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~God Is Not Dead~

Hi! My name is Helen Olenjin. I like to write Christian poems and articles. I am really glad you found my site.

Today my site sits at almost 9000 views, praise God!

I have taken off the LIKE button and COMMENTS section away on purpose but I will still see your likes and comments behind the scenes. Thanks for liking my posts and sharing your encouraging comments.

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Pasteur saw no conflict between science beliefs and Christianity. He believed that science brings men nearer to God. As a scientist, he saw evidence of wisdom and design, rather than randomness and chaos. Pasteur said that, “The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.”

But on another topic, I read something today about Christian atheism.

According to Wikipedia, “Christian atheism is an ideology that embraces the teachings, narratives, symbols, practices, or communities associated with Christianity without accepting the literal existence of God.”

In The Gospel of Christian Atheism, Thomas J.J. Altizer said –

“Every man today who is open to experience knows that God is absent, but only the Christian knows that God is dead, that the death of God is a final and irrevocable event and that God’s death has actualized in our history a new and liberated humanity.”

Today, I take a stand for God because I am not a Christian atheist. Jesus changed my life supernaturally! Becoming a Christian was the best decision I made in my whole life. After this happened, I never looked for TRUTH again as I knew I had found His pearl of the greatest price. He was the real deal and there was no more need to search anymore!

The poem I am posting below is about an atheist who wondered if God really existed.

SOMETHING TO REFLECT ON….

Many years ago, the famous atheist Voltaire claimed that within a hundred years, “not even one copy of the Bible would be found in men’s hands.”

According to the Guinness World Records, the best-selling book of all time is the Christian Bible. It is impossible to know exactly how many copies have been printed in the roughly 1,500 years since its contents were standardized, but research conducted by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 2021 suggests that the total number probably lies between 5 and 7 billion copies.

Recently one of my readers got irritated at me for believing in the Bible.

Their message was simple, “How stupid can you be for believing in this book?”

They mentioned how it was all doom and gloom. Many parts of it is. I believe the Bible is true but I don’t like everything in it. I am a very sensitive soul and reading it, can cause me immense pain too. But if you look at real life, it is also full of doom and gloom sometimes. But do you disbelieve real life? Of course not. Because you see it. The Bible and “real life”, match in the sense that both are full of pain in some areas.

The Bible is very painfully honest! I hear you! But the Bible offers the answer to all this pain. Jesus! This is where it gets joyful and eternally better for you, right now! So keep reading 📚 the New Testament and give God a chance to explain Himself.

Now think of an Escape Room for a moment.

My daughter Bianca, went to one recently.

If you went to one with a group of friends, would you all be fighting if you found the way out?

Of course not.

Getting out was the absolute truth, as you escaped!

Why should we be mad at each other for finding the truth together?

Next time a person comes along with a different religious belief than you, love them, listen to them, encourage them and joyfully say, “Lets pray 🙏 and find the real truth together.”

All human beings ❤️ would like to know the answers to life.

We should not get mad at each other for believing in something different.

We need to gently work together with great love for each other.

We are not enemies. We are precious human beings made in the image of God.

This article I wrote below, is one of my favorite. If you are struggling to believe in God, feel free to read it. This was birthed earlier when I responded to Ratley who was not a Christian and simply did not believe! It is quite amusing!

God Can Be Trusted 100%

Have a great day dear readers!❤️😘

Enjoy my latest poem below.

I love you all.

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.

(Genesis 1:1)

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The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

(1 Chronicles 16:26)

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Man wanted to trust atheism

But he still doubted this belief

Atheism wasn’t helping him

He found no relief!

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The man stopped and thought

He decided to search some more

He looked for the real God

He saw an open door.

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The door led him

To a Bible

The Bible spoke of One.

The Bible spoke of a

Triune God,

The Father, Spirit, Son.

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He read all the pages fervently

Not knowing what he would find

This time, he prayed again

The real truth in his mind.

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Jesus was a name, he

Had never heard before

But for the first time

In his life

He desired to know

Him more.

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Then suddenly one day

The real God appeared!

Not in a visible form

But He was still very near.

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A light from heaven shone

A holy revelation came!

God saw the man kneeling there

God gently called his name.

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His first God wasn’t real

He didn’t exist at all

This One true God

Was different,

He answered

The poor man’s call!

