that is] not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

Hbr 2:9; But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. Hbr 2:10; For it became him, for whom [are] all things, and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Hbr 2:11; For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Hbr 2:12; Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

Hbr 2:13; And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. Hbr 2:14; Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Hbr 2:15; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Hbr 2:16; For verily he took not on [him the nature of] angels; but he took on [him] the seed of Abraham.

Hbr 2:17; Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Hbr 2:18; For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

A Mysterious God…

2009-01-31T16:03:00.001+03:00

Open my physical and inner mind, even my spirit; that I’ll be able to accommodate this feeling of ignorance:

How deep is your wisdom? How far will/does your understanding go? Who below the earth, on earth and above the earth, even in the furthest places can tell the junctions where you meet people and bless them?

Who can determine your way before you let those you please know? In your silence, who can tell what you’re thinking about, even what you are planning for your glorious and mysterious creation?

How far does you sight go my God if you can see through the minds and hearts of all people throughout the whole world at all times, and you do it without resting?

You determined the course of everything before time was, and only you can alter anything you have pre-determined. My minute mind can’t think anything worth considering of you; even my spirit melts at your revelations!

Who explains your decisions? Who can understand your ways? Who surely knows the fullness of your mind, O God? Who can give you advice? Who has ever given you anything so that you had to pay it back?

We all plead because you are our creator father, king and master. We all beg because you are our sole provider. Even spirits don’t know enough about you, not even the angels that you’ve put so close to yourself; they are still amazed by your power, your wisdom, your glory, even your love for mankind!

Who can tell any of your secrets; who can really discover any secret you’ve not let them know? Who can individually discover anything about you except it be revealed by your Holy Spirit? Who can escape you eyes? Who can run away from you judgment?

All that you have created has a debt to pay to you; it’s a debt to all your creation to worship you, and you alone as our God.

The Living Blessing…

2009-01-30T15:55:00.000+03:00

I am the God of Abraham; the God that makes a hopeless man hopeful; the God that heals a broken heart with happiness; the God that cures the deepest sadness of the heart with my blessing, I am the God of Abraham.

“Behold Abraham, a happy man; the man to whom I have given a living blessing. Haven’t the nation been blessed through you? Haven’t I multiplied you children to an innumerable number, yet I know each one by name? For generations you’ve still pleased me; your children keep your blessing alive through worshipping me as their God.”

“God then, and tell all the people in the pagan kingdoms, even those who worship idles – those helpless images that were crafted by their ancestors as gods. Go and give them hope; tell them about me and let the blessings of your father Abraham grow. I the Lord, am the only true God, and my blessings have life. I am not carried by my people from one hill to another, no, I carry my people even over the seas and take them were I please because the whole world is mine and all that are in it.”

“Because I am the Lord of a living blessing, I bless one orange fruits in the world share the blessing, yet they can’t consume it all: I blessed Abraham with one child, but the whole world yesterday, today and tomorrow is blessed through him. Abraham is a happy man; rejoice, O Abraham!”

“Those that keep peace with the children of Abraham shall have peace within their boundaries. I am the only God that defends my blessings forever. Bless the children of Abraham and you’ll share their blessing. Those that love me as their God are confident people: they won’t worry about any thing – they are happy people.”

The seasons of the nations that worship me will be complete; I will give my people good leaders, honest leaders and my blessing will grow.” I am the Lord your God.

A Mysterious God…

2009-01-29T16:10:00.001+03:00

Open my physical and inner mind, even my spirit; that I’ll be able to accommodate this feeling of ignorance:

How deep is your wisdom? How far will/does your understanding go? Who below the earth, on earth and above the earth, even in the furthest places can tell the junctions where you meet people and bless them?

Who can determine your way before you let those you please know? In your silence, who can tell what you’re thinking about, even what you are planning for your glorious and mysterious creation?

How far does you sight go my God if you can see through the minds and hearts of all people throughout the whole world at all times, and you do it without resting?

You determined the course of everything before time was, and only you can alter anything you have pre-determined. My minute mind can’t think anything worth considering of you; even my spirit melts at your revelations!

Who explains your decisions? Who can understand your ways? Who surely knows the fullness of your mind, O God? Who can give you advice? Who has ever given you anything so that you had to pay it back?

We all plead because you are our creator father, king and master. We all beg because you are our sole provider. Even spirits don’t know enough about you, not even the angels that you’ve put so close to yourself; they are still amazed by your power, your wisdom, your glory, even your love for mankind!

Who can tell any of your secrets; who can really discover any secret you’ve not let them know?

Who can individually discover anything about you except it be revealed by your Holy Spirit?

Who can escape you eyes? Who can run away from you judgment?

All that you have created has a debt to pay to you; it’s a debt to all your creation to worship you, and you alone as our God.

The Lord God, The Creator of Man…

2009-01-29T15:14:00.000+03:00

How I wish all men knew how wonderful the Lord our God is!
How I wish they would understand how much he loves us; even how much he cares about us!

Everything the Lord our God has done is good; they are all beautiful that he has created.
The Lord has given us hunger in our body that we will taste the sweetness of what he has created for us as food.

The Lord has given us many desires that we will continuously adore his creation, and praise him for what he has created; that we will appreciate his creation and find satisfaction and wholeness in it.

He has deepened the desires of the hearts of men that they may see and appreciate the taste and art of his creation.

Who then, is like the Lord our creator?
The Lord has given us thirst that we will taste water; whose taste we can’t fully describe; whose color we can’t tell, yet its satisfaction is so relieving!

Such things like water; the things I can see, feel and taste, yet I can’t fully describe make me get down on my knees, bow my head to the ground and worship you my Lord and creator.
You, our God are very caring; you’ve placed your blessings and provisions in every road in which we walk. You created some men among us with the hearts of angels that they will bless us with the things we need most in our desperate times.

You’ve created men who speak words that can put together a broken spirit and heal a broken heart.

Because you love us so much, you know our silent needs, and you’ll provide even before we are certain: look how we see and breathe even when we’ve forgotten that we do. You’ll teach us responsibility before we discover; you’ll prepare us for the long journeys of life before we can ever think we’ll have them. You go behind us, before us, besides us and above us every where we go, at all times and you never give up. How I wish we fully understood your love for us, or get the right words to worship and praise you with thanksgiving.

Love... Christian Love... Real Love...

2009-01-28T16:54:00.000+03:00

Sometimes as a Christian I want to emphasise or teach brothers and sisters in Christ about and when i try to rush through the Bible and find a scripture that says that same as what i want to say; I mean one that agrees with me, on the subject, I don't find any, yet in most cases what I want to stress neither disagrees with the bible nor is referred to anywhere. So many time I wonder if what am going to say will be misunderstood or opposed in one way or another.

As a long time believing Christian, I've learnt a lot about love and character, and this hass greatly influenced my intension in everything I do. Love is deeper than it sounds, wider than any description you can give of what it is, louder than thoughts, dreams, wishes or even words.

Love involves both thoughts and actions; it involves the most hidden thoughts, the intensions you would rather not speak out or show. Loud noise is a disgusting, but loud love is cherished and it's what we all need - everyone embrasses it. How great then is the love of our God? How loud? How sweet? How deep? How mysterious? How about your love for the people you know? Is it deep, loud, sweet, wide or mysterious? Are its intension good? Would it earn you the reward people think you deserve if all your thoughts and intensions were analysed?

Be the best man [and woman] you can be.

Scripture: I Corinthians 13:1-13

{13:1} Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

{13:2} And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

{13:3} And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor,] and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

{13:4} Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

{13:5} Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

{13:6} Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

{13:7} Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

{13:8} Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.

{13:9} For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

{13:10} But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

{13:11} When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

{13:12} For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

{13:13} And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.

Want to Get Saved…?

2009-01-27T15:50:00.000+03:00

Many people that have heard about Jesus Christ and what he does in people’s lives ask themselves, “How can I Jesus Christ in my life like others?”

And the short and bold answer is, “Get saved!” and this short answer is what most believers in Jesus Christ will give you, which is right of course, but below is a short but detailed prayer you should first read without uttering words seven to twelve times for not less than 40 days – your life won’t remain the same, Christ promises.

“Today I confess that I am saved through Jesus Christ the son of God. I believe that he is a son of God and because I believe in him, I am a son of God. I believe that he died for me and all mankind on the cross at Calvary. I believe that he has power over everything on earth and in heaven, even in my life. I am saved today and I won’t give up on what I believe for anything now and forever. Amen”

Now, reading it many times will multiply your confidence in Jesus Christ and what he stands for: read the Bible and you’ll know more about him and God, and even when you don’t understand enough about what you read, just read.

Blessed Be Israel…

2009-01-24T15:32:00.000+03:00

Let the might saving and protecting hand of the Lord our God re upon you, Israel.

Let his eyes watch over you day and night, always, and forever.

Let his shadow be your night and the light of his glory be your day.

Let his mercies and love rise upon you like the morning sun. Let his protection cover you fully like the sun set and night.

Let your streets be filled with wealth, satisfaction and happiness.

O, how the Lord loves you so much! His goodness to you will continue until his blessings upon your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are fully exhausted.

Let your children grow up in the fear of the Lord, yes, the Lord will protect them in the wombs of their mothers, in the streets within Israel, and he will teach them how to worship and praise him to their old day through his spirit.

Listen, O Israel! Don’t defy the Lord’s counsel, don’t turn down his orders! Obey him with all your might: praise and worship him alone, not even the greatest weapons within your gates, the Lord alone is your avenger, defender and protector.

The Lord look beyond the hills, through the valleys and on the mountain tops, and sees your enemies trying out their destructive plans against you and he destroys them with storms and winds before their planned days come to pass. He looks up on the tallest buildings and makes blind the eyes of the enemies that can have put the little and innocent, even you wives on target.

Let his brave spirit of wisdom rest upon your leaders, even upon your young men.

The Lord will make you warriors fearless; he will give them direction and luck in all their battles against your enemies, yes, even his hosts from heaven will fight along with your soldiers. He will protect their lives and give them a life long enough to let them see their children become mighty soldiers, even their beautiful grand children.

Let the Lord bless all your families and investments, and multiply their luck from generation to generation. The Lord your God will use your enemies’ anger as your shield and their evil plans as your arrows; he will destroy them using their own evil intensions on you.

Let the Lord saw seeds of the most precious stones within your boundaries; like a farmer saws grains distance after distance and waters them in the times of drought, let the Lord water your land with oils from the purest oil wells of this planet.

Just as the land and waters are spread wide around this planet, so is the chest of the Lord for you Israel; with his hands wide open, he will always wait for your cries in times of trouble and he will answer; he is waiting to hear you mention the desires of your hearts and he will deliver them with his mighty hand, and when you worship and praise him for all he has done in all your lives, he will take great pleasure in your words and come in your midst.

The day is coming when there will be no bloodshed or communal cries within the boundaries of Israel; in those days the Lord will come down and sit on the holy mountain, and his glory will spread all over the sacred hills, among all people that worship him in all nations. Yes, he will even come down from the holy mountain to the sacred hills below and live among his people because of the joy he will have found in their true praises and worship. In those days, there will be great trembling all over the world because our God is pleased with his people, yet no body will die or be hurt, not even a scratch will come upon their bodies because the Lord our God is happy.

In those holy days, the Lord himself will settle any differences amongst his people; he will be their counselor and judge, yet because of his great mercies and happiness he will teach his people how to love one another, and no body will be destroyed.

O, how lovely those days will be! How peaceful the days of the Lord will be!
Praise the Lord your God, O Israel!

The Complete Knowledge... And Care...

2009-01-23T16:51:00.000+03:00

Psalm 139 1-24

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

{139:1} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me.]

{139:2} Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

{139:3} Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.

{139:4} For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but,] lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

{139:5} Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

{139:6} [Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.

{139:7} Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

{139:8} If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there.

