One can never just sum it all up

Heroes …
Fashioned from baptisms of fire
Where interactions in life inculcate strength of character
and desire
To perpetuate in life soundness
and inspire
People to be grounded and live for that which is higher

To be great is to see greatness in others
To coax out of dimness ones latent powers
Such is a hero amongst us
For in our drudgery provided vision, guidance and propelled us
To heights above - This Hero
Our great gift our great plus

A Hero gleans from the diary of their lives
Where crossroads and road signs were thoughtfully defined
Out of these treasures too our life course refined
We are blessed for this meeting that God so designed

But there was a time when fears run amok the corridors
And in between blocks and floors
From laymen to officials
Some harboring hurts
Others strategizing scores

A time when voices were hushed
Hearts were bleeding and crushed
Betrayal the order of the day
A time when work and meaning had lost its way

But now we say, it’s a new day
We smile, we work, we play
We are thankful that a hero came our way

And we are strong both inward and outward
And we’ll continue striving onwards and upwards
A legacy imprinted
Yes - One can never just sum it all up
What this hero has done or means to all of us
Our great gift and great plus

On ideas

This world is run by the power of creative ideas, the power of ideas came from God who gave man imagination. Since the time of Adam who named the species by their impressions upon him.  Man is constantly thinking, imagining, dreaming. Dreams are the mirrors of realities that take root in the mind of man from the heart of God and find place on the earth.

Dreams are so lofty and some profound, they ask us to look beyond the now, the impossibilities, the misgivings, mishaps and prejudices and garner their strength from a power bigger than the individual, bigger than the obstacles. The power is from the source of creative ideas and the source of love that spurns these ideas.  The power is God; creative ideas can only originate from only one source because God is the creator. Electricity, mobility, conveniences, medicine and more besides are all concepts given by the almighty - the inward drive from a higher mind

But ideas are more than suggestions, they are deep like convictions.  A stronger belief that finds rest in actions and results and the joy is discovery of the endeavor, its outcome and success the fulfillment

Every man has a dream, small and great. Each dream is a fragment of the pattern in Gods heart, an awakening to a hope, an excitement in possibility to reach beyond our scope and tread in un-chartered areas and to find to our delight and surprise the miracle that was birthed with an idea.

I have an idea, though vague, its possibilities send tremors down my spine. It excites my spirit and clears my mind. Though not new in invention to me it’s new in perspective and direction, in feeling and sensation

I have a dream, no not of a new world religion from Christianity but a coming together of faith, one faith  one spirit one God, not a new world order but a new love order

How can this be? Gather me the saints and send them to be fishers of men. A fisherman is not picky when sending down his net. Rescue the fish that refuse the bait

But how?

Be real

Never write off what God has not written off. Christ being blameless had throngs of sinner round him, who did not feel intimidated or condemned by him. A far cry of the Christianity we have to day, how similar to the colonial temperate to assume this is an ailment that everyone can have the same dosage of medication. Christ taught by example, his authority was in the expounding on questionable doctrine but showed a way of life, peace love justice mercy and reason besides much more