Faith in HIM represent Mind renew always with wisdom eloquent Thankful YOURS known to intersect for minds to reprove of heaven's advice lent Riveting amount is opulent Letting one see what is transcendent Toward the shore for new life that is imminent Hope is what is sent Soul restore always defend Make YOURS shown to resurrect for souls redo to win who arise again Giving out encouragement Getting to dream of what is meant For more of a future that is relevant Love every moment Heart revive always open Take YOURS alone to reflect for hearts to remove fear within comprise to mend Living fount covenant Setting free awoken Pour forth the Word to be spoken Grace, mercy, and compassion evident Spirit refresh always with peace mitigant Break through with YOURS sown to reconnect for spirits that regrew like butterflies ascend Pivoting stout when repent Forgetting past things that were arrogant Soar North above the storms resilient
Archive for the ‘Spirit’ Category
Evident for Every Moment Sent to Represent
Posted: May 9, 2021 in butterflies, compassion, Dream, encourage, faith, future, grace, heart, heaven, Hope, Jesus, Life, Love, mercy, mind, new life, peace, Poems, renew, repent, resilience, restore, revive, soar, soul, Spirit, spirits, wisdomTags: butterflies, compassion, Dream, encouragement, faith, future, grace, heart, Hope, Jesus, Love, mercy, mind, new life, renew, repent, resilient, restore, revive, soar, soul, Spirit, spirits, Word
Broken Dream Until Mended Reality
Posted: April 11, 2021 in battles, believe, broken dream, compassion, confidence, counsel, darkness, Death, depression, direction, Dream, dreams, encourage, endure, faith, faithfulness, fears, fills our cup, focus, forgiveness, Freedom, future, God, grace, guidance, HE makes all things new, healing, heart, heaven, HIS Life, HIS Love, HIS Presence, HIS Spirit, HIS Truth, HIS will, HIS WORD, Hope, inspiration, Jesus, Life, life and blessing, Light, live, Love, meant to be, mental illness, mercy, mind, move forward, new, new life, nightmares, open door, paths of righteousness, peace, persevere, Poems, pouring out your heart, pressing on, promises, pure, purpose, redemption, regret, renew, rescue, rest, restore, Resurrection, revive, reward, setting us free, shame, sins, soar, soul, Spirit, suicidal, suicidal ideation, suicidal thoughts, Suicide, tears, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, time, Trust, truth, vision, walk again, weary and heavy burdened, wisdomTags: acceptance, battle, believing, blessing, broken dream, care, Christ, comfort, compassion, counsel, cursing, darkness, Death, dreams, encouraging, enduring, enemy, faith, faithfulness, focus, forgiveness, future, gentleness, God, grace, guilt, healing, health, heart, heaven, Hope, inspiring, interceding, Jesus, Life, Light, Love, lust, meaning, meant to be, mended reality, mental illness, mercy, mind, motivating, open doors, paitience, past, persevering, press on, promises, purpose, redemption, refilling, renewing, rescue, rest, restore, returning, reviving, satan, scars, shame, sin, soul, Spirit, strength, suicidal, Suicide, trials, tribulations, vision, walk on, well-being, wisdom
There is grace for every broken dream
Onward walk to continue being
Onward unseen until mended reality seeing
Onward forward steps keep repeating
Onward go on for you’re worth your heart beating
Onward becoming who you’re meant to be rather than retreating or worse yet leaving
Onward knowing HE lives at the right hand of GOD with scars for you interceding
Onward heeding HIS voice of encouraging to continue enduring and persevering even if for now it’s just breathing
On HIM always lean…
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Press on rather than regress despite feeling depressed
Pass the test to go on beyond the trials and tribulations that oppress
Continue with faith in the SON for making progress
Continue to hope in HIM to find rest
Continue in HIS love which is greatest and will work out what is best
Choose life and blessing over death and cursing that HE died to give you as your inspiring and motivating quest
Draw near to HIM and HE will draw nearer sincerest as you pour out your heart to HIM in confidence rather than those feelings just suppress
Reassess life as a maturing process, mess of sin with guilt and shame confess to find forgiveness, and then will profess HIS evidence realized further along life’s journey of HIS faithfulness
Focus is more when there is less…
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Less to not weigh you down in fear replaced by HIS love held dear
Less worry in your heart found in HIM who makes it disappear
Less weary chasing after empty success that falls aground like tears
Less willful of your own plans that fail here
Less want of the world’s lust wandering into sin that causes pain and torment so severe
Less wasting away in your illness with HIS acceptance of all that you are by caring for yourself to improve mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health adhere
Less wavering in unbelief by simply believing HE will turn your life around with HIS patience and gentleness steer
Less wondering about what ifs of the past that HE uses in your future to help others made more clear
Less while HE becomes more to you during your extended years
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More faith in HIS truth so you’re no longer unruly that will no longer duly offend
More hope and trust in HIS ways you can truly depend on now that you’re newly opened
More love in HIS life abiding to be a light shining in darkness to give freely and often
More mercy from HIS healing throne of Heaven that is new every morning sent
More compassion from HIS heart to listen to others vent -even from suicide may prevent
More grace from HIS hand to lead and guide you along righteous paths that will leave no regret in retrospect
More of HIS Spirit welcoming within who will comfort you with HIS Presence, counsel you with HIS wisdom, and care for your well-being with moans expressed according to GOD’s will for your life when words of prayer fail to connect
More delighting in HIM to be given the desires of your heart meant to mend your dreams again made relevant where nightmares can’t circumvent
More freedom will come after suffering through a set timeframe where to live is Christ and to die is gain that is effective when wait on GOD’s timing and not your own as you wait to resurrect into HIS arms as Heaven’s resident
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Wait on HIM for new strength returning to soar above the storms on eagle’s wings freeing
Wait on HIM for renewing your mind with truth until having soundness of peace releasing
Wait on HIM for reviving your heart recreating within purity and right desires brought back into the land of the living reconvening
Wait on HIM for rescue unto redemption forthcoming that will restore your soul and implore within you vision, purpose, and meaning that’s increasing
