Though so many different lives.

Hi everyone ,
its been a week and a half for me, so very busy with different things and I love that but it's nice to finally get a morning indoors. Around this time last week, I was asked to write for an event we had, a MultiCultural day in the City Centre, it was alot of fun but it really made me think alot. I do not really think about Cultures and origins and races all that much, And I'm sure that I take for granted all the liberties I have to live in a place with no limitations and tensions racially. It was just a lovely day to celebrate that , this was a part of what I said on the day :

I look around and I see colours,
All of us here one by one.
No longer underground are the cries of joy,
The light has been brought out by the sun.
I look around and I see smiles, on every face from ear to ear;
In every corner and every mile
Being together has brought us near.
So here we are, hand in hand, from the North, South and the Western Hills.
The void between ignorance and bliss is closing further still.
Bunched and mixed together, culture in a pot.
Unconventional with solidarity - a movement that cannot be stopped.
I look around and Thank the Father, for we are all unique and wise.
All made with the same hands
- though so many different lives.

By Lakechia Jeanne
DoPoetry©

I've started getting alot of requests to write poems for various people and events , and I must say , I thoroughly enjoy it, it makes me glad to use words to aid and encourage others, especially in the Body of Christ. Today, I was asked too write a poem for a Baby shower coming up soon.

It's will be the first baby Shower I have ever attended, and I absolutely cant wait to see what it's really like (as opposed to dramatised on-screen versions). I won't be speaking at this event though, so it will be a great opportunity to enjoy the time.

We know the gender of the Baby, and are so thrilled for it to be a girl, there is something just so precious about baby girls, and I wanted to convey that in this piece,

Baby Girl : 

 

There’s nothing like a baby girl, pre-known to the earth

Resting in the Mind of God, before taken in birth.

More precious than carmine rubies, the flowers jewelled in dew.

A graceful pillar intricately made from Heaven’s point of view.

Nothing can be done in life, to inherit a gift so great.

No, it’s not by chance, incidence or fate.

A gentle heart, pure mind and quiet young soul.

God created detail assured, sacredly written on a scroll.

A beautiful life is unfolding, the work continuing still,

Every talent being chosen, every part and skill.

There’s nothing like a baby girl, pre-known to the earth

More precious than sapphire, gold - infinite is her worth.

By Lakechia .B. Jeanne

DoPoetry© Summer 2015

So I was recently asked to write a poem for the FDM Annual Marriage Retreat that our church does, a re-vamping for the couples to come along and be inspired by God to continuously work on their Relationships with God and their Spouse, 

I feel like I know more about marriage than I should  but the process was not overwhelming at all , I postponed it for a while , waiting for the moment that God would give me some inspiration, I'm 19, have never been in-love (except for with Jesus of course ;) - how was little old me supposed to know what to wright for couples who had been married 20+ years ?!

I was starting to feel abit at wits-end, the deadline was soon and I was in the middle of a holiday with my family, in other words, I was completely busy.

BUT. Admist all of the chaos, one morning it just came, I was sitting on a deck chair, took out my phone and wrote it all out. 

Marriage is an honorable state of living , I believe God ordained it for a Man and a Woman, I also believe that it is the bed-rock and skeletal structure for society everywhere. I by no means completely understand the words below , because I have not yet lived it, but I hope that this will shed light on God's view of marriage. I just wrote what I heard,

Here it is : 'Till death do us part'

You promised to love with all your heart,to cherish and obey.
To honour each other with all your lives and conquer come what may.

You promised to share all that you had, in all generosity give.
To lead yourselves in the way of The Cross, honour God in the way you live.

You took to each other two hands to hold, in thoughts, deeds and in heart.
To keep their clasp close to yours and never be apart.

To protect and defend with eternity to end ,
For richer for poorer you promised,
To remember the bond always shared, the annuals never missed.

In health and sickness - you made a vow, the day you said 'I do'.
The love you felt that day indeed was the start of something new,

A family, a life, a purpose hidden eternal through and through.
A love so deep- cannot be found on Earth, but in the heart of God so true.

And in times when that wains, you remember the promise you sealed above,
So that's it not your love that sustains your marriage, but your marriage that sustains your love.

By Lakechia JeanneDoPoetry©