Love

I keep talking to people who are in search of love. Quite often many of them look in the wrong places. They look in the trash and gutters of life for love. Well for those people looking for love I have a tip of what to look for to find that special someone. It has been written for years they are the traits of the perfect person for you:

Love is patient and kind;
Love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude.
Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.
Love bears all things, believes all things, and hopes all things.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7

I heard a few years back if you can replace the word Love with the name of someone you will find one who exemplifies love. But before you go out and start putting names in this bible verse look at yourself. Do you exemplify love? So often we tend to run around trying to find Mr. or Mrs. Right when we ourselves are wrong. If you are not happy with yourself, I guarantee you will not be happy with someone else regardless of how perfect they are.

Skipping the romantic aspect of love (sorry for those who wanted more…..saving the rest for another day…lol) as Christians we must strive to exemplify love. After all if we believe in Christ his greatest teaching is to love our neighbors as ourselves. Let’s not be fooled into thinking love means being comfortable all of the time. Let’s look at the text. It states love does not rejoice at wrong. When you openly see others doing wrong you should not participate or rejoice in it. But I like the text statement stating that Love “does not insist on its own way”. You can tell people what they do is wrong but you should never force it upon them. I am certain they already know they are doing wrong and they don’t need a sermon from you.

The last statement is profound. Love bears all things, believes all things, and hopes all things. Sometimes we will have to bear uncomfortable situations but in the end God’s glory will be seen. For all of you out there who want to better yourselves join me in saying:

I will be patient and kind;
I will not be jealous or boastful; I will not be arrogant or rude
I will not insist on my own way; I will not be irritable or resentful;
I will not rejoice at wrong, but will rejoice in the right.
I will bear all things, believe all things, and hope all things.

I guarantee you nothing but happiness if you follow those statements and God will truly be seen within your life, and blessings will abundantly flow from you exemplifying love.

Don't you love it when the underdog's on top

As I listened to 50 cent and The Game repeating a statement that caught my ears. I was inspired to write this blog. 'Don't you love it when the underdog's on top" followed with 'I will shine till my heart stop". I do not see any of them as underdogs. The route they took was easy. Yeah, I'm sure they felt some scratches but they followed the grain, followed the trail of misery that was offered to them. Those who truly are the underdogs, the ones who try to make it on top are rarely noticed. They are the ones who make the decisions against the grain. The underdogs are the ones who refused the dope when it was passed around, the ones who actually used school as an outlet to shine. But the underdogs are not respected until they turn into millionaires or contributing towards those who cared less about them. The underdogs are so often forgotten. But despite their situations they knew they where better than what was dealt to them and did great things with their lives. Things that uplifted their community not broke it down, things that brought pride to people, not disappointment. If the shinning some musicians rhyme of all the time is what people look for they are not underdogs, they are just part of the grain, part of this world. And frankly that shining will dull soon. For those out there who seek to better themselves and are tired of contradictions, please keep being underdogs don’t change for anyone, because your time to shine will come and it will shine forever. As a matter of fact that little light of yours always shone but the world has refused to see it, but the time will come when they will.

She could have been saved

I recently looked at a court TV show about Madeline O'Hare, the one who supposedly "took prayer out of school", and I couldn’t help but feel as though she could have been saved. Our approach as Christians sometimes can be so against our beliefs and begin to turn us into monsters. I looked at the way supposed Christians reacted towards her because of her beliefs, and yet none tried to understand why she was so against God, and those who did, asked it in a reactionary state of anger. And on her disappearance many said "she deserved to die", "She gets what she deserved" and so many had bitter resentment towards her. But I feel as though God was saddened about her state of being and wanted to use us to heal that pain that was inside of her, that bitterness she felt for God only grew when our anger arose. I feel as though as Christians we love getting angry at people who openly hate God, and rather than find out why they feel the way they do, and at least know what is troubling them, we think we can be God's avengers. One statement I can say in admiration is that she at least was cold. She stuck by her belief. Sadly the only time we as Christians chose to is when our beliefs are threatened. If our faith in God was so strong and practiced what we preached, do we believe one atheist woman could shake us down and could change the course of history forever? If those prayers in school where genuine and not routine repetitions do we believe they would disappear so quickly? Our lukewarm state of being angers God and people's hate of God saddens Him. I urge all of us to take a minute and evaluate our lives and follow Christ's teachings. Learn the greatest commandment Christ left us “love one another”. Love isn’t always comfortable and as frilly as we think, it is sometimes convicting. Anyways that is another blog topic I'll delve into later. But I can’t help but feel as though she could be saved. If we could have found out why, maybe many more atheists could have been brought closer to God.

I wonder sometimes

As I looked through my poem stash, I found a poem I wrote a few years ago in realization that as we grow up we become more negative. Felt like posting it.

I wonder sometimes (c)

I wonder sometimes
Why the sky is blue
The rooster crows in the morning
The air is fresh and new

I wonder sometimes
Why the good guys lose
Life is so unfair
Negativity is always on the news

I wonder sometimes
Why the leaves change with the seasons
Rabbits live in holes
The rain would come for no reason

I wonder sometimes
Why I’m judged by my color
The cheaters make A’s
We don’t love one another

I wonder sometimes
Why water is wet
Crackers are dry
Why I didn’t get a pet

I wonder sometimes
Why are there casts in the world
People only love money
Someone kidnapped that girl

I wonder sometimes
Why 1+1= two
Burps are so funny
Some kids eat glue

I wonder sometimes
My vote is said to count
There are only crooked politicians
Life is a tiresome mount

I wonder sometimes
Why my childlike questions ended and my adult questions began
Cause now that I have grown my negative questions won't end

SYI Letter

Below is a letter I recently wrote to SYI alumni. It's about my realization of purpose in my life.