Wait on HIM for refilling your cup to overflowing until refreshing your spirit into HIS will agreeing and being a doer of HIS Word unleashing
Wait on HIM watching as HE wins every battle in your war raging against the enemy who attempts at deceiving
Wait on HIM to direct your steps through open doors revealing
Wait on HIM for HIS promises open handed toward until receiving
Wait on HIM for complete healing that makes you whole whether here on earth or there in Heaven as the great reward for continually believing
In Focus Until In Sight
Posted: August 19, 2020 in compassion, devil, eyes, faith, focus, Freedom, Fruit of the Spirit, God, grace, heart, heaven, HIS Light, Jesus, Life, Light, Love, mental illness, mercy, mind, new life, Poems, reflection, restore, run the race, Salvation, Savior, seek, self-esteem, soul, Spirit, visionPupils expand dilating
Focus to see
Coal mine deep
Into soul seek
Chasm far beneath
Pupils grand opening
Light up freeing
Brought up agreeing
To the surface seeing
Self-esteem increasing
Iris collide a scope mesmerizing
Color full of waterfalls arriving
Compassion spilling over arising
Reflections pool clearly inviting
Depths of the heart no longer hiding
Iris behind the silent fight undying
Cascade the SON’s Light igniting
Hues of blue, green, and brown diamonds finding
Heaven’s treasure full of glory blinding
Spirit is lit within while outer appearance no longer chastising
Eyes look above for help to come from
Into mind exist thoughts of freedom
Into heart insist that love has won
Into soul consist of restoration to run
Into Spirit enlist HIS grace to soar above with vision
Submit to GOD, resist the devil, find life in the SON
Continue in faith persist until in sight -will come to fruition
Eyes of GOD roam to and fro
To strengthen all of those
Fully committed toward HIM to know
For Fruit of the Spirit to grow
For mercy and compassion to show
For Living Water from within to overflow
For willingness to go anywhere to serve here below
Continuing to Breathe
Posted: June 8, 2020 in eternity, faith, fears, Freedom, heart, HIS WORD, Love, mental illness, mercy, mind, persevere, Poems, purpose, restore, soul, Spirit, suicidal, suicide attempt, Trust, truth, vision, walk againTags: breathe, broken, Death, depression, eternity, faith, fear, heart, HIS WORD, Hope, Love, mental illness, mercy, mind, persevere, psychiatric hospital, purpose, remedy, restored, soul, Spirit, suicidal, suicide attempt, trusting, truth, vision, walk again
Could have been me
Easily
No longer breathe
A tragedy
That fateful day
After astray
Suicide attempt betray
Fallen away?
Come up for air
Aware of sun’s glare
Empty
Deaths door no more dare
Stare with fear beyond repair
Eerily
Get up and walk again
What happened
Accursed me
Lost and afraid wide open
Cost only delayed beside broken
Eternally?
Many years fought fear aplenty
Desperately
Remain to breathe
A fallacy?
3 times denied enter confined in hospital of psychiatry
Repeated malady
Shown again and again and again mercy
Restored faithfully
Walk by faith this 4th time trusting in continuing
Beyond my dignity
Lay down my life to fully losing it resurfacing
Found life resurrecting
Keep the faith in HIS truth liberating
Beyond understanding
Await the day set free releasing
Love overcomes fear ceasing
Now help with burdens to bear
For all the suicidal and mentally ill care
Resiliency
Persevere to share
That faith, hope, and love will always be there
As a remedy
Awaited on HIM for new strength again
In HIS time the mind, heart, soul, and spirit mend
Redeeming
Words inspired by HIS life given
Driven by HIS love with purpose and vision
Into eternity…
Wildfire
Posted: June 7, 2020 in compassion, Death, dreams, faith, fears, Freedom, Fruit of the Spirit, grace, heart, HIS WORD, Hope, inspiration, Jesus, King of kings, Love, mercy, Mystery, peace, Poems, purpose, redeem, rescue, soul, Spirit, spirits, visionTags: compassion, death's shadow, dreams, faith, fears, free, Fruit of the Spirit, grace, hearts, HIS WORD, Hope, inspiration, Jesus, King of kings, lost, Love, mercy, Mystery, peace, purpose, redeem, rescue, souls, spirits, vision
Burn like fire inside
For only HIM will reside
Follow with faith flames higher
Go with hope aims desire
Spread the love reclaims acquire
Into forest of trees
Between heats intensity
With the smoke rise above perceives
Heaven’s calling for all these conceives
Fresh air ascend upon the clouds newly breathes
Sees from the skies surroundings of the lost in need
Readily descend again for many HE intends to retrieve
Back into and through wildfire beneath
Reaching all for uplifting
Those in the mud and mire
Those in dire straights inspire
Those in death’s shadow soon expire
Those on the edge of hellfire
Those trapped in the crossfire
Those hurting from a backfire
Those whose minds went haywire
Those with dreams to aspire
Those who step in rather than retire
For all the rest HE does require
Set hearts afire inside release to be
Get souls for in HIM resides only peace to free
Met spirits with HIS Spirit cease fears to find relief
Let everyone’s lives bear fruit that increase to finally see
The King of kings high above believe
With provision more than enough of to receive
Who feeds the hungry and brings drink to the thirsty
Where grace falls upon for humbling along the journey
When compassion is a healthy serving
How HE washes over with waves of mercy
Why HE rescues and redeems into HIS Mystery
To offer vision and purpose in HIS Word for rediscovery
For Starters
Posted: June 7, 2020 in ask, think, imagine, Death, direction, encourage, endure, faith, fears, focus, forgiveness, GOD's will, grace, Great Commission, guidance, HE makes all things new, heart, Hope, inspiration, Jesus, live, Love, mercy, mind, mission, new, new beginnings, new dawn, new life, persevere, Poems, pressing on, pure, purpose, rest, restore, reward, soldier, soul, Spirit, storm, truth, vision, wisdomTags: cleansed, confessed, Death, decisions, disciple, eyes, failures, faith, fears, forgiven, God, grace, Great Commission, Harvest, heart, heaven, Hope, Jesus, Love, mind, mission, New start, precision, purity, purpose, rest, service, soul, Spirit, start over, storm, stressed, true, vision, wisdom
What to think for starters
Live life like martyrs
At first it may seem harder
So let GOD part the water farther
Walk on across fears border
Until you reach HIM as the rewarder
Then offer self daily
Faith driven embracing
Hope given for lives raising
Give love unfailing
Begin the trail blazing
Find HIS grace amazing
Discover purpose to die for
With service apply toward
Eyes with vision more
Mind with wisdom implore
Heart with mission adore
Soul with decisions restore
Spirit with precision soar
Each day mercy is new
So a start over is true
Every storm pass through
More thankful for skies blue
Look to realize how you grew
Love one another as HIS disciple prove
May die many deaths
Take in and out plenty breaths
Forgiven East to West
