Dark Space By Geneva Johnson

 

 

Despair , sadness & fogginess hover over me from  nowhere… at least I think nowhere  but  really it does have a place where it comes from I just can’t identify it 

 

Bad Memories, metaphors & losses flood my mind in no particular order

 

The daily weight  of life mixed with lurking depression sap the  productivity right out of my daily functions. 

 

I try to clear my mind but… to no avail. I can’t do it.. I’m stuck… only GOD… ONLY  GOD can open the locked tight door that I fail to get past

 

How do I mark these words correctly so you can see What can I say?

 

Minutes pass as my angst grows over my listlessness. Why can’t I just table this

Why won’t it let go?     

 

I have the ability to do better but it has been swiped away and held captive for now,  I stand in quicksand, if y it's your will

 

I am held fast in this dark space of void, I want to escape and be free and be happy and be light and energetic and vibrant again .... dark space.. let me out…

 

 

G ’15

Geneva Johnson

Oklahoma City, OK

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Abundance Life....Inspired by GOD!

I expect to live an abundance life, I expect to walk in the light of God, I expect wisdom, and knowledge to be the foresight of my life, I expect the wishes and desires of my heart to be honored in my life, I expect to be forgiven and to forgive... I expect to draw all men and women I meet to God....I expect the queen spirit in me to out shine all other's because of my love for the creator! I expect the love I have for Jesus to not only be seen by some but by many as I spead the good news of his love.....!!!

God says again in Jeremiah 29:11

"I know the thoughts that I think toward you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope"

                                             "I have come that you might have life more abundantly"

In Isaiah 55:9 God says,

 "My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts"

     I have put this out in the UNIVERSE!!!!

Quote from Lisa Nichols

"Some motivation come wrap in sand paper!!"

Beverly Thomas-Brewer

Master's of Psychology

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Prayer for Today's Times

My Chocolate Fantasy

My Chocolate Fantasy

by Emmett Grizzly Douglas

 

 

Everyone has a fantasy......a favorite fantasy....that one that always finds a way to bring a suspicious smile to your lips.....every single day. What makes fantasies so delicious is the amount of detail we can apply to each and everyone. Most fantasies are pretty much the same across the board. Wealth to own our own tropical island paradise, fame, world peace, and the list is infinite at best. But we all also have a favorite fantasy.

Mine.....my favorite fantasy....happens to be  the  most beautiful piece of the purest chocolate. When I unwrap her, she melts in my arms....in my hands...all over my finger tips. Her taste is so smooth, sweet, and creamy in texture, I'm instantly lost in the sheer exstacy of the moment. With each kiss, her flavor stays on my lips for hours.

Looking into her eyes is like staring into a perfect diamond, endless prisms of color, with more sparkle than the brightest of stars. Her smile illuminates my days, as well as my nights. The sound of her name alone is comparable to some of the most beautiful music I have ever had the privilidge to enjoy. Like most chocolate, her body is smooth with the most impressive curves and tone imaginable. Her height is just right, when I hold her, she can rest her head on my chest, just about even to my chin. What ever wrapping she choses to present herself in accentuates every God blessed detail His hand made chocolate creation possesses. Now, for my favorite details. She is a lover of Christ, a believer in His word. She can find comedy in virtually everything, meaning when we are together, the laughter hardly ceases.

Her taste in music, is the taste of an artist. Totally understanding that there is so much more to music than culture or genre, because she is an artist herself, able to make a canvas come to life with every stroke of her magic brush. She is able to express herself in everyway to be expected...and a few ways that I don't expect, thats life with an artist. She has a heart big enough to save the world, if there were truly a way she could. I anticipate every moment to be in her pesence, I enjoy every moment in her company. The time apart from her is like total incompleteness, an emptiness void of love, and even life itself. We may disagree on a few things, but those occassions are rare, and our love for each other is never questioned.

She takes me to a whole different level, in mind, body , and soul. I desire to be the best I can be for her, and she knows this. If there ever was a true definition of a soul mate, thats what we are to each other. So there you have it. She is out there..and she knows without a doubt, that she is my chocolate fantasy

Emmett Douglas

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Prayer Request for the Families and Love one's/Earthquake in Japan

'Elena Escasiñas March 14, 2011 at 8:16am Subject: Urgent Prayers Needed~~~ Please pray for the following concerns: 1. ) That lives are spared from the quake and tsunami in Japan...  Do you know anyone from there?  Please post their names on the prayer wall so that we can pray for them and their families. (listed below) 2.) Mitsuyoshi Akiyama and his family, living in sendai city.  My friend and student. I havent heard from him since last week. Please pray for his safety, his wife, 3 year old son and parents. 3.) Full recovery & strength for Mrs. Rufina. 4.) the chaos in Libya and in other parts of the world.... * DO YOU HAVE MORE PRAYER CONCERNS, PLEASE POST THEM ON OUR PRAYER WALL.....WE WOULD LIKE TO PRAY WITH YOU & FOR YOU. In CHRIST, elena http://www.facebook.com/?tid=10150121307864501&sk=messages

Devotional for Today Precious Pearls Ministry by Dana Rankin

Dana Rankin March 13 at 10:01pm  

Love is Patient (1 Corinthians 13:4)
Feature by Max Lucado

Patience is the red carpet upon which God’s grace approaches us.

