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Breathe on me the breath of Life.
Cleanse my spirit, remove my strife.

Hold me near, inside Your arms.
Keep me safe, away from harm.

The Lamb of Peace, joy to bring.
Let all your hearts with gladness sing.

Praise to God on Glory High,
believe in Him, you will not die.

Joyfully 
my heart sings out
songs of Glory for You tonight.

I feel Your Mercy on me bestowed.

Heavenly Father, show me the way.
Guide me through each treacherous day.

Sometimes I fall
so short of Your Grace,
I run in vain 
to hide my face.

-Gloria Valentine

Who Am I?

Tho many people stop and stare, 
they hardly know I'm even there.

They see me not with their eyes so cold,
yet speak of me so brash and bold.

They claim to know me, yet know me not,
for in their hearts, I am forgot.

Who am I?

-Gloria Valentine

To seek you in all things.
How amazing you are.
Your ways are so mysterious, yet as familiar as my hand.
At times I am lost without a clue, my discernment jammed.
But you are there with me, leading me without me even being aware.
I may feel as if I'm nailed to my cross and you, for a moment,
have turned your face from me, yet I knowing,
you never took your eyes off me.
Allowing me to feel pain only strengthens me, my faith is doubled.
How marvelous you are, how awesome a God I have.
The overwhelming power of your Love and favour,
my heart grows beyond it's boundaries.
How could I ever doubt you?
My small little self.
The rain pours forth from the sky
as does your Love pour forth from heaven.
Together they cleanse and embrace all things you have made.
You are my God, the God of all.
Truth above truths.
Pardon above pardons.
Life above life.
Everything is Yours and everything will one day 
acknowledge You as the Almighty One. 
I Am that I Am, above all things temporal.

-Gloria Valentine

Morning Prayer

This morning the importance of morning prayers filled my thoughts. So for those of you who don't have their own morning prayer, I am sharing mine.

For all these things I pray,

On the dawn of a brand new day,
A chance to start anew.

And all that I shall gain,
I will gladly give back to you.

Amen.

What if ...

... instead of spending my days fighting mental battles of frustration, discontentment and anger I would take all the issues surrounding my life circumstance and lay them down before God, take a seat at the foot of the cross and spend the day with Him, allowing Him to teach and show me the things only He can.

What if?

Would I dare to do such a thing? Could I do such a thing? Could I, for one day, humble myself before God and surrender all to Him?

What if ...

-Gloria Valentine

Fear not for I AM with you

Your sin can be forgiven.

He will wipe your slate clean and
create in you a new creation.

You can be forgiven
if you believe and profess
with your mouth
that Christ is risen
and Lord of all.

If you ask for forgiveness
and wholeheartedly repent.

And if you have a grievance, settle it
and if you no longer have
access to the grievance
then take it to the Lord.

Then with offering, 
thanksgiving and praise
go to the altar
and be still and know
that He is God.

Let his reign wash over you,
for He loves you and wants no less.

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-Gloria Valentine

My thoughts
have become
like
razors.

-Gloria Valentine

Broken dreams are heavy things
that pull us down to naught

They're full of unkept promises
and things someone forgot

-Gloria Valentine

Thank you Jesus

1 John 4:3 disqualifies me.

-Gloria Valentine

It always comes down
to that one thing.
No matter how many times
I work
and 
rework,
think 
and
rethink
it always comes down
to that one thing
and I don't know
what to do
or
where
the answer
lies.

-Gloria Valentine

My Hope is in the Lord, the Hope of Glory, the author of my salvation, my redemption.

For I recognize that my existence on this earth is so messed up that God and only God can rescue, redeem and restore me.

The King of Glory! Who is this King of Glory? The Lord Almighty. He is the King of Glory.               
-Gloria Valentine

Open up, ancient gates!

Open up, ancient doors,

and let the King of glory enter.

Who is the King of glory?

The Lord, strong and mighty;

the Lord, invincible in battle.

Open up, ancient gates!

Open up, ancient doors,

and let the King of glory enter.

Who is the King of glory?

The Lord Almighty —

He is the King of glory.

Psalm 24:7-10

NLT

"There's a reason I'm alive ..."

one may never know what
God carries into the
darkest crevices of this world
touching a life
with something
another has created

I wish to encourage so many
with personal affirmation that
your time spent creating
works of art, music
poetry and writing
is not in vain

and I need to practice what I preach
and I need to live what I know
for they will never seal
the fissures of my soul

-Gloria Valentine

Faith, not need, moves mountains.

-Gloria Valentine

unless You,
nothing.

-Gloria Valentine

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak noble [words], rather than worthless ones, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must return to you; you must not return to them.  

Then I will make you a fortified wall of bronze to this people. They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you. [This is] the Lord's declaration.  

I will deliver you from the power of evil people and redeem you from the control of the ruthless. 

Jeremiah 15:19-21 CSB

The world plunders 
the vastness 
of the moment
the crown jewels 
it forsakes
for the pilfering 
of souls.

-Gloria Valentine

No matter how hard I try
I cannot hide
the sorrow and pain
you put
in my eyes.

And it is not okay
and I am not "okay".

For all your canards,
your apathy and
your complacency
there is no excuse. 

You have become 
deluded and diluted.

Fading into your own
delusions of grandeur.

Entangled in the snare of
your own deception.

- Gloria Valentine

Restraints and a muzzle 
make difficult 
the puzzle.

-Gloria Valentine

God is not the author of confusion.