HOW DID I GET HERE?

 

Wake me! Wake me!
Have I being sleeping?
Have I being lost in the Dream world?
How really did I get here?

Open my eyes!
It really must have been closed.
Open my ears!
It really must have been blocked.

Were my legs borrowed?
Or was I being dragged?
Were my eyes blinded?
Or were they closed?
How did I get here?!

How did I get to this point?
I need answers!
I am lost!
I'm far away from life!
How?! How?!! How?!!!

I now Talk about what I don't know.
I now open my mouth to condemn people of what I'm guilty of.
I can now freely, without any iota of guilt, talk to people about what I cannot do.
How did I get here?

How did I get to this point?
Where even with big beams in my eyes, 
I am always with my hands stretched,
to remove the mote in other people's eyes.
Even the Holy One called this Hypocrisy.

How did I get to this point?
Where, I preach what I cannot do.
Where, I speak life out of a Dead soul.
Where, I stir up people even when I'm depressed!
How?

I am far from life.
I am from Light.
I am far from God.
Yet, I proclaim the same,
In high volume and energy.

Who has blinded me?
Who has Bewitched me?
I need help!
Can God hear my cry?
Can God open my Eyes?

I need to see again!
I need to come alive again!
I need to be sensitive again!
God, come to my aid!

#Victor Balogun

©Oracle Victor

THOSE DAYS - INSPIRED

 

Those days
I miss those days;
When I had little or nothing to worry about,
When I harbor no hatred and malice,
When a smile alone signifies friendship

Those days;
When I didn't have to carry the weight of my thoughts,
When all occupied my thoughts were food and sleep,
When no action of me was forced.

Those days;
When I was oblivious to competition,
When the word "Hate" was an abomination to me,
When I could smile and really mean it.

Those days;
When I couldn't go to bed angry at a friend,
When I could reconcile with friends without being told,
When I really wanted to see my friends happy with or without me.

Those days,
When nothing was a secret from anyone,
When everyone and anyone was a confidant,
When I didn't have to lie;
and my favorite mantra was "All liars shall perish in the lake of fire".

How then did the days become lost?
How then did my innocence get soiled?
How then did hatred started leaving rent free in my heart?

How then did those days seems like it never existed and would never exist?

©Deborah Moyinoluwa Ogunmola

N.B: This piece was inspired after reading "THOSE DAY by Victor Balogun (Oracle Victor)". Therefore, this is just an Extension of the previous post in the Blog!

Get Blessed as you read!

THOSE DAYS

 

Tender and loving heart.
Zero worries for tomorrow.
Free conscience.
How I miss those days!

Those days,
When hate is not in my Dictionary.
When everyone is my friend.
Even those that hated me,
Eat in same plate with me.

Those days,
When all my thoughts are just but for today,
With tomorrow left to cater for itself.
With full assurance that tomorrow would be always be better.

Those days,
When every single guilt passes away with every drop of tears.
When my heart was so open and free.
Even after commiting an huge crime,
I still was not heard long in the cage of guilt.
The short time spent in that cage, 
Only needed a few strokes of cane,
with little scoldings to end.

Those days,
When the end of every food must be seen;
Even the hot ones, can only escape for a moment,
and the cold ones, do not need more time,
To finally end up in my bowels.

Those days,
When every single word from every single person;
I held in high esteem.
Even after several disappoinments,
His promises, I would still trust and boast about.
So easy was it for me to trust & believe.

Those days!
How I miss those days! 
Innocent, trustful & credulous,
They all describe who I was.
But what has happened?

What has happened to my tender heart?
What has happened to my believing mind?
Where has my free conscience gone?
Who has taken away my Innocency?
Why is it this hard to trust?

As time passes, and season shifts.
The changes are becoming more evident.
Love has been replaced with hatred.
Trusting and believing is now a huge task.
What really has happened?

