Blessed for Mary Jean Golden
Matt 5:3-5
Blessed are
The poor
And all oppressed.
All are God's people
And love and blessings
Are theirs.
Matt 5:6-9
I Blessed are
All people of God
Who seek the best
For all around them;
For always
They are Children
Of God.
Matt 5:10-12
Blesed are
Those who do not
Turn aside,
Even when
The world intrudes
And tries to make them
Go another way.
Rejoice, for God
Is always with you.
Oh God,, you are my Parent
And I cannot see you.
But I have a question for you ;
Do you see me?
It's an important question for me
Because so many walk by
And do not see me there.
Do you hear me?
An answer came
Soft but very clear,
"I see you always
And when you
Are feeling down
I am near to comfort you.
And yes,I hear you
Talking to me. "
To hear your songs.
Let us all sing
Praises of God!
John 16:20-22
Come and see,
Come and hear,
That there will come
A great day
When all our mourning
Will be turned
Into great joy,
Joy that no one
Can ever take away.
Romans 8:35-38
And then comes
Our greatest joy –
That there is
Nothing or no one
That can ever
Separate any of us
From God’s love
Shown in Jesus
A note to all - I hate Parkinsons!! I hate the slow deterioration of the body so it won't do what I want it to do. I hate the shaking that sometimes doesn't show on the outside. I hate the fuzzy feeling I get in my brain. I hate the slow response of my arms and legs when I try to do something. I hate the idea that I someday won't be able to do for myself. I hate that one day I will not be able to remember things or people who are important to me. I hate that one day, I won't be able to write my poetry. I hate Parkinsons and what it does to a person. I would not wish this disease on anybody, not even my worst enemy if I had any. I H ATE PARKINSONS!!! My friends and family, pleasegive to find a way to fight and cure this disease!!8
I have found out what it is like to have Parkinsons and not :be able to get the medicine you need. You can't do much for yourself not even go to the bathroom. And sitting upright can be a trial. And even feeding yourself can be a problem. You loose all independence and have to have help with even the smallest things that you do.
Touch me,
Hug me,
For I am alive
And I need
Your touch,
Your hug,
To affirm
My life
That I am loveable.
Sitting with the family
That God has given me
Knowing that He is here,
Loving me.
DrinEnjoyingking in the joy
That is there,
Because God
Is in the midst.
Drinking in the joy,
God’s presence,
Then spreading the joy
To all around
That all may know
That God dwells
Among us
And loves us all.
Drinking the joy,
Feasting on God’s love
For even me!
Wherever I turn,
He is there,
Loving me
Every day.
What more
Can I do
But to love Him?
For He is everything
To me.
And His love
Strengthens
And upholds me.
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Drinking the joy,
Feasting on God’s love
For all people,
Letting the world know
Of God’s love for them.
Q
A Musician
Yes, I met Jesus. I had become crippled and could
not play any of my instruments. I had heard about
the healing powers that Jesus had and thought that
it was worth trying to find to see if I could be healed. I
wanted to get back to playing my music. I didn't even
have to ask. I was there in the crowd listening to
Him teaching. Quite a fellow, I'll tell you! I like
the way He teaches! But then Jesus stopped teaching,
and went through the crowd, touching people and healing
them. Of course, I watched where He was going and
put myself near where He was. He stopped and talked
to some folks nearby, then looked at me. And before
I could ask Him - "Please heal me," He reached out f
and touched my shoulder. I could feel the warmth
coursing through my body. And then all my brokeness
was gone, healed. Both inside and out! Of course,
since then, I have been a follower, a disciple. And
I find that I am now composing my own music, in praise
of God, who sent Jesus to us. It's so easy, especially
when you know that God loves you!
not play any of my instruemnts. I had heard about
the healing powers that Jesus had and thought that
it was worth tyring to see ifI could be healed. I
wanted to get back to playing my music. I didn't even
have to ask. I was there in the crowd listening to
Him teaching. Quite a fellow, I'll tell you! I like
the way He teaches! But then Jesus stopped teaching,
and went through the crowd, touching people and healing
them. Of course, I watched where He was going and
put myself near where He was. He stopped and talked
to some folks nearby, then looked at me. And before
I could ask Him - "Please heal me," He reached out
and touched my shoulder. I could feel the warmth
coursing through my body. And then all my brokeness
was gone, healed. Both inside and out! Of course,
since then, I have been a follower, a disciple. And
I find that I am now composing my own music, in praise
of God, who sent Jesus to us. It's so easy, especially
when you know that God loves you!