]{139:9} [If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

{139:10} Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

{139:11} If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

{139:12} Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee.]

{139:13} For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

{139:14} I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.

{139:15} My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

{139:16} Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.

{139:17} How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

{139:18} [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

{139:19} Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

{139:20} For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.

{139:21} Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

{139:22} I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

{139:23} Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

{139:24} And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Letter To Mr. Obama… 19/01/09

2009-01-22T14:54:00.002+03:00

Dear Mr. Obama,

I hope you’re doing well. Back here, everyone is very excited about this day, and your achievement as the first black president of the world’s biggest power of modern times and history. Before going for office work; before you can get to busy for any advice for the next four years of hard work in the responsibility of governance, these words may be good to note.

I highly hope that by now you know that people in the world are happy about your achievement and are expecting a lot from you; from your not-yet-tested-policies, which puts you on tension. But don’t worry, those things happen to all leaders who can describe themselves as having feelings like yours; so don’t worry!

It’s also good to always remember that life is full of both achievements and failures, which makes it real and balanced, so don’t put your hopes too high because so will be your disappointments. Be ready to be criticized, and accept it with a free mind because it’ll always happen. You can not please every one, but know your priorities; the safety, growth and strength of the American government, your family and the rest of the world around you.

Don’t also forget that keeping friends close, carefully, helps strong men grow stronger in wisdom, courage and hope. Listen carefully and only speak when it is necessary. For a man of great responsibility like you, it is good to also be a good writer; this will ease your life from stress and depression – it will give you nights full of good sleep and a refreshed health, and good judgments. Seek advice from anyone around you on any public matters; out of what is despised can sometimes come great things: wise words, good judgment and great people – I guess by now you don’t doubt that.

Also remember that you’re a hero, a great man, only if you recognize yourself as an Afro-American, but with an American and global mindset: so be that hero. Open opportunities for the minorities, fight for justice and peace. Anger, fear and excitement make men go wrong; be careful with extreme feelings – take critical judgments only when you’re calm: speak less at all times, it’s good.

Music is a good inspiration and a stress cure, so listen to the kind that keeps your spirit awake with hope. Don’t take heavy burdens on your self; trust in the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth with your life, work and responsibilities. You would rather tell God what you can’t do and he denies you assistance, which I don’t think, than die in silence.

Devote you extra life to God since you have many lives to take care of and He’s the author of life, and He will faithfully guide you. Read the achievements and failures of kings both in the Bible and outside the Bible, as well as the greatest political leaders, and you’ll avoid many mistakes in your life of big responsibilites.

Looking at the black and bright sky will give you a lot of wisdom and peace, as well as looking at other natural things and wild animals, and trying to understand them and you honor God’s art and science; this will help you know and understand that the world is led by God and not men, and so you won’t strain too hard to the extent of loosing your own poor life.

Tell your juniors that it is working together that makes strong teams strong, and listen to their opinions; some levels and positions which are sometimes or many times despised tend to see things more clearly.

A wife is a great strength for any married men, strong or weak; so listen to her, remembering that she’s you-watching-yourself in another body. Don’t despise her, but use the right measures to judge her judgments. Tell her anything and trust her enough, but carefully, remembering that she is a woman and something are heavy for her to work out or accommodate at the same time like men do.

Hard work is not what yields the greatest results, no, it’s good work and good luck. Be wise, think less, rightly and timely, and you’ll be glad on that day when you get out of that office as an achiever. I’ll also be by your side when things go right or wrong, so don’t think you are a lone; we’ll be praying for you all over the world.

Let wisdom, knowledge and understanding be upon you.
Let good and just judgment lead your path.
Let the spirit of the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth rest upon you that you’ll work within his plan, which is the only sure plan that succeeds. Let peace, happiness, prosperity, good health and long life be yours in the name of the holy and true Lord, and Leader of leaders.

Yours in service,

ISIKO Peace John

Controlled by Human Nature…?

2009-01-15T15:49:00.000+03:00

Those with lives controlled by the human nature will yield death in the end; their spirits are already dead. Because being controlled by the human nature results into death, the Lord our God hates them, because he hates death.

Our God hates sin and those that associate with it. “and a person becomes an enemy of God when he is controlled by the human nature; for he does not obey God’s law, and in fact he can not obey it,” say Romans 8:7 TEV.

The Spirit of God gives life to the spirits of men in who he settles and operates, and if a man is controlled by the human nature, his spirit is dead and his body is to perish soon, and this proves further that the Spirit of God in and with him.

Because, when the Spirit of God comes upon us he shapes our way of thinking, attitudes and desires; he takes control of both our body and spirit and the fruits of God grow and manifest in our lives, which include life, boldness, joy, love, peace and material prosperity, not living out physical and spiritual knowledge, wisdom, understanding and righteousness, which are very important to a Christian character. Those who obey the human nature possess the opposite of all the above, and therefore the scripture says, “Those who obey their human nature can not please God”, just as it also says, “…without faith no one can please God.”

What controls your human nature, and your faith, have a direct relationship. If you human nature is controlled by the human nature then you’ll live like human do; live a little while and die hopeless, but if the Spirit of God controls your human nature, you’ll indeed be a child of God.

Trouble, Trouble and More Trouble World…!

2009-01-15T15:21:00.000+03:00

While walking on the street the other day, I heard a song playing in one of the shops at loud volume. This gospel musician (a lady) was singing out her heart, asking God to protect her from her enemies, and to bless her and ashame them. The song really had a good rhythm you would easily love and the message was clear.

Today I have a problem with the way people (some, but many) think. People will easily talk about their insecurities than securities; they’ll talk about more about their problems than blessings; they’ll talk more their enemies than friends!

It’s had to find a person (even a musician) asking God to bless his friends, but almost every musician has a song about his enemies, or at least a line in one of his most popular songs. Should we say they have more enemies than friends? Or should we say enemies inspire people than friends? If it is true, then they are the wrong people, they do more “wrongs” than “goods”.

You’ll wake up in the morning and turn on the TV to see what happened in the world while you were asleep, and to my surprise, every time I do this, I’ll see and hear about the riot or demonstration in one European or Asian countries a bomb blast and the degree of its effects in one of the chaotic Arab countries.

I stopped watching the news broad casts in the morning just to protect my grateful morning attitude. You’ll easily hear about a fraud made by one of the top official of a globally recognized organization or strong government, but it is not easy to see any of those good official, who have served the world unselfishly, faithfully and with a devoted attitude being thanked, praised or even recognized in the morning news; they can only be brought to the screen when commenting on bad things (suspicions), and even still, little is talked about their deeds, only titles are given – so unfair!!!

Why do we have to talk (most) about the bad side of life and almost completely live out the good things happening in our world? The very picture of this world you’ll get when you watch the morning news will make the word seem the worst place man can live; everything in the news is generally bad news, many times magnified than its real size. Try it the next morning, even for a week, and you’ll agree with me.

I wish one day the world’s most popular broadcasting bodies will initiate a program were people thank God or fellow me for the good things they are experiencing; were people talk about their achievements and hoe grateful they are; were people thank the world superpowers, World Bank, the United Nations, The European Union, Global Fund, USAID, the Common Wealth and more for the good things they have done for the world and it’s inhabitants, especially the human race. I think this will help us (people) look at the world with a better perspective, with a more grateful attitude, not seeing it as a trouble, trouble and more trouble world every morning, day evening and night.

My appreciation goes to all people, organizations and governments that have played a big/small role, but contributed towards making this world a better habitat for man and the rest of the creatures, especially the United Nations and the Geographers like National Geography, Wild Life Authority, Animal planet and more of the kind. Let my good God bless you endlessly and abundantly for making this world a better place for us.

*Organizations, people and governments spend Billions and Trillions of different currencies to make this world a better place, but nobody, actually a few people are grateful for this.

The Strength Of the God Of Elijah...

2009-01-13T16:48:00.000+03:00

First Kings 18:1-46

Elijah and Obadiah
1- After a long time, in the third year, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.”

2- So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria, 3- and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of his palace. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the LORD. 4- While Jezebel was killing off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.) 5- Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.”

6- So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another. 7- As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”

8- “Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’ ” 9- “What have I done wrong,” asked Obadiah, “that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death? 10- As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you. 11But now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ 12- I don’t know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. Yet I your servant have worshiped the LORD since my youth.

13- Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred of the LORD’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water. 14- And now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!”
15- Elijah said, “As the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.”

Elijah on Mount Carmel
16- So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17- When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?” 18- “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the LORD’s commands and have followed the Baals. 19- Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

20- So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.

21- Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.
22- Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the LORD’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.

23- Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. 24- Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire—he is God.” Then all the people said, “What you say is good.” 25- Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.” 26So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.

27- At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” 28- So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. 29- Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.

30- Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which had been torn down. 31- Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.” 32- With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs a of seed. 33- He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.”

34-“Do it again,” he said, and they did it again. “Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time. 35- The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. 36- At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “LORD, the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37- Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”

38- Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. 39- When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!” 40- Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there. 41- And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42- So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.

43- “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” 44- The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’ ” 45- Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain came on and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.

46- The power of the LORD came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

Lessons:

1) Stand for your faith

2) Don't let evil live with good; eliminate it!

3) If you doubt what is right or worng, put it to the test; time will sort it out.

4) Every time you eliminate evil from your life (mind) blessings flood in.

There are more lessons to learn from this passage than these, meditate on it and you'll find them.

The Death Of Saul… The Rise of King DAVID…

2009-01-12T16:59:00.000+03:00

2 Samuel 1: ...27

{1:1} Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

{1:2} It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

{1:3} And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

{1:4} And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

{1:5} And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

{1:6} And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

{1:7} And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here [am] I.

{1:8} And he said unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite.

{1:9} And he said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life [is] yet whole in me.

{1:10} So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that [was] upon his head, and the bracelet that [was] on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

{1:11} Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that [were] with him:

{1:12} And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

{1:13} And David said unto the young man that told him,
Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

{1:14} And David said unto him,
How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to
destroy the LORD’S anointed?

{1:15} And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

{1:16} And David said unto him, Thy blood [be] upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’S anointed.

{1:17} And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

{1:18} (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

{1:19} The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

{1:20} Tell [it] not in Gath, publish [it] not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

{1:21} Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be] rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as though he had] not [been] anointed with oil.

{1:22}
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

{1:23} Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

{1:24} Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

{1:25} How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, [thou
wast] slain in thine high places.

{1:26} I am distressed for
thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

{1:27} How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

LESSONS IN THIS PASSAGE

Always be have the right answers close
Be understanding
Know what is right to do
Have great love, pride and compassion for you Government

Polite Speech...

2009-01-12T16:56:00.000+03:00

Did you know that polite speech can earn you what neither money nor power or even knowledge won't earn you. there is always favor for a man that has a polite character, whose speech is polite.

You see friends, it cost you nothing to speak politely, except a simple, gentle and understanding voice. Gentleness is a character of good understanding of love. Those who understand what love means, I mean true love, have nothing to do with rude speech: they know that is stirs anger and breeds hatred.

Why not bless a soul tody with a gentle speech. What if you said or replied with a "please" instead of anything else rude? What if you apologized instead of "rolling off" like a stone; instead of moving away like you have no feelings? Wouldn't someone else's character change for Christ's sake?

Don't you think that would bless more souls than you think? Dress you life with a good character, a good speech.

Making A Home: Important Things…

2009-01-12T15:16:00.001+03:00

Every complete home as four arts that should be clearly noticed or identified; -

1) the bedroom

2) the kitchen

3) the toilet

4) the sitting area

Each of these is important, and for a home to be a home a complete home, you have to have them. They all don’t have to be under one roof, no, but they need to be there, somewhere.

Identifying these parts of your home will make you have easy planning, time and a better development strategy.

One day a friend, who was still staying his parents’ home and was about to move to is own home asked me what was needed for a home to be a home, and what he would have to maintain ad their supplies. I told home that all he had to do was to identify those given parts above, and all identify things that have to be added or changed for time to time for whatever reasons.

