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A library of souls

One day in my mind’s eye

I peeked through a door

I saw a strange library

I had never seen before!







Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened attentively and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and esteem His name. Malachi 3:16

The books were about souls

The pages were alive

Each book was about a person!

Some souls had even died!

Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good! Psalm 14:1

The books were not of opinions

Filled with careless words

The books were written perfectly

In the way God observed!

The books were about souls

Who lived now and in the past!

The books still lived on

Their words truly did last!

Meaning the words themselves

Did not vanish away

Like the books written now

That will disappear some day!

How souls had lived on earth…

Still effected the living ones

Even though, some had departed…

Their ripples were noted by the Son! (Jesus)

I took one book down

I opened the pages real quick

I didn’t want anyone seeing me

I wanted to read just a bit!

Suddenly I felt a hand!

A hand on top of this book

A voice said, “Stop!”

“You are forbidden to look!”

I wondered where my book was

Could I search for it now?

I remembered I was

Still living….

My book was being written

Right now!

If these books could speak now

What would they say to me?

Would they teach me new truths?

Would these facts, involve me?

“Yes, yes, yes!”

I heard

A whisper…

“These books are

Souls you have met!”

“Their paths merged with yours!”

“See? God didn’t forget!”

I stop and thought…

I truly was blown away

That each book had my name

Inside them

What did they all say?

As I ponder this now,

I realise a significant thing…

I am still writing my story

But my past ripples had wings!

These ripples spread out

Some were fearful

Some were sad

Some connected with others

Some made others truly glad!

God records our ripples

In a way we don’t understand

God sees how we affect each other

It’s part of HIS GREAT PLAN!

Our ripples are what we do

They are seen in a supernatural realm

Ripples are golden and treasured

When God is at the helm!

God’s ripples are pure

Like a child’s beautiful heart

You can help others grow

When you allow good ripples to start!

But the choice is up to you

You personally create the change

It starts with one small act of pure love

That’s done in Jesus’s name!

If you want God’s ripples,

Just act with heaven’s love

This will stop the impact

Of the negative ones

And you will see His healing love!

~Poem Written By Helen Olenjin~

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“Do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” (Matthew 6:25)

Daily writing prompt
How do you express your gratitude?
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By thanking God! I am very grateful for all His help.

Enjoy my latest poem below!

Jeremiah 17:7

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.”

Worry followed me

He had one goal in mind!

Worry wanted to uproot my faith

He wanted to

Make me blind!

I thought Worry was me

I didn’t realize it was him

A lying spirit from the dark side

Leading me to sin

Worry didn’t tell me to lie

Worry didn’t tell me to steal 

Worry knew these weren’t

My weak points 

He knew my faith was real!

Instead he masked as me

He had bondage of a hidden kind

These mental bars were invisible

They were attacks on my mind!

Your goal was to remain hidden

So I never noticed you!

You spoke in logical terms

You whispered softly too!

The soft whispers

Seemed gentle

Your concerns felt real

But underneath your voice

You only came to steal!

Your voice was rational

Your voice was smart

Your voice was subtle

Reaching into my heart!

This might happen

That might too!

This might is real

This might is true!

Worry gained entrance

Into my world of sight!

Worry made me think

That earth’s thinking

Was right!

If this might happen

Worry sneakily said

You need to plan &

Be many steps ahead!

Worry troubled me

When I was tired

He knew I would

Take his bait!

He then slowly

Made plans

To uproot my faith!

This Worry was smart

This Worry was real

This Worry was a lying spirit

Who only came to steal

As I write this now

My heart is set free!

Worry did not win

As God’s Word made me see!

Slowly over time

God’s promises grew!

I learnt to say W.I.F.

God, I trust you!

Worry Is Forbidden!

This truth is from God’s Word!

Faith makes life easier

When you

Live like the birds!

Faith speaks from heaven

Faith sees the outcome before sight!

Faith encourages you

To move forward

Faith is always right!

Instead of the WHAT IFS

I learnt to stay Stop! God!

