spring is on the way, brighten up your mind, heart and soul

Live all the way into today

Not on the back of yesterday

Or the edge of tomorrow

 

Pray with gratitude not greed

Believe with your whole self

Have more faith than fear

acknowledge God daily

 

For this quiet peaceful moment praise God

For this simple unhindered day praise God

For this humble undeserving servant praise God

For thy bounteous life praise God

Message for your journey!

 

 

Spring-like weather in late February lifts my spirits.

God’s joyful blessings strengthen my soul.

A loving family fills my heart.

Careful living supports my framework.

God’s word saturates my mind.

I will forever lift my praises to God.

My prayers will reach his heights.

He will hear and honor them.

Life will be recovered.

surrender your soul to The Keeper

deep within

what excites your soul?

Rumi: “Respond to every call that excites your soul.”  Art always does this for me. Color, shape, line, texture, pattern, style, all the principles of art; these things excite me inside and out, and I want to fulfill that by creating as much as I can. I am not very famous or prosperous but I am prolific. One day someone will clean out my stuff and be shocked at how much I have made. It may never be in a museum or gallery. It may never bring big prices but maybe it will speak to someone somehow and excite a soul.

soul issues

finding hope

life is foggy
days run together
forming years

mind is shutting down
thoughts overlap
causing tears

body is fatigued
escalted pains
losing energy

heart is weak
beating irregularly
growing lethargy

spirit is fading
perseverance is gone
dwindling hope

soul is lost
grace has disappeared
no way to cope

little by little

little by little
she trims away the clutter
in her life
bit by bit
she pieces together
her soul again
slowly she recognizes
her former spirit
if she continues
surviving life's crises
maybe, just maybe,
she will survive this life
and with enough grace
she just may make it to heaven's gates
and so she continues
to breathe

Soul Recovery

We call it hour of the soul.

These wee hours of morning
when sleep won't come and
thoughts won't go.


Maybe if there was a switch.
We could call it time for renewal
and turn it off allowing healing
if for only a night.


But we struggle to do whatever
it takes to find a peaceful moment
where the body releases control and
the mind releases all thoughts.

That's when hope returns.
Peace is found and the joy
of sleep returns--restful
sleep---thoughtless minds
and quiet spirits.
A soul is recovered.

Day 226 Fixing broken things....

Not only a broken heart or spirit, a soul can break as well

for lost chances and unrealized dreams.

Never get to the end of life and regret

missed opportunites to grow in strength,

realize how amazing your faith is, or

know that there's joy in just "being".

Do not permit your years to exist feebly.

Live them fully.

Day 203 God can warm your wintry soul!

Pry open your heart

empty its contents into

a hurting world.

Replace the void

with a great love;
God's Son and Spirit.

They will outdo anything

life can hand you.

God has equipped us

with coping skills to aid

in our struggles and

give strength to our existence.

His word (the scriptures)

are there waiting for us

to discover their power.

He is always available

to listen to our smallest need.

His spirit is willing t

to live within our soul

and guide our every step.

Pry open you heart.

Allow God to fill it entirely

with His peace, joy and love.

Day 175

Body and soul

live as one.

We often forget

they are one in the same.

It takes keeping both

in harmony

to survive this journey

we call life.

Balance

To find a quiet moment

and hear a message from within

leads to a feeling of balance.

To care for the soul

and nurture the spirit

leads to a feeling of calm completion.

To trust your Maker

and understand your blessings

leads to a life of joy and peace.

To share your resources

and knowledge

leads to finding your purpose.

To give of your talent

and use your abilities

fulfills your purpose

To lift another's spirit

and increase their self worth

humbles your own life

and gives it a sweetness like nothing else.

Obsession with Woman A to Z continues.

Here's a little sampler.