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This real God

Was not an idol

He was the Creator

Of everything

He was the God

Of the Christian Bible

The God

Who conquered sin.

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With the man born again,

He learnt to trust this God!

This trust was truly real

And not for a fake God.

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His fake God was smashed

It had never left the earth!

It lacked the power of Christ

It only lived in dirt.

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How do I trust your God?

I hear you say today

I am tired of no victory

I need a better way.

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As a Christian poet

Who cares for you

I’ll answer you straight back

Please give me a minute

Please don’t turn your back.

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I know you are reading my poem

I see your seeking heart

You are still searching silently

For a light in the dark!

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Surrender your heart to Jesus

Repent of all your sins

Read the Bible daily

Get baptized,

Only trust Him.

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With a Creator’s conscience

It is easier to trust Christ

Stop and say now,

I put you

First

In my life!

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Love, faith and joy

Also blossom in your heart

With these jewels

All weaved together

You experience

A brand new start!

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How do I know your right?

I hear you say today

Isn’t atheism better?

Please convince me, I say!

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Atheism isn’t real

It is only a lie

Atheism excludes God

Atheism says Jesus didn’t die.

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Atheism has no book

To prove what it has seen

It’s origins are imagination

It’s truths, not factually seen.

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Atheism never answers back

It has no voice to speak

Imagine believing in nothing!

No wonder, man feels weak.

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God’s Bible is unique

It is a true living book

It has many accounts

Of the journey

That different

Men took.

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When they searched

For truth

They found God wasn’t an idol!

They knew

He was real

And so was the Bible!

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Pray to God first

And then you will see!

Ask Him to help you believe in Him

It’s as simple as 1,2, 3.

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He will help you, believe

You can’t find Him on your own

The way to believing in God

Is to stop scrolling on your phone.

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Go in your room and

Kneel down by your bed

Tell Him you read this poem

And you desire His presence instead.

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Keep praying in secret

Don’t ask for man’s wisdom at all

Rather be silent and patient

I know God will answer your call!

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“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” (Jeremiah 33:3)

Poem Written By Helen Olenjin

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In the beginning God….

Daily writing prompt
List 10 things you know to be absolutely certain.
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“Are humans just a bag of chemicals and are all our thoughts, emotions and actions just a bunch of chemical reactions?”

“And would a bag of chemicals trust another bag of chemicals to give an adequate response to a question posed by bag of chemicals?”

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)

Someone wrote the two comments above. I am absolutely certain about that as I just pasted them onto this page. 😊

These statements I wrote below would most certainly be coming from an atheist point of view…

Hello. I am a chemical.

You are a chemical.

Do you trust me, dear chemical?

We started from nothing.

We started from a bunch of chemicals. We believe that the big bang produced the universe. Later on, all by itself, life came into being, including us perfectly formed accidental humans.

Just like that!

We have no creator.

Faith in God doesn’t exist.

There is no hope of an answered prayer.

There is no hope of a miracle.

There is no hope of supernatural intervention.

There is no hope of heaven.

There is no fear of hell.

There is no divine Master Plan.

The universe never wrote us a book about Itself.

Itself is a mystery to us atheists but we truly believe in It.

It is our God.

It has no name.

We centre our whole life and beliefs around It.

We have no book to prove our belief in atheism. Even though we never witnessed the big bang with our own eyes, we still believe it.

I am absolutely certain that these beliefs above, are someone’s opinion. But not mine.

Philip Skell, formerly Professor of Chemistry at Pennsylvania State University, said, “When the facts don’t fit their creation story, secular scientists must turn to alternative ‘scientific laws’ drawn from their imaginations.”

I am absolutely certain, secular scientists use their imagination. Hello conjecture!

So, I am absolutely certain that super brainy humans still cannot be trusted.

But God can be trusted.

I am absolutely certain God never uses conjecture. So, he must be 100% right!

I am absolutely certain about that!

Be thankful God is helping you to believe in Him, and not the questionable bag of chemicals!

Atheism points to nothing. It has no supernatural book.

Have you ever heard someone shout, “Hurray! This is the best day of my life. I just became an atheist and this belief, set me free. Now everything makes perfect sense and others are commenting on how much my life has changed since becoming an atheist. My atheist light has drawn others into my world and they too, are being transformed in ways I cannot explain! I am loaded with atheist joy, as I live as God in my full-chemical-freedom!”

Huh?

Weird right?

