Mr. Sun is sick in bed today

It's cold out today.
Mr. Sun is in bed, he has a cold today.
Yesterday he played among the rain clouds,
They were cold and wet.
Mr. Sun had not worn a coat,
So he got a chill and he's sick.
Mr. Sun wouldnt come out today,
He's spending the day in bed,
Drinking some hot chocolate to make him better
And catching up on his comic books.
Mr. Sun laughs to play and shine,
He's a great star you know.
But today he's very dull,
His cold has taken away his shine.
Get better Mr. Sun.
Rest and get your energy back,
You will live to shine another day.,
Then you can chase those wet clouds away,
So that we can enjoy a hot summer's day.
Get well Mr. Sun,
We miss you and are praying for you.

Shhh bedtales

He knows how to hold me,
Cuddle me up and keep me warm.
He loves my shape,
doesnt think am to heavy.
He has seen me with all my clothes off
But doesn't judge when I've added weight.
He loves to carry me.
He can keep a secret,
Because I sometimes say mine aloud to him.
We watch movies together,
But sometimes I seat on his lap and read.
He knows how to hold me through the night,
Am so comfortable when am with him,
I can sleep to my heart's content.
He has been there when am happy,
but he's also been there when I'm had a broken heart
Or had sorrow visit me.
He is a constant in my life
And I love seeing him everytime I go home.
I love him, my bed.

Christian fairytales 2 - the prince and the maiden

There was once a kingdom run by a very handsome, rich, but arrogant prince called Alan. His father was very sick and so he could not run the kingdom. Women all over the kingdom would dream about being his princess. They all swooned when they saw him. Women were always trying to catch his attention. Every night he had a pick of women to share his bed as the women tried all sorts of things to make him love them.

There was a forest far the castle that had a meadow. In the meadow there was a cottage where a pretty maiden named May lived. She made butter and cheese which was the best quality in the kingdom. Her butter and cheese was sought after by everybody with people traveling miles to come buy her produce.

One day Alan was riding to a neighboring kingdom passing through the forest with his knights when his horse threw a shoe. While he waited for the shoe to be shown he asked for food. His party had not carried food because it was only a short ride so he ordered some of them to go look for food in the forest.

The knights went into the forest and while searching for fruits and game to cook they discovered the cottage. They knocked and when May opened the door they asked for food and water. May gave them some bread with cheese and butter. The knights thanked her and took the fare to the prince.

Alan was hungry and when he ate the food he declared he had never eaten anything so delicious. He gave the knights money to go buy all the cheese and butter that May had. When he went to the neighboring kingdom he gave out the cheese and butter to the king as a gift. The king loved the fare so much he gave Alan a small chest of gold.

The prince went back to his kingdom a very happy man. The next day he was feeling hungry so he asked a knight to go buy more cheese and butter. May told him that she had sold all the butter and cheese the day before. Alan would have to wait until she had gotten more milk to make it. She only had one cow so it took time to get enough milk to make the cheese and butter.

When the prince got the message he sent his knights to take five other cows as a gift to May. May was very happy. She prayed to God and thanked him for her blessings. She also said a blessing for the prince. With the added cows she was able to make more butter and cheese. The entire consignment she sold to the palace.

The prince loved to eat this butter and cheese with bread. Every day he ate some. When visitors came to the kingdom they would fall in love with the butter and cheese and ask to carry some.

One day Alan was thinking about how May’s talents for churning have been good for him. He decided that he should bring her to the palace to be his companion. He asked the knights to give her the news and bring her to the palace. She told them she wasn’t interested in being the mistress of the prince.

Alan was mad. He knew he was a catch and he could not accept that a simple maiden would refuse his advances. He started sending her flowers, and gifts to woo her. She sent all the gifts back. He got more and angrier when she spurned his advances.

The prince ordered his knights to go to the cottage and bring May to the castle by force. When she was brought before him he asked “why are you refusing to be my companion? Do you know what an honor that it is to become my mistress?”