The Bedroom; It’s the most important part of every home. You would rather have everything else missing under your roof, but not your bed. A lot depends on your bedroom; your health especially and the hygiene to show elsewhere. A bedroom is the most rarely changed part of the home; you can sleep on the same mattress for years, same bed for years, and same pillows for years and same bed sheets for months, and it’s okay. Such things don’t apply everywhere else especially in the kitchen and the sitting area.

The Kitchen; You’ve got to clean it up! I personally hate to use the same plates and glasses for years. You’ve got to refill those foodstuffs and spices from time to time… this involves trying new ones from time to time to maintain your appetite; pleasure in eating.

The Toilet; Were all rubbish goes must be clean. This will help you avoid a lot of diseases and discomforts. A clean toilet is just as important as a clean kitchen, bedroom and sitting area; they’ll all cause great discomfort if not worked on well. Gentle scents and clean and sufficient utilities in the toilet have made me name it the second most interesting part of the house, next to the kitchen. I can stay in the kitchen for hours and I don’t miss the bedroom or sitting area, and I love to take enough time in a clean toilet… my brain works so well in their, I also feel at ease.

The Sitting Area; This is the most impressive part of every good home just like clothings on your body. Neat and smart clothings define a lot about your like a neat and smart sitting area in your home. I promise you that you’ll always hate to come home early enough if your sitting area is shabby; such discomfort will keep you out late in the night.

Work on your home; how else can you make the world a better place without making your home a better place for you?

Nation of God; Israel…

2009-01-12T12:22:00.002+03:00

Israel, O Israel!
You’re the nation the Lord God chose as his own; a nation through whom all the world would know, accept and understand him. Do not be troubled, the Lord is on your side. He will cast away your fears, rub and dry your tears and give you the peace you’ve always desired, a peace in which you’ll praise his name for ever.

The lord will return every land that belonged to your fore fathers, he will restore all the fallen cities within you, gather all the properties that were taken from you and return them to the city of David were he will multiply them with the might of his hand and divide them amongst the tribe leaders of his people.

Rejoice, O Israel!
The Lord your God loves you, he hates to see your enemies laugh, he hate to hear their hateful words, he hates to see the evil in their hearts; he will fight for you, yes, he will protect you and your children. He will bless you friends and curse your enemies. He will curse your enemies and make them dumb; they will neither speak right nor hear right, even the heart and mind will be filled with shameful madness.

Rejoice you children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for the Lord your God is still holding on to the covenants, vows and promises he made with/to you fore fathers. He won’t let any generation go without his blessings. He will love you, protect you and multiply everything you have, whether in the land he gave your father Abraham or in the nations.

The lord will travel with you to the nations and back home, blessing you all the way. He will bless all that stand with you and curse all that have hidden and silent intentions of breaking your happiness and peace. The Lord will give a good life to your little children; he will protect them and give them a complete life. They will look at their fore fathers and ancestors and see how merciful, loving and kind the Lord has been to Israel, even how mightily he has manifested himself through the ages. Continuously praise the Lord O Israel; he loves you and will always love you.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord our God, master of the nations and all that are in them. Praise the Lord O Israel, praise the Lord!

Israel, You Have Friends…

2009-01-07T12:19:00.001+03:00

A lot has troubled you; a lot has kept you awake all night, worried about your own life, existence and the safety of all that you own. There is war on every side around you; you have enemies all around you cursing every good thing in you hands – they are always praying that the worst happens to you at all times; that you’ll have no peace or happiness; that even your little children will grow up in terror and fear, but don’t get worried.

Rejoice today, rejoice O Israel! The Lord your God has given you good neighbors, though not so close to you, they are always praying for you, wishing you all the best and more that all strong nations should have.

The Lord has given you friends in the lands close and far who share all your burdens with you, who won’t rest their tongues before the Lord until they see a smile on your face. You’re not alone in this world; don’t feel like an orphan, you’re not a stranger in this world; this world is yours because the Lord your God owns every Land, air and water on, in and under it, even beyond it.

Sleep enough tonight; someone else has taken on the burden of praying for you; they are in the lands far away pleading your case, even your burden.

Eat enough today, drink and feel your stomach, don’t cry even today, don’t look sad today; today is a day for you to be happy, the Lord’s hand is with you and you’re safe among your enemies. Go and visit the holy and sacred places, the places of prayer and worship and praise the Lord your God. Yes, rejoice in the presence of the Lord because he is there among you.

Abortion... Think About It...!

2008-12-21T16:54:00.000+03:00

Sometimes back I read in the news about a lion that killed a family and the man poisoned it. This man was being pursued by the police; to persecute him for killing a man eater! An animal that was a threat to many more lives; an animal that had killed his family! I don't know were it all ended, but he was on the run; running from the government that couldn't protect him and his family from a man eater; a government that protects animals from people.

Think about these questions:
1) Did you know that some governments are more passionate at protecting animal rights than human rights?
2) Did you know that some governments would rather make money at the expense of human lives than protect or save human lives at the expense of money?
3) Did you know that many animals on this planet are living more comfortable lives than humans; and this is made by governments that do not care about their people?

Anyway, that is something many of us know. After all, some governments care more about revenging their enemies than providing basic needs for their citizens; and if you've been in the media between 2002 - 2008 then you're my witness.

A government will dish out billions of its currency on an animal research while people die of lack of sufficient medical care! Obviously, knowing such things will stir your anger and you'll wish you where a super man or girl, and you would change the course of events in favor of men and women's lives or livelihood.

Anyway, with in such cases above, it's easy to tell who right and who is in need. But hear comes the case of abortion. Abortion is a very completed matter for many governments to decide on, especially whether it should be legalized or not. Judgments of whether abortion should be legalized or not are very circumstantial. Such questions as;-

1) What if a woman is not ready to conceive?
2) What if she is of a pre-mature age?
3) What is it is out of a crime that she conceived, say rape or defilement?
4) What is the father is irresponsible or even denies?
5) What if the father is incapable of sustaining the pregnancy?
6) And, the funny one of all, what if the man doesn't simply want the baby?
7) Lastly, what if one of the parents if insane or a premature?

Should the government legalize abortion in such cases or not? What standards or measures should be taken to prove that the permitted abortion case lays under the above instances? When I look at such cases, I then ask my self whether there are any exeptions or not since to me, it seems abortion can have been fully legalized since almost all cases lay somewhere in one or more cases above.

Should the government protect the babies from such a preventive or murderous practice? I personally think the government should also give some protection to these young people-to-be especially in cases where the mother is fully grown and health-wise capable of giving birth. Religious beliefs may not be just here if considered (since many of them are extreme...) while taking such decisions; it's very true.

Critic…? How do you help…?

2008-12-17T16:55:00.002+03:00

The other day while I was seated in a restaurant, I sat close to this guy, so informed, he could easily sort the best from the worst no matter how much it disguises. He was commenting on anything, of course negatively, on the TV show on the other screen, on the movie on this screen, the restaurant arrangement, the dressing code of the waiters and anything the crossed his eyes and rung in his mind. He had good arguments, informed points worth noting, but the expression was poor.

As I walked out of the restaurant, I met this other pedestrian like me and as we by-passed a 2 years old boy holding the Bible with so much courage and preaching anything good about it (the Bible) that would come on his mind, the gentle man commented, “this young man doesn’t know anything worth noting”. He was wrong of course, the little man knew just what he was talking about and other people contributed money right before him in support of his ministry.

As I entered a plaza to get some staff into my hands, I met this other gang boys at a “man age” and they were criticizing anything that crossed their eyes and moved their thinking. They talked national and world politics, sports; football in particular, fashion and more; obviously I took sometime close to them, noting what they were discussing, criticizing anyone, anything.

I have discovered something about critics in my years; they are well informed people (sometime mistaken or misinformed) who want “wrong” things “right”, but cant change anything except talking about it.

I have told friends, many times, that a good teacher isn’t a very informed person, no, but one man or woman who is willing to share his/her idea(s) with anyone just to teach them right, help them understand or improve their lives and decision making.

I imagine, if all we know as critics were good teachers, how informed or right would our society be? This is why I have decided to devote most of my life to writing in a way of informing masses. I wish, many times, I had a “louder” medium through which I could help people know, understand and do the right things rather than comment without helping.

Criticizing helps you analyze facts about something, but a good critic is one who doesn’t only expose the negatives and challenge the positives, but one who will provide recommendations on what he has analyzed. Don’t just talk about anything on the streets, in restaurants or bars.

If you’re well informed, and you have a good understanding and judgment of facts and factors, you don’t have to aim at winning but helping people know, understand and do; come join my crew of teachers, inspired by reality.

Mr. Barak Obama... The Inspiration...

2008-11-21T15:13:00.000+03:00

Mr. Obama's success in the past US president election has risen almost every man's eyebrows, be it the Blacks, the Whites, the Arabs or Asians. It's true that this is not what any of us living today expected, especially from this generation of elders.

To me, it is some scripture coming true.

At hearing the victory news, I felt like I had lost all the hairs on my body, as if I had been thrown from the peak of the Himalayahs, I shaded some tears of joy, danced cotrollably, smyled like I had done something funny without anyone noticing and then joined my friends Mary and Timothy to alk about the success.

Mr. Obama's success today has confirmed many beliefs, prophesies and sayingw. It has challenged many negative beliefs about black people (regardless of were they live) and is a challenge to every man's faith and belief, both young and old, "black" or "white", man or woman.

For women, there are three things (but not only three) that I would now want to see come to pass;

1) A female Secretary General of the United Nations.
2) A female British Prime Minister (Premier).
3) A female president of China and of Russia.

For the world, there are three things (but not only three) that I would want to see come to pass;

1) The capture of Osama Bin Laden.
2) The discovery of an HIV/AIDS, Sicklecells and all types of cancers cure.
3) A black British, Germany and France Premier.

And one more funny one; to see one million Chines married to black men in as few as one year.

Mr. Obama's success has proved to us that "all things are possible to all who believe". And, that all things dreams are possible to those who keep them alive in them.

However, fellow black men and women, and the rest of the world that believes so much in Mr. Obama's success, don't expect much from Mr. Obama. He is just a man like any of us, a leader pursuing the "American Dream", which though not a global dream, is relevant to the rest of the world. He is going to face his portion of challenges in leadership were he will make his achievements and failures.

Take the lessons in his success story and let him have enough time to re-establish the American Economy, and the foundation of the next Black leaders in the high positions of Global Leadershipship.

Points In LIfe... Self Judgement...

2008-11-21T05:44:00.004+03:00

Everytime you reach a point in life were you don't care what happens, in most cases you're wrong about what you're going to do and it will neither benefit you or benefit the person/people you intend to involve.

Everytime you reach a point in life were you're every excited about something than you've ever been before, know that in it lays something that can easily make you more sad than you've ever been.

Everytime you reach a point in life were you feel everything is easy, know you're a about to face a challenge greater than any you've ever faced in your life.

Everytime you turn around in the midst of challenges and there is no one to uphold your courage, know that you are safe; nothing worse will happen.

Everytime you think something is becoming useless to you, keep it but don't dispose it; it means in a short time from then you'll need it like you've never needed it before.

Everytime you reach a point in life were you can't make up your mind, it means the results of your decision will highly affect your life so it is good for you to take your time and make up your mind before choosing the next big sacrifice you're to make.

Everytime you reach a point were you feel you would rather cry for a minute, take your time and cry before you can get more miserable than you already are. This in most cases means you're about to be very happy, but the sadness may limit it if not released.

It also sometimes means you're going to face a bigger challenge so it is better when refresh you courage by releasing the sadness that already exists in you, which makes you stronger and more prepared.

All Because Two People Fell In Love...

