SUNDAYS WITH JOYCE

 

Attitude

Do everything with love

1 Corinthians 16:14....Let all your things be done with charity.

 

Be gentle

with each other

Phillipians 4:5....Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

 

Forgive those who sin against you

Matthew 6:14....

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

 

Happy heart

Proverbs 15:13....

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

 

Stop judging others

Matthew 7:1....

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

　

　

 

 

Let us open our hearts
the way we open a book we love,
not as a check-book,
wanting to know your balance.
Your balance of love is full.
There never can be a debit.
This is what you must know.
Your heart is full of love.

It doesn't matter how much
or how little other people love.
It matters how much 'you love'.

Stir love in your own heart
and to open it up the way you would a door
to the beloved house you were born in.

This heart is not only where you have lived
and loved, this is where you live and love now.
There is no life but of the heart.
And your heart is not meant to be a secret passage.

There is no code to get in except the code of love,
and that is an open book where the pages turn automatically.

There is no use in stocking your love.
You must take it off the shelves.
Love hoarded is not love.
Only love given is love.

There are not meant to be closets for love to hang in.
Love is to be exposed to the elements.
Your love is to enter other hearts
so other hearts become aware
of the love that is already there.

If your heart needs reprogramming,
reprogram it now.
Set it back to its original fullness.
There are no empty hearts,
only deluded ones.

Give your heart a briefing.
If it has been stalled, set it afire now.
Rev it up.

Get it into gear.

Let it go.

Let it race to other hearts and get them going.

 

" Let your heart revolve around love

. "

DAILY OM....Allowing Our Loved Ones To Be Human

 

Putting People on a Pedestal

When we fall in love with someone or make a new friend, we sometimes see that person in a glowing light. Their good qualities dominate the foreground of our perception and their negative qualities. They just don’t seem to have any. This temporary state of grace is commonly known as putting someone on a pedestal.

Often times we put spiritual leaders and our gurus on pedestals. We have all done this to someone at one time or another, and as long as we remember that no one is actually “perfect,” the pedestal phase of a relationship can be enjoyed for what it is—a phase. It’s when we actually believe our own projection that troubles arise.

Everyone has problems, flaws, and blind spots, just as we do. When we entertain the illusion that someone is perfect, we don’t allow them room to be human, so when they make an error in judgment or act in contradiction to our idea of perfection, we become disillusioned.

We may get angry or distance ourselves in response. In the end, they are not to blame for the fact that we idealized them. Granted, they may have enjoyed seeing themselves as perfect through our eyes, but we are the ones who chose to believe an illusion.

If you go through this process enough times, you learn that no one is perfect. We are all a combination of divine and human qualities and we all struggle. When we treat the people we love with this awareness, we actually allow for a much greater intimacy than when we held them aloft on an airy throne.

The moment you see through your idealized projection is the moment you begin to see your loved one as he or she truly is.

We cannot truly connect with a person when we idealize them. In life, there are no pedestals—we are all walking on the same ground together. When we realize this, we can own our own divinity and our humanity.

This is the key to balance and wholeness within ourselves and our relationships.

 

What do you think about that....?

SUNDAYS WITH JOYCE

　

 

GOD'S VOICE

　

Psalm 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.

Proverbs 3:6
in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 6:22
When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.

Isaiah 30:21
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, 'This is the way, walk in it,' whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left'

Isaiah 58:11
The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.

Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.

Matthew 6:33
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

John 14:26
The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Romans 14:5
One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind.

1 Cor. 10:13
...God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Philippians 2:13
It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure

.James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach.

 

 

 

His Whisper

It is gentle and soft—almost airy
With a message designed for my ears only;
It drips with sweetness, draws my spirit close,
And protects the trust that experience knows.

It is hushed and tranquil and floats on the breeze
And the love that it carries buckles my knees,
And reminds me that I'm His priceless treasure
By promising a love that will not be severed.

Behind it He hides, until I am still
And eager and anxious in both soul and will.
It drifts on the air until reaching my heart,
And it speaks softly, "How precious thou art."

