Life...

The sun rises on the Eastern Horizon and my heart yearns for the open road...the sun rises upon the hope springing eternal within my heart...as the dark of pre-dawn lightens to shades of grey, blue sky peeks through to proclaim a new day.

These days have dragged and conversely flown....with coming spring comes new beginnings and fulfilment of dreams and goals...skies the limit people...

In like a lion, out like a lamb...we all hope this to be true as the lion that pounced in our region and many across the country was and is a ferocious beast, spilling out blizzards and storms to blot out the sky.

We praise, we sing...and it matters not if we have voices of angels...just the song being sung, the hands lifted, the grateful heart of thankfulness and joy...the timbre, the tone, the beauty comes in the singing...oh I struggle to explain the thoughts that swirl in my mind...eddies of insight and revelation...from the time the thankful spirit of song reaches the ears of the Father who lives in us, round us and in all things, it is magic...it is hope...it is grace and love...

It encourages the owner of the song sung...it uplifts, guides, hopes in all things...

Psalm 27 "The Lord is my light and my salvation --

whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life --

of whom shall I be afraid?

When evil men advance against me

to devour my flesh,

when my enemies and my foes attack me,

they will stumble and fall.

Though an army besiege me,

my heart will not fear."

Today and each day forward dear friends and treasures all, may we set our faces to the sun...

May we look to the light and love of a Father who never leaves, never forsakes, never decides in His infinite wisdom we are too far gone in the pit...no matter where we go, there He is also for He lives in each one...

The choice to live in harmony with others lives within us as well...

The choice to harm, the decision to mulch, mix, puree the emotions of the one you profess daily to love, pushes the soul further and further still from the heart of God. Oh He waits, patiently, for our turn to the left or to the right off the path of iniquitous searching and seeking. He waits on our decision to uplift, to give without thought of receiving, to love without condescension or the guidebook from hell.

Free will....ah the topic all love to avoid or argue with fanatical obsession....placed on this earth and given carte blanche to choose.

Choose life or death and destruction....choose goodness or corrupt and ignoble pursuits.

How we make that choice dictates our happiness, our centredness, our peace and contented spirit. You view the life, the mind, the heart of the abuser and you will see none of these elements, these gracious characteristics.

Instead what do we observe, what do we live in and with as we go about living with the monster...we see chaos, calamity, unrest, war mongering spirit, anger and rage simmering just beneath the surface...why? They are lost in a world of selfish pursuits, of entitlement, of seeking for that perfect life and partner...and oh so disappointed when the one they pick out of the hundreds of women circling overhead shows feet of clay...shows themselves to be quite human and capable of mistakes.

Without qualm they move on to the next woman waiting in the wings, aware or unaware matters not that there is another woman already in the mix, and try again...and again...

The quintessential definition of insanity...trying the same thing, again and again and hoping for different results.

A + B = inequality and punishment = an end to the relationship....

A simple recipe really...rinse, repeat and recover quickly...days, hours, minutes in to the breakup they are pulling on the strings of the nearby flying monkeys to pick a new supply that will tell them they are nothing like what that crazy x is saying...building up the lie until it becomes truth, it becomes reality, it becomes their world....until it crashes once again.

What a rollercoaster ride...what a trip to hell and back....what a prize....

Dear hearts, may God bless you with the eyes and heart to see, to know your worth...may you see and know goodness, love and compassion and move from the pit you reside in, buried under the weight of lies and tricks, betrayals and traumas untold.

Walk my friends, straight out that door and into the loving arms of freedom and peace.

Stand tall and speak your truth...with wisdom, with understanding, grace and dignity...

May your steps take you to a place of safety, to a land where your every move is criticized and judged.

God be with you today and each day forward as you move and have your being.