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Love Divine

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:04:09 +0000

When I survey the wondrous cross

On which the Prince of glory died,

My richest gain I count but loss,

And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,

Save in the death of Christ my God!

All the vain things that charm me most,

I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,

Sorrow and love flow mingled down!

Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,

Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson, like a robe,

Spreads o’er His body on the tree;

Then I am dead to all the globe,

And all the globe is dead to me.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,

That were a present far too small;

Love so amazing, so divine,

Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

This is my desire: to honor You?

Wed, 13 May 2009 13:03:00 +0000

This is my desire: to honor You.

(I question myself here – Is my desire to honor Yahweh in everything I do. This is a hard one, yet how many times have I sang this song?)

Lord with all my heart I worship You.

(With ALL MY HEART ? The things I sing, is it true that I worship him with all my heart, not holding back even 0.1% ?)

All I have within me, I give You praise.

(All I have within me – my talents, my gifts, my body, my soul, my mind, my all) – this is a hard one..

All that I adore is in You.

(Yet sometimes my focus is not on Yahweh, but on other things, yet is says ALL I adore – not some of what I adore, or a little bit of what I adore.)

Lord I give You my heart,

I give You my soul, I live for You alone.

(I must add here, I need His help to be able to give the Lord all my heart and soul, not just a wee bit of it, ‘as I see fit’ and to live for Him alone – waaaaaaaaaah how can anyone do that alone?)

Every breath that I take,

Every moment I’m awake,

Lord have Your way in me.

(Every breath? Every Moment? Just thinking of that and the sinfulness of man makes this one very hard thing, really how can I be able to do this on my own?)

The Number 8

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:17:00 +0000

The last lap is usually the most strenuous in long distance running.

Less than one week to go and yesterday we did a full run through of the whole program without too many breaks..

I must say I’m looking forward to this. Number 8 is one of the most gifted poets, spoken word artists, hiphop MC, yet one of the most down to earth people.

Hopefully we should be seeing some of his poetry online, especially after the 8th.

Number8 says:

“I go by the stage name Number8. This is because I appreciate the fact that it is humanly impossible to be perfect, (perfection being symbolized by the number 7), so I’m chasing after perfection like number 8. This is not to say that I’m greater than God (Perfection), but rather implying that IF ever I am to become perfect, I must decrease (John 3:30 “…I must decrease”).“

08/08/08

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:43:00 +0000

June and August

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:52:00 +0000

There are two events that I am heavily involved in over the next 2 months.

June 21 – the first Barcamp of 2008 in Nairobi will be at the Jacaranda Hotel. Head over to the wiki and signup, especially if you want a free T-Shirt courtesy of Ushahidi.

August 8 – Mission Driven Ministry Presents Number 8. If you have ever attended the Poetry Nights every 2nd Tuesday of the month @ the Junction, you will have come across his poetry and spoken word.

More details about this on the blog and on facebook.

change and music

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:23:00 +0000

One of the music bands I enjoy listening to and worshipping with is Delirious?. Being part of a music group, I have realised change in life is inevitable as new visions are born and giftings discovered.
Delirious? drummer Stew decided to ‘retire’ from the group – wants to have more time with family and focus on his other gifts, and his local church.

I’ve enjoyed the videos I’ve watched of the band – especially his expression while playing his drums… thoroughly enjoying himself while worshipping…

MD

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Mission Driven

Finally!

We are working on holding a concert (after such a while!) this year in August/September as well as launching our second album. Lots of planning, prayers and work still to be done.

Help us by praying for us. We also will be looking for assistance – musically (equipment, trainers, sound etc), financially and logistically.

Zina Album Launch – Changed

Tue, 15 May 2007 08:58:00 +0000

Kenya National Theatre
Sunday 20th May 2007

2 Shows:
1330 to 1530
1630 to 1830

I intend to be there

More info on Mwafrika

Music Break

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:03:00 +0000

Now that it’s Friday, I’m going to feature the latest addition to my music collection (Yes, I buy music).
I’ve listened to Joseph Hellon’s Ekkaleo roughly 6 times. Love the jazz and african touch. I first listened to Hellon playing a sax in 1994 in high school and was really amazed. A really talented musician, I have heard him play ‘Take Five’ on a (you wouldn’t believe it) wandindi. Throw in Krucial Keys (Aaron Rimbui), Kanjii, JJ and the rest of the crew, and you have real quality production.
If you’ve been looking for positive, uplifting jazz from East Africa try out Ekkaleo . Visit Sternsmusic and SoundAfrica to listen to samples online.

iPhone

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:53:00 +0000

Apple yesterday unveiled their highly anticipated iPhone.

Among others features:

4GB or 8GB memory
Bluetooth
WiFi
Mac OS X
Quadband GSM
multi-touch display – yaani NO KEYPAD

From the apple website:

iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device.