Mourning into Dancing

“Mother”, Miriam said, “This is hopeless,

The situation gets worse by the day,

And you still want me to believe,

That the Messiah   will work miracles in this day and age”? Miriam asked, angrily,

“Patience my child, people are praying everywhere,

There is prophecy and confirmation, the time has come.

Our mourning will turn to joy”. mother replied, 

“Rubbish, you just say that to comfort me, mother”.

“I am so scared that I will land up as the king’s concubine,

Seeing the way he was eyeing me yesterday”.

“There is so much bondage in this place,

We are just toiling for nothing and we are just about surviving,

I don’t want to live another day!”.

“Hush, child, have faith, God’s word does not lie”, mother replied.

The night silence was broken by shouts of battle cry,

People shivered in their homes while their land was ripped apart,by an unknown side.

Daybreak, they waited, too scared to move,

Until they heard the voices of the shepherd boys,

“God has given our land into the hands of His people,

Our cruel king and his army lies died!”

"Hail to the Messiah, who is faithful to His word and His promises!” they cried,

People rushed out of their homes.

Miriam leaping in the air with joy,

“Mother” she yelled, “The Word is true”, “Yes it is”, mother replied too overjoyed to speak,

“The Lord has turned our mourning into dancing!”

¹¹ For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

¹² Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

¹³ Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

¹⁴ And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 31:11-14 KJV

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Beauty for Ashes

The girl dragged herself into the  temple

"Will the great one forgive me this time as well?" She asked herself, again and again.

Her body weeping uncontrollably she broke down before the mighty one and wept.

Tears flowed between her fingers,

"I am so wretched, she sobbed, forgive me O god."

The Rabbi, who had come in just then

Put his hand on her shoulder turned her around to face him and said

"Daughter, you are redeemed by God". See what god says in his word (Isaiah 44:22 k.J.v)

“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee”

"God has buried them in the deepest sea.He remembers your sins no more

Neither should  yee."

Wiping away her tears with his hands, he continued

"God gives you Beauty for your ashes

The oil of joy for your spirit of heaviness

Go, now beloved, and live for his glory (ref Isaiah 61:3 K.j.v)

Bask in his will and the realm of his promises".

She nodded, her face shining, eyes brimming with joy,

She left the temple with quick steps renewed, forgiven and totally made whole.

"To live for your glory alone , O God for the rest of my life is what I will seek to do... she determined in her heart and left.

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I Will Trust In You

Talia ran across the forest

Her enemies in hot pursuit.

They have been chasing her for months ,

And today she felt trapped in the woods.

Puffing and panting and fighting her way,

“I need to make it to the other side”, she kept telling herself

“Come what may!.”

The path was so shaky,

There were pebbles and stones everywhere.

Cuts and bruises

Leaves and bushes onward she went like a bullet train.

I will trust in you, O Lord

Words of Deuteronomy 33: 12 KJV 

“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders” gave her the confidence to move on unafraid."

Suddenly she heard a gunshot behind her,

 Quick footsteps hushed voices and a loud thud,

"Don't worry its all over",

The man in authority came over to her and said.

 Still shaking from all the excitement, 

She walked out of the woods,

Her family stood waiting for her. 

She hugged them, and the words of Deuteronomy 33:29 came over to her again.

 “Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy Excellency! And thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.”

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The Road Ahead

Contemplating on the road ahead,

The young boy, broke out in cold sweat.

"It’s too difficult, he yelled!"

"What if I can’t make it?"

"I may even die from exhaustion or get mugged by a thief or get killed by an animal,"

 “Grandfather! ,he shouted, you just don't care do you?”

His wise grandfather looked at him squarely in the eye,

He put a large book in his hands with his eyes twinkling,

And with a little laugh said,” Son, sometimes you have to fight to be a man!!”

“Promise me son, as your journey in life has just began,

“You will confront every situation which bothers you, 

Not with your fist, but by the word of God."

"This is a book of life. No journey of any mortal is complete without it." 

