Love You Constantly A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Beautiful Child Lift up your eyes. Listen to the wilds Blowing through the skies. ~ Open your eyes to see The Beauty and the wealth That I have laid at your feet, Like open fields of wheat. ~ You know the song I’ve sung to […]
Happily Ever After?
“Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand’ring bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.” -William Shakespeare Love that does not change, […]
God’s Whispers
God’s Whispers A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Still, still, be still dear child Be still; hear My whisper, sweet and mild Let Me caress you with My breath Let Me just love you, let you be blessed ~ You are My beauty, My obsession Won’t you understand that you are My heaven? Your […]
Love Never Fails
Browsing a facebook stream is a typical part of our lives these days. You scroll down and laugh at pictures, catch up on snippets from friends lives, and read interesting bits from all over the internet. We’ve become a very social culture, or anti social as the case may be. Anyway the other day I was […]
Duck, Duck, Goose: Why I feel we need to call “truce” on the culture war.
There are days I really feel like sticking my head in the sand. Today is one of them. A guy from a show I never have watched in my life has made a statement. That statement has gotten a particular response. That response has set a big old explosion off in my facebook feed. I […]
Is God Not Fair? Part 4: The Grace of God
To be Fair: Agreeing with what is thought to be right or acceptable. :Treating people in a way that does not favor some over others. :Not to harsh or critical. This is the final in a series exploring the fairness of God. If you missed the first three parts of this series I recommend your read them […]
Is God Not Fair? Part 3: The Justice of God
To be Fair: Agreeing with what is thought to be right or acceptable. :Treating people in a way that does not favor some over others. :Not to harsh or critical. This is the third in a series exploring the fairness of God. If you missed the first two parts of this series I recommend your read them before continuing. You […]
In Trial You Are There
In Trial You Are There A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ In my time of trial You are there In my time of trial You are there ~ When I face the turmoil Of this world In my time of trial Your will unfolds ~ When I’m in the desert You are there […]
Is God Not Fair? Part 2: The Holiness of God
To be Fair: Agreeing with what is thought to be right or acceptable. :Treating people in a way that does not favor some over others. :Not to harsh or critical. This is the second in a series exploring the fairness of God. If you missed the first part of this series I recommend your read […]
Is God Not Fair? Part 1: Why Me? Why Them? Why This?
I went in for an ultrasound the other day. It’s a routine exam I get every six months to check my liver for cancer. My liver is pretty compromised, stage four of four stages. My doc explained to me that the liver can sustain a great deal of damage and still function. Thankfully my liver has […]