'So the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him, “Why don’t your disciples follow our age-old tradition? They eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony.”'Mark 7:5 NLT
Burgress Park-Southwark Park. London
As I ponder on the words of Jesus:
The people honour Me with lips
But their hearts is far from Me
And in vain they worship Me
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men
Why oh why do we like imaginary boxes
The Lord our God is vast and beyond our comprehension
The Lord creates and can not be contain in a box
Yes to Jesus
Yes to Him alone -
I have come to understand that saying Yes is
Saying no to the things that pleases my flesh
And constantly adjusting my eyes that wanders around
As I continue to ponder to myself
Is the old life completely gone?
Not a chance, it creeps in slowly
Life is accustomed to and feel good moments
Life likes familiarity
Yes to Jesus
Means not walking alone
Is it easy? Of course NOT
See this week, we have showers of blessings in London
No surprise, It is always raining
Boy was I glad, I didn’t have to water my potted plants
So on Thursday no rain,
Well I checked up on my plants, the leaves are out wow
You will not believe it
I see something I did not plant
Oh dear this is not good
Weeds - I saw weeds
My eyes widely open - with questions
How did you get in here?
What does it mean?
So these weeds are sprouting from the gaps between the stones
In life as I ponder, I have gaps too
Days when I just want to look inwardly
Days when I don’t anything but me
These are the days the gaps are created
And these gaps makes me lose focus
They bring doubts and fears
They make me look with the wrong lens on
They make me think everyone is against me
As I ponder on what to do
I saw Him and all He wants is to be with me
He is part of my life
Not only when I want Him to be He should be with me all the time
Life is not easy,
the weeds will sprout when we are flourishing
When water is good and I am soaked in His word
When I am vulnerable
It is easy to be distracted
Watch and pray
Be alert always
Yes I decided not to pull all the weeds out
Well I also wanted to see what they will be like
when the time is right
I can distinguish them and pull them out
Very exciting news
For now they stay
I read up that some can be a good flower
Who knows, we will see
So looking at the weeds
In the quietness
In my own craziness
I look at the sky
The sky proclaim the work of His hands
Consider and hear me, O Lord my God
Make my eyes sparkle again
Lest my eyes wonder and fall into the trap of death
So I went for a walk - to burgess park
It is a very big park, looking at the green trees and just enjoying nature
I trust in Your unfailing love
My heart rejoices in Your salvation
I will sing the Lord’s praise
For He has been good to me
As I ponder on the words of Jesus
'Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? '
Matthew 6:25
Do not worry about anything
Your life, what you will eat or what you will drink
I thank my God everyday
In all my prayers, that the Joy of the Lord will always be our strength
Our Father knows what we want and gives before we even ask.
As a result, it has become clear that we should not worry,
Why worry? It is always easier said than done
But the strength is not my own
It is true that we sometimes worry
But it never brings any results
So I sit and reflect on the words of the Lord
As the He walks in the cool of the day
In the beginning
Where Adam and Eve hide themselves
But our God is so compassionate and sees
The Father that knows exactly what they had done
He gives us chances and will never ever give up
Where are you?
So this theme is stuck in my head this week.
Where can I hide?
If I run to the heavens, You are there
If I hide under my bed, You are there
If I run to the pit, You are there
Why?
Because You are the Father that cares
Giving us chances to repent and forgive
I had my first vaccine, Astrazeneca,
on Saturday, at 8:15 am.
It was a nice walk in the morning from my house to the centre
It is not scary, I don’t like needles and it was painless
And I refused to listen to fears and focus on God
I said to myself, I will guard my heart and my ways
Lest I sin with my tongue
Surely everyone walks about like a shadow
Surely they busy themselves in vain
Surely every man is a vapor
Yes surely I have been told I look at the shadows
I don’t look, but I see it and know I have the light
Shadows are there only when there is light
With light we have shadows and
With no light darkness covers the earth
But who do we focus
Nothing happen, after taking the vaccine. thank God
I took paracetamol before the vaccine
So I was happy that I had no side effect
And on Sunday, taught to my myself
I will pamper myself before church
After having a nice hot bath
All of a sudden a panic
Mind you I was in a hot bath, but the feeling was different
In the midst of this, my forehead was heating up
It was dripping with sweat
My mind was racing
I stopped to think and also
push away the negative thought bubbling up
Like a balloon been blown up
No, no I did not want this balloon to explode
I started to Pray
In all this busyness and distraction
was a little nudge to sit
Which could have been missed
So I listened and sat down
Very quiet, focused and relaxed
My breathing was calming down
The room was quiet
The mind was quiet
For once it was silent everywhere
But all that dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadows of the Almighty
So I said to my Lord, He is my refuge and strength
He is my healer, my God in Him I trust.
