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hello guys, how has your week been going? If it has been good, its about to get better . If it has not been too good, its about to get good when you hear the super news I have to tell you.
Consider this your Cyber Week for a great deal. As Monday passed, deals in the cyber world went sky high. So I decided to do my own very cyber treat. From Today (Wednesday December 2, 2015 until Friday December 4 2015), you can get part two of my poetic devotional series”Dance With Me”, absolutely free.
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For those of you lovely readers and bloggers who bought “Tattoo Me – Decorate Me With The Ink Of Your Presence”, this is part two of the devotional series and it will surely take you on a deeper adventure, as it gives background stories concerning the poems and so on.
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Thank you guys for your constant support and for making blogging one of the best ideas in my life – ever!
Many blessings
smile.
Guys my poetry Devotional Book – “Tattoo Me” is finally finished and how humbled I am at God’s goodness to me.
It was such a challenge getting all the lovely poems that you guys love into one book. But it was done and to God be the glory. I have written a bunch of new ones to make this devotional book, a true guide to the presence of God.
Here is a part of the poem for the title of the book – Inspiration comes from Is 49:16
Tattoo Me.
Capture my heart.
Imprison it in the mist of your whiff.
Your love is extravagant,
Your intimacy – intoxicating,
Your fragrance – exhilarating,
Your passion – inebriating.
Tattoo Me.
Let me rise from your essence,
Drunk from your presence,
Flavoured by your heart’s desires.
Tattoo Me.
Let your will disrobe me,
Then re-clothe me,
Make my skin aglow.
Constrain my aim,
Change my name,
Coach my game,
Kindle my flame,
Make me not the same.**
Well, what can I say? Thank you all for your kind, encouraging words that propelled the writing and publishing of this book. Our “blogship” helped to produce this book and I am really grateful for the new relationships I have formed because of blogging. Your usual support is truly appreciated.
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About the Book
“Tattoo Me” is a poetic inspirational guide that is designed to take its reader on a devotional journey into the presence of God. Its pages express themes including: intimacy, war, hope, love and shows its reader how their identity is important in purposing them for the adventures of life. The poetic devotional is simple, relatable and reader friendly; with gems and nuggets tucked away on every page. “Tattoo Me” will not just take you on a divine journey, but will cause you to want to repeat, after you get to your destination.
When YOU called,
I answered.
When YOU spoke,
I became speechless.
**When YOU….
I…
Written by Amorelle Lewinson. Copyright 2015. All rights reserved.
**This poem is part of Rev Amorelle Lewinson’s poetry Devotional Book – “Tattoo Me”
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I have gotten to truly believe that Our Father God is a True Father indeed.
I have just completed seven nights of a Sleep Fast. If you’re not familiar with a sleep Fast it is the giving up of your sleep (sacrificing sleep as you would food or something else) for a greater godly cause. So you would pray and worship through the night hours from 12 am until mid-morning or morning. It is a very effective weapon. This fast wasn’t my first, but this surely was my hardest.
By the Sunday night, which was the last night, I was so weary I could barely keep my eyes open. I had had a very long day that Sunday. I ministered in the morning never got home until the evening, then I went to my home church for Lord’s Supper and never returned home until late. I was already weary and sleep depraved, so having that long day, never helped in any way.
When it got time to pray, even my husband was so knocked out from the long day that he never heard the alarm to get me up to pray. Let me pause to say on my previous sleep fasts I wouldn’t sleep at all for more than 2 hours per 24 hours for the entire seven nights because that is the time I would have left after prayer as I would have to get up and get started on my schedule for the day. However for this fast I actually took an hour or so of sleep in the nights just before the session, in addition to 3 hours I had after the prayer in the mornings.