2008-11-21T04:55:00.004+03:00

It's so funny how life can have two standards, both affecting us, and we still call it beautiful. It's too mysterious how one man and woman with no idea about each other's existence wake up one morning set for their life duties and to each other's surprise (they) meet, fall in love, feel so attached to each other; as if life don't mean anything before, as if they never lived before they met.

One morning you wake up, look through the window and you see a neighbors daughter (about 5 years) decorating her head with flowers in their beautiful flower garden; for an hour of observation, you forget all the troubles in this world and call it the most beautiful place for souls of men.

One evening you take a walk to the football pitch and while seated looking at people play, you notice a father and son enjoying their evening the ball; the little man kicks and falls down, runs and falls down, but will still do it again, laughing with great pleasure. Soon you begin to speak to yourself, "Ooh, how life would be so unpleasant without love... see how it's fruits yeild great pleasure..."

A few months later you meet a stranger whose heart is the gig-saw piece that will make your life complete, and from that day everything looks like it will never end; the smiles, the touches, the fevers... everything, so good, so sweet, so beautiful! Then comes a baby, a boy or girl, and the smiles begin all over again... a new image is part of you... and life begins all over again.

You begin to look at the world in a beautiful and satisfying perspective. All things began like this... and though the worst is still seen among men, it doesn't matter when the end is beautiful... The whole world is feel with beautiful people, beautiful places of pleasure and great hope... all beause two people fell in love.

Life... One Chance...

2008-11-10T12:23:00.003+03:00

How I wish there was a better way to say this and you understand well, enough. I wish I was able to speak this loud enough for any of you to understand.

Life is a one chance experience at a time, a one time experience. You can be pardoned and given another chance, another shot like many others call it, but at a different time. You can repeat the same thing very many times until you get it right, but at different times. You can achieve your goal after many trials, but you can't rewind even a single second of time to get anything done at a time that was once gone.

If you are a careful "life student", you'll realize that 90% (and more or a little less) of the time in our lives is wasted time; time we spend doing things, irrelevant things and more of the sort. Some of the greatest success principles are;

1) To know when to say YES or NO.
2) To do the right thing when it MUST BE DONE, at the right time.
3) To determine the worthiness and relevancy of something in time.

Both principles include time, as a great factor.
Therefore, it is good to know how to manage you time; to move when you should (MUST) move and to sit when you should (MUST) sit, to speak when you should (MUST) speak and to stay silent ayou should (MUST) stay silent.

This way, 95% of the troubles you get will be far a way from you, and more than 90% of the time of your life will be allocated to important things or the right things. Don't waste time because you can't replace any - do something if it should (MUST) be done, at the right time.

Childhood... Best times...

2008-11-06T03:03:00.003+03:00

As you grow older, you begin you admire every child you see... I mean one in a good state; a good family. Sometimes while walking on an easy evenning, I see children playing, laughing and laughing, and I just wish I became young at least for a few minutes...

Adulthood brings you so much stress, pain, regret, worry, ... and such more feelings. Although I now know why I admired being a grown up while I was young, sometimes I say it's worth it especially when I look at the freedom I earned, but sometimes I wish I spent an extra 10 years young. Ooh, it was so sweet to be young, so beautiful; the best time of my life.

However, this doesn't mean I haven't had a good time in my adulthood days, the best times are those when I have learnt from my experience, between 14 - 22 years. These have been good times... I really appreciate each lesson that I have earned. The hard times, disappointments, failures, salvation [by far, the best time and experience] and finding my fiancee... It's really been a great time... A lifetime worth living...

Psycho-analysing Mr. Obama...

2008-11-06T00:13:00.008+03:00

I thank God for the decision the Americans have made; choosing Senator Barak Obama to become the new President of the United States of America. I also thank all those who did not disguise during the campaigning era, only to show their side after elections.

Friends, like Mr. Obama and Oprah in USA, Mr. Odinga in Kenya, Mr. Morgan Tsvangarai in Zimbabwe and of course Mr. Kiiza Besigye and Mr. Elias Lukwago [don't get me wrong because am honest here] in Uganda, I love people who stand for their opinion and defend it; taking the risk of loosing, and loosing everything just to show what they believe in.

These people have really demonstrated their braveness in many occassions.

Then comes Professor Binna Kandola OBE, of Pearn Kandola, who shows his opinion of how he sees a good president in Senator Obama, but after elections. Look at this quote from the article "Experts have created a psychological profile of America's President-elect to predict what sort of leader he will be" published by Sky News.

"When examining psychological profiles of the two candidates - the best candidate won. Mr Obama has the qualities and profile to be a good President and if he can play to his strengths and minimise his weaknesses, he could be a great one."

Honestly, I have nothing against the article, except, the professor should have published this statement earlier, before the election. Mr. Kandola, imagine how many votes Senator Obama has lost because of your failure to publish what you "knew best" about him in time! Using this statement, Senator Obama would have drawn extra hindreds of votes! What do you think professor? Better do it early enough next time... but I loved the article... except, you forgot to tell us that Senator Obama is not the kind of person that can fight emotions like anger... O, am not a psychologist, ... human instict... judgement...

Some Snapshorts...

2008-10-31T11:06:00.004+03:00

Snapshots aren't something I take all the time though I love it; somehow it happens like that, but I love myself and the people in my environment. Here are some... I hope they'll feel that space in your mind... Nice time!

Song: Amazed By You...

2008-09-04T16:23:00.001+03:00

Original Message:

Evry’t our eyz mit,
Spin’g insyd me
Is olmost mo den I can tek
Babie wen u tach me
I can fil hw mch u lav me
& It jus’bloz me way

I’ve neva bin dc cloz 2 n’1 o n’thg
I can hia yo thou’ts... I can c yo drimz…

I don’kno hw u do wat u do
Am so in lav wth u
It jus’kips get’g beta…
Am gona spend d rest of ma lyf
Wth u by ma syd… 4eva & eva

4 evry lito thg dat u do,
Babie am amazd by u…

Message:

I fil dat way Dia…

I mis a lot abt u.

Gd9t darl’g!

Song in REAL ENGLISH:

Every time our eyes meet
Spinning inside me
Is almost more than I can take
Baby when you touch me
I can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away

I've never been this close to anyone or anything
I can hear you thoughts... I can see your dreams...

I don't know how you do what you do
Am so in love with you
It just keeps getting better...
Am gonna spend the rest of my life
With you by my side...
Forever and ever

For every little thing that you do
Baby am amazed by you...

Through My Phone Messages... PART 2

2008-09-04T16:19:00.007+03:00

Original Message:
It’s nw dat realiz hw mch I lav u; evn hw mch u min 2 me.
Tiaz r run’g down my chiks swthrt.
I mis u… I nid u…
I fil aliv... u mek me fil aliv.
Gd9t!

Edited Version:
It's now that I have realized how much I love you; even how much you mean to me.
Tears are running down my chicks sweetheart.
I miss... and need you...
I feel alive... you make me feel alive.
Good night!

Original Messege:
Hi Babie,
B4 drawn’g in2 sleep, i jst wantd 2 let u knw dat i lav & mis u so mch; & dat i wish u da best of evry nyt & day of yo lyf.
U’r precious my lav. Gd9t!

Edited Version:
Hi Babie,
Before drawing into sleep, I just wanted to let you know dat I love and miss you so much; and that I wish you da best of every night and day of your life.
You are precious my love.
Good night!

Original Message:
Halo,
Op u’ve hd a gdev.
Thx 4 let’g me share my lav wth u...
U inspire me wth rest, carag & hop
Gd9t!

Edited Version:
Hallo,
I hope you have had a good evenning.
Thanks for letting me share my love with you...
You inspire me with rest, courage and hope.
Good night!

Original Message:
My swthrt,
Am away 4rm hom bt ol’s wel.
Plz c me 2mor coz I mis u badly.
Let me c u my lav.
I lav u ril gd; coz u’r my swthrt.
Chao 4 now…

Edited Message:
My sweetheart,
Am way from home but all is well.
Please see me tomorrow because I miss you badly.
Let me see you my love.
I love you really good; because you’re my sweatheart.
Bye for now!

Original Message:
Halo Ldy,
Am hom alon & my mind is fil’d wth thou’t abt evry gd moment we’v shared.
I mis u dear…
Doz eyes & dat smyl… I mis u!
Gd9t dear!

Edited Message:
Hallo Lady,
Am home alone and my mind is filled with thoughts about every good moment we’ve shared.
I miss you dear…
Doz eyes and dat smyle… I mis you!
Good night dear!

Original Message:
U'r sam'1 i lav, sam'1 i lav, sam'1 i lav... vry MUCH!
I lav u Babie... i truly lav u... no doubt... i do lav u... sam'1 I lav...JOHN
Edited Version:
You are someone I love, someone I love, someone I love... very MUCH!
I love you Babie, I truly love you... no doubt... I do love you... someone I love...
JOHN

Through My Phone Messages... PART 1

2008-09-04T16:16:00.003+03:00

Original Message:

Sam’tz I thnk abt wat u thnk of me &neva find an ansa.

Sam’tz am wared u’ll thnk am not d right 1 yet I col u my best.

Plz don’t doubt me, am real; I lav u!

Edited Version:

Sometimes I think about what you think of me and never find an answer. Sometimes am worried you will think am not the right one yet I call you my best. Please don’t doubt me dear, am real; I love you!

Original Message:

Sam’tz I don’t want 2kis u, bt I want 2test yo lips…

Sam’tz I don’t want 2c u, bt I lav 2 thnk abt u…

Sam’tz I don’t want 2b wth u, bt I want 2fil u…

Am confuzd...

I lav u…!

Edited Version:

Sometimes I don't want to kiss you yet I want to test your lips...

Sometimes I don't want to see you, yet I love to think about you...

Sometimes I don't want to be with you, yet I want to feel you...

Am confused...

I love you!

Original Message:

Hi swthrt,

Op yo 9t ws cul.

Myn ws nyc, fil’d wth memoriz of u; of us my lav.

Am alon @ hom ol day & I mis yo company.

Nys day…!

Edited Version:

Hi sweetheart,

I hope your night was cool.

Mine was cool, filled with memories of you; of us my love.

Am alone at home all day and I miss you company.

Nice day...!

Original Message:

Thx 4 yo lav; 4 lav’g me…

U’r an angel 2 me…

A precious evn’g gift…

Thx 4 d gift of lav.

Thx dear, thx…!

Edited Version:

Thanks for your love; for loving me...

You are an angek to me...

A precious evenning gift...

Thanks for the gift of love.

Thanks dear, thanks...!

Song: Angel...

2008-09-04T16:07:00.003+03:00

As SMS:

I just won’2 tel u

Ol d thgz u’r… 2 me…

& ol d thgz u min… 2 me…

Wen I find myself bliv’g theriz no place to go

Wen I fil da lonlines insyd my heart...

Yo d ansa 2 my pray

& yo wth me evrywe

Yo my angel, miracle, yo ol I nid

2 nyt...!

IN Real Words:

I just want to tell you

Everything you're, to me...

And all the things you mean, to me...

When I find myself believing there's no place to go

When I feel the loneliness inside my heart...

Your the answer to my prayer

And you with me everywhere

Your my angel, miracle, your all I need to know...

To night...

You can use this song by Enrique Egnisias as an SMS love message

Love, Love, Love... O Love...

2008-08-17T15:05:00.011+03:00

Love, Love, Love... O Love...

What other name can we give you?
Sweeter than milk and honey,
You test fresher than passions from the Mountains of the Moon.
More obsessive than wine, even to the most noblest of men.

Kings risk their kingdoms to have you.
Princes risk their future throwns and rich territories;
Territories with the finest oil, silver, gold and diamonds just to taste you.
Those that have tested your sweetness have tasted from the
fountains of everlasting life.

