Wednesday 28 March 2012

MARRIAGE – AN END TO LOVE?

             
               THE FIRST TIME HE SAW HER, SHE WAS LIKE NOTHING HE’S EVER KNOWN. THE DESIRES IN HIM MURDERED HIS SLEEP AT NIGHTS AND LEFT HIM TO THE COUNTING OF HOURS JUST TO SEE HER AGAIN, WITH VISIONS THAT PLAGUED HIS SOUL OF CONSUMING LOVE. LOVE ATE HIM TILL HE COULD BEAR NO MORE. AS SHE LAY ON HER BED SHEDDING TEARS THAT ONLY LOVE COULD, LIKE TOMORROW SHALL NEVER SHOW HER FACE OF HOPE FOR MANKIND. LIKE HE WAS GONE UNTO A BATTLE, WHO KNOWS IF HE’LL DIE OR RETURN TO HER LOVING MAIDEN ARMS AGAIN. THEY SHARED LOVE NOT KNOWN TO MANY MORTALS. ANGELS LOOKED UPON THEM AND SMILED, FOR THEIR LOVE WAS HERALDED IN HEAVEN, THESE TWO.
               THE NIGHT WAS LIKE FOREVER, YET THE MORNING PREVAILED TO DRIVE HIM UP TO HER FATHER. HER HAND WAS GIVEN TO HIM AND HE MADE HER HIS OWN BY THE UNITY OF THEIR SOULS. FOR THEY BECAME AS ONE BODY – IT WAS MARRIAGE THEY CALLED IT. BUT, IT IS AN END TO THEIR LOVE?

                TIME PAST, SEASONS CHANGED, NOT WITHOUT TRIALS THAT CONFRONTED THEM. GRIEVE CAME WITH HER SORE DISPLEASURES, EVEN AS HE BROKE DOWN AND WEPT ONE UNEVEN DAY. HE SAID THESE WORDS:
“What happened to the years of our courting?
How I loved you like my soul
How I held you by the hand and never will let go
How I kissed your tears of fears away
How I looked into your eyes and saw myself
How I praised you above every other maiden
How I sang all the love songs I knew while we lay beneath the starry skies
Oh! How, Oh! How!
What happened to the love we knew?
What could this be that hurt me so?
How I loved you so, to think of nothing better than making you my bride
What has marriage taken that should have not?
What should it have brought that is withheld?
Show yourselves my flaws if there be much concealed
Oh! Is marriage an end to my love for you?”

               WHEN SHE HAD CRIED AND HAD NOT A TEAR LEFT TO SHED, SHE SAID:
"Oh! The love of my youth, my darling husband and friend
How do I deserve the misery that has befallen me?
To you did I yield my maidenhead, for I was a sure virgo intacta. An honour kept for no other
 Today do I wish I never kept my virtue?
How did I think it that it can be like yesterday when the only pain and tears were for missing you
I no longer feel your warm embrace that turns the freezing cold of winter into the soothing heat of summer, even like a blacksmith’s hut.
Is there  any other that pleases my lord, to put her charms of women on another’s, that brings an unholy comfort to his bosom for a season and leave him in an everlasting time of agony, who thought she is of a fairer skin that is not of nature’s gift, to make my lord’s heart wander after a mirage and strangeness? Bewitch him not you foul fiend from hell, cursed from the foundation of the earth. Loose your hold over him who’s bound already of a holy matrimony to my soul.
My reverie put unanswered question to me to wonder upon
How have I become a distress, even to myself?
Did I not tell you of the secret of my beauty, which lies upon the light that I see in your eyes. Perchance you desire I fade away like an unpleasing thought?
Faint me not, for will I drown. If only you see how much the heart of the mistress of your home is in great doubt.
If only you understood the pain of a woman that stood by the alter in tears and she vowed the everlasting vows, for she loves and fears by whom she swore to. He truly is terrible in his judgement, to leave not the guilty unpunished. His punishments are sore.
How have you not seen how deranged are my tear ducts are that have caused me to weep blood?
Is this my price for marriage?
 Oh! Is marriage an end to my love for you?"

                THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE STEPPED IN AFTER HEARING THEIR CRIES. FOR NONE OF THEM BLAMED THE OTHER IN THEIR WONDERINGS. BOTH OF THEM CRIED AND DESIRED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. THEN THE JUDGE WHISPERED TO THE MAN AND SAID: “FIX YOUR HOME, FOR I HAVE GIVEN YOU MUCH POWER. ALL THAT BEFELL YOU IS NOT SUCH THAT HAS NOT BEFALLEN MANKIND BEFORE. THEY WERE YOUR TRYING TIMES, AND SEEING THAT YOU DID NOT ACCUSE YOUR WIFE.  THUS, YOUR MARRIAGE TO YOUR WIFE IS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR LOVE FOR HER, AND HER TO YOU, AND OF THE FRUITS OF HER WOMB.

                HE HEARD THOSE SILENT WORDS AND ACCEPTED THEM IN GOOD FATE. HE WALKED UP TO HIS WIFE AND WHISPERS:
"My darling, the love of my life
My lady, the mistress of my home
My flower, my Lily
My jewel, my priceless one
My beauty, my mirror to look upon
My maiden, the covenant of my youth
My sweet, my pleasure, my virtuous wife
How have I allowed my wandering heart to speak to your ears?
How have I allowed the doors open for doubts to creep in?
How did I question your faithfulness and loyalty in my solitude till it was written upon my face?
Will you not forgive my moments of foolishness?
Will you not refresh today with the vows of yesterday?
Yes! I am convinced of my glorious marriage with you. Woe to me if I had not.
Yes!  I believe, marriage is the beginning of my love for you."
(Till death comes between us, and the heaven steal you away,
I stay yours forever, don’t you worry, don’t be afraid, come what may.) He sang this song to her.

                When he’d finished speaking with his arms wrapped around her and not likely to have enough of the embrace and seemingly to break her. She knew of such touch and remembered sweet yesterday of its blissful memories. Ready to rekindle such fire again, she said:
"Oh! How favoured am I among women
Oh! How sweet it is to see the colour of love again
My husband called me virtuous, blessed, and a maiden
Hm! I smile and chuckle between the wetness of my countenance, that I am a maiden again
Oh! The voice of love that speaks sweet madness, even marvellous things known to hearts without guile
I have been restored of my dreams
I have been healed of the calamities of the soul
My husband, my lad, know this; that a thousand knees bowed in fervent supplication can not make God turn this way or that way against a sincere, yet, simple prayer I prayed for you, clasping my breasts that I gave suck, and in my nakedness did I raise my voice unto the heavens and to the maker of all that be. I asked that he should bless thee and keep thee from all thine enemies
Tell me my lord, the head of my body, is our trials not over? For I feel it in my soul they are.
I remember my vow to you my darling, for there is nothing better than loving and being your wife and the mother to your children
Marriage is truly the beginning of my love for you."

                THEY SANG “FOREVER YOURS” BY MICHAEL W. SMITH AND DANCED IT ENDLESSLY. THEY ARE STILL SINGING AND DANCING THE SAME SONG.



                                                                                                                              Moses Kogis

17TH CHILD OF AUGUST

17TH CHILD OF AUGUST

The voices from afar greeted his coming
Born in a day the ether wept
A day the earth needed a blanket
What has been anticipated?
Now is come!
Now is time!

A heart filled with love
A heart, yet so tender
Buried in the gravity of life
With the load of many waters
Still not in fainting creed
The load is loathsome
What man can change providence?

A dreamer who dreams on
Time and places never been
Height and widths never attained
The constancy of his enigmas
The spirit is alive that guides
What has been pronounced?
Who can change?
Yet! Fulfillment is the transition


No rest as the soul inhales this contamination
As the soul is enveloped by two egos
The zeal and power to conquer
The will to survive despite today
The yearning of others’ liberty
To lead in fairness for all colors
The time is come!
What is this Time and Purpose?
What is the birth of the 17th child of August?
He that fashioned August knows
There is never an empty Moment.

                                                                                                                        Moses Kogis.