There was a time when I was broken into many pieces, fragmented. There was no joy for me sadness and despair were my lot. I knew not where to go nor could I find any peace. Then I remembered that there one person who Icould turn to, who had always been there, and waiting for me to turn to Him.
Now I am whole again, and complete; not fragmented and broken as I was before. Joy has returned to me; and a peace better than any I knew before, for He has touched me and healed me.
Where could I find another like Him? For He is ALWAYS there for me to talk to, even when I want Him not, for I will not always
me His word. But still, He has is there for me, always. And never will I be completely alone.
And He holds my hand, nor will He ever let me stray far from Him, but lovingly keeps me close by. He is my Counselor, my Guide, and my Friend. He keeps me on the straight path, and I flourish and he leg me in grow only when He is nearaaaa. For"c I have no strength of my Nowhere! For He has infinite love and infinite patience, He is at once my God and my Father. He is the one who made me and gave me life. He is all life and all love. And only in Him is complete love and complete peace.
I can never know all of Him. The more I know about Him; the more there is to know. He is greater, mightier than I could ever conceive. He is everything to me, my complete life. And without Him, there is no life, there is nothing but chaos.
My joy is all in Him, my peace and happiness, His. He keeps me going through all the troubles and sorrows of this life. He is everything to me, my whole life.
Don't ignore me,
I am here
And I am human,
Just like you!
Don't ignore me,
I am alive
And I have needs
Just like you.
Don't pretend
That I do not exist
Or that God
Did not make me.
Don't ignore me
Just love me
As I am
This day.
But Lord, they're black.
You don't mean to say
That I should care about
Such as they!
But Lord, they're gay.*
You couldn't have
Created these people
As they are!
But Lord, they're different.
You can't mean
That I should love them
Just as they are!
*book by Rev Sylvia Pennington
added later:
But Lord, they're asexual.
You couldn't have
Made these people
As they say they are!
God loves me!
Me! A Wanderer
Who never quite
Settles down.
I do so many
Ŵroñg things
And turn away
So many times
And yet
This glorious idea:
God loves me!
I wore a pink triangle
Because I was too different
From the ŕest of the world.
I wòrè à pìnk triangle
Ìn a,concentration
Because of who i ŵas
I wòrè a pìñk triangle
And dieð vèŕy painfully
Because of hate and feaŕ.¡
I wòre q pink triangle
Ĵust sìmplÿ.because
Ì was gay.
Flame
There’s a flame rising
Out of our souls,
Beware and watch,
See how it grows!
It is the flame of freedom,
No longer oppressed;
Watch out world,
We have been freed!
Good news!
We are not all alike!
We are created by God and in His image!
God loves us in our differences!
How to reach
Those who are
Unreachable.
How teach
Those who are
Unteachable.
How to show
All of those
God's love.
For aren't all of these God's children?
And doesn't God love them all ?
I am hungry,
Feed me.
I am naked,
Clothe me.
I am homeless,
House me.
I am God's child
Help me
To a better life.
Ì was a wandèŕèr
Upon the face
Of the earth.
No hand to hold
No friendly face
To ɓe with me.
Then He came
Holding out Hìs hands
Offering to guide me
If only I will ĺet Hìm.
Now I am a wanderer still
But no longer alone
For now
God walks with me.
Surprise!
God is here
Working among us.
Surprise!
God is doing
The unexpected.
Surprise!
God is loving
Each one of us.
Let us sit down together and talk about who we are. Maybe if we are honest, we will learn how to live together in peace. Can we learn the ways of peace and make this world of ours a better place for all people?
Let's stop the hate! We need to learn how to at least live together in peace. Then maybe we can learn to really care about what happens to the other person.
