We all have a
Choice.

We can live life
Based on what
We see.

Or

We can live life
Based on what
We believe.

Seeing
Is limited.
Subject to the whims of
Circumstance.

Believing
Is
Limitless.
Subject only
To the depth of your
Faith.

At the heart of the
Christian Faith
Is
Forgiveness.

If you cannot
Forgive
You worship Christ
Only
With your lips.

I
Bear
Believe
Hope
And
Endure
All things
In the Name of Love

Because
Deep down
I know that
God is Love
And that
Love never fails.

No matter what!

This Truth
Gives me the
Strength to persevere
In spite of myself.
My flesh is weak
But
My spirit
Remains strong.

As I continue daily
To feed my spirit
It strengthens
My flesh.
And thus
Mind, body and spirit
Flourish!
Despite the decay
All around me.

Eternity
Is not a place
Eternity
Is not a state of being
Eternity
Is a Person
Whose Name is
Abba
Father.

He was
He is
He shall
Forever be.

He has
No beginning
He has
No end.

He is the great Mystery
He is the great
" I Am."

AMDG!

When you fall in love
With God
Heart - Mind - Body and Soul
You begin to
Reflect His image
Through you
The deeper that love grows
The more powerful
Captivating
And distinct
This image
Becomes to others.

People feel
Inexplicably at home
With you.

People are thus drawn
To God
Through you
Like moths to a flame
And so
The Love of God
Is spread.

It all begins with
Each one of us.

When you look down
You get depressed.

When you look around
You get anxious.

But
When you look up
You receive peace.

The Peace of God
That is beyond
Understanding.

The Promised Land
Is the promise of
Eternity
Today!

The fruit of
Unconditional love
Love
As described in
1 Corinthians 13
Is
Trust.

Protect it.
It is a rare and
Precious gem.

The spiritual Man leads
Through
Unity in diversity.

The natural Man leads
By consensus.

The one provides a
Fragile peace
Dependent on serving
Mutual interests
The other provides
Lasting peace
Dependent on serving
Each other selflessly.

The one depends on
Mutual teamwork
The other depends on
Synergistic teamwork.

Spiritual leadership
Is
Servant leadership.
You are the servant of
All.
All are important
For we are all made
In the same image.

I am at peace.
I am content.
My cup overflows.

For the past
Seven years
I have believed
By faith
That all I need do
Is focus on God
And He will take care of
The rest.

He has!
Spectacularly!

Psalm 23
Is now my new
Living reality.
God is Faithful!
God is True!

Trust Him!

AMDG!

If you don't respect and value
Yourself
As a Homemaker
No one else will.

At home
The sky is the limit.

There are no glass ceilings
To break

You alone
Set your limits.

When Mother is
Happy
Everybody is
Happy.

When Mother is
Miserable
Everybody is
Miserable.

Mother
Knows that it's
Love
That makes the world
Go round!

Be Love
Make everyone feel important
From the greatest to the least
From the most obnoxious
To the most kind
From the most foolish
To the most wise
We are made in
God's image
That is why we are all
Important.

Shalom!

Religion
Is an institution
It consists of adherence to
Dogma
Doctrine
And
Disciplines
Spirituality
Is borne of the
Spirit
It consists of adherence
To the dictates of God
The Holy Spirit.

Church
Is not a building.
Church
Is your heart
And
The heart was created
For relationship with
God.

Joy
Is who you are
When fully immersed
In the
Love of Christ.

Focus not
On converting
The world
Instead
Focus on
A deeper conversion
Of yourself
To Christ.

As you become
A deeper and
Different self
This will draw
Others to Christ
Through you
Like moths to a
Light.

When you are true
To Christ
You live life
To its fullest
And enjoy a life
Of no regrets.

Life
Is not about
Quantum
But about
Quality.

When we become
Our Authentic Self
Creativity
Ceases to be
Something we do
It becomes
Who we are.
A way of Being!

Without God
We spend our lives
Busy
Chasing our tails.

Off the beaten track
Where your
No.1 passion
Is
God

Off the beaten track
Where your
No.1 purpose
Is
Only to please Him

Life
Becomes
Not only
Simple - Serene - Satisfying

But

It becomes
Rich
Rewarding
And
Full of rapture!

Dear Seeker
Life
Becomes
Heaven on earth........

Off the beaten track.

The inner life
Is judged
Not by
Performance
But by
The attitude of
The heart.

To create from
The soul
Is to create from
A place of
Infinite abundance
A place of
Immortality
A place of
Infinite possibility.

Where creativity
Flows from
The soul
There is
Plenty of room
For all of us
To shine!

To know God
Is to know
Yourself.

The Good
The Bad
The Ugly

And embrace it all
With joy and
Humility.

To know God
Is to discover
Who you are
Meant to be.

So
Take that leap!

