Weekly Digest by Omotayo Oni

SELF Your Biggest Competitor:

The universe is a vast stage with over 7 billion people with different- boundless purposes.
The noble truth is You can't compete with such numerous host living on earth, you can't be the world best or the worst. Life won't come to us in the same order.
Your failure cannot be written by  the success of others.
There's no single course or timetable that we all must adopt.
Who is early, Who is late, Compared to who? Are question with no relevance to a purposeful living.
There's no comparison between the sun, moon and stars. Your DNA, chromosomes, and prints is different to that of over 7 billion people on earth. That tells how unique you are. Comparing or competing with others is a ill-mindset.
Don't beat yourself up for where you are.
This is YOUR life, it is YOUR path, It is YOUR race and YOUR schedule.
It's noble to pick up challenge from peer group, environment and those who have gone ahead.
But never plunge into the error of setting your track beside this factors.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY wrote: “THERE IS NOTHING NOBLE IN BEING SUPERIOR TO YOUR FELLOW MAN; TRUE NOBILITY IS BEING SUPERIOR TO YOUR FORMER SELF."
When it comes to building an incredible life, there is no limit to what you can do. The only thing keeping you from reaching your potential is a lack of self-belief.
When you look in the Mirror every morning...who you see is your opponent, your limitations and your Competition.
This visualization primes you into: casting your dreams and desires daíly into life-changing actions. It's OK to believe there are physical and spiritual forces advancing to limit you, especially if you come from this side of the world. The spiritual world is an undisputable reality, but that's not the focus of this writing.
Setting in order every external or spiritual factors to our purpose begins with self repositioning.
No matter what shape you want your life to take,
knowing you can have all the things you see in your mind is the first step.
If you have any self-limiting beliefs about achieving your goals, start feeding your imagination with positive truths because if your imagination has no limits, then neither should you.
Competing with yourself is a self imposing exercise that will raise you to untold heights.
It requires subjecting yourself to afflictive discipline and life rendering challenge.
Your Competition isn't other people. Your competition is your procrastination, Your ego. The unhealthy food your are consuming, the knowledge you neglect, The negative behaviour you are nurturing and your lack of creativity. Compete against that!
Compete against arrogant attitudes, against ignorance. Mature and constant learners thrive beyond knowing, they master the edge of wisdom.
We all get what we tolerate. So stop tolerating excuses within yourself, limiting beliefs of the past.
Life itself has no limitations, except the ones you build for your own self.
If you continuously compete with others, you become BITTER. But if you continuously compete with yourself you become BETTER.
So, think outside yourself and remind yourself that the universe needs you.
That very little you have, can set you up for a purposeful living.
Your compassion, your ideas, your creativity and many more is needed.
Develop it, improve on it, look into the mirror each day and see a better SELF than you were yesterday and tomorrow will reward your strength, nobility, integrity, your passion, commitment and consistency. Don't be afraid of failures, if you fall seven times, stand up eight times.
Break your own barriers and never give up on yourself.

Reminiscence (tale of a broken love)

On the deserted Battle field…
Were the ruins of the castle built in the sky
A few sunbeams peeped through the horizon
Too weak to offer anyone to my weary soul.

I experience distractions upon distractions
And felt tremendous longings for the love I had
Putting up with thoughts of the ones I use to love
Sweet-sad reminiscence broke into my heart.

The volatile affection of one was remembered
The girl who breached the hedge of my heart,
Ploughed the ingenuous soil of my soul
And explore its innocent field...

We knew the gratifying nectars of our lips
And dared to drink from the well of our souls
Our passions grew unlawful but did not see the side of the wall.
Not a tie so strong have I known of a woman like hers.

Then another, an elegant gift I felt unworthy to own...
But then she walked into my life bearing the semblance of hope
I paid prices she was unworthy to have
My raring prayers stirred compassions for the future I cannot see
-For she was such a grace without depth!

I dived into her beautiful shallow heart…
I was broken, for such promises of hers were never true.
In her heart were distractions that outweighs her commitment
That I never knew, perhaps such risk I would never take.

To Avalon! Lay my resentful past to rest
The dwindling verge of tears and laughter
To Oblivion! Let the awful memories be gone!
You’ve taught me, no ordinary woman can journey with me.

But a titan shall come with the heart of a mother
With prudence and knowledge she will come
Like an arrow in the Lord's bow she will fly by my side
And together we shall win the Lord's battle.

When all the storm shall finally pass,
Nothing of my hope shall lay crumbled.
My prowess and flaws shall be written in the chronicles
Posterity shall know not me but the God that wield me.

For though I dwell ten thousand years from the stars,
I shall cross the great distance in a flash.
And stand at the luminous threshold of celestial shores
That shall dissolve the present, past and future in eternal bliss.
© *Omotayo Oni*

>>>> *By the river side* <<<<

When the days of my pilgrimage are accomplished,
And earth's gravity ultimately conquered my lifeless weight.
When I leave behind the shores of vanity,
Lead me to the gleeful trail that knit the edge of admiration, the splendour of thy abode.

By the river side where the lily sings for joy,
Where to Beulah the road leads, let me see thy face,
Kiss away my many tears, unveiling the eternity I long to see.
With sights of glorious vista enwrapped in thy sweet loving embrace.

By the river side let my shadow be cast in beautiful memories,
Let my name resonate with loveliness of thy grace.
Let me remember thy faithfulness that rescued me from many woes,
That I may behold the crystal flow, with breath of contentment.