This is a prayer I say to myself

Which surrenders

My worry to God

In the think termination

I stop!

I release this fear to God

I refuse to ruminate further

I cast my care on God!

God takes my cares

Inside me

He changes the scene

To Him

He sees my list of needs

God knows

His HELP

Will win!

Fear is not God’s voice

Fear died at the cross

Fear is a demonic spirit

Fear has already lost!

Home is where Jesus is

My mansion is being prepared!

I don’t have fancy things now

But I will climb heaven’s stairs!

Now that you have

Read my poem….

You will be on high alert too!

When Worry comes knocking

You will know just what to do!

You will say aloud, Dear Jesus

W.I.F. is the way!

No matter how invisible heaven looks now

You could be there today!

AUTHOR ♡ HELEN OLENJIN

All my poems are personally written by me and speak to my own heart. I pray that they also reach your heart too. 

♡♡♡

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Heaven’s Food Tastes The Best

Daily writing prompt
What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten?
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The Word of God is the most delicious thing I have eaten!

The taste is not always sweet! The taste is not always bitter. When I feed myself with THE WORD, the ultimate taste of HOPE, is the one thing that remains. This stays sweet in my soul.

Enjoy my new poem below!

The poems I write, are to bless you. Not impress you.

Since publishing this post, I have had visitors from unique parts of the world, places I haven’t even heard of! That’s amazing! I’m humbled and excited to write ✍️ in “rhyme” for my Saviour!

Love Helen Olenjn x

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” (Matthew 6:26-27)

It was healing for me

To call Your name

I spoke to You

It was not in vain

♡♡♡

I asked for help

Day after day

I fell on my knees

I had so much to say!

♡♡♡

I was in year 11

When I gave

My heart to You

The students

Who saw me

Had no clue!

♡♡♡

I felt odd, like a misfit

I was convinced I would

Never serve God this quick!

♡♡♡

I didn’t want to become a

Christian in school

I was waiting for later

I had to look cool

♡♡♡

This poem is my story

Of how my life changed

This is a true story

Not an online game!

♡♡♡

I left Adelaide after year ten

A new page turned over

I wasn’t baptised back then!

♡♡♡

I felt all alone

In this W.A. State

I was sixteen and naive

Without any mates

♡♡♡

I heard a Christian song

Playing in my Father’s car

I felt deeply touched!

We had not travelled far!

♡♡♡

Two sisters were singing…

I heard their words so clear

They had beautiful voices

God truly was near

♡♡♡

They sang these words…

“Long ago on a hill

Hanging from a tree

Was a man I did not know

He was calling me”

♡♡♡

“But I turned my back

On Him, and I walked away

Distantly I heard Him say

Come with me today”

♡♡♡

The fight was real

I had to choose right

I could follow God’s will

Or Satan’s evil likes!

♡♡♡

I kept kneeling by my bed

I pleaded in prayer

I asked God to take

The wrong desires away

I knew He was there!

♡♡♡

It was a really tough battle

To fight and conquer sin

But I did it on my knees

And God helped me win

♡♡♡

I finished year 11 and 12

Truly born again

I was baptised at the beach in Perth

It was raining back then!

♡♡♡

On the way back home

A double rainbow

Splashed across the sky

I know God was rejoicing!

He had saved, Christine and I!

♡♡♡

She is my sister

And I know we are

Spiritual twins

We were baptised

On the same day

And I never regret

Following Him!

♡♡♡

You cannot find God

In your own strength, my friend

He does the work for you

His help has no end!

♡♡♡

I felt a peace and joy

I had never experienced before

This was because it

Was total surrender

And I always hit the floor!

♡♡♡

My knees bent down to pray

I was desperate to be saved

Now I am still serving God

After my high school days!

♡♡♡

I am 54 years old now

I know my faith is real

I know I am sealed with

The Holy Spirit

I know the Bible is real!

♡♡♡

Are you looking for

Another faith?

I hear you ask today

You have been

Following Jesus too long

Isn’t there a better way?