Looking Heavenward is best
Choose purity to be blessed
Faith filled to pass each test
Come to HIM in need of rest
Rely on HIM when stressed
Failures when fallen confessed
Cleansed from all unrighteousness
Become more when become less
Into the Great Commission invest
Join the few to welcome in the harvest
These 3
Posted: February 3, 2020 in ask, think, imagine, compassion, counsel, cross, crown of thorns, faith, forgiveness, grace, Great Commission, healing, heart, heaven, HIS blood, Hope, Life, Light, Living Water, Love, mercy, mind, mission, peace, Salvation, soul, Spirit, truth, wisdomTags: ask, compassion, counsel, cross, crown of thorns, faith, forgiveness, grace, Great Commission, healing, heart, heaven, HIS blood, Hope, imagine, Life, Light, Living Water, Love, mercy, mind, mission, peace, Salvation, soul, Spirit, think, truth, wisdom
There is faith transcending
There is hope befriending
There is love unrelenting
So these 3 remain never ending
There is grace tending
There is mercy defending
There is compassion mending
So these 3 HE’s ever sending
There’s HIS stripes healing
There’s HIS crown of thorns taking the shame revealing
There’s HIS cross to lay down HIS life re-appealing
So these 3 for us stand against the enemy shielding
There’s HIS blood outpouring, forgiving, covering
There’s HIS Living Water restoring for a new beginning; recovering
There’s HIS Spirit for soaring, getting help with living; hovering
So these 3 HE gives toward wondering and focus above for inner restructuring
There’s more than we can ask for provision when HE listens toward Salvation’s decisions until arisen
There’s more than we can think to envision others forgiven and setting those free from prisons until unhidden
There’s more than we can imagine for a greater mission driven storing up treasure in Heaven as true pure wisdom
So these 3 HE gives to fulfill the Great Commission
There’s our mind to renew HIS will to find
There’s our heart to be made pure HIS face to remind
There’s our soul to be restored in HIS Vine abide
So these 3 HE offers to realign reflecting HIS Light continually shine
There’s HIS Spirit HE gives to find counsel that won’t cease
There’s HIS Spirit HE gives to find inner peace
There’s HIS Spirit HE gives to find truth that will increase
So these 3 are evidence from that which HE seals within us as a deposit guaranteeing our entrance into Heaven upon release
Life Change
Posted: October 12, 2019 in compassion, faith, fears, forgiveness, grace, heaven, Hope, Love, mercy, Poems, pure, save, Spirit, tears, truthTags: compassion, faith, fears, grace, heaven, HIS renown, HIS Spirit, HIS voice, HIS ways, Hope, Love, mercy, pure, saves, tears, truth
Kept pure now embrace
Wept tears down my face
Accept near around to taste
Stepped appears found in faith to trace
Perfect clear skies surround with hope in place
Adept sincere abound in love encase
Swept fears aground in haste
Precept cheers expound HIS grace
Leapt endears HIS renown to chase
Stressed veer off course confound off base
Reset gears rebound to keep up pace
Inept years earthbound not a waste
Accept sphere now Heaven bound displace
Intercept new frontier unbound where sin’s erased
Repped adheres profound HIS mercy each day replace
Windswept austere resound HIS compassion always
Net peers abound with Truth that saves
Interpret what ears hear come down from HIS voice amaze
Let steer profound by HIS Spirit each day unfazed
Met -we’re compound together to follow in HIS ways
Moving Forward
Posted: October 12, 2019 in ask/seek/knock, believe and receive, compassion, faith, FATHER, grace, Hope, Living Water, Love, mercy, new life, Poems, Salvation, Savior, son or daughter, Spirit, truthTags: compassion, encouraged, faith, FATHER, grace, Hope, Jesus, Living Water, Love, mercy, new life, Rock of Salvation, saved, Savior, Spirit, truth
Forge ahead
No longer dead
Walk by faith instead
Ignore dread
Now stronger led
Chock full of hope imbed
Mentor tread
Go conquer over enemy fled
Flock to HIM in love that’s kindred
New life can be gained inside to prosper
Open to be saved in HIS coffer
Rock of Salvation encouraged in Truth to be HIS goffer
By grace you become HIS son or daughter
In compassion let HIM write your story as Author
Stock up with mercy being a living sacrifice you offer
Ask for greater faith to be given by our FATHER
Seek for greater hope to be given by the Spirit taught astir
Knock for greater love to be given by our Savior who fought for all refilling cups with Living Water
Life
Posted: October 12, 2019 in dreams, faith, forgiveness, grace, heart, Hope, Life, Love, memories, mercy, mind, Poems, soul, Spirit, truthTags: dreams, faith, forgiveness, grace, heart, Hope, Life, Love, memories, mercy, mind, never alone, soul, Spirit, truth
Life seems to have passed you by
Only good memories faded
Even ones that left you elated
Why the bad memories here today yet outdated
Falling from mind to heart deflated
Never leaving you alone; leaves you jaded
Life still seems to have cast truth aside
Only good dreams abated
Even ones that left you confiscated
Why the bad dreams today frustrated
Falling from heart to soul agitated
Never leaving you alone; leaves you aggravated
Life will still seem to have miscast truth to be denied
Only good dreams desecrated
Even ones that left you devastated
Why the bad dreams today detonated
Falling from soul to spirit inundated
Never leaving you alone; leaves you feeling separated
Life seems to have amassed lies to you that misguide
Only good memories now antiquated
Even ones that left you dissipated
Why not the bad memories today be traded
Forgiveness falling from mind to heart alleviated
Never leaving you alone; leaves you consecrated
Life still seems to have outlast the lies with truth now abide
Only good dreams captivated
Even ones that left you become reactivated
Why the bad dreams today can be extricated
Mercy falling from heart to soul cascaded
Never leaving you alone; leaves you rehydrated
Life will still have amassed truth apply if in HIM you delight
Only good dreams awaited to come true soon enough fabricated and integrated
Even ones that left you now are advocated just belated
Why the bad dreams yesterday can be vacated and evaded
Grace falling from soul to spirit liberated and motivated
Never leaving you alone; leaves you with faith, hope, and love affiliated and consummated
The Fight Inside
Posted: September 22, 2019 in battle, battles, depression, fears, fight, heart, mental illness, mind, new life, soul, Spirit, suicidal, UncategorizedTags: brokenness, depression, fears, fight inside, health, heart, Jesus, mental illness, mind, new life, soul, Spirit, suicidal
The fight inside was against myself
I’d lose what was good health
Witness my downfall to the edge of Sheol took away a hundredfold
The fight inside my mind
I’d lose over and over
Mental illness took control
The fight inside my heart
I’d lose to fears I feared
Brokenness took its toll
The fight inside my soul
I’d lose to depression
