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Media Moments: Question, reflect, connect

Stuck

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Even in the midst
of your lust and lies
The ignorance,
Where things of Earth
anaesthetise you to life
Even in the moment
of exact pain and sin
Stuck
Stolen
Scared
God has no illusions
he already knows us
everything about us
intimately
always has,
and in that very moment
God pursues us
to love us
to be Love in us

so Do not live
in the void away from God
Do not sit in there
in nothing
ignoring

for impossibilities
bow to God
bow to the Indestructible Christ,

Put to death
what belongs to the earth
Die to self
love and live to the Spirit
in restoration of heart
transformation of will
Renewing of mind
growing God in you,
releasing the Father’s heart
body and soul under the prompting
of His Spirit
Changing to, from
the creator’s image.

In this you will display
Jesus flowing through you
The presence and power of God,
Live now
as you will be
in eternity.

Starting Thoughts:
Knowing the worst of us, in our darkest moments, or the best of us in what we think are our crowning moments, God knows us, loves us the same. He has no illusions about who we are, but He loves us the same.
Poem Topic Tags: die, eternity, grace, growth, heart, image, known, presence, purpose, pursues, renewed, self, spirit, transformation,
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: intimate, knows, love, identity, renewed

Unravelled

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Facing yourself
comes out of the blue
unexpected realities
that can no longer be buried,
sometimes just a word
a look
a small action
is the trigger 
stirring soul’s murky waters,
confronting the now
with the past
Habits and behaviours that 
evolved compressing
life and creativity with
expectations and frustrations,
bringing pain and eroding self
life collapsing
into survival mode,
stuck and trapped
derailed from destiny,
annoying mind threads
that keep tugging
pulling at awareness
unravelling
who we are.

God, where are you?

Starting Thoughts:
We can suddenly discover things about ourselves in a sound, voice, thought, image that triggers us and faces us with who we are. Do we like the person we meet? At these points in life, and I think we face them more than once, the questions come.
Poem Topic Tags: confronting, destiny, expectations, habits, identity, life, pain, reality, souls, survival, trapped
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: god, identity, habits, triggers, confronting

All

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
The exact image
of the invisible God
who existed before time,
From heaven
the Powerful, immortal, holy
‘All’ descended,
Supreme word made flesh
the great I Am
born into the fallen
born as a helpless baby
born to live human
born into our reality
born to take sin,
Then in true love’s mystery
the incomprehensible exchange
sin for glory
the Blood of the cross
for restoration
Innocence remade
innocence forever
freedom forever;
from guilt
from pasts
from malevolent memories
from apathy
from ourselves,
Christ in us
the fullness of God
the hope of Glory,
Eternally Saved
Released
Ready to explore
the fullness of life
The fullness of who God
says we are.

All in all.

Starting Thoughts:
The fullness of God, the universe creator and sustainer, powerful yet born into our world vulnerable, willing to exchange in the ultimate love gift, his position for a true connection with us. The one who is 'All' wants to be All in all.
Poem Topic Tags: #all, #christ, #christmas, #exchange, #glory, #grace, #iam, #identity, #image
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: grace, identity, iam, love, all

Grace Centered

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
So what am I looking at?
What consumes my day?
Why do hopes disappear?
where does Time go?

Take your questions
and Start in the midst of grace
Beautiful in faith
in the centre of love -
this is God’s desire for you,
God’s heartbeat
hidden in the ages
now Jesus revealed,
His powerful
sacrifice of love,
Christ’s victory,
Start here
born to be born again,
perfect in your Spirit,
Know you are someone-
no need to perform.

Abide, wait in the Holy Spirit
know God in His fullness
Yielded to His faultless will
become what you already are,
New desires will surface
emerging passions to please
your Saviour and King,
to live from Heaven
live from the power of God
and become what you behold
become what you see
become the very likeness
of God.
God’s life in this world.

Starting Thoughts:
As Christians are we living from the knowledge that we are now perfect, blameless, chosen, beautiful in God's eye This revelation of grace allows us to be be like God in our Sprit and now working out how our soul (minds) are changing from glory to glory, closer to the desires of God.
Poem Topic Tags: #abide, #desires, #grace, #hopes, #identity, #likeness, #love, #reallife, #resurrection, #yielded,
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: grace, identity, forgiveness, love, likeness

Finding Space

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Running dry
Empty and lost
burnt out
Catching irritation
and annoyances,
I stop
Let go
Tell the busy
the pain
to halt
they try not to cease,
But I let stuff go
and choose to
bring who I am
and stand
sit
lie down
run
walk
rest
write
dance
wait
in my secret place,
a place to find God
Practicing delight
in now moments
Speaking to my soul
telling it to trust
to enjoy
the One who truly loves,
Leaning into God’s heartbeat
Waiting
Holding
Stilling
connecting with God
slowing the Rhythms of life
into unforced Rhythms of grace
into heaven’s presence,
Living from eternity
Living free and lightly.

