I enjoy writing poetry just as much as I enjoy writing articles about things that interest me, and things that I am passionate about. I want to express myself in a different way. I want to write poetry because I have always loved poetry; even poetry that does not rhyme. It makes me think about things as I am writing, and new ways to use words that paint pictures in the minds of those that read it. I noticed that when I was going to school, would always write poems for my friends, in class because of the assignments would call for it. I pretty much have been doing all kinds of writing since have been old enough to write and read letters. Some of my own poetry has brought tears to my eyes. I did not know my writing poetry could be so deep. It really amazes me that have been given so many gifts of writing. Writing is very close to my heart. It helps me to get my feelings out when I am feeling a certain kind of way. It can be very freeing. Depending on how I am feeling at the time I am writing determines what I am writing will sound like.

I want to start a poetry blog because I am feeling like Fall, although it is Summer, and in the Fall is when like to write poetry. I like to write about the changing of the leaves, the change in the air and how it feels outside. I like to write about how it makes me feel when the sun is setting in the evening. I could go on and on about writing poetry in the Fall, so I am going to do a bit of brainstorming to get my words together before I do. Continue being creative in writing.

MOTHER’S

Mother’s are young, mothers are old, mother’s are their children’s first teachers, the first one their child to hold. We laugh at their jokes. We comfort them when they are sad…we wipe their tears away when they cry. We are the ones that they come to when their first love breaks their heart. We raise them to be loving and kind to everyone. We adore them as soon as we find out they are inside of us; we can’t wait to see them. Our smile is the first smile they see when they are placed in our arms. We do a lot for them all of their teen years until they decide they are ready to go out on their own. When that day comes… It is bittersweet. We remember their first words they speak and all of the milestones they accomplish.

We will never stop raising them because they will always need our advice for something. We never stop loving them or teaching them about life and how to live. We mothers can look at our children and feel their hearts. We look into their eyes and know when they are keeping things from us, but all in all, they will always be our children and we will always be their mothers. To all of the mothers in the world Happy Mother’s Day. I hope this day has been wonderful for you as it was for me.

When I started my blog, I wanted a theme picture that stood out and showed what my blog was all about. I felt very good about it. That picture I used has made me a better person as a Christian, because it reminds me of what Jesus did for me. I know He did what He did for all people, but there has been times when I thought I was not going to make it through the trials and tribulations I have been through in my life, and when I saw that picture of Him, it reminded me of all of the things HE has brought me through; such as saving my life almost ten years ago when I only had one week to live, due to a cyst that was on my brain that had grown since I was a child, I was thirty-five when I had it removed in 2009.

I just wanted to share that. Life is short. I will never take life for granted ever again. That taught me that tomorrow is not promised to anyone, not even our next breath, minute, second, or hour. Live everyday as if it is your last, love like you never have, and give to those that are in need of a helping hand. If you have not given your life to Christ, please think about it, pray about it; because HE loves you , and He wants everyone to spend eternity with Him. He does not want anyone to perish. He came that we may have life more abundantly, overflowing to the full. He changed my life. It was the best decision that have ever made in my life. It will be the best decision you will ever make in your life. Let God arise and His enemies be scattered. Amen.

“Hello, my name is Shaunelius”. This is my first spiritual blog, and I am very excited about it. It has taken me a very long time to make the decision to so this. I wanted to have a platform to discuss issues about the Word with those that share the same beliefs that I have concerning the souls of the lost. I want people to share their thoughts, truths, opinions, and beliefs according to Christ Jesus and His resurrection.

