I yearn and thirst For that one special price That is more precious than gold The longing for The constant presence of my Eternal bridegroom Is ever fresh and hot Engulfing me In its intensity It is a holy hunger It is pure I yearn and long Yet, I have not touched The substance of…
You got to help yourself
Someone can offer a tree limb
But you reach out with your phantom limb
You got to help yourself
You are on desert island
But your brain is a desert island
You can release the help flare
But you choose to sit and pout
You got to help yourself
You ask questions
But your life is filled with answers
But you don’t believe any one of them
You got to help yourself
People come and go out of your life
More will come and go
Telling you the same thing
You got to help yourself
It’s time to grow courage
Let go of regret, guilt and pain of your past
Because it’s all a part of your past
It’s time to grow a new arm limb
You got to help yourself
(C) Carly Wiggins 2017
Do you think you know best?
At a game of chess
Are you going after that king?
With your everything
You eventually have to make a play
Or your opponent will win away
You can get checkmate
Your victory awaits
Your victory in life is coming
Oh, if you could see how stunning!
(C) Carly Wiggins 2016
You think you have a lot to juggle
Don’t forget God’s provision can come in the form of a struggle
It isn’t always the devil made me do it
God knows the pain makes you stronger
With God’s grace you’ll get through it
Leaves move and twist
In the wind as the fall
God created darkness and light
Yes, the devil can be a factor
But God is staging the show
While you are the actor
Sometimes you sin
Allowing other forces in
But sometimes in the midst of the pain
God is teaching to bruise your knee
So you can appreciate every sprint and sprain
Every broken relationship
Brings us to examine ourselves
How can I change?
And change brings growth
And growth over time, brings contentment
And without happiness you can’t have hope
Every dying family member
Chills your bones like December
But it makes you long for God’s kingdom
Where the saints will reign forever
Your heart beats every beat with hope until Jesus will come
(C) Carly Wiggins 2017
Hope flies and soars like a lighthearted eagle
with no obligations but to aid to love
What once never existed, springs into existence
The troubles that overwhelm our minds and confuse our hearts
will halt with the beauty of hope
Peace arises as the wind around us subsides
We are aware to the hope and love that is around us
(C) Carly Wiggins 2009
Love is a sensitive word. It can overtly bring about a lot of emotional responses. Love has many connotations to it but one question always gets attached to it for me personally: am I worthy of it?
I am not here to seek sympathy or say everything will go according to plan. But I am here to say, “All things work together for the good of those who the love the Lord and who are called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28.)
This Bible verse may go good on a Hallmark card but it needs to be stamped in your soul. I like to declare Scripture out loud to myself with my name a part it. Here’s an example: “Romans says God will work all things out for those who love Him. God will work things out for Carly.”
This makes it personal and allows me to take more ownership of the Bible verse.
What Bible verse do you need to declare over yourself where you feel deficient in love? Do you feel unworthy that you don’t believe God loves you enough to take care of your finances? Try this one: “Adversity pursues sinners, but the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.” (Proverbs 28:25).
For fun, let’s say your name is Bill. Say over yourself: “God, I have been faithful to You. Your Word says you will help me prosper in all ways, including finances. Help me. God will bless Bill financially.”
Is it guilt over a sin? You feel unworthy of forgiveness? Here is one for you: “But if we confess our sins to God, He will keep His promise and do what is right: He will forgive us our sins and purify us of our wrongdoing.” (1 John 1:9).
God will provide all our needs but maybe not the way we like or expect. It’s time we grab our shields of faith and march to what God calls us to do.
I have had my share of emotional, physical problems but I wouldn’t be who I am today without the strife. Sometimes the evil of this world got its way. Sometimes God was taking me through a refining process. But it doesn’t matter, God is stronger! Amen and Amen!
What area of your life are you looking for God to come through for you for? If you feel like sharing. Carly (Message In Stanza)
So is anxiety productive or counterproductive? Do the sweaty palms and increased heart rate help you move into action or just freeze your call to action?
In a nutshell, I don’t believe the answer is black and white. I can’t give a definitive yes or no.
When you an increased adrenaline rush (anxiety manifested) you will dash into a house and save a life. It’s our instrintual makeup.
Psychology is correct in the sense that anxiety can be debilitating but because of our ancient DNA it can be used to survive. Are you ever anxious when you are angry with someone in, let’s say, a restaurant but you can’t show your anxiety? I believe anger can be displayed as anxiety. So what do you do? You take 5 minutes to yourself in the restroom, take a deep breath, and accept how you are feeling. If you weren’t angry you wouldn’t be human. I am not saying, let’s be angry and anxious around everyone but I am saying be true to how you feel. That’s where you will be more successful because you are real with yourself.
Society is all about pretend you are ok and bottling up your emotions. It catches me off guard but I love it when I ask someone how they are doing and they shrug their shoulders and say, “It could be better.” We shouldn’t dump on problems on people but it’s important to speak the truth in a gentle way so we can come to terms to how we are really feeling, you know?
In a less exaggerated example, if all of a sudden, if I lose all my work on a poem I am writing on WordPress and it doesn’t save and I don’t have a backup, I’ll become anxious. But maybe next time because of the anxiety, I’ll make sure to save it or have a backup because I hated that feeling of anxiety in the past.
So anxiety can be useful to help us cope and prepare us to deal with more challenging problems later on, in my opinion. But when is anxiety counterproductive? When you worry to the point of a lack of trust in God’s sovereignty and love. It’s natural to go to the grieving process when someone dies or a healing process of emotional hurts from your past. But when anxiety turns into depression, that’s never God’s will for your life. Sometimes it’s better to ask HOW can I get through this instead of WHY did this happen. Just some food for thought today.
What are your thoughts on this piece?
Do you ever feel that way? Thinking to yourself, “I’m tired of doing good”, because you’re not getting what you feel you deserve in life.
The world is going through a shift
God is taking us through a sift
Now it’s not the time for fear
But submit to God in prayer
Some many things steal our attention from our first love
We can’t give the devil anymore permission
The devil service comes for you and me
But we can destroy his works with the holy dove
Joel 2 is coming to body of Christ
Because of the Jesus’s paid price
The devil service doesn’t want us to stand
As king and queens, hand in hand
Reject the lies of the evil one
That you aren’t loved, unconditionally
That you aren’t royalty unto the Most High
Because one day we will shine like the Son
(C) Carly Wiggins 2017
God, where are you?
The world has turned dim
And your Son Jesus
We can’t see Him
We live in a politically correct world
And our view of God is passive
If we don’t change
I am afraid the pain will be massive
God is good
But He let evil take place
Like with Job
He let the devil take his own destructive pace
This is a call to change
Good will win
If we stand up
To where injustice started to begin
Autistic children are calling out
Elderly are on bed rest
The poor are holding out their cups
I think it’s a test
We get shook up
We bend and break
We are on our last leg
In this battle between real and fake
(C) Carly Wiggins 2017
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