Sunday, 28 February 2010

thank you God, Most Gracious

Today, i have to remember to thank thee dear lord..

yesterday, you came to my rescue and you showered me with so much love that i have no choice but to say a big big thanks....

when i went to london, i had no real intention of calling or telling anybody and i wanted to be by myself.. it was just a drop in , drop out visit....

but you helped me in the most unexpected way..

Thank you dear God.. if i dont say thank you then i will be doing injustine to thee, so MG, Thank you..

today again, i made a pledge on something and i thought i would not be able to keep it for this month,februrary,
but then again i called on thee, and you supported me and pulled me through it.. so i was able to do it.. lat minute last crook.. good good good

so again MG thank you..
Fats

Saturday, 20 February 2010

There is no other God but thee

La ilaha illa huwa rabbi -il- arshi - il - karim
Wa huwa - al - A'zizzu -ul - Hakim
Wa huwa - al - Ghaffuru-ul - Wa dood.
La ilaha illa huwa rabbi - il - arshi - il Karim.

Song on my lips to my creator this evening...

There is no other God but He, The possessor of all authority, The most honorable Lord
and He is the almighty Most Wise
and He is the Forgiver, Most Kind
There is no other God but He, The possessor of all autority, The mos honorable Lord.

From me to thee o Lord, in my heart a song of praise..

Protect me from blashpheming against thee like others before me have done
Protect me from idil worship
Protect me dear Lord, from sinning against thee.
Guide me in thy path, teach me in thy ways.
Direct me in righteousness and grant me from thee acceptance in this life and the next.

La ilaha illa huwa rabbi -il- arshi - il - karim
Wa huwa - al - A'zizzu -ul - Hakim
Wa huwa - al - Ghaffuru-ul - Wa dood.
La ilaha illa huwa rabbi - il - arshi - il Karim.

Most Gracious

My Lord My King, You know my heart, You know my path
YOu see my past, You you hear my longings...

From thee, is what i ask for, From thee... with your support, your guidance, your blessing and your approval...

there is nothing else more fulfilling than that.

who else is there to guide me and suppor me
Who else to support me and provide for me.

There is none other but thee dear Lord, Be Thou Glorified Most Gracious God.

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Most Gracious

When you ask the Most Gracious to look after you, He does look after you
When you ask the Most Gracious to take care of you He does take care of you
When you ask the Most Gracious to provide for you, Yes indeed, He provides plenty
When you ask the Most Gracious to support you, He offers you his support
When you ask the Most Gracious to .....

Most Gracious Lord, My only Lord, My God, Our God.. you are as much my God as you are any one elses's God, You are our Lord.. you are the one God, the Only God, the Most Gracious Lord....

sometimes i get weary, sometimes, i loose hope, but i am reminded of the many times in the past that you have looked after me, that you have taken care of me, that have provided for me, that have supported me.. Most gracious, what have i asked you that you have not provided for me...

Dear Lord, this night i am weary and my hormones are raking havoc on me, I am high as a kite and i am low as a mouse... but i hold onto thee and ask thee to continually guide me..

my needs i hope dear lord are not much dear Lord, I need thy guidance, I need thy acceptance, I need thy forgiveness, and i neeed thy support.. in this life and in the hereafter.
Grant me righteousness from thee, and keep me in thy service, Guide me straight in they path, and in my heart let there be devotion and praise. Teach me to worship thee dear Lord, Teach me in thy ways. in this life and in thee hereafter, keep me glorifying thee always, in my mind let me praise thee, in my heart let me glorify thee..
i hope dear lord my needs are not too much...
Grant me from thee righteousness, grant me steadfastness, Keep me as a humble servant of thee, a patient servant, a trusting servant, a loyal servant, an obedient servant of thee dear Lord..
i trust in thee and i rely on thee and i lay my heart before thee, trusting that you who has created me, who sees my future who knows my present and my past will guide me to your path and keep me in thy path, trusting and confident that you are a merciful Lord and trusting that you will accept me in thy service.

teach me dear Lord and guide me... to protect me from idol worship, protect me from blaspheming against thee, protect me from sin and protect me from disbelieving in thee... my heart i have commited to thee, my soul i have given freely to thee, forgive me dear lord and pardon me, grant me from thee acceptance in this life and in the next , grant me from thee paradise and an eternity in thy service, glorifying thee, praising and magnifying thee and thee only.