MY WORDS:

"These are the words that emanates from my heart, as i work, rest, sleep, wake and keep breathing. If it pleases you, take your portion and make reservation for others even yet unborn. It is a path..."


1. ''Be careful, for your choices might affect others. The weak ones may fall.

2. ''When you have a visitor, give him your bed and lay on the floor, by that, you will get all the blessings he holds.

3. ''If the friends of your friend treat you bad, ask your friend. For he was never a good ambassador.

4. The one that answers your greetings first in a crowd is the one that cares about you most.

5. ''Never underestimate the power of information; it is your weapon through the phases of life.''

6. ''Never speak what you do not understand, when it stands, it shall rise against you.''

7. ''Our taste is our status.''

8. ‘’If Nigeria were a Chess board, which of its character would you rather be? A king, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook, or a Pawn? Choose your weapon’’.

9. “All the nations of the world are brothers, born of one father. When they strive, you may wonder. But even of the same mother we still strive.’’

 10. “There is no man on earth that knows everything. Whenever you turn, there is something new to learn. Know the ones you know very well – you can never know all.”

  11. “We can have a beautiful life here on earth. What are we looking for? Is it damnation it is closer than a touch.”

  12. “In life, there is nothing as close, as important as a family. The love of a family is uncompromisable.”

  13. “If you think loving is difficult, try hating. It will kill your soul alive.”

  14. ''Waiting is difficult. Whoever can wait is liable to succeed. This is one of the greatest tests of ability. Wait! You'll certainly get their - You have to believe."

  15. "If not greater than such do we call 'Role Models'; Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton... Before these were greater men. Jesus is the greatest of all - for he lives forever.''

  16. "We all wait sometimes; life is like that most times. Not all is lost"

17.  "Let's start rebuilding our nation to make it more habitable. Whatever we quest outside its shores we can bring home - even the snows. All we need is a great determination'' 26/10/07


18.  “Life is just for a short while, in no time all will fade away just like yesterday. Be a wonder when you live, for when you fade your memory will remain like the stars. Be a wonder!”

19.  “There are more words spoken in the silence of your lips that pierces the heart of your adversaries.”

20.  ''Whoever is on a trail is left behind.'' - 01/04/10, 12:05 AM

21.   "Your love is your weakness.''

22.  ''I have looked and seen. No man born of a woman has lived forever upon this earth."

23.  “Where you are, you must build and be happy in it while you live, for when your time comes to depart you will be glad you were a good laborer.'' - 25/04/10

24.  ''A third world war must not come, if it does come, it shall destroy souls upon the earth like never before recorded. This war will be a nuclear war and for the first to shoot a head may not live to tell.'' 25/04/10, 11:35 PM

25.  ''Good or bad, pick your lessons. Life is a tidal wave'' 29/07/10, 5:37 PM

26.  ''Gather all, choose, and throw the rest to the wind''. 29/07/10, 5:39PM

27.  "To face the future, you'll have to conquer the enemies within your friends.'' 01/08/10, 11:06PM

28.  ''Whatever interests you about me, good or bad. It took a route to get their. The bad are not my desire, only what I could not control.'' 7/8/10, 7:28PM

29.  "For all the good I posses came through the hardest route I found. Take the good and not the route if you mustn't.'' 7/8/10, 7:30PM

30.  "A mosquito knows when you are watching and will never come back the same way to bite. 10/8/10, 11:41PM

31.  "If you are looking for the direction the mosquito will take to return, you will not sleep, only strike where it bites to get your repose. 11/8/10, 5:46AM

32.  “In the years of life’s recklessness there was no fear, only to be born in the years of humility. Then, much courage is required. 11/8/10, 9:06AM

33.  AS I END MY SPEECH: "I trust God Most High. He has brought me this far and will take me to the very end. God bless Nigeria, God bless Africa, God bless the World. 14/08/10, 6:31AM

34.  ''Some darkness are heavy enough to petrify the soul" 14/8/10, 6:02PM

35.  "In the presence of light, the soul is unchained from the bondage of illusion the darkness presents." 14/8/10, 6:15 PM