Darkness took hold
The fight inside my spirit
I’d lose what’s left of freedom
Sentence in chains where demons tormented with pain and confusion untold
The fight inside I tapped out
I’d lose my life until HE’d step into my cage and win for me
Openness took time for new life to unfold
Tomorrow
Posted: September 7, 2019 in arrow, battles, breakthrough, destiny, faith, FATHER, future, grace, heart, Hope, Jesus, Know GOD's will, Life, mercy, soul, Spirit, straight and narrow, tomorrow, Trust, victory, vision, wordsTags: arrow, battles, delight in HIM, desires of our hearts, destiny, faith, FATHER, future and a hope, grace, heart, Jesus, Life, mercy, reflect, renew strength, soul, Spirit, straight and narrow, tomorrow, Trust, victory, vision, words
No one knows tomorrow
Except GOD who sees the arrow
Shot through where it will go
Into the straight and narrow
Fade in velocity beyond the bow
Sun down on the horizon below
Find me again and pick me up from below
Take me in YOUR Mighty Right hand set in YOUR bow
Take aim into a future and hope along the straight and narrow
Pull me back; shoot me through into YOUR true and proven will let go
YOUR eyes ever on me as one of YOUR chosen few arrows
With vision to see my destiny released into YOUR perfect tomorrow
All trust in YOU alone past daydreams in flight
Call thrust into hone past nightmares in sight
Wall bust through continue fast forward in Spirit ignite
Install gust renew strength propel into victory above in my battles YOU fight
Enthrall stardust breakthrough to reflect YOU with insight
Haul robust, true Words reveal trajectory how to make it in this life prove right
Haul seed as a sower into hearts grow HIS Words that build a life upon the Rock just right
Enthrall as a shooting star however brief the journey reflect HIM with insight
Install fresh wind that strengthens in HIS grace and mercy grants victory for you HE will always fight
Wall broken down become one with JESUS and the FATHER makes home inside by the Spirit ignite
Call beckons deeper faith within the heart overflowing the soul past nightmares becoming sight
All desires of our hearts in daydreams flight granted when in HIM alone wholly delight
Realize
Posted: September 3, 2019 in battles, eternity, faith, FATHER of Lights, forgiveness, gift, grace, heart, heaven, Hope, Jesus, Life, Love, mercy, shelter of wings, soul, Spirit, truthTags: alive, battles, broken spirit, desires of your heart, eternal life, everpresent help, faith, FATHER of Lights, forgives, grace, HE fights, heart contrite, hearts, heaven, HIS blood, HIS death, HIS risen life, Hope, humility, in HIM delights, JESUS Christ, kept in HIS love, Love, mercy, never leaves nor forsakes, realize, shelter of wings, sin, souls, tears, truth
When will you realize
Hope of Heaven is alive
Found in JESUS Christ
Who died, buried, did rise
Blood that fell on all sides
So much so go unrecognized
Disfigured sought the prize
Win hearts despised
Bought souls as wise
Forgives all sin no matter size
For all you are confides
Accepts all who abides
Beyond failures and tries
An answer for the why’s
Truth be told even if denies
Better than world’s lies
No need for disguise
Grace and mercy applies
Tears kept that never dries
Not left at an end demise
Under shelter of wings hides
Until stronger to arise
On the heights rides
Go to HIM after one dies
HE has keys so HE decides
Choice of humility not of prides
All wrongs will be made rights
Gift given by FATHER of Lights
Broken spirit sacrifice
Heart contrite not despise
Battles faced HE fights
Desires given in HIM delights
Ever-present help in darkest nights
Kept in HIS love all the days of our lives
HE never leaves nor forsakes your cries
Even to the end of time reminds
HE will receive you in HIS arms finds
Faith becomes sight at HIS table dines
Hope becomes Light that forever shines
Love becomes delight that never confines
Eternal life exists for all who unto HIM binds
Once Upon
Posted: September 3, 2019 in child, Freedom, HIS blood, older adult, Spirit, teenager, testimony, wind, young adultTags: child, distance, free, HIS blood, older adult, run, teenager, testimony, wind, young adult
Once upon a child
I was free to run
Alongside the wind
Short distance only
Once upon a teenager
I withdrew of peers among to run far from
Against the wind
Kept my distance lonely
Once upon a young adult
I couldn’t keep up the pace stunned no longer run
Blown by the wind
Lost my life far in the distance solely
Once upon an older adult
I was free again this time by the SON in this race will gladly run
With the Spirit as goes the wind
To go the distance boldly by HIS blood with a testimony
Words
Posted: September 2, 2019 in faith, forgiveness, Great Commission, guidance, healing, heart, Hope, Jesus, Life, Love, new life, purpose, Salvation, Spirit, Trust, truth, vision, words, YOUR WordTags: alive and active, eternal, faith, forever, forgives, Great Commission, guides, healing, heart, Hope, insight, inspire, Jesus, Life, live, Love, new life, provision, purpose, Salvation, service, Spirit, the Way/ the Truth/ the Life, Trust, truth, vision, words
Words illicit strong emotion
Word are set in motion
Words expressed capture attention
Words impressed capture meaning mentioned
Words spoken catch fire
Words open to inspire
Words count for something
Words amount to nothing
Words end up free falling
Words start a higher calling
Words brought about meaning
Words sought for gleaning
Words I write make sense or not
Words of insight will climax the plot
Words to tell my story
Words uplifted for HIS glory
HIS Words are alive and active
HIS Words are to your heart attractive
HIS Words are to your life refractive
HIS Words lead to the ONE who guides and forgives to find salvation
HIS Words plead for you to know new life to give -remind of its translation, designed for a firm foundation, and aligned for a pure relation
HIS Words indeed are truth, abide to live, bind to your heart elation
HIS Words last forever as eternal insight into JESUS
HIS Words cast purpose and vision needed to trust
HIS Words forecast service and provision heeded a must
HIS Words spoken bring about faith to the hearer when listened
HIS Words open to bring about hope to be clearer in acquisition
HIS Words chosen bring about love to be nearer come into fruition, with addition for the Great Commission
HIS Words acclimated are driven within by the Spirit into all Truth to be known, to be grown, and to be shown no longer wander prone
HIS Words activated are given into oneself meaning, healing, and revealing from HIM as the Way, the Truth, and the Life sown no longer falter alone
HIS Words are forever eternal… for YOU have exalted YOUR Word above all YOUR Name Psalm 138:2
Isaiah 55
Invitation to the Thirsty
55 “Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a ruler and commander of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not,
and nations you do not know will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.”
