Rocking at the Temple of love

The opening acts have come and gone. The lights are blazing all colours.The speakers are buzzing with anticipation. The Rockstar is about to make an appearance. The crowds are screaming out his name, they are excited and cannot wait to lay their eyes on the Superstar.

The stage is amidst two pillars, and I dare you won't believe this, the pillars are made of gold! Consider an ounce of gold costs $895.40 per ounce, or to make it easier $28,788 per kilo. This superstar is extravagant!

Wait! The whole stage is actually golden! (A moment to breathe.) This is actually not a stage, it is a temple!! Rocking in a real temple, how better can rock concerts get?!

So, the crowd's energy keeps surging, they are ready to see the Superstar, the Rockstar!! Suddenly the huge fans on the sides of the stage go on and then a sight never seen before....the Rockstar descends from the heavens!!! Acclaimed Rock of ages and Bright Morning Star, the genuine article, the real Rockstar...

...I dream of that day

Sex is pizza (continued)

In a recent post when I said pre-marital/extra marital sex is like pizza, some were appalled. It seemed I had watered down what is a beautiful experience to a mere snack. Forgive me if I offended you.

However, think about it. The Godly view of sex is that it is something that happens exclusively between a man and a woman who are joined together for life in a marriage covenant. Sex is meant for the marriage bed, which is sanctified by God.

This kind of sex happens between husband and wife who are in essence one body. Sex makes them physically one through intercourse whereas their wedding is a spiritual joining. I cannot find a good comparison because it is perfect the way it is.

However, when sex is outside the frontiers of a marriage covenant it becomes a snack. Pizza is a good example. Let's say you go to Domino's and purchase a large size pizza. It is put safely in a box where its contents will be revealed when it is time to eat it.

So, a pizza is almost impossible to eat as a whole; it is better for it to be cut into pieces. You will also notice however that a pizza is rarely eaten alone; usually it is shared by a number of people.

Thus, when I look at the differences between sex before or outside marriage and pizza, I can hardly make a distinction! Whether it is the man or woman engaging in it, he or she loses a piece of themselves and the more partners, the more pieces of themselves they lose.

Unfortunately, the world has shunned the marriage bed. We have become too impatient and settle for snacks to satisfy the lust we have. Many of us are like pizza half eaten: Incomplete!

Gladly, God can change the filthy people we are into blameless sons and daughters. He is the perfect key to all locks. God's patience is like time itself:waiting as long as it takes; His love is like a house with a roof, even when it rains you remain dry. His grace is as available as the soil on the earth.

I am not perfect; maybe a part of me was lost; if not physically then mentally, but this God is amazing. He perfects that which concerns me. Even the lost He can find; the consumed He can replace. He still mends and repairs and causes us to hope for the light at the end of the tunnel. Yes, I am a man who erred but He was the one who saved.

Pizza or not. God perfects. I am purely a work of God. And so He avails new attitudes, beliefs and the grace to become ready for the marriage bed, not Domino's pizza.

Psa 138:8 Jehovah will perfect His work in me; Your mercy, O Jehovah, endures forever; do not forsake the work of Your own hands.

Jane and Jack- A story about misrepresentation

Jane loved Jack but the boy was too stupid to know. She walked slowly looking in his direction whenever she saw him. She intentionally dropped her books when he was near so he could pick them up for her, but the boy's mind seemed to be in vacation in Madagascar. He never noticed. She had tried writing him notes in class but somehow one of the classmates instead intercepted them and showed them to every one else but him and made her a laughing stock.

She had really tried. So she devised a plan to get his attention. She would write a letter and would tell her friend to give it to him. Sarah was her friend from Nursery and surely she would help her.

Jane's letter read:

Hi Jack,

This is Jane your classmate. Ever since I saw you, I was lost in your beauty. Your handsome eyes and rusty voice just drive me wild. I have tried to show you that my heart must be cured of this sickness and have attempted things a girl in love will attempt when she wants a boy's attention, but all in vain. So I decided to write you a letter and tell you that I am most incurably in love with you. You must do something Jack or I will be most unhappy.
Yours in love,
Jane.

This would surely get his attention.

Sarah was supposed to take it before lunch but she would have lunch first. At the canteen, she unfortunately forgot it at the counter and Lita found it. Lita was Jack's neighbour who wanted Jack for himself, for no noble reason though. She thought she would hypnotise him and make him her toy. How cruel?!

