It is Finished

"It is finished"

Reading through these words I asked myself, what is finished?

Had they killed Jesus, was Jesus so powerless that the Romans and the Jewish leaders could have disposed of him so easily. No! It doesn’t matter who condemned  Him to death, wether it was the Jewish high priests or the Roman, Pontius Pilate, because in the gospel according to St John chapter 10 verse 18 Jesus says  (Yes I do read the bible) "No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."

Jesus went to the cross willingly because he had to die, die so that we may have eternal life. Jesus had control over his life right up until he ascended into heaven…

"It is finished"

I can imagine the tone in which Jesus must have said “it is finished”, John goes on to say… he bowed his head, as if to be relieved… and yes, I believe he was relieved, just as many of us would breathe a sigh of relief after a mammoth task. That breath of relief when you got your results, telling you that you are graduating. That breath of relief telling you that you have completed a module. It is finished. No stone left unturned, when one is relieved to finish something its usually a testament of the amount of effort put in. One cannot be relieved without a considerable amount of effort, with no effort put it would not matter if a task was finished or not. but In Jesus death it was finished… we are born in a world of sin and death is penalty for sin, but not our death, Jesus death which washed away our sins, so we can know the grace of God.

it is finished… these words tell us something. These words tell us that Jesus was not a quitter. He came down on earth a man on a mission. He persevered and saw it through until it was indeed finished.

To be Christian means to aspire to be like Christ. Christ was not a quitter. We should be no less… there are days whereby we’ll walk through storms… we should always hold our head up high and never be afraid of the dark, because the Lord is our Sheppard.  Though sometimes our dreams may be tossed and blown, we should walk on with faith in our heart... and we will never walk alone, because Christ dwells within us.

Kuthiwa "Inkawu yatyiwa ilila, imfene yasinda ngokugoloza"

Christianity is sometimes viewed as a religion for the weak, because it teaches us to love, and to forgive and sometimes be submissive. But that is not the case, as kwi ncwadi yabase Philippi.. no not the phillipi in cape town, but Philippians 4:13 “ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”  I am trying to say when adversities, arise praying and doing nothing is like whining to the Lord… and no-one likes a whiner.. when life throws its punches kufneka sigoloze, stand up and be noticed only we can shape and mould our lives to glorify God Philippians reassures us all things can be done through Christ all we need to do is to have, faith. Faith in Jesus, faith in ourselves… kuba with the faith of a mustard seed we can move mountains… they way I’m quoting the bible you’d swear I read the bible from genesis to revelations that was Mathew 17:20

“It is finished”

Christ died so that we may not parish… but have everlasting life, though the promise of an everlasting life should not lead us to settle for second best while we are still in the flesh. We are the Sons and daughters of God and as such are royalty in our own right. Njengeculo belisitsho andikoyiki ukulwa… masingoyiki ukulwela ubukhosi obufanele abantwana bakaTixo, kuba yena usecaleni kwethu.

Habit

From the movies, the series and maybe the odd book, I have come to realise that humans are animals of habit.
I do not know where exactly this idea spawned, it possibly could've spawned from all three sources. But it now sort of explains why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Why winners stay winning and losers stay losing. But all habits can be broken, hence the abundance of rags to riches stories... well in all fairness they aren't that many, but that's not the point.
The point is, I am going to attempt to get in a routine, this is a routine of which I believe will effectively allow me to be more productive... Its a work-in-progress type of plan so you will have to bear with me if it is not very detailed, so far I have my time management timetable. Wake up at 6 am Go to school at 7:50 a.m. Get to school in time for the morning class even though some days I do not have a morning class.... Just keeping the habit going. pl

Missed Me?

Actually the title is kinda irrelevant… because to miss someone you would have had established some kind of rapport with them and I blog so sparingly I would not expect to be missed.

Anyways it’s that time of the year again where we go home meet up with friends over a few drinks, for me personally… I do not look forward to these gatherings as much as I would like. This is because always the “how’s school” question creeps up, that question always puts me back in the rat race. Trying to measure up how am I doing in this world… not all is well I have to admit but not all hope is lost… I have always said to people when their days were dark 

Your health is your biggest commodity, for as long as you have your health be grateful, for you can rise with the rising sun and start afresh

Of cause, I did not put it like that verbatim, but it is something along those lines. It’s funny how people make resolutions on new year’s, I have done away with that as it never ends well. Before I go to bed, I jot down what needs to be done the following day as short terms goals keep you focused on the bigger picture.

Yes my high school friends I do hope you missed me a little because I certainly have missed you guys… and I will definitely miss my ANSOCers

Cops

Cops are also human... I am sure it's against the law but yesterday I was scared by some cops.

I was taking my afternoon walk, watching a video on my phone looking down when there was a cop car just parked there... A Lil' something you should know about me I do not like cars parked in random places i start thinking they're up to no good...

And my hunch was right these cops threw fire crackers at my feet... I jumped, ducked and dive, i thought i was being shot at... Idiots nearly gave me a heart attack

Umtata High School Song

To homes amongst the mountains
To homes beside the sea
To rolling hills and valleys
Of country wide and free
We'll take our happy memories
Of this, our noble school
Of sports, of friends, of studies
Of days both bright and full.

'Tis here the great traditions
Of this our land we've learned
Of courage, kindness, freedom
Of tolerance and love
Lord give us grace to carry
Whenever we may be-----
School's teaching and her golden rule
"The Truth Above All Things"



I'd like to thank annonymous for the rest of the lyrics.. I couldn't have done it with out you... and hey... someone actually reads my blog

Where is the Umtata High school song?

I have searched all over the interweb for Umtata High's school song and I found nothing. So my next post will be of the school song followed the school hymn... They will both be written to the best of my memory which i should duly point out is not the best of memories.... so please do comment so i could fix errors that may occur

ROBBED at CPUT, Bellville Campus

I got robbed AGAIN, this time within the confines of Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Bellville Campus, a place where i thought i was safe.

Well let me tell you what happened this time

I was walking to wards the train station on a Sunday afternoon around 16:30, the sun was still up. A coloured guy approached me and and was asking for direction inside Belhar, I responded, I do not know where it is you want to go but there is belhar (as i pointed him there). He then asked is it safe for a guy llike him to be walking in there, I responded i guess so. Take note I did not stop, i kept walking.

Suddenly he grabbed my Jacket and pulled out a knife.. I think it was chef's knife, (i just googled types of knives). He then asked me to empty my pockets, I reached for my pants' pockets because thats where the least valuable stuff were, but on my right hand jacket pocket there was a bulge, unfortunately it was my cellphone a Sony Ericsson WT19i, it fell, he took it and he ran into what looked like a white 2001 VW POLO Classic, it was driven by a darked skinned guy, (Black, or Coloured),

So I ran after the car and went to freedom square residence, where i found a Security Guard (fiddling with his Blackberry) i told him to call the front gate to stop a white Polo, after wasting precious seconds redailling and stuff he finally got through to the front gate, where he was told the polo had just left., so i cried because i loved my phone and when i got to the police station, they told me i had to report it at another police station...


Ad that the story of how i got Robbed