Starting Thoughts:
Are we prepared to live in a way that truly meets with our past so that we can walk through the pain and habits that stop us from finding rhythms of grace in the rhythms of life? Can we find our own place to meet with God are get to hear His voice?
Poem Topic Tags: #abide, #desires, #grace, #hopes, #identity, #likeness, #love, #reallife, #resurrection, #yielded,
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: grace, identity, forgiveness, love, likeness

Maze of Stones

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
As I walk in life
to destiny
to freedom,
I encounter walls
blocking my future truth
making my life messier
steering me through 
a maze path of
walled in futures,
Put another stone
in the barriers
that is what I am
meant to do
deliberately do
or just accidentally do,
I know it’s
not just my walls
but generations of curses,
walls I thought would protect
but just quietly expand
their twisted paths;
What have I built?
Become part of?

If I could just fly 
above all of this
like in my dreams,
but these barricades
this maze
is my reality
my built identity.

If only I could take 
stones from the walls
weaken them,
and be ready
for the earthquake
a change transformation
of Christ's love.
And walk over the rubble
Sometimes stumbling
Sometimes scrambling
Sometimes scraped
but somehow more whole,
And be something different
be myself
be God’s love
be free
be a new blessing.

Starting Thoughts:
From a series at church called living free I wrote this with and in response to the message given by Josiah. It was cool how I was writing and then he would mention an image from this poem as I was writing. God has a way of bringing his direction through many at the same time.
Poem Topic Tags: #blessing, #curses, #destiny, #freedom, #futures, #identity, #life, #love, #maze, #transformation, #walls
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: distractions, purpose, identity, way, reallife

Grief

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Why
do we run from
the pain
the betrayal
the deep loss,
disappointment,
Run to Hide
to shield minds from hurt
Escape to deal with it on
our own,
and in the silent screams
blame the good 
blame the truth
Adopt broken friends
with drug answers
with party distractions
with distorted ideas
bury self in business
discover an addiction,
Yet somehow
the pain doubles
scraping our skull
scaring our soul darker
allowing disillusionment
to embed.

We can start
from the stolen now,
be real in the pain
scream out the overwhelming
Look to the mountains
Look in the eyes
of a child
see and smell depths
of wonder in a flower
Hear something different,
Embrace the despair
Face the pain
and look to God
to grace the pain,
And in a step
a brief clarity
a fingernail opening
space in the grim,
cry for something new
within the uncontrolled,
we can find
a comforter
a God who knows
depths of pain
Who has crossed 
from Heaven to 
human heartache 
The love of a God
Who gave us 
the pain of Jesus
Resurrection power in Jesus.

Allow God
to show you 
His surrounding arms of joy
to embed your life 
with love
To encircle you with
Eternal Hope…
And life will grow
around
and through Grief.

Starting Thoughts:
Following a series called 'Living Free' explored in our church services and small groups, I wrote this poem following the topic 'Grief'. It is hard to face grief, but maybe, in the midst or the pain and questions, we can.
Poem Topic Tags: addictions, barriers, betrayal, crying, escape, grief, hope, life, loss, love, pain, resurrection, stolen, truth, walls, wellbeing, wonder
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: church, identity, forgiveness, praise, worship

Wishes

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Who knows me?
How much do I hide
even from myself? 
Spiralling dreams
and whisper wishes,
So much wishing
for favours
for the new
for salvation
for freedom
for revival,
for change
without being changed
without being change
without taking a step.

Burdens accumulating in my mind
Chains cold, snaking, tightening,
Hard to hear myself
to know who I am.

So
Can I be be real?
give God full access?
Can I start with
knowing the truth
of how Jesus sees me…
as a beautiful soul
as a redeemed Spirit,
And take step by step
a journey
to freedom?