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure forever.”
Answers
Posted: September 2, 2019 in answers, ask/seek/knock, broken dream, chosen, grace, heart, Know GOD's will, Light, Love, mercy, open door, reflection, soar, Spirit, stand, treasureTags: answer, broken dream, GOD's will, grace, heart, Light, Love, mercy, obey, open door, pray, reflect, treasure
Light to reflect if only ask away
Treasure to find if only seek to obey
Open door walk through if only knock when pray to happen one day
Insight detect in YOUR answer
Measure of love bind to my heart return
Broken dream come true for YOUR listening ears have heard
Contrite to know YOUR will fulfill
Tether to YOUR Mighty Right Hand until
Awoken by YOUR grace and mercy instill
Might let go of to be led by the Spirit command
Together equipped to follow HIS plan
Chosen few will yearn to soar and learn to stand
Heavenward
Posted: September 2, 2019 in compassion, engraved in the palm of HIS hand, eternity, faith, forgetting what is behind, future, God's Heart, grace, heart, heaven, Hope, Know GOD's will, Lamb's Book of Life, Love, mercy, Morning Star, new life, Poems, pressing on, pure, reflection, rescue, restore, reward, run the race, Salvation, secure, soul, Spirit, truthTags: compassion, engraved on the palm of HIS hand, eternal, faith, focus, forgetting what is behind, future, God, grace, guide into all truth, heart, Heavenward, HIS feet and hands, HIS will, Hope, Lamb's Book of Life, Love, mercy, Morning Star, new, pressing on, pure, reflection, rescue, restore, reward, run the race, save souls, scar, Spirit, teach
Looking Heavenward to point you to the new
Things above eternal you happen into a rescue
Finding faith, hope, and love that remains
With grace, mercy, and compassion that sustains
Will you see true North’s Morning Star
Engraved in the palm of HIS hand within the scar
Your name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life secure
Your heart now open first look into becoming pure
A hope to see GOD in the near future with focus clearer
Available and willing to do HIS will as you draw nearer
Relatable so fulfilling to be still and just know HIM more
Awaiting direction to go and do the commands HE gave to restore
Shining reflection to grow as HIS feet and hands to save souls implore
Forgetting what is behind pressing on to run the race of faith the goal reach toward
Letting the Spirit lead and guide into all truth overflowing with power to teach then reward
Faith Evidence of Things Hoped For
Posted: September 2, 2019 in battle, broken heart, depression, faith, grace, heart, Hope, Love, mercy, soul, Spirit, suicidal, YOUR WordTags: believing, beseeching, faith, grace, hearts, Hope, keeping, Love, mercy, minds, nurture, reaching, souls, spirits, teaching, Word
Tangible & real to nurture minds with Words sown
Radical zeal to capture hearts with faith alone
Practical meal to pasture souls with hope grown
Tactical seal to rapture spirits with love known
Tractable appeal to gather lives with grace and mercy atone
Theological teaching to behold minds tend if reeling aground
Periodical reaching to remold hearts when feeling down
Prodigal beseeching to unfold souls to mend with healing found
Optimal keeping to uphold spirits defend for shielding around
Phenomenal believing to untold lives open until revealing a crown
From Utter Darkness into YOUR Light
Posted: September 2, 2019 in battles, darkness, Death, depression, fight, Freedom, guidance, healing, inspiration, Jesus, Light, live, Love, mental illness, mission, new beginnings, Poems, purpose, redemption, Spirit, suicidal, suicidal ideation, suicidal thoughts, victory, vision, YOUR blood, YOUR Presence, YOUR touch, YOUR WordTags: darkness, fear, Freedom, inspiration, Life, live, mission, purpose, renew, restore, vision, walk on, YOUR blood, YOUR Light, YOUR love, YOUR Presence, YOUR Spirit, YOUR touch, YOUR Word
Why am I inspired late at night
Why not when the sun is bright
I guess the darkness is what you saved me from
I profess YOUR Light given is what has brought my freedom
It’s YOUR blood poured out that has bought my life back from the dead
It’s YOUR Word of life that has taught me to renew my mind to offset dread
It’s YOUR Spirit that has caught my undivided attention to walk on ahead
It’s YOUR Presence that has sought my soul deserving punishment to restore instead
It’s YOUR touch that has given my life vision and purpose to be mission led
It’s YOUR love that has chased away the fear and how now life is lived and interpreted
Vision
Posted: June 28, 2019 in battle, courage, direction, encourage, faith, frontline, grace, guidance, inspiration, Jesus, Light, Love, mercy, mission, new life, Poems, Prayer, purpose, Spirit, suicidal, visionTags: Gods heart, grace, Great Commission, heaven, Jesus, Light, Love, mercy, mission, new life, persevere, prayers, purpose, Spirit, suicidal, truth, vision
Vision within I could soar high above to lift others up ongoing give it a whirl
See far below all the more arise HIS love that refills their cup to overflowing beseeches the world
Light shine away darkness of duress unfurl break the denial going the extra mile
Prayers lifted above, embark less of death encircle, break the cycle of suicidal
New life encounter within in the Spirit to be stronger in weakness
Shares HIS Presence profound reaches out free to honor one’s uniqueness
Mission release faith defeats the enemy
See purpose increase grace with love cease fearing in me
Fight the good fight persevere to overcome
Care to endure the night until the war is won
Ignite with the break of day to start with mercy new secure YOUR will to do
Aware to be awake may I pray impart the truth to rescue pure toward YOU pursue
Precision go in to enter core of YOUR heart alone and then send YOUR Words into their own
See decision of Great Commission seeking Heaven’s wisdom to save souls eternally known
Anyway
Posted: June 28, 2019 in battle, believe, belong, depression, faith, forgiveness, Freedom, grace, Hope, Jesus, live, Love, mental illness, mercy, mind, new life, Poems, redemption, soul, Spirit, suicidalTags: depression, faith, heart, Hope, Love, mental illness, mind, redeemed, rescued, restored, soul, Spirit, suicidal, suicide attempt
I was down, down so low, in a pit solo
But let’s keep it on the down low
Why share how devastating it was?