“Your highness I am a Christian woman. I don’t believe in having sex before marriage. I don’t care if you are a prince. God would not be happy with me for doing such a thing. It is a sin. I will not do it. I would rather die or go to prison!” May said.

Alan was furious. “Which God is this? There is no authority in this kingdom above me and my father. You are playing with fire.”

He called the guards and told them to put May in the dungeon until she changed her mind. He called his magician and asked him to tell him about this God that May worshipped. His magician told him that this God had a book that people read. He asked for one and The Bible was brought to him. He thought it didn’t look that interesting so he dumped it next to his bed.

One night when he couldn’t sleep he saw the book and started reading it. He found it so interesting that he read it throughout the night. He called his magicians in the morning and asked them to explain the book to him. They couldn’t explain the meanings of some of the stories.

He asked for May to be brought to him. He told her to explain the stories in the book to him. She explained them to him. He was so happy that now he understood what the book was about. He pardoned May and let her go home.

Six months later the Prince became a Christian after reading the Bible. He had changed his life and was now living a godly life. He became a better prince and stopped being so arrogant. Everybody in the kingdom was happy.

Alan loved being a Christian. He felt better about his life. But something was missing. He felt lonely because he had no one to talk to about God. His knights and subjects still worshipped their false gods and he could not force them to become Christians. One day he had an idea. He would go to May.

He rode out with two of his knights to May’s cottage in the forest. May was outside pounding milk into butter. She looked so beautiful working. The prince approached May. He wasn’t sure he would be welcome. May smiled at him when she saw him.

“May, would you please forgive me? I am sorry for what I did. Can we be friends?” the prince said.

May told him “I forgive you. Jesus said we should forgive seventy times seven times.”

Alan asked May to explain to him things that he did not understand. Once a week he would come to her home to learn more about the Bible. He always came with a knight or two so that he would protect her reputation.



ONE YEAR LATER

The king died. The prince became the King. He decreed that now that he was the king the Kingdom would be a Christian Kingdom. He realized that he could not rule the kingdom alone. He prayed about it and the answer came to him.

Alan went to the royal jeweler and asked him to create for him a beautiful ring. It was a gold ring inset with rubies and diamonds. When it was ready he went to the florist and ordered a big bouquet of flowers. He had also instructed the baker to make for him a picnic basket full of delicious things.

He rode to the forest with his two knights. He went to the cottage and knocked. May opened the door and was surprised to see him. It was not their usual day for meeting so she was not expecting him.

“Hallo. Can we talk? I need to speak to you!”

May asked him in. he entered and sat down on a chair. They made some small talk...

Then May said “am surprised that you have come to see me. Now that you’re the king I didn’t think you would have time for me anymore.”

Alan the prince said, “That’s what I have come to talk to you about. Now that I am King I don’t have time to visit you. I have loved talking to you and growing as a Christian.”

“May, I need to ask you something. I know I hurt you when I threw you in the dungeon. Can you ever really forgive me?”

May laughed and said, “I already forgave you. That is old news. I let it go! If that’s what you’re worried about don’t worry about it.”

“Thank God for that. Now I have another question. It’s a very important question and I would be very glad to get your answer. I know I was very arrogant and selfish when I asked you to be my mistress. I am now glad that you refused. I had been spoilt by my position and all the women around me. I now realize that’s not what I need,” said Alan.

“What I need is a wife. I have prayed about it. I need a woman who is beautiful, hardworking, and principled. A woman who is willing to die for her beliefs and values. A woman like you. May will you do me the honor of marrying me?” Andrew took the ring out of his pocket and gave it to May.

May was shocked but delighted. She had being praying for a Godly husband. She had fallen in love with the prince but knew he was above her class so there was no chance of them getting married.

May said, “Yes, I will marry you!”

Alan the King and May got married 3 months later. There was a big celebration and royalty from many far kingdoms came to wedding hoping to eat some of the famous May cheese and butter and carry some. The celebrations for the wedding lasted three days. The wedding was talked about for a very long time.