“Study it!” he said, emphatically,” as you go along the way," 

"And the watch the beauty of your dreams unfold,"

 "Feel the sweat of victory, fall down your cheeks, from great battles you will fight,"

"Sense pride pounding on your chest at every nook and corner for achievements you will win."

"And finally, remember, the tears, the pain and hurts which will mar you on your journey, you will not remember, when the day, He (the Master) finally whispers into your ears," 

“Well done, good and faithful servant, you can now wear the victor’s crown!”

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Casting My Net

I have been casting my net all day, all month long,

Waiting for that moment when my dream becomes my song.

Why you doing this?,

So many ask?,

How can I explain, it’s His vision in my heart?

Don’t you go weary, aren’t you giving up, they ask?

The one who has called is faithful,

His promises are real, and it will all come to pass.

For you see I, carry on, by way of explanation,

His vision is not for a day , He tell us in Habakkuk 2:2-3,

 It’s for an appointed time,

Don't be weary, His word says, wait for it,

That's what I'm doing,

Waiting for that day,

When my vision  will become  my song!

From This Day Forth

Sitting by the window and reading her bible early morning,
Miriam almost laughed to herself.
She was reading Hagai 2:19, the verse ended by saying," From this day forth I will bless you"
She read no further, looking up she contemplated her life
Alone, single, businesswoman, struggling to get her stocks, out of the door.
Fate, seemed cruel to the core, and specially after her break up
She hardly felt anything like beautiful!
Nor. did she believe in love and marriage anymore!
Just then, the bell rang and surprise, surprise it was the new pastor from church at the door!.
Looking rather sheepish,“I was passing by and I felt a tug, by, God’s spirit to share a verse with you.” he said. She let him in.

He opened the bible to Hagai 2:19...NKJV..

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Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.
Shocked she sat dumb face, ash white
“It can’t be, she thought to herself,” “I was just reading the same verse a moment ago”, he continued reading.
"This is how God says he will bless you, Miriam,"
He went on to read Hosea 14:5-8 ...GNT..
I will be to the people of Israel
like rain in a dry land.They will blossom like flowers;
they will be firmly rooted like the trees of Lebanon.
6 They will be alive with new growth, and beautiful like olive trees.
They will be fragrant like the cedars of Lebanon.
7 Once again they will live under my protection.They will grow crops of grain and be fruitful like a vineyard.
They will be as famous as the wine of Lebanon.
Saying this, he left; Miriam sat in a daze,She felt she was not spoken to by a man.
But by an angel of God,
With eyes shining brightly, through the tears.“I believe, Oh yes I do …
From this day forth!” …she said

The Birth of Zorah

With stinging words clinging to her like a blanket,
She quickly made her way to the fields.

It was a usual thing for her, to be taunted
 and sniggered at by others.
She was unable to produce and hence ,
She carried the social stigma of being called barren.
A man approached her and gave her the word,
She was going to bear a son and she was to raise him up as a NAZARENE.
In shock and excitement she ran and told her husband, who chided her as always,
But nevertheless, he finally, as always, believed his wife and prayed to God that he might meet the man too,
God answered his prayers, and the husband met the man,
"I pray thee, sir; tell us, when these days, which you are talking about it will come true,
And then, how may we honour you"?
“Raise an offering onto the Lord,” he said.
They did, and  the man disappeared into the flames.
“We have seen the angel of god, we will surely die,” the husband cried.
“No,” the wife said,” he is the angel of the Lord; he came to give us the word, regarding the birth of our son”.
This is the story, my dear people, of Israel’s saviour against the Philistines, the mighty, “Samson”.
Born, in an obscure village of Zorah, in Jerusalem. refer Judges Chap 13.

Likewise, the great God of Abraham, gave me a word in the year 2007,

And on Jan 13, 2013, Zorah International, my company was physically born.

For they shall not be ashamed that wait for Me.! Isaiah 49:23 KJV ,said the Lord ,

And the people said “AMEN”