Different Sounds One Symphony

The human body comes in different colours but the human soul is colourless, just different flavours of divinity from the Source of life — many graces, one God. We are different verses in one universe.

The world will be distasteful without diversity, and no doubt our world will be in disarray when there is disunity. Imagine a world where everyone has the same talent and trait — no vibe, no versatility, just vibrant souls stuck in a void structure.

We are different spirits vibrating at different frequencies of faith and freedom — configured to be creative, made to manifest limitless possibilities.

Diversity is designed to create room for compassion and creativity. Irrespective of our tongues and tribes, we are created to communicate compassion fluently. Love is our universal language. We all are unique sounds in God’s symphony.

God is very the master builder. Everything He made is a masterpiece. Every creation, every colour and every culture are breathtaking beadworks of His multifaceted glories.

No one is inferior or superior to the other, each one of us is an epitome of eternal excellence — lavished with love, garnished with grace and nurtured with nobility.

God is too beautiful to be expressed in one colour. We all are a part of this divine edifice. Jaw-dropping jewels in a terrific treasure chest. Sparkling stars in a golden galaxy — all shades of love and light.

We all are made in His indelible and ineffable image. We are streams of eternal substance.

“I thank you, High God — You’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvellously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation!”
Psalm 139: 14 MSG
© Adeleke Adeite

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Our Diversity Our Dignity

Don’t think too low or too high of yourself.
Be confident but not arrogant,
Be humble but not ignorant.
Adore others but don’t be a sycophant.
Don’t force a fish to fly,
Don’t spur the sparrows to swim.
Don’t compare an ant to an Elephant.
No one is better than you.
No one is inferior to you.
No one is White and no one is Black.
I mix my coffee with milk,
not because of their colours
but the uniqueness of their flavours.
Use a white marker on a whiteboard
and a black pen on a blackboard,
see the essence of diversity and inclusion.
We are more than tags and labels.
We all are exquisite expressions of God.
You are not the colour of your skin,
You are the graces you carry within.
Your value is measured by how you value others.
True wealth is not about affluence but influence.
We are all sacred and significant.
Different flavours, different colours,
There is dignity in diversity.
© Adeleke Adeite

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Declaration of Victory Day 46

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony Colossians 3:14 Declare this I am kind and considerate at all timesI am committed to improving the lives of those around meI am a love beingI live at […]

Declaration of Victory Day 46

If Love is Our One and Only

If love is our only language
no one will miss our message.

If love is our only possession
We’ll have no room for oppression.

If love is our only attraction
no one will drown in distraction.

If love is our only addiction,
We will all rise above restrictions.

If love is our only choice
everyone will have a voice.

If love is our only meal
everyone will work with zeal.

If love is our only currency
we will all trade with urgency.

If love is our only energy
we won’t struggle for synergy.

If love is our only source,
we won’t need any resource.

If love is all that we need…
no one will gather gains in greed.

If love is our one and only
we won’t be limited or lonely.

© Adeleke Adeite

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Brewery of Brutality?

A force meant to ensure security
has become a brewery of brutality.
They shoot at peaceful protesters
while criminals see them as jesters.

Where is intelligence in their tactics
if they treat sacred lives like statistics?
Concerned nationals yearn for reforms,
why attacked them like cankerworms?

Every innocent blood you’ve shed,
every law-abiding soul that has bled,
every baseless injury you’ve inflicted
scream that you should be evicted…

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I hope the government will yield
before sanctuaries turn to battlefields.
If police are meant to maintain law,
then cut their claws and fix their flaws.

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The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was a Nigerian Police Force unit charged with the responsibility of curbing and combating armed robbery but it was disbanded on October 11, 2020, following a widespread protest from Nigerians which took a global dimension.

Some of the many controversial activities that SARS officers were accused of include acts of torture, extortion, blackmail, extra judicial killings, framing and sexual abuse.

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However, the ongoing protest seems to have revealed a lot of professional lapses in the conduct of the police force as pockets of sporadic shootings and reprisal attacks from the police were reported. Some peaceful protesters were reported dead.

Meanwhile, the peaceful protesters outlined their demands as follows:
1. Immediate release of all protesters arrested.
2.  Justice for all decreased victims of police brutality and adequate compensation of their families.
3. Set up independent body to oversee the investigation and prosecution of all reports of police misconduct.
4.  Psychological evaluation and training of all disbanded ex-SARS officers.
5. Increase in police salary so they can be adequately compensated for protecting lives and properties of citizens.

These are not too much to ask for, right? I pray God guides our leaders right and help them to do what’s right.
© Adeleke Adeite

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End Police Brutality Now

Our voices will be heard loud and clear, our ‘friends’ are now the foes we fear. The ‘force’ that should protect our lives and properties has become the catalyst of chaos and casualties.

We won’t sit back and watch brutality bloom in our garden, we can’t stand down and watch innocent lives killed, and justice trodden.

We have a vibrant voice, and we certainly have a choice. We will not be silent, yet we won’t be violent. We will not be slack when our gatekeepers kill and kidnap our future leaders in broad daylight, but cuddle and collude with lawbreakers at night.

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My soul screams, my spirit cries. Mad men without dreams should not steal sleep from dreamers’ eyes. No policeman should lurk like a predator to innocent citizens. Policing should not be about tormenting and terrorizing honest citizens.

So let my voice be heard…

I don’t want to die young,
not by being killed by a rogue.
I have not done anything wrong
by living my best life – in vogue.

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I am a sacred soul you should protect,
don’t plunder my fundamental rights.
You are free to question a suspect
without putting a soul to flight.

If you truly are the citizen’s friend,
let it reflect in your cooperation.
This incessant brutality must end,
show max civility in your operation.

You are trained to maintain order,
Policing should not be ferocious.
Don’t contribute to civil disorder,
Why plunder what’s pure and precious?

The innocent lives you have slain
are crying out for justice and serenity.
You can’t slay another soul in vain,
So let’s instantly end police brutality.

©Adeleke Adeite 2020