Best Persistency Poems
September 24 Scripture Meditations Based on Mark 11-12
Key Verse– Mark 12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR EXPOSING MY ERROR
Thank You for exposing my error of showy spirituality
By Your revealing sovereignty
To prove me toward tested Christianity
Midst pretenses along beliefs’ uncertainty.
Thank You for exposing my error of deceptive relationship
By Your converting leadership
To turn me toward faithful stewardship
Midst prayerlessness along worldliness’ friendship.
Thank You for exposing my error of impure motives
By Your sanctifying directives
To straighten me toward holy prerogatives
Midst poverty along discontentment’s alternatives.
Thank You for exposing my error of shallow devotion
By Your empowering salvation
To transform me toward genuine dedication
Midst preferences along doubts’ confusion.
Thank You for exposing my error of subtle hypocrisy
By Your enlightening mercy
To illumine me toward sincere fervency
Midst pride along complacency’s deficiency.
Thank You for exposing my error of worthless engagements
By Your fulfilling involvements
To lead me toward heavenly investments
Midst persistency along commitment’s agreements.
Thank You for exposing my error of selfish interests
By Your faith strengthening bests
To uphold me toward good work-harvests
Midst persecutions along priorities’ tests.
September 24, 2022
September 25, 2022 POTD
May 12 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 60-62
Key Verse – Psalm 62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR RENDERING TO ME ACCORDING TO MY WORK
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s diligence
Ever regarding my earnest obedience
While forgiving my impudence and impatience
Every time I come to You for Your revival prevalence.
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s fervency
Ever upholding my faith’s persistency
While correcting my laxity and leniency
Every time I come to You for Your mercy.
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s feature
Ever rewarding my service-gesture
While recompensing my sacrifice of submission-posture
Every time I labour through Your strengthening nurture.
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s earnestness
Ever blessing my steadfastness
While attending to my performance along faithfulness
Every time I depend on You for Your helpfulness.
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s commitment
Ever equipping my involvement
While enabling my dedication’s achievement
Every time I trust You for Your encouragement.
Thank You for rendering to me according to my work’s fruit-bearing
Ever satisfying my productiveness’ rearing
While increasing my soulwinning harvest with love’s caring
Every time I beseech You for Your gearing.
May 12, 2022
February 4 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 11-13
Key Verse – Leviticus 11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy…
FAITH IN GOD WHO SANCTIFIES US
God sanctifies us from sin-leprosy
By His mercy healing our plague’s persistency…
We thank Him for the power of His clemency
That transforms us by faith along His love’s fervency.
God sanctifies us from flesh-filthiness
By His holiness melting our lustfulness…
We thank Him for the brightness of His righteousness
That radiates around us by faith midst worldliness.
God sanctifies us from pride-inflammation
By His meekness smiting our arrogant reaction…
We thank Him for the clarity of His instruction
That propels us by faith toward growth’s function.
God sanctifies us from vice-defilement
By His purification vanquishing our addiction impairment…
We thank Him for His grace of restoration-replenishment
That upholds us by faith against evil allurement.
God sanctifies us from trespass-infirmity
By His forgiveness correcting our iniquity…
We thank Him for His pardon of acquitting quality
That makes us by faith to enjoy eternal life’s security.
God sanctifies us from command-disobedience
By His discipline conquering our rebellion-resurgence…
We thank Him for His Word of steadfast diligence
That enables us by faith to win against carnal expedience.
God sanctifies us from transgression-pest
By His purity cleansing our errors to the fullest…
We thank Him for His kindness of compassionate zest
That blesses us while we do by faith our utmost best.
February 4, 2025
It was you from the moment I seen you.
I knew in my heart I would be the one to rescue you, but in the end you ended up saving me.
I see in your eyes the pain that lingered inside.
From your past relationships your pride was on cloud nine.
My theory was to put your fears aside.
You feel like I am like all the rest, so you continuously put my love through a test.
Why won’t you let me love you?
My love is a virtue, forever lasting external statue.
It was you my handcrafted imbue tattoo I cling to.
If you only knew how I truly feel about you.
I was sculpted only for you my sahib, I am your rib.
You’re a reflection of me desperately wanting love, but scared of the many risks that come with it.
Love should have come with an asterisk.
You’re my only weakness causing infectious affection.