36.  "A mistake may not present itself a good teacher to many, for not all live to tell it." 15/8/10, 12:05 PM

37.  "Anger not an old man, for he commands the strategies to assassinate your personalities.'' 15/8/10, 5:15 Pm

38.  "It requires much energy to exercise anger such that when channeled to good ventures yield better results.'' 16/08/10, 6:30 PM

39.  "My youth was my vanity. I spent it well.'' 17th. August.2010, 5:08 PM (MY BIRTHDAY)

40.  "What you seek, when found or not, you will leave it all and another will seek in another time. The cycle of life is not broken till the sun falls from the sky. 18/8/10, 6:03 PM

41.  "Better, a thousand broken relationships than one broken marriage.'' 19/8/10, 5:21 PM

42.  ''Worse, a broken marriage than a thousand broken relationships.'' - Reversed 41.

43.  ''When things desired becomes very hard to obtain, it only means that they are too good. Good things will never come cheaply.'' 19/8/10

44.  "He that loves with all of his heart knows exactly how much he is loved back." 21/8/10, 5:00 PM

45.  "To test a true love, you must love with all you are.'' 21/8/10

46.  "If you are playing love, you will get played at the long run.'' 21/8/10, 5:07PM

47.  "A good man is one that takes upon himself the shame of others.'' 21/8/10, 6:58 PM

48.  “Even the trader's friend is not spared by the trader when it comes to gains.'' 21/8/10, 7:03 PM

49.  "The maidenhead recognizes and can not forget the first, may be with the second - different from the first. For the memory to be pleasant for a life time, the husband is first and second to none. 23/8/10, 7:17 PM

50.  ''Good friends invite you home to meet their family; for they are friends at home even as members.'' - 24/08/10, 11:02 AM

51. “If you meet a man that speaks ill of his family, be sure he is only getting ready to publish your history in the book of curses.” 24/8/10, 5:19 PM

  52. “If your friend is a rumour carrier, be sure you will soon hear of your death’s anniversary” 5:29 PM

  53. “The errors in experience are enormous, too heavy for the journey. But in the course, lessons are picked and absorbed, such that at the end of each phase mastery is attained.” 5:42 PM, 24/08/10

54. “The higher you attain in the quest of knowledge the more your problems expound.” – 25/8/10, 7:20 AM

55.  “As you grow out of the years of innocence you begin to wish you were reborn.” – 25/8/10, 7:25 AM

56. “An emotional person is a fuel that consumes even the fire that kindled it.” 27/08/10, 7:09 AM

57. Men always seek for what to worship. When they find-They become critics. When they do not-They become more confused, except they found truth.” 7:20 AM

58. Only a man dying in peace knows how sweet it is to say good bye to the earth’’ 7:28 AM

59. “Only on the lips of a dying wicked man whose grace of confession is taken will you know how foolish the earthlings are.” 7:31 AM

60. “Except forgiveness is found, the ending is unhappy” 7:38AM

61. “To obtain mercy and grace, confession is by the seconds. But in all these, sovereign purpose succeeds.” 7:40 AM

62. “Be wise, even in the wisdom of the serpent, for at the end of the strait lurks craftiness. 7:49AM,

63. “A friend that you’ll need to choose your words in his/her presence is not worth it. Friends find the humour in every word.” 28/08/10, 9:24 AM

64. “If you’ll have to lie to gain acceptance, know that you are already unacceptable.” 28/08/10, 9:24 AM

65. “Wisdom is no kinsman of lies.” 7:39 PM, 28/08/10

66. “At the peak of every career awaits madness, it becomes the overwhelming price.” 11:05PM

67. “In the pursuits of life; at the point where focus becomes sharpest and determination highest. Such is the hour to apply absolute constraints.” 11:14 PM

68. “If you say there is no such thing as a perfect person – Be the first. However, we are expected, thus, it is possible. See: Mt 5:48. 29/08/10, 8:20 AM

69. “You are my light in the darkest of places
       Where all other lights fail
       You are the life in my blood
       That causes me to breathe
       You are the strength in me
       That places my foot upon the grounds to tread
       Yet! You live in me” - Sun, Aug 29. 8:13 PM

