Treasures: . . . Classic in the Modern Day

By Babalola Ibisola

Treasures is a work that attempts to convey its message in an unorthodox manner. Not allowing himself to be limited in any way, the writer has delved into each topic using every contemporary material around him and yet laying out his work in a classic fashion. The writer employed various styles of writing: meter and rhyme. He injected the local materials like neva and even dared to invent words, such as adolicity. Treasures is made more profound by the liberality that it enjoys from the writer. Treasures is rendered in many forms, and each has its uniqueness. Though occasionally secular, it has deeper root in spirituality. Mysteries, adventures, love, endurance, hope, and lots more characterize the work.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Feb 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781477250228

Babalola Ibisola

Victor adeniyi Babalola Ibisola (VABI) is a health professional with vested interests in medical entrepreneurship, medical research, and healthcare management and leadership. He obtained his MBChB from Olabisi Onabanjo University College of Health Science, Sagamu, and postgraduate diploma in management from the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. He developed interests in writing while he was in secondary school as a member of the press club. Though born into a Christian home, his early life was filled with paganism, and the style and theme of his writing was to be significantly influenced after he gave his life to Jesus Christ. He won the award of the best writer in the preclinical school (2003). He is the MD/CEO of VABI Multipurpose Ventures. He sees himself as a tool in the hands of God and his writings as means of inspiration to his creation. Some of his friends like to call him Shakespeare because of his classic way of writing.

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TREASURES

. . . classic in the modern day

BABALOLA IBISOLA

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Published by AuthorHouse 1/30/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4772-5020-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-5021-1 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-5022-8 (e)

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Foreword

Preface

HOPE

Longing For So Long

Christ Is Our Hope

Beyond Now

REDEMPTION

On Bended Kneeh

He Paid The Price

Sight Of Woe

FOCUS

Ventures

From Here Or There?

Mind The Course You Pursue

It’s Home-Going Time

Life Is Short

LOVE

Love’s Declaration

Let’s Not Love, Let’s Live

Love On Val’s Day

WORSHIP

Man’s Idol

CHARACTER

Just You

Yielding

Me

DESTINY

Certain Fate(S)

Now Or Never!

A New Born

SALVATION

For Adam’s Race

I’m Free!

HELP

Even Then

Dare Your Fear!

Keep On Moving

RELATIONSHIP

Benevolence

Baba (Daddy)

Hear My Voice, My Love

Love And Norm

Can’t Wait For A Crush

MILESTONES

Moment Of Man

Hapi B-Day

The Perpetual Alone… God Almighty

LIFE JOURNEY

Live

The Road To…

His Cause

Beyond The Blues

Voyage

Hands Of Time

Latter Glory

BACKREST

The Mightiest Being

Great Anchor

How Stormy

The Potency Of Motive

When Failing…

REFLECTION

Just As I Am

Vagabond?

A Veteran Is Gone

DEPENDENCE

Help Me

Who Is Who?

MARRIAGE

It Is A Choice

Choosing A Partner

PERSEVERANCE

It Won’t Be Long…

Keep At It

Ponder To Thunder

TRANQUILITY

Moonlight

Be My All

Sunset Glow

In Treasures, we learn to observe landmarks in life, through people, occasions and experiences. These are landmarks that help us to discover God and our purpose. The invisible attributes of God being clearly understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that no man will have any excuse.

It’s a recommended reading; straight to the point, yet full of nourishment.

Dr Segun Falope.

International Director,

Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International.

What a readers mine, forget the rhymes, get the hymns.

Bohbup

The Author of the periodical; Behold I Come Quickly (bicq).

DEDICATION

To the loving memory of a friend and a brother,

‘Biodun Fadahunsi

(Wingie)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My gratitude and immense appreciation is firstly to the Almighty God for his gift and calling that are without repentance. For putting this gift in me long before I knew him, and bringing it to the fore when I most needs it.

My brethren, Original Life Tabernacle, Ijebu-Ode. Bro Joshua and Bro Sonday. Bro David (Prof.), Bro Solomon (Sagacity). Bro Yomi Okus, Bro Steven White and Bro Tony Anthony. Sister Bisi Adelodun and Sister Faith, you all are my first family in the Body of Christ.

My siblings, Sis. Funmi, Bro Yomi (Bay), Bro Segun (Expo), Motun, Tope, and Kunle, Mum and Dad, albeit rough were those days, I still relish in those moments of bravery, endurance and laughter that we all shared. You guys love me unconditionally, and I have carelessly and deliberately taken you all for granted, knowing that I can never be wrong with you guys.

Drs Banjo Ogunjimi, Wale Bakare, Debo Adelodun. The LXG Guys: Drew Adeyemi, Attai Ochai, Dayo Aroyewun, Tunde Oluwole, Ayo Raheem, and Muyide Oduye (LXG Guys). Mary Onasanya, my ‘adopted’ sister in Med school.

My editors, Dr Bike Orekoya, Bohbup, Ayokunle Adeleye, Bro Alfred Iwerebor, and Mr Chuma Okoye, thank you all for every suggestion and thorough review of the book.

Finally, to my best friend, Folashade thank you for your patience and understandings.

FOREWORD

Treasures is a contemporary spiritual lyric every Christian should read and assimilate for spiritual nourishment of the Spirit, Body and Soul.

It is an expression of inspired thoughts for both young and old Christians or anybody willing to be saved.

Professor Vincent I. Odigie.

PREFACE

I have never thought of writing for reputation and honour.

What I have in my heart must come out;