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WONDERLAND, OUR LAND

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 by McDaniel A. Gyamfi, posted in REMNANT

We are all travelling on the same path This road is haunted by demons and Lucifer Like wounded horses and its horsemen, Our flesh gave up on us Our eyes failed from doubts and unbelief Tear drops, tear drops; we are drowned in fear Our spirit smell the sweet waters, beyond this darkness O' the … Continue reading WONDERLAND, OUR LAND

ESCAPE FROM THE LEPERS COLONY

January 23, 2014January 23, 2014 by McDaniel A. Gyamfi, posted in REMNANT

Freaked out; hair stood up still Volcanic-ambition to its rest, like the farmers tools High octane passion is yesterday's story His soul has grown older than his face He still owns an apartment at lepers colony Escape is out of his renovation plan A cloud without rain, he exclaimed; The most exciting moment of life … Continue reading ESCAPE FROM THE LEPERS COLONY

Metanoia, a transliteration of the Greek μετάνοια, is “a transformative change of heart; especially: a spiritual conversion.”[1] The term suggests repudiation, change of mind, repentance, and atonement; but “conversion” and “reformation” may best approximate its connotation.[2] In The King James Version of the Bible, its verbal cognate metanoeo/μετανοέω is translated as repent.[3]

Metanoia means afterthought, from meta meaning “after” or “beyond” and nous meaning “mind”. In Classical Greek metanoia meant changing one’s mind about someone or something.[4] When personified, Metanoia was depicted as a shadowy goddess, cloaked and sorrowful, who accompanied Kairos, the god of Opportunity, sowing regret and inspiring repentance for the “missed moment”. This conventional portrayal continued through the Renaissance. “The elements of repentance, regret, reflection, and transformation are always present in the concept of metanoia to some degree

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