Those who are drunk of you are drunk of the eternal satisfaction,
peace and happiness.
They are drunk of the finest wine, and their satisfaction is eternal.

Love, Love, Love... O Love...

What is your alternative O love?
Who is your twin sweet love?
What is sweet as you?
Even philosophers will choose you and leave honor,
knowledge and riches.

Love, Love, Love... O Love...

Is it you that we feel when we dream while in
the fields of the most beautiful and sweet smelling of flowers?
No, you are better than that;
The peace you give, the eternal happiness you create...
It's all amazing...
It all assures me that life after death is real.

Love, Love, Love... O Love...

Let me have you... Let me feel you...
Let me taste what you have that the strongest,
richest, wisest, most honorable and heroes of this world price about you.
Let me sleep in you and wakeup in you.
Let me feel you while am awake, asleep, even when I wake up again...
Let me taste the obsession you create in both men and women.
Am sure it will conquer my pessimism...

*Oooh...
What a poem...!
I guess you loved it...
Love is a sweet thing...
So mysterious eeh...!
I hope you're enjoying it too...

Your Life, There Life And My Life…

2008-08-13T14:44:00.003+03:00

A woman said these words in the middle of a hot argument;

“Do you think that the rules in your husband’s house apply to every man’s house? Do you think every one lives his or her life according your principles or to the principles by which you lead your life? Do you think every one cares what you think, even what you think about him or her? …”

She went on with a series of questions and I was moved by her knowledge. This brave and wise woman came up with such questions after being provocatively advised by one of her neighbors.

“Mmmh, as you grow up you’ll learn a lot of things about mankind… just keep trying to find out… you’ll know them” Said an old friend back in the place were I grew up years a go while we were talking about certain wrong things that people do.

It’s true that sometimes people advise us not because they think we are leading the wrong way, but sometimes to see how much we are sure about our ways. Sometimes people provocatively advise us just to see our reaction to an external mind or idea.

I have always told friends that although we live in this world, in one world, each one of us has his or her own way of thinking at one point or another, or in one situation or another or even at one occasion or another.

Our opinions on various things or subjects in life are different. And, just as our reactions to various stimuli are different, so is our thinking, even the way we live our life.

What you hate most is cherished by someone somewhere that was born on the same date like you and who is of the same sex as you. Your equal in this world has a different and opposite thinking to yours.

The best way we can put up with fellow humans is by knowing that the differences in the way we live and think will always be, and that all we have to do is compromise our thinking to achieve peace, team work and development in all circles of life.

It’s always good to understand that your life has different from there life and there life is different from my life, and neither is there life similar; it’s different too. Your life, there life and my life are different, and sometimes opposite yet “all” of us are concerned about peace, long life, development, health, happiness and such other social good things.

Gossip and Rumor…

2008-07-30T10:41:00.003+03:00

A few days back a friend called me complaining that she is bothered by the way neighbors attack her verbally through rumors. She was too upset about each word they talked about her and she wanted me to give her my opinion about attacking them and questioning them about each word they spoke about her. Making matters worse, she told me these neighbors talk about her when she’s hearing, but of course when they think she’s isn’t. So I told her, “Why bother your self? Just keep quiet, be silent. Don’t talk to them in any rude way or confront them over anything like gossip, they’ll get tired and give up."

This reminded me of the place were I grew from. My home town is at the extreme waste of Uganda, one or even the most blessed district in Western Uganda, and one of the most blessed in the country of course. This small but highly populated town has people with a common origin: this means that these people know each other well, so it is easy to identify themselves or identify any new member in the society. Now, one thing I has to let you get straight is, every time you visit an area were people easily identify themselves, know that you’ve reached an area where you have to be very careful with the way you behave because every step you take is being watched.

Considering this area were I grew up, in addition to it’s small size and high population, there was a problem of unemployment, which still exists, and this means that people, especially women have the time to carry on with “co-curricular” activities like gossip or rumoring, adultery, alcoholism, prostitution and many of such kind of activities.

Gossip or rumoring was one of the things we easily got used to while growing up. People would talk about anything they see and local “news” was easily spread through this thickly populated area.

Because of growing up in such an area, I learnt such things as;

1) Minding my business, especially since I hated gossip.

2) Avoiding the public eye

3) And, I grew stronger emotionally, since gossip or rumor couldn’t easily move me.

4) The best medicine to gossiping or rumoring people is being silent.

I always tell friends that silence is the best medicine for any kind of gossip or rumor. You see, sometimes people talk about us for good, for bad or while sharing some information say giving examples, and we call this gossip or rumor, yet some times the things they can have talked are true. Say for example, a neighbor might see you in the middle of the night with a young girl or a neighbor’s wife somewhere and tell a friend about it. Sometimes, in fact many times he or she can’t prove that he saw you but this does not mean that you should argue. Be quiet, just keep quiet; silence in such a case is golden. Let him or her talk and talk, but if you don’t reply, soon the topic will have no attention and your life will normalize.

We have experienced gossip or rumor, one that sometimes comes with false allegations and we still live on. Silence has rewarded us with the best gossipers and rumor mongers being our faithful friends rather than our enemies. We have been able to influence gossipers and rumor mongers how to speak more useful words than destructive ones.

You're best able to achieve this through silence.

The Preacherman... The Good Teacher...

2008-07-09T10:53:00.003+03:00

This morning while in a taxi to my work place we met a preacher asking people to accept Jesus as their Lord and personal savior, and telling them that life without jesus is painful, fetal and therefore useless.

We were all silent, and suddenly a man at the back of the taxi laughed in a despising and surprised manner. In an instance all of us in the car gave him our attention and he said, "I wonder were these guys get the courage to stand and shout the whole day in sunshine when they know so little about what they are talking about... they read only two scriptures in the Bible and shout them all day..."

Of course no one replied him, but each one of us heard him loud and clear.
I jumped out of the taxi at the stage and walked all the way thinking about this guys words... analysing the truth in them and the weakness in his thaughts...

Later on in my thaughts came these wise words,
"A good teacher is not he who knows a lot, but he who is willing to share the little he know with those who don't know at all or who don't know enough..."

These words moved me... they remained me of my school days when teachers on school practice would come and train on our little brains and we challenge them. These words were so true and real to me.

This Preacherman's activities have taught me the lesson of a life time; to share the little I have if I have to earn credit from sharing. Are you challenged?

In My School Days...

2008-07-07T19:36:00.005+03:00

School days are the days I don't think I'll ever forget.

It's so amazing how life changes from one stage to another... especially when I look at myself now; my attitude, my work, my knowledge, my experiences and more...

The days I'll never forget are the teenage years; those amazing school days and the related experiences. Their is this experince I got when I joined secondary school. Since I started school at a very young age (African Standard), I reached secondary when I was quite young.

My secondary days were characterised with a lot of Teasing, Bulling, and many other things that were characterized with a lot of intimidating. Now, looking at the pictures below; at Kibuli Police Station, which is the CID Headquarter here in Uganda, I remember those fear-filled days of secondary school when Students in higher classes used to stop us the young ones from going beyond certain boundaries, reaching certain places or even doing certain things.

This life taught me a lot though it was a hard way of learning. These big guys made us do a lot of staff for them like picking there food from the dining, washing their plates and clothings too, fetching there water, even to laying there beds!

Now when I see this information or "caution" post, I remember those good-to-learn-from but not good-to-experice days...

Life has taught to me that no matter what level you go on, there is always a lesson for you; something challenging, intimidating, confusing and sometimes complicated to understand.
God has made a lesson plan for every body at every level.

Just Another Junk Article...

2008-06-28T10:25:00.006+03:00

Now, this is just another funny story in one paper hear called "the onion". You see, sometimes you read something and feel so bad when you to keep it to yourself. This story as you see in the picticture above talks about a ghost plane; it's so funny how this "so far" piece of metal could make such a big story in so little time. So, let's share the fun...

*O, click it to enlarge to a readable size.

The Articles We Read...

2008-06-28T09:53:00.008+03:00

One time a friend warned me about reading newspapers and I thought bad of him. The next time he told me that it's not good to take serious every article I read and I still though bad of him. Of course I had my own argument; can the writers and publishers be so unserious to present unserious articles?

But until I read this article, I could not believe that it could find a story so untrue and funny as this. This article was published in one teenage and naughty adult news paper here in Uganda.

O, the name of the news papers is "the Onion" and according to one teenager, she told me that this "Onion" paper is a good spice for her age.

In fact is contain what I would call "the perimature playboy articles and publicatons. The truth is that I had seen this picture, I fact these pictures about three months back on one of the popular information websites, and the truth is that what I about the "art piece" is different from what this writer is saying. Should it be untrue, then the writer is a funny and creative one, but should it be true, then guys, let's surf the net more seriously...

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Value With NO Price...

2008-06-22T18:54:00.000+03:00

Life is such a precious experience no matter how it feels.

Living for a minute is such a thing that every morally upright person should be thankful for.

It’s true that some people haven’t lived for as long as we have lived on this planet. Can you imagine; some were born dead – they never even made the first cry of babes while experiencing this life! Isn’t it true that the good and the bad, the young and the old, the poor and the rich, the sick and the healthy, and the evil and the righteous both die?

It’s so good to know that life is an experience with great value, yet with no price.
Yes, you can never buy a minute of life, not even a second, because having life is a one chance experience and loosing it is a one-way traffic… except for Jesus and the known few who made a U-turn… or the "known one" that never took the same route that all humans take in this journey of life...

Once a friend told me that what is the purpose of dying with a healthy body when both you (who has healthy body) and he (who has an unhealthy body) will die and rot alike?

In the first place l was moved, in fact, challenged by his reasoning, but until l realized that there is a difference in the experience of someone that dies with a smile and one that dies crying and regretting; I never knew that this knowledge was just enough to direct me through the choices I make in life.

A good experience in life is a good experience and there is nothing you can compare to it.

Life is the only commidity that has Great Value yet with no Price...

My Wishes...

2008-06-22T18:34:00.000+03:00

It's good to have a real life...

According to me, a person that has a real life is a person that has dreams, wishes, desires, likes, ambitions, goals, ...

I believe in each of them, and I strongly believe that out of them comes the direction which our life (experiences) follow. While I was young, I had many wishes; some have stayed, some I have forgotten, some I hve realized, some are still part of my struggle, and it's true that in some I have lost hope.

These are some of the wishes that have stayed, the crazy one and the more complex one I hve in life...

I wish my eyes could see things beyond what I can now see... even things in tommorow...

I wish my body could feel beyond what am touching now or what is torching me now...

I wish my hands could touch beyond what I can reach now...

I wish my ears could hear things beyond now...

I wish my mind could determine now and then...

I wish I can fly like I always dream...

These are some of my wishes... although I have many...

The Desired Sources...

2008-06-22T17:57:00.001+03:00

When I was young I knew little about love.

In my teenage years, especially in my early teen years I thought things about affairs were so easy, I mean, I thought it was a matter of two people agreeing to stay together and things would work out, and I never understood anyone that complained about any difficulties they found in a relationship except for money and death. But now that I have grown up, I know love from a different perspective.

Today, I know love as a complex subject next or equal to life.

You see, for generations people have pointed out many things; thoughts and discoveries for both study (research) and experience about life and love, but many questions still remain unanswered, or even with any imagined suggestions.

For example;
1) What is love?

2) What is life?

1) Where does love and life originate?

And more... questions like these that only have beliefs as answers exist but one thing amazes me; even when people ask alot of questions, people still live a long life and fall in love...!

Popular Words...

2008-06-17T16:16:00.004+03:00

These days there is a number of popular words among youth and adults that somewhat need to be comments about. While talking to a number of friends, it was noted that the two most popular words among people of all ages are;
1) Fun
2) Love

It's true that there is nothing bad about the two words if one deals with them accordingly. But there is a problem that needs to the rectified; the two words are too broad to be understood.

