Make peace with
The Past
Believe in
The Future
Fully embrace
The Present!
It's a gift.

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.

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.

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.

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!

We mothers are often
Guilty
Guilty of not cutting
Our apron strings
Soon enough.

Guilty
Of denying our children
Freedom of
Self expression
Soon enough.

Instead
We betray
The mother/child bond
By
Smother Love.

We don't
Let go!

We are Custodians
Custodians
Of our children's
Future
Custodians
Of their right to
Self expression.
Protectors
Of their
Right to be.

Instead
Smother Love
Rules!

Our children
"Die"
Deep within
Becoming
People pleasers
"Yes"
Men and women.

Then
As old age creeps in
We wonder why
We are lonely
We wonder why
They stay away
We wonder why
They don't call

But most of all
We wonder why
When they do come
Once a year
At Xmas
You quarrel
For no apparent
Reason.

As her faith
Grew
So did her
Courage
As her faith
Grew
So did her
Confidence
As her faith
Grew
So did her
Conviction.

Following in the steps of
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
She now soars
High above
The Flock

The Flock
She left behind
In search of
New worlds
High above
The sky.

There
She has found
Fun
Freedom
Fulfillment.

Whilst below
Way, way,
Below
The Flock
Struggles on
Oblivious!

Yesterday
I kissed my father
Good-bye
Yesterday
I kissed my mother
Good-bye
I have carried
My own cross
My own "drama"
With dignity and grace
To final
Victory.

Today
I am poised
To begin life
Anew.

Faithfully
Have I followed the
Way of the Cross
With all its
Indignities
To nail
All my past
Wounds
To that
Cross on Calvary

And walk away
Free.

Free to be me!

Free to begin life
Anew.

No turning back!

It is finished!

I am oh
So ready!

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!

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!

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!

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.

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.

We are all born
Creative
Early childhood is all about
Being creative.

Soon, however, life
Steps in.
It tries to ***** out
Our creative instincts
By labelling us
Rebellious
Naughty
Selfish
When we try to do
Our own thing.

It tries to ***** out
Our creative self
By fitting us into
Life's boxes
Life's moulds.

Doctor
Lawyer
Engineer
Accountant.

Go the safe route
Life urges
Go the secure route
Life urges
Follow convention
Be serious!

The adult creative
However
Is the child who
Survives
This onslaught
This manipulation
This war on the
Creative self
And chooses instead
To follow their own path
In life.

The road less travelled.

Where
Fun
Freedom
And
True fulfillment
Await.

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.

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!

At the heart of the
Christian Faith
Is
Forgiveness.

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

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

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!

To enjoy a good cup of tea, it must not only look good, it must handle well.

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

Without God
We spend our lives
Busy
Chasing our tails.

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

Life
Is not about
Quantum
But about
Quality.

Life is ephemeral.
But Spirit
Gives life
Substance
Now
And
Forever.

Love who you are, where you are, with what you have........now.

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

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

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

Discipline, brings freedom.

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

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

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.

She dressed
With style
She dressed
With panache.

She walks tall

Strong, fearless, free!

Some said she looked
Stunning
Some said she looked
Amazing
Others said she was simply
Glowing!

No matter.

What a long, long, way she had come
From that fateful
Cold, dark, dreary day in May
When her sweetheart
Walked away
Walked away
Forevermore!

Battered
Bruised
Broken
Bewildered
Betrayed!

­A little girl, in a woman's body.

She limped along
Alone.
Nursing her broken heart.

Today
She is still alone
But not lonely
Her broken heart
Fully mended!

Today
She walks tall

Strong, fearless, free!

She has a new love
"Emmanuel" His Name
The Lover of her Soul.
Her raison d'etre.

Through Him
She has opened her heart
To love
Love with a capital L.

Love
has made her
Blossom!
Love
Has made her
Bloom!
Love
Has given her a
Sense of destiny
And it shows!

Today
She walks tall.

Strong, fearless, free!

Today
She is a woman.
A wonderful woman in Love!

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!

Since I came to Christ
My life has come together
Beautifully!
Like a slow cooked stew
A rich, hearty, sumptuous
Stew.
As you well know
Stew means sharing
Stew means caring
Stew cannot be enjoyed
Alone.
This has made my life
A treat!
I am living the life
I was born to live.
It feels so right
Deep within!

Simple
Slow
Sumptuous
Satisfying.

Praise God!