No Matter What: two poems by Ferdinan Ngomba Vevanje

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Praise God No Matter What

I asked myself: What actually is praise?

It is beyond clapping, chanting, dancing,

It is rivers of inner joy from man’s heart

Destined for the inimitable divine heart.

It’s beyond what human minds can fathom,

All about acknowledging His mightiness,

Praise is not just spoken, feelings,

not a spray of eloquence,

but lifting up Jehovah,

revering His magnificent nature.

Listening to Aunty Stella teach,

I clearly saw Divinity, not her, teach.

What a strong lesson God did teach.

Ears keenly hearkened to the lesson:

“Do praise God with a joyful heart daily”

“Heart disposition matters much in praise”

“Have a heart check before praising God”

“Praising God goes along with studying

the Word and praying wholeheartedly”

We should praise God no matter

what we go through every day.

Oh! We need joy in our hearts.

Stay in the joy of Jesus.                                                 

When you have nothing to eat and go hungry,

When your friends laugh, mock, and ridicule you,

When all your endeavors seem to be going nowhere,  

Turn to God and praise Him like never before.

(Aunty Stella Ngome is a children’s teacher in Bender Baptist Church, Bokwaongo-Buea,

who taught a lesson titled “Praise God with a Joyful Heart,” drawn from Psalm 100.)

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Adoration Stirs

More than thoughts,

More than sum of emotions,

Adoration transcends thinking.

Adoration is a lifestyle.

Either one is engaged in self-adoration,

interpersonal adoration, or divine adoration

Are you adoring God or you are adoring gods?

From now till infinity only God deserves adoration.

By adoring God deeply

I found myself soaring highly

In the third heavens in glorious

Apparel like the angelic hosts.

I felt at home in the glory                                  

Savoring His presence.                                             

In the place of adoration

Comes a stirring of the spirit.

Adoration awakens a freshness,

a special freshness beyond

any human comprehension.

True adoration stirs a closeness to God.  

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Ferdinan Ngomba Vevanje lives Buea, in the South-West Region of Cameroon. He is a fledgling poet

with an immense passion for prose poetry, ballads,

epic poetry, sonnets, odes, haiku, and acrostic poetry, to name a few. His passion for poetry as a whole has made him see poetry as not just an art but a lifestyle “depictional” science wherein poetry is experience

and experience makes poetry. He has been published previously in Spirit Fire Review, and one of his poems was published by Emerge Magazine titled “Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP).”

December 2025 issue