Dirt.
It’s dirty, but God has a purpose for everything, right? We have recently heard sermons by Pastor J on a Luke 13 parable that deals with the tree not flourishing and bearing fruit and how the man asked to give it one more year and he would fertilize the tree and help it to grow, to spare the trees life from being cut down. Fertilizer can loosely be translated to animal waste. There was concern of the tree just using up the space…or wasting the soil as it refers to. The soil or dirt was obv…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on November 12, 2009 at 10:16am —
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For I am the LORD, your God,
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you. Isaiah 41:13
Awakening
I had this on my heart and mind a few days ago and I pray that because of delayed writing I don’t lose the essence of what is in me. First of all let me say that my writing have been few and far between because of my back pain, back surgery and mega doses of pain pills for the last four or five months. Even when I was in less pain or not in pain I…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on October 23, 2009 at 12:01pm —
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I AM
I AM
The great white Madea (Halleluyeer)
I am so wrong
At the right time
So inappropriate
Yet, I stretch my love
And my heart beyond
To love all and
Because He is.
I AM
I AM
I am me and
God is He…
I AM HIS!
I am
full and satisfied….
Pastor J
you said it first, and its true
I am called
To walk my walk
To swish and to sway
And to keep on steppin’
With my Godly Swagga…
I AM
Uniquely me,
made by the Creator,
Of all other things
that are beautiful in time!
I am one,
but I am part of th…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on September 14, 2009 at 10:18am —
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Like clockwork
Baby ('cause you will always be my baby),
Like clockwork
I gave you my love,
You ran and hid
I was too much for you to handle
After not getting love-like-mine
You came back on bended knee.
Like clockwork
I gave you money
You ran and dodged me
I could see
You ran out of cash
You came back broken and flat-busted.
Like clockwork
I gave you time, my life
But you did not accept me
Better things to do, hang with your homies(rolls eyes)
Baby, hang with them, they can’t know you l…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on August 28, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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I look to you
In my moment of sorrow
In my moment of sadness
I look to you for compassion
I know my life will not always be smooth But right now…
I look to you, because I cannot look away
Pain is part of my process
Of growth and learning
And now Lord,
You know I look to you
For comfort and for strength
Because right now…
I CANNOT look away!
I am keeping my eyes upwards
And I lift my problems up to you
And pray that the heaviness on my heart
Is eased and in time I know it will be
Because I l…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on July 13, 2009 at 10:09am —
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Reflections: It is at the hardest, darkest, and most dire of times that I have had my greatest dreams and highest level of hope. Why is that when things are going "good enough" I quit pushing hard?! There is this saying,
"when the pain of being where you are exceeds the pain of changing...then you will change".
Joel Osteen talks about waking up and expecting it to be the best day...I get that. I get that THAT and I get that THAT does not apply to me. What IF I woke up and said this is go…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on July 9, 2009 at 10:59am —
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I am coming down the stairs of my quaint townhouse, in my white skirt suit and heels. I am nervous as h-e-double hockey sticks. Today is the day I say I do....or I will or finally YES. I say not only yes to my groom but I say yes to a new life and I say yes to being obedient. A long time ago...9/6/08 to be exact I was attending a prayer vigil. I was a new face and a new family member at New World. The night before the prayer vigil, as I prayed and meditated' I had this revelation about the numbe…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on June 23, 2009 at 3:21pm —
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There are things in this world that are both free and priceless. It kinda seems like “free” and “priceless” would not go together but since I believe in Jesus it is just a natural thing for me to believe in and to recognise things in this world that are both truly free and truly priceless.
Best friends are free and truly priceless…and if you are broke, they might even lend you a dollar or two.
If you are sick and your bf drives across town to make you dinner…just to make sure you eat…now that i…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on June 9, 2009 at 9:06am —
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Genesis 24:
Abraham had recently buried his wife and had a son that was not married, both were mourning and it was time for a change…and for the convenant to be carried out. Abraham wanted a wife for his son that was from his native land of Canaan. Abraham sent his servant with riches back to Canaan to find a wife for his son, Isaac. God had promised to give Abraham many offspring(I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seasho…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on May 21, 2009 at 11:11am —
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Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
I am writing this because I just need to admit some things. I have been very unloving. I look back to my relationships both past and present, and realize that IF this is truly w…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on May 13, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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Most often I wake up in the morning ugly. Ugly physically, mentally, spiritually...I am not a morning person. I don't wake up full of ideas or even like to talk before 10am. This morning was different.
