Tgbtg: To God Be the Glory

By omblivnju1027

Veronica A. Odum, a.k.a. omblivnju1027, is a child
of Yahweh (God). She is the daughter to a mother
who was a domestic engineer and a nurses aide. Her
father was a steel worker. Veronica was born and
still resides in Baltimore, Maryland. She is of the
Methodist faith, a Methodist lay speaker, and the
founder of the KISS (Keep it Spiritually Simple)
Ministry based on the scripture Luke 10:2728.
A graduate of Morgan State University, Veronica
has been a teacher of mathematics for over twentytwo
years. As a former senior sales director with
Mary Kay Cosmetics, the motto, Ordering your life by placing God fi rst, family
second, and career third is the belief this author stands by. She enjoys singing,
songwriting, poetry, and abstract painting. Veronicas passions include games
of strategy, ten-pin bowling, dancing (especially line dancing), a day on the
beach, a good book, and a good movie (no horror). The International Library of
Poetrys (ILP) Editors selected omblivnju1027 to participate in the Best Poems
and Poets of 2007 Award. In 2008, Veronica became a distinguished member
of the International Society of Poets (ISP). She is a recipient of three 2008
Editors Choice Awards. Also Veronica is the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding
Achievement in Poetry Crystal Award Trophy and the 2008 Poets Merit Award
(ISP). She has been married thirty-four years to a man of God, Vance, and
through this union, a blessing in son, Verdine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 14, 2010
• ISBN: 9781453534281

omblivnju1027

Veronica A. Odum, a.k.a. omblivnju1027, is a child of Yahweh (God). She is the daughter to a mother who was a domestic engineer and a nurse’s aide. Her father was a steel worker. Veronica was born and still resides in Baltimore, Maryland. She is of the Methodist faith, a Methodist lay speaker, and the founder of the KISS (Keep it Spiritually Simple) Ministry based on the scripture Luke 10:27–28. A graduate of Morgan State University, Veronica has been a teacher of mathematics for over twenty-two years. As a former senior sales director with Mary Kay Cosmetics, the motto, “Ordering your life by placing God first, family second, and career third” is the belief this author stands by. She enjoys singing, songwriting, poetry, and abstract painting. Veronica’s passions include games of strategy, ten-pin bowling, dancing (especially line dancing), a day on the beach, a good book, and a good movie (no horror). The International Library of Poetry’s (ILP) Editors selected omblivnju1027 to participate in the Best Poems and Poets of 2007 Award. In 2008, Veronica became a distinguished member of the International Society of Poets (ISP). She is a recipient of three 2008 Editor’s Choice Awards. Also Veronica is the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Crystal Award Trophy and the 2008 Poets Merit Award (ISP). She has been married thirty-four years to a man of God, Vance, and through this union, a blessing in son, Verdine. Other works by this author: CD omblivnju1027 Book of Songs Vol.1. Selected poem, “TGbTG” in Collected Whispers published by The International Library of Poets. Published works at http://www.triond.com/users/omblivnju1027 TGBTG! Websites: http://www.omb1027.com http://www.myspace.com/omblivnju1027 http://www.jango.com/music/omblivnju1027 Cover Design/Interior Artwork by Veronica A. Odum a.k.a. omblivnju1027

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Contents

Acknowledgments

General and Society Poems

2 gather as 1

3 Minutes

4th Down

A Crying Shame

A Finished Product

A Jailbird

A Legacy from 3 Sisters

Academics

Afternoon Delight

All by Itself

All in You

Am I Me?

An Assumption

An Original

Apricots

At Three

Bathrobe

Been There Done That

Blazing Saddle

By and By

Change

Defense

Do I Do

Dodge-ball

End the In

Fight

Have a Fit

Hearty Hearts

Get With It

Honey Bun’s Cookies

How Could You?

I am I

Going All the Way

I’ve Got A Secret

In the Spring

It Makes God Cry 1 of 2

I’ve Got the Power

Life’s Page

May I Have A Refill?

May I?

Maybe

Me

Minor Dent

Moo Cow Moo

Move

noB4U

One-fifth

Oprah B4 God

Or

P-end

Quiet Please

Rain

Ready Freddy

Rug

Salmon

Sand

Seeing Is Believing

Shih Tzu

Sleeping with the Enemy

Snowflake

So

Specializing in

So Many

Stand Tall

Stand Tall II

Standing Tall

Stand Up

Stinking Thinking

Thank U

The Big Dipper

The Headline Might

Have Read

To the End

Trouble

Two Together as One

Umbrella

Under My Chair

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What Is It

What’s Happening?

What’s Luck Anyways? Part I

What’s Luck Anyways? Part II

What’s Luck Anyways? Part III

Which Is Which,

May I Switch

Who Is the Who

You Say

A

Short

Shorty

Spiritual and Love Poems

7-8-9

4uc

All in All

Always my Love

All Mine

Am I . . .

Anytime

A Star Is

B4U

Before You Knew

Before You Knew Also

Behind Closed Doors

Being of One

Being With You

Believe

Believe Too

Be My Scratching Post

Be We

Blessings 2U

Brick by Brick

But What?

To Whom It May Concern: Final Warning!

Can You Hear Me Now?

