A little late is better than never…
How far will you travel to seek your heart desire?
How deep will you search?
How high will you climb?
How treacherous will the adventure become?
Are you willing to go?
Life can be as fulfilling, heartbreaking, thrill-seeking or peaceful as you want to make it.
Live with no regrets.
Survive with no remorse.
Let your heart soar to new heights and rediscover something new to you!
Parenting has so many mountains and valleys, and they will come and go so rapidly, you’ll miss them if you blink.
You can’t hold too loosely, or you’ll miss all that you neglected.
You can’t hold on too tightly, or you just might lose it all.
You just have to be in the moment and enjoy it.
Savor it.
Treasure it.
Remember it.
And when the heavy lifting over, know that it’s not really over.
It’s just shifted a bit, and a new chapter will open.
Live fully.
Laugh freely.
Love deeply.
Sometimes, things don’t turn out like they should.
Sometimes, your dreams change or disappear.
Sometimes, the aspirations of yesterday get middles in the chaos of today.
Yet, there is still Hope, and it can find a way.
Just take a moment to breathe.
Just take a second to relax
Just step back from all the confusion and deeply exhale.
Just remember, there is a God who can shelter you in the gale.
Penned 7/7/20 MG
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” John 14:27
So many words are spewed about
So many syllables are given out
This one says you should say that
That one says you should use this format
So many demand justice and revenge
So many scream inequality must end
This one brings a torch and a brick
That one brings a hand that constricts
How does this violence bring harmony to souls?
How does this hatred bring peace to console?
Can’t you see the only answer is unified prayer?
Can’t you see the only action is our hearts stripped bare?
May we search deep within for the sin that lies dormant.
May we recognize the enemy of the cross is our torment.
Our battle is never because of my skin color or yours or because of a simple nod.
Our battle is always with the one who steals, kills and destroys the children of God.
Penned – MG – 6/10/20
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8
So many words are spewed about
So many syllables are given out
This one says you should say that
That one says you should use this format
So many demand justice and revenge
So many scream inequality must end
This one brings a torch and a brick
That one brings a hand that constricts
How does this violence bring harmony to souls?
How does this hatred bring peace to console?
Can’t you see the only answer is unified prayer?
Can’t you see the only action is our hearts stripped bare?
May we search deep within for the sin that lies dormant.
May we recognize the enemy of the cross is our torment.
Our battle is never because of my skin color or yours or because of a simple nod.
Our battle is always with the one who steals, kills and destroys the children of God.
Penned – MG – 6/10/20
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8
Going through the recent pandemic experience, I have noticed something about human nature. I’ve always known this to be true, but throughout this season, I have seen the evidence portrayed more vividly than ever before.
Where you rest your eyes in life will determine where you end up.
Just as, if while walking along a path, when you never once glance down, you may trip over a tree root or sidewalk, you will trip up in life if you constantly hold your head up in pride and never kneel down in humility.
Just as, if while running along the road, when you never look up, you may run into a tree or get run over by a car, you will run into a wall of anxiety and get run over by an avalanche of fear if you constantly keep your head down and never look beyond your problems.
Just as, if while climbing a mountain, when you refuse to persevere, you’ll never see the beautiful sunset in the horizon, you will be blinded by life’s circumstances if you consistently give up before you achieve the end goal.
Where your eyes search, there you will remain.
Where your eyes reside, there is where you will find your heart.
Take courage to seek peace.
Take courage to seek truth.
Take courage to seek faith.
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
Matthew 6:33
You rush here and there
Never seeing
Never hearing
Never understanding
You race like the cascading waterfall
Never resting
Never seeking
Never breathing
You tumble down with no regard
Never thinking
Never feeling
Never caring
You crash on the rocks of turmoil
Never weeping
Never laughing
Always pretending
The pools of serenity whisked away
Never stopping
Never pausing
Always escaping
The waterfall never ends.
Penned – MG – 5/23/20
You scream for justice as you violate another’s land.
You demand equality while you jeopardize another’s family.
You shout revenge at the same moment you take another’s life.
How does this fix the problem?
How does this restore the home?
How does this heal the land?
Your actions beings more frustration.
Your words brings more confusion.
Your temper brings anger.
It’s a never ending cycle.
It’s a never relenting emotion.
It’s a never healing wound.
Violence can never bring resolution.
Looting only brings more revolt.
Riots only being more rebellion.
Can you not see the turmoil?
Can you not see the pain?
Can you not see the death?
There is but one answer.
There is but one relief.
There’s is but one solution.
Lay down your arms.
Lay down your venom.
Lay down your hate.
We can change this world only when we change our hearts first.
Now, go start a revolution.
We are to bring peace to this crazy world.
Peace, love, hope, and joy
How can you bring peace when you’re full of anxiety?
How did you bring Hope when you’re hopeless?
How can you bring courage when you’re fearful?
We are His ambassadors!
We are to bring His message to this fallen world.
Have we forgotten our place?
Have we forgotten our calling?
Rise up! Take your place!
This place is a disaster because the church is a disaster.
We have just as much divorce, drugs, anxiety, etc., as the world has.
This should not be.
He called us out to be separate, a royal priesthood, set a part for His will and His way.
We’ve spent too much time trying to fit in, to conform to the norm.
Rise up! Stand your ground!
Our fight is not against flesh and blood.
We have forgotten our enemy while he has lulled us to sleep.
We have grown lazy in our opinions and agendas, forgetting Whose opinion matters most.
We’ve got to return to our calling.
We’ve got to return to the mountain.
Don’t shutter because He’s mighty.
Praise because He’s holy.
Worship because He’s gracious.
Shout because He is merciful and just.
We serve a King not a people.
We are an army to storm the gates of hell not lie in the puddles of our own ambitions and desires.
Rise up! Take your place in the kingdom of God!
This world is desperate for a Savior.
Can you hear Him calling?
Can you hear their cries?
How can you ignore it?
Why do you walk away?
If you do not fight now, you will lose the very things you clinched so tightly.
They are like sand sifting through your hand.
We are Ambassadors of Christ.
Grasp the things of His kingdom.
Seek Him first.
Chase Him, church.
Arise, oh daughters and sons! Arise!
Take your place and reap the harvest!
“Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20
If a man dying underneath the blended knee of a cop doesn’t make you heartbroken, we need to re-evaluate.
If a cop dying underneath the violent barrel of a another man’s gun doesn’t make you cry, we need to re-evaluate.
If a man dying underneath the treacherous hands of another’s man’s hands doesn’t make you sad, we need to re-evaluate.
If a man’s reputation dying beneath the slanderous words of another man doesn’t make you somber, we need to re-evaluate.
If a man’s wellbeing dying beneath the murderous actions of another man’s hate doesn’t grieve your heart, we need to re-evaluate.
It is not the color of one exalted above the other.
Racism does not come in only one dark shade or another.
It can be as black as a shadow that has never seen light or as white as sunlight that has never known darkness.
If you only proclaim it comes from one group or another, we need to re-evaluate.
May we all remember, media spews only their personal biases, and our reposts only refuel their cause.
May truth be revealed to our hearts as we each turn back to HIS ways rather than our own.
May justice reign as we call it out from ALL sides, rather than just one.
May mercy prevail as we seek His heart instead than our own.
May we all re-evaluate our hearts, our thoughts, our actions.
And may we return to His cause and not “theirs” … whomever you choose “theirs” to be.
(*note: grammatical errors of “you/we” are not accidental)
Proverbs 6:16-19, “These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.”
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