This picture takes me back to when Jesus was nailed to the cross for all of our sins. He did not have to do it, but he did. He could have called on a thousand legions of angels to take Him from the cross, but He did not do that either. I know that what He went through hurt His mother to see her son suffering to death on that old rugged cross. I can see some of the stripes near His underarm where the whip struck Him. Just imagine the pain of all of that He went through all night long, being beat to no end, and then nailed to a cross that next day! That is what I call real love, and laying down His life because of the love He and the Father had for us, and still has for us until this very day. It was love that kept Him there, not the rusty nails and the ropes tied around His wrists. The crown of thorns that they placed on His head caused Him to bleed even more. He did not refuse anything that was done to Him, HE did it for our sakes. He took the punishment that we all deserved for our own sins. He said, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” His Father forsook Him because He took all of the sins of the whole world upon His shoulders, He bore the weight of our sins, something that we could have never done ourselves. We would not have been able to take the punishment that He took for us, it would have literally killed us dead. I am so thankful and grateful for what He done for me. If I had a thousand lifetimes to live, saying thank you still would not be enough. We will never be able to repay Jesus for what He did for us!

Now unto Him that is worthy of all of our praise, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. May His name be praised forevermore, Amen! Don’t forget to tell Him how thankful you are, and how much you love Him.

When I think about how God spoke this world into being it amazes me. I never knew as a child just how powerful God’s voice really was. When I was just a child going to church, I would hear the preacher say how God created us all. I would hear him say just how much God loved us. As a child, I always wondered if Jesus was going to come back soon, because I always heard the preacher say that Jesus was coming back one day.

I would look up at the sky and watch the clouds go by, but I never saw Jesus come. God created everything just by speaking it with the words of His mouth. When I was older, I finally knew that God was all powerful , and that He could do anything He wanted to do and there was nothing that we could do about it.

Now I am grown and have grown in the Word, I see God’s mighty power in His Word. I especially see it in Exodus, and in all of the New Testament. Exodus is where I draw my strength from God. The parting of the Red Sea just amazes me, Jesus walking on the water amazes me, Jesus being raised on the third day amazes me, feeling His presence amazes me, but most of all, His unfailing love amazes me.

We are all His creation. We were created to worship Him because He is God and God alone. He is the creator of all life. He created us to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ, His Son. He created us to love Him more than anything or anyone on the face of this earth.

The next time you go outside, just take some time to enjoy God’s creation that is all around us. He created this world for us to live in and enjoy. Praise and thank Him for it!

He loves us more than we could ever love ourselves, and His love never fails. There is not anything that we can do to separate His love from us. God is love. He wants us to love one another as HE has loved us and gave His life for us.

There are seasons in our lives when we go through things and we find ourselves in the valley of why. Well, sometimes things just happen that we have no control of. We ask God why we struggle, why we hurt, why do bad things happen to good people, why did so many storms leave so much devastation, and will anything change? This is where we stop and think about all of the things going on in the world today. We want answers to all of our questins, but will we ever get them? We read books, watch movies, go to seminars, and we still do not have our questions answered.

To often we forget as to who has all of our answers to the questions that we have. People thought Noah was crazy because he was building an ark. They asked him why and he told them. He told them that it was going to rain but they did not believe him. When it began to rain, he and all of his family, and all of the animals male and female entered the ark, that answered their question. God silenced all of their questions.

Our mind will keep us up at night with questions needing to be answered, but when that happens, we just need to get up and pray and ask God to silence all of the questions that are keeping us awake. God gives us rest so we can be fresh and new to start a new day. He does not want us to be bogged down with questions that will keep us from resting. Let us not find ourselves in the valley of why. Let us cast all of our cares on God because He cares for us. Let us rest in Him.

All praises be to God, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; who was and is and is to come, Amen.

I never thought that creating something could take a lot of hard work and dedication. I am almost three months into creating my blog. I am still working it all out and learning a lot. Everyday is a challenge for me to write, because I sometimes have writers block; that causes me not to be able to write for days at a time, sometimes for weeks. It bothers me whenever I cannot write, I feel like I am hard on myself whenever I cannot write. I want my articles to be informative, creative, and inspirational. I want them to be enjoyed when read by readers. I just write what is on my heart, or whenever I am inspired to write. I know it is going to take some time to get all of the kinks out so it will be just right for me to write without getting writers block.