Starting Thoughts:
Do we really understand how Jesus sees us and accepts us. That He knows us for who we are and ignores this in the grace and love that flows from the Father's heart? He truly sees nothing other than the beautiful in us.
Poem Topic Tags: #change, #freedom, #identity, #journey, #life, #real, #spirit, #truth
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: grace, identity, freedom, love, change

Filling Restlessness

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Time ticks
24 hours to fill
I can strike off some
by sleeping
but even then
somehow
I am late to bed
putting off time
packing time with stuff
devices and screens
parties and memes
playing the good scene.
What is this restlessness?
when will my heart,
my soul find rest?
where in life
if not only in death?
I hold this life close
yet kill it with drugs, parties, friends
habits that feel good at the time,
but I feel even my own
heart beat dripping
slipping through my fingers,

Can there be better?
A way?
A point?

Starting Thoughts:
We seek ways to distract ourselves from realities of our life and ourselves and often overlook the Way, Truth and Life that can really only be found in Jesus.
Poem Topic Tags: #distractions, #facades, #fake, #games, #habits, #identity, #life, #purpose, #reality, #reallife, #restless, #way
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: distractions, purpose, identity, way, reallife

Depression Decay

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
A slow sink
Descending decay
down into depression
How can it be
just when things
were up?
Life seemed
to be expanding
Now contracting
dark holes
inner bleakness
trapped will.

In the midst of the party
I leave the sound and noise
of human companionship,
Seek space
hiding in the toilet
waiting for receding
walls to wash
out the fear
still the chaos.

The mirror mocks

Can God find me?

Starting Thoughts:
Sometimes the noise, the people seem too much and we want to just retreat back into the walls. In the toilet area the mirrors mean we cannot escape our own reflection, the reality of facing ourselves.
Poem Topic Tags: #chaos, #decisions, #depression, #fears, #identity, #life, #mirror, #party, #self, #will,
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: depression, health, identity, fears, party

Shalom

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Reverberations shake
your foundations
crumbling direction
clouding vision
breaking tainting staining
even the best of who you are
The Loudest voices
embed claws of influence
dragging tears of
connecting dark echoes
into your soul.

Throw off the confusion
Cut the cords of chaos
the untruth,
Focus the blade on
removing distractions
carve out the dissonance,
infuse instead harmonies
of love
healing division
building the kingdom
on the Rock
revealing Christ’s truth,
Trusting
Bowing before the 
Prince of Peace
and embrace shalom;
perfect peace.

Isaiah 26:3

Starting Thoughts:
What is your foundation built on? How easily does your confidence in who you are crumble?
Poem Topic Tags: #distractions, #division, #influence, #peace, #shalom, #voices
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: depression, health, identity, fears, peace

In Our Hearts

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
In a weary world
In the pressure
In the worries
In the moment
What emerges from our heart
What erupts?
What seeps?
Do we even see it?
Do we surprise ourselves…
Others?
The heat in our eyes
The hate in our voices
The sarcasm in our sentences
The destruction in our gossip
Have we left true life
by striving for entitlement?

Step by step
Climb the hill
Approach the cross
Kneel before
experience the resurrection love
be the cross
nail the right to be right
to the cross
and be love.

In essentials unity 
In non-essentials Liberty
In all things love.

Credits: Moravian Proverb

Starting Thoughts:
Relationships change over time, sometimes the changes are fast and become toxic. Covid and the blowtorch on the political and social thinking that it bought surprised people as friendships they had changed markedly. How should we really be the church of God, the kingdom of God in these times of stress?
Poem Topic Tags: character, church, cross, equality, friendship, gossip, life, love, relationships, unity
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: church, identity, forgiveness, praise, worship

Seeking Sunshine

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
True life will not come
Without turning
to the light
to the glory
Without opening
your heart
To the power
to the rebirth,
welcoming
the promise kiss
Radiant rays
on human skin.
Shift to
discover
sunshine shimmers,
Welcoming
new life soul deep
new freedom
Renewing you forever.

God is light
This light
pure joy
the gift from God
forever forgiveness,
forever salvation
complete to your core,
Your confessions now
Unfolding your soul
to the truth
the essence
the pulse
of who you are
in Christ.

Shine!

Starting Thoughts:
Picture a wild flower field!
The Lilly of the valley.
Open to the sunshine, the power that comes from God for you to be yourself. If the flowers of the fields are clothed, looked after, loved like this by Go - how much more us?
Poem Topic Tags: #confession, #flowers, #forgiveness, #identity, #life, #light, #salvation, #shift, #soul, #sunshine,
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: flowers, identity, salvation, sunshine, love

Seeing God

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Know you are
forgiven
You are
great in God’s eyes
Chosen
smiled upon
Made pure.

