GOD OF LOVE

God is in ordinary life. He meets us here with extraordinary grace.
I want to see God. I need to see Him. I’ve seen Him in pink and orange sunsets and foamy, crashing waves. But a long time ago, I asked Him for something more personal: a just-for-me glimpse of His omnipresence in my life. He, more than anyone else, understands what we love and appreciate as unique souls in this world. He wired us, put us together with specific passions, and designed us for divine purposes.
I love the Eastern Bluebird, so for me, this vibrantly colored feathered friend became my ‘glimpse’—
a smile, an assurance, a sweet reminder that our extraordinary God breathes life into the ordinary, sometimes difficult days. But they are an elusive, if not impossible sight in the urban setting I now call home. Circumstances have brought me to a place where bluebirds don’t settle, and rarely, if ever, visit.
In really tough times, many days can feel void of God’s presence. We can be ‘forgetful’ of the subtle yet very personal gifts and glimpses God has given us in the past. And it was a cold day, with winter on the ground, when I found myself guilty of forgetting…the bluebird flitting in front of my car, seemingly out of nowhere (God is thinking of me)…the bluebird on a fence post, his colors blurred through tear-filled eyes (God is here). But God decided in His beautiful and overwhelming grace to send a reminder. Outside my office window, on the branch of a barren tree, I saw blue. I stood up, still not believing. That’s when I spotted another bluebird in the brush behind the tree—and nearby, four more.
This is our God. Not a single bluebird, but six. In the middle of winter came an impossible gift from a personal God…and He multiplied it by the pain of the season I was in. Through tears mixed with humility and joy, I knew what God was saying—this is the measure of things to come. I am with you, close to your broken heart, in touch with your shattered soul.
You are never alone. You are never ignored. God is paying close attention to everything that concerns you…the sad, the happy, and every moment in between. Today there are glimpses of His love sent just for you—and I hope you see every one of them.
Bonnie Jensen     

SACRED PLACE

Sometimes it helps to go to the sacred places of this Earth. There is a lot of peace and energy there to fill you up and restore you. Go there in person, or if you cannot, in your imagination. When you get there, miracles do happen.

FEELING SAFE

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thought nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

Anon - Shoshone

STRIKING OUT

When you strike out, you always strike in. Any weapon you use to strike, - clenched hand, angry voice, closed heart withholding love, - is double-sided with one edge always cutting deep into yourself. Sometimes a weapon is necessary, but use it wisely, - and remember that the cost of using one are your own wounds.

TRIALS

God has a divine purpose for every challenge that comes into our lives. Trials test our character and help shape our faith."♥♥

We all have periods of testing in our lives, but God will never make us go it alone.

~Marcy~                 

LIVE LIFE

“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

IN BETWEEN

:“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” - Michael Jackson.

BEAUTY FROM ASHES

He heals the broken-hearted. He binds their wounds. He is Love. He finds those forgotten. Those have been abused. He is Love. He knows your name. A father to the fatherless. A healer of the brokeness, You make beauty from the ashes. A helper to the helpless. A fighter to the hopeless you love. Those who are alone. He comforts the lonely. He hears their cry. He is Love.
Proverbs 31 Ministry~~ Jennifer

WORRY OR FAITH

Contrary to what some may believe, worry is not a harmless emotion you can afford to entertain in your life. Worry is a form of fear that will subtly find its way into your mind, will, and emotions, causing you to make decisions that are not faith-based.

FEAR OR LOVE

Walk in love toward others so the love of God can drive fear out of your heart and mind. When you operate from a position of love, selfishness is destroyed and fear has nothing to stand on.

WISDOM FROM A FRIEND

We have councellors and professional listeners because we instinctively know not discussing it is not an option and that is very true. Do you know why we balk at going to such 'healers and helpers' because for those of us who have journeyed down that road we know that at the end we discover there is no help‎- at least not in the 'helping' professions at least - that can do in a heart only what God can do. We balk at going to God because we fear the 'unknown' - all we know is our fear and pain and wounds and sin and guilt and shame and blame and nastiness toward the people we love and and and and...my point, as badass as the therapy, childhood wound healing world is, when we are in the place of such inner absorbtion we stay there treading the same old ground because although we want and long to be free we hold back...who will we be with our burdens carried by God and God alone? Who would we be to be so free? It is beyond the imagining of our self focused darkness.

