He Loves: Poem by SEGUN RASAKI

He Loves
Throughout the thirteen months of unusual, extraordinary, eventful journey from the antenatal pouch called womb, He was there with me because He loves
When hope was dwindling and conflicting prophesies about her unborn child were cacophonous in the ears of my mother, he was ever present and reassuring because He loves.
When the innocent toddler was engulfed in the conflagration that would have been considered too harsh for roasting a bull, and I was considered morbid in my state of helplessness and innocence, he sent his angels to nurse and nurture me back to life, simply because He loves

Through the various bombardments of epidemics that were ravaging my fragile and delicate childhood frame with tropical illnesses and diseases, he attended to my needs and cured me because He loves.
When pain and agony accompanied with several episodes and periods of sleeplessness caused by the symptoms of these diseases became my companions, His angels were ever present singing soothing and melodious sounds of comfort, He was doing this because He loves.
Through the educational journey that was riddled with several life-changing events that would have truncated a dogged pursuit of academic excellence, He was a tower of support and my superhero that changed my fortune from zero to hero, for He loves.

When I was shaken by vicissitudes of life, many battles encountered on the way, both visible and invisible, physical and spiritual, through all these he has always been a constant friend, a very present help in need and in deed, for He loves.
When in solitude, solitary and depth of darkness with dejection, he was the one that remembered me, for He loves.
When nothingness was my tormentor and the future looked cloudy, he was there to show me a new glory in the horizon with a renewed hope, for He loves.

"You are my General, for you were once a Major but now a General through victories in several spiritual battles of life", says my Commander-in-Chief. What an honor and privilege from the best, the highest, the greatest, for He loves me.
Now I arise and shine, he has fortified me and given me empowerment that is cynosure of all eyes, for He loves.
The orchestration of this celebration of His love is a modesty compared to the magnitude of His love for me.
Thank you for your love, please accept my Thanksgiving my everlasting guarantor.
Copyright: Segun Rasaki.