Pen To Paper... Reflections Of The Past, Present and Future... : July 2018

Sunday, July 22, 2018

God Bottles Our Tears

I sometimes think that walking in the rain has its benefits as it can blend in with a multitude of tears flowing down your face that only God and you know are there and that He bottles every one of our tears no matter what they are being shed for. He cares and He is there even when others can't be there with you. He will always be there for you even in your darkest hour and when you are feeling alone. Give it all to Him and see Him move in your life.
Teresa Causey-Christian
April 18, 2018

Our Choices

Think of your past as a learning experience and take note of what not to do again and as to what you should do for your present and future choices... Your past bad choices do not define you especially when you are now making better ones. Only God and you define you. Your reputation is what others say about, but your character is who you are. If you do make a bad choices, then recongnize it as that and do your best not to repeat them. Let your good choices out weigh any of your past or even current bad ones. You got this.. Accept your past for what it was and look to your present and your future for what it now is... I am...
Teresa Causey-Christian
June 3, 2018

Keep God Above All Else

Just a thought:
No matter what happens in life, no matter who walks into your life or who walks out of your life, please continue to serve God above all else. Sometimes He prunes us spiritually and sometimes physically, either way He does it for a reason that will work to our good in the end. tcc
See Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work for the good of those who love God; and are called according to His purpose.
Teresa Causey-Christian
July 5, 2018

Struggles Can Break Or Make You

We all have struggles of one kind or another, some are the same and some are different. The thing to remember is that not all deal with them as you do. It doesn't make them or you a bad person if you are struggling it just means we are human. Struggles can break you or make you, the choice is yours. You can make it through them with God's help and guidance and that of family/friends if they aka f/f are supportive. Struggles can be caused by the past or the present, they can be your fault or the fault of someone else, but no matter who's fault it is you can rise out of those struggles and be stronger for it. Life can hard at times, but even so you can choose to move forward and to learn from your struggles and to learn which choices to make an as which ones to avoid. Give yourself a break at times and take time to stop and reflect before making a decision and most importantly pray about them first and foremost. Choices and struggles sometimes go hand in hand, but they don't always have to; so be wise in your choices now and in the future and remember you can't change your past choices, but you can start making better ones from this moment forward.
Teresa Causey-Christian
June 19, 2018

Words Can Hurt

Something to think about...
I think people and trees are alike in some way such as if you keep chopping away at a person with your hurtful words as if welding an axe at tree then eventually you may be able to say, Timber and see the tree (person) fall, but if you aren't careful the same words you used to chop at that person may cause the tree to land on you when you finally feel the pain you have been causing them. You may also find instead that you have only chopped some of the branches off of the tree, but that you can't chop the heart of the tree to make it fall and it will continue to stand and grow in spite of your efforts. I hope if you are being chopped at with hurtful words by someone that you will withstand and not fall as a tree does after so many hits from the axe. Choose your words wisely for they can be sweet and kind or sharp as an axe... Just my thoughts on it...
Teresa Causey-Christian
June 1, 2018

Guard Your Heart

Guard your heart for it is as delicate as glass and it can be easily broken... Yet when it is give it to God for He will never break your heart nor leave or foresake you.
Teresa Causey-Christian
June 10, 2018

Don't Be Discouraged

When things seem to be going wrong and all hell seems to be breaking lose, don't always look at it as an attack of the devil. I believe sometimes it is God moving us into His perfect plan for our lives. Such as in my situations that in the natural seem to have no quick answer; yet I know that it all will be taken care of in His perfect timing not in mine. His word tells us not to worry, but to give thanks and to count our trials as blessings, so how can we then think that all of our trials and troubles are a curse when they aren't. We must look for the good in every bad situation and more importantly we must trust God 100%. I have had to take huge steps and make huge changes in my life recently that I have been avoiding for years and they seem scary in the natural, yet I am trusting God and I am moving forward knowing that God has my best interest at hand. He has never failed me before and He won't fail me now and He will never fail you either. Do not let being in a wilderness for a time discourage you, let it be an encuragment that God is about to bring you out of that and into the Promised Land of goodness in your life. That is what I am trusting God and Him believing for in my life and in yours.
Teresa Causey-Christian
April 3, 2018