Dare
To go within

Then watch
With awe
And wonder
As God weaves
The disparate
And
Tangled
Threads of your life
Into a simple
But
Stunning
Tapestry.


One day
At a time.

That look  
In your eye
Said it all
That look
In your eye
Is what I have been
Waiting
A lifetime for.

I had given up
On it
But one day
Unexpectedly
I got..........

That look.


That look
Has rekindled
A flame
Deep within
My soul.

That look
Has brought
My dreams
Within reach.

That look
Has made me
Wholly
Comfortable
In my own skin.

That look
Has released me
To set the world
On fire
As me, myself, I!

Thank you, Mother!

I love you!

In Christ
We grieve
For the loss of
Loved ones
But we grieve
With joy.

Joy
That Christ remains
Present in our
Midst even in our hour of
Grief.

Joy
That this world
Is not all
There is.

Joy
For a life
Well-lived.

Joy
For a Living Faith
That turns mourning
Into dancing.

R.I.P Mother.

We love you!

The Peace of God
Is not the absence of
Problems
The Peace of God
Is not the absence of
Pain
The Peace of God
Is the grace that
Empowers you
To carry your cross
With a
Dignity
Diligence
And
Delight
That confounds
The watching world
And
Brings God glory!

I used to seek God for
His presents
Now I seek God for
His Presence.

I loved God
As a Father
I loved God
As a Friend
Now I love God
As a Lover
The Lover of my soul.

He keeps me young.
He makes me laugh.
He makes me
Bloom
Where I am planted.

With His awesome
Love
In my soul
I know that
I can face and
Overcome anything.

Anything!

That makes me

Unstoppable!

Prior to saying
Yes!
To God
We are all in
Egypt.

Slaves
Living in *******
To our self-centred
Selves.

Upon crying out
To God
We are saved
Rescued from
Ourselves
And led out into
The Wilderness
Where our
Self-will
Is systematically
Dismantled and
Destroyed.

The result.

Inner and outer
Transformation
From slaves to
Children of God.

God's will
Becomes
Our will
We become one
In God.

Union with God
Now and Forever
This is our
Promised Land.

In union with God
The Children of God
Heal our hurting world
By their
Loving
Compassionate
Non-judgemental
Presence.

Like Jesus.

Their Master.


Till Kingdom come.

Am I a beloved
Creation of God?
Governed by
Instinct.

Or

Am I a beloved
Child of God?
Governed by
By Grace.

You are not
Your roles in life
You are not
Your "labels"
You are not
Your accomplishments
Achievements
Accolades or
Ambitions
You are not
What the world
Thinks of you.

So
Who are you?
And
Why do you matter?

Personal empowerment...............the courage to be yourself.

Discipline, brings freedom.

In the hands of
Christ
You become a
Beacon of Hope
A living hope
By your mere
Presence.

A hope
Not in your eyes
Not in the eyes of the
World
But in
Christ's eyes
As He uses you
Where you are
With what you have
To touch
Countless lives
Where they most need to
Be touched......

In the deep,
Silent chambers of the
Soul.

Where hope
Resides.

For hope,
Like love,
Cannot be spelt
It must be

Felt!

Loving Christ
Leads to
Knowledge.
An opening of the mind.

Being in love
With Christ
Leads to
Wisdom.
An opening of the heart.

Wisdom
Proceeds
Where
Knowledge
Fears to tread.

Wisdom
Is the
Crown of Life.

I am currently walking
In the valley of life.
However,
I am not alone.
Yahweh is with me.

His Presence
Is a great source of
Comfort, strength and joy.
His Presence
Enables me to face
Each day
With a twinkle in the eye
That delights the heart!

My faith
Is no longer something
I do
It is who
I am
It is a Living Faith
In a Living Deity
Whose Presence
Empowers me to handle
This greatest challenge
Of my life
With a twinkle in the eye
That delights the heart!

Thank you Yahweh
You rock!

We start off in life
Sleepwalking
Some of us
Sleepwalk through
All of it
Others, however,
Get a wake up call.

This call is a gift
Often disguised as
Pain
The pain of
Waking up
Experienced as
Broken relationships or
Shattered dreams.

It is the process of
Awakening to the Divine.

The call
To love and be loved
Unconditionally
By Christ.

It involves a
Deepening awareness
Deepening appreciation
Deepening delight!
That you are loved
No matter what!
That you are perfect
In the eyes of
Christ
Just as you are!

This progressive awakening
To the love of Christ
Then overflows into a
Deepening love relationship
With Self
With others
With Mother Nature
With life itself.
It transforms your experience of life
From the inside-out.

Although dynamic and exciting
This awakening
Can be messy, confusing, and yes
Painful.
One step forward
Two steps back etc
But that is part of the
Process
Part of the upward journey in a
Spiral that
Deepens and widens
From the bottom up
You feel like you are
Beginning over and over again
But in fact
You are progressing higher up on the spiral.
Experiencing a love
Like no other!
A love that gives you
Roots
A love that gives you
Wings!
The only love that
Transforms at the
DNA level!