♡♡♡

Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the light”

He is either lying or He’s 100% right!

♡♡♡

If He is right

Then the Bible must be true

Not only 50% of it

But the whole book’s

For you!

♡♡♡

Heaven and hell exist

These truths are

Not optional to man

If you don’t believe in God

You cannot erase His great plan!

♡♡♡

So common sense dictates

That you need to pick up

God’s Word and pray

There are only

Two boxes to tick

There is not a third way!

♡♡♡

It’s either true or false

Not a third choice to pick!

God is either an idol

Or He really exists!

♡♡♡

The Bible is all true

Or God’s Word

Is just a fable

Jesus didn’t

Sacrifice Himself

And there was no Cain

And no Abel!

♡♡♡

As you read this my friend

There is simply no other conclusion to make

You either follow Jesus’s footsteps

Or the Gospel you will forsake!

♡♡♡

Author~Helen Olenjin~

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~Running From Worry~

Don’t you want to be done with worry?

So it never comes back?

Don’t you want to shelve it away for good

And never see life’s lack?

Don’t you want to never answer…

Worry’s urgent pleas?

Don’t you want to ignore its thoughts

And rather be set free?

Don’t you want to say

Dear Jesus, I will always trust you?

Don’t you want this one prayer to last forever?

For your whole life too?

Aye, I would want that!

I would truly rejoice!

If worry was non-existent, I could just hear God’s voice! 

But as I write this now,

I am aware of this one fact,

No matter how hard you try,

Worry always come back!

Why does worry come back?

I hear you ask today…

Because worry is a lying spirit,

He wants the final say!

So what’s the solution?

To become the

Worst worrier of all?

Where you say with real joy

I can’t worry at all?

Imagine if you never worried!

You knew God was fully in control!

Well, guess what, my special friend?

Worry is not God’s will at all!

Worry Is Forbidden

W.I.F. is from God’s Word 

Faith makes life easier

When you live like the birds. 

Change worry

To a spirit

And then you will see

That worry is not just a word!

But demonic activity! 

Knock, knock, I hear a sound!

I open up the door 

I see worry standing there

He has stung me before!

Worry speaks now

His sting is in my mind

He addresses my thinking 

He is not heaven’s design!

TRUST GOD EVEN WHEN THE JAR IS EMPTY

I am man’s temptation!

I’m bait of a hidden kind

I make human souls disbelieve God

But all inside their mind!

You won’t see me visibly

When I tempt the souls on earth! 

I am the dark side and God’s enemy

I cause fear, pain and hurt!

In the moments when you forget God,

I make you spiritually sick!

My temptation called worry, causes unbelief real quick!

I break “you” down bit by bit,

I make sure your worry is justified!

Then once my mind hook has reeled you in, I create new chains inside!

The root of worry comes from me, 

I am not God’s voice at all

I belong to Satan’s army

I sting and then you fall! 

I know you are a Christian, 

You are different!

Redeemed and set apart!

You are God’s holy treasure 

You have Jesus in your heart!

My sting works best on hard days!

My sting weakens your mind

My subtle plan of unbelief

Was never God’s design. 

If you saw me hiding there

You would never take my bait!

But you often forget I’m watching you

And then faith comes back too late!

WORRY IS FORBIDDEN – W.I.F.

In the name of Jesus, depart! 

You revealed yourself to me!

Now as I write this poem today,

Faith comes flooding back to me!

When worry comes knocking today

Don’t justify Satan’s choice 

Don’t feed him more and more! 

But learn to know God’s voice!

Learn to say, worry, flee! You are an evil kind

Your worry is never justified

You are never God’s design!

~Poem written by Helen Olenjin~

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♡Stop Wrapping Worry In A Blanket♡

I would love to be a friend to someone who said to me, “Helen, you are the worst worrier in the world! You are really bad at worrying!” 😉

Daily writing prompt
What quality do you value most in a friend?
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I am a Christian poet.

Lately I have been writing poems about worry. I will be posting them soon. They will encourage you.