Who has taken away my childlike heart?
When the holy one through the holy book has said; 
"Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about)
AND BECOME LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN
[trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], 
you can never enter the kingdom of heaven [at all]." Matthew 18:3 (Amp.)

I need my childlike heart again.
I need help!
My daily cry to the Holy One;
Is to make my heart tender again.
Is to make my heart like that of a child again!

#Victor Balogun

©Oracle Victor.

GRACED

 

If our pasts were to be Considered,

Then we would have passed.

If our present works were to cast,

We would never last.

If all our works were to count,

We would have been in the past.

Even when we walk in the path, 

That would have made us fall flat. 

His grace still count singles us out.

We were diving deep into the pit of sin,

When His grace stepped in.

And brought us to him,

Who is by the name, Jehovah Elohim.

Elohim, took us in

and love us exceedingly

Even when we don't deserve it.

And could not earn it.

We were so lost in sin,

Confused and in need,

When Grace Showed up.

And gave us hope.

So we live our life,

Not as though we are perfect,

But as one who has been graced

By the one who is the God of all race.

Who has set us apart,

To be unto him; King and Priest.

And in this we live and rejoice,

That Christ, Hanging on the cross,

Suffered for all our Sins and Guilts

That we may be presented blameless before God.

This is nothing else but Grace!

#Victor_Balogun

©Oracle Victor.

RAINING FOR THE DRY

 

With my face facing the old white ceiling, I laid frailly on my bed after waking up from my very short sleep. Obviously, Yesterday was very stressful not because I did a lot of work but because I had to go to bed hungry. Oh! You don't know hunger can me one very tired?

I could literally feel my pot belly going back to it normal size and even becoming flatter than it should, because I cannot remember the actual day I ate something good.

So while I laid on my bed thinking of how miserable the past few days have been and how today would go again, I became unnecessarily angry and in no time tears of anger starts flowing freely from my eyes.

My eyes ran through all the empty bags that was supposed to be full of Food in my room and that alone made me pity myself more. I had decided not to check my account balance again because the sight of the figure in it alone can be very annoying.

Then I remembered that, just last two weeks from now, my account balance was literally making a lot of noise.

I could remember how the money in my account kept on beckoning on me to spend it which I massively yielded to, without thinking twice.

I also remembered that, my room was also full of foods of different kinds, last two weeks. I remembered how I threw a party in my house for no specific reason maybe because my food stuff were whispering to my ears something I did not understand. I remembered how I invited all my friends in the community and how they also came with their friends. 

I cannot forget the sight of how they all devoured the food I presented before them like hungry lions. It wasn't their fault though, I was the one that brought them in.

Then it dawned on me that I could have reserved some of those foods and money for days like this. It dawned on me that if I had saved some of those food in the store and some of the money in the bank, I would escaped this pathetic situation.

I would not have been in this mess, if I had discerned that it was raining then, so that I can prepare for this season that is full of Dryness.

There are different season in this world and in a man's life.

The very common season we have is the raining and dry season.

The rain is not just there to make us cold and happy, it's there so that we can consciously prepare for the dry and that's why farmers who use the raining season wisely can never suffer during the dry season

A lot of times, we experience abundance in a particular area of our life, maybe financially or spiritually in a particular season and then the next season, it is looking like we have never experienced overflow just because we failed in doing just one thing, which is Preparing for the dry season.

It would not rain Everytime. There would not be overflow Everytime, there would not be plenty Everytime, it's your ability to discern when things are in abundance and make plans for the coming days when reverse might be the case, that would determine if you would live like a king even when it is dry.

Whenever it's raining always bear in mind that the dry season is near, so don't just enjoy the rain also prepare for the dry season!.

#Victor_Balogun

©Oracle Victor.

MYSTERY

 




My first breathe,
Coupled with my first tears.
That caused my mother's fears
to be Transformed to joy.

My first cry,
That brought about jubilation,
and words of congratulations
To my joyous relations.

My arrival into Cosmos,
Which only the great monarch understood,
Brought joy into the heart of many.
But only few could comprehend.