It seduces my senses as I draw near to listen
And quiets the world's roaring insistence.
Earthquakes and fires may light up the sky,
But, alas, His whisper will gently pass by.

~ Kristen Clark ~

 

 

When you listen to the father of lies whispering in your ear, he wants to replace your joy with fear. When you are unaware of Satan's attacks and snares, you are headed down a path of dispare. When you are to busy to still away in prayer and the pleasures of this world is your delight.....when your friends can no longer see the light of God....and when you fell to fellowship and worship in God's name, and always find someone else to place the blame....when patience, compassion, forgiveness, and understanding for others is long over due.....let yourself remember.....how long God waited on you
When taking time out to find yourself.....in your secret place.....remember.....when you loose the zeal to witness for God's name
.....Stop, listen, repent, obey his voice.......and you can start all over again

 

　

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone. ~Mohandas Gandhi

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. ~Mohandas Gandhi

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. ~St. Augustine

God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them. ~Author Unknown


What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell


A man with God is always in the majority. ~John Knox


Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. ~Victor Hugo

 

DAILY OM....Spiritualizing The Planet

 

Ascension

 

We are one with the cosmos whether we realize it or not.

Realizing it, though, quickens our spiritual energy and allows us access to higher realms. In those higher realms lies the awareness that we are more than just finite physical beings living one life in one place at one point in time.

Connecting with this awareness is to awaken to the truth and take a step forward, and upward, on our soul’s journey. This upward movement is known as ascension because the more we remember who we are and embody that truth, the higher our energy vibrates; we ascend up the scale from the gross physical plane to the subtle spiritual plane.

As we ascend, we gain consciousness of the more subtle aspects of our being, with the ultimate outcome being a complete identification with the light body, an experience of unification with the cosmos.

As you look around you, you will see that many people are not even interested in these ideas. Others are open and paying attention. Still others have devoted their lives to deepening their understanding of the truth.

All these people are on the path of ascension, but they will ascend at different rates. Each soul chooses its own path.

The more devoted a person is to remembering and being guided by spirit, the more quickly the soul will ascend. These people are at the forefront of an important process of raising the energetic vibration of the whole planet. The earth, made of the same energy we are, is undergoing this shift along with us.

This evolutionary process, while seemingly chaotic at times, is as natural as the process that unfolds a flower from a seed and we are all part of it.

It shouldn’t be forgotten that the earth too is on her own ascension path as she is sentient. The best way to support this process in yourself and in the world is simply to relax and be open to its unfolding.

Listen to your inner guidance, and let it guide you to the path that brings your heart the most joy.

 

What do you think? 

Poet's Spotlight

It is no secret that JB (honeypot) is my favorite poet.  She speaks so clearly, as if from emotions I can't quite explain, but they jump out of my head when I read her.

I hope you all enjoy this piece...as much as I did...

 

 

 

" It seems like an eternity……but only a few seconds have passed

That antagonistic rip in time

Your words minus your image

Molests the clock on my minds nightstand

Passively induced

Innocently seduced right before my eyes

Yet from beneath my mind

As I also wonder……

How you got here

I cannot recall the beginning of seeing you differently. It’s 5:28 am and all I can do is stare into the eyes of what you have become. While my tarnished reflection in your eyes has come to define me…..your physical image grows increasingly familiar but at the same time unnecessary to my ego. Somehow you have evolved into the erotic equivalent of a faith-based desire.

I choose to believe that you are the one I want…….

with each step closer

you become clearer

minus the notions my mind unjustly conceived

or the labels I fought so hard not to believe

without the chemically charged suspicions

or consuming meals of peer based inhibitions

you become so vivid

no longer opaque and made of dreams

you become so clear that……

when I reach out to caress your presence

you close your eyes

and tilt your head back

you await my lips along the arch of your neck

….you instinctively offer to me the spot

that you hide from all others.