I asked one of my friends to call me at 5am so I could get up and exercise a…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on May 12, 2009 at 7:30am —
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I look to you
In my moment of sorrow
In my moment of sadness
I look to you for compassion
I know my life will not always be smooth
But right now Lord…
I look to you, because I can not look away
Pain is part of my process
Of growth and learning
And now Lord,
You know I look to you
For comfort and for strength
Because right now Lord…
I CAN NOT look away!
I
am keeping my eyes upwards
And I lift my problems up to you
And pray that the heaviness on my heart
…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on May 1, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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The Giver
True giver
A man that exceedingly
And abundantly
Gives of himself
Time, labor, intelligence
His heart
His harvest to the Lord
More than ten percent
The Lover
Speaks words of praise
Over all those he touches
Unashamed in his genuineness
To be quick to soothe and comfort
To say I knew you were special the first time I met you
Because by him we truly are
Loved
The Encourager
The builder
A true cheerleader
Always looking for Godly potential
To build Gods Body of believers
Always believin…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on April 14, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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I don't know about anyone else but I have had increasing amount of peace this week. It seems the when God really wants me to "get it" or to learn I learn in clusters. Maybe I am not the only one to learn like that, or maybe I am a resistant sponge.
Anyhow Last Thursday @ The Gathering, Pastor C White was talking about that you know you have Jesus in you when you have peace in the midst of turmoil. In the ‘circle’ of life as we know it…we have Jesus…therefore we can have peace through our relati…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on April 7, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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This is a mish mash of a couple of older poems with a new twist. I also added all the words that were sent in on Lifemill and fb regarding "in one word, the condition of your heart."
This was shared at The Gathering on 2/12/09.
condition of the heart
lonely, unfulfilled, bored, depressed, melancholy and hurt
no longer green and impressionable
life takes a toll on her heart,
basting it in
bitterness and distrust
hatred and despair
the mind builds an impermeable steel case around
her now…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on February 27, 2009 at 2:02pm —
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Pieces
I pick up the pieces
broken bits of jewelry
Of what once was something complete
I carry them in my palm
And stare into and try
And try
To make sense
Of what went wrong
.. ..
I remember the time
When I gave you the other half
Of this piece of brokenness
And with this piece
And my piece
Together
They formed once again
A complete, a whole
This was a reminder that we…
You and I could never be separate
.. ..
Cousins by birth
Bosom buddies forever
Blood sisters
Pinkie-swearers
Yin and yang…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on February 18, 2009 at 2:50pm —
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Sickness
It grabs your guts and rips them out
It is not gentle or kind
It is standing in the middle of the street
With a million cars whizzing by and sometimes…
You wish one of those cars would run your melancholy ass over
I had never been in love before
Not like this
Always and forever in control and
Now I know what jagged little pill means
Regular love is nice…
I wish to have it just regular again.
Not super-caffeinated espresso love
It is deadly and strong
To the heart
To the mind
To the soul…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on February 9, 2009 at 12:09pm —
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You can’t have me
Master manipulator
Hateful deceiver
I come against you
And I stand firm
You can’t have me
No, no not this time
Boldly I proclaim
I am GP
Gods’ property
I am in my Fathers heart
And he is in mine
Visions you put before me
Childhood visions that tell me
I did not…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on January 19, 2009 at 8:50am —
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Love..that four letter word.
First of all let me say that yesterday I was not in a good mood. I was not full of joy and thank you God and Pastor J for the insight for the dump your junk basket. I was half heartedly paying attention and writing a book on the back of the study sheet of all of my grievances about a "special someone" and even my grievances against God for even allowing this person to cross my path. Saturday night was a rough night for me and I had a lot of resentments that I could…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on December 22, 2008 at 5:06pm —
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The best gift: His gift.
‘Tis the season.
Wide ribbons, bright red and green
Sparkles everywhere
Hot chocolate and crisp mornings
The smell of pumpkin pie
Christmas cards with peace, doves and winter scenes
What is the best gift?
Once upon a time I got a gift
It was not decorated w…
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Added by Liz Rose Ouedraogo on December 19, 2008 at 8:30am —
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