I've always taken notice,, during our separated times;
Immediately moving on,
Never even stopping to take a look behind.
So now it's finally over, and memories begin to fade;
Leaving only behind, the ones where you treated me
So very, very unkind...
God's karma for my youth, God's reminder for my future;
Love is truly blind when you choose not to see...
My heart broken and depleted self esteem,
My mind still distorted even as I write this,
On a poems empty screen...
The 20/20 vision I never have until the end
Shows me all the darkness, even as we first began...
Any beauty that was once there, was unseen in all the dark;
Like a peaceful evening rain as day turn's into dark;
Or the familiar unseen sound of, a friendly dogs bark,
. We know that somewhere above us is a
RAINBOW IN THE DARK...
Are you the CEO
of your passion
the chief of your desires
Are you the captain
of your intention
the master of what inspires
Are you the owner
of your discovery
the clearing in the fog
Are you the light
of your reflection
— a servant before God
(The New Room: December, 2024)
This peace and tranquil
I'm now feeling within
Soothing and serene
Hope forever will
Remain through fully
This journey called life
With all its bitter strife
Alone, but not lonely.
'Cause its Him and I
Always and forever
As a child and father
Till the day I die.
As i sit meekly amidst
His awesome creation
I know He'll never shun
My not-so-little wish list
That I've scribbled through
Many seasons and ages
On tearful nights of pages
Collecting dust and dew.
An outstretched hand
A quivering prayer
Is all I need to offer
For Him to make it grand.
Though the way forward
Seems long and grueling
But as a little Godling
Doesnt feel as hard.
Every petal blooming slowly
Each caressing breeze
And beams from the canopies
Speak of His undying mercy.
We make the perfect duo
Sharing laughter and tears
So I shush down all my fears
With the loudest 'In exelcis Deo'.
Hello Everyone
First, Happy Thanksgiving to one and all who celebrate the day.
Second, does anyone have any information on Anil Deo.
I'm very concerned and worried about him.
I'm not always active and I'm not sure if I missed anything.
I don't see any activity however.
If anyone has an update or information I would greatly appreciate anything you would be able to share.
Thank You
Peace and Blessings to All
I
Science may mock faith; it may be the best therapy
II
Faith is best currency - plus pilot unique!
III
Faith can feast on God amidst famine
I
If you defended your purity and your Christian womanhood as you quickly defend your grown children, you would be used mightily by our Trinity (our Triune Godhead: Father Son Spirit)
II
A daughter in her twenties had a court interdict (protection order) against her for going to mom's boyfriend's home & compelling mom to come home. At the same time that daughter & boyfriend made out at their home almost daily when mom came from work. Mom would not allow any to criticize Emilio's affair with her daughter anyway!
III
The son, over 18, was threatened at gunpoint by a local dad not to "jol with my daughter." Mom went after that man, Alister.
“Soli Deo Gloria*” --- we testify
God Almighty our praises magnify
Midst His mercy and truth that sanctify
Since He by His pardon does purify.
“Glory to God** alone” is our faith’s goal
In ministering with servanthood role
Fulfilling the best along kindness’ pole
Helping build lives, or making someone whole.
God deserves glory for our gratefulness
Thanking His compassionate graciousness
Granting our souls salvation-completeness
Assuring eternal life’s blissfulness.
For the Lord’s glory, we exalt His name
Majestic midst love’s omnipotent fame
Vanquishing hatred of deceitful game
Surmounting selfishness with pride-propped claim.
Giving Christ the glory along trust-flight
Pleases Him in our triumphant delight
Winning bravely over temptation’s fight
Clinging firmly to His mercy and might.
*“Soli Deo gloria” is a Latin term for “Glory to God alone.”
**Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
February 5, 2022
1st place, "Latin Lessons" Rhyme Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Margarita Lillico; judged on 2/17/2022.
1. "Matter" is such a human "mind" illusion. Science keeps looking for stuff, runs into CONSCIOUSNESS and patterns. There is more FORM than matter (Namarupa, as Vedanta teaches us. Thank you, India, or Bharath Desh).
2. We are patterns; LIFE in the Universe reveals patterns, on and off, life and death.
3. Like waves in the ocean, we "appear" and "disappear." An individual wave has a crest and a trough, that arise SIMULTANEOUSLY, like our inside and outside. We cannot sustain our "uniqueness ... individuality."
4. But we have an essential ETERNITY, like the waves. Not the individual wave, but the WAVES will go on. Something in us - not matter - will go on.
1. We, humans, belong to Earth, rather than earth belongs to us.
2. One handicap we have is our biggest organ (NOT THAT!) but our SKIN:
The skin gives us a false sense that we are separated from the environment and other life.
3. A bird in the air, a fish or whale in the ocean, do not have this ALIENATION from the environment on which they depend. Humans make this odd dichotomy between the internal and external.
4. With life forms, there is only "inside-outside" for Science, or boxing and dissecting, to "get knowledge" (as opposed to wisdom). Death is a great leveler, as the Poet wrote. Death makes us one with the environment, the elements, even if we disagree with Genesis that God made ADAM (meaning "man") from "dust." Wisdom is evident in Bhutan, which includes for Global economics, GDP and GROSS HUMAN HAPPINESS. Hence their KING helped a sick US tourist - without a spleen - overcome Corona virus, though he is in his 70s, a miracle we shall hear more about for how some "dead" people are really more alive now.
Your Face:
The face you have before age 40 is what Nature and genes gave you; the face you have after 40, is what you gave yourself!
Heard from Pastor on the internet:
If you are smart, you make lots of gains ("money"); but if you are WISE, you make a LIFE.
During 30 days of discipline (4 hour prayer in Johannesburg for all of August 2019), God's Holy Spirit led me to inspire "tired" prayer warriors:
"Good Morning! The reason it is GOOD morning, folks, is:
"Because God is GOOD to us, to Creation, we will have a good morning. If God is not good, you cannot hope for a good morning."
So, I may often say, "GOD MORNING," instead of good morning. In North America, I might be called "corny" for saying this ... but after you dwell on this "SPIRIT thought" - I could not really create it - you will be en-LIGHT-ened. PTL
When man came out
of nature's womb
—God was born
(Winnipeg Canada: September, 1992)
I
Love in a time of Corona is best
Expressed between a loyal couple
We have time on our hands, rest
Cannot be overdone, neither should sex (Love-makin')
II
Love in a time of Corona is wisest
In your private premises; stay away from exotic places
Keep it simple, keep it humble (Humble? you ask) -
"There will be time enough for exotica, places and races."
III
Love in a time of Corona will pass, and then
Will you have great memories? A foretaste of retirement?
We are blest when we have a loyal love, Christian even,
And Fate has given us time - for catching up, prayer, enjoyment
IV
Now, if you easily pass the test, of humble home-rest
Will you go beyond borders? Pray for others less blessed?
Even those foes ("the enemy,") for the children's sake?
I, for one, surprised myself, by blessing my teachers, professors ....
Cleopatra, The-Deo-Swagger
I swagger on up, up onto the top,
yet it wasn't my style, being Queen of the Nile,
they saw me a leader, who filled up their jigger,
for the praises they sound, I need to keep them around,
being a swag I was high, being tagged a nice guy
for the love they bestow, I just had to know,
was all this too much, or just a nice touch,
was it good or bad, was it sweet or sad,
but you know what they say, hands together and pray,
for the swag world she love, was her anointing dove.
2019 September 01
*4th Place*
SWAGGER
~~Line Gauthier
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