So when she found it she was incensed that Jane too wanted him. So she made a plan. She would not keep the letter, no, it had to be delivered. But she wrote down her own letter on paper, and stuffed it into the envelope she had found Jane's letter in. She kept the one Jane had written. She then asked if anyone had lost an envelope and suddenly Sarah realised she had forgotten it! She quickly went to Lita and claimed the letter.

Sarah quickly took it to Jack and when Jack began to read it, he was dumbfounded!!

Hi Jack,

This is Jane your classmate. I see you, lost in my beauty. But I don't think you're handsome. Your eyes are rusty. Your voice just like a wild man. I have tried to show you that my heart must be cured of this silliness. I have tried to tell you I'm not in love but you always attempt to get my attention, but all in vain. So I decided to write you a letter and tell you that I know you're most incurably in love with me. You must do nothing Jack or I will be most unhappy.
Yours ,
Jane.

"What's this?" Jack asked Sarah.
"Well, Jane told me to deliver it to you"
"Who does she think she is saying such things to me? Tell her I have had enough, she thinks I do not notice how she tries to make me like her? Tell her I thought she was a good person but this...this makes me see who she really is!! I hate her!!!"

And the whole class heard! You can imagine how Jane felt when she entered the room hoping to see a good eye from Jack, but instead, she was met with laughter from her classmates (of course except Sarah) and jeers from Jack.

A girl could not possibly shoulder all that weight and not cry, so she rushed out and sat on the steps outside the class, as she gave way to her tears...

...to be continued

sex is pizza

"Premarital/extra marital sex makes you a pizza. Everyone has a piece of you, and you're left with nothing yourself..."


to be continued

Solution, not explanation of problem...

Judges 6:13,14

And Gideon said "Pray, sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this befallen us?..."

And the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours, and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?"

The angel of the LORD had earlier told Gideon "The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valour." Look what Gideon does to this declaration; he says, "If the LORD is with us, why...?"

The first thing he does is take focus off himself yet the LORD was putting the focus on him specifically. He tries to persist with his low esteem by trying to focus on the problem than what God had said. At times we are like Gideon; the LORD tells us how much He loves us and is ready to accomplish feats, then we respond by saying, " Ah, the LORD loves us all equally."

While the sun shines the same over the earth, it more powerful when it strikes through a magnifying glass; because there the rays are magnified onto one place and eventually, light up the surface it falls on.

Amazingly God did not give Gideon the answer he was looking for. Instead, He said "Go in this might of yours..." Which "might" might he be meaning? He was referring to His earlier statement, "The LORD is with you!" He went on to say, " Do not I send you?".

The LORD had a sure purpose for Gideon, and that is what His focus was. He had come to deliver Israel through Gideon. The LORD is more interested in your deliverance than your bondage. He will not waste time focusing on your bondage when what He wants is to set you free.

This is the story here- Gideon was focusing on the "why's" of their bondage to Midian but the LORD was not there to give a thesis on their current situation. He had come to take them out of it, and that is the only thing He had determined to do.



Praise God! For He forgets quickly and loves deeply. Didn't God have the right to condemn and rebuke them when Gideon asked his question? He did. But that time was past, He was intent on delivering them now!! Amen!

Thank God, for there is therefore now no condemnation to those in Christ. Like Gideon's case, Jesus will never put focus on your past. Neither will He focus on your inconsistency, He has come for salvation, period! Not to give you a list of your failures that led to your predicament. No. He is a deliverer. He is your solution.

Therefore, whatever it is, God is with you and His mind is set on your deliverance, not your condemnation! Forget the condemning talk of "because you did this, this is happening to you-He is a now God-for you now.

John 3:17 "For God sent His Son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him!"

So, in your addiction; folly; weakness; remember God wants you out, not to talk to you about why you're there. He's not here to explain your sin, He has come to take you out of it. He is not here to explain your debt; He's here to relieve you of it. Is it not Jesus who said, come, all who are heavy laden, that I may give you rest? He did not say- Come to me all who are heavy laden, that I may explain your burdens.