By the river side through the crimson field, the path of transition laid for the redeemed by the sinless blood of the slain,
Feed me with thy tree of life, enclose in the glory of immortality,
That I may sing with thy host to the grandeur of the ancient One.

By the river side, O let me see thy saints of old, the unnumbered witness of my race,
Whose voiceless outcry bid me to no repose.
By the gentle flux of the waters, lead me to my Father, to the glory of the Shekinah if only his feet I may kiss.

By the river side when the world mourns the dead,
When the gates of hell loses its hold on me,
When a star dissolved in the constellation to ascend to glory untold.
Let thy angel fete your beloved with songs of joy. By the river side...

    >> _Omotayo Oni_ _(Tpoet)_ <<

An Urgent Letter Written to you

Dear Friend,

I want to bring to your knowledge the imminent danger that looms upon our generation, the global pretext that is intended to embrace all races in interminable woes. An untold falsehood and delusion is upon us all! Heavy wave of deception has engulfed the souls of men, flushing down the hope of life into a dead end. Every element of Civilization is becoming an instrument of profanity and blasphemy to the God who will soon judge the world by the gospel of Christ Jesus and His holy testaments.

We are being outwit by evil geniuses whose sole aim is to implicate humanity in eternal damnation; they mastermind the ideas behind our banking industries, fashion industries, technology, commerce, education, religion, mainstream and social media, and all the blocks that make up the system of this present world, forming an interlocking set of structures quickened by evil spirits and ultimately spearheaded by Satan. Their main agenda is to deceive humans, separating them from God, and destroying them. They have instituted the world in rebellion against God and have successfully indoctrinated the heart of humans subtly to continually resist the written ordinances of GOD.

Behold! A generation that do not know their God! They have become dignified in their abominable self. They profess godliness, acknowledging the sovereignty of God but are nothing of His. Many men of God, so to say, are but men who have misrepresented God and has used the name of God to their advantage. The Christian churches who are once the hope of the world have been eaten up by spiritual cancer. A huge majority have lost the baton of the Great Commission to worldly affinity; they despise their ancient values to become slaves to worldly principles, leaning behind their despicable wall of denomination with the wretched staff of worldly pleasures. The bearers of truth are fast asleep, trimming down their lamp into utter darkness, many have discarded the hope of the coming Christ, Sin is becoming habitual to all and grace is seen as a permission to satisfying sinful appetites. But soon, a reality will open the door for a journey of no return: And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory...” Mark 13:26. This reality will dawn upon all flesh in a time no one knows; Jesus will come to gather His remnant and if He tarries further, death is a necessary end!

Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, I persuade you my friend, SEPARATE YOURSELF! “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever” 1Jh2:15-17

 This letter has come to you by the will of God through His election and preordination of grace. The saving grace of the Lord Jesus is still available, the blood that flowed from the grievous agony of the crucified Christ can still cleanse your filth and guilt. Embrace the gift of life that runs from His bleeding side now! HE IS YOUR ONLY HOPE; remember, eternity is a destination of no return, a choice without reversal, a decision that is either fatal or rewarding. Salvation now is free but it is an offer limited by time, Make a decision to follow Jesus today and turn from your self-seeking ways. This you must do DILIGENTLY AND URGENTLY.

Behold, the Bridegroom Cometh!


Yours Sincerely,
A Chosen Watchman

I'M JUST A FATHER

I am a father and this is my life's greatest adventure
I'm not the conqueror of the world
But the hero in the heart of every child
I'm not perfect, no! I'm not flawless
But the banner of my responsibility never recedes.
I'm the captain of the great seed of promise

I am a priest, attained in ordinance of the holy orders
I am a patriarch, from my loins proceeds the gathering of stars
I am a founder, the cornerstone of our nations liberty
I am an author, I thrive with the deepest yearning of my soul
I am a lover, such who dares it all to incite your happiness
I am a king, simply because I do not forget: I am a father!

I'm neither an anchor to hold you back
Nor the seamless sail to get you there
But a guiding light whose beacon gleam in the dark
I'm the noble glimpse of the divine
I share a sacred title with the deities
I'm but a father and my heart is the master piece of nature

I am the famous king of the castles
I am the love of a mother, the smiles of a child
I am a dad, an imperative model to every lad
I faithfully toil to make many dreams come true
Never complaining, ever concerned
I take the plague to give the smiles

I am nobility and strength, the legendary crown of all time
I'll be gone to fight your wars and behind me will be the trail of honor
I'll give my all and the stars will remind you of how much I care
The purity in the eyes of my little child bids me to struggles
With a thousand shields and spears I'll make for her a sanctuary
To stand high and proud at the springtide of peerless virtues

I am the glowing crest in the heart of the oceans
The first love of every daughter, the last of every mother
My compassion is stuck in the eyes of my little child
My bowels is stirred against the odds of my little beloved
When all she can do is but cry
Each drop of her tears speaks a thousand words in minutes of embrace

Fatherhood isn't just as easy, mothers might know
I give strong and tender rebuke, though it's hard to do
I hold the rod of disciplines and the ornaments of love
I nurture my seed teaching them fear and courage
That they may discern the instance of flight and the hour to fight
I remain the understanding heart their little fingers comes to hold

I am the temperate whisper that is unsung
I am the persuasive guide habitually unnoticed
I am a resolute warlord that is unpraised
I am an afterthought on the holiday calendar
Yet I never leave the stage to an empty spotlight
I am the most ordinary man turned by love into a hero, an adventurer,-
Story teller, singer of song, I am a father and this is my noble chore.

Omotayo Oni (Tpoet-11/10/17)