It was your personality that spoke volumes to me, showering me with chivalry.
Persistency kept me where I wanted to be.
Let me be the one you need, all you need is faith as tiny as a mustard seed.
Abundantly this love will be an adjustment for you, and me.
If you should have a nightmare just know I will be there.
If you’re hurting and need to cry, I will be the one to wipe your eyes.
For my love only identifies.
I fell in love with you, not for the things you’re able to do.
It was simply you…
If you should happen to get laid off work, I will be the one standing in the door.
The only one you brace oneself for.
Your personal landing gear, I am whole heartily sincere.
I will be your rocking chair.
If the time comes and you begin to lose your hair, baby I will be your favorite barber chair your personal concierge.
It was you that introduced your love voodoo.
Only wanting you timeless déjà vu.
You made me love you; you are my lifetime band aid.
Now let me be your brigade, your right hand grenade.
You’re forever nursing aide.
The sharpest in your drawer knife blade.
The one and, only ace of spade your jack of trades.
Equivalent to money your love is symbolic.
A polished rocket you’re extraordinary, and solid.
Biologic process but simply flawless.
If I am getting off topic I might be losing conscious.
Thinking of you makes me forget my surroundings.
My heart starts pounding echo sounding.
I automatic start smiling, it’s simply astounding.
You knew it has always been you.
It was you.
He gathers all flowers he sees to show off his romance.
He chops all trees he faces to show off his masculinity.
He gayly spits out a lump of saliva to show off his coolness.
He leaves traces of money wherever he goes to show off his richness.
He sings everyday, every moment to show off his persistency and passion.
But she doesn't stare into his eyes
with admiration nor satisfaction nor true desire.
Her eyes are a pair of story tellers, without a tint of a lier.
They only speak the truth, insulting the man with a harsh glare.
This time, his simple-mindedness carries him away.
His lack of mind demonizes his very heart and bones of his soul,
Snapping at once like a monster, existing as a deleterious being.
He goes mad, killing hundreds, thousands, millions, thirsty for a genuine love,
only waiting for to see a swarm of oozing blood waves gushing in and out of his lungs.
He cannot cope with this madness,
His responsibility he has once established.
At last, he cuts his breath with an undeniable slash with his double edged sword,
chanting a regretful cry out of his body until the silence takes over his surrounding.
After all this time
Dare we go there?
Eventually we have no choice
Unknowingly the decision was made for us
So although I am a little sad this is adieu; until we meet again
*Gerald (suggestion of the word in Portuguese) & Jack (his persistency :)
Hope you are not disappointed*
©146011092013
April 6 Scripture Meditations Based on 2Chronicles 30-32
Key Verse – 2Chronicles 30:18 … But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one...
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR PARDONING ME
Thank You for pardoning me for my iniquities
As well as for my earthly vanities
By Your holiness purging my sin-impurities
Along Your righteous verities.
Thank You for pardoning me for my selfishness
As well as for my pride-inflicted guiltiness
By Your mercies forgiving my confessed haughtiness
Along Your loving kindness.
Thank You for pardoning me for my arrogance
As well as for my worthless extravagance
By Your grace causing my deliverance
Along Your secured assurance.
Thank You for pardoning me for my transgressions
As well as for my idolatrous abominations
By Your sanctification cleansing my corruption
Along Your transforming conversion.
Thank You for pardoning me for my jealousy
As well as for my enviousness-fervency
By Your clemency working in my leniency
Along Your gentle persistency.
Thank You for pardoning me for my backsliding
As well as for my destructive world-minding
By Your truth correcting my humanism-attending
Along Your purposive life-building.
April 6, 2022
( after Achebe's remembrance)
We opened our book of remembrance with a
Blissful kola nut from Ogidi,then poured libation
On that same ground that once held our eyes of unity.
Your photograph is that which hung on the wall
of my heart parted by walls of your wisdom and thoughts.
You saw how the moon peeped through the leaves
Uniting our shadows as you loosened your buttons
Showing me the path between two mountains;
Smooth sand of precious stones sparkled on your softness..
You're a gem in the heart of poetry figures of now.
Okigbo was but a zealous fellow of your domain.
Sorrow will be the Joy of tomorrow when Okonkwo
shall return to enquire of those who called him weak.
what makes up the poignancy of your stars?,
what make the radiant cloud relish clement despite
the inclement rain that once betrayed you ?