70. “In the field of battle, the fall of a general or a captain does not end the battle. A lieutenant is trained to take over command till all is won.” 29/08/10, 9:16 PM

71. '' A real ambitious man is a virus that can kill even his own'' 22/10/10, 9:25 AM

72.  ‘’If lives are stories, let mine be a bed time story’’ 10:30 AM 20/10/10

73.       “The more your friends, the less their value to you.’’ – 13/5/10

74.       “Your test comes from what you love best” 3/9/10, 6:43 AM

75.       “True soldiers never retreat, they press, they bleed, and they fall hoping for victory.” – 3/9/10, 6:46 AM

76.       “What a remarkable Day, Time and Season. (10th .10th .10th ) I.e. Tenth day of the Tenth month, of the Two Thousandth and Tenth year.  May the good Lord keep watch over me and those that put their trust in Him.” 10/10/10, 5:05PM

77.       “Do not curse when you are far away, for when you come closer, shame will not permit you to behold the face you cursed – curse not at all. – 24/10/10, 11:11 AM

78.       “Be sure of the water depth before you dive.”  29/10/10, 10:40 PM

79.       “Those that had the bad road applied caution right from the beginning, even when they arrived at the high way, even to the end. The ones with the good road at the beginning crashed along the way – They assumed the road was good all through, and because of the ditch in front, they fell, for they did not see it.  5:38PM, 31/10/10

80.       “Throw not away your friend because he cheated with your girl. Throw him away because his handshake has gone limp.


81.      “Because your friend lusted after your girl, he will not feed your wife for free when you are away. Such, you must never trust even with your friendship.”

82.      “Sin is like a healing wound, sweet to peel. Afterward it restores the pains and enlarges the wound’’ 10:15PM, 9/11/10

 83.     “Do not peel the sore, let it heal.” 10:24PM, 9/11/10

84.       “Make no man that’s got God as his all in all your enemy, when he rises against you, you will wish you were not born, because of He that fights for him – Make not men your enemies.” 4:05PM, 13/11/10

85.       "At the beginning, sin presents an illusive beauty. At the end, it shows forth the destruction that consumes totality and gives no occasion to make amends.”  4:11PM, 13/11/10

86.     "A story made through thorns, written on books with flowers, read to the young hearts and infants. Such is the story that makes my life." 9:40 AM, 25/11/10


87.      "If you seek my wrongs, many you shall find. If you love me the way the way I am, I will become another delight in your life.” 8:09P, 19/11/10

88.      "God is my inspiration. My heart is my vault. My arm is my voice. For my lips are sealed for a time. My book is my audience; he that searches through will share all I am given.” 8:25P, 19/11/10

89.       “The seeds are sown, some grow, some die, some to the harvest, some to barrenness, some for increase, some for the belly. The barn is enlarged, the acres becomes hectares. As the cycle turns again, not all get to the harvest again; such is the life of men.” 9:36P, 19/11/10

90.       “A broken ring is a broken fellowship. All true rings are full circles that bind.”  1:00P, 28/11/10.

91.       “The face alone does not qualify the beauty of a man.” 7:14A, 29/11/10.

92.       “Most things that come cheap only add to your troubles.” 7:55A, 30/11/10

93.       “What is called shame is that which put restrains upon men when they ponder, without which a man looses his qualities.” 10:04 AM, 03/12/10

94.       "He that knows not what you are thinking has no knowledge of the measures you employ to his defeat. 10:34Am, 03/12/10.