As I relax on the sofa
He covered me with His feathers
Under His wings I was refreshed
His truth was my shield and buckler
I was not afraid of the terror
Nor the thoughts that wanted to over take me
I was calmed and relaxed
The blanket of the Lord was over me and
I was alive again, all panic and fever that was inflated
The air in balloon was open and it deflated slowly
As I relax in the shadows
I knew then what it means not to worry
Our Father who art in Heaven
Let Your will be done
Through Christ Jesus who strengthen us
God is good and loves us so much
He looks for us, knowing what we have done
He sent His son to pay the sins that we should have paid for
So, where are you?
No need hiding because He knows what we have done
He chooses us before the creation of the world
He sees us and came to rescue everyone
This is very much good news
I pray that this weekend and everyday
you experience the blanket of God
A Fathers love is very precious
For this love brings live into us
In Christ Jesus
By Grace we have been saved through Faith
It is a gift of God, and no one can boast
For we are all His workmanship
'Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” '
Matthew 28:10 NIV
2019 – Southwark Peckham an outside museum
Do not be afraid
The words that consoles my heart
The words that are sweet to my ears
The words that makes the racing heart slow down
But I tell you not to resist an evil person
But whoever slaps you on the right cheek
Turn the other to him also
Do not be afraid
It is amazing the upside down Kingdom of God
As things get back to normal
Life become busy
And the good works
The building of the foundation
Questions start to happen
Do I stop, just because!
So in the wisdom of the Lord
I reflect on the journey
This week, back to normal
What is back to normal?
I have no idea, but I do know this is normal
People voted yesterday in UK
Yes I voted, I have always done the anti-social
Postal vote all the way
At the comfort of my own house
Disappoints happening and the news
And the blames, of the what if
I tell you, do not be afraid
The most amazing thing happened
And I want to rejoice and scream and shout
Glory to God in the highest through
Christ Jesus I ran this week
Yes I am an active member of the society
I love the outdoors so a little story
See I stopped running ages ago
I just walk and I was freed from this
What does that mean?
Let us start
See last week, on my usually walk around
The park, this was on Thursday I broke into a run
I don’t know how to express it
Or what made me do it
but it felt so good that I must have done
More than three laps round the field
See I am processing girl and
still getting to grips with this
Just a backup story
I use to run early mornings
As an early bird, we talking before six
and one day this guy was following me
I didn’t know at the time
I don't know how to explain it, but
In my spirit I felt like I had to stop
Turn off the headphones and listen
So I did, and all my sense were heighten up
My heart was racing,
And all I could say is I will never run again
Help me God, I will never run this early again
If nothing happens, I was making all this promises
so I started to slow down and got ready
For what was to come, so
I turned just in time to see this strange man
Out of place and the surprise was gone
He stopped in his tracked
I looked straight at him
Could not see his face, under his hood
But my God is so good, so with him standing
The element of surprise is gone
He was frozen, and
I turned around and
I ran as fast as my legs could carry me home
All the while looking over shoulder to make sure
He didn’t follow me,
But he couldn’t do anything
And I saw him turned back the other way
And that was the end of my running
The enemy taught he has me cornered
The Lord is my Shepherd
I shall not want
He is my comforter and healer
And I stopped running it is more than five years now
Could you believe it, I had forgotten all about it
We do not fight against flesh and blood
The weapon of our warfare is not canal
My God will supply all my needs
He will protect me
So I broke into a run and I was free
Flying like a bird, the sun on face
And a smile giving thanks to the Lord
I am still smiling for I am free
It is crazy but I love the way our Lord
Heals everyone in a different way
And a different time, all I have to do is
Go to Him and He will give me rest
This all started because
I made up my mind to read this book
By Kris Vallotton - Spirit Wars
I bought this book more than a year ago
and never opened it
I tell you this, because later on
I got this same book in kindle for free
What does that tell me?