Praise God; He is a deliverer, not a religious finger pointing condemning God. Let's not mix up the work of Jesus and the devil. The devil will remind you of your sin; your curse. The LORD reminds you, He became sin that you may become the righteousness of God in Christ; He became a curse that you may be blessed. Glory.

Avatar- the Nevonic version

Many people love Avatar. Those young cartoons who are supposed to save the world! Now people are in awe with their skills- water, fire, air, and earth bending. I decided to tweak them up in relation to guys and women. An avatar should be a master of all the elements, so even the man below should know all these skills so as to avoid "issues" with women.

Fire bending: resisting a girl when she wants to be more than a friend. This is a skill every avatar needs. What happens when a beautiful lady shows up and wants more than friendship when you are not into it. Man she is slap and you know, everyday it's becoming harder to resist! Either she does not share your spiritual beliefs, or you already have a girl or she has a guy; she is very appealing but you're not supposed to. This is what is called fire bending.

Water bending: resisting the urge to become emotional (cry) when she is seriously weeping in front of you. Ladies have this trick. When they want you to hold them or you know, be sweet to them, they may cry. And what do you do , how do you respond? A strong man must be able to water bend. Keep your tears in check, okay? Every avatar must be able to do this.

Earth bending: fleeing when she wants to take your shirt off for you!! This is one of the most useful skills the avatar needs. Some women, may get electric and want a piece of you. This could happen by mere conflagration of adrenaline, and desire or it could have built over time. When she successfully gets you alone, this is the lifesaver for you. Earth bending, run away. If she remains with your shirt, no problem.


Air bending: cutting a long conversation short when you know it is leading bad places. Ever been asked questions you do not want to be asked. You know they are necessary but your response will lead to all but a desired end? This is where you need air bending. Divert the conversation. Avoid the questions, talk about the weather. You will need this for your triumph as an avatar in a man's world of unwanted female relations!

So learn all these skills and you and women will be like yin and yang without ever meeting.

Much love and God bless.

I am not Shakespeare

Can a sword kill with bullets?
Or a gun cut with its edges?
Can an axe plough a garden?
Or a hoe cut down a tree?

Can the moon wake up the world,
Shine so bright that sleeping birds come alive?
Can it cover the skies with such brightness
That engenders play of kids?

Can the sun soothe men?
Endear them to the bed of sleep?
Can it sing with owl and cricket,
And hide the tears of the meadow?

Can the ox gallop across a field?
Run with the wind in speed and haste?
Can it dash in urgent manner?
Carrier of impatient master on its back?

Can the horse delay in its pace unless in playful sport?
Yoked with ploughs to farm a garden,
Can it in patience drag to and from the distance-
Its strong feet put to miserly waste?

How then can I do a similar thing-
Abandon myself to become somebody else-
Unsatisfied by my progress
Or envious of others?

Shall I try to cut with a gun
Or shoot with a sword?
Shall I gallop upon an ox
Or cause a horse to plough?

Shall I neglect the gift within me-
The hand of the potter upon me?
Shall I avoid the work allotted to me
To gain the reward of another's due labour?

Let me be myself then
Embrace the God given destiny for me.
Lord your work itches in my hands,
So let me get the paper and pen.

He is

More on Judges 6:12

Jdg 6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.

In every way, for us to be successful, healthy, wise, rich, victorious etc, for us to realise our full potential, that is, to fulfill God's destiny for us- we must know God precedes us. Before our successes, God is. Before our might, God is. Therefore, when the angel of the LORD spoke to Gideon, he first declared that God was then proclaimed Gideon's true identity- a might man of valour.

Many of us may not know God's plan, destiny for us. In fact, we may be beating out wheat in a wine press; hiding our treasures from the enemy without knowing what little that treasure is in comparison to God's plan for us. Here was Gideon in the wine press beating out wheat to hide it from the Midianites, yet God saw him as a mighty man who would oust the Midianites.

Even if this was so, it would never come to pass until Gideon understood that God was with Him. God precedes our true identity. So the angel said first that the LORD was with Gideon. Then he went on to tell Gideon who God saw him as. We must believe that God is so that we can see who we really are. The angel said " The LORD is with you, you might man of valour." not "You mighty man of valour, the LORD is with you." He must receive His glory before we receive our praise.

