Today I took this picture of myself
Today I am happy
Today I feel relieved
Today I enjoyed life and look forward to dreaming about my future
Today I could hear the birds chirping
Today is my mum’s birthday and although I miss her I am not sad
Today I reflect on how good a mum she was and how much I learnt
Today I recognise that my mood affects my child’s mood
Today I decide to just be
Today I thank God that I am known
Today
I know that I’ve used this song before but I felt that it was fitting to use it with this image that is seen below. This song evokes something in me just like the image. It’s like a stirring within me that shows me how thirsty I am for the presence of God. I am a person who is emotionally self sufficient and some would say, that I am a coper.
I have never been needy and sometimes I have judged others who appear as though they are. Sometimes being this way makes me forget how much God wants to bless and look after me. As much as I have the ability for emotional sufficiency God still wants to nurture my soul with His tenderness and love. This walk is a journey. It is one step in front of the other. It is surrender and exchange. It is love.
Journey, worn, old, tired, afraid, stories, adventure
trust.
Take the leap, uncharted, new, stepping out,
freedom.
Pain, turbulence, humility,
lost at sea.
Found again, return, not to the past, return, to the beginning.
not my own understanding
trust.
This is the long haul,
love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control
the nourishment of them
shall sustain you
along the way
trust.
Yielded, pliable, surrendered
comfortable, complacent,
indifferent, sentimental wanting yesteryear.
shut down
lost.
but not for long.
The Captain is here.
Love
Believe, courage, continue on
With feet planted firmly on the rock
trust and obedience.
The journey continues
one foot on front of the next
forward
to brighter days.
Days that can not be imagined
yet waiting
resting
hiding in the wings of refuge
knowing safety within the fortress.
Protected
Providence
It is finished
As a result of being zapped by God….yes zapped…..Jason (who is Deeper Cries Out) and I have commenced worship sessions at our church on a Monday mornings. After the third week we are experiencing more freedom, we are writing songs and developing and atmosphere of Worship. Yesterday as Jason was playing his guitar, we went into spontaneous worship and these images and words came to me. I hope they lift your spirit?
The living water the never runs dry
life-giving, fresh and alive
The water was trickling over the rocks
and sparkling. If sound could sparkle
then it became a bubbling creek, strong, forceful,
clean, fresh joyful and on the move
then there was like the roar of the ocean
powerful roaring like a lion, unstoppable
And then the crashing waters spilling out with great
unrelenting force
uncontainable power, dynamic
and awesome with majesty.
A walk to the shops, down the road under the blue sky, cars everywhere, telegraph poles, streetlights traffic lights.
We find the path and stand clear for cyclists, do we venture through the tunnel or over the bridge?
Under the blue sky we walk interrupted vision by man-made structures invade our thoughts and become the landscape.
This is the landscape, this is what we know the sights and sounds burn deep in our brains.
Is it a bad thing? Is it a good thing? It’s just what it is. It’s all I know. It’s all some will ever know.
beautiful flower, lovely memories, easy to care for, part of my inheritance, kindness, cheerfulness spreading the love.
when things go sour there is always the nurturing heart, sadness comes, sadness goes, loneliness is sometimes a part of it.
Don’t be afraid, the broken shall be healed, the down cast shall be lifted, life happen’s, things happen, God happen’s and intervene’s.
My future is bright, I don’t need to dwell on great pain or great loss. I’m free to live in joy so my maker tells me so.
I’ll be joyful tomorrow as I weep the night away, I’ll be strong in the morning and rise up with gladness. Integrity and understanding shall be my companions.
I walk not alone, I’m not alone, wisdom has come on board for the ride. side by side
Rhythm and rhyme that’s what my son likes to do.
it’s one of his favorite things to do mind you.
he like’s to squeezy weezy and cuddle wuddle.
watch out now for that muddle of puddle.
does that make sense?
no it doesn’t wuzzn’t
it’s not meant to make sense it’s just rhythm and rhyme.
in spite of my son’s disability he has loads of availability
kicking out rhythms to immerse in the verse.
he doesn’t want any more jelly on his belly
jelly on his belly means watching his heart on the telly.
I don’t think my son’s condition is all the scary
I think his head is quite literary.
so lets continue with the fun and games
and every one have fun
lots of fun with our names and claims and all things flames.
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