Who would want to know, anyway?
Anyway, I held on by a thread of faith
My mind agonizing in the darkness for some peace to find
Anyway, I reached out blindly with my heart for hope
My eyes straining in the darkness for some light to appear
Anyway, I longed deeply with my soul for love
My emotions drowning in the darkness for someone to lift me up
Anyway, I pleaded insistently with my spirit for mercy
My past caving in, my present wearing thin, my future dimmed and ending?
Anyway, I continued breathing, I kept going, I continued living, I kept breaking
My entire life leading up to a tragedy? I can’t believe all this! -yet me is still alive now in a nightmare?
Anyway, I am shocked that my mortality is bared open in the frozen harsh elements where only demons jaunt and my enemy ready to pounce
My equilibrium is off to never never land and I don’t understand anything going on
Anyway, this can’t be happening cascading into fear, fading fast disappear? Awaiting at death’s door panicking here
My reality disintegrating after starving myself, attempting suicide, found myself in psychosis with no longer self-control, just a failure, just a waste, just a stumbling shell of what I once was
Anyway, HE showed me mercy, extended to me grace, cared for me with compassion to grow in faith, hope, and love when crawling learning to stand, when staggering yearning to walk, when tripping returning to run, when fainting burning to soar
My life was given back to me that I didn’t deserve and I couldn’t ever earn this gift
Anyway, I now carry on with how HE rescued, restored, and redeemed me…
I once was down, down so low, in a pit solo
But I have to share how I’m not there in that dreadful place anymore and no longer left alone…
S.T.A.R.T.S. with Forgiveness
Posted: June 20, 2019 in abuse, broken heart, depression, faith, forgiveness, Freedom, God's Heart, grace, guidance, healing, heart, Hope, Jesus, Love, mental illness, mercy, mind, new life, peace, Salvation, soul, Spirit, suicidal, TrustTags: abuse, compassion, depression, faith, forgiveness, Freedom, gift of salvation, Gods heart, grace, Hope, Jesus, Love, mental illness, mercy, new life, peace, suicidal, trauma, Trust
If you're overwhelmed by suicidal thoughts or have a plan for suicide, it is ok to get help from a mental health professional for meds to help support you as well as counseling as you look to be hopeful again and better manage your precious life (especially if you've been abused or experienced trauma in any way)... You're worthwhile and valuable... I care about you!!... Reach out to me anytime... I want you to be an overcomer and a fighter... L.ive O.n V.ictorious E.ndeavor Choose L.O.V.E.; L.ift-up I.nspirational F.uture E.ndure Choose L.I.F.E.
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What is Forgiveness?
I did not like the definition of forgive in the Merriam Webster dictionary due in part that it said “cease to feel”. To forgive someone or yourself is more than that and also different than that. I believe you can forgive, yet still feel the hurt and pain until a process of healing takes place over time where feelings about it begin to diminish and for some the feeling may never fully go away. There is more hope then to have the ability to forgive if we know that feelings involved may still linger on… The good news is that GOD is willing, available, and able to help us forgive if we are struggling with this very thing.
So I looked up the Greek word of forgive. It is aphíēmi.
It comes from the root word apo and híēmi.
ἀπό apó, apo’ means:
a primary particle; “off,” i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative):—(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with.
ἵημι híēmi means:
(to send; an intensive form of εἶμι eîmi, to go)
So let’s think of forgive as even just these 2 words separately (apó) and (híēmi)
If we choose apó, then we may take “off” and move “away” (from something near) in various senses (of place, time, or relation). Then if we choose híēmi, we may “send” it away in order “to go” forward…
This is so good what to forgive does for us.
Here is what it looks like: I forgive __________ to take “off” this hurt done to me and move “away” from it. I “send” it away in order “to go” forward…
Here is a new way to approach an experience of forgiving as a decision made with this process now in mind to do and an action within the heart to occur:
Ex. 1
I will forgive __________ because I need to take the abuse that happened in the past “off” my life and move “away” from ___________ and that which has been so near affecting my senses (thoughts, emotions, feelings of my mind, heart, soul, and spirit wounds) where I have been haunted/fearful/anxious/angry/depressed/suicidal by certain places, time it occurred through time up until now, and in my relations with myself and others. I “send” this abuse away to YOU GOD in order “to go” forward in new life with a new start… Begin to heal me within…
Ex. 2
I will forgive myself because I need to take the addiction that happened in the past “off” my life and move “away” from addiction and that which has been so near affecting my senses (thoughts, emotions, feelings of my mind, heart, soul, and spirit wounds) where I have been haunted/fearful/anxious/angry/depressed/suicidal by certain places, time it occurred through time up until now, and in my relations with myself and others. I “send” this addiction away to GOD in order “to go” forward in new life with a new start…
Ex. 3
I will forgive __________ because I need to take the rejection that happened in the past “off” my life and move “away” from the act of rejection by ___________ and that which has been so near affecting my senses (thoughts, emotions, feelings of my mind, heart, soul, and spirit wounds) where I have been haunted/fearful/anxious/angry/depressed/suicidal by certain places, time it occurred through time up until now, and in my relations with myself and others. I “send” this rejection I’ve experienced away to GOD in order “to go” forward in new life with a new start…
When combined together, here is the meaning:
ἀφίημι aphíēmi, af-ee’-ay-mee;
from apo G575 and ἵημι híēmi (to send; an intensive form of εἶμι eîmi, to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):—cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
What is allowed:
I cry. I cry because of what ____________ has done to me. I cry in release from _____________ in order to forgive _____________. I cry now that _______________ has no hold on me. I cry to begin my healing journey.
I forgive__________ for what he’s done/ she’s done/ they’ve done/ I’ve done.
I can forsake my abuser/ my addiction now that I’ve forgiven.
I lay aside what was done to me by _____________ since I’ve forgiven ____________.
I leave ____________ in the past because I’ve forgiven _____________ for a new beginning.
I let alone/be/go/have what was done to me by ______________ to be in my past for I’ve forgiven _______________ and move on so my present begins healing on into my future.
