MINDFUL

Strong-arming,
with severe force,
wayward thoughts
and thoughts out of line.
Hancuffing and taking
them captive,
immediately, to the
obedience of Christ.

No other option.
No other choice.
Vitally imperative
to the success of
my spiritual life.

Mindful.

WHEN I PRAYED

When I prayed to God,


He listened. He heard.


He even heard


the prayers I forgot I


prayed, but my heart


remembered. When they


were answered, at first, I


was amazed, then shocked,


then overwhelmed with gratitude


and humility. Here I was


so smug and self righteous


in my suffering! Actually feeling


like no one cared, or under-


stood! I was so certain that


NO ONE was really listening!


And, all along, God heard


every word, spoken and unspoken,


thought and unthought. He is


truly amazing. He has the right to be a selfish God.


He is the ultimate. NO ONE


has his power. The devil may


be able to manipulate, but God


is the only one able to


REGULATE!!! He alone is


worthy of everything you have to offer!!


God, guaranteed, will keep you humble.

© 2007 Groshonda McDonald

I STAND

I STAND

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where I know in God's plan, alone,

my life's purpose and destiny, fits.

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where trust in God, alone, exists.

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where ALL my hopes and expectations in God

perists.

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where everlasting love and peace

abound.

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where wholeness is always found.

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where the TRUTH I rehearse to my life

is sound.

I STAND.