It is an exhilarating journey
A journey into the Deep
A divine journey!

One that keeps life
Challenging
Fresh
Fun
Fulfilling
And
Abundantly fruitful!

The problem lies
Not in the
Daily Grind
For everything
No matter what
No matter where
No matter how rich
Eventually becomes at some point a
Daily Grind.

It is part of the
Human condition.

How then do we stay
Fresh
Every day?

When we
Accept and embrace
The Daily Grind
Peacefully
As a fact of life
It loses its stranglehold
Over us
And in doing so
We make room
For the Creator
To step in
And transform
Our experience
From one of
Stress and
Struggle
To one of
Joy and
Serenity.

Invite the Creator
To give you
A new perspective
Fresh eyes to see
And
Your life will never
Be the same again.

Life is not about
Overcoming or
Escaping
The Daily Grind.
It is a fact of life.

Life
Is about
Getting a
Fresh perspective
That transforms this
******* into
Freedom!

Creativity is a spiritual endeavour.
The more you give, the more you grow!

Right now
I am in turmoil
Blown this way
And that
Like a wick
In the wind
If it's not one thing
It's another
Yet
I hold on for dear life
To my flame of truth.

I am a creative
I was born to create
That is who I am
That is what I do
I have chosen the
Creative path
Through life
With or without
Support.

This commitment
Is now being sorely tested
Sorely tested.

You can't make it
The voices
Whisper
You are no good!
Give up!
It's useless!
They cry.

Yet
Here I am
Each day.
Writing.
Creating.

Writing as if my life
Depended on it.........

It does.

For
When I write
I fly!
When I write
I soar!
When I write
I breathe!

My mind is still
My heart is full
My soul sings!

When I write.

In the Silence
There is peace
In the Silence
There is wisdom
In the Silence
There is joy
As you connect
With He who lies
Deep within.

He
Who is always
Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
He
Who is always
Hoping
Hoping
Hoping
To connect with you
In the Silence

Here in this place
Deep within
Life is stripped of all
Pretensions
Life is stripped of all
Falsehoods.
It is just you and Him
Face to face
No holds barred.

And so begins
The Dance
Slowly
Surely
Steadily
Until
The Dance
And the Dancers are
One.

No beginning
No end.

Just forever
One.
Lost in
The Dance.

It's not the length of our days that matters, it's their depth that counts.

Our natural state
Is that of
Joy.

To get to this state
Is a journey
A journey of the
Heart.

It calls for
Open heart surgery.

Exposing all your
Wounds
Both great and small
To your Creator.

Your Creator
Who is Love
Kisses
These wounds
Tenderly
One by one.

One by one
They are lovingly
Healed.
One by one
Your fragmented heart
Is mended
Made whole.
Restored.

In this whole state
The Love of your Creator
Now flows
Freely
Unhindered
Unfettered
Into your heart
Filling it
To capacity
Filling it
To overflowing
Until gradually
You begin to come alive with
Joy!

Radiant joy!

The joy of
Surrender!

A joy
Like no other!

An everlasting
Joy!

Yesterday
I met my Goliath
In the form of my
Dream House.

My flesh
Is screaming at me
To forget it.
To walk away
Dejected
It's impossible, it cries
In utter and total
Defeat
So why even bother
The numbers don't add up!
So forget it!

However,
Like David
I have a long history
With the Lord
I  have seen Him
Perform miracles
In my life before.

This is a test.
A quantum leap.

Do I look at
Goliath
In fear
Or
Do I look at the Lord
In faith?

That's a no brainer.

So now I load my
Catapult with
Three smooth little stones
Faith
Hope
Love.
And take aim.

****!
Thud!
Goliath
Is dead!

The house
Is mine!

Mark my words!

The call
Is primal
The call
Is wild
The call is
Spontaneous

It dares us to
Let go
It dares us to
Leave our senses
It dares us to
Yield
To the Unknown
To leave the
Land of Familiar
And go
Beyond thought
Beyond feelings
Beyond words
Indeed,
Beyond
The universe.

The call
Exists
It predates
Time
It predates
Space
The call is
Utterly alluring.

It speaks a
Universal language
Understood by all
It calls to
The brave amongst us.

The Call of the Wild
Was
Is
And
Always shall be.

Can you hear it?

You are bound, not by your circumstances, but by the size of
your imagination and the depth of your faith.

I need Yahweh
Desperately
And
I can need Him like this
Secure in the knowledge that
He won't abuse
My need of Him
And
He will never, ever
Abandon me.
This is the essence of
Self
Abandonment
To Yahweh.

This is the Inner Sanctum
The Holy of Holies
We all
So fiercely
Protect.

I feel
Totally stripped
Totally naked
Totally exposed
Before Yahweh
In my need of
Him.

But
It sets me free
Free
To be my
True self!