I omit __________ from my life now that I’ve forgiven _____________ who no longer will have a hold on me.
I put (send) away ___________ from affecting my life any longer since I have forgiven _______________.
I remit what _____________ has cause in my life for I forgive ________________.
I suffer due to what ______________ did, but I forgive ______________ so that my suffering will let me grow in all areas to be a better person for myself and others.
I yield up ______________ to you now GOD to deal with, now that I’ve forgiven _________________.
Forgiveness then is letting go of the hurt and pain caused by another, others, or oneself:
- to start anew
- to begin the healing process
- to drop the heavy load you’ve been carrying
- to break off the hold another or others have had on you that is bringing you down
- to be free from the mental anguish, internal conflicts, and/or suicidal ideation
- to becoming more free from the emotional fears, anxieties, anger, depression in order to deal with life positively and effectively
- to allow for grieving (5 stages: denial/isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance)
- to move on from toxic relationships
- to move on past self-harm and/or addiction
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to accept, care for, and love yourself
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to love others and have meaningful and special relationships
- to love GOD
Be Forgiven To Forgive
GOD lets us know we are all in need of ultimate forgiveness and this is accomplished by recognizing our need for our own forgiveness, asking HIM for forgiveness, and believing in and trusting in HIS SON JESUS to come into our hearts to save us and help us live a new life:
22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i] through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. Romans 3: 22-26
You may be afraid to come to the LORD because of your own sin (it is too much, your guilt is to heavy, and your shame is unbearable), yet HE wants you to come and be forgiven:
How can you know for sure you’re forgiven and saved:
But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim:
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. Romans 10:8-10
Who is forgiveness for:
for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13
John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
GOD in HIS Word tells us to forgive others:
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. Matthew 6:14
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13
What happens when you forgive as GOD wants you to? You are still angry about what the person/people have done? GOD says in HIS Word that HE will deal with that person/people:
Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. Romans 12:19
After accepting JESUS and now being forgiven, what happens if I sin again not wanting to. Every Believer is going to sin after receiving JESUS as LORD and Savior. Because of your relationship being reconciled to GOD, you are now able to confess your sin to HIM and not hide it. HE will forgive you and purify you when turning back to HIM with a repentant heart desiring for restored relationship. Then walk again being forgiven.
Hebrews 12:4-7
God Disciplines His Children
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a]
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children…
Hebrews 4:15-16
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Examples of Forgiveness
You may have a family member or close friend that wronged you in some way, but you don’t want GOD to repay with a vengeance. Can you forgive someone close to you and pray that GOD would have mercy on them?
Yes! A resounding yes…
Read about Moses, after getting the Ten Commandments, was told by GOD that HIS people HE rescued out of slavery from Egypt, had made an idol to worship instead of remembering GOD and what HE had done for them. GOD was ready to punish them and said HE would put them to death and start over. Moses prayed and asked GOD to not hold it against them and to remember HIS covenant and what HE had done to deliver HIS people. GOD listened to Moses and relented.
You may have a family member/members that wronged you in some way and GOD will use you to bring about good for the one or all involved. There may be a future story of you being used of GOD to rescue, restore, provide, or protect in some way.
Read about Joseph who was mistreated and rejected by his brothers, sold into slavery, and then rise to leadership by Pharaoh in Egypt. GOD used Joseph to save his family from a widespread famine and ultimately forgive his brothers of their wrongdoing accepting them and their families with places to live in Egypt.
You may have been used by a sibling that took from your parent in some way and you received nothing or less than.
Read about when Esau Forgives Jacob after Jacob returns during a long time away from Esau. Jacob had fled when he learned Esau wanted to kill him for taking away his birthright and then later took his father’s blessing away from Esau as well.
You may have sinned greatly causing much harm to yourself and another/others. You are discouraged and don’t know if GOD will forgive “this”.
Read about David and Bathsheba where David sees her bathing and sends messenger for her to come and lay with him. He finds out she becomes pregnant while her husband Uriah is out fighting in the war. He tries to cover up his offense at Uriah’s expense. When Uriah is not cooperative with David’s plan, David orders that Uriah be put on the front lines and then have the army withdraw so that he dies. Nathan confronts David about his sin. David turns to the LORD in repentance and asks for forgiveness. GOD forgives David, but there are consequences for his selfish sin. Now the child they conceived together dies. GOD restores David and blesses him and Bathsheba when HE allows them to bear another son named Solomon.
Focus For Forgiveness
Here is a model prayer to pray to GOD for forgiveness from extreme guilt and shame of the greatest of sin we may have committed:
Psalm 51
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice, O God, is[b] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.
18 May it please you to prosper Zion,
to build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,
in burnt offerings offered whole;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Power of Forgiveness
I have been changed by GOD’s forgiveness of my many sins. I have learned from HIM by HIS extending to me forgiveness through HIS grace, mercy, and compassion. Because of this change that has taken place within me, I am more apt to extend grace to others, to show mercy with cheerfulness, to listen with compassion, and to readily encourage others who need this. I know HIS love more for me and I am able to love HIM and others in return. I am now able to forgive others quickly and it be a regular response I have, since I was forgiven of so many sins, failures, and poor decisions in my own life.
Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Himweeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”
Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.” “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven–as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.” Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Luke 7:36-50
I so love this story of JESUS forgiving this distraught woman who so powerfully showed love to HIM… A person who is forgiven much loves much! When you’re forgiven, you become a more loving person to GOD and to others…
Science of Forgiveness
Click the link below and read the full review about Forgiveness:
Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley: Forgiveness
The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley covers the following topics:
What is Forgiveness? Why Practice It? How Do I Cultivate It?
It is well worth the read and has science based research about forgiveness.
Here is some of the information from the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley:
What Is Forgiveness?
We can learn about it from what forgiveness is not:
- it’s not glossing over or denying the seriousness of the offense against you
- it’s not having to forget the offense nor accepting/excusing the offense as ok/right
- it’s not having to reconcile with the person who harmed you especially in the case of abuse
- it’s not releasing them from legal accountability in the case of severe wrongs
Why Practice It?
Here are just a few benefits:
- makes us happier
- protects our mental health
- improves our health
- sustains relationships
- good for marriages
- boosts kindness and connectedness
How Do I Cultivate It?