After that God blessed the King and Queen with 2 sons and 3 daughters whom they raised in a Godly fashion. They lived happily ever after. The favor of God was with them and they lived to a ripe old age. They would tell their grandchildren about their story. It was a favorite story of the grandchildren.


---THE END---

Christian Fairytales 1- the princess and the frogs

There was in the magical kingdom of Ajabu a very beautiful princess. She was the most beautiful woman in the whole kingdom. The kingdom was a magical kingdom in which all creatures could walk on two feet and talk.

Many princes and other creatures came to court the princess. Now the princess was very naughty. She wasn’t a very good princess. She had heard that Dawgs were the most fun creatures to date and so she did. They had some great fun and she was the talk of the town. But these Dawgs broke her heart. They weren’t serious; they just wanted to have fun.

Eventually the princess wanted to marry but she couldn’t get a good groom. So she went to a witch who advised her to get her true love she needed to kiss a frog who would turn into a prince. So she kissed many frogs but none of them turned into a prince.

The Princess lifestyle took a toll on her. Because of her behavior she had turned into a troll, no longer beautiful and courted by everyone. She used to lock herself in her room and cry wishing she could turn back the clock and change everything.

One day her godmother came to see her and was shocked to see how she had changed. She cried to her godmother and asked her what she could do to become a princess again. Her godmother reached into her bag, removed a book, and gave it to the troll princess. It was a magical book called The Bible. "Read this every day and practice what it says. Then you will turn back into a princess!"

The princess started reading The Bible everyday. At first it was hard to practice the wisdom in the book but eventually she started feeling the effects of its magic. Then one day after about a year she looked at herself in the mirror (she had had all the mirrors in the palace destroyed earlier when she was a troll) and she was the beautiful princess again.

The Princes was so happy to be beautiful again she threw a big party to celebrate. She wanted to show people she had changed and tell them about the magical book. At the party she met a wonderful prince who had read the book and practiced its magic. After a year of dating the princess got married and then had a wonderful life.


---THE END!--

Because life is beautiful!!

I want to be happy,
Have joy that springs from within,
That gives me a smile no matter what the situation.
I want my heart to smile and giggle,
Dance vigorously and play kiddish games.
I want my heart to remember dark clouds don’t last, no way,
The sun is still there when it rains:
It will come out eventually and bring beautiful rainbows.
I fell down from the glass castle of love,
My heart broke!
But now my heart's healing,
Although my love muscles is in physiotherapy,
I’m starting to walk again,
On the road to love again.
Most important thing is to love myself,
Giving myself love to heal those wounds.
Rebuilding my life again,
Getting stronger, new directions.
Learning to give God all my life again,
One step, one decision, one day.
Learning to embrace God's unconditional love and grace.
Learning to live my life for him,
Know my life's purpose.
Am learning,
Allowing mind, heart, body, and soul to exhale, to just live.
Because life is beautiful!
I don’t want to miss all the great moments being sad.
I want to be glad, to enjoy life,
To be the best me I can be!

Temptation he calls me

Temptation he calls me,
Singing me songs that make me want to dance to his tune.
His cologne is sexy,
Alluring, making me want to get close.
He's as tempting as a strawberry and mango ice cream,
Or like a large bar of hazelnut chocolate.
He smiles such a seductive smile
And am so tempted to get close.
Temptation knows my weaknesses,
Knows how to get me weak kneed.
I try to resist,
Try to make up my mind,
Try to say "NO" like the good girl I am.
The problem is temptation knows me personally,
We have known each other a long time,
From when I was a babe.
He knows my weak spots some better then even I.
And so he sings me a siren song to drown out reason,
And I sway to the music,
Trying to resist and keep my sanity.

Understanding her.

I don’t understand this woman. I stare at her. She's pretty, sweet and got a great body. But simmering behind the outward shell I see insecurities. I love her smile but it hides pain and anguish. She's loved and lost. Fought, is fighting battles that have left scars on her mind, heart, and emotions. She has been broken but she chooses to rise from ashes.