95.       “As long as our need presses against us-we are sick daily, not of the bodily pains alone, but of things we desire. I am yet to find a healthy man.” 4:12P, 04/12/10

96.       “Never give out what you despise as a gift, except t is asked of someone that desires. Then, give it out with much humility.” 7:35P, 08/12/10

97.       “If you give out what you dislike, of what value is it if it means nothing to you? There is much joy when another shares what we love.” 7:40P, 08/12/2010

98.   “Sickness or health is in the heart. When the heart fails, all is fallen.” 10/12/10, 8:24P

99.    “The greatest of all the trees of the forest was a seed, like every other. She found her roots on a fertile ground and draws the waters it rained.” 12/12/10, 8:35P

100.   “A man that gets passionate about family, country and humanity, becomes the most dangerous weapon to use.” 12/12/10, 9:24P

101.    “Passion is a fire that burns and breaks through anything.” 14/12/10, 9:55A

102.   “Wherever you find Home, lay your head. But I wish you find it on the bosom of Love. That is the address of a true Home” 14/12/10, 12:39P

103.   “The crazy sweet things are the sweetest of things.” 14/12/10, 12:45P

104.   “It is only where you find cheaper stuffs that you find more women.” 04/01/11, 6:12A

105.   “Never disturb a still water.” 9/01/11, 6:47P

106.   “The stronger the matter, the more the physical eyes closes to it. Only with the eyes of the spirit can we visualize the spiritual things.” 9/01/11, 7:43P

107.      "Never wait for tomorrow to show love" - 11:48AM, 11/01/11

108.   “To understand the type of friend you have, you must not announce a particular visit.” 12/01/11, 9:49P

109.   “The pains that 69 brings outweighs its pleasures.” 12/01/11, 9:53P

110.   “A true extremist is one that is with the firsts or the lasts. Anywhere in the middle; he curses.” 14/01/11, 7:54A

111.    “No matter how wicked a man can be, there is an iota of goodness that he tries to suppress. Find it and cover the bad sides with it.” 14/01/11, 7:54A

112.   “Every tomorrow is a chance to be better than today.” 16/01/11, 7:09P

113.   “Cold or hot, no matter the degree, normalcy can be attained if it has not totally consumed.” 17/01/11, 7:07A

114.   “A man that is sexually aroused becomes the worse fool the earth recognizes, till the beast in him is satisfied. That is when he wished he had self control. 19/01/11, 6:25A

115.   “A great heart can do great things. But, only a good heart can do sweet great things.” 23/01/11, 4:23P

116.   “The eyes are the only mirror of the mind that all can look into.”-  8:24 PM, 14/6/11

117.   “The name does not make you, you make the name. When you ascend or descend into the end point of either of the two ways presented before men, your name speaks for you from the lips of men, and the heart remembers with a smile or pity for the chance is gone. The stars sparkle because heroes and the fulfilled are remembered. 14/6/11

118.   “I lived my past getting ready for my present as I thirst for the accomplishments of the future. For yesterday is gone.” 14/6/11

119.   “Never be dismayed over the past, for all the roads led to this moment. A path that was inevitable.  Upon the thorns you trod, yanked by the thistles, tumbled in the ditches and waded through the torrents, just to get to now. Every moment is a welcome, for you journeyed so far.” 14/6/11

120.  “… A billion years, a million years, a millennium, a century, a jubilee, a decade, a year, a month, a day, an hour, a minute, and a second. Within, are the events of life. For no moment is empty.” 14/6/11

121. "To forget is dangerous. You'd do it again."  19/6/11

122. "If its reason you search for? You will leave her like the last one. Love the one you are with - Love her for no reason." 23/6/11

123. "Whoever is sorry with a but;... Is not sorry at all. Whoever is not sorry at all, is not worth it. A sorry heart is a humbled heart." 12/7/11

124. "True forgiveness is such that when it remembers, it does with a large smile." 13/7/11

125. "Love can break the heart in either ways: To heal it or to destroy it." 10/8/11

126. "From a desperate man, flee! For he has lost the focus to lead you both." 13/8/11

127. "A man that is ready to do anything for money has lost faith in God, integrity for self, and has no love for you. Such is the reason he will give you away without a blink."  13/8/11

128. "Call it Benjamins, Cheeze, Chadaz, Cash, Boza, Crisp, Kudi,...Just like Moses means Musa in Hausa language; it means Money. If you can do anything for mammon, it says you have nothing left that is worthy." 13/8/11

129. "Only happy people grow and tend flowers." 14/8/11

130. "It is difficult to forget the one that broke the heart, than the one that healed it." 15/8/11

131. "When you feel so bad, do not respond." 17/8/11

132. "Do not hide your appreciation, if you do, you will find nothing more to appreciate." 17/8/11

133.      “Never introduce your friends to your family or friends in a language he/she does not understand.”  - 8:36pm, 24/8/11.