God And His Many Wonders

When I listen to the sound of the rain dancing all around,
I think of God and His many wonders.
I think of how one little drop of rain can come down as a tear from the sky or as a nurishment to the earth.
I think of how God took a void space and turned it into this beautiful planet we call earth.
I think of how He breathed life into Adam and then formed woman from Adam.
I think of how He allows the storms to rage and then as quickly He calms them.
I think of how He parted to the Red Sea and how He closed it.
I think of how He created the birds of the air and the creatures of the ground
I think of how He died on the cross and rose again to live forevermore
I think of all the pain He endured for all of us and yet never complained
I think of His love for us and yet many continue to reject Him
I think of the tears He must cry when He sees how evil this world is
I think of Him and I say I am so sorry Lord that the world has grieved You
I think of Him and how He is the great I am who is the one true God above all Gods.
Copyright April 3, 2018 Teresa Causey-Christian

Friday, July 13, 2018

If Only Love Were Enough

If only love were enough how perfect my love for you would be

I could love you without the reality that it was not meant to be for me

If only love were enough in my life you would be

But love wasn't enough this I now see

If only love were enough I would not have felt the sadness that I do

So I must accept that my love cannot be for you

July 13, 2018

She Had To Let Him Go

He turned and walked away and it was then the warm tears began to flow like a river,

She didn't want him to see her cry so she held it inside.

In her heart of hearts she didn't want him leave

She wanted to stop him, however she knew she had to let him go...

She will miss him and think of him, but she loves him enough to not stop him from going...

May 23, 2018

I Think of You

I find myself thinking of you even when I am trying not to...

I think of the laughter we shared, of the long walks, talks and I think of us as we would watch the sun go down over the water.

I think of your smile and of the joy I felt each time that I saw you or even just thought of you.

But then you told me to forget you

That is so much easier said than done.

You gave your reasons, yet it doesn't ease the hurt that I feel deep inside at the thought of not spending time with you anymore...

I feel such a sadness and yet I now know it was not meant to be for a time such as this...

July 2, 2018

I Am Not Unflawed

I saw the signs of you pulling away

I saw what I didn't want see

and now it has cost me the pain of your rejection

You built me up only to tear me down with your words

You made me laugh only to turn around and make me cry

I blame myself more than you for I choose to stay even after your words cut so deep

You walked away from me because I didn't measure up to who you thought I should be

I am who I am, for I am not perfect, I am not unflawed, yet I am worthy of love even if not in your eyes

May 22, 2018

A New Direction

Even though she still cares for him, she must accept that it was not meant for a time such as this...

She must dry the tears that have flowed down her face...

And move in whatever direction God leads her, even though that direction is without the one she cares about...

She chooses to remember the good memories of the laughter, his smile, the long talks, walks and the joy she felt during those times...

Even though she loved with an open with heart as never before, it was not meant for a time such as this...

July 8, 2018

Whispers of the Heart

Whispers of the heart can be soft and gentle,

Yet some can make you feel shattered if not returned

Let not your heart be troubled

For if they truly love you they will let you know

Whispers of the heart can dry a tear or cause a tear

Either way it can be a lesson learned

Whispers of the heart will let you learn if their intentions were honest or if you were just a passing thought

Whispers of the heart

Can bring you joy or bring you sadness

You choose which it does

Let not sadness overtake you

Instead let the happinessness of the true whispers of the heart overtake you

Whispers of the heart which are real will be more powerful than those that are not...

