WILL OVER VOICES.........

"Turn to the right" , no! "Turn to the left", errrm "Turn to the south, east, north and west!". Thats what you hear everytime. So loud that you cant hear your own voice and sometimes so strong, that you give in without thinking it through. The need to get ahead pretty fast, because it seems to you that your life is in slow motions. So you try to hit the fast forward button, you use all the gimmicks, knowledge , wisdom, and calculated strategies at your disposal to try and figure it all out; hoping you will be able to catch up and perhaps live up to expectations. Yes! the expectations of numerous voices, the expectations of your mind, in your own way, at your own pace and in your own time. Hey! dont get me wrong,  there is nothing wrong with having expectations or making dreams happen, but you seem to have forgotten that there is an author of time who knows where you are headed, better than you will ever know.

Sometimes, it gets crazy and overwhelming, that you are forced to put your hands over your ears real tight and maybe let out a scream or two, just to restore sanity and tranquility to your badgered head/ mind and maybe, still your rankled soul. You stand perplexed, confused and totally disoriented, because everytime you follow these voices or try to chart your own course through the lens of your flesh, Bam! you find yourself  back in the place where you first began (like running a race without a finish line). Looks like someone needs to be reminded that we are first spirits and as such , cannot afford to play by the rules of the flesh (does "walking by faith and not by sight" ring a bell?)hmmm, i hope so . Let me ask you: Aren't you tired of trying to re-weave the threads and alter the patterns of your tunic?, Aren't you tired of trying to re-arrange the notes and keys of the rythm of your song? Well if you are not, guess what! I am!

Didn't you say 10 years ago, errm 2years ago, 2 weeks ago, and just 4 hours ago ...."I SURRENDER TO YOUR WILL" ?. In despair you cry out " Take the Wheel and drive me Lord, anywhere, I promise i will go"! You step back, take a deep breadth, shut your eyes and in sweet surrender , you enjoy the ride, as the gentle breeze caresses your face. Some minutes into the ride you open your eyes suddenly and say ,  " Im loving the drive , you are simply amazing on the wheels, but..... errm aren't we going too slow"?, (no response), "don't you think we should take the right turn instead"? (still no response),  "Oh Lord! be careful not to hit the rail!"....... and before you know it, your hands are back on the wheel again, while you stupidly mumble "I still trust you Lord". Dear Mr/Miss road-navigating-expert, as much as you think you know, get this: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways" (Isaiah 55:8).

I know you are pressured to keep up with the "Brady Bunch" but you need to constantly remind yourself that ".....The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill;but time and chance happeneth to them all" (Eccl 9:11) or you can find out from Joseph the son of Jacob, i bet that dude knows a thing or two about trying to work it yourself and following the ultimate WILL. Dear buddy , i've learnt that you cant weave or alter the patterns of your tunic better than the master designer, you can't re-arrange the notes and keys of the song better than the master composer and you certainly can't chart the course of your journey better than the one who has the compass, the chief geographer and controller of the tides and waves. "Before i formed thee in the belly i knew thee;and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee, and i ordained thee a prophet unto the nations" (Jer 1:5). 


Forget the "Brady Bunch", shut out the voices or better yet drown them out with one of the most poignant bible verse of all time "Trust in the Lord with all your heart;and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your path" (Prov 3:5-6). You want to know why? i will tell you, THE WILL OF GOD NEVER MAKES SENSE AT FIRST TO THE HUMAN MIND, BUT IN THE END IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!!!!!  So follow his will.

Love

Kemi Gbadamosi.
2012

LIES we BELIEVE and have BECOME.....

For a while now , they had hoped for that perfect day. You know, the one you dreamt about as a child. Where you are swept of your feet by that seemingly perfect prince/princess. Now they think aloud, "maybe those books lied to us", "maybe those movies played with our innocent minds", because its taking so long to find true love , one that would lead to the famous"happily ever after".

They look in the mirror and say "i am smart, intelligent, easy-on-the-eyes, confident, focused , yada yada yada yada and above all , God fearing" (the magic line we always use).  They have stooped from kings/queens to court jesters and jokers without knowing , because the so called lover they found made them feel they needed to change into what would suit the so-called lover best.

They've given everything including their bodies (even when they know the good book says, the bed has to be undefiled, Heb 13:4). They've taken up new characters, thereby losing themselves in the process and console themselves by saying "if it makes him/her happy, then its all good". let me ask? Who do you think you are kidding?  He tells you " give me some time to make some money", "if you didnt live so far away, i swear we would be married". Are you for real? then why doesnt he need more money to sleep with you or why is distance never that far away when he needs you to roll in the hay? Wake up and smell the coffee cause you are fast becoming the lie he speaks.

She tells you " its not like i don't love you enough, im just taking my time",  "you mean the world to me but i just need to be sure" . I ask again , are you for real?  how come she doesn't need more time when she needs you to pick up her bills? and why is she busy rubbing someone else's belly if indeed you mean the world to her?  Don't sweat the silly things, don't hold onto something that never was, no matter how hard it is to let go.

Have you forgotten, he made her from his rib, which means he made her just for him and just like him. A king will take nothing but a queen even with all her flaws. He is a gardner who would tend her to fulfilment and in turn find fulfilment. He/She wouldn't need you to be anybody else, neither would they tell you lies because if they did, they would be hurting themselves.

They would see in you the truth, make you believe the truth and cause you to become the truth which  is, YOU ARE PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU ARE!!!

Let the poem (How Come I'm still Single) by Kim Fields below challenge you not to settle for less and open your eyes to see that you dont need those lies, let alone believe or become them.

Love.

Kemi Gbadamosi