134.      “Every single thing contributes to the survival of everything . Non is unimportant.  – 11:11Pm, 31/8/11.

135.    “When I turned and saw the children, I knew the future is alive that needs great guidance.” 11:04pm, 31/8/11.

136.       “Better to be physically blind than spiritually blind.” 7:30A, 07/09/11

137.       “Life is not about eating, drinking, sleeping and waking, but what we do in-between that brings us joy. Thus, if I die tonight, remember that I lived fulfilled. Oh! How I lived.” 11/9/11, 8:32A.

138.       “Never let people think for you.” 7:16P, 11/9/11

139.       “When you find success, beware of pride, for she lurks around, and carries destruction with her.”  11/9/11, 9:31P

140.     “Beware of him/her whom you despise. For in the time of life, you may find rest in his/her sanctuary.”” 15/9/11, 9:16P

141.       “Life is a school of many degrees, where some acquire much of which the last is deaths’ for all her students.”                    15/9/11
142.       “The time you spend hoping they’ll understand you is enough to plant a field and increase your barn.” 7:20P, 20/9

143.       “Conclude not on a matter without a dialogue. Worse it is, when only heard.” – 8:55P, 20/9/11

144.       “You don’t find your enemy in the depths, heights, or space of life.Your enemies are closer than your thoughts.”    9:00P
145.       “Two cannot progress together if they both struggle to be heard of the other.” 9:06P, 20/9/11

146.       TBC...




                                                                                                                                Moses Kogis

Monday 26 March 2012

FOUR KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

“FOUR KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD”


For about three months I have kept this message (inspiration) in my head and whenever I tried to put it down I realized that I couldn’t, till today. Where the strength came from? It must be GOD. This is what I heard in my spirit:
There are four types of people in this world;
v Those that gain the World and gain Heaven
v Those that gain the World  and loose Heaven
v Those that loose the World and gain Heaven, and
v Those that loose the World and loose heaven.

Now, the first category of people are rear, the ratio is 1 in 1000000. These sorts of people are either those that started with God from their beginning and the Lord prospers them in all fields of their lives. They become very rich and yet, holding unto God, or those that become rich outside the ordinance of God and before they die the good Lord shows them mercy and accept them home. These are the first sort.

    The second kinds are those that have put materialism before God Almighty. By doing that, they loose focus on God and everything about God does not please them. They now feel that all in life is gotten only by one’s personal efforts. God is so distant from them, they have pushed Him away and have embraced Mammon. It becomes so difficult for this people to focus on God because they are absorbed into the pleasures of life. Heaven becomes a mirage as they ascend the ladders of riches. God is an ancient story to them, a myth, something they don’t want to comprehend. Then the devil keeps on creeping upon them till he has completely swallowed their reasoning, then their soul becomes his, for he (Satan) is their master. These people, because they have so piled up riches they see their selves as their own master, even though Satan is. They can never see God, except God extends His mercy when they have realized their wrong before they die. These sorts of people are the most volatile.

    Those that loose the world and gain heaven are the majority in heaven now, for to this set of people, nothing in the world will move them, their heart is set on heaven, their focus can never be altered, they see God daily in their lives, living in Heaven on Earth, though in the depth of hard times they see only their redeemer. This category of people know in too deep some of the mysteries of God, knowing fully well that a crown await them, they forge on relentlessly, always using the heroes of the past as their yard stick. Now, all their pains, they have shifted it to Christ. He is doing the carrying, even though it appears to men that they are the ones carrying the load due to their physical state of being.
    But our Lord Jesus Christ said: ‘with much tribulation would we see Him’. So tribulation must come, sufferings, hard times, pains and sorrows, but these set of people hold on and strong, they don’t hear the word ‘give up’ because they don’t understand it, all they know is ‘matching toward the mark, toward the higher calling and to the crown’. This is what they live for.
    Those that had no law and die will be judged without the law. It is evident that there is hope for eternity, hope for brighter days, a New Jerusalem, where God is the light, where no hunger, pain, thirst, evil. All will be perfect. These are the people in the third category.