She has the heart of a warrior yet sometimes her mind betrays her with cowardly thoughts. She wonders if she will make it but thinks what other option is there. She talks to God asking for grace, for mercy and miracles. She knows her life is in his hands though many times she tries to snatch it back.

Sometimes angel, sometimes bitch, sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter, sometimes inspiring, sometimes depressing. She is beauty but she is also beast. I can’t understand this woman but I try.

I look at her and my reflection in the mirror stares back at me.

DON'T GIVE UP!

Can you feel it, see it, and smell it?
It’s coming!!!
Bright skies, brilliant sun.
Dreams transformed,
Invisible to visible.
I can hear them matching,
Good days coming.
Can you hear the music?
That’s the beat for your victory dance.
Don’t give up, they are coming.
Listen that’s your victory parade,
Your fans are rejoicing that you made it,
See them dance and sing.
There's your haters drinking sour lemonade,
Talking bad but there's nothing they can do.
Smell that,
Its faint but you can smell it.
The sweet aroma of success.
Keep reaching out, stretching yourself,
Working out your plans, maintaining faith,
Giving thanks, being the blessing,
Believing in God and self.
It’s coming to town,
Your days of triumph.
Don’t give up,
Not today, not tomorrow.
Lift your head up high,
Don’t give up!

Space, time and you!

There’s spaces and faces then there's you.
You were special because you made my heart swell,
You made it bigger,
Made it so full there was no room for anyone else.
Your face was like the sun,
I looked forward to seeing it
And it made my day bright seeing that smile.
But then space and distance broke this heart,
Made my inflated heart balloon burst.
The feeling of walking on air,
Feeding on love disappeared in a whoosh,
In the blinking of a space minute.
I stopped wanting to see your face,
It became like ice to me,
Cold, numbing and chilling.
There's major space where your love used to be,
Your face, it fades from my memory,
The texture, contours, and lines,
Slowly dissolving into space and time.

Smile - Song by Kirk Franklin

This song has been ringing in my head and it has been such an encouragement when I've been down.

Today’s a new day, but there is no sunshine.
Nothing but clouds, and it’s dark in my heart
and it feels like a cold night.
Today’s a new day, but where are my blue skies.
Where is the love and the joy that you promised me
tell me it’s alright.

(I’ll be honest with you)
I almost gave up, but a power that I can’t explain,
fell from heaven like a shower now.

(When I think how much better I’m gonna be when this is over)


I smile, even though I hurt see I smile,
I know God is working so I smile,
Even though I’ve been here for a while
I smile, smile..
It’s so hard to look up when you look down.
Sure would hate to see you give up now.
You look so much better when you smile, so smile.
Today’s a new day, but there is no sunshine.
Nothing but clouds, and it’s dark in my heart
and it feels like a cold night.

Today’s a new day, but tell me where are my blue skies,
where is the love and the joy that you promised me
tell me it’s – alright.

(the truth is)

I almost gave up, but a power that I can’t explain
fell from heaven like a shower now.

I smile, even though I’m hurt see I smile,
I know God is working so I smile,
Even though I’ve been here for a while
I smile, smile.
It’s so hard to look up when you look down.
Sure would hate to see you give up now
You look so much better when you smile.

Smile.. for me
Can you just smile… for me.
Smile.. for me
Can you just smile… for me.
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
(and while your waiting)
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
(and while your praying)
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
(look in the mirror)
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
(always remember)
You look so much better when you smile

I almost gave up, but a power that I can’t explain
fell from heaven like a shower now – right now.

I smile, even though I’m hurt see I smile,
I know God is working so I smile,
Even though I’ve been here for a while
I smile, smile..
it’s so hard to look up when you look down.
Sure would hate to see you give up now.
You look so much better when you smile.

so smile.
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
ohohoh, you look so much better when you
smile…

I just want you to be happy..
I want you to have joy ’cause can’t nobody
take that away from you.
I see you.. SMILE!!
[Kirk Franklin- I Smile Lyrics]