Jan. 01, 2011
Harmonic Convergence
God’s heart whispers a love that calls me
To the silence surrounding His light
Telling me to put total faith within
My divine inner sight
And high up above all alone
Where my thoughts have all faded away
I’m learning the lessons
That must be known
On the dawn of this new age
Negativity completely released
These wings I now have strength to unfold
I feel such purity and peace
My forgiving heart wears a crown of gold
My spirit found it’s rightful home
A beautiful temple in which to reside
Where its birthright is only to grow
In the wisdom of the being who guides
Freedom calls my name – opening
The fallen eye of my mind
I’ve forgotten all my pain by learning
To deny my precious time
To the energies which destroy
The love in my heart growing
Or to the entities existing who only enjoy
Enticing mortals into negative sowing
Guitar Jason
(aka: Dennis Ray Stansil)
- Wanbli Galeshka –
Green Cedar Eagle
A Prayer for Love 06/27/10
“Heavenly father,
Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is
a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home
to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few
precious moments with her children.
Help us remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young
man who can't make change correctly is a worried nineteen year old
college student, balancing his apprehension over his final exams with
his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.
Remind us, lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in
the same spot everyday, (Who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to
addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.
Help us remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow
through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are
savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got
back last week, this will be the last year they go shopping together.
Heavenly father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us,
the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with just
those we hold dear, but open our hearts to everyone, to all humanity.
Let us be slow to judge, quick to forgive, and show patience,
empathy and love.
Amen.”
Working for god on earth doesn't pay much … but His retirement
plan is out of this world.
'Author asked to remain anonymous' But his initials are Skip.
To Everyone: This is my story
Hello, my name is Elisabeth, but my friends call me Lisa.I was born in Martin
county, Florida, adopted at the age of two and by the time I was 12 years old, it
seemed the whole world was crashing in around me.
I ran away a few times from school, and then in fourth grade I was committed
into Charter Hospital for suicidal overdose. And a little while later, I was sent to Bay
View Behavioral Hospital for cutting myself.
When I reached seventh grade, I smoked marijuana for the first time. Over the
next several years I was in and out of Laurel Ridge Behavior Hospital in San Antonio
and when I was sent to a group home in Waco that helps young females get their life
on track, I ran away again. This time I ended up at some church, don’t know the
name, just remember thinking that maybe God was out there trying to help me.
Then, in ninth grade, things seemed to be getter better. I was in the choir, taking
art class, and even getting extra credit for helping mentally challenged students.
Then down I went again. Back to spohn memorial, I think that was when my
parents couldn’t handle me anymore. My father took me to the Rainbow House on
Leopard Street, which is a shelter for children and single females. There I met a guy,
stayed out all night, and got kicked out of the shelter. Then I went over to the
Salvation Army, got blamed for stealing, got kicked out. I ended up over at the Good
Samaritan Shelter, stayed there till I got pregnant, and moved back in with my
parents.
I then got married to ‘Mister Right”, or so I thought. Worst nightmare of my life!
After 3 ½ years of his drug addictions, mental and physical abuse, I finally left him.
He’s dead now, drug overdose.
I have three beautiful children that were adopted by another family because I
could not take care of them like they needed, let alone myself. I started doing speed
(methamphetamines) when I came back to Flour Bluff in 2006, but all it did was
keep me up all the time. I continued to experiment with different drugs over the
next few months, but when I tried smoking crack, which is cocaine in a hard-based
form, I was HOOKED!
I just recently quit for the ninth time, going to my NA meetings in Corpus and in
Washington State, going through a program called STARS, which is a narcotics and
housing program. I have four caseworkers and am getting some help with my
medications from MHMR. Thank the Lord, I also quit smoking.
I almost lost my family, my friends. I am not going to lose those that I have left
in my life for a drug. I even almost lost myself several times over the drug.
I want to thank a couple of important people that have had an impact in my life
to help me quit:
Brother Rey Escalante and his family
My parents
Olivia Cheney
And you know who you are even though you are not mentioned here by name.
God is with you if you need help and so is Church Without Walls.