The poems are a reminder to stop worrying and trust God.

What crossed my mind today after reading my draft poem?

This thought….

We often justify worry and think we must worry!

We treat worry like a friend, we nurture it, feed it and allow it to grow. It is almost like we protect worry in blankets of justification.

We say, “If I don’t worry about this, I am not normal. Any logical thinking being must worry!”

Good news dear believer in Christ!

You are not normal.

You are not logical.

Children of God do not function within the confines of earth. We live on an entirely different planet! So yes, you can face difficulties differently as you learn to unwrap worry real fast!

Meaning….no longer justifying worry’s choice by keeping IT warm and fed. Worry gets bigger when you feed it more. A Christian needs to starve worry to death. We need to unwrap it, expose it to the cold and fling it off into the distance, never to be seen again.

This sort of flinging, is divine. God gives you and I full permission to cast worry away, for good.

Many people treat worry gently, they don’t fight worry and they invite worry in unknowingly.

It’s very interesting that I had three “worry not” poems written in draft format and they were all sitting back stage, waiting to be published. Then my hubby lost his job! Suddenly! No warning. Then I remembered my three poems I had started writing, even before this happened! This topic was exactly what I needed. Thanks to everyone who prayed for us. Great news…My husband did find a new job, praise God!

God’s message to me was very simple – “Worry is forbidden! You are not allowed to worry.”

In this realisation, I was very encouraged. I knew God was teaching me to have zero tolerance to worry and I had to stop worrying for good.

The good news?

As you are reading this now, I see you nodding! You are unwrapping your worry, you are no longer protecting it and you are exposing the real enemy behind this!

Satan!

My new poem is my gift to you. I pray that it will change your life forever!

Please keep an eye out for it! It will be published shortly via this blog.

In the meantime, if you scroll down, the “Godly Indignation” post will come up immediately. This cracking-the-crack concept, will help you to stop being passive-in-battle.

~Worry is never God’s will~

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Godly Indignation💔

Crack the crack!
Daily writing prompt
What’s a job you would like to do for just one day?
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I would love to tell Christians about cracking-the-crack!

I made up CTC this week!

My hubby said something to me today that really encouraged me!

He said –

“You thrive in diasters!”

Meaning, by inference, when life gets tougher, your happiness grows!

He likened this to the fungi growing after the Chernobyl disaster! I had no idea about this kind of fungi growing then!

I was thankful my husband told me this because I realised that I too had grown in very difficult circumstances.

It was the realisation that in the awful messiness of life, things can still grow.

I don’t rejoice in hardships, but I learn to rejoice in my God! A lot! So I give God all the glory!

As we go through another crazy season in life, I find myself surviving yet another storm.

Recently I was exhausted! I begged God to bring me rest and peace! Instead the storm kept going! So I had no choice but to continue with the battles of life.

But then a very interesting thing happened.

As I did not get the rest I desired, I faced the storm! Through it, I got sharper, more stimulated and wind blown! Even stronger! Only because I had no choice to stop the gale. So in the gale, I kept going with God’s strength and then I became curious….

Jesus is the master of your storm

This storm was not stopping. I noticed new strength I did not think I had.

It was a new dimension of a Christian storm I had never experienced before.

What was this new dimension?

It was a brand new dimension inside me that I have never had before, until now!

It was called the 53 year old Godly Indignation!

The great G.I.

This AHA! G.I. moment, can be the precursor before the fruit of the spirit called PEACE, truly grows in our lives.

Sometimes we develop greater fruits of the spirit only “after”!

Tribulations often come first!

When we realise that Satan has lied to us for too long, we fiercely protect our future growth in God, even before new growth happens.

We learn to say indignantly, “I already choose the default setting of PEACE in the new storms to come. This peace shows God I am putting my trust in Him. The enemy has no right to steal my peace!”

In my case, I said –

“You are not gonna kill me, storm! I am done with believing 53 year old lies!”

( That’s my age!)

A storm is a workout 💪 for your soul!