Yet this is only a stage in the dance and a necessary part of the story He is telling. When we come to Him to finally take the burden this sin broken world has laid upon us, then and only then, do we see and hear and become the children of Love that we are. Free in the knowledge of The Son of God and who we are when we look into His eyes.

We may think He hasn't healed us or taken the shattered pieces of our old hearts yet it is always darkest before the dawn.

MAN

Sometimes a man looks in the mirror.
and doesn’t recognize the person he sees.
Sometimes the hurt in a loved one’s face.
makes a man feel like a failure.
Sometimes a man speaks.
and he hates the sound of his voice.
Sometimes the only way a man knows how to express his fear.
is through anger.
Sometimes what a man cannot provide.is a source of humiliation.
Sometimes a man tries to blaze his own path.
and gets lost in the shadows of the trees.
Sometimes a man invests his sense of worth in things.
that ultimately make him feel bankrupt.
Sometimes a man tries to carry the weight of the world.
and it crushes him.
Sometimes a man wonders if all of his effort.
really makes any difference.
Sometimes a man’s heart breaks.
and it doesn’t make a sound.
Sometimes a man needs to be reminded that he is only a child in the eyes of his Father.
and that nothing depends on his perfection.

A TENDER HEART

Its Mind Blowing what God can do when you let go.....  Better to have felt pain and then know Joy then never to have felt pain.

A heart becomes more tender when it knows pain!

THE BRIDE

Theres One who rides on a white horse. He has come to rescue His bride. A love and romance I have with Him never ends nor fails. We dance in His words like the wind dances with the leaves. My heart fills with His perfect love,like a rushing spring whos water is clear and refreshing. There is a happy ending as fairy tales have foretold. This Knight in Shining Armour is Jesus Christ.I love the Lord of my life!Tina T

ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD!

Someone stated to me"everything happens for a reason, right".I think this statement we use to try to be ok w/the decisions man made against us. It isnt that everything happens for a reason, it IS that when evil is meant to be done to us, God turns it around for His glory (Gen. 50:20).

God did NOT pick and chose who would go through this or that but rather when we did (&yes He knew, thats why He has always given us a way out)He would turn the devils plan of destruction, into beauty. What the devil steals from ...us, WILL be returned. He IS a God of restoration and He hates what has been done against you, and He will turn our mourning into dancing, sorrow into joy. Oh how He loves us... He alone is our Knight in Shinning Armor!! Let Jesus sweep you off your feet!!~Tina T.~

LOVE MUST EBB AND FLOW

We are to guard our hearts...but no not to fortify them like a castle with barbed wire. Love must ebb and flow.

When we guard our hearts too securely we keep ourselves from being hurt  YET that is only because we percieve hurt as a bad thing .   AHA Hurt is not a bad thing . Pain , Anguish, Hurt are opportunities to go deep into facing them and embracing them and come forth stronger and also more tender and with more understanding for others.  Keeping ourselves from being hurt also keeps ourselves from experiencing the deep intimacy that our souls are capable of.

WISDOM FROM A FRIEND

We have councellors and professional listeners because we instinctively know not discussing it is not an option and that is very true. Do you know why we balk at going to such 'healers and helpers' because for those of us who have journeyed down that road we know that at the end we discover there is no help - at least not in the 'helping' professions at least - that can do in a heart only what God can do. We balk at going to God because we fear the 'unknown' - all we know is our fear and pain and wounds and sin and guilt and shame and blame and nastiness toward the people we love and and and and...my point, as badass as the therapy, childhood wound healing world is, when we are in the place of such inner absorbtion we stay there treading the same old ground because although we want and long to be free we hold back...who will we be with our burdens carried by God and God alone? Who would we be to be so free? It is beyond the imagining of our self focused darkness.

Yet this is only a stage in the dance and a necessary part of the story He is telling. When we come to Him to finally take the burden this sin broken world has laid upon us, then and only then, do we see and hear and become the children of Love that we are. Free in the knowledge of The Son of God and who we are when we look into His eyes.

We may think He hasn't healed us or taken the shattered pieces of our old hearts yet it is always darkest before the dawn.

LOVE LOVE LOVE AND KEEP ON LOVING!

 In your life, love should be a reality, not just poetry, not just a dream. 


 It has to be materialized.


It is never too late to live for the first time....... love!


Remember when you love to be exactly who you are!


Very few people know how to love. But we all know we need love.


We all know that life is meaningless without love. 


So keep on loving loving loving!!!!!

