Day: August 20, 2019

A simple, yet profound poem

~ osasuoviawe

Of Children by Khalil Gibran

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, “speak to us of children”.

And he said:

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

This poem applies to you and I. Whether you are a parent, a leader, an inventor, a creator, a founder, an artist or a scientist. You might be part of a beginning, but you cannot determine the end, and that is okay.

– Osasu Oviawe

Not easy, highly beneficial

~ osasuoviawe

Matthew 19:23-30
And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Then Peter said in reply, “Lo, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?”
Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
But many that are first will be last, and the last first.

Homily:

Communion with God requires the sacrifice of the flesh.

To nurture spiritual growth, we are advised to prune worldly desires. Not easy, and that’s why it is a sacrifice. Highly beneficial, as it has a promise attached. A promise directly from God.