For example, I asked a friend resently what the term "fun" meant and he told me it has alot to do with happiness, joy, enjoying staff, boozing, visiting places and many more... but all related to happiness.

Within the same time range, I asked three guys what love meant and this is what they told me;-
Guy 1: Love is a nice feeling.
Guy 2: Love is what you feel for the person you like very much.
Guy 3: Love is a feeling that makes you defenceless when it comes to temptations that come through your desires.

Finally, the most interesting topic was love, so it hit up at all descussions.
So, one of the guys asked me back "What is love?" and out of my thoughtful experience I replied;

"Love is a passion for righteousness and desire."

So, what is love to you?

Perfect Measures...

2008-06-10T19:20:00.003+03:00

Sometimes you do not need a big gun to win a battle or to challenge your enemies, no, you need an effective gun; a gun that has enough bullets to challenge them and protect you from those to come.

Sometimes you do not need a lot of education to excel, no, you need good knowledge, relevant knowledge and observing life principles that matter.

Sometimes you do not need a lot of strength to work, no, all you need are good skills, effective skills that will yield you efficiency - the results you want; and make you excel.

Sometimes you do not need many friends to challenge an election, no, you need are friends that have a good testimony of you, and it doesn’t matter how many of them are there.

Sometimes you do not need a lot of money to be happy, no, you need enough money to fit your bills in the places of pleasure, and a clear feeling of your freedom in the places of pleasure.

There are things that we need in life, the things that we are important, but yet in the real sense, SOMETIMES... they are not the keys to the doors of our dreams...

Facts About Trust...

2008-05-30T18:51:00.003+03:00

Trust is one of the main pillars of any relationship in addition to love; which keep us together even when we are not trustworth. Popularly, trust is most talked about while refferring to relationships like leadership, friendship, marriage and in a few cases while talking about family relationships.

It's indeed true that trust is a fundamental pillar of any relationship, no matter what it is aimed at, so, for anyone to have a good (healthy) relationship with the people around him or her, trust is a good catalyst...

Ok, here are some of the reknown facts about trust anyone must know; miss them and you'll always suffer a weakness in the relationships you have...

Fact 1
Trust can not be forced.
Trust is a voluntary feeling of confidence in someone's response towards given conditions whose results has effects on us; these can be positive or negative.

Fact 2
Trust is an in-built character that develops with time, knowledge and understanding.

Fact 3
Trustworthiness can be learnt.

Fact 4
To trust people will many times seen as trustworthiness.

Fact 5
Sometimes one does not need alot of time to trust someone. Sometimes out of things that look simple comes comes the reasons why people trust us.

Fact 6
Trustworthiness can both be seen in the way we act and speak. In fact, it has a lot to do with the way we speak and what we speak.

Fact 7
Trustworthiness is delicate; it can easily be broken or built - be careful with simple things that you carelessly do... may be that is the reason they don't trust you.

Fact 8
Trust is a feeling; a mentality... an atitude. It's a feeling of security that someone has in you.

Fact 9
Lost trust may take you a lifetime to build, yet buiding tust for the first time may take you even a few seconds; just a while...

Fact 10
Learning to be trustworthy takes more than knowing the difference between right and wrong, yet maintaining it is as simple as knowing the difference between right and wrong.

Fact 11
Trustworthiness lasts longer than any scam can stand. It's stronger than any trick, and is more reliable than any bribe.

Fact 12
Trust has no monetary value. Like goodness, in fact as a character of goodness, trust can not be fully rewarded... in any materialistic way.

Trust is a componet of character that in any society, in any relationship.
You can travel from direction to direction while making enemies; if without it, or you can travel from direction to direction making friends with it... it's your choice!

The Best Bargain...

2008-05-17T09:37:00.006+03:00

Before getting to the formula that will make you the best bargainer any merchant (business man or woman) has ever seen, these some of the facts you should know;

Fact #1:
Every business person is always willing and ready to give a discount on any commodity just to make sure he sales it off.

Fact #2:
Always, there is a lowest price for every commodity in the market.

Fact #3:
Price discrimination is a fact in many markets.

Fact #4:
Personality has a lot to do with prices, but status doesn't mean you'll get a commodity cheaper or expensive.

Fact #5:
Politely, humbly and in a friendly-funny way, proving to any business person that you're aware (informed) about the commodity (it's good and bad side) and the prevailing market price will earn you a discount.

Fact #6:
Patience will always earn you a discount before most business people if they realise it in you. It's good to wait for "rush-rush" customers to get what they want first and then follow with a bargain.

Fact #7:
It's good to survey the prevailing price(s) of a given good at both whole and retail sale. This will help you make a bargain in the way that doesn't irritate the saler but gives you an advantage.

Fact #8:
A customer that returns to the saler, in most cases, stands a chance to earn a discount, so it's good to always return to the person you last bought from a given commodity; it's good to know your suppliers... and continuously buying from them will earn you a discount.

Fact #9:
But, also a good new customer stands a chance to earn a discount, so, make sure the first impression you give earns you sympathy; a discount.

Fact #10:
Avoid places with fixed prices if you want to enjoy bargaining.

A good bargainer will always buy a commodity at the lowest price possible in the market. There's always the highest and the lowest price for a commodity, and every business person is always willing to sell at any price, but it's your responsibility to drag them to any "price-end".

O, however, many times salers prefer selling at a high price because this broadens their profit margine, so they will always try as hard to sell to you at a higher price.

While bargaining, always esnure that the sales person offers you his or her commodity at the lowest price possible, but this takes patience and good speech, so don't rush or you'll buy at the highest price available in the market.

When a sales person tells you a price, in most cases it means that the given price is the highest at which he or she can sale that given commodity to you, but not to all he can sale the same commodity.

In most cases, the "normal" price for a given commodity is always approximately 60% of the first given price, but a good bargainer stands a chance to drag it down to 30 or 40% of the first given price. If the first price was exaggrated or if the saler hasn't made any sales or is tired, has encountered a loss, has already sold at abnormal prices, is winding up the stock and has already made a lot of profits, is impressed or challenged by the bargaining power or language, or can still earn a profit even when he or she sales it at 30 or 40% below the first quted price.

I guess this is a good guide to lead you to the market. Let's go shopping...!

The Rich & The Poor...

2008-05-16T10:13:00.003+03:00

It's true that the rich and the poor share but a few characters in common.

Let's consider this;-
- A richman will run to people everytime he earns a fortune, but a poor man will run away from people every time he gets an advantage in an opportunity.

- Every richman is a giver, but more poor people are sting. In fact it's because they're stingy that they're poor or grow poor and poorer.

The giving or sharing is why rich men grows rich and richer while the stingy and unselfish character in poor people is the reason the poor turn poor and poorer even when they are overwhelmed by opportunities.

Keys to Happiness...

2008-05-16T09:10:00.004+03:00

Everyone has keys to happiness.
These keys to happiness are constantly three in kind and every human has them.
The three keys include;
1) The key to your own happiness.
2) The key to your most loved one's happiness.
3) The key to the happiness of all those around you.

So, have you opened some happiness today?
Remember, you have the keys, so go out there and make you and someone happy.

Don't Rush...

2008-05-14T09:29:00.001+03:00

Don't rush...
What's the rush for?
Tommorow isn't too far from now...
You'll soon be old...
You'll enjoy these things and more of them...
And you'll soon see the reason why I tell you to be patient;
soon after this, you'll analyse and understand many concepts in life.

Tommorw is a long way from now,
The future is now and then
And a lot lays bettween now and then.

That's why patience is necessary...

Be patient!

All That Matters..

2008-05-14T08:58:00.003+03:00

At the end of the day,
All that matters is safety, happeness and satisfaction,
And this has alot to do with one's sense of responsibility.

Keeping People... Keeping Friends...

2008-05-04T11:22:00.006+03:00

All my life I've always loved to stay at peace with people, and with friends, this has always been a prime objective. There's not one friend in my life, no, they're really many and I thank God for each of them.

When one talks about relating with other people, I know that it's not easy, in fact, naturally, we live all our life trying to learn how to live with people; both friends and family members around us.

There is not one principle that can summarise the principles one should follow while relating with people. But, as a Christian, I surely believe that "love your neighbor as you love your self" is a very important principle when it comes to humans relating with humans.

I have friends that have stayed and friends that have gone, even those that have died, so today I know that some people have come to stay and others will leave soon after their purpose in our life is over.

It's good to know that people have weaknesses, even the people you think of as very perfect or above the normal human standard of goodness. This is why every human will at least experience a conflict, blame or something of the sort in life. Now, failure to know that humans have weaknesses means you means you're far imperfect than a normal human being; this is the reason learning to forgive and compromising with fellow humans should be among the first lesson of every human in human life.

To me, people are such a simple thing to live with if you want to; you see, if this is a goal in your life then you'll spend a lot of your time learning it, and you'll learn it cheerfully.

I've had friends that have pleased me so... much, and friends that have hurt me really bad. I've experienced the two extreme ends of relationships at there worst and best edges and today I know the good and bad in them, even how to live cheerfully with them; it's possible.

Meetings new people is a pleasure I've not denied myself, even though somehow, sometimes I've regreted having met some people. It's true that what you meet many times, every day, will dominate you thoughts, so to me, people; meeting and living with people donates my mind. I'll talk about it, on various subjects because my experience with them is quite big.

Life is a long journey dominated by meeting and living with people. Let's tirelessly take plessure in doing this... because, it's through it that we learn the principle of relationships... something that will teach you how to live with the angels, that is, if you have hopes of going to heven like me.

The Past Few Days...

2008-05-02T20:30:00.004+03:00

Mmmh... One may wonder what I've learnt in the past few days, and I guess without letting you know you'll never know... Anyway, this doesn't mean I don't take pleasure in letting you know...
The past few days have been of great help. I've learnt quite a lot of staff.

Let's look through some of them down here;
1) Sometimes you don't have to attract people to yourself, nature will draw them to you and if you're of good character they'll always be glad and thankful that they met you.

2) Sometimes you don't have to confront those who offend you; your silence will cause them a shame that will push them away from you.

3) Fools don't deserve mercy, so don't waste even your patience on them; you'll only get irritated.

4) Forgiving someone for his fault will free your heart from heartaches, but keeping anger will only make you loose focus, so don't waste time, let anger take but only a short time on your mind.

5) Lack of money doesn't mean lack of peace. You may have know money but still have all things you need, and this yields more satisfaction than money.

6) Pain lasts only for a while, but memories will always caution you even when scars are gone.

7) A free effort offered may sometimes reward you more than more a service over charged.

8) Think about friends more often; this brings more happeness than knowing that they think about you.

9) One can leave longer without a lover than he or she can live without food; but, love found once can satisfy you more than a million meals.

10) A person that doesn't learn from experience is more prone to trouble than one that doesn't learn from class.

Otherwise, friends, these are a summary of some of the lesson I've learnt in the past few days.

I guess they mean something good to you.

Have some fan today... it may be the last time you'll have good mememories... those friends around you.

My Friendliness And My Friends...

2008-04-24T16:42:00.008+03:00

A faithful man will slightly feel or not even be lonely for so long, he surely is on demand that if the “author of reality” put a mark on him indicating that he is a faithful man, we would make him the leader of the world. This is what everyone wants to see in anyone he or she will find and call friend; a faithful person he or she can trust; a leader.

A friend told me that he wishes he had friends like mine and I told him,
"If you want a good friend, make sure you can see a ‘good friend’ in yourself. It's only when you are confident that you’re a good friend that people, good people, are attracted to you."

If you become a good friend, a trustable friend, you'll be a friend to friends of your friends, and they'll trust you like or even more than they trust your friends – who knew them before you and introduced them to you or you to them.

You see, it's not easy for a friend, any friend, to introduce you to his or her friends as a good friend and ask them to trust you just as much as he or she trusts you... or, and introduce you as a very faithful, trust worthy, friend... someone he or she can relay on. It's not easy at all, that’s why many times we are not known to friends of our friends.