The acquaintance of your flesh was never my concern

or your eyes..

the color and depth of which I never cared to learn

but now….your aggressive silence forces me to discern

to see you deeper than my eyes know how

to crave a scent foreign and unknown

to allow the feel of your flesh to become my tangible deity

…..mentally I allow your taste to excite my neglected palate

even now baby………I taste you

Your words…..no longer skim along my surface

they now seem to forcefully dive & tread within my ego

I simply let it all go……

By faith I choose to accept that you are my desire

……PERSONIFIED.

the slow and steady pace of your full grown sensuality

….at my masque it tears and it rips

it becomes the answer to moans from my lips

….subliminally kissed

you come to rest in the warmth of my belief in us

cradled in my faith, you become aware that

you

have

exhaled

I take your hand and…..

I place you at the threshold to my lady

I whisper an invitation of pure succulence

"come feel what you do to me"

the flowers that surrounded us only saw that I was your focus

the flow of the cool stream near us paid you no attention

like me……they were so unaware

the intrusion between my minds thighs

inclusion being the obsession

a whispered confession

you simply want

in

side

of

me

My love I am so sorry……..I was ignorantly unaware

until that moment in time

as we both now await 5:29

It seems like an eternity……but only a few seconds have passed

its 5:28 am and I feel you

its 5:28 am and you are all that I have come to know

its 5:28 am and you see me as I truly am

you see me and you remain

even if only to molest

the clock on my minds nightstand"

SUNDAYS WITH JOYCE

 

 

  HUMILITY  

Job 22:29

When men are brought low and you say, 'Lift them up!' then he will save the downcast.

Psalm 9:12

For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 10:17

You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

Matthew 18:4

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 23:12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 6:20

Looking at his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips

.

Mathew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls

 

 

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Humility

Don't brag about your successes,
Don't put on false airs,
Jesus was a truly humble Man
When He lost his life to a nightmare.

God loved the world so much,
He gave His only begotten Son,
That when we truly believe
Great battles are won!

If we will listen to this message,
And believe with all our heart,
We, too, will win great battles,
And our fears will all depart.

Kneel in humble submission,
Invite Jesus to come in,
Confess all your sins to Him
And you can't help but win.

Praise His name with honor,
He is the Prince of Peace,
He takes our every problem,
And our joy will always increase.

Open your heart to the Savior,
Who gave His life for you,
He is the bright and morning star,
Humble, loving, and true.

He will bless all who listen,
All who humble themselves and pray,
Jesus is the only answer,
And He walks with us every day.


~ Eva May Young ~

 

 

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

DAILY OM.....Choosing A New Response

 

 

Common Fears

Everyone has fears—it is a natural part of being human. Fear can protect us from harm by sending a rush of adrenaline to help us physically deal with potential danger. But there are times when fear may keep us from participating fully in life.

Once we realize that fear is a state of mind, we can choose to face our fears, change our minds, and create the life we want to live.

Our minds are powerful tools to be used by our higher selves; like computers, storing and using data to make certain connections between thought and response. We have the ability to observe these and choose differently.

No matter where the fear came from, we can create new connections by choosing new thoughts.

 When our souls and minds are in alignment, we create a new experience of reality. This journey requires many small steps, as well as patience and courage through the process.

Here’s an example: You decide to overcome your fear of driving on the freeway. Your plan of action starts with examining your thoughts and finding a new way of seeing the situation. When you’re ready, you enlist a calm companion to support you as you take the first step of merging into the slow lane and using the first exit. Your heart may be racing, but your confidence will be boosted by the accomplishment. Repeat this until you are comfortable, with or without help, and then drive one exit further.

When you are ready, you can try driving in the middle lane, for longer periods each time, until you find yourself going where you want to go.

This gradual process is similar for conquering any fear, but if you find it overwhelming, you can always seek the help of a professional.

You may think that you are the only one with a particular fear, that nobody else could possibly be scared of ordinary things such as water, heights, public speaking, or flying. These types of fears are very common, and you can have great success overcoming them.

Remember, it is not the absence of the fear but the courage to take action anyway that determines success.

When we learn to face our fears, we learn to observe our thoughts and feelings but not be ruled by them. Instead we choose how to shape the lives we want.

 

What do you think about this?