So as I was saying, when time came for the prayer, I literally hauled my legs (that were buckling under me) to the living room. I couldn’t make it but I kept saying “I will make it, I will make it, I can do this”. Honestly, I wasn’t convinced. By 3am I was so tired, I couldn’t pace the floor in prayer anymore. I knew If I sat down, I would immediately fall asleep but I couldn’t help it. My feet hurt and all parts of my body ached. I was so weak, weary, tired, fatigued, exhausted, sleepy and enervated. I felt like I was literally gonna pass out! Finally I sat down – That was the end of that! You can imagine what happened next. After sitting, all I knew was half hour had passed since I last remembered what I was praying but yet I couldn’t move to get up and continue praying. Then another 15 minutes…then 10 minutes…. then another 15 minutes and so it went on for about and hour and a half combined. When I looked at the time it was a little after 5 am. I was so disappointed in myself. I always prayed until 6 or 7 am on the last night – ALWAYS! I felt so badly like I had let down God and He was saddened by my failure. I began to cry! “I’m sorry God, I am so sorry. I tried my best. I really did. I just couldn’t hold up. I am truly sorry”. I wailed to him feeling utter shame. My heart felt broken as I pondered how ashamed He must be of me. I nonetheless stayed and finished praying until after 6am then I went to bed feeling like I lost an important battle and I was now the biggest scandal on the planet.
When I woke up the Monday morning, the pain of my failure griped me instantly and I hang my head in embarrassment and disgrace. The thoughts in my head were “I failed. Its not well start but well done and I didn’t end well therefore I am a disappointment and God is not pleased with my efforts”. By about midday, the pain of my stench of being a let down was so overwhelming that I curled in a little corner of my bed and began to cry to God expressing again my apologies for failing Him.
To my utter and most needed surprise I heard the Lord say “Why do you keep repenting for that which I have not laid a charge to? Are you being convicted or condemned? Do I convict or condemn?” In that moment it felt like the Lord was smiling and standing right beside my bed where I curled up hollering in a pool of tears. Immediately all the chains that imprisoned my heart fell and I stood free. I wiped the tears from my eyes and began smiling. He then said “I have come that you may be free. Who the Son sets free is free indeed”.
The enemy had belied me, condemning me, causing me to feel like I was the worst person in the world because I fell asleep and could not pray until daylight. He made me feel like God was mad at me and was disappointed in my efforts but that was all a lie. Jesus was proud of me and was in no way ashamed of me. It gave me a level of freedom that words cannot express. It brings tears to my eyes even as I write this post and the moments are relived in my memory.
Jesus loves you and is proud of your strides and sacrifice for him my friend. Proud of your baby steps to change. Proud of your loving heart. Proud of your kindness to others. Proud of you – His masterpiece. The Holy Spirit convicts in love to steer you to freedom and a godly lifestyle. The Enemy condemns in guilt to steer you to bondage, imprisonment and shame. Knowing the difference is a key to a healthy heart and mind.
So, the next time you feel like a failure because of whatever reason, think carefully and ask yourself… Am I being convicted or condemned?
A re-visit and modification of “secret to life’s Success”
When I woke up this morning lying in bed, I began asking myself; “what are some of the secrets to success in life?”
To my surprise, I found some answers right there in my very room.
The fan said,”be cool”
The roof said, “aim high”
The window said, “see the world”
The clock said, “every minute is precious”
The mirror said, “reflect before you act”.
The calender said, “be up to date”.
The door said, “push hard for your goals”.
The mat said “kneel down and pray”.
The toilet said “flush the haters, naysayers and detractors that do not want to see you succeed in life!
After all of those lessons, I looked around feeling satisfied and then…
The Bible laughed and said, “Read me for direction”.
…. And that was exactly what I did.
Do you know who you are?
Don’t lose your identity because of your adversities. They too (though they seem long and infinite) MUST come to an end.
Keep smiling!
Believe it or not, one day life will get tired of upsetting you. Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb over it, go through it, go around it or even go under it to get to the other side.
With God all things are possible!
Be blessed today and know you are a conqueror, you will never be conquered. You are victor, you will never be a victim. You make like work for you, it will never work against you. You shall and you will overcome. Since God is for you, who or what can stand against you?
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