Great news4U dear seeking soul….

God’s Word points to everything. It has a book, the Bible!

If you google true accounts of people’s lives radically changing after reading it and then you google true accounts of people’s lives changing for better after becoming an atheist, you can decide for yourself which path makes the most sense.

God comes out “on top” every time!

I like what someone once said, “There are no real atheists in the emergency room.”

So keep praying, God will answer!

“Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.” (Jeremiah 33:3)

I will be posting a new poem soon, titled “Atheism Doesn’t Make Sense.”

I am absolutely certain about that because the poem is almost finished. 😊

Sorry, I listed more than ten!

Love Helen x

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    Daily writing prompt
    What are your daily habits?
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    Present good habits, help to stop future bad habits.

    These habits have helped me in every day living….

    Putting encouraging sayings on my fridge. When I wake up, and feel the worst, my eyes connect with the message while I am getting my coffee ready. This prepared message, is something I have thought of, beforehand, so it really hits the morning spot! It’s the voice for me, when I have no voice yet!

    I put daily unique reminders on my phone that others may consider not the usual prompts. But who cares? It’s for me, no one else. For example, I set reminders for – ways to think better, good sayings, reminders to eat fruit and veggies, soul growth reminders and ways to overcome bad habits.The beep comes on at a set time and I often pray when I see the reminder. I ask God to help me in these areas.

    I spend time with God in prayer even when I am not in the mood. This invisible relationship is hard, but it’s the most important one of all.

    I keep pushing myself to write my poems4Me even when the motivation has left me. I write about topics that are very relevant to me personally. What’s the point of writing for others if it doesn’t help me too?

    I pray before getting out of bed and I ask God to give me His strength. Who doesn’t need help getting out of bed every day? If you pray, “after” you step out of bed, it’s too late. Pray before your feet even hits the floor. That way, as you walk to the bathroom and start getting ready, God’s strength is supernaturally activated as you already asked Him for help.

    I always make sure I have my Bible on my chest of drawers, near my bed. This serves as a reminder that I need to read it.

    I always make sure I have at least one good book to read on any day. This sits by my bed too. Even if I don’t read it daily, it comforts me that I have good reading material close by.

    I go for nature walks “in the sun” and also do strength training at the gym.

    When I feel stressed, I leave home in the morning and find a nice cafe and order a delicious coffee. It’s cheap compared to buying an expensive breakfast.

    The change of environment really helps me. I am cutting down on costly breakfasts, so I pack a protein or breakfast bar in my bag.

    I purchase beautiful sounding, gentle piano sheet music 🎼 so when I play, I have a song I love ❤️, that is tailored to my subjective ears, not yours. Feed your ears and your soul will be glad!

    I try to learn new things even at a snail’s pace. Origami is something I enjoy!

    Even in cold weather, I still try to go for walks. Today it was raining but I desperately wanted to get out. So I did. It was wonderful.

    I try to think the best thoughts, when I want to think the worst thoughts! (7am)

    I live 5 minutes from the beach and I try to go there as often as possible. Yes, even in winter!

    I write at helenolenjin.life, and I edit, proofread my poems and articles plus I create and maintain the site! It’s a calling/ passion, and I pray that my readers are encouraged by my personal ramblings. Habits! Yup. Even here.

    I do online work/ learning at the library on my laptop. To stop the learning habit is to die. The library is my home away from home. My family don’t bug me there!

    I struggle a lot every day but find these routines are helpful and eventually, I see soul-progress!

    I still repeat certain bad habits but some of the routines above, stop me from making more poor choices. So I guess, these habits are worth it.

    A new poem is coming soon. About the God that didn’t answer and the God that did!

    If you are new, please subscribe today and feel free to read my poems right now.

    By the way…stop writing perfectly all you new bloggers! Just be yourself, mistakes and all! If you try to write, edit, proofread, design etc..at WordPress, you will be put off writing, entirely!! I am in bed typing this and I feel tired & 100% organic. That’s how natural writing needs to be. Not perfect at all and in any place!

    It’s 10.56pm here in W.A. now.

    Goodnight everyone.

    I love you all.

    Helen x

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    Daily writing prompt
    Who do you spend the most time with?
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    Today, I want to answer this writing prompt in my usual, unusual way…by twisting it, to suit my writing needs!

    Who do I spend the most time with?

    I spend the most time with God.