The most beautiful colour which paint an imminent
memory in my heart are found in the palette of moment
By the imageries in things fall apart and am eased.
if before you get to the soothing roost of opulence,
We'll remember you as a man of the people,
you did never sail through the thickness of reverberated gloom,
We'll not allow the children to fondle sky with fear like
Ikemefuna did through dogged consistency and tugged persistency .
the sweatness of tomorrow shall becomes the sweetness
of today, and the sun and the star shall supply from your thoughts.
When shadow of discouragement overshadow our reflection,
We'll search through the mirror of courage in 'there was a country
and see the encouragement in the image of your vision.
I have counted the stars for Ezeulu without a mistake,
Obi Okonkwo wIll be here with a clattering breeze to flutters his
irrevocable bluster. We will journey East again but this time
With a drum of hands and whistle of mouths to tear down
Awka with a vocable melody of caress, and remind them of
the photograph of your deeds still dangling in our eyes.
Yours Poetically,
©John Chizoba Vincent
July 21 Scripture Meditations Based on Isaiah 36-39
Key Verse – Isaiah 38:5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY PRAYER
Thank You for hearing my prayer-earnestness
That reveals my urgent neediness
Against enviousness and greediness’ stubbornness…
Making me grateful for Your goodness.
Thank You for hearing my prayer-request
That shows my heavenly quest midst life's test
Against selfishness and pride’s pest…
Making us appreciative of Your blessings' best.
Thank You for hearing my prayer-supplication
That manifests my eternal vocation
Against carnality and earthliness’ ambition…
Making me responsive to Your instruction.
Thank You for hearing my prayer-plight
That presents my spiritual delight
Against vanity and worldliness’ blight…
Making me radiant by Your light.
Thank You for hearing my prayer-entreaty
That exhibits my sincere humility
Against pride and humanism’s frailty…
Making me obedient to Your authority.
Thank You for hearing my prayer-fervency
That asserts my diligent persistency
Against slothfulness and boredom’s deficiency…
Making me expectant of Your mercy.
Thank You for hearing my prayer-aim
That reflects my revived service-flame
Against doubts and worries’ blame…
Making me exultant of Your fame.
July 21, 2022
The wooden floor creaked as I lay on it.
My eyes narrowed, slowly, into slits
As I stared at the half-drawn blinds,
As my limbs, lazily
Throbbed with dull persistency
After the long,
Enervating bus journey.
Not much had changed over the years.
The same wooden houses and paddy fields;
Farmers toiling, indefatigably.
Children playing with perpetual felicity.
The village still was as I had known
Six years ago.
The sweet smell of the incense sticks
From the tiny shrine
In the damp alcove
Filled my little room .
Mingled ,gently with the wooden floor.
Not much had changed over the years.
The same wooden houses and paddy fields;
Farmers toiling, indefatigably.
Children playing with perpetual felicity.
The village still was as I had known
Six years ago.
Like every night, the flautist did come.
Beside the same gnarled tree, he seated himself.
Under the lunar spotlight, he rose
Far beyond the temporal world.
The ineffable melody and its ungodly pulchritude
In esoteric harmony with the quietude
Accompanied the miners
In their lonesome journey
Back home.
Not much had changed over the years.
The village still was as I had known
Six years ago.
- Amy Angom (16)
August 26 Scripture Meditations Based on Obadiah
Key Verse – Obadiah 1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING DOWN MY PRIDE
Thank You for bringing down my pride of haughty sufficiency
To correct me by Your satisfaction-persistency
So that I can stay in Your compassionate proficiency
And be content in enjoying Your mercy.
Thank You for bringing down my pride of vain arrogance
To rebuke me by Your meekness-deliverance
So that I can abide in Your nourishing sustenance
And be peaceful in claiming Your assistance.
Thank You for bringing down my pride of shameful selfishness
To humble me by Your sacrifice-completeness
So that I can acknowledge Your omnipotent greatness
And be confident in trusting Your kindness.
Thank You for bringing down my pride of obvious idolatry
To discipline me by Your standards in the ministry
So that I can march along truth-infantry
And be courageous in doing Your will against sin-entry.
