Champions in fighting selfishness thru God's grace
Conquerors against worldliness, waving heaven's banner
Cleaving to the Saviour Who indeed assured "I will never leave thee"*
Claimers of the King's eternal prize, reaching life's race finish line
Contenders for holiness-bouts, humbly yielded to the Master...
Cared for, we are His children, obedient to Him!
*Hebrews 13:5 "...I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
February 19, 2019
Satan orders Eve to give Adam
For humanity fades; there settles curse
Curse on the land, on parents and generations
Generations are victims of their innocence
Innocence for ignoring their suffering
Hell in Paradise
For Cain kills Abel for jealousy
Jealousy for disgust and endless wars
Wars by colonizers over minerals
Minerals remain uncontrolled
Uncontrolled are the behaviors
Hell in Africa
For a man’s unwillingness to leave power
Power that impedes fair elections
Elections hindered by men of terror
Terror directed to humans and nature
Nature’s destroyed by stained humans
Hell in Central Africa
For no fear to remove rights claimers
Daytime people pitilessly kill others
Bloody is the land, no peace and no food
Life is worthless, there are lots of screams
Killing for power and minerals is blatant
Satan lives in the DR Congo, for that’s hell
Poem by Mugisho N Theophile
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