Monday, 15 February 2010

madam tutu

madam tutu,
you just like to worry over nothing, you know that.. dont you....
God is on control, has always been in control and will always bne in control
you know that dont you..
so why worry, ???

dont worry, i know its the mood you are in, your hormones are all over the place, and its is making you fidget unnecessarily..

so slap yoursels in the head with a wet fish and say, Praise be to God, He is always in control.

Poem or not

You know i am thinking, maybe i am bugging you by coming over for one week because i think its too long a time to ask you to take off work just to while away time with me and show me about and do the silly things that i have always wanted to do

Je ne sais pas comment dire

i am conscoius i am going to be an inconvinience, i will make too much noise, that i will just bother you and you will get upset with me.

Je ne sais pas comment dire...

i think that if i was to stay at the hotel at least it will not feel like i monopolised your time and did not allow you to do what you also wanted to do, then i could just wander about and you dont have to feel like you have to go with me, especially when i have no particular aim but to wander about and soak up new things and a new enviornment

Je ne sais pas comment dire

then again i feel like i am going to be a financial burden on you and i dont want that at all.

Yes this is a poem....mais la encore, maybe i am just worrying over nothing

Praise after salat

Couple of things are on my mind this evening God

tonight i am wondering why when in general we pray but we dont allow time to praise afterwards..
sometimes this is making me dislike group prayers...

maybe its me, because the way i see it, it should not matter at all.
if i want to spend an extra 5/10/15 mins after prayer to sit and reflect and praise and magnify then i reckon i should...

if others dont want to do do then good for them.

but when you are with a group of people, then it may start to feel as if you are holding people back from what they want to do...

This is a difficult one and i dont know the answer to this...

its not always that i sit and praise after prayer, but thete are some times, given the day that my spirit is calling me to do it and i want to but i am conscious that other people are waiting on me bla bla bla....

so how do i reconcile this...????

you know what i miss, that joint praise and exaltation of God, when incongregation as children we used to go, Subhannallahi, wa -al-hamdullilahi, wa la illaha illalahu... and for me i will add Wallahu hamdu fil akhirat, wa huwal akeem -ul-Kabiir.

or siting in congregation to Fa ta a'la llahu mulku -ul -haqqu, and we reply, la illaha illa huwa(anta) rabb -il-arshi - il azeem.

One day dear Lord, me and my family, that is how we will praise thee, after prayer.
one family devoted to thee, committed to thee, praising thee, glorifying thee, as one unit, worshiping thee, with your help and your support, your guidance and direction..
gw one day....

weekend reflection

lolol
i just want to laugh my head off first.. lolololololololololololololololololololololololol

Most Gracious you know what this life is so interesting.. no matter the hard times when it seems bleak, there are often times of situations and embarassing issues that i just want to laugh my head off.

so yes, it actually happened... after i was worrying and thinking yes it will never happen, and when the day approached, slowly then i started getting panick attacks, i was thinking that shite!! i have no where to fo... where will i go, it was weird, trying to plan everything
then i was thinking where can i go, bearing in mind the prayers were so close together. it would mean going somewhere, then dashing back home and going out again...

lol

so let me reflect ...
firstly i lead a booring life.. that is well established.. and it is a shame.. but dont worry i like is just the way it is... as long as i am happy then all is well.
i was worried that i would want to go to so many places, i had already started asking peeps at work where one can go sight seeing... that in the end i didnt even go...