Giving a friend a description of a trustable friend before friends means you are ready to take on the blame in case that friend does anything funny. And, this is what many of us can’t do for the people we call friends; we know them, we know who they are and what they do or can do, so we can risk our integrity and other friendship ties by convincing other people [friends] to trust them…

This precisely explains the reason why many friends keep their friends [good friends or friends that matter] to themselves. They simply fear that introducing them to some of their friends may compromise their treasured friendship.

A good friend encourages his or her friends to introduce him or her to their friends.

A good friend attracts trust from anyone around him.

A good friend attracts good friends.

A good friend is a good friend indeed.

You And Your Activities...

2008-04-22T09:25:00.003+03:00

Sometime back I read a certain text were it was quoted that if you don't give people what belongs to them, who will give you yours? And from the day I read this piece of work my attitude towards serving others [work] and taking my share [I mean what belongs to me] changed. This text taught me that it's through giving others what belongs to them that I earn what belongs to me; my share.

In some other book, one author also wrote that one of the prime principles of success is making your self more important. And, when I thought about this very well, in different perspectives, I realized that this also means that giving people what they deserve, want or need can make someone successful; realize his or her dreams, ambitions or plans.

Now, many of us are employed somewhere and this simply means we are under someone care, responsibility, observation or supervision, and so we are accountable for our activities in our place(s) of work. But what most of us don't know is that our activity in things that belong to others or that have an effect on others has a direct relationship with our dreams, ambitions and plans.

Now friends, put this on your mind and never forget it; when it comes to work, no matter where you apply your knowledge and effort, every effort you make is like a brick added to your dream house [your dreams, plans or ambitions], so put it carefully. Be sure it'll make your dream come out just the way you want it... Serving those around you is the beginning of making your dream(s) come true.

The YOU Tomorrow

2008-04-12T18:36:00.001+03:00

It’s a good thing to desire.

It’s a good thing to dream.

And, it’s a good thing to have hope.

All these things are simply good to have no matter what age you have.

It is one thing to have a dream, but it’s another thing to be able to live up to your dreams; this takes more than words or an effort. For your dreams to come true you need to build a character that suits your dreams, a character that will help you live up to the day when your dreams will come true – and one that will help you achieve the challenges you’ll meet while you try to achieve it.

For you to realize your dreams you’ve got to stay alive, and to stay alive you’ve got to keep breathing… This way your dreams will come true.

Desire is a good character, but greed is the evil side of it… it’ll means you get no satisfaction in anything.

Hope is a good thing, but put together with carefulness is a better thing; you’ll never go wrong.

As a youngster, have many desires, dream big and believe in tomorrow, this will help you build a good personality; it’ll give you a reason to live… a reason to respect life (your life) and the lives of all those around you.

The Cracked Pot - What an inspiration!

2008-04-03T17:58:00.004+03:00

Looking through my mails I met one titled "the cracked pot"... and I curiously wondered what it was all about, and you can imagine... i opened the mail to read it. A few lines down the story, one statement attracted me to another and so I read it all the way to the end.
This is a very educativew and inspiring story... let's share it;

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a Pole Which she carried across her neck.

One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and Always Delivered a full portion of water.

At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot Arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only One and a half pots of water.

Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.

But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable That it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the Woman one day by the stream.

"I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak Out all the way back to your house."

The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side Of The path, but not on the other pot's side?"

"That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower Seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water Them."

"For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate The table.

Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to Grace the house."

**********

Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each Have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.

You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good In them.

**********

SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell The flowers on your side of the path!

Without changing any word, that's a story written by an amazing wise individual. It's true that all our weaknesses have an importance, both good and bad, but if you look at the good side, you'll find a reason to comprise with anything faulty around you. Oh, it's really amazing...

About Tommorow...

2008-04-01T21:10:00.003+03:00

You see, you won't know how much it hurts when you're despised until you are despised yourself. It really hurts, and it's challenging... it really stirs ambition...

Reaching this far hasn't been so easy, though I've loved all the experiences I've gone through; though some of them haven't been easy at all, but it was worth it that I passed through them all.

I told a friend time back, "when you see someone needy, don't laugh... in a minute you may need him even much more than he needs you now..." And, she took it at heart. A few days later, her mercies were rewarded after she had felt the same for someone needy.

Patience and respect, regardless of what, are such a good character of the heart. And understand is the only way you can prove that you have an idea about the myseries of life.
Those who have them will see amazing things everyday.

People's lives schedules are not like mathematical principles, no, many times they are even challenging to those "calculators of life".

Turning your eyes to the left you'll see someone crying, but by the time you turn you eyes to the right and then back, the person you saw crying may be more happy that you... so, respect humans even when you see them crying... needy...

God & Science... Amazing Discussion...

2008-03-27T19:12:00.008+03:00

Over the years I've loved reading small articles, not minding about what they there subject is about, but today I read this message from one of our popular emailing websites and to tell you the truth, I was moved... in fact and very happy I opened my mail today...

Now considering what is there, let's read through together and enjoy the sense and the fan.

Nice reading...

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem Science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new students to stand and.....

Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.

Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student: Yes.

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.

Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hm (Student is silent.)

Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?
Student: Yes.

Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.

Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God.. .

Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil?
(Student does not answer.)

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them? (Student has no answer.)

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.

Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Prof: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof: Yes.
Student: No sir. There isn't.

(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold.

Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't.

If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure.

Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.

To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class is in uproar.)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir.

With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable. )

Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH.

That is all that keeps things moving & alive.......

O God, I guess you see how creative, informed and sensible some people are...
Now I tell you, "Never celebrate a victory before someone else tries to challenge you. Sometimes the person you think you've challenged can have given you a chance to exercise all you knowledge and chances so that he can challenge you back in the things you have but a small idea about. Enjoy your time on the net...

Real Life...

2008-03-22T10:50:00.004+03:00

A few years back I developed this passion for learning life lessons. As a beginner, just as I suppose you know that passion is high at the beginning, I was so passionate about every lesson I learnt. I even lost my own freedom and happiness, dedicating all my life to learning and thinking, thinking that this was the right way to do it.

But today, I know of a better way to learn, to live as a scholar of life;
- You don't have to loose you freedom while learning from a school called life because freedom is one of the topics you are meant to learn and put into practice.

- You do not have to undermine your happiness while learning because happiness is one of the motivating forces that will help you be a good scholar of life.

But...
- Sometimes you've got to undermine you freedom to learn certain lessons; this applies in many ways, so sometimes you've got to do it...

- As for your happiness, how will you learn lesson of unhappy people when you live all you life happy? It's true that there is know one that has lived all his life happy without any moment(s) of sadness, but sometimes you've voluntarily got to deny yourself the things that make you every happy so that you can learn from unhappiness.

You see, all scholars and educators of life will tell you which things are right, if they are right anyway, but many times they won't teach you how to learn from your own life though they may or will recommend it, or how to be happy with the way you live your life... because they don't even know how you live. Many of them live or have lived miserable lives, trying to discover new principles and facts [of] everyday, and the things they teach only lead your life into living like them... miserable!

So friends, Live your life. Learning takes time, so don't strain yourself trying to do what one wise man calls right or good. Be happy and enjoy your freedom and happiness, your life... This is what is right... you can live without many things, including what is almost killing you to learn... you make yourself the kind of person you want to be, and not the kind of people a wise saying requires of you...

This way of living is more satisfying...

Good Things To Do...

2008-03-20T08:40:00.009+03:00

Yah, while growing up, many things have given me pleasure to know; in fact, am glad I encountered them as lessons in experience. This is what I've learnt over the years about the things I desire;
1) It's good to love and appreciate everything, but it's indiscipline to think you have to have everything that is good. It's also indiscipline to think that every good thing belongs to you.

2) It is good to love to learn everything, but it's wrong to think you'll learn everything. In fact, you're wrong to think you know everything, yet it's not a bad idea to think you know many things or even to know many things.

3) Age is not the determinant of happiness, but a cheerful and thankful heart. It's doesn't matter how much you have, but how much you appreciate what you have and maximize every single opportunity of happiness in it.

4) Crying won't bring rain. If crying was able to bring rain, then people in the desert lands would have been having the most well drained fertile lands of the world. So, grow up, stop crying!

5) Needs don't kill, so there is no need for being troubled when they don't get satisfied.

6) Avoiding problems is good, so avoid as many problems as you can to minimize of being troubled. There is are big differences between needs and problems, so find them out and you'll know how to live or do away with both.

7) Little things offend many people, so only smile or laugh when necessary, and when you're sure you'll not offend a friend. Un neccessary gestures may earn you enemies rather than friends so be sure you're doing the right things at the right time.

8) Humbleness with a smile will earn you more friends and favors than playfulness and violence. People love to stay in the company of serious but jolly people, playful people accomplish but little tasks and violent people distroy anything they touch, so people don't love them.

9) It cost you nothing to say "am sorry" even when you're wrong, and it is reward is awesome; in fact, it will make many people respect you.

10) Feelings are sometimes liars, but giving them time will help you know which of them is right. Sometimes the conviction of feelings comes because we've seen things in which we have or find a lot of pleasure, but not because those are the things we aspire for...

11) Just be honest, speak honestly and let your acts portray an honest character; this will bring strangers back to your house. Just live an honest life.

12) Always feel young; this feels sweet and gives life a cheerful feeling. Don't look at yourself like a boring philosopher; they find little happiness in many things - look at everything as something good if it won't heart you, and you'll always be happy... just smile to everyone, both babies and old people.

Otherwise, it's good to learn from every experience we encounter, but it's easier to learn from those who have learnt through experience... its cost is cheaper and its effect is great too. Those who learn from other people's experience are good scholars of life... they won't easily get hurt. They are the wise and humble people of this world.

Through The Words of Hitler...

2008-03-13T08:16:00.002+03:00

While looking through my mails yesterday, a subject titled “golden words of Hitler” flashed into my eyes, and as you know, this guy is celebrated and regretted, so I had to look through his “golden words” but, after reading through, I could not put it in quotes but rather I had to call them THE GOLDEN WORDS OF HITLER. Read through and agree with me…

Golden Words of Hitler:

*When you are in light, everything will follow you. But when you enter dark, even your own shadow will not follow you that is life.

*God made relatives. Thank God we can choose our friends.

*Money glitters, beauty sparkles, and intelligence shines.

*Keep a very firm grasp on reality, so you can strangle it at any time.

*Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're getting.

*People may not always believe what you say, but they will believe what you do.

*I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.

*You can't have everything - where would you put it?

*Laugh and the world ignore you. Crying doesn't help either.

*God is not moved or impressed with our worship until our hearts are moved and impressed by Him.

*Life is like a mirror, if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.

*Never trust a person who isn't having at least one crisis.

*Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

*The only thing lazy people do fast is get tired.

*Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.

*Silence is the only thing that can't be misquoted!

*If we don't control our money, it will control us.

*Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die rich..

*Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.

*Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.

*If you are living on the edge, make sure you're wearing your seat belt.

*A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

*Minds, like parachutes, only function when they are open.

*The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

*Learn from other people's mistakes, life isn't long enough to make them all yourself.

*On the road, never argue with a vehicle heavier than yours.

*One thing you can give and still keep is your word.

*Life is funny if you don't think about it.

*Life is like a grammar lesson. You find the past perfect and the present tense.

*There are two kinds of lawyers, those who know the law and those who know the judge.

*More doors are opened with 'please' than with keys.

O my God! The last one of these impresses and challenges me so much…! Indeed there is a lot we are able to do with “please” than with “keys”…

So, what do you say about these words? Aren’t they amazing?

What About Age?

