Daily Prompt: From the Gut

Today's Daily Prompt ~ "Photographers, artists, poets: show us JOYFUL"

Psalm 118:24 (NASB)
This is the day which the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

⇧ Sarah's joy overflowing on our wedding day ⇧ 

⇧ Joyful on our honeymoon too! ⇧

⇧ Joy in our marriage as best friends ⇧

⇧ Joy in the everyday ⇧

⇧ Sarah's joyful Gran ⇧

⇧ Sarah's joyful Dad ⇧

⇧ Bruce finding joy on an empty beach ⇧

⇧ Bruce jumping for joy! ⇧

Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality.
Billy Graham

Daily Prompt: From the Gut

Today's Daily Prompt ~ "Photographers, artists, poets: show us JOYFUL"

Psalm 118:24 (NASB)
This is the day which the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

⇧ Sarah's joy overflowing on our wedding day ⇧

 

 

⇧ Joyful on our honeymoon too! ⇧

⇧ Joy in our marriage as best friends ⇧

⇧ Joy in the everyday ⇧

 

⇧ Sarah's joyful Gran ⇧

⇧ Sarah's joyful Dad ⇧

⇧ Bruce finding joy on an empty beach ⇧

⇧ Bruce jumping for joy! ⇧

Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality.
Billy Graham

There's No Ceiling To Hope

This is a post for all of my sisters & brothers out there who are struggling at the moment. I just wanted to try and inspire you with some of the Songs/Poems i've posted on here. Some will have already read them, but its really on my heart to try and help you as you fight with your day to day struggles. Peace be with you.

page links for my Songs/Poems: 

• Captivity Of Negativity
• Depression
• Not Afraid To Die
• Rest In Piece
• Shadow of the Beast
• The Prodigal Son

I Hope these songs will reach out to people who can relate to some of the feelings i went through on my Journey! But i want you to know that you are never alone and a new Life of Love, Joy & inner Peace are waiting for you. Check out my “About” page to read a little more about my journey.

There's No Ceiling To Hope

This is a post for all of my sisters & brothers out there who are struggling at the moment. I just wanted to try and inspire you with some of the Songs/Poems i've posted on here. Some will have already read them, but its really on my heart to try and help you as you fight with your day to day struggles. Peace be with you.

page links for my Songs/Poems: 

• Captivity Of Negativity
• Depression
• Not Afraid To Die
• Rest In Piece
• Shadow of the Beast
• The Prodigal Son

I Hope these songs will reach out to people who can relate to some of the feelings i went through on my Journey! But i want you to know that you are never alone and a new Life of Love, Joy & inner Peace are waiting for you. Check out my “About” page to read a little more about my journey.

It Takes Just A Little...

It Takes Just A Little… It takes so little to make us sad, Just a slighting word or a doubting sneer, Just a scornful smile on some lips held dear; And our footsteps lag, though the goal seemed near, And we lose the courage and hope we had- So little it takes to make us sad.

It takes so little to make us glad, Just a cheering clasp of a friendly hand, Just a word from one who can understand; And we finish the task we long had planned, And we lose the doubt and the fear we had- So little it takes to make us glad. ~ Ida Goldsmith Morris

A World We Didn't Make

The Hebrew evening/morning sequence conditions us to the rhythms of grace. We go to sleep, and God begins his work...We wake into a world we didn't make, into a salvation we didn't earn.
Eugene Peterson

Praise God

My Thoughts 💭 

Last night at our evening meeting, Ruth (one of our ministers) led us in an hour of praise and prayer to God. Ruth started with the prayer below and Sarah and I played 8 songs, and in-between the songs Ruth would say a prayer or a reflection which flowed beautifully for the whole hour.

It was deeply moving and I wanted to just share with you this opening prayer.

🙏 Prayer 4 2day! 

Praise God for: mountains and oceans, planets and stars
Praise God for big things
Praise God for: seeds and spiders, petals and drops of dew
Praise God for small things
Praise God for: rolling thunder and the crashing waves
Praise God for loud things
Praise God for: a breath of wind and a whispered prayer
Praise God for quiet things
Praise God for: soaring eagles and hairy gorillas
Praise God for strong things
Praise God for: snowflakes and cobwebs - a tiny baby
Praise God for fragile things
Praise God for: the flash of lightening and a humming bird's wings
Praise God for fast things
Praise God for: the growth of a tree and the erosion of cliffs
Praise God for slow things
Praise God for: the moon, the sun, other worlds
Praise God for far away things
Praise God for: the person sitting next to me, my own heartbeat
Praise God for close-by things

Thank you that though you are so big,
you become small enough to meet us here on earth
though you are so strong, you show your love in gentleness
though you are loud as thunder, you speak to us in the sound of silence.
Thank you that though you could be faster than the speed of light
You choose to walk at our pace and to hold our hand.

Amen