“I believe God! He doesn’t want me to worry in this 53rd gale!”

But bigger than all of this, is the old-peace that God has put in your and my heart! You know that old-peace that passes all understanding? It’s the ☆comfie slippers feeling that everything will turn out OK. It must! Because God is always OK.

Put your soul in God’s slippers and rest! 😉

God is fully in control and taking care of His children.

Yes, that also includes you and your loved ones!

I made up this LOL poem below today and shared it with my husband.

I hope it encourages you too!

It’s funny but true!

Crack the crack with the WORD OF GOD

My poem

I thrive on opposition!
But so do you!
When your under pressure…
You must not crack too!

Crack the crack!
Don’t let the crack, crack you!
For in fighting the crack,
You build muscle too!

Not visible muscles,
But POWER inside!
These muscles are attached to your soul,
They grow bigger
When tried!

Your soul muscles are pressed now…
Their hurting I know!
But soon your crack will be invisible
Because you
Learnt to say NO!!

NO, I will not crack!
I hear you say to me!
This crack is
My opponent (Satan)
Who will never
Crack me!

♡Author Helen Olenjin♡

Poetry~Heavenly Rhythms~

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Mind Your Mind

Daily writing prompt
Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.
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“If I wrote a blog post today Lord, what is the first thing that needs to come to my mind?”

What comes to my mind now, is the image above.

Jesus has His hand on the girl’s mind.

Why is this important?

It’s important because your mind is always speaking aloud in heaven!

Treat your mind as if it’s on God’s stage all the time. Because it is. God can hear all your thoughts. 

If you heard your mind speaking aloud, the way God hears it, would you not mind, if in heaven, the mind conversation was recorded in full? 

I can imagine Jesus saying, “My dear child, your mind is not muted, even for a second.”

Because of this fact, your mind is loud.

Really loud! 

All the time.

But this is good to know. 

Only because your mind is always on God’s stage.

This fact, helps you to think vigilantly. 

Your mind is a “thinking” 24/7 performance, all on its own. But it’s not even aware of this!

But your mind of Christ is! 

Imagine reading a big book in heaven about all your thoughts in 2025?

When I write these reflections, I am encouraged.

Only because you and I know that God is watching us think & live on a better new page right now!

As we think better thoughts now, (compared to hours ago when we perhaps got off 👣 track😊)we realise that everything will be OK.

My new thought goes like this, “I see my mind in Jesus’s hands. My mind is real to Him and it is also heaven’s place. God helps me think with the mind of Christ as I obey His Word.”

~Think like a child~

Please continue to pray for us.

We are very grateful for our church, their love, support and prayers. I am very grateful for my readers who come here from different parts of the world and also my WordPress subscribers who are writers too!

Our situation…..

My husband needs to find a new job as soon as possible.

His U.S.A. work company went bankrupt just recently. He is a Senior Software Developer.

I know God is watching me “trust Him in my mind” and this is far more significant than my husband finding a job!

Only because a relationship with God is more important than earthly resources.

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Easter Started With Doubt….

When our Saviour carried his cross to the site of execution, there was plenty of doubt!

But this great sadness, ended in great joy!

The decision to write this poem, resulted in a wonderful understanding that doubt is never justified when it seeks to gain authority over faith.

Have a restful Easter.

Love Helen ♥️

Daily writing prompt
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.
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Faith Always Wins

Don’t doubt Jesus’s promise to return!

Put your faith in Jesus.

Don’t put faith in your doubt.

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Christian Counsel Is A Good Thing…

Daily writing prompt
Describe one positive change you have made in your life.
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I write poetry!

This positive change helps me on difficult days.

Today I have decided to write a new poem in one hit and publish immediately.

I have never done this before!

 I still have three poems in draft format and they are all about defeating worry. 

If you are new here, feel free to read all my poems and posts at helenolenjin.life.❤️

I am curious about one thing today….

“What will be the topic of this new poem I am just about to write?”

I have no idea!

But God has written it already….so here goes…

Today I am looking through glass(cafe window)

I see a busy city street

I am sitting in a cafe

Where eternal souls meet!

