Heart of the Wise

  A strange number sent a message to me yesterday. Not just a strange number but also a stranger.  He claimed he was someone I had met years ago while transacting in a network marketing venture. He claimed he needed money to bury his late dad. He claimed he had transported his dad from Abuja to the East, and the bills for the burial rites were overwhelming. Upon inquiry, sender couldn’t verify or clarify the details of the situation described in the message.  They rambled on with “how can I lie with something like this” yet they yielded no details whatsoever about the said event—no location, no date, nada.  Last person with similar message (whom I know) had sent a flyer with verifiable details and it met with a favorable response (though I didn’t verify). Obviously, the message below met with a no-show. Just yesterday. And then just today, the ‘algo’ specifically sent a video—recently uploaded (uploaded only a few hours from when I saw it)—my way. It was a short-form...

The Lamb is the Lion of Judah The Lamb of God that was slain  They didn’t know His spiritual identity They saw a carpenter, a commoner They saw a lamb—feeble, fragile, frail They saw quiet and muted mini-animal  They saw a man without connections They saw a fellow isolated from others  They saw a man abandoned by friends  They viewed a man without loved ones They saw a man deserted by disciples They saw a weak and vulnerable one  They saw an easy prey; they closed in They entered the trap that was set Those who set up had been set up They knew He had power with God They saw He had favor with God They heard Him speak God’s truth They saw Him express God’s love They deemed it a contradiction  They couldn’t comprehend Him They concluded He was a fraud They hoped that they were right They presumptuously slayed Him They framed and accused Him badly They were tools in the hands of Satan  They didn’t know what they were doing In their pride and hardness, they...