GOD BROUGHT ME TO IT....GOD WILL BRING ME THRU IT!!!!

In His Will

First, He brought me here; it is by His will I am in this strait place; in that fact I will rest.
I am here—BY GOD’S APPOINTMENT

Next, He will keep me here in His love, and give me grace to behave as His child.
I am here—IN HIS KEEPING

Then, He will make the trial a blessing, teaching me the lessons He intends me to learn, and working in me the grace He means to bestow.
I am here—UNDER HIS TRAINING

Last, in His good time, He can bring me out again—how and when He knows.
I am here—FOR HIS TIME

-Andrew Murray

INTIMACY AND TRUST

‎"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, ....and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence......

 

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."

 

 ---George Washington 

WHY DO ANYTHING AT ALL

 If “for love’s sake” is the right motivation, why do something with a wrong motive?
If what you’re seeking is moving you away from God’s heart, why pursue it?
If the outcome is not God’s best, why settle for it?
If God has told you to wait, why push forward?
If God has told you to go, why hold back?


Who are those who fear the Lord? He will show them the path they should choose. Psalm 25:12 NLT

BREAKING INTO STRENGTH

"The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong in the broken places"


Hemmingway 

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (I AM TAMED!)

The Taming of The Shrew :

Fie, fie, unknit that threat'ning unkind brow
And dart not scornful glances from those eyes
To wound thy lord, thy king, thy governor.
It blots thy beauty as frosts do bite the meads,
Confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds,
And in no sense is meet or amiable.
A woman moved is like a fountain troubled,
Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty,
And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty
Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.

Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,
Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee
And for thy maintenance; commits his body
To painful labor both by sea and land,
To watch the night in storms, the day in cold,
Whilst thou li'st warm at home, secure and safe;
And craves no other tribute at thy hands
But love, fair looks, and true obedience

 Too little payment for so great a debt.
Such duty as the subject owes the prince,
Even such a woman oweth to her husband;
And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour,
And not obedient to his honest will,
What is she but a foul contending rebel
And graceless traitor to her loving lord?

I am ashamed that women are so simple
To offer war where they should kneel for peace,
Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway,

Whey they are bound to serve, love, and obey.
Why are our bodies soft and weak and smooth,
Unapt to toil and trouble in the world,
But that our soft conditions and our hearts
Should well agree with our external parts?

Come, come, you froward and unable worms,
My mind hath been as big as one of yours,
My heart as great, my reason haply more,

To bandy word for word and frown for frown.
But now I see our lances are but straws,
Our strength as weak, our weakness past compare,
That seeming to be most which we indeed least are.
Then vail your stomachs, for it is no boot,

And place your hands below your husband's foot,
In token of which duty, if he please,

My hand is ready, may it do him ease.

WHO GETS THE CREDIT ?

"You can accomplish much if you dont care who gets the credit"

WHAT COUNTS

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.


 Theodore Rosevelt.

RELATIONSHIPS AND GARDENS

Relationships are like Gardens:

Flowers and Weeds inevitably try to grow in the soil:

Weeds are the potential issues that arise; I have concluded three ways that people deal with these weeds from observation of all the people I know dealing with relationships and my own experiences:

A: They are so busy focussing on the flowers that they ignore the weeds and some years down the road the weeds have overtaken the garden ... and they are too overwhelmed to deal with it they just stay looking at an ugly garden (staying in ...an unhappy relationship)

B) They are so busy focussing on the flowers and ignoring the weeds that years down the road when the weeds have become so bad they go outl ooking for a better garden (they leave the relationship)

C) Then there are those (like myself) who try to deal with the weeds when the roots are small and pull them out as they come up.... and if that means that the other peron doesnt want to deal .....I can not just stay watching the roots take a strong hold over time or I will become like A and B ... and it will be over anyhow.

Weeds WILL COME.... Either they will consume your garden...or you will pull them out!

BY Anita D'Ambrosie

STRONG ARMS

 I need some arms to cry in, no need to say a word.
Its not that anythings wrong per say.


Just want to fold and crumble at least one day a weak,
To not be strong , take on the world, and rising to my feet.


I need strong arms to hold me, for just a little while,
Theres nothing wrong , dont question me...its just I need a cry.


BY Anita D'Ambrosie

A BETTER TOMMORROW

One tear, one heartache, one broken dream….BUT ….Where the tear falls it waters the seeds of promises of a brighter future.  A ray of hope, a rainbow, a better tomorrow – Tears bring tenderness to the soul.”


