{"id":250,"date":"2019-07-26T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T15:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinvolvement.wordpress.com\/2019\/07\/26\/a-littany-for-celibacy\/"},"modified":"2019-07-26T18:56:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T15:56:17","slug":"a-littany-for-celibacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/2019\/07\/26\/a-littany-for-celibacy\/","title":{"rendered":"A LITANY FOR CELIBACY"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Nyokabi Ng\u2019ang\u2019a<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Leshnyokabi@gmail.com<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Photo courtesy: redubble.com<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, I pray for a strong back not a light load,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But in this prayer lies the fears of this heart!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, I pray for a good life,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But in this life of good,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Marriage lacks!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, if it\u2019s not a good and honest man,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Give me strength for celibacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If it\u2019s not a man of my expectations,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Give me grace for celibacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If it\u2019s not a man worth my salt and coat,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, give me strength for celibacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If it\u2019s not a man of stature, reasoning and understanding,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord guide me through celibacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord! If his heart speaks of dirt and mouth of romance, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Strengthen me for celibacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If he is of no full awareness of your existence,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord make me celibate.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If he speaks of love,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And acts out of wrath,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord prepare me for celibacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If he is ashamed of my weakness<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And emasculated by my strengths,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord speak me into celibacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, if he sees not me for me,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But me for him,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord! Drive me into celibacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, I have searched and found that all have fallen short,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I crave for celibacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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By Nyokabi Ng\u2019ang\u2019a Leshnyokabi@gmail.com Photo courtesy: redubble.com \u00a0 Lord, I pray for a strong back not a light load, But in this prayer lies the fears of this heart! \u00a0 Lord, I pray for a good life, But in this life of good, Marriage lacks! \u00a0 Lord, if it\u2019s not a good and honest man, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[42,43,44,45],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","category-poems","tag-celibacy","tag-christianity","tag-inspirational","tag-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}