Saturday, February 16, 2008

When Your Heart Opens

Did you ever feel so empty inside?
Did you ever lose yourself?
Did rivers flow from you heart to your mind?
Your heart open'd, you heard His voice.

Did you ever breathe air and exhale wind?
Did you ever fly with your eyes closed?
Did your eyes cry tears without end?
He open'd your heart-- He spoke to you.

Did you ever wonder what you look like?
Did you do something you never thought?
Did your fears turn to light?
You see with his eyes; Your heart open'd

I live like I breathe--
I know for I believe.


original poem by my son mak azubike (macalurs)

Saturday, February 2, 2008

titbits on leadership From John Maxwell

Basics Of Effective leadership

1 It always starts with a need.

2 That always sparks up a passion within a person

3 That person acts in response to that need

4 This actions move others to co-operate.

When you hear the many needs arround you, which one strikes a chord whithin your heart?

What Kind of specialist are you called to become?

What would you do before you die?

What would be your significant contribution?

Our giftings could be

Spiritual
Natural
Acquired


Every one needs something we all need. When we find it we naturally influence others.

What is vision?

Friday, February 1, 2008

The God that sees



Through mountains high



Faith 2

Faith means having ' good cheer.' Sometimes people around you would think you to be irresponsible of simply 'fanatic.' In our world, considering all the bad news available on the world news, the twenty-first century christian needs a great deal of bouyancy of spirit. ti is a comstant battle in life to stay on top of things - to stay afloat. But taking a cue from the eagle, all we need to do is to spread our wings,our optimism, our faith, our vision ans our Joys and let the wind take us higher. The same wind that is sucking others into a whirpool of despondency, doubt and confusion can take you higher to the mountains.

Faith is knowing 'The lord is my shepherd,' he sees and watches over me. trust that the master cares. Trust that he knows. Trust that he is there listening and knowing and willing to help. The Bible says that he is an ' ....ever-present Help in times of trouble.'

"When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God, we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us for it is written: 'the eyes of the lord runs to and fro the earth.' the sweetest language of experience is ' Thou God that sees me.' When the eyes of the soul, looking up, meet the eyes of god looking in, heaven has begun right hear on earth." A.W. Tozer


What goes on in your mind when the trouble wont go away? When God takes his time and you are loosing ground? Faith is when you dont have all the facts straightened out; when the midnight has seemed soo long and God probably might have gone on vacation; when the clouds seem to have blotted out the tiny sparks of hope from the stars and yet you say " Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him"