This verse used to get me very excited by the fact that God saw me (Gideon) as a mighty man of valour despite my weakness. Yet I discovered more in the verse. I discovered God is. Gideon would have continued beating wheat in the wine press if not God.

Thank God He is, for then I am.Since He is, I am the mighty man of valour.

With you

Judges 6:12
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him "The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valour."

It is one thing to be mighty and the LORD not being with you; and another thing to have the LORD with you when you're not mighty. The latter will always succeed over the former.

When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, the first thing He said was " the LORD is with you". He proclaimed God's presence in Gideon's life before even prophesying over him.

The presence of the LORD in our lives is so important because without Him, we can do nothing. More so, the knowledge of His presence in our lives. God can be an very-present help in time of need but it will produce more results if you actually know that He is. Ignorance of the fact can produce statements like " Why me Lord? Why I am going through this? Where are you?"

When we are aware of God's presence in our lives, sorting out the nitty gritty, we are bound to be more confident, have more hope and certainty in time of need. So here the angel first proclaims the LORD'S presence then goes on to tell Gideon who He is in the LORD'S eyes.

Jesus Christ is with us. Emmanuel. He is our very present help in time of need. We can look to Him when we are met with fear, sorrow and impossibilities. He is the bronze serpent. When we realise He is in our midst and focus on Him, while others die because of snake bites- the anxieties, problems of life, we live because we focus on Him. And by doing that He saves us.

So today, more than ever,the first thing you need to know, to realise, to be aware of, to be conscious about, is that the LORD is with you-you the individual. This should help you focus and overcome. You have Him all the time. And He is with you, in His fullness.

Grace me free

I find myself debating with myself and not knowing why there is a debate! Simple responses become liable to prolonged analysis like two lawyers before a judge arguing out a death or life case!

Is it that these many brain cells lack a more entertaining exercise perhaps because i have trained them poorly? Or is it a regular pass time they are fond of?

How come 1 plus 1 is not neccessarily two for me? Who is this other guy always arguing with me?

Am I not able to do the right thing? I know the right to do, it is written on my core yet this man keeps debating about it, haranguing and leading me to places i never ought to be in the first place!

Jesus....you know me.
You. A great conflagration is consuming my inner man!
Peace.... I know of peace. I have touched it with my heart, seen it with my soul but where does it hide now?

Is it not here all along? all along watching as me and this man talk?

Or peace be still. Jesus......you.
You. Have you not set me free?
I know you.....you have....i am alive.

Grace me free coz working is to stressing for me. let me rest my Saviour coz now i am weary.

"But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God--and righteousness and sanctification and redemption-- that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the Lord."

I Corinthians 1:30

Thinking

"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."
Albert Einstein

The Haggle

So, there he was minding his own business when a vendor arrived with some good looking canvas shoes.

"Ssebo otunda otya?" (What is the price sir?)

"Nfuniraayo mitwalo esatu mu kanaana zokka nga weetwalira." (You can take these at only 38,000/-)

"Kale ssebo. Ndowoza nebwogenda." (Okay sir, I think u can continue on your way.)

"Toogule?!" (You won't buy?)

"Ate ow'a kasanvu asobola okwogelera wano?" (Isn't it impossible for a man with only 7,000/- to speak?)

Silence

"Kale sebo, leeta tugende." (Okay sir, pay and we part ways.)

Thus he went home with a brand new pair of canvas shoes.

Music Uganda

Hey people, it is Ntwatwa again on your shizzle. Naturally i like music, i like dem hard beatz that make my head bob like am an electric bell. Well, it's no secret this son of man cannot dance, cuz when i try i seem to be gentle with myself and well people say that is not dancing. So if i cannot dance, i can listen and play that music and well in the process critique some "music".

Let me do a lil bit o c.



1. Blue3.
I am a gospel music fan but I notice the goings on of secular music. So I understand that Blu*3 is no longer written like that, rather it has become Blu3! What was the meaning of the exclusion of the * in the name? Does it mean that the star has gone and well it now plain 3 blu gals? See here, Cinderella (force the pun) is the lucky one whose shoe fell at the ball and some prince traced it to her. Now she is off to some Western country where she can have better recording etcetera. The sisters dare not remain 2 otherwise, it would have sounded too blue! ( Imagine blu*2?) Better to share misery in a group than in a company, after all, 2 is company, three is a crowd!
I must say I admire the honesty-no need for the star or is it asterisk? So the Blu gals are without their star, how do they foresee their future now? Let me wait and hear of their future lest I predict wrongly.