Hey everyone,
This is Jacques Nyemb from SYI 2000 just wanted to let everyone know I am doing very well. A lot has happened to me since my last letter. I have grown stronger in my faith by choosing abilities God blessed me with rather than people's opinions. For those of you who may not know I began my college career in electrical engineering. I thought I was the person who filled that mold. I had an interest in "how things work" I looked the part, and others made me feel as though that was my dream. I did not feel fulfilled though, I was often aggravated and discouraged due to my lack of interest in the subject. I thought that's where God wanted me to be. In a position of dignity and monetary stability (one that parents feel proud to tell others....."My son is an Electrical Engineer"). But as time moved forward and my dissatisfaction worsened, I looked to God again for help in leading me to my calling. I know this is not going to be a letter telling you I chose to go to seminary, but it is nonetheless a way of showing you of God's call within our lives. I realized that I always had a talent within, ever since I could remember, I loved to draw, and create things. So I decided to change majors to Graphic Communication Systems. After making that step Opportunities came my way, my first and one of my greatest accomplishments was the design of the Summer Youth Institute's website. This made me cement my dreams of creating my own freelance graphic design company. There I have created various graphic related items many for churches, and non profit organizations, that lead me to my current employment at my school as a graphic design specialist for the Center for Distance Learning. Another testament to God's greatness is me and my partners, are preparing to launch a company that offers quality website designs as low as $39 for students by Aug 05. We are moving ahead of schedule and everything is going well. All of these blessings occurred due to me listening to God's plan for me rather than man's. There where a lot of struggles to get here though, one of getting rid of pride, of trusting God, of understanding my weaknesses, of listening out for God’s voice and countless trials. But through it all God’s glory shined through. In concluding my very long letter I urge all of you to evaluate your lives; are you feeling unfulfilled? not happy of the life you lead? Pray to God for guidance and never be afraid to go against man’s wants to do God’s will, because the outcome in choosing God is fulfillment and joy. I hope all of you are doing well. It’s been a blessing writing to you, please feel free to get in contact with me anytime at my e-mail jnyemb@yahoo.com. May God bless all of you. Peace, Love and Joy.
--Jacques Nyemb

Thank You

I wanted to take this moment to thank everyone who sent me a card or simply wished me a Happy Birthaday last week. You have all made it wonderful and you I greatly appreciate you.

God's greatness

I wrote this poem about the greatest choice I ever made.

I chose you today (c)

I chose you today
Didn’t wait till I’m old and gray
To say you are the way
Doesn’t matter what the people say
Only you I obey
Don’t care what the world says is okay
But knowing the joy and peace you brought my way
I won’t sway
But stay in the path and not stray

You marvelous molder of clay
I praise you each day
Despite the circumstances that come my way
In your arms I will stay
I know in following the world there is a price to pay
A price that money can never pay away

Your awesome ray
Shines on me and I can truly say
It’s a brand new day
I already know I will be betrayed
But my eyes are set on judgment day
And the words you will say
That you are glad I did like Burger King and had it your way

For those who sway I pray
You find your way
To the peace and joy you’ll find each day
All you have to do is choose Christ today
And everything will be okay

Another poem

One day I just realized that we can not follow everything we see but rather be who we were meant to be....hope you like.

Opened eyes (c)

As I opened up my eyes
I realized
That society is telling me a bunch of lies

I realized that the greatest thing I can be is myself
Being deaf to hypocrisies telling me to follow death
The words telling me to be like every one else
Instead of being like God made me…being myself
It keep telling me to put my talents on a shelf
And lie to myself and waste the precious breath
My God gave me
to the TV who promised me wealth
I started to forget the precious things like good health

To think I almost gave it all away to be like them
I almost got rid of the wisdom and cast the gem
To a bunch of swine who don’t care
The only thing they notice is the clothes that I wear
They didn’t notice the soul, the mind, or the heart that cares
Instead they looked at the kicks, the lips, and the hair
They refuse to know me because I dare

To not care about the stares they give me
I just chose to be me and be happy
Rather than live as they do in misery

Won’t always follow what I see
But rather be what God meant for me to be
Which is being free

Welcome

Hey everyone,
This is my trial to express myself online(one of many). I love writting in my spare time and do graphic designs. So I am going to use this blospot to publish my talents. I will start and end this first entry with a poem on life. Hope you like. (I was on one of my experimental poetry kicks...lol)

Life (c)

Life’s a funny thing when you look at it
The many sayings about it
Causes a candle to be lit,
In my mind
The passing time
Makes it better with age
Or fill it with rage
Too bad you can’t flip the page
When you get to rage.
But God lets things happen for a reason
Things don’t just happen during different seasons
But on God’s time.
Use your mind
Not to be in rage
Because of age
And want to flip the page
Of life.
Just enjoy the season
For no reason.
Let a candle be lit
And see how funny life is when you look at it.