Only few could comprehend,
the excess of my birth.
Only few could understand,
Why I had to come out that day, at that time, in that place.

As my eyes began to see light.
And my leg began to tread on that path of the ancient.
It became clear that I did not just come.
It became clear that I'm here for a purpose.

If I must keep the smile and joy,
that emerged on the day of my birth.
If I must sustain the jubilation that many people made on my arrival,
then I must get to work it out.

Then I must keep my eyes off the cares and pleasure of this world and keep my gaze.
Then I must speak to my whole body to work in consonance with my spirit to focus on the race.
Then I must make my spirit come alive to all that the great monarch has written concerning me.
Then I must live the life of he that has sent me here.

My life is a mystery,
that only the one who made, and is making me, can unravel.
So I live my life waiting on him,
to unravel this mystery that men call ORACLE VICTOR to the world!
I am a Mystery waiting to be unraveled!



#Victor Balogun

©Oracle Victor.

LOST IN LOVE

 


"I really find it hard to forget him, I am so much in love with him"
"Anytime I hear his voice, my heart just melts and I cannot help but forgive him"
"Every night is full of nightmare because of her, I don't think I can live without her in my life"
"Each time, I remember the wonderful times we have had together, I just can't help but wish that she's always by my side"

I have heard the above words and many other related words from people who are rather addicted but claim to be in Love.
A lot of people are in a relationship that has really lost it peace but are still in that Relationship because they feel they are in love with the person.
A lot of people in their quest for Love have become lost.

Some persons are in Relationships where their partners now derive joy in Hurting or Making them feel bad and this ones still feel they love their partner and cannot leave them.

Many people are in a relationship that their partners do not have the same mindset with them. As a matter of fact most of them do not have mutual feeling but they still feels they are so much use to their partner to leave them.

Many people are terribly and seriously lost but still think they are in love.

A lot of youth are suffering from depression and depreciation academically, financially and spiritually just because they are in a wrong Relationship.

One truth about life is once you are in a wrong Relationship, especially a love Relationship, every other aspect of your life would be affected.

Every Relationship is melt to glorify God and to make you a better Person. Any relationship that is not doing this should be quitted.
Enough of living a life that you would later regret of in the future.
Enough of wasting your time with someone who do not know, not to talk of Celebraing and valuing you and what you represent.
Enough of being devalued and threatened.
You deserve better.

I Know sometimes, it's really hard to Forget people you have really grown fond of but you deserve better.

It's not always easy to neglect someone you have invested so much in, but you are so special and unique to be misused.
You deserve better.

God did not make you to undergo such trouble.
There are better people out there who knows your value and have been prepared by God to help you through life.

All you just have to do is to Follow God closely, position yourself in line with your purpose and live a life that your kids would live to celebrate.
You're so special and you cannot afford to continue to live a wasted life.

You're really Lost and you need to find Love.
True Love can only be found in God!
Find God and get Love!

You're special and unique!
You deserve the very best!


#Victor_Balogun

©Oracle Victor.

IT IS TIME!

How long would you dwell in comfortability?

Where there are responsibilities.

That needs your capability,

To quench some disabilities.

How long would you live in Timidity?

Covering your fertility.

How long would you make your ability,

die in futility?

"Enough! Enough!!"

Hear the voice of the strength within,

crying out with a very loud voice.

Saying; "It is Time"

It's time to dust off your feet,

Buckle your shoe,

Gird your loins,

And pull yourself together.

It's time to speak to your bed,

"You've got to shrink back"

 Commune with your sleep,

"You've got to draw back"

Cause it's time.

Nations are waiting.

Generations are anticipating.

Your progenitors are watching,

with a question in their mind

"Hope he would not fail us?"

It's time to show the world,

What you've got.

It's time to tell the world,

that you've got what they want.

It's time to emerge as a champion.

Stare up your strength,

to soar High and dominate your world.

It's time to Arise!

#Victor Balogun
©Oracle Victor.