The Greek word used here for patience is a descriptive one. It figuratively means “taking a long time to boil.” Think about a pot of boiling water. What factors determine the speed at which it boils? The size of the stove? No. The pot? The utensil may have an influence, but the primary factor is the intensity of the flame. Water boils quickly when the flame is high. It boils slowly when the flame is low. Patience “keeps the burner down.”

Helpful clarification, don’t you think? Patience isn’t naive. It doesn’t ignore misbehavior. It just keeps the flame low. It waits. It listens. It’s slow to boil. This is how God treats us. And, according to Jesus, this is how we should treat others.

He once told a parable about a king who decides to settle his accounts with his debtors. His bookkeeper surfaces a fellow who owes not thousands or hundreds of thousands but millions of dollars. The king summarily declares that the man and his wife and kids are to be sold to pay the debt. Because of his inability to pay, the man is about to lose everything and everyone dear to him. No wonder “the man fell down before the king and begged him, “Oh, sir, be patientwith me, and I will pay it all.” (Matt. 18:26–27 NLT, emphasis mine)

The word patience makes a surprise appearance here. The debtor does not plead for mercy or forgiveness; he pleads for patience. Equally curious is this singular appearance of the word. Jesus uses it twice in this story and never again. Jesus reserves the word for one occasion to make one point. Patience is more than a virtue for long lines and slow waiters. Patience is the red carpet upon which God’s grace approaches us.

Had there been no patience, there would have been no mercy. But the king was patient, and the man with the multimillion-dollar debt was forgiven. But then the story takes a left turn. The freshly forgiven fellow makes a beeline from the courthouse to the suburbs. There he searches out a guy who owes him some money.

“But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment. His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. “Be patient and I will pay it,” he pleaded. But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and jailed until the debt could be paid in full.” (vv. 28–30 NLT, emphasis mine)

The king is stunned. How could the man be so impatient? How darethe man be so impatient! The ink of the CANCELED stamp is still moist on the man’s bills. Wouldn’t you expect a little Mother Teresa–ness out of him? You’d think that a person who’d been forgiven so much would love much. But he didn’t. And his lack of love led to a costly mistake. The unforgiving servant is called back to the castle. “Then the angry king sent the man to prison until he had paid every penny” (Matt. 18:34 NLT).

Whew! we sigh. Glad that story is a parable. It’s a good thing God doesn’t imprison the impatient in real life. Don’t be so sure he doesn’t. Self-absorption and ingratitude make for thick walls and lonely jails.

Impatience still imprisons the soul. For that reason, our God is quick to help us avoid it. He does more than demand patience from us; he offers it to us. Patience is a fruit of his Spirit. It hangs from the tree of Galatians 5:22: “The Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience.” Have you asked God to give you some fruit? Well I did once, but … But what? Did you, h’m, grow impatient? Ask him again and again and again. He won’t grow impatient with your pleading, and you will receive patience in your praying.

A Love Worth Giving and while you’re praying, ask for understanding. “Patient people have great understanding” (Prov. 14:29). Why? Because patience always hitches a ride with understanding. The wise man says, “A man of understanding holds his tongue” (Prov. 11:12 NIV). He also says, “A man of understanding is even-tempered” (Prov. 17:27 NIV). Don’t miss the connection between understanding and patience. Before you blow up, listen up. Before you strike out, tune in.

“God is being patient with you” (2 Pet. 3:9). And if God is being patient with you, can’t you pass on some patience to others?




From
A Love Worth Giving:
Living in the Overflow of God’s Love
Copyright (Thomas Nelson, 2002) Max Lucado


In His Grip,
Minister Dana
http://preciouspearlsministries.yolasite.com/

The Power of Grace and Love!

O my precious little one...you are now here...! Seven month's from conception your tiny two pound body, soul and mind is here...! Oh how I wanted to hold you near yet your translucent skin was way too delicate too touch....did you know I saw you before you  was form....? How a dream of you let me know that you was near....your small cry in the still of the night...moved me too tears, to see my middle son heart swell with fear...you are my first born grandchild and I'm still amazed how you found me and hugs me after two years.....! 




This is dedicated to my granddaughter Amaya, I did not get too see her after her fourth months of life. It took us two years to see her again...and the first person she hugged was me... she luv her daddy, second mom and her sissy's yet I believe the dream I had of her before she was formed gives us a connection and bond  to this day.....!

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the children of one's youth.
Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

—Psalm 127:3-5 

"Affirmation for Today"

Psalm 20:1-5
May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; May the name of the God of Jacob defend you;May He send you help from the sanctuary,And strengthen you out of Zion; May He remember all your offerings, And accept your burnt sacrifice.May He grant you according to your heart's desire, And fulfill all your purpose. We will rejoice in your salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.