“It’s not just where the journey takes you; it’s the man that the journey makes you..”
(Jahaziel, 2007 – Makings of Me)
Tag Thought for the day
Be Still: Wait Patiently
“Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.”
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Psalm 37:7 NIV
2 Timothy 1 – Short Poem
As I gaze at the weight, of the task at hand,
And wonder how I could be part of the plan,
I’m timid and weak, my words often fail,
Lord, why would you not, just choose someone else?
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Someone with boldness, someone with faith,
Someone whose words, simply hold more weight,
Someone like Paul, who even in chains,
Still found a way, of proclaim your name,
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But Father forgive me! Forgetful man,
It’s not for my actions, or things I’ve done,
It’s only by grace, and only your love,
Your purpose revealed, through Jesus the man,
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Lord help us to stand, in this world full of sin,
As pressures to change, slowly weigh us in,
Clinging onto Christ, and his blood-drenched cross,
Your intimate love, at ultimate cost
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©2018, by Gome
Image Credit: Tom & Jerry Online
Best of 2017: Blog Info-graphics
Abstract: As we are fast approaching the end of another year, its time for another annual blog review. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank each one of you for being a part of my journey with Reposed Thought. Your engagement and encouragement have been invaluable, and spur me on as a writer, designer and poet. Many thanks.
With so much to learn from, to be thankful for and to be challenged by, here are the stats from 2017 – the stuff you really cared about. Enjoy.
God bless.
Top 10 Posts:
- RT Evening Standard nomination: Best new-comer April Fools!! Lesson One – don’t believe everything you read on 1st April. On the flip side, I had lots of fun listening to friends congratulate me before reading further.. 😀
- 20 Favourite Poetic One-Liners (Rhyming) A compilation of my favourite lines from poems that I’ve composed. Enjoy!
- Love Your Neighbour- Short Poem Written to go with a sermon from the bible passage Matthew 22:34-40.
- Zambia: Day Eleven – Final Goodbye Day eleven of 12: Part of a daily photography journal I kept whilst visiting my home country, Zambia.
- Zambia: Day One – Welcome Home – Day one of 12: Excitement, anticipation, reality. All the initial reactions & emotions of visiting home after 5 years.
- Screen Watching on the Train Reflections on this generations growing and worrying mobile phone addiction
- Zambia: Day Two – Copperbelt Day two of 12: Returning to my home city after 5 years; such a good feeling!
- Zambia: Day Five – Last of Kitwe Day five of 12: After a few days on the Copperbelt Province, it was time to head back.
- London Bishopsgate – Walking Tour Photographic tour with a friend in one of the capital’s high-rise districts, Bishopsgate.
- 7 Days in B&W 7 days, 7 photo’s in black and white; No people. No explanations.
Top 10 Countries:
Visitors to the blog came from a grand total of 53 different countries in 2017.
Countries as wide ranging as Venezuela, Namibia, Solomon Islands and Bulgaria. Thank you!
Most Popular Month:
April was by far the busiest month this year. This is mainly because of the ‘April Fools’ post and the daily photo journal of my trip to Zambia, my home country.
Stay tuned for more content in 2018.
Happy New Year!
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.”PSALM 23
20 Favourite Poetic One-Liners (Rhyming)
“Blinded by the lights, I’m drawn in by the crowds,
An eclectic group of people, rubbing shoulders without smiles”
“Started out as kids, stealing Pepsi cans and sweets,
But nowadays being stopped and asked questions by police”
“Life flashed by, I was soon reminiscing,
As slowly I drowned, in a plateaued Ambition”
“Yesterday she was the one, yet today we call her old news,
And move onto the next one, Our values greatly skewed”
“Our last conversation I now contemplate,
Abruptness of what followed made my heart disintegrate”
“But soon there would be trouble, and unforeseen change,
Which led to separation, and hearts so full of rage”
“Freedom of expression, hell-bent at its mastery,
But when it didn’t flow, anxiety seeped craftily”
“At this stark situation, tales of devastation,
Families ripped apart, and destroyed past restoration”
“His words cut through, like a dagger to the heart,
Exposing their hypocrisy; blind religiosity”
“Demonically possessed, with intent to spread fear,
Instead were met with bravery, and love beyond compare,”
“Mundane! Everyday is the same,
Wake up, go to work. Slowly going insane”
“What did they even mean by that? And why said in that tone?
