Love Builds Up (1 Corinthians 8:1)

Oh LOVE! How unique is your being.

How enthralling it is that you captured the heart of God.

Your existence brought forth 'creation,'

Knowing well in sin humans would fall. 

Yet, you were selfless in your essence

Clothed with a self-effacing robe,

To build and coruscate life to the world.

God chose ‘You’ over "knowledge" 

Knowing that love builds, not demolishes. 

Though the world projects love as "self,"

We fathom that it is "others."

Though the world holds the posters of 

"Individualism and Humanism,"

The raison d’être we hold is God’s love.

Afterall, what is LOVE when we cannot GIVE? 

Love is experienced only when it is dispensed.

Not confining to the emotions of the soul alone, 

It transcends to ‘sacrifice.’

In the four lettered word of “LOVE”

Ingrained with the encompassing quintessence of ‘BUILD,’

May we choose ‘love’ to 'build' the church of Christ.

(19th November, 2023)

_Vizo Seyie

MATURITY

Never demean an amateur, 

For it suppresses their maturity.

No matter their age, every individual has their own unique sense of maturity.

Maturity is not only age, it is also experience and knowledge.

You will never lose anything by treating someone in a mature way.

In fact, your matured action will only uplift an amateur to move on. 

Think about how good it feels to be when a teacher considers a student as his/her friend,

The relationship only grows. 

In acceptance there is growth, but in demarcation, it is not.

Life can have a fair trial if we treat each other like we treat ourselves.

May we learn to live our life for the best of others like Jesus, 

For we can be an "answered prayer" to someone.

Remember that your small act of positive gesture is a huge contribution for someone.

So, don't be tight-fisted, but be generous with your life.

Be kind and treat people well each day,

There is no regret, only profit.

(8th November, 2023)

_Vizo Seyie