Here are just a few ways:
- it’s something you do for you, not a gift for someone else (though I do believe you can also gift someone with forgiveness if your heart is to reconcile or help them too)
- express your emotions to yourself and to others
- consider what you’ve learned from what happened to you -if there has been something positive gained from it
- practice empathy
- practice mindfulness of hurt feelings to choose forgiveness more readily
- understand forgiveness is a process
S.T.A.R.T.S. with Pouring Out Your Heart
Posted: June 16, 2019 in abuse, broken heart, cure, depression, direction, encourage, Freedom, God's Heart, gratitude, grief, guidance, healing, heart, Jesus, journal, mental illness, mind, pouring out your heart, self-harm, soul, Spirit, suicidalTags: abuse, anger, bitterness, depression, emotions, grief, heart, Jesus, mental illness, mind, pouring out your heart, soul, Spirit, suicidal, thoughts, trauma
If you're overwhelmed by suicidal thoughts or have a plan for suicide, it is ok to get help from a mental health professional for meds to help support you as well as counseling as you look to be hopeful again and better manage your precious life (especially if you've been abused or experienced trauma in any way)... You're worthwhile and valuable... I care about you!!... Reach out to me anytime... I want you to be an overcomer and a fighter... L.ive O.n V.ictorious E.ndeavor Choose L.O.V.E.; L.ift-up I.nspirational F.uture E.ndure Choose L.I.F.E.
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The Cambridge Dictionary states that:
pour your heart out
to tell someone your secret feelings and things that worry you, usually because you feel a strong need to talk about them
The Free Dictionary by Farlex states further that:
pour your heart out
Our Need
Ways of Expression for Sweet Release
Who To Turn To
Pour Out Your Heart to GOD
Pouring out your heart to GOD is the single most beneficial thing you can do in your life. He listens and understands. JESUS, when HE came to earth as one of us (human too), experienced every type of temptation, stress, emotions, and thoughts yet was without sin. After HE died on the cross to satisfy GOD’s wrath, overcome death, deal with our enemies including satan, and to deal with and forgive our sin, HE became our High Priest who understands our weaknesses, daily bears our burdens, and prays for us. HE knows and understands us more than anyone else can.
Pouring out your heart to GOD = extreme closeness to the heart of GOD
David, a shepherd boy, who later became the king of GOD’s people is known as a man after GOD’s own heart. Do you know why he was a man after GOD’s own heart. David turned to GOD whenever he was dealing with life’s ups and downs and poured out his heart to HIM. He wasn’t perfect and sinned in terrible ways. So why then was he still a man after GOD’s own heart. He made many mistakes, yet he turned to GOD quickly and asked for forgiveness and desired the relationship to be restored. When good happened in his life, he turned to GOD and gave HIM thanks. David is the author of many of the Psalms in the Bible. If you want examples of pouring out your heart to GOD, you can read through the Psalms which are heartfelt pouring out of emotions and thoughts that were burdensome to bear and deeply troubling to heartfelt pouring out of emotions and thoughts expressing gratitude.
I highly recommend getting a spiral notebook or other journal and begin the process of pouring out your heart of all its emotions and thoughts, hopes and dreams, failures and successes, and deepest needs expressed to GOD and you will be radically changed for the better by doing so… Share your thoughts with HIM, cast your cares and anxieties onto HIM from your heart, bare your soul to HIM, and send up flares from your spirit unto HIM… As you do so over time, things will begin to transform within you through development of your seeking relationship with your Creator who knows all things, knows you, knows what you need and yet wants you to just talk to HIM…
Pouring out your heart to GOD is a way of delighting in HIM… There is a wonderful promise to receive when we do this…
Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
Psalm 62:5-8
5 Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
my hope comes from him.
6 Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God[a];
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.
Once~Then~Thankful
Posted: June 5, 2019 in compassion, darkness, depression, faith, Freedom, future, give thanks, God's Heart, grace, heart, heaven, Hope, Jesus, Light, Love, mental illness, mercy, mind, new life, peace, Poems, soul, Spirit, suicidal, suicidal ideation, suicidal thoughts, testimonyTags: compassion, darkness, depression, faith, Freedom, grace, heart, heaven, Hope, Jesus, Love, mental illness, mercy, mind, new life, soul, Spirit, suicidal
Once so crumbling devastated
Then to be humbly elevated
Thankful for HIS grace…
Once so broken inside fragmented pieces
Then to have faith’s security, hope’s clarity, and love’s sincerity that increases
Thankful for HIS mercy…
Once so trapped in the deepest pit
Then to have the fortitude to never quit
Thankful for HIS compassion…
Once so alone in shock doubting and questioning all of reality in total darkness
Then to be brought near to HIM contrite into the Light rescued so my mind works with new ability and noble sparked interests
Thankful for HIS giving me faith…
Once so wavering in turmoil thought I’d been tossed out to sea with Heaven now closed
Then to be set free with destination in fact now open forevermore so my soul alert to HIS faithfulness knows
Thankful for HIS giving me hope…
Once so fearful, empty, selfish, and filled with self-hatred
Then to be at peace, fully restored, reaching out, and overflowing fulfillment so my hearts desires come true of its longing created for, awaited for, and elated for the sacred
Thankful for HIS giving me love…
Once so weak sinking beneath the pressure and stress anxiously in agony left to my malady of bankruptcy almost a tragedy
Then in renewed strength rising above accepting my spirit beyond measure to profess consciously in cadency my testimony of amnesty about HIS remedy
Thankful for HIS giving HIS Spirit reuniting mine…
In Time
Posted: May 24, 2019 in Dream, eternity, faith, guidance, heart, Hope, Love, mind, mission, new life, Poems, soul, Spirit, time, TrustTags: decision, desires, Dream, eternity, faith, family, guide, Hope, Love, mind, mission, new life, soul, Spirit, time, Trust
Time goes on and on
Even think it’s the end
Then new life begins again
Talk inside my mind runs ahead
Maps a plan of action prior to sleep
Desires I dream up aren’t always to keep
Tracks my heartbeat takes
Guides my feet
Sometimes falters in the in betweens
Trust so my soul will thrive
I try to hold steady
Stand firm be bold ready
Train my spirit learn to soar
By faith catch updrafts of wind
Only leading where I’m to go opened
Times up one day then eternity
Hope for clarity envision
Decision to share my story on mission
Together a family promised forevermore
With love deepening stronger bonds to always grow
Know beyond a shadow of doubt Love’s fount will always overflow