Dear God, may it be so that we will finally learn how to love people as you do. We need the help because we have problems knowing how to live with and love those who live around us no matter who they are or where they live.Help us loving God to finally love as you do.
Dear God, may it be so that we will finally learn how to love people as you do. We need the help because we have problems knowing how to live with and love those who live around us no matter who they are or where they live.Help us loving God to finally love as you do.
What do you; believe?
Do you know that God
Is always hear you?
Do you realize
That you are always loved?
Turn around and see
And know that always
You are loved.
Whatever
People are suffering:
Don't have enough
To have a good life
But he world says:
"Whatever."
The floods come
Ànd devastate
Everything around
But the world says:
"Whatever."
Refugees suffer
And have no place
To call their own
But the world says:
"Whatever ."
To each and all
God's response comes
"All are mine:so do
Whatever it takes
To show all my love."
Where He sat with the twelve in the shade
I can see Jesus walking slowly beside me
They sat and they talked and they prayed.
In the shade of the trees that grow by the river
Through the branches the wind whispers low.
Like the trees all around draw their life from the river
So the Lord gives new life to my soul.
CH:
River Jordan, if you could only talk and tell us all the things you've seen ~
How the blind saw your waters. how the lame walked your shores
And how sinners found a way to set them free.
As the sun sinks behind the hills by the river
Turning water to purple and gold
I can see Jesus walk on the banks of the river
Just as He did in days of old.
CH:(twice)
Psalm 23
God is with me,
There to protect
And to show me
Which way to go.
In good times
Or in the bad,
God is there
And will not
Leave me alone.
Isaiah 56:1-8
God is there for me
And for all people
From all nations
Who come together
In love and fellowship,
Loving one another.
Many are called
From other places
To be here
Where God is,
Where love is.
Matt 28:18-20
As God is there for us,
We are called
To go out to the world
And tell all people
Of the love of God
Shown us in Jesus.
Acts 2:1-4
And God's Spirit
Descends on me,
Leading me to go
And tell the world
Of the love
That is there for them.
Acts 10:9-15
The message
That I was given
Is this:
God's Love
Is for all people
And no one
Will be turned away.
All people are loved
And all are God's!
B
Going Home
Going home,I'm going home! One day very soon I'll be going home to that place where Jesus and Elohim dwell!
It might be a short or a long time but I have Elohim's. promise that it will be so! Come sing and dance with me for someday soon I'll be going home!!
A Prayer
Almighty God, Yaweh, Elohim, Adonis, we call Your many names. You are the Creator of all, Mighty God, Light of the worl,d, Giver of Life, Speaker of the Word that created all that is. Father and Mother to all people, the God of Israel, Leader, Guide, and the Mighty One. We bow down before You and sing our praises to You. You call each of us by name, telling each that we are Your Beloved. Come to us now and keep us safe and remind us that you are always near to help each one of us. We would stay always with You. Show us how to make Your peace and what Your Love is like. Teach us how to really love. Am en and Amen
See the rugged,
Snow- capped mountains
Reaching for the sky.
See the deep, green valleys
Laying far beneath
See the rolling plains and prairies
Stretching onward mile by mile
See all the signs and know;
God is working – here.
See the trees growing upward
See the green grass beneath.
See the glowing flowers
With all the colors
Of the rainbow.
Look all around you now
And know that again:
God is working – here.
See the small streams
And the wide rivers
Flowing onward to the sea.
See the wider sea
And the restless waves
Beating on the shoreline.
See all this and remember:
God is working – here.
See the people gather,
Young and old, short and tall.
See them in all colors
And all persuasions
Mixing freely all around.
See all of this
And always remember:
God is working – here.
Feel the wind a blowing
Wherever it will
Always upon one and all.
See the bright sun shine
Every day, even through the clouds.
Look around you day by day
And know that always and ever:
God is working – here.
Father to me,
Always there for ;me,
Come to me now.
You have held me
When I was down
And celebrated with me
When joy was mine
And was a Mother to me
When I needed that.
You are always
There for me
For me in good times
And in bad.
So I turn to you
At all times
And praise
Your Name
Every day.
