Getting Away From Self

Thoughts of self-contentment come to mind,

Is it really that hard to find?

I see that others seek this through others,

Yet wouldn’t we call that self-contentment of another?

We read seek ye God first,

But is it really what we thirst?

If we seek God first then should not self-contentment be evident?

For contentment with God and his word as a Christian would be Prevalent.

Seek ye first! Seek ye first! We read and say!

Yet is it what we really do this day?

Can we get past ourselves and our own righteousness?

Or are we always saying, ‘No not me. It is what I do best!’

Is righteousness what we really seek?

Surely not for this would make us weak.

Weak in verse, Weak in spirit.

We must act or ‘do’ and not just hear it!

Please, let us put past ourselves, past our world, and past our hurts.

Let us Seek first HIS Kingdom and not play in our own dirt.

Together as a Lilac

My darlin you are green and I am purple!

Together we are a Lilac bush.
The leaves and stems are green,
They support the blooms.

The blooms are purple.
They wouldn't be as vibrant and
fragrant without the support of
the leaves and stems!

One cannot thrive without the other!
Together they complete a beautiful bush!

In His Will

Whatever you ask in Jesus' name,

The father has promised to do. 

In this the father is glorified, 

Ask and He'll do it for you.

Abide in Christ and keep His Word,

Within your heart so deep.

Make your request known to Him,

And you will hear him speak.

When you ask in Jesus' precious name,

You must be in the Father's will.

We'll find his Will within His Word,

With joy our hearts He'll fill.

So read His Word to learn His will.

Come to His throne of grace.

He loves us and will meet our needs.

He'll give our desires first place, 

No matter what our race.

October 16th, 2004

John 15
Written by: Bertha Fontaine

Discouragement

        I have had a lot of pain and heart ache in the past few years. It has been very hard to write anything because of this. We all go through heart aches and pain I know but we must keep in mind that we all handle it differently. This is because we are all different and unique in our own way. But I pulled through it recently and am now starting to write again. A personal experience helped me with that little boost I needed to keep writing. It reminded me that with Christ we can heal and move on to do more of his great work. Here is a little account of that personal experience.

        I recently met a kindred spirit and sister in Christ. She has been writing poetry all her life as well. I ran into her at my local library. I was there using the internet as it was faster to take care of some blogging. I saw her walk past me to sit on the couch nearby; she had brought with her yarn and knitting pins to crochet something. As I saw her sit down and start to stitch I thought to myself she must be waiting on someone. I finished my online business and proceeded to walk past her heading to the ladies room and something told me to speak to her so my firsts response was to comment on her knitting. I've always admire those that had the patience for it because anything knitted always represented a delicate and graceful love. She smiled and instead of saying thank you in response like most did she said, "Hello! How are you?" This took me back and I told her I was good and ask how she was. She smiled with that joyful smile that reached her eyes and said "I'm great!" I then repeated the compliment about her knitting and she said she knits for the needy proceeding to tell me the story of how she knitted a bunch of mittens for the children of a Navajo reservation. Eventually we started to discuss Christ and how great he was; both of us quoting his word pertaining to our own life experiences. She eventually gave me some of her writings in booklets while explaining how God has blessed her to write inspirational poetry for him. She expressed how a lot of it was based upon bible scriptures. I smiled and said thank you while receiving her literature. I felt overwhelmed at how I wasn't alone in writing inspirational poetry from The Lord! Finally I found someone I can relate to! She also related of how she came to Christ when she was 41, she is 88 now. She said that she did some bad things before then. She then said with tears welling in her eyes, "I feel overjoyed to know that he died for me and has forgiven me of all me sins!" I then proceeded to agree with her and account of how I overcame reoccurring sins that we must repent daily for. I said it occurred to me one day, 'Who do you think you are to believe that your sins are greater and bigger than God himself?!' Tears welled in her eyes as she smiled and said you are absolutely right and she was very glad she met me. As I was leaving we exchanged information to keep in touch. This woman was definitely part of Gods will in my life! Her name was Bertha Fontaine and I am posting a poem from her 7th book of poetry.

Before you loose faith....

Before you loose strength,
        Speak to a cancer survivor!

Before you loose patience,
        Speak to the mother of an autistic child.

Before you loose endurance,
        Speak to a victim of rape.

Before you loose hope,
        Speak with a victim of child abuse.

Before you give up,
        Speak to a paraplegic soldier!

Before you cry in despair,
        Speak to a widow.

Before you loose all faith,
        Speak to God and read his word.

Canvas of Love

As I look above then heavens shine upon me,

Reminding me of diamonds sparkling with love!

I cant help to feel thankful for the crisp cool mornings,

With oh so clear views of the early morning skies.

The beauty of such an experience reminds me of love ever lasting!

How beautiful each canvas of every day I see upon the earth.

High blue misty mountains, the trickling of a clear crisp brook!

The spring blooms in a rainbow of colors, fresh green leaves upon old aged trees!

Or the song of a sparrow building its nest,

and the pierce of an eagle with its beautiful white breast!

A crisp cool snowy breeze on hills of white,

With fawn frolicking within human sight!

The striking of fire as the sun goes to sleep,

While the fireflies light the eave with their fiery peeps!

The sound of the waves upon a crystal sandy beach,

Or dolphins frolicking with their high dolphin speech.

The magical moon beams upon the tops of trees,

Or glowing on waters upon the vast earthly seas!

However the canvas I feel and see the love!

The greatest love of all from God above!

My Sissy

A hidden password here, a special name there.

Little ways to hide how much I care!

You know I’m not that mushy in fact its hard for me to show,

The love I have for you ,

you ought know!

I try in secret ways to express my care,

And I know sometimes its like I’m never there.

But I promise you I’m always near,

that shoulder you need for a shedded tear!

I will never be that far,

just a drive in your car.

Please don’t hesitate I will be there!

Your not just my little sissy your my best friend,

the one to pick you up with that extra hand.

No matter how you stumble or mistakes you make,

I love you beyond that I will never judge or forsake!

Even though sometimes I’m stern and tend to act the boss,

Please know its from loving concern and I’m not that cross.

Never think that I’m not grateful of your being born,

Or your existence I totally scorn!

Your my little sister the one I will always defend!

I love you my little sister, my always best friend!!