Light brightly shining
Illuminating the path
But I am off track
Preoccupied
Drifting
Dawn breaks
Hope springs
Maybe today
The fog will lift
Energy will surge
Each day I intend
To pick up the oars
Row
Fully focused
In the direction of my dreams
Another day passes
Oars unmoved
E.A.Fussell
02.22.2023
Sometimes I get really annoyed by people and lose my temper. When I lose my temper I can’t see anything in front of me except the jackass that caused my annoyance.
Occasionally I pause and remember that the situation may actually be a message. I recall the story of Balaam and his donkey and try to set aside my frustration and anger to see if there is a message, am I being detoured or detained for a reason, is this stumbling block meant to redirect me?
Mind you I said “occasionally” I do this. My flesh is weak, and has very little patience, so most of the time I am just annoyed by the jackass, not lost in philosophical thought about it.
E.A. Fussell
02.07.2023
Numbers 22
The moon hung around, shining as brightly as it could, welcoming the morning as dawn waited for the sun to crest the horizon and clock in as keeper of the day.
E.A. Fussell
01.14.2023
Photo of the Arkansas countryside taken on January 8th, 2023
This doormat made me smile when I read it. Especially early in the morning: “hope you brought wine”
But it also made me seriously ask myself the question: What am I bringing, not just in this moment, but everywhere I go, everyday?
At a spiritual level I Believe, but at a logical level do I truly comprehend what it is that I bring regardless of how I conduct myself?
The Wine
The Bread
The Breath
The Great I Am
All knowledge
All understating
All wisdom
All creation
All power
Mercy
Grace
Forgiveness
Comfort
Love
Joy
As Believers we carry these things with us all the time, everyday, everywhere. We just don’t always actively comprehend the magnitude of what we represent. The authority that we hold.
The people of this confused world truly do hope we brought wine, even when they don’t think they want it.
Lord, let us remember that we always bring the purest wine there will ever be, that Your authority is here for us to use it, and help us conduct ourselves accordingly.
E.A. Fussell
01.05.2023
Rules can be beneficial
They can also be ridiculous
If we blindly follow the rules
We may find ourselves
Behaving un-naturally
In a few rebellious souls
Instinct ingrained
In who we are
Will always win out
We will ignore society’s
Ridiculousness
And embrace
Our God given right
To stand upon The Rock
E.A. Fussell
12.28.2022
Christmas time
Is floating past
Reminding us
The year is ending fast
It will soon be time
To take stock and do
A 365 day review
Will this year end
On track
Or off
For you
Christmas reminds us of many things: the value of family, friends, love, and precious gifts unseen. It also reminds us there is only one week left in the year. We have either made progress on our hopes, dreams, and goals or watched them sink into that endless hole of “tomorrow I will start, tomorrow I will do that, tomorrow….”
Maybe you’ve reached some of your goals.
Maybe life took some of your hope away unexpectedly.
Maybe some of your dreams are stuck in tomorrow land.
As the last week of this year sails in, why not set an intention, dive in, plan to achieve your wildest dreams in 2023?
“Stop waiting for your ship to come in. Dive in. Swim out and get it!”
E.A. Fussell
12.25.2022
Matthew 7:7&8
What binds you
Locks you down
Hinders you
Keeps you from achieving
Your highest and best self
Words are powerful
They creep into your mind
Take shape in your reality
If your heart believes them
Guard your heart
Renew your mind
Ignore negative words
From others
End self defeating talk
In your own mind
Claim your key
The gift of authority
To release yourself
And bind that which
Seeks to steal, kill, destroy
The Messenger arrived
In the form of a child
Grew into a miracle worker
Was sacrificed for you
Your ability thru Him
Has boundless power
Knowledge, understanding Wisdom, creativity and love
Break your locks
Live free
E.A. Fussell
12.24.2022
Proverbs 4:23
Romans 12:2
Matthew 16:19
John 3:16
Think about your words.
Are you a wing or a weight?
Do your words lift others up or tear them down?
The tongue is a two edged sword. We can use it to speak life or to bring destruction. There are times when destruction is called for but today focus on lifting at least one person up.
This world bombards us with messages of hopelessness. What might happen if every Believer encouraged at least one person each day? We have the gift of hope to share with a hopeless world.
Let us enter into our prayer closet to do battle, then come out and spread hope around like confetti wherever our feet or our wheels take us.
Be a wing today, lift someone up
E.A. Fussell
01.14.2023

Pieces
Fragments
Dividing
Moving
Dimming light into darkness
Changing darkness into light
Our brain
Has many chambers
Impacting all areas of our life
Our mind
Drifts in and out
Of these chambers
What we focus on
Can bring us down or lift us up
Our thoughts are dynamic
We control our mind
We can change our thoughts
And thereby change our lives
E.A. Fussell
12.02.2022
Nature shows us
There is a need for
Universal rules
As part of the
Ordered chaos
Supporting all forms of life
On our planet
I respect nature’s rules
And I try to abide by
Spiritual ones
But I will always
Rebel against
Certain rules of man
The ones that limit us
From being all that we can
E.A. Fussell
11.28.2022
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