Nothing New

The world has been here before… Pandemics and war and fear of wars… Leaving some behind and forcing others forward… There’s nothing new of today… The world has been here before…

It is not an excuse to be complacent but a reason to breathe… Nothing positive is accomplished with fear and anxiety… So take a deep breath and pray…

The only thing you have control over is what you see in front of you… So leave the world to your prayers and work where you see…

Overtime and with hindsight we will see how we move… Slowly forward with a few steps back because there is nothing new the world hasn’t seen…

If you need a reminder, put Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” 1989 and dance out your stress out like no one is watching you.

when you Pray

when you pray, you must be ready for the answer… when you pray “Lord, use me as You see fit. For Your Will.”, you need to be ready for what comes… when you pray, ” Lord, let all that is hidden be made known.”, you better be ready for what is revealed and the timing of each step of the reveal…

what we forget is that as the answer flows, we still have God… no matter how ugly, terrifying, life changing and heart breaking His answer is… when you pray, add to your prayer “Lord, and whatever may come, I pray that You shield me/us under Your wings. I ask that You guide us on how to react, on how to respond. I ask that You guide us towards healing. Helping us lower our egos, our pride, ourselves. Lifting You. Shielded by You. Healed.”

In Jesus’s name, Amen

…count…

what in the hell am i doing here…a rollercoaster in my heart and a pinball machine in my head…the rich controlling the narrative of the world…the famous chanting them on…lovers lucky to have one another…a wanderer walking this earth, alone, it feels is, my destiny…wise enough to know the rich are miserable beings…the famous lost…lovers feeling alone, isolated…want to scream but a release would not be the gift…counting blessings…literally…grateful im aware of that necessary act that carries one from dark moment to the other…i do not like this pain in my heart…palpable…heavy as if buried by the weight of the sea…this day, it is harsh…wise enough to know it will pass…human enough to feel it’s pain scraping like nails across a chalkboard on my heart, my mind…grateful i know how to count….

Unknown…

There are days I feel intense sadness…I feel it deep in my heart, my gut…a lump at the back of my throat so intense…and I know it is not my pain…it is someone elses sadness…an unknown…real, strong, heart broken sadness…I know it’s not mine…but I pray that my feeling it lifts at least a little of the pain of the unknown who is in the midst of it…