Finding Yourself

Rise

They cannot extinguish

The deep in me

That rises like a Phoenix.

That sacred core assigned

Me from creation.

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It will find its freedom.

Roll on the wind

Escape over mountains

Dance in the sun

Laugh down the stream

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The energy and words that are released.

Do not return empty.

They take up space.

Gather energy.

Increase frequency.

Awaken. Affirm. Applaud.

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They cannot take a mind that is truly free.

They can torture with mental anguish-

For freedom does not come lightly.

But I will not remain under heavy hands.

I will rise.

Find My voice.

Find My brave.

It has always been in me.

The core of who I am all along.

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I will never forget

That a dove with clipped wings

Will one day learn to fly again.

That things are usually not as they seem.

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That spark will never be taken from my heart.

Although it may lie

Silent and dormant

For a season.

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You have glory in the core

Of who you are.

Release it and let it shine.

Transformations only happen

When we allow them.

Do not be afraid of your own

Beautiful light.

The Divine has all the resources

Stock piled for you.

You only need to

Open.

Ask.

Believe.

Finding Yourself

When 2020 Overwhelms

So many voices

Clamoring.

So many people standing firmly

In their truth.

So many ears that totally miss the heart

That’s risking to be heard.

We are so quick to throw people into boxes.

Chain link fences of phrases and photos

Dividing people onto sides.

My heart weeps with the immensity of it all.

It feels like a shouting match and no one is listening.

Like the air is so full of static that

The true sound waves can never break through.

And meanwhile, the truth is hovering in

The stillness of timeless space.

Waiting to be embraced.

I invite you to

Ride above the commotion and ammunition.

Above the bombs of emotion.

Find that quiet retreat of your own beating Heart.

Know that you are more then this.

Grace and love have already won.

Our hearts can rest on the timeless truth of who God is.

“Divine Love in all its forms.

Joy that overflows.

Peace that subdues.

Patience that endures.

Kindness in action.

A life full of virtue- goodness.

Faith that prevails.

Gentleness of heart.

Strength of spirit.

Never set the law above these qualities.

They are meant to be limitless.

Never be arrogant or look down on another

For Each of Us is an Original.”

From the Book of Galatians

It is not simple and naive to draw closer to the Creator of our hearts.

Bury your head in the truth of who Jesus is. Stay there.

Allow it to fill you so completely that you can remain deeply at peace through all the confusion and emotionally charged barrages.

It is not naive to believe that Our Divine is constantly working and always speaking. Listen and look for the peace that is continually flowing from the heart of our Creator for you. You will find it.

Relax in the One who enfolds you in grace.

The One who sets us free to become servants of each other, expressing love in everything we do.

Own the truth of you but even more importantly own the truth of who you have been created to be in the realms of the Divine.

Peace.

Finding Yourself

Hostage Heart

Sometimes our heart’s held hostage.

Our own brain telling us

We are alone.

Unworthy of the ransom

Of human acceptance

Compassion and love.

Like no one can understand

The depth of our wrestling.

Fear keeps us tethered with

The thought of labels slapped on us.

Less then.

Inefficient.

Unworthy.

A failure.

Too sensitive.

Faithless.

A fraud.

So we cry into the night

Scrub tears furiously in the car

Plaster a smile on our face

And plow on with life.

We slowly die inside.

Morph into an island.

Our inner dialogue

Isolating us from what we need the most.

It’s when we take the plunge.

Reach for the lifeline.

Open our hearts

Let truth filter in.

No matter how fractured the light.

Allow the hug of grace.

The words, “I believe in you.”

The nodding of,”Me too.”

That’s when we realize

that all along

we were our own captors.

Locked in bars of our own making.

We held the key from the beginning.

We just needed to find the courage

And risk the chance of being seen.

To turn the lock.

The freedom waiting for us.

It was there all along.

We were not made to live our story alone.