Read it young lady but I did not
Don’t know why but I am glad I opened it
The first day I opened it was on the First of May
Not knowing that it opens the door to walk
In with the Lord, to take out all the buried things
This week has been a healing week
Every week is a healing week and
to do what God wants me to do
Looking at the lies that I have come to believe
Just getting into the scripture
We do not fight against flesh and blood
Do not be afraid
God is so amazing
I tell you the Lord our God is awesome
When He is ready, when we obey
It just happens and so I have started to run
Doing five laps, it is small park 800m
It feels so good, to start small
I am so looking forward to doing it once a week
My mind is made up
My heart is bursting with JOY
Now I can tell you I had forgotten all about this:
The feel of the winds on your face
The cool breeze
The breath building up
The faster you run
The hearts beats ever so fast
And as you slow down
The heart slows
The mind stops
The legs moves with reach step
Yes I do love the outdoors
And I have come to realize that we forget
But God never forgets
He loves us so much, from day one
His promise was to free us and
We have been freed
Christ the Lover of our soul
The Bridegroom that sees the flaws
And chose us, and said YES I want
YOU, come with Me
And all we have to do is say AMEN
And walk with Him
I get to imagine the garden
Running in it and free
I love the garden
That is just amazing to me
The LORD of hosts
He is the King of glory
To You, O Lord I lift my soul
O my God I trust You
And I will not be afraid
Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
It is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain to all people,
And plants of the field to everyone.
Zechariah 10:1 NIV
Happy Friday and thank You Lord
Faithful You are
The weather was ever changing
The entire week was warm, cold and raining
In one day, the mysteries of the world
Yesterday as I stepped out of my house
One side was raining on the same street the other side was dry
My front door floor was both dry and wet
What a sight
So I look at the floor and smiled
Looked at the sky
The beauty of the creator
And my entire walk was singing and smiling
Different songs combined together my own paraphrase version
Your mercy, O Lord is in the Heavens
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds
Your righteousness is like the great mountains
Your judgment are deeper than the ocean
O Lord You preserve man and beast
Your faithfulness is forever
Great is Your faithfulness
Great is Your faithfulness
Morning by morning
New mercies I see
All I have needed Your hand has provided
So I worshiped with these few lines in my head
The whole hour and came home to listen to it-earworm
“Great is Thy faithfulness”
Thank the Lord for internet
The amazing thing is, so many versions online
But I prefer the old version song
The way to defeat the enemy
Worship, so I reflect on Yahweh
I worshiped Him and I have decided to do some potted planting
I pray for my plants and I was reminded of Jonah
So I prayed to God to let me see the world in
His eyes with compassion for all creatures
And the world I live in
So in my head, I started to think
Plants are easy they don’t argue back
I try to argue, well I try to reason in my heart
The grass weathers, the plants fade
But the word of God stands forever
All things are the beauty of God
So I am documenting my plant and not getting attached to it
They will die, eventually everything dies
Maybe I should get a dog
Then it is another responsibility
Will see may be I do want a dog, I like cats
But I don’t want to be the cat lady
Preference is dog if any animal to get my affection
Sorry cats!
So this week my eyes has seen
The King in his beauty and I have come
To view the land that stretches far with all the beautiful flowers
The heavens are telling of the glory of God
And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands
The sky shows the majestic King
In the beginning was the word and the word was with God
The earth was without form
The Lord spoke and behold we look at the beauty of His creation daily
So I smiled to my God
I dance to my Father
I sing to the Almighty
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom
And strength and honour and glory and blessing
One side rain and the other dry, it was an amazing site. Also seeing the plants grow is truly something to step out of the house for. Got some of the plants as gifts for my birthday and bought some.
My heart, O God, is focused and determined. Now I can sing my song with passionate praise! Awake, O my soul, with the music of His splendour
Psalms 108:1
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