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Done

It always feels great to push the send button after writing for days and 6,000 words latter! I am still dealing with being angry over injustice, however like pushing send concerning the essay I am doing the same with the pain pushing send. Only God can deal with this ache. One more paper to write before summer ends...I actually enjoyed writing this one and I made the deadline. Yeah! I might write a poem...later.

Silent Cry's of Mercy

My heart is heavy concerning events that I can not even talk about because no one will understand or if I do tell, they will walk away leaving in the wake, a deeper pain of empty. I desire to walk in celebration not in the presence of grief. So... Here I am telling the world. How foolish is that! However, I continue to pray this will end...God have mercy. If not, I pray God will allow me to have greater amounts of His strength, grace and protection as I travel through the suffering. Thank you Lord, for the word picture of hiding self under the protection of Your wings; here is were I will place my hope... My heart is still crying silent cry's of mercy and I still have a paper due on Tuesday...LOL

Pain

“If one member suffers, all the members suffer . . .” 1 Corinthians 12:26a Pain entered into our midst causes were numerous Blame took hold but who do you accuse? God? yourself? of course not! Suffering is not easily understood no matter the reason only a few are willing to stop extending grace to feel outside of self. This world is full of anguish can you see it? can you hear it? are you willing to look into suffering? walking in grace means: looking at another deciding to see learning to listen letting go of self asking yourself… is the next step I take going to help another? Grace and love are never the easy way pain within another no matter how I hide it or avoid it still affects me teardrops are falling into stained glass bottles. 2007-07-29Robin Sloboda

Prayer Journey

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Last weeks prayer journey project sparked a new desire in those who participated, to journey out into their communities to impact them through prayer on a more regular basis. The blessing that has been given to me is that others have picked this up, have owned it and are going into communities praying with insight. Earlier today, a friend and I went out for our own journey, what a beautiful morning, God’s goodness was all around us. When I arrived home I looked up the word good in the dictionary, here is what Webster’s has to say: Good: effective, efficient, beneficial, valid, real, healthy or sound, enjoyable, pleasant, reliable, thorough, virtuous, devout, kind, dutiful, proper, correct, skilled, considerable, well. I believe, these words describe our God perfectly! We also enjoyed the benefits that come from walking and friendship… If you have not been out on a prayer journey into your community, why not try it? Ask God where to go, who to take, how to go and to open your eyes and

What I am Reading

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What I am Reading

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What I am Reading

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House Keeping

Finally, a name change along with a new music box and my favorite poetry stops. Changing the skin was considered, but the simplicity of this skin still works. A question asked in my devotional time today was: "What is my challenge today?" Here are my responses: Not to let emotions rule, but to seek God for guidance throughout this day. Stop procrastinating, write my paper and enjoy the process. Embrace the challenges that come today and walk in joy. Love and understand the difficult people in my life.

The Trees are Dying

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The response I get from many is it is a natural process, yes, that might be so, but it is an awful thing to see the forest dying. The land is groaning...

One more, but the trees are in the way!

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My heart was full of sadness , concerning the state of the forest in B.C. The mountain pine beetle has done a good job of killing many trees. I would love to write a poem reflecting how it affected me as we drove through hundreds of miles of dead forest. One thing for sure is it is a sign of the spiritual state of the times. The trees are showing the result; the tree to the left is revealing the start of the decay. Over the next six weeks writing on the blog will be very quiet and slow. I have been procrastinating to long concerning my papers (one is due July 31, and the other August 31)--they need to take priority and I desire to embrace the learning process. Summer has been very healing to my soul this year.

View: The Drive Home from B.C.

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Watch

"I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies… The LORD lives; and blessed be My rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted." ( Psalms 18:3,46) Watch signs all around, can you see? can you hear? do you care? she is a harlot among nations apathetic in nature, her heart is cold, her body asleep, supplications are only a whisper. let grace surround completely hedging in Shimon Peres to see truth, desiring good not corruption that has drawn others underground towards darkness. Keep Golan Heights, ancient Bashan , part of Israel – forever. “Peace, Peace,” they shout, when there is none to be found. Wake up, wake up, wash your eyes watch and pray, watch and pray. Fulignous colour looms over the sun, causing the silver moon not to shine, stars have lost there twinkle blinded by false light. Wake up, wake up, wash your eyes watch and pray, watch and pray. change is drawing near, hold the battle axe up high letting it shine forth

A Time of Healing

Recovery has been like a dream one moment all seems real wrapped entirely in normal then without warning invisible hands that heal escort deeper into warm tranquil waters of compassion, care, comfort, and calm releasing a time of rest from all that once had total focus to a place of lingering longer in a daydream. Where revival of being, begins… July 18, 2007 R.Sloboda

A musing from my deck...

Morning songs rise with the sun announcing a new day is beginning along with this new day arises second chances... second chances for: healing relationships changing old habits learning new ones but most importantly learning to embrace the love of God the decision and choice is really all mine... r. sloboda At 6:30 on a mid July morning the air warm, the sun starting to wake up, my deck is beautiful and a wonderful sanctuary to experience the presence of God all around. The flowers Murray and I have planted just took off... we hardly spent much on them, but wow... have they decided they too love my deck! I simply love all the colors, and the spirit of life that radiates off of these plants. Off to work...I go...to love my special friends at the care home.

One World

Numerous worlds within one contain diverse faces each with a similar outline for life. Fascination with differences create room for wonder layered among a smile and twinkle. One life tries to understand and befriend others, only to experience walls of isolation from crowded places. Fear and anxiety, mixed with different cultures cause uneasy emotions. Community is a place to walk through walls that separate discovering purpose and significance. Linking many worlds within one, connecting cultures, breaking down fear, washing away anxiety, here hope is found for a dying world. July 16, 2007, R.S.