    Even though I may not be aware of His presence all the time, He is always in my mind and never leaves. Now that I have just written this sentence, I have an awareness of how Him and I, are always together 24/7. That’s huge!

    Usually when we think of spending time with someone, it is with another human.

    Today, I am thinking about the other me, “inside me”.

    The one you never see but the one God always sees.

    She is the one I spend my whole life with.

    Spending time with yourself, is one of the most important inner relationships you will have.

    This intrapersonal relationship exists in your mind.

    This poem that I am posting today, talks about the significance of that me to me relationship.

    We often forget we are there.

    This is because we are spending time with other people.

    “Self” gets lost in the process.

    When we become aware of “a healthy self”, it is easier to build a *m.i.n.d.* relationship with God.

    Then instead of saying, “It’s just me to me, we say with full confidence, it’s always, God and me!”

    “And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”

    (Philippians 4:8)

    You are always a we

    Never a me

    Know that your mind

    Is God’s supernatural design.

    God is always inside

    Your silent inner place

    The words you speak here

    Aren’t muted or late.

    God reads your mind

    As if your words are

    Spoken aloud

    He hears them instantly

    Even in a crowd.

    This outside noise

    Doesn’t make it

    Hard for God to hear

    He still hears your mind

    He is very near.

    He made your mind, His

    It doesn’t belong to you

    He made it to be heard

    But with only you.

    God and you

    Are always a pair

    You cannot exclude him

    But He is always there.

    What are building

    Inside this inner space?

    Is it a mind of poverty

    Or God’s daily grace?

    Dear thinking soul,

    You are building all the time!

    Not with cement and bricks

    But with God in your mind.

    Your mind is like a world

    That you cannot see

    You can’t stand in

    Front of the mirror

    And see it visibly!

    Remember your mind is hidden

    IT talks to you all day long

    IT can’t see outside your head

    You must guide IT instead!

    Consider that a thought is one brick

    You then add more and more

    There is no building company

    Inside your head,

    It’s only you, thinking more.

    As you think more

    The bricks grow and grow

    Until finally one day

    A new structure shows.

    Not a visible

    Building outside your mind

    But a dwelling that you imagined

    Of a hidden kind.

    Stop and visit these buildings today

    Open their doors

    And listen to what they say.

    Are these structures sound

    And fortified in heaven?

    Were they built

    With Jesus

    Or God’s truth hidden?

    You forgot God, was there

    When you built without Him

    There was a lie planted there

    It grew stronger with sin.

    The enemy added “one more”,

    It was a deceptive brick of his

    He always built his foundation

    You didn’t notice, it was his!

    Do you see a building that’s huge?

    Do you see a building that’s the tallest?

    It’s the one that towers over the others

    And God’s building is the smallest.

    God saw humans build, one brick at a time

    He was always watching their thoughts

    They ignored His design.

    They thought they knew better

    So they ignored His bricks

    Instead they used Satan’s

    And he made their minds sick.

    Do you see a building that’s the strongest?

    Do you see a building that’s sad?

    A building that’s spiritually empty

    A building that makes you mad?

    Aye yes, I saw mine too

    I built it so very high

    I took the enemy’s bait

    I believed his lies.

    Then God healed my mind

    He crashed Satan’s design

    He uprooted the lies

    Of a dysfunctional kind.

    With a renewed mind

    I see IT today

    I see IT in God’s mirror

    IT speaks to me today.

    Dear child of God

    Be careful

    Dear child of God

    Think right

    Your mind is

    God’s holy place

    It shines with heaven’s light.

    Leave God’s light on

    Every time you think

    Remember to build

    With golden bricks

    God always

    Hears you think!

    Written by Helen Olenjin

    Psalms 127:1-2, “Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain.”

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    Daily writing prompt
    Describe your dream chocolate bar.
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    This bar is the one off!

    You eat it once and never again.

    Only because it takes away your craving for more chocolate and this one bar, leaves you feeling satisfied, for life.

    This bar would kill the chocolate urge forever!

    This is my dream chocolate bar.

    This daily prompt reminds me of a phone convo I had with my brother last night….

    He lives in Russia. I live in Australia.

    I said to him, “You sound pretty chirpy. Did you just have a coffee?”

    He said, “I haven’t had a coffee in around five years.”

    He was serious when he said this.

    I said to him….