So
Walk into purity
flowing free
to see God
be with God
Know God more,
Listening.. quiet,
Loud roars and released
before God,
Understanding Forgiveness 
letting go of
frustrations
distress
rubbish
burdens
Hurt
Fears,
Hear His voice
His call,

Feel His arms
around you,
Refining your
heart purity,
Your beating blood
pulsing with
Heaven on Earth
Heaven in Earth
And
See God
Be with God
Know God.

Come together
Experience praise
Experience hope
Joined in worship 
soul deep,
Call worthy
Call priceless
Call honour
Call heart to heart
Call with one voice
Call with one voice together
“There is power in the
Name of Jesus,
Great is our God.”

Starting Thoughts:
Written in a worship session. We come with the presence of God in our lives to cooperate worship and collectively the Holy Spirit can open us to a closer experience with God.
Poem Topic Tags: #chosen, #forgiveness, #heaven, #identity, #name, #power, #praise, #purity, #released, #voice, #worthy, #worship
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: voice, identity, forgiveness, praise, worship

Kingdom

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Why do I try so hard
Or other times just let it all go
Why do I play
you’re not the boss
of me,
I will do it my way
I will say one thing, do another
Be Whatever...

so I pay the price
building my own barred prison
digging my deepening grave
Living to be a lord
of self
creating empty spinning destiny
Fear and Lies 
spinning into dark illusions
all dramatic drama
Trying to control my life
Trying to control others.

But Life is threaded
with this paradox struggle,
an alternative reality,
Wherever we are yielded
surrendered to God
accepting His sacrificial love
Wherever we love God
Wherever Jesus has been given control
Wherever we remember our identity 
We are
lifted from darkness
to become kings and priests,
Wherever his lordship reigns
in our lives
the kingdom within expands
revealing to the world
a forever dominion
destroying devil works
in God’s authority,
Through bowing to
the Lord of our life
to the Kingdom of now and not yet
to the kingdom of God -
a resurrected Jesus
   Reverses the curse
   Cleanses our sin
   Releases freedom
   Changes our lives.

So I hear...
Choose the kingdom
that will not be shaken
Open - unlock areas of 
my life to God,
claim the promises,
give my life Centre
to the loving, intimate, 
forgiving, holy, powerful,  living Lord,
Receive the everlasting King
Step into authority
Step into who I am.

This is my king!
Look at my Jesus
Worship my Jesus
Liberty in the name of Jesus.

Starting Thoughts: From our choices we can create a prison we build for ourselves. A video spoken word poem on encouraging us to surrender to Christ, unlock and step into who we are in Christ. Renewal, vision and identity and letting go of those things that hinder us.
Poem Topic Tags: #authority, #control, #controlled, #fear, #identity, #king, #kingdom, #lies, #lordship, #paradoxes, #prison, #self, #sin, #surrendered
Posting Tags: #artist, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #instawrite, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife
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Tags: paradoxes, surrendered, identity, choice, worship

Know It

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Peace that flows inside out
Cascading into my heart
A Love that creates vulnerability
Sees my flawless
beyond my flaws,
A Love with the unending
persistent
effervescent flow
of heaven,
intimate Love from an
lover who creates destiny,

I am a child of God
I Know it!
I Love it!
I Live it!

What was the reason
you were made?

Starting Thoughts: The love that sees us as flawless, that goes beyond forgiving to see us reborn!
Poem Topic Tags: #child, #destiny, #identity, #intimacy, #love, #peace, #reasons
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #god, #jesus #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
Spoken Word Poetry on the Love that cascades from God and motivates us
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Tags: love, flaws, destiny, child, identity

Fit the Dreams

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
The sly affections of
the dreams
inside my head
whispering tender thoughts
dripping poison searing
entertaining ways
of who I am or could be
soaking mind deep,
I am
floating in my reflections
disconnected to the world
wandering around signposts to hopes
carnival streets of colour confusions
false fun and cheering crowds
noise and business
montage media
playing my life,
suspended between worlds
of one moment
rosy cheeked and apple pie
next time
depression and death dealing,
feelings without reason,
yesterday’s lies
blind to what I tell them today,
yesterday’s mistakes
seemingly unforgiven again
stuck in a world
made in my head
created by me.

Will I hear the whisper in the wind?

Starting Thoughts: Mental health involves sharing, being vulnerable, being present. Knowing that we are precious and truly loved in God's eyes and that we don't need to 'perform' for or to others.
Poem Topic Tags: #death, #depression, #false, #hope, #lies, #masks, #mentalhealth, #mind, #mistakes, #psychology, #unforgiven, #wellbeing, #whisper
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #god, #jesus #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
Spoken Word Poetry on drepression and the thoughts in our heads
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Tags: mentalhealth, psychology, depression, masks, identity

Response

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
Early dawn’s golden light
seeps through Galilee hills
night's shadows washing
colour into bushes,
Lake washes
gentle to the white stoned shore,
morning embers
dance red on cloud's edges,
morning embers
glow red
in the fire
surrounded by stones,
fish cooking,
disciples relaxing,
in wonderment of 
encountering Jesus.