So if you feel you are in need of help and don’t know where to turn, may I
suggest you go to Church Without Walls. Talk to Brother Rey or his wife, Tere.
They were the ones that had faith in me and prayed for me when I needed strength.
I go to Church Without Walls every Sunday at 2:30pm behind Wal-Mart in flour
bluff at Parker Park. It is a BIG GREEN tent and you can’t miss it.
Many journeys and god bless. I hope this story will help those in need because if I
can overcome drugs, so can you. You just need to want the help to quit. Someone
once told me a “closed mouth never gets fed,” so ask someone for help when you are
ready and I bet you they will be willing to help you.
With lots of love, Lisa C.
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How Amazing Are You Lord
by ArleneK.
How great is Your love,
That you came down from above.
How humble You were as a babe,
& how triumphant You were as You gave.
How complete was Your sacrifice,
No need to repeat twice.
How sweet is Your name,
Yet all powerful the same.
How relevant is Your Word,
None more relevant can be heard.
How trustworthy are Your promises,
Full of blessings & victory we don’t want to miss.
How awesome is Your work in us,
Your steadfastness we can trust.
How faithful is Your forgiveness,
When we forgive and are submissive.
How much is Your care for us,
That even with love You discipline us.
How majestic are Your creations,
Your beauty shows all through generations.
How worthy are You of our praise,
May the life we live demonstrate our praise.
How often do we come to you in prayer,
Our every need we know you are aware.
How powerful is Your healing power,
By faith we can access Your healing power.
How unmovable is Your presence in us,
For You promised never to leave us nor forsake us.
How wonderful it will be to see You face to face,
For You said You go to prepare for us a place.
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Jesus Knows Our Enemy – ‘The Villain’
The summer time is changing again to autumn time and so
is the changing of many lives. The heat of the weather can
sometimes be compared to the hot-tempered souls that seem to
arrive at this time of year and run around town. The changes
of season from hot to cold can be compared to our walk in
Christ; that the “hot-heads”, so to speak, can change to be
“cool” people when they make that choice to be like Christ.
“This is My command: love one another as I have loved
you.” John 15:12
To learn through others in the church is an ultimate
experience that leads to an awesome feeling of freedom with
our Lord.
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, "If you
contintue in My word, you really are My disciples.
You will know the truth, and the truth will set you
free." John 8:31-32
We all need Jesus Christ in our life! All the time! He
guides us and watches over us. Sometimes, the outside world
people that are non-believers get to us. It will be a tough
day, but Jesus already knows what lies ahead of us. He is the
love we feel, and the joy in our hearts for God completes us.
Remember as the weather changes, so can our hearts with the
love and protection of Jesus Christ.
“Now I am coming to You, and I speak these things in the
world so that they ma have My joy completed in them. I
have given them Your word. The world hated them because
they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. I
am not praying that You take them out of the world but
that You protect them from the evil one. They are not of
the world, as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by
the truth; Your word is truth.” John 17:13-17
This is all leading to a personal story, from one of the
flock.
Again, the changes of season from hot to cold remind me
of the ‘hot-heads’ we sometimes run into in our walk with
Christ. I almost feel that sometimes they are coming at me as
a source-to-hurt and to satisfy their hate that is trapped
within them. I call them privately, the villain, or my enemy.
Anyways, in my troubled mind my prayers are that perhaps
someday ‘the villain’ will follow me to Church Without Walls,
and while there feel the love and the spirit of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
The good news is that because of all the hardships I
have suffered by ‘the villain’, I grow closer to God every
day, in my prayers, and in my reading of His Word.
“LORD, how long will You continually forget me? How long
will You hide Your face from me? How long will I store
up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every
day? How long will my enemy dominate me? Consider me and
answer, LORD, my God. Restore brightness to my eyes;
otherwise, I will sleep in death, my enemy will say, "I
have triumphed over him," and my foes will rejoice
because I am shaken. But I have trusted in Your faithful
love; my heart will rejoice in Your deliverance. I will
sing to the LORD because He has treated me generously.”
Psalms 13:1-6
God bless preacher Rey and his family, our church, and
may God bless ‘the villain’.
Terri H.