I dialogue internally to calculate my wrongs”
“A queue jumper the highlight, as she mussels her way past me,
An angry woman shouts “Oi! You must be a nutter!”
“But little do they know you haven’t even got the foggiest,
But pride gets in the way, and you start speaking with such confidence”
“A choice between a criminal and him, they chose the latter,
And proceeded with mob justice, his back they whipped and battered”
“But no one else was there, so she posts pics on the internet,
900 friends, but no one there to share the moment with”
“Wish I said all of the things that were locked up in my mind,
But now times gone, it feels like I’m wasting mine”
“It’s cold, you’re ignored, and exposed to the elements,
Abandoned in negligence, considered irrelevant”
19. CHIPOLOPOLO 2015: CAN HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
“The weight of this moment precedes grown men’s cries,
As we remember our dearly loved brothers who died.”
20. THE ANGRY SHARPNESS MONSTER
“Not much sleep was had as he set off at break of dawn,
The thought of being at sea always had his attention drawn.”
All the above poems are originals written & composed by the author of Reposed Thought:
© Gome
Thanks for stopping by
Plateaued Ambition – Short Poem
Billion thoughts! Come hear my billion thoughts!
As I put pen to paper, on my million faults.
Once upon a time, I was so full of vision,
Chased all my dreams, like a man on a mission,
So young and hungry, and empty of strife,
Fixed in pursuit, of fulfilment in life,
Life flashed by, I was soon reminiscing,
As slowly I drowned, in a plateaued ambition.
Increased anxiety, low self esteem,
Gradual depression, and groans in my dreams,
Most close friends moved on to better things,
Still there I was, just chasing the wind,
Lifted my eyes, to the skies with a cry,
In search of an answer, or meaning to life,
All that I tried, just seemed to feel lost,
Relationships past, that came at a cost,
Friends, listen up! This struggle is real,
Most go through, but will never reveal,
That constant struggle, like weights that are doubled,
Lonely’s the road, of the lonesome struggle,
Cast all your burdens, on Jesus for comfort,
Who cares and is there, when your life feels muffled,
Made in His image, held tight in His grip,
His grace is sufficient, He won’t let you slip,
Forgiveness in Jesus, restores us within,
No matter the struggle, no matter the sin,
A lifeboat in life, as it knocks you about
Restored from the plateau, outstretched like a dove.
By Gome, ©2017
Dear London – Short Poem
Dear London and Manny, thank you for your spirit,
Through tragedy and trial, with love you pushed through it,
Those shocking, heart-breaking and gut-wrenching nights,
Of so few so cowardly, it begs the question “Why?”
Disastrous, unfathamable, careless-little-minds,
Descended on your streets, steeling from them many lives,
Demonically possessed, with intent to spread fear,
Instead were met with bravery, and love beyond compare,
Arising from the ashes, dusted off in defiance,
“Enough is enough!” Fear shall never define us,
Nor will it divide us, but bring us ever closer,
Lest victory be handed, to those mindless little loners,
In a game of top trumps, love triumphs over all,
Not acting like Pharisees, who’d look but ignore,
And to the many helpers, who acted on instinct,
Stared death in the face, yet helped without flinching,
Known to mind your business, the way you mind the gap,
Instead you flipped the script, with love unwrapped,
We thank you for you bravery, we thank you for your love,
Refreshing and brotherly, beyond and above.
Footsteps to humility
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
(Philippians 2:5-11)
John 16:33
Like Sheep without a Shepard
“We all like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and The Lord has laid on him the sins of us all”
(Isaiah 53:6)
“For God SO loved the world that he gave his ONLY son, that WHOEVER believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”
(John 3:16)
Jesus said: “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
(John 10:10)
