Arise...

'Arise, shine, for your light has come...' This morning as the sun slowly rises upon frost smothered fields I sit with hot cup of heaven in hand and sift through dreams, thoughts and memories of the night...they linger, they touch upon swampy ground...they provoke thought, promote fear and anxiety, and so I take each one and survey from a safe place of love and compassion and then release to the cold morning skies...

Arise and shine dear hearts and remember who you are, not who you were made to be...fashioned into a shadow of your former self, slowly slipped into shade and a seemingly permanent twilight...

No longer will we hide under that mantle...no...let us rise and take the day dear treasures for there is much for us to see, to do, to experience in fulness of joy, with peace, with laughter and grace...we are not meant for darkness, we are meant for light, for love, for greatness...

Cast that mantle aside and pick up your birthright...you are loved and now you are free to shine once more, to give out love and kindness...to give compassion... to receive love and know your worth.

We are meant for so much more than this...this pit, these prison walls that lack light unless your warden, your abuser bestows the crumbs of kindness, the momentary love until the hammer begins the downward swing once more. Is it any wonder that the happenstance of the past lingers once free? Triggers abound...grief and sorrow rise to the surface regularly when out from under the umbrella of control...

Oh dear friends, I am here to share with you that it does end, the sun will shine upon you, joy comes in the morning on the regular until you stand in awe turning and surveying the land you now tread upon...no longer in darkness, no longer hunched, crouched to take any and all attacks upon your person, your spirit, your mind....

I declare that you will stand upright again...you will walk with pride and confidence once more...the nightmare you escaped from will, IT WILL, drop back behind you...it will be expunged, destroyed.... 'But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.' Ephesians 5:13

This is what awaits you...no fear can stop the light, no anxiety, no depression....a life of love, kindness, compassion and freedom waits for your steps up and out of the pit...unknown yes, but new, fresh and bright as the morning sun....

Go now in faith, in hope and know that no matter how small the steps, how many times you stop to rest, you will make it...light will come and darkness will flee...in Jesus name....

Everyday I wake alone free from fear, free from anxiety and torture is a day of victory, of revelation leading to further victory, of a love of self slowly rising to the surface...

Everyday a victory dear treasures...everyday...oh I stumble, I fall, I grieve something that wasn't real...it is the boon, the grace of being free...being able to truly feel with no fear of recourse, of belittlement...I am free to be me, as you will be...and oh my friends that is a priceless gift...priceless...this is what waits for you...peace, joy in the morning, noon and night and freedom from that dread that settles in to the pit of your stomach and lives there breeding more...more fear, more anxiety, more self-punishment...

You are meant for more my friends...meant for much more than that cesspool of defeat and despair...yes, you...always....God is good dear hearts and loves you with a selfless love, an unconditional love, a love that knows no borders...nor colours, nor race or flavour of love you seek....He Loves....arms of comfort wide open and ready to enfold and comfort...

Go today in grace, in love, in peace....and know you are needed, necessary and loved, always. Walk tall dear hearts...walk tall....carry a big stick and swing with a mighty arm of knowledge and wisdom, grace and mercy....

Life awaits you...awaits your steps to freedom, to peace, to a life filled with promise, with hope...Bless each one of you with strength, with the courage of a thousand warriors standing arm in arm...you are needed, here and now, in a time such as this.