Please! Don’t cry about this people, for they are many and the jaw of hell is enlarged because of them. They grieve God and mock Him and fill they are wise. This people make most of the population of the world. Yes! It is so, they seek the devil and also try to seek God, but God will spew them out of his mouth. O! Ye Laodecians, how long will you remain and perish in your state? The Lord asks them often.
    They try to balance God and Satan and feel very comfortable about it. Satan loves this sort of people, for their blood and meat taste good to him. If only they know where to hide their treasures. No wonder! Their treasure is here on earth. They keep chasing shadows, they never are satisfied, if only they know of their soul and the spirit in them, for the body is only a casing. No wonder we are all alike (the children of light) when we die. When the corruptible is done with, we wear the incorruptible. They forget that Jesus said: ‘except your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees you will not see God’.

    The fourth category feels life is a competition. How can you fill a tank that is leaking? That is their lives, they never can get satisfied. This people are very good in the Church (hypocritically) and also very good in the things of the world. They are so smart and feel that they can deceive God, but unknown to them they only succeed in kindling His wrath. They waste all their years. They are quick to answer and quick to criticize, they all end up not seeing God.
    If you look at the Fourth sort truthfully, and critically, you will know that truly, the world is filled with such. Things of the world cover our eyes, it shut us against our father who art in Heaven. Is he not able to fulfil? He that said: seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all other things will be added’. He is able to fulfil, I know it has happened before and it’s still happening.
    Don’t get caught up in the mix, make a choice and stand by it. Never try to be in-between; it brings fast the counsel of God upon your head. There is a role model up their and down here, so close to the touch. That is the way, the truth and life.
    If the four categories are people in your city as mentioned, which category do you belong to? When you search yourself truthfully you will find out. God is able to make all grace abound to you, in all things and in all times. I have made my choice, what about you? Are you chasing shadows? Or you don’t believe in God at all? Ask yourself, where do people go when they die? Where will I go to when this breathing stops? If you are sure of Heaven, then brace up, but if you doubt a bit, you are rightly on track (fast lane) to hell. Believe me; you are on a higher way to hell. It makes no meaning to gain here and loose up their, or keep questing for here and time runs out on you.
    All you need to do is when you have tried, keep trying and waiting for that promised. All the earth is yours, grab it. It is your father’s that is if you are a true son, for many are sons of the bond woman today, and these are no heirs. God is calling His children, can you hear the sound? Listen! Listen again! If you can here it my friend, then you are true a son.
    It is very possible to be in the first category. You know how? Read your Bible always, everyday. I bet you, Satan can’t touch you if you are in tune with God our father. The first category is what our Lord and saviour has promised us. Don't be afraid, you can start from here. ‘Be good to everyone you meet’. But Jesus said: ‘love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and thy strength. And also, He said: ‘love thy neighbour as thy self. If you can do these two, I will call you righteous, because God has called you righteous and faithful already.
    He that has called us will help us. The Lord is our strength. Amen!  

                                                                            Moses Kogis.
                                                                           18th.May.'08, 2:15Pm 


Friday 23 March 2012

The Truth:



          "Truth is the enemy - of a lost heart."

    ''Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets; do they live forever?’’ Zech 1:5

''For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow’’. Eccl. 1:18

''The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun’’. Eccl. 1:9

''As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand’’. – Eccl 5:15

''The Silver is mine, and the Gold is mine, Saith the Lord of hosts’’. Hag. 2:8

''How art thou fallen from Heaven, O! Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will seat also upon the mount of the congregation, in the side of the north:
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the MOST HIGH;
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, is this the man that made the Earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?''
Isa 14:12-17

''The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me. He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds: as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shinning after rain.''
2 Sam 23:3-4

''Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages too put into a bag with holes.
Thus, saith the Lord of Hosts; consider your ways.''
Hag 1:6-7

''Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts, saying, execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.''
Zech 7:9-10                                                   

M.Kogis