July 10, 2018

Monday, July 9, 2018

We Must Find The Positives Even In All Negatives

When I listen to the birds beautiful singing it makes me think of God and how He has blessed me to wake to see another day and how I know that since He provides even for the sparrows that He will also provide for me and for you. He blessed the birds to be able to sing to bring joy and peace to others. I am excited to see what God has planned in each of our lives to spread His word and to help others. Even though each of our situations are tough right now we can rest assured that God is moving in them even when we can't see that move in the natural. When someone is without a home it is hard at times, but it isn't the worst thing that can happen to a person, and it can even bring one closer to God in many ways and it can keep you feeling grateful for even the smallest of things in life. People say life is bad, but like I have told many it isn't life that is bad, its just some of the bumps in the road that are bad, but if we hold on we can get over those bumps and they can be as stepping stones to better places in life. I know God will provide all of my needs in His timing as long as I keep doing what I need to as well. He has not left nor forsaken you in your situation nor me in mine and He wants us to continue to trust Him above all else and all others that He will do as He says. His word and promises will not come back void. We need to keep speaking His words back to Him and we need to believe what we speak for the power of death and life are in the tongue and we will eat the fruit thereof. We must keep making positive declarations as to what God is doing and can do and will do in all of our lifes and situations. We must stand upon His word for He is our rock and our High Tower to which we can run to. He has a ministry for each of us and He will fullfil that which He has has started in each of us. We must look to the positive even in every negative situation. No matter what we go through in life it will work for out for our good as long as we keep our eyes and hearts on God. You will come out of your situation and you will be stronger in Christ for it. You will learn and you will grow and you will use it to help others to get through their own situations. All we go through in life are lessons to learn from and can be used to help ourselves and others. Sometimes we are focucing so much on the bad situations in our lives that we aren't seeing the answers God has already given us or is about to give us. I know I have been guilty of that myself at times. We get so frustrated and so loud in our own thoughts sometimes that we can't even hear God over them. He should only have to whisper to us, yet sometimes it seems we leave Him no choice but to yell to get our attention. By yelling I mean allowing situations and time to seem as if they are at a standstill when really they aren't, they are just delayed a little while. No matter what is going on in life God is still in control even when we are selves aren't. We must keep trusting God and believing that He will help us in all things.
© Teresa Causey-Christian
July 9, 2018

I Trust You Lord

I trust you Lord
When my heart is heavy,
When my spirit weeps,
When all seems out of my control, When I am afraid,

When I am rejected,

When I am disrespected,
When I am replaced,
When I am displaced,
When I am confused,
When your choices are not mine,
When I am feeling alone,
When my burdens are many,
When I make the wrong choices,
When all is said and done,
I trust you Lord and should I ever have doubt then please forgive me Lord...
Written By Teresa Causey-Christian
04/29/2014

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Not For A Time Such As This

She had never felt this way before until she opened her heart to him so complety, even though she knew that her love for him was not for a time such as this; therefore leaving her with the shattered pieces of her heart...

She is trying to accept what she knows is best for both of them, yet the pain is still so fresh and ever present. She misses his laughter, their long talks and walks, and she longs to hear his voice again and to see his smile...

She feels the warm tears flow down her face like a river with no end, yet she must do her best to dry her tears and to remember the happiness she felt each time she spent with him. Oh the joy she felt during those times and yet now Oh the sadness she feels since she can't be in his life as she once was...

She is usually strong, but today she is weak, yet with God's help she will be strong and full of joy again...

She is thankful for the time that she did get with him...

If only love were enough to break through the barriers that cause division.

She wants only God's best for him now and always even if God's best is for her not being in his life as before...

Friday, July 6, 2018

God Heal The Broken Pieces

She made the choice to open her heart and allowed herself to love and to trust again only to be realize to late the cost that choice would be. It cost her tears, hurt, mistrust, sadness, a new doubt in herself that she had not felt in many years and so much more. Yet even with all of that she knows with God's help she will heal and that she will move forward and that she must not doubt herself just because of others opinions of her. She will guard her heart as never before; for she allowed herself to love and trust once again this time as never before. She will now dry her tears, lift her head and not look back into her past unless it can help someone somehow. She has asked God to heal the broken pieces of her heart.

Trust God Above All Else

Smile when you feel like crying...
Laugh when you want to scream...
Love when you feel you can't...
Give of yourself even if you have nothing else...
Live life to the fullest...
Trust God above all else.
© Teresa Causey-Christian
July 6, 2018