"Peter, Come walk with me”
Jesus unlimbers
from the fire companionship
walking with Peter
across the beach
stones and sand
into a personal experience
deep and tough,
Jesus stops
looking into Peter’s eyes
lifting his hand to Peter's shoulder
asking the past into Peter’s mind

“Do you love me?”
“Do you love me?”
“Do you love me?”

and years of discipleship
three cock crows
hiding in the dark
fears of past weeks
joy of the last minutes 
with Jesus lakeside;
All collapse swirling in Peter’s mind.

And in dawn’s warmth
the beach pebbles smile
and turn their faces
to the sun,
even they cry out ‘God',
and Peter’s soul
Softens, releases
the same chord
of love in his heart,
a love covering all times
a love permeating all of him
soaking passion into Peter’s mind,

“Jesus, you know I love you."

Starting Thoughts: From betrayal to love, from darkness to sunrise, from feeling a failure to becoming a rock that faith will spread and be built on. Peter responds to the question on the shore of Lake Galillee.
Poem Topic Tags: #breakfast, #disciples, #faith, #fishing, #gallilee, #lake, #love, #passion, #peter
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #god, #jesus, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
The love question and response in Spoken Word form of Peter and Jesus by Lake Galilee
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Tags: love, flaws, destiny, child, identity

New Covenant

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve
A Changed life
A new covenant
a promised Hope
prophetic promises
they seem so far away,
Lost in mysteries
Lost in the past
Lost in other cultures
Lost in curses from generations
Lost in business
Lost in guilt and regret
Lost in identity confusion
Lost to the grip of death
What can I do? Nothing!

But then Jesus called
The glorious Word spoke
Called Us - called me by name...
to know Him
invited into his goodness
through believing and receiving
and now we are
Simply, wonderfully
Hidden in Christ, the Messiah
one with Christ
from the beginning,
in his searing death
In his pure righteousness
in his powerful resurrection
in his abundant grace
in his regal freedom
In his deep, deep love
in his divine power
in his eternal life.

And now we reign
as kings, queens in life
here and now
chosen sons and daughters
with the sunshine of heaven
Embedded, flowing from our hearts
Believed in by God
I am who he says I am
We are who
He says we are.

Starting Thoughts: History revolves around a split in time between the old and the new covenant where Jesus died and rose and with the plan from eternity restored us all to God, not through what we do but through what God says we are in the love, forgiveness, grace and resurrection of Christ.
Poem Topic Tags: #covenants, #cross, #daughters, #eternity, #hidden, #hope, #identity, #jesus, #lost, #love, #promises, #resurrection, #sons, #word, #works
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #god, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
The new covenant promises of God Spoken Word Poetry
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Tags: love, jesus, relationships, personal, identity

Grace Identity

Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve
For your struggles
for your loss
for the questions
for the put downs
for the pain
for the striving
for the business
is the way, truth, life - Jesus
Before creation started
Before voids filled with matter
Before life was formed
Before sin darkened relationships
God’s answer was chosen
Jesus 
- the precious son
- the Grace gift
Christ
- glories unfolding plan
- glories forever solution
Streaming through time’s generations
God’s answer once and for all
won us at the Cross of love.

Now
under the power of Christ
with the same love God has for Jesus
we are eternally loved
we are forever sealed
we are in glorious grace
our old ways totally nailed 
to the same death cross,
abundant provision
overflowing life
kingdom authority
perfectly holy and complete
for all time
powered by His faith in me
all through the same cross,

Now 
We say no to ungodliness
no to worldly passions
Yes to His Grace
Being holy for God because
we are holy
Being love for God
because we are God’s love
We are who God says we are.

Bible Verses: Titus 2:11-12, Galatians 2:20
Starting Thoughts: The answer, once and for all time, has been the glorious power in the resurrection of Christ after becoming the grace gift of God as the cross.
Poem Topic Tags: #creation, #cross, #glories, #glory, #holy, #identity, #jesus, #life, #loss, #love, #pain, #power, #sin, #time, #truth, #way
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #god, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
Grace and Identity in Jesus Christian spoken word poetry
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Tags: love, jesus, cross, gift, identity

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