2008-03-11T10:40:00.006+03:00

Many times in real life we take age as a prime factor; something that should even determine the people we are supposed to be happy with. One time, about 8 years back I read in a beauty magazine and there was this 50years old wrestler who when asked about her age and career said "age is just a number" and since then, this has always rang in my mind every time I here someone comment about age or lay limits to certain ages.

Now with our African cultural ideology, many of our natives believe that for a young man to marry he has to be older than the lady, and with certain families, it's an abomination for a young man to marry a lady older than him, even for as little as five years!

Unlike in the past, today I have a different attitude towards age, in fact, a positive attitude. And due to this, my advice for young men out there is that they should just go on with anyone they think can make them happy, no matter the age.

If you've been [or you’re]married and you've faced some challenges in the relationship(s) you've been in or you are in, then you're a good witness to this.
And you know that if I ask that "what has age got to do with a relationship?

Or, what has happiness got to do with age? And I say 'Nothing' then it’s true."

At the end of the day, all I need is a true heart to enter into partnership with our heart, a honest and open mind to rely on, or someone with a good personality or a good character and not a younger Lady or older man; not a lady five years or more young than me or a man five or ten years older than you...

I asked my friends these questions in a good discussion, "what has maturity or responsibility got to do with got to do with age? Or what has a good character got to do with age?" And all looked blue after contemplating about the issue.
And I wondered why we had been talking for a long time…

Let's live up to our dreams and desires, and not numbers.
At the end of the day, all that matters is happiness, safety and satisfaction, and not age.

The Liar & The Sturbon One...

2008-03-10T20:37:00.005+03:00

An old man called his two sons; one stubborn and the other a liar. He told his first son "the reason I hate you is because you never listen to any thing, not even pain or trouble. Experience has taught you nothing good except strengthening your stubbornness."

And to the son that lied a lot he said, "Oh my beloved son, I know you have a lot of fears in your heart, and you're very shy that's why you lie a lot, just to get your way through the many challenges you can't stand. But even though know that what you do is not good, I love you because your lies aim at good. You always try to make me believe you even when you are wrong, and even though I know that you're always lying, I love the desperate look on your face, the look you give when I try to doubt your words... "

So finally while talking to both of them, the old man said "...even still, I call you here today because I love you my sons, because I want you to be good people in the times to come. Don't be stubborn and stop lying; these two habits will only bring you trouble. Live your lives like diamonds; what they look like is what they really are – strength, purity and brightness is what they stand for, and this is what makes them precious. Strengthen your morals and let every one be proud of your works. These are the kinds of sons I always wanted to have... at my age, just let my dreams come true... and be good people for our good."

As You Grow Up...

2008-03-09T13:13:00.004+03:00

Taking to a female friend this morning, she told me the challenges she has been undergoing in the passed few days and I felt very sorry for her; I was surely moved by the pitiful look on her face and her words just kept resounding in my mind.

After listening to her, I told her "As you grow up, you'll realize that the way to or through many things you hoped for in life is more crooked than you ever imagined. Never give up, but know that every challenge that comes your way comes only to prove to you that things can result into what you want but will not always happen in the way you think. A lot of things will surely happen before you achieve what you want, but never give up because that is the way that will take you there, but even still, don’t hurt your self if there is a better or safer way to go, choose it and preserve your life."

I hope this is a good piece of advice for the day, it explains many issues that happen in our life, and to many, it has a direct relationship.

Fears.... And Desires

2008-03-07T19:42:00.004+03:00

Yah, It's true that not many would surely want to be alone if there was an insurance of happiness in any relationship they are deeply willing to engage in, but many have run away from any commitments in terms of relationships due to fears, sometimes out of experience and sometimes due to the testimonies other people give about relationships.

I know if you've really lived in an area where people live a "real life", I mean in a "normal society", a society with both good and evil, then you automatically know that things about relationships have not similarity with gravity on earth. While the gravity rate on earth is constant, relationships paces change day after day... I mean, today you're happy and tomorrow you're swearing to kill each other...

This is the way we live today...
But it's not a life style we are proud of, and we know it... because what we desire has a lot to do with happiness, peace and success, not this stress and depression we feel day after day...

I Hope You've Heard...

2008-03-06T21:10:00.003+03:00

In the headlines of a news paper down hear a few days back was a scientific threat of their "tale" about the end of the world... and from a simple calculation it appeared that by the end 2013 the world will be no more... I mean, no body will be alive, except the broken pieces of our beloved planet.

After reading these headlines, not right on the day the news paper was out, my heart skipped a bit, but somehow I managed to console and encourage myself... it wasn't easy though... since am still in the "fear-worry" caused by the local headlines.

Anyway, contemplating on the issue, some words came into my mind... obviously words that are worth publishing...

"The more we learn is the more we seek to learn more, the more we know is the more we get worried, the more we understand is the more we get hurt, the more we ask is the more we ask even the more; a question giving birth to another, and the more we seek is the more we've discovered that there is still a multitude we have know idea about..."

I just pray that if all this happens, non of those that visit my blog get hurt...
It's a little scaring though... so, make sure you don't find out much about it... cause you'll surely get very scared, and this may disorganize your "big dreams" and ambitions.

Friends... Friends...

2008-03-06T19:26:00.003+03:00

It's not any easy to understand the mysteries of friendship, but those with a devoted heart of being good friends have really got a clue or clues about this comprehensive subject.
Sometimes it seems greater than all the relationships we are connected to even by blood, while sometimes we are convinced by the saying "blood is thicker than water" as said or even known by many.

A friend told me that to get a good friend one has to sacrifice a lot, but somehow I felt this was not enough to describe the "friendship thing". In my opinion, "to keep a friend is a great sacrifice".
One sometimes needs something more than a "sorry", "Am praying that you'll make it..." or so just to keep a friend. Though easy to find, it's really true that keeping a friend isn't as easy, it's indeed expensive!

While I was young, I thought those who I treasured most were the people that will always be there, but experience has disapproved my thoughts... Today I know that I don't have to work as hard just to make sure I keep a friend... after all, who's working that hard to keep me around him or her? I just live my life within my means, help or encourage when I can, and stay silent when all fails.

But even still, nothing has given me much pleasure through the years as those words of appreciation comes from friends thanking me for being such a good friend... Their sincere words have many times encouraged me more than the thousands of efforts they make just to pay back every single effort I have made to see them through.

I love the company of friends... but be careful; sometimes their feelings and intensions toward you are not real...

A Good Principle For Learning

2008-03-05T12:21:00.008+03:00

If you're a trainer or trainee, there are things you should know;
1) As a trainer,
- It's your obligation to make your trainees learn; so make sure they understand you, and that they know it.
- It's your obligation to ensure that your efforts are not in vain.

2) And as a trainee,
- It's your obligation to learn what is taught by (your) the trainer.
- It's your obligation to make your trainer know that you have not understood so that her or she can help you.
- And that it's your obligation to make sure that your efforts are not in vain.

There is a piece of advice for you as a learner;
"It's always good to ask a question about anything you're learning, so don't ask if only ask if the lesson is about learning not to ask questions when you're learning."

Asking questions will tell your trainer and you the degree to which you've understood, and will help him know the best way he can make you understand better, even the best approach he can use to make save time while training you next time.

A good trainee will ask a question, and a good trainer will answer it cheerfully; this shouldn't be hard for anyone to understand. It's simply good to learn, to and make others learn is a great pleasure for a good trainer.

Principles of Success in The City

2008-03-02T10:39:00.001+03:00

Many times we've struggled in our lives trying to "make it" in the city, not knowing what kind of things we should observe to see us through, but this time I'll point out some few things you should put at your finger tips while you struggles to see yourself through in the city...

These things are simple, some of them we know but we don't know how much they apply in our daily life in the city, or we think they are merely life principles, but in town, those who have them lead the way.
So, here they are;

1) Make sure you are alive, and you stay alive, healthy and breathing.

2) Make as many friends as possible, and try had not to loose any.

3) Take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way without letting any escape your trap. So, trap some opportunities if you can.

4) Be patient, rushing is good if you're on the right truck, but but it may also lead you off truck; it's good to take your time because with this, a complete analysis of everything will surely happen. You'll see every opportunity in every single step you take or in every ventrue you undertake.

5) Learn everything that comes your way, and never forget to ask yourself the question "how does it profit me?" every time you're learning a new lesson, but no lesson is useless.

6) Take the example of every man's success in the city, and don't neglect any failures; learn from them and find a way of avoiding each of them, or even the effects they have on you if you undertake similar challenges.

7) Do things that won’t affect you in the future, in fact, avoid such things. You need to know that every minute we spend doing something is a minute spent building our history, and every thing we do has an effects on our history negatively or positively. Therefore, just be sure that everything you do will bring you either an opportunity or advantage in future, especially as people reflect on your history. Dont let any dirt into your history!

8) Minimize expenses as much as possible. Avoid unnecessary expenses, and save as much as possible for investment.

9) Love to know about new investment opportunities even when you do not have money, and never stop believing that it's possible for you to make an excellent investment, even when you do not have an opportunity yet; this will keep you thinking all your life, and someday, I assure you, you’ll make it.

10) Respect authorities. These include both government and elders. This will give you a lot of approvals in many undertaking that may lead you to heights, therefore, it's a must do.

11) Always stay in contact with people from who you expect constant or continuous opportunities of leading you a step a head. In fact, always be available to them and do it whatever the means.

12) Though not pointed out first, it's very important to know that lies are not a good characteristic for a successful man. A liar will never have peace no matter how successful he or she may be, so avoid lying because this won't give you the kind of pleasures you want from success though it may take you there.

13) Avoid being called the "sleepy guy". Sleeping a lot will deprive your chances of creativity, learning and exposure, therefore take a little sleep, think a lot and look forward to take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way.

14) Work as hard as you can, but spare your health. This will not only encourage you, but also those that will be working with you or who intend to be partners of performance or success with you in your journey to success.

15) Treasure all your achievements, big or small. And, value all your efforts no matter how little. This will encourage you to work even harder and give you the power to influence the people around you into believing in you and the results of your efforts.

Finally, always remember that patience has two important components, that is, hope and determination, and you can't succeed with out them.

"Ifs" of Love

2008-03-01T11:56:00.001+03:00

If u love me,
Then you'll apreciate me;
And if you appreciate me,
Then you will respect me;
And if you respect me,
Then you acknolegde all my efforts;
And if you acknoledge all my efforts,
Then it's true that you love me...

For there is no love without respect,
And there's no respect that is not thankful...
This is what we all expect from those that love us.

Minding Your Business

2008-02-27T19:03:00.002+03:00

Should you run naked, you'll get all viewers amazed, but if you walk gently no matter what you look like, whoever sees you will soon mind his or her business.

But even still, what is the purpose of doing something you know is wrong and you walk away gently thinking that will justify you?

Like Eggs...

2008-02-23T08:12:00.002+03:00

Friends are like eggs, sit on them well by doing them right; treating them well, and they'll hatch into the good things you always want them to be.
It's true that friends can be really good, though the ones we trust most have always been the people that disappoint us the most... they have always become the people that are full of betrayals.

But this is no excuse for not treating friends well. They deserve justice from you...

Love For Freedom

2008-02-09T09:41:00.003+03:00

It's better to live free in rags than to live a slave's life in a palace of Gold.

Earning your freedom will make a man happier than ten thousand meals he'll have eaten at the greatest king's table when he is a slave.
Seek after freedom, and no matter how little you have, you'll live a life of contentment, peace and happiness.

Happiness

2008-02-07T11:37:00.001+03:00

Many of us wonder why people are happy, but here is the answer;
All they do is do what is possible and leave out the impossible to the advantage of their health. Isn't that a simple formula; a way out?
Try this kind of formula and you'll not regret...

Friends Are Like Eggs

2008-02-01T19:12:00.002+03:00

Friends are like eggs, sit on them well, by doing right; treating them well, and they'll hatch into the good things you always want them to be.