Thank You for bringing down my pride of hypocritical reaction
To cleanse me by Your purging sanctification
So that I can strive for Your holiness-anchored function
And be teachable in learning from Your instruction.
Thank You for bringing down my pride of worldly interest
To reprove me by Your divine test
So that I can invest in Your eternity’s fullest
And be fruitful in working for Your honour, always the best.
Thank You for bringing down my pride of disobedient tenacity
To mold me by Your loving authority
So that I can yield to Your guiding sovereignty
And be blessed in praising Your Deity.
August 26, 2022
August 23 Scripture Meditations Based on Amos 1-3
Key Verse– Amos 3:12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR BEING MY GOOD SHEPHERD
Thank You for being my good Shepherd and my great King
Who saves me from sinfulness’ sinking…
Miraculously transforming my heart toward spiritual trekking
Thus, I’m heaven-bound with divine making.
Thank You for being my good Shepherd and my compassionate God
Who cares for me despite worldliness’ rod…
Marvelously redeeming my soul through Your blood
Thus, I’m ransomed with adopted status-nod.
Thank You for being my good Shepherd and my gracious Father
Who provides for me when economy’s crises bother…
Magnanimously meeting my needs whatever is the weather
Thus, I’m contented with bountiful blessings to gather.
Thank You for being my good Shepherd and my wise Lord
Who enlightens me through Your Scriptures’ Word…
Magnificently illumining my mind against humanistic sword
Thus, I’m converted with eternal record.
Thank You for being my good Shepherd and my protective Security
Who hides me against calamity’s adversity…
Mightily helping my faith to advance by Your tenacity
Thus, I’m settled with truthful certainty.
Thank You for being my good Shepherd and my radiant Light
Who leads me toward goodness’ height…
Mindfully directing my steps to tread upon what’s right
Thus, I’m guided with omniscient sight.
Thank You for being my good Shepherd and my all Sufficiency
Who blesses me midst complacency’s persistency…
Mercifully bringing my prayer to Your altar of clemency
Thus, I’m filled with satisfied fervency.
August 23, 2022
Hummingbird hardly heard,
airily, merrily
extraordinarily
effortless floating, near
weightless transparency,
seemingly without the
slightest of care.
Urgent persistency,
terribly panicky,
frenzied and frantic, she's
burning through energy
rapidly, hungrily;
precise machinery
executes there.
Mallard so lazily,
buoyantly floating on
glassy flat waters, he
glides on the surface, and
wanders unhurriedly,
conveying contentment,
trivial feat.
Feet like a bicycle
furious pedaling,
splendidly, swimmingly,
chasing and fishing, he's
hungrily hunting and
ready to eat.
It's interesting how a person can move in a steady rhythm without a thought to the matter
How autopilot is as real of a thing to the human person as it is to a plane
How this constant unconscious movement often pulls us thin to the point where we might shatter
And how we don't even realize it's happening as we find ourselves driving along in the wrong lane
It's interesting...
It's interesting how we can watch our feet moving step by step but not register at all that we're walking
How we can clearly see in retrospect all the things we were blind to as we mechanically trudged by
How the mindless persistency of consistency causes us to look at nothing gaulking
And how we can pass by everything and still miss it all without even a try
It's interesting...
March 15 Scripture Meditations Based on 1Kings 17-19
Key Verse – 1Kings 17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR FEEDING ME
Thank You for feeding me with Your bread-abundance
Despite my slothfulness’ annoyance
I repent from indolence-endurance
Truly needful am I for Your forgiveness-assurance.
Thank You for feeding me with Your health-wellness
Despite my ailment-sickness
I repent from negligence-stubbornness
Truly eager am I for Your healing-wholeness.
Thank You for feeding me with Your grace-sufficiency
Despite my commitment’s deficiency
I repent from murmuring persistency
Truly watchful am I for Your patience and mercy.
Thank You for feeding me with Your goodness-satisfaction
Despite my disobedient action
I repent from waywardness-direction
Truly hungry am I for Your favour and protection.
Thank You for feeding me with Your sustenance-nourishment
Despite my worldliness’ involvement
I repent from vanity-enticement
Truly thirsty am I for Your wisdom’s supplement.
Thank You for feeding me with Your love-nurturing
Despite my bitterness’ gesturing
I repent from bitterness-torturing
Truly prepared am I for Your training and rearing.
March 15, 2022