2.Juliana
From the radio "screen?" to the silver screen? Well congratulations. My brother happens to work in MTN and well there is a common song being requested by people who have just bought polyphonic tone phones. I think it is called Diana. She is quite the star these days, congs .However I must say I abhorred that she just sang a song about God. She did not sing for God. I saw an interview she did when making the interview and well, it was all about her life, her struggles, her achievements. I wonder was God your marketing gimmick? Or were you the oracle for many who treasure the song far more than i think you do?....this shall stop here.



3. Bobi Wine aka Ghetto President.
Typical political story. A man with a heart for his people struggles out of the situation they share and gets himself big. He shares their sentiments but unlike before is wealthier, has a beautiful wife and son, big car and house. He sings for the people, but how does he help them? I would like to know.I also do not appreciate the fact that his girlfriend is born again yet had his child before officially being married to him. He sings with a heart but where is the Soul?

Now, let me go and do more research about the others I had began writing about but found had little data about.

Alive

Here I am alive
I was able to run, survive
I was able to escape all your hurt, your lies
White lies, black lies, even your green lies
Here I am alive, and ever on the rise.

Hear the flutter of wings
As my heart sings
Slow tunes, fast tunes, true tunes
to Him

He is my Alpha my Omega
My heart that beats
And I am caught in His embrace
Warmth in sweetest grace.

Take it standing

"The world is yours, you can kick it any way you want,
You can be a slave forever, you can be the stump that everybody walks over,
Or you can be a boulder and crush those fools like a Buffalo soldier..."

Open Bar- Grits feat Pigeon John

mirror

The mirror fails to make a decision for me
So I am abandoned to the tricks of this chest-
Why isn't my mind where it should be?
I do not want a regret
Another failed attempt.

Today

All that matters is now
My breath,my heart, my brow;
You are very far from it
Very far from my interest.

So what am I doing grouching
All about your business whining?
"Nous n'avons pas un accord"
And this drama gets too dear to afford.

I'm letting go of the worry
And going to God in a hurry,
"Faire quelque chose Seigneur rapide !"
In my impatience, I pass off very stupid.


to be continued....

Gone

Let me not be your allergy
Save me this foul synergy,
Let me depart from this conquest
Yea, it subtly was your forceful request.

Budo's lilies

They have gone like witches
Burned alive at the stake-
Tied alive on wooden poles,
Set ablaze with burning torch.

As if they had sown some magic
Some deed wicked and tragic-
Now condemned to the fire
A mortal payment for some mortal sin.

But they were only children
No architects of plots grand and deadly,
They were students of goodness
Not rebels of some senseless sort.

They were your children, your kin
They had your blood, your skin
How come you let them go alone
Away from their distress, far gone?!

You slept in mazongotos
They were like slaves in triple decks,
You forgot what kawuukumi was
They depended on it for protein.

How I want to condemn
Yes, tis you I want to blame!
For the blood screaming as it boiled
For the bones breaking in the fire.

But I will kneel and thus pray
For the lilies swiftly away,
For the kin and heart broken parents
Going through pain and unknowable torment.

May the Lord heal hearts
May the sadness soon depart
May forgiveness flow like rain
May the healing blot the stain.

To err is human,
To murder is beastly,
To forgive is divine
To love is Godly.

So they have gone like martyrs
Sheep without need to defend own lives
Heroes confident in the One they trusted
Not afraid to die for purity of heart.

Rest in Peace.

Good Lord.

Well, the Lord is good in the land of the living. Good news. Emma Laura got a job, now that's good news. The Basic Dinner is this Saturday and peoples are excited. I thank God am about to clear. FLAME feat JR-Smile- now that's a good song. Anyway, I think the Lord is amazing, I have seen His goodness and I am amazed. Am waiting for some dime to appear and I am sure it will.I am happy or is it joy. A release, a freedom feeling. God is mighty good. Just dropped in here to say I am still alive. Have ideas of a play but time is tight for me. I don't know. Should I do a novel or a play or perhaps an Odyssey like thing. Anyway, love you my reader. Take care. God loves you, He is mad crazy about you.