because He has anointed me
To preach good news to the poor
He knocks at their heart's door
He has sent me to proclaim freedom
for the damned to enter God's kingdom
And recovery of sight for the blind
to release the oppressed and the bound mind
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor
with fire and salt of His savor.
(poem adapted from Luke 4:18-19)
Before a good thing happens, its opposite happens.
There is a cross before a crown;
ridicule before victory;
pain before birth;
hardship before Glory.
Here is the call of wisdom,
there is the call of wisdom,
over there is the call of wisdom.
The past determines the present,
and the present reflects the future.
Our oneness is not black or white or yellow or red,
but oneness in love and faithfulness;
in justice and peace;
in wisdom, purpose and vision of God Himself.
Let the sevenfold wisdom visit us.
Let wisdom wash away waywardness.
Let wisdom be your sister and your kinsman.
Let the sevenfold wisdom touch you by the blood of Christ in seven spots from Gethsemane, Golgotha to the grave (tomb).
Situations we do not like:
a dog returns to his vomit
a swine (washed) returns to mud
and hypocrisy.
Say what you mean and mean what you say.