EYES ON THE MARK

For five years, You taught me patience, You taught me waiting, You taught me persistence. For five years, You taught me calm, You taught me courage, You taught me relentlessness. For five years, You taught me strength, You taught me trust, You taught me hope, For five years, I held on to the one Who has every capacity To handle battles of life. Now it's time, The battle is over, The siege is over, The war is over, The trials is over, The waiting is over. Now it's time, After five beautiful years Of holding on to manifestation For me to show you All the love I have preserved for you. Which I have spent time To culture over and over again. Now you are finally here, I can hold you And wrap you in my arms Cause the wait is over. For five years, I closed the door On hopelessness and disappointment Finally my faith is rewarded. Thank you Jesus For the beautiful princess You finally sent down to earth At your own appointed

                                                           Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen                                      ( Hebrews 11:1) What is the exact definition of faith? Is it just a word that seems to come to our minds willy nilly. Here is an illustration: ' Tunde, with your GPA, the professor said you can't graduate this year' ' Femi, I have faith I will' The word 'Faith' is not like any other word in the English dictionary that we use; it is a process where you action the manifestations of your expectations. Faith cannot manifest when you keep your expectations in a draft folder. For so long, Titi had always desired to get a very beautiful diamond necklace from her uncle. She went ahead to compose a very heart warming message as a show of appreciation to him for sending her a diamond necklace which hadn't reached her hands and as she was about to hit send, a thought came to her mind tha