Catch of the Final Day

Chapter by Chapter

Celebrate

Come

Come Now

Dial 911

Destined

Do You Know

Dancing With the Devil

Dear Lord

Destined To Be

Don’t Go

Faith

Fear

Finally

First Corinthians

Five to Nine

Follow, Follow Him

He’ll See You Through

Forever

Forevermore

Free To Be

From the Heart

From the Pulpit

Giving and Receiving

Go Back

From Whence You Came

God, my dear

Goodness

Have Faith

He’ll Do

He Said, She Said

His Wing

How Sad Is That

I Am Alpha and Omega

I Am That I Am

If

If Not Him Then Who

Into The Light

I Thank You

Let Love In

Let Me Be

Love

Manifesting

My Blessings

My Sister In Christ

Moving On Up

Nobody

nowUno

Only For His Reason

Our Way

Proverbs 6:16-19

Read the Signs

Rejuvenescence

Savior

Say Yes

Selah

Signing Off

Sin is Sin

Snow White

Sock It To Me

Sometimes

TGBTG

That’s Who You Are

My Supernatural Daddy

The Arranger

Then Where

The Light

The One

The Open Door

The Place

The Price Is

Everlasting Life

The Right Way

Three Fingers

To Whom It May Concern:

The Who in Me

Try

Top of the Line

Who You

Who You Too

Word

Without

Yes, I Can

Your Gamble

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Dedicated to JT my sister in Christ

When my back is up against the wall, I think about you and what you have been through. And once again, I am reminded our Father in heaven will never allow more on us than he knows we can bear. To God be the glory!

Your sister in Christ

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, I give to Yahweh (God) all honor and glory for all he has done and continues to do for me. I thank God for all the many blessings in my life. This book of works, To God be The Glory (TGbTG), was inspired by the poem of the same name. I remember that day watching my husband, Vance, potting some beautiful yellow lilies outdoors. As the wind gently caught the lilies up in a whirlwind-sought-of dance, I marveled at the swiftness of the lilies’ response. With such breathtaking movements, the yellow lilies appeared to accept the dance from the light gentle wind. What a truly glorious moment to witness Yahweh/God in all his glory! Thank you to all who gave their expertise and time to complete this project. Thank you to all that prayed and stayed in truth. A special thanks to the Baltimore Songwriters Association (BSA) for all the support and networking. Thanks also to Ms. E. Houston for the early years, Mr. L. Addison for the musical connection, Mr. W. Allen for your dedication, Ms. O. Wilson for teaching me the art of haiku and to my grand-baby Denesha for showing me that abstract painting is quite different from finger painting.

TGBTG!

omblivnju1027

The tag clouds below represent my innermost thoughts when I am being used as an instrument by God:

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• Arts

• Believe

• Father

• Glory

• God

• Haiku

• He

• Heaven

• Life

• Literature

• Love

• Our Father in heaven

• Poetry

• Promise

• To God be the glory

• Truth

• Yahweh

• You

• Yeshua

• Jesus

• Satan

• Hate

• Spiritual

• Scripture

• Bible

• Yahweh

• Heaven

• Shekinah Glory

• good news

• Faith

• Wisdom

General and Society Poems

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2 gather as 1

Two together is better than one

One home all alone

No one to belong

Old relations outgrown

New relations unknown

Come to gather as one

It is better that way

TGBTG!

3 Minutes

He said he only had 3 minutes

Won’t be able to give a 2 minute warning

Not in a New York minute

Just 180 seconds

180 blinks

To hold me

To kiss me

To love me

3 minutes he had

To give me happiness in togetherness

In just 3 minutes

This poem was inspired by the ride with my husband early one morning.

4th Down

Sitting there watching them

Watching him

Watch the light

What a sight

What a fright

Must be mystified by the light

Makes me want a fight

Me being fourth down at the light

And I’m the one to honk

A Crying Shame

A disgrace

It’s a crying shame

The lying game

A crying shame

Won’t call any names

Can’t place any blame

For names came to the lying game

It’s a crying shame

If you lie, you are a cheat

You can’t be trusted

You’re busted

You liar, you cheat

It’s a crying shame

If you lie, you are a thief

You steal in your time at your will

You liar, you thief

It’s a crying shame

Believe

Bent your intent

To deceive

It’s a crying shame

The lying game

A crying shame

A Finished Product

Ready to be shipped

To whom it may concern

Life comes at you hard and fast

Testing and asking were you made to last

Striving to accomplish the astronomical task

For in the end this too is past

When I’m finished, I’m finished

For being finished the task is the victory

Follow the history of man

A finished product

A Jailbird

Why is it called a jailbird?

When I think about wings, I think about flight

I think about freedom soaring high

A jailbird is confined

A jailbird is caged

A jailbird can only flutter

The confined space permits no more

Maybe that is why

Perhaps because you no longer have a choice

And when the freedom to choose is lost

You are no longer free

A jailbird

How sad is that

A Legacy from 3 Sisters

3 sisters, all grandmothers, such joy

3 sweet little girls and

3 snake-in-the-pocket little boys

1 would think each sister has 2

but unfortunately, count wise that is untrue

1 has 3, 1 has 2, and

1 has 1