I have read a lot of articles since I have been writing, and I must say I enjoy reading them. I always come across something that makes me smile, or just think, or that inspires me to be a better writer. You just never know who is being uplifted when someone reads articles that other bloggers write. I also read other articles because I love to read. I like to read what others write because it tells me a little about them. I never knew that blogging was so interesting until I started blogging. I had always wanted to start a blog, but I just felt like I could not do it, so I said to myself that I was going to just do it, and whatever happens in the end of it all, oh well, so that is what I did. I was so excited whenever I finished setting it up, and the rest is history. Now here I am writing; doing what I have always loved doing for many years of my life. Writing is how I express myself, and the other way I express myself is when I am drawing abstract. That is another one of my passions, and I cannot leave out writing poetry.

Hopefully when it is all said and done, it will be perfect for me. I know I cannot do it without the help of God, and the staff at WordPress whenever I need to ask questions about things I need to know about. I will always write as long as I have the strength in my hands to do so. Let us all encourage one another through our writing. Have a blessed week.

I just do not know what it is about cloudy days that makes us so sleepy. For as long as I can remember; cloudy days has relaxed me to the point that I would just fall asleep. Maybe it is because of the smell of rain in the air, or maybe it is because of the way the sky looks, or maybe it is because the cool breeze it brings when the wind blows. All I know is that it makes me want to drink something warm; like hot chocolate with marshmallows and peppermint. Other times I want to stand outside and just meditate and feel the cool breeze of peace as the wind blows across my face. One day my daughter and I was outside talking, and all of a sudden it became cloudy. Instead of us going in the house, we stayed outside and talked. It started to rain really hard and we just played in the rain. I let my hair down, pulled off my shoes and played in the rain. We had so much fun. I had not did anything like that since I was a child. We finally decided to go in the house. That was the best day ever! After it was all said and done, we laughed about it for a while. Later on we both sat down, relaxed, and went to sleep.

Cloudy days and relaxation are days for lounging and watching your favorite movies eating popcorn and drinking your favorite beverage with family and friends. I also like to watch westerns on cloudy days; it just seems right to me. What do you like to do on cloudy days to relax? Whatever it is, just have fun! Make long lasting memories with family and friends, or just with that special someone. Peace.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, And from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

He -Means us. The dwelling place of the Lord is the church because that is where we all go to come together to worship and praise God. He inhabits the praises of His people. When we all are together praising as one, it is music to His ears. The other dwelling place of the Lord is our hearts. We can praise Him in our heart, mind, and spirit. We are all under His shadow, He is the Almighty. When we are under His shadow, nothing can harm us; He protects us from the things that can harm us, such as sickness, disease, storms, violent people, and crooked paths that leads us to nowhere. He is our great protector. When we take refuge in God, we do not have to worry about anything, no matter what the problem or the situation may be. His Word of truth is our shield and buckler. We do not have to be afraid of the terrors that go on in the night time, nor the arrows that flies by day; mainly the arrows and darts that the enemy is trying to throw at us to hurt us. The enemy is defeated, he is under our feet, he was defeated tow thousand years ago. He is the pestilence that walks in darkness looking for someone to devour, that is what he does. He came to steal, kill, and destroy, he is that snake that caused all of the problems for Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.

We will see the destruction that happens when our enemies are defeated but it will not come anywhere near us. No plagues will come near our homes. He will give His angels charge over us to keep us in all of our ways. God is a good God, and HE can be angry when He is sick and tired of all of the sin and destruction that is going on in the world that He created; such as Sodom and Gomorrah. That place was wicked; so God destroyed it. God will tear down, and He will build up. There is nothing that HE cannot do. When we are in the presence of God, our soul is at peace. We can relax and have assurance that God is always going to be here for us to protect us and keep us safe. When I look at the news, I see the devastation that storms leave behind. People tell their stories about How God spared them and their families, although they lost everything. They don’t worry about the material things that they lost, because they know some of those things can be replaced, but life cannot be replaced. God is our shelter in the time of storm. He holds us in the palm of His hands, He covers us under the shadow of His wings. I could not ask for a better Father. He is all I need, and He is Jesus Christ.

Just remember, when you start to feel afraid of things that are going on around the world where there is destruction, look to our Awesome Heavenly Father. He has all of the strength to ease our troubled mind. To God be all glory, honor and praise, Amen! We can always trust God when we cannot trust anyone else.