The cafe is temporal 

Their souls are not!

I wonder if they think of God

Or just live in the knots!

The knots are life’s problems

The knots get knottier with self

When they are never shared with an unraveller

Who knows God is our HELP

Humans are unravellers 

They are often trained well

To unravel other knotty souls

Who are going through hell!

But just stop and consider…

This one truth I say!

Is another soul unravelling your knots

Who ignores God’s holy ways?

This soul may be smart

And this soul may be paid well

This soul may have studied for years

To help souls become well!

But if this person 

Excludes God

Erasing God’s holy Word

If this soul erases Jesus,

This soul is not heard!

This head knowledge may be right

But it doesn’t heal all the dross 

The soul remains unredeemed as it

Excludes Jesus’s cross! 

Meaning, heaven doesn’t hear earth, 

Why help souls without God?

Earth may temporarily help you…

But this unraveller, doesn’t know God!

You need a unraveller, dear friend,

Who is God’s child for real!

They will help unravel your difficult knots

They know the One Who heals!

Our perfect unraveller is Jesus

He knows where to find the end of your knots!

Your big knotty ball of troubles

Is a huge knot that can stop! 

How do I unknot the knot? I hear you ask today

My life gets harder and harder

The knots are all tangled, I say!

Shhhh….let’s now listen to what God is telling you and I!

He already has your knot unravelled…

It’s your blessing in disguise

Stop trying to unravel this knot ….

It’s tangled for a season

It will be incrementally unravelled …

It is there for a reason

This knot is your storm,

That heaven has already undone!

It’s like a spiritual maze for your soul

That gets easier with the Son! (Jesus)

So in simple terms 😌 I say,

Your knot is like a voice!

A “nudge” from God right now….

To listen to God’s choice!

Choose Christian friends and counsellors

Instead of the wordly ones

But pray first to God to find them!

He knows who is with the Son!

These Christians are redeemed 

They are set apart for God’s work

Their names are written in heaven 

They have experienced spiritual rebirth

They know the One Who heals!

These souls are trained well

Not just in universities and schools

But where the Holy Spirit dwells!

~Poem written by Helen Olenjin~

Psalm 1:1: “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or stand in the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.” 

Thank you for this comment below 🙏 precious person/reader! You were my greatest encourager today!

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

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The Strange Woman I Met Today….

Please Be Careful Everywhere You Go🧐
Daily writing prompt
What activities do you lose yourself in?
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I lose myself in writing!

Today a really strange “true” thing happened!

I was walking to the train station to catch a train. It was my day off and I was dying to have a break. It had been a very tough week.

Suddenly a car driving by, slowed down.

There was a lady behind the wheel. She looked Asian. She was 100% a stranger. I had never seen her before. There was nothing odd in her appearance or her car.

But her question was extremely odd.

She said, “Do you want a lift to the train station?” (the station was very close by)

I was truly shocked! (not a taxi/uber either)

She was talking to me like I was her daughter!

It wasn’t raining!

I wasn’t limping therefore suggesting I needed help. There wasn’t even any introduction.

Today, no one asks a complete stranger to get into their vehicle to go some place!

I felt really indignant.

“No thank you. I do not need help walking…” ( my own thoughts)

“You don’t even know me. For all you know, I could be a serial killer. And you are asking me to get into your car?” (my thoughts)

But the other thought I am having now, is what if she was a serial killer? How did she even ask the unthinkable question?

Now days, even women cannot trust one another.

I made sure I did not get close to her car door. Just in case she grabbed me and stuffed me in her car.

I stiffly said, “No. I don’t even know you!”

I kept walking, feeling slightly annoyed that this woman did not appear to be living in the real world!

Stop, wait a minute! Maybe she wasn’t even from our world! 😉

The Bible says some have entertained angels unaware!

Or was this a man dressed like a woman?

Or was this woman a real woman but slightly unhinged?

I really would have liked to continue the conversation and find out why this woman acted this way. But it is scary to keep talking.

