WEDDING VOW...

Pardon my musings... In nigerian weddngs it's common to hear the same monotonous vows recited over and over again and everyone can practically anticipate the next words out of the preacher's mouth. in the

 penticostal setting it goes something like... "i .... take thee..... as my lovely wedded wife, to love and to cherish, to have and to hold, from this day forward, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance."

catholic setting it goes like..."I, ___, take you, ___, to be my husband/wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and honor you all the days of my life."

and i must say the vows are lovely, however as I prepared the marriage register last weekend in the church conference room, I heard the couple reciting their vows and I imagined what it would be like, how creative it would be, how deep and touching with meaning the words would be if I wrote my own vows myself,

But since we belong to a penticostal dispensation where such is not really the order of the day, i decided to write it as a letter instead and share it with you...

Ok, here we go...

I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give.

I promise to respect you as your own person and to realize that your interests, desires

and needs are no less important than my own.

I promise to share with you my time and my attention and to bring joy, strength and imagination

to our relationship.

I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.

I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face changes in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.

I promise to love you in good times and bad, with all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know how, completely and forever

THEN AT THE POINT OF EXCHANGING RINGS...

MY OH MY... don't i just feel like getting married already..... (Mental note to self, i gatz explore the possibility of reciting this on my wedding day oooo)

oya my people una don read am... wetin una think ooooo

GOD'S ALPHABETH(A PRAYER FOR YOU)

A-lthough things are not perfect,

B-ecause of trial or pain,

C-ontinue in thanksgiving,

D-o not begin to blame.

E-ven when the times are hard,

F-ierce winds are bound to blow,

G-od is forever able,

H-old on to what you know.

I-magine life without His love,

J-oy would cease to be.

K-eep thanking Him for all the things,

L-ove imparts to thee.

M-ove out of "Camp Complaining"

N-o weapon that is known,

O-n earth can withstand the power,

P-raise can weild alone.

Q-uit looking at the future,

R-edeem the time at hand.

S-tart every day with worship,

T-hanksgiving is a command.

U-ntil we see Him coming,

V-ictorious in the sky,

W-e'll run the race with gratitude,

X-alting God most high.

Y-es, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad but,

Z-ion waits in glory, where none are ever sad!"

i pray for everyone reading this, May you come out of whatever you are passing through today,

Wiser, stronger, richer and happier, an...d most importantly more full of God than ever before in Jesus name

THE OLD RUGGED CROSS

hello guys, top of the morning to you all... trust you had a beautiful weekend??? well it's monday and it's back to work... there's an hymn that inspired me this morning and i decided to share with you all... it's Old Rugged Cross

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
the emblem of suffering and shame;
and I love that old cross where the dearest and best
for a world of lost sinners was slain.

Refrain:
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange it some day for a crown.

O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
has a wondrous attraction for me;
for the dear Lamb of God left his glory above
to bear it to dark Calvary. Refrain

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
a wondrous beauty I see,
for 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
to pardon and sanctify me. Refrain

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
its shame and reproach gladly bear;
then he'll call me some day to my home far away,
where his glory forever I'll share. 

DEEP WORDINGS... BRINGING ABOUT DEEP MUSINGS... SELAH ON THIS AS YOU ENTER A NEW WEEK... DO ALL YOU CAN TO CLING TO THE OLD RUGGED CROSS...SO YOU CAN EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY FOR A CROWN... GOD BLESS YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEK AHEAD...