Son Shine

SON SHINE 402: THE CHAMPION

Nosa Owens-Ibie — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:33:24 +0000

He was the school sprints champion despite his height. It was amazing what he did once the whistle went off. He would ease himself effortlessly to the front of the pack, leaving the field of longer legs to struggle for other positions. Neither raw ability, nor any known quality could explain what years later remained a wonder that could only have been divine.

“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man…” – Psalm 8: 3-4 (KJV)

He remains God.

Let the Son shine in your heart daily.

By, Nosa Owens-Ibie

SON SHINE 401: LIGHT BEARER

Nosa Owens-Ibie — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:30:48 +0000

The well-dressed gentleman alighted from a bus and spat on the clean floor of the petrol station as vehicles queued for fuel. A commercial motorcyclist damned the silence of other onlookers and dared the offender insisting that he must clear the mess. When the man found that the motorcyclist was unrelenting and threatening to roughen him up, he swallowed his pride and stylishly undid what he had done.

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” – Romans 6: 1-2 (KJV)

You are an ambassador for Christ,

Let the Son shine in your heart daily.

By, Nosa Owens-Ibie

SON SHINE 400: HAIRBREADTH

Nosa Owens-Ibie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:28:43 +0000

As the crisis raged in a section of town just before their residence trapping his wife, his voice told of subdued desperation. Somehow the rage abated and he managed to ferry her to a safe zone before the resumption of full-scale hostilities. That lull made all the difference to his not becoming a widower so early in the day. Many others became part of the statistics which peace talks did not restore back to life.

“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” – Deuteronomy 31: 6 (KJV)

There is nothing God cannot do for your sake.

Let the Son shine in your heart daily.

By, Nosa Owens-Ibie

SON SHINE 399: FACADE

Nosa Owens-Ibie — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:58:16 +0000

There was a side to this obviously well connected man unknown to his unsuspecting employee who only admired the man’s dress sense, foreign travels and giving. Not even his meditations in corners of the organization’s premises offered a clue till years later when his obituary was published. The man had actually been at the pinnacle of some of the secret cults in the land.

“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.” – 1 Corinthians 12: 1 (KJV)

Never assume that you know those you are dealing with.

Let the Son shine in your heart daily.

By, Nosa Owens-Ibie

SON SHINE 398: COMFORTLESS

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:00:37 +0000

She sat helpless inside the small car unable at this public hospital to turn the tide as life ebbed from the patient she came with. A medical staff only managed a short conversation after which she was left alone. Then she started to sob humming a chorus that sounded more like a dirge in an expression of a wish that appeared unrealisable. With the place brimming with the sick and those made sick by the condition of loved ones, no one offered her a shoulder to lean on.

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” – Revelation 21: 4 (KJV)

There will be no crying there.

Let the Son shine in your heart daily.

By, Nosa Owens-Ibie,