I would have liked to say, “Who are you? Where do you come from? Don’t you know that your question is not a safe one?”

What is my theory?

I am not sure.

Was she perhaps lost or new to the area and needed help to find the train station herself? Early dementia? Respectfully said.

If so, it was a very weird request because long gone are the days where anyone trusts a complete stranger. In my area, no one would ever say this. No, I don’t live in a small village but near a very big city where by default, people do not converse like that!

I hope this woman will be OK.

I hope she is well.

But I must admit I feel uncomfortable to know the real truth.

I simply cannot trust a weird stranger at all. A bit sad, but that is how it is now.

Btw..please do not trust normal strangers either!

When Jesus spoke to the woman at the well, she appeared indignant too!

“What are you talking to me for?”

I 🥰 know that Jesus is the only 100% safe Person to be around.

You can fully trust Him.

If He asks you a question, don’t be suspicious, He only has your best interests at heart.

When you answer His question, know that He is not out to deceive you, dress like a woman, carry a big knife to kill you or act unhinged.

Jesus is never fake and is not out to scare you!

I like these thoughts He has for us.

Jesus is always genuine.

Jesus is always good.

Maybe this lady was sincere with no ulterior motive. I have no idea.

But I still wonder….

What do you think?

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In The Pause Before The Storm Hits

What is this pause called?

It’s called the choice not to sin.

I experienced this choice recently when I was dealing with some very challenging behaviour with my own child.

It had been a long busy day. I was not equipped to fight. I just wanted to rest. But the situation with my child, gave me an inkling that a “sin-storm” was just about to hit!

Have you heard of a sin-storm?

No?

Me neither.

I only heard of a sin-storm this morning when I was typing this post and the two words coupled beautifully together.

A sin-storm is where everyone sins in a stormy situation!

During these times, a Christian slides down to the tail end and starts to engage with serpentine thoughts at the tail!

Instead of engaging with my child, I simply walked out of his room and closed his door.

I said nothing.

At that moment I realised something significant. Every difficult situation does not require a sin response or even an immediate disciplinary action for my child.

Sometimes in life, withdrawal is only possible as you allow the other parent, God Himself to take over and supernaturally parent!

God never sins. He certainly does a much better job with our children than us!

I told God, “You are a parent too. Please help me parent this child. I can’t do this alone!”

God knew I was exhausted. God knew that Satan always likes to attack us at our weakest point. When this happens, it is easy to sin then. For me, saying something rude and unsupportive to my child would have weakened my parenting skills and I would have probably said something I regretted.

We often forget God is a Father. He has children. He gets it! He knows we all struggle with family issues.

After I chose to say nothing and withdraw from this difficult situation with my child, I saw the old defeated Helen! But only in fiction, thank God!

She was shouting at her child, she was slamming the door and then she went to bed miserable for losing her self control. Then she woke up the next day, feeling awful.

But thank God, a better non-fiction Helen emerged that night!

She wasn’t shouting and losing the plot, no, rather she was trusting God in the silence.

It was a Helen who had not picked up the tail!

What do I mean by that?

One night I had a dream.

In the dream there was a small snake on the ground!

Like a rattle snake.

I will only talk about the end scene in the dream.

The snake.

After waking, I asked God what the dream meant.

His message was clear.

“Do not pick up the tail.”

Rather stay at the head position with Christ.

When we pick up Satan’s tail, we start to engage with Him and move away from God’s best.

Satan wants to be your head, so you can be his tail!

God wants you and I to know, that during difficulties in life, we must not pick up Satan’s tail end.

“If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.”

I’m very thankful to God I did not embrace this sin-storm that night!

I went to bed with zero regret.

I felt a great peace.

It was a wonderful feeling.

Thank you Lord!

I had kept my mouth shut while I trusted God to open His.

When you are facing this space….just before a sin-storm hits, PAUSE.

This one PAUSE will truly change the whole course of your week for better.

In the PAUSE, you recognise God’s power to help you not sin.