secondly, i should just learn to let go,... i know its hard letting someone take care of me, its because i feel indebted to people and i feel like i am not able to match or pay them back.. but i reckon its not about being indebted to people...its just nice to be nice and i should not monopolice being nice to people, i should allow people ot be nice to me.

thirdly, i talk tooo much and i talk too much gibberish,, i guess it nervousness but i should try to take control of me and my emotions
fourtly, fatima you need to control your crying at films cos its embarassing... and it makes you feel like you are a fool.... try to be firm and remove all emotions when you watch films..

some things i have to thank thee for,( i thank you for everything but some things mean more to me than others) the feeling of peace, the prayers, the comfortableness that i felt ( i dont know how to decribe this.. it is very rare that i am able to be myself - especially when i am in the midst of people ( i can only be my mad crazy self when i am by myself) .. , i did not pretend to be anyone else, and that meant a lot to me... i did not pretend to change the way i dress or the shoes i wore or how i looked like everyday, or change the way i spoke or how i spent my day i was just me, simple old crazy fatima)

howeve rlocal i am, which i know i am , i was that same local fatima..

some bits were funny, the eating pounded yam was funny, i reckon that was the only funny bit.. ....

some bits were nice, the walk in the park was nice, the talking was nice, the prayers were nice, the hand cream at the airport was nice, just that peaceful moment was nice...
all in all Mg, can i complain. heck No!!!! but rather i am grateful.
in all cirsumstances, funny happy, sad, crying, angry, thoughtful, i am grateful dear Lord...
so thanking you MG, thanking you dearly....

Saturday, 13 February 2010

U.. me.. Aur Um....

Life is fraught with problems.
and one mans blessing is another mans problem..

Lord, I am frail, I am gullible and i lack courage..

let this not be a kind of test fo rme dear Lord...
if it is, Let me remember thee always, remember to praise thee and to hold onto thee

i have no other but thee, know no other but thee and want no other but thee..

i think it is a test, so i turn to thee dear Lord, before the darkness comes ontowards, to shine a light for me, to help me see, to shine a light for me and lead me through, to shine a light for me and guide me through to success, to victory to righteousness and Peace....

it is a weird feeling and i have been here before, thinking that yes i have found it, for it only to be snatched away from me ( maybe snatched is not the right word because whatever is meant for me will always be for me and will never go by me)

i dont want any pollution, i need a clear mind, i need a firm heart, that inspite and despite, in the face of all or nothing, i dont cave in, that i dont run, but i stand with my heart firm and confident that inspite of loosing all, that i can say, that I stand with the Lord, come what may, in this life, with all it can throw at me, That i stand firm with the good Lord, who has always provided for me, sustained me and helped me, that i stand firm and that God will provide and adetutu knows that that which the good lord does provide is surely the best for her in any situation... n'est c'est pas?

13/02/2010 - 2:40am

Most Gracious, it hurts, it kind of does, but i am ok and i accept it.
A conversation i had today has made me look over an the actions and the subsequent consequences that i have recieved in life and dear Lord, i have no one to blame for myself.

For being afraid to say no and stick to my guns
for going along with things that i didnt want to do just because of peer pressure
For just doing things to please people or make people like me

Dear Lord, this is where it has got me...
but i am glad that i know now to say my piece and leave the rest with thee..
no arguements no fights, no quarrells, no anger no hurt
i just say my piece and then i hold onto thee dear lord...

i am not sad, i am glad for me it is a journey, it is a well learned lesson, it is an experience to understand myself, to know get to know thee better, appreciate thee better, love thee better...
it is a lesson, and some people are not fortunate enough to be taught a lesson and to realise their mistakes... but you have given me that opportunity.