BY Anita D'Ambrosie

LIGHTING THE WAY / SHINING BRIGHTLY

My job was to light the path for travellers and pilgrims who had lost their way. But each time they passed I went unnoticed, overlooked. ….and as with any flame without attention… we do go out. Remember those who have shone brightly for you…for one day they will be no more.


BY Anita D'Ambrosie

LIGHTING THE WAY HOME

I shone brightly at first, that first glorious night they put me out to light the way . I symbolised the way home. Inside the voices could be heard, merriment and cheer, glasses clinking, the fire crackling. Long into the night they celebrated all that home and family represents. …. and as they left and said their goodbyes the night was over and love hovered in the air…and I took my final breath…my job had been done. “Family reunion”


BY Anita D'Ambrosie

GREATER TOMMORROW

 “I walked alone so insignificant leaving tiny footprints in the sand, Heavy Hearted, Troubled Anguished spirit, my heart cried out to an unknown Horizon wondering if there was better in another land. …And over me a blanket covered me ……of which I was unaware, a blanket of Love , of security, of Protection. Hovering, Enfolding, Encircling. All Embracing. ….. Unseen…by the naked eye…for some things are only seen in the Spirit.” “Dry those Tears Little One …..All is Well….. and You are Safe, Not insignificant….your tiny footsteps are Big Strides towards a Greater Tomorrow” ” All is Well” ” All is Well”


By Anita D'Ambrosie

WOMAN OF GRACE

 "She brings her gifts so graciously this woman of winter, with wings tattered and torn, still she walks with Grace, Yet her mouth is sealed from memories, still with her hands ...she brings her gifts"


By Anita D'Ambrosie

THE SHINING GOLD OF LOVE AND GLORY

"My heart lies safely tucked away inside this souls protection , it beats so rapidly and furiously silent screaming to be set free.  So scared to let you see all that is enveloped inside…. scars, memories, painful past, … You hold the key my love. And when you use it and watch the tears wash away the dross…. the shining gold of glory and Love will be your eternal reward.  The Shining Gold of Love and Glory will be your Eternal Reward”


BY Anita D'Ambrosie

TOUCHING LIVES...

Our Struggles and our Victories touch the lives of many. Like waves that leave ripples on the shores of many souls. And at least for me your struggle gave me a moment I will never forget.  An opportunity for giving. And which has been shared by me and encouraged many you don’t even know. I believe Paul the apostle wrote words to the effect ” I am in lack, not because I need to be, but so that the givers may be blessed” “The circle of life.”  Some things we may never understand with our intellect… as in how our lives have touched the souls of many. One day God (He) will reveal all .  And our spiritual eyes will be opened to his wisdom in everything. Till then…. Trust . : ) xoxo


BY Anita D'Ambrosie

THE WIDOWS CALLING

The Widows Calling
" and Jesus sat near the treasury and many that were rich cast in much, and there came a certain poor widow and she threw in two mites, and he called his disciples and said .... " This poor widow cast in more than all of they, .... for they cast in of there abundance..and she of her want did cast in all that she had.... even all her living.   Mark 12: 42.......


God desires us to be free of guilt and shame, busyness and works, keeping up with anyone or anything. We need to be resting at the feet of Jesus, accepting and embracing each season he puts us in. This can oten be a most humbling test as he will often put you poor among the wealthy , lowly among the proud, or sick amongst the well.
This is to try you and prove you, whether you will serve man, mammon , image , pride, or whether like the widow you will give your all.
There are few of the widows. It is a high calling. The widows calling is a life of sacrifice...and by embracing it you will lose credit in the eyes of the world...but it pays big dividends in the eyes of God.
Many Christians want the best of both worlds...... one foot in the world and one in the Kingdom...but we were called to forsake all.   I choose to be like the widow....which can be done only by the grace of God.