Dear Lord, protect me from blaspheming against thee like others before me, Protect me from idol worship, pardon me and forgive me for my many mistakes
when at a time i forgot thee, i left thee, i closed my heart and my ears to thy words...
Dear Lord forgive me...Sorry cannot take back all that i done, all that i was party to...sorry for me is not just enough..
Dear Lord, let me walk in thy light, teach me thy truth and teach me how to worship thee, let me hold onto thee, let me never let go...

Saturday, 6 February 2010

pain!! help me God

you know, when i was little, and i was sick...( in general the only sickness that i was terrified of was either a serious headache, serious belly ache or traumatic period pain. in short that is what my griper were growing up) i rememebr i would ask God to help me beat the pain...

most especially with belly ache, especially when i was far far away from a toilet and i was really really pressed, i would recite some verses from the Quran. on my hand...mainly Kursiyu and i would rub my belly with it.. yes it helped.. somehow somehow it worked...

not i am in pain.... this huge thing on my armpit is bothering me like mad....... its painful

God pls please, i need relief, i dont have any antibiotics at home( i need to get some and keep them at home, something like ampicillin or tetracyclin) its painful Lord...
help please.... how did it even happen , i have never had an ingrown hair under my arm before... honestly i thought i knew what pain was.. i didnt..
This is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo painffffffffffulll

ingrown hair

really its painfull,

and i dont know what to do.. its not about the size of a 5p coin...

its painful, it hurts and i want to cry...

it is really making me feel low..

cos i dont want it....

i want it to go..

so i keep squeezing it hoping it will draw the eye out then i can chook it..

but no nothings hapening...


the pain hurts and its addictive at the same time....


God please i want it to go....


Quarells and disputes

argue argue , quarell quarell, fight, fight,
Ego Ego,
knowledge knwoledge,
understanding understanding
tolerance tolerance.

i am reading this today and this for me epitomises the perfect resolve to any arguements or quarells... For those who think they know it all, for those who think they have grasped it all, for those who think others are wrong, for those who just decide to leave it up to God..

Our God, Initiator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of all secrets and declarations, You are the only One who judges among Your servants regarding their disputes.
39:46.

When all else fails or not and we fail to see reason, or not fail to exercise patience or not, fail to show understanding or not, let us remember God, To Him we have all come from and to Him we will all be returned... He will show us all our works, The Truth will be established with Him, we shall then all see, - what is and what isn't........... We shall them know -what was and what wasn't............ We shall then hear the Truth about all our quarrells and disagreements..

God knows while we dont.....

see, speak hear and know

Not all things i see showud be seen...
Not all things i hear should be heard
Not all things i say should be said
Not all things i know should be known..
Not all things i desire may be good for me
Not all things i despise may be bad for me

My God, Help me to know better, see better, understand better
Provide me with widsom, knowledge, and understanding and patience too.
in this life and in the hereafter there is no other God but thee. Be thou glorified Most Gracious God.

Friday, 5 February 2010

hmmmmmm


Dear Lord, After so many weekks and months of not having them, they came back yesterday night...

Dear Lord, if i am honest, for my sanity and my development, I wpuld prefer not tohave them...

Yes some people may find them interesting, i find them very disturbing...


It os not for me to think that someone out thre is planing for me and wants my downfall, for i believe that whatever happens is w test from Thee for everyone involved, - and Where is suffering, when Thy victory is always assured...


Is this how the devil thinks he can catch me, is this how it thinks it can infiltrate my mind....


hmmm,


Dear Lord, these dreams i dont want to have, i would prefer not to have.


So therefore, Most high, the only befiting thing for me to say at this point is that I seek refuge with thee O Lord, the Almighty Possessor of All Authority. I seek refuge with thee from the evils from among your creations, I seek refuge with thee from the evil of darkness as it falls, i seek refuge with thee from the evils of the troublemakers, and i seek refuge with thee Lord from the evils of the envious when they envy..


For with your protection I am assured safety, I come to thee dear Lord, to purify my heart and cleanse my thoughts... I run to thee dear Lord, please hold on to me and dont let go,........