BY Anita D'Ambrosie

WHO AM I ...I AM MY HEART AND SPIRIT ... A COMBINATION OF THE THINGS I LOVE TO DO AND THINK AND SEE AND FEEL

 Kids faces, Joy, Delight, Babies, Squeals of excitement, Music, Dancing, Water, Mountains, Strolls by the beach, Meadows, Sunshine, Dancing , Singing, Moments of intimacy, Rainbows, the Eyes of a child, Touching a life, Baths, Massages, Nurturing  ,  Hearts that are beautiful, the Elderly, Simplicity, Heart prepared food,  Ambiance, Cobble stone lanes, Horse drawn carriages, Fairytales, Eternal youth , Peter pan, Pied piper, Mary poppins, Pocahontas, Bridges over water, Solitude by a lake, Beaches and waves, Frolicking and fun, Intimacy and worship, Holding hands, Touch, Lips touching, Not feeling afraid, Being safe, Feeling secure, Feeling loved, Feeling beautiful, Giving a helping hand, Touching a life, SSeeing a smile on a childs face ..or on a heart, Open spaces, Freedom, Courage, Boldness, Hope, Life.


 All of that is what makes up me!


BY Anita D'Ambrosie

FAITH / BLESSINGS / LOVE

 

May you set your sail of faith to capture the trade winds of the Spirit’s sweet communion. May He carry you into the strong currents of God’s grace, to the harbors of Jesus’ comfort, to the ports that abound with blessings, and to the warm waters of the Father’s love.

And may the Captain of your Salvation, pilot you through troubled seas, quieting your heart when rolling waves beat against you. May you daily be kept from drifting away from the course He has set for you. May He guide you to safe havens, fill your vessel with eternal treasures, and bring you triumphantly to heaven’s distant shore.

DOES IT MATTER ?.....

What's worse than failure? To succeed at something that doesn't really matter.

LETS BE REAL....

‎"A crisis is an invitation to cross a threshold." " A crisis can force us from a starring role in "Lets Pretend" to spontaneously playing a God -Directed part in "Being Real"

From "The Velveteen Woman"

PAIN AND SUFFERING.....LOVE OVERCOMES IT ALL .

Father, I see You have had no higher purpose for me but to manifest through my life the nature of Your Son. I surrender to Christ, rendering myself not merely as a judge or critic, but as an offering for those who have brought wounding to my soul. May the fragrance of my worship remind You of Jesus, and may You forgive and cleanse the world around me.

TRUE LOVE !!!

What Jesus is saying to you
"Do you remember how I stood patiently by taking on your rages against the injustice of life, letting you release your anger and suffering, your hands beating against My heart as if you could break Me open and spill forth answers that would calm your heart and make every mystery of man's free will and My dealings with the world make sense? I loved you then and I love you still.


Oh ! ...to be able to have that Love with a person to feel their embrace as we beat on their chest with anguish over a pain that has seered our heart...

LOVE....

Valentine's Day is a day of love,
For showing that we care,
And if we read the Bible,
God describes love there:


If we speak like celestial  angels
From heaven up above,
All our words mean nothing
If we don’t have Christian love.

Love is patient, love is kind;
It doesn’t brag or boast;
Love conquers pride and envy;
It is never self-engrossed.


Love is not rude or angry;
Forgiveness counters wrong;
Love stays away from evil;
It sings a truthful song.

Love is full of trust and hope;
It always perseveres;
Love never fails; It’s faithful;
To the Bible it adheres.

And if you give this kind of love
To your special Valentine,
You’ll be loving right in harmony
With God’s own sweet design.

A SECRET OF LIFE ....

If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can.  


A reminder to open my spiritual eyes and ears .....

STILL I RISE ..

Still I Rise.... Maya Angelou


You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.


Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.


Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.


Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.


Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.


You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.


Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?


Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

THOUGHTS BECOME PLANS BECOME ACTION....

"Cause my thoughts to agree with your will and make my plans succeed"
 Proverbs 16: 3

CHURCHIANITY

(One of the best descriptions of Churchianity yet!)

Another Sunday Morning by -David Amavisca


Another Sunday morning comes,
you try to wake up,
but deep inside you really don’t want to.
......But you have to.

Everyone is waiting for you,
Or so you think.
They’re really not,
But you tell yourself that.

Stumble to the shower,
put on your most studied look,
casual yet dressy.
After all, you have an image to uphold.


...No time for breakfast,
you can always get coffee on the way.
You need coffee
Because you have to appear awake.

You drive a little fast
Because you’re running late.
Hopefully the cop will take the excuse
That you’re late for church.

It’s the place to be,
Everybody wants to go there.
It’s the best show in town.
If only they knew.

Park in the back lot,
Come running in right in time for the music.
The music hits you like a wave,
Like a hammer.

It’s generic 90s alt-rock,
Sung by a third-rate singer
Who would otherwise be in a cover band
At the nearest casino.

You can’t hear yourself think,
So you turn your attention to the screen.
The words appear larger than life,
Demanding your attention.

Everyone is clapping,
Everyone is smiling,
Everyone is happy,
Because they have to be.

The production is magnificent,
Nothing is out of place.
Everything in perfect time.
It’s all so perfect.

Then the young hip guy
Comes up for the offering.
It’s time for the special,
The big production number.

While they pass the bucket
You think the only things missing
Are dry ice fog,
Lasers and dancing girls.

Our star attraction’s not here today,
So turn your attention to the screen.
You’ll get the word delivered
In glorious high definition.

You wonder why you brought a Bible
Because you don’t really need it.
The two verses you need
Are projected on the screen.

This guy’s really good, you think.
He should be hosting a daytime talk show.
His material is tailored
For people who need to be directed.

All around the crowd is hushed
Taking notes, visibly moved
And then they play the music
And dim the lights.

It’s a picture-perfect ending,
Like all the ones you’ve seen before.
You’ve seen it all before.
You know too much.

You want to break the script.
You want to slash the screen.
You want to smash the idol.
And in the depths of your soul...

YOU.
WANT.
TO.
SCREAM.

05.02.10
David Amavisca

DIAMONDS WANTED...

"Never take someone for granted. Hold every person close to your heart because ...you might wake up one day and realize that you've lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones." ~ Unknown

CHRISTIANITY/CHURCHIANITY

The Christian merry-go-round was quite an adventure but my more recent goal has been to get off and go enjoy the rest of the playground. I’ve been “Thru the Bible,” through the church membership program and even through the process of tearing down my idol of a religion. I can now take what I’ve learned and apply it to a broader spectrum of life.. God might be too big to squeeze into a church building." !!


Some times I have entered a church and realised I didnt feel the presence of God there at all ...it was at those times I said " Hey, If God is not gunna show up ...then why should I"? ..and a day in the neighbourhood was a much better option : )

STRENGTH

It Takes Strength and Courage

  It takes strength to be firm, It takes courage to be gentle.   It takes strength to conquer, It takes courage to surrender.    It takes strength to be certain, It takes courage to have doubt.    It takes strength to fit in, It takes courage to stand out....   It takes strength to feel a friend's pain, It takes courage to feel your own pain.    It takes strength to endure abuse, It takes courage to stop it.   It takes strength to stand alone, It takes courage to lean on another.    It takes strength to love, It takes courage to be loved.    It takes strength to survive, It takes courage to live.

By: My Friend

HOW TO HANDLE LOVE

Handle with care:

 It is not the content that counts , it is how you handle the content.

Handle with care!

If you have a disagreement, it is never the issue, it is how you handle the issue.

Handle with care!

BY Anita D'Ambrosie

THE WEDDING PRAYER

The Wedding Prayer

Create in us a love, O Lord.
An eternal love …
Your love.
A love that forgives any failure,
spans any distance,
withstands any tempest.
Create in us a love, O Lord.
A new love.
A fresh love.
A love with the tenderness
of a lamb,
the grandeur
of a mountain,
the strength of a lion.
And make us one. Intimately one.
As you made a hundred colors into one sunset,
A thousand cedars into one forest,
and countless stars into one galaxy …
make our two hearts as one,
Father, forever …
that you may be praised, Father,
forever.

MORE ON LOVE

Some people really dont get what Love is about .... most people dont really.  I think they just miss it ...Life that is . Its all about Love!!!!     Maybe I was created for some Illusionary world .???   Maybe I am just gullable and caught in some time warp of fairy tales and child hood dreams... but Im not letting go.... I Love to Love ...and thats all there is to it! 


Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thought nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.Anon - Shoshone

LOVE

 People need to think about love and not throw it around like it was just a mushy word…. love is relational and communication, spiritual, horizontal and vertical…it ebbs and flows, we reap and we sow. What is relational love: Like a delicate lily held in open palms , nurtured, protected, safe, ….some throw it under foot to be trampled on by swine! Sadly why Jesus said ….don’t throw your pearl to swine lest they turn and trample it. Sad sad sad.


Our hearts are very valuable and as we share them and open them to others, while we are trusting and relational and vulnerable and transparant….. some people DO throw us to the wolves. or “Swine” … or “Under a bus” …as the expressions go.
Give not that which is holy(our Hearts) unto the dogs,(or Wolves) neither cast ye your pearls(your Love) before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.