    “Let me know when you find the secret ingredients to that one special coffee that lasts for years!!! It sounds like you “nailed” that last cup you made!! ( the one from five years ago!) ❤️

    Sadly this sort of chocolate and coffee don’t exist. ☺️

    But there is good news.

    When I became a real genuine Christian, I lost the urge to fill that empty place inside me. Only because when God enters your heart, you will feel eternally satisfied forever and the cravings go!

    Many people are still very hungry, even after eating a delicious meal.

    Why?

    Is it because they are yet to meet Jesus and fully surrender their life to Him?

    Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35)

    Jesus is truly our dream food!

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    ~What God Cannot Say~

    Daily writing prompt
    What sacrifices have you made in life?
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    Sometimes I like to sit and do nothing in my free time. But then I remember that I can share an encouraging post with others.

    I love what Charles Stanley said, “Refocus on someone to serve, not yourself, and your loneliness will dissipate.”

    Then funnily enough, when I give “this free time” to God, I end up in a better place. Only because time spent for Him, never is a waste of time.

    I hope you enjoy the poem I wrote below!

    If you feel you have nothing left in life, but God, then know that He can never say this to you…..

    God knows what you need

    “And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19

    God cannot say…

    My treasure house is empty

    My vineyards are bare

    My mansions will be repossessed

    I have nothing to share.

    I need to apply for a credit card

    I know there is interest involved

    My home has dwindling supplies

    I have run out of gold!

    God is your Father in heaven

    God cannot say

    I am in need of your help

    I’ll trust the soul of man

    God cannot say

    I’m losing my powers

    I feel weak, I no longer can!

    God cares for you

    He doesn’t need you

    But you need Him

    God doesn’t cease to exist

    If you don’t believe in Him.

    God loves you

    You cannot undo Him

    Or erase His powers

    You cannot unsee His eyes

    And create nature’s flowers.

    You cannot endorse 

    What He hasn’t planned

    You cannot make 

    Him non-omnipresent 

    By shrinking Him to a man.

    God hears your prayers

    Many try to exclude Him

    And leave Him out

    They erase His commandments,

    They love to pout.

    Be gone God, I don’t believe in you!

    I’m going my own way!

    I don’t need you!

    God wants you to trust Him

    What do you think

    God might say?

    To the person

    Who pushes Him away?

    God’s Bible is His Word

    As you forget me

    Will I unwrite the Bible?

    Will I change my Word

    To suit your famous idols?

    God can read all your thoughts

    Will I write revised plans 

    Then dwell on earth?

    Will I buy a home

    Then roam on your turf?

    As you don’t believe in me, 

    I will become a son

    I’ll undo Christ’s death

    I’ll love no one!

    Earth is temporal, Heaven is forever

    I’ll become the dust

    On the earth I made

    I’ll let the “created”

    Have the final say!

    God created you

    What do you think?

    Dear person reading this,

    Is God truly fake

    And simply a myth?

    Can you create a living soul

    With eyes full of love?

    Can you create

    A tongue that speaks,

    Including taste buds?

    Can you design your child’s heart

    That beats all day long

    Can you create her sweet voice

    To sing you love songs?

    God gives you peace

    Can you create

    Changing emotions

    And tiny unborn feet?

    Can you design

    Souls in the womb

    And a dove so sweet?

    Jesus died on the cross to save you

    If you can’t create anything

    Then shout, hurray!

    I don’t want God’s job

    I am only clay!

    God is your perfect Comforter

    The pressure is off you

    Stop being the designer

    Of a world that didn’t start with us

    But with One Who is kinder.

    God gives you hope

    Seeker of God,

    Look for Him today

    He truly exists

    He will show you

    The Way.

    Written by

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    Helen Olenjin

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    Odd Behaviours & Refusing God’s Help

    Daily writing prompt
    What topics do you like to discuss?
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    If you rest, you can do more

    I like to discuss topics that “help” to change me, for the better.

    My topic today is about the observation of people and why they behave the way they do.

    I’m still puzzled about a lady’s behaviour I observed this morning.

    I just saw her walk away and I am still wondering why…..

    I am sitting in the Coffee Club right now.

    When I feel stressed, I like to leave my home and go out and relax. That is precisely what I am doing now.

    Next to me on another table, was a lady. She looked like she was waiting for her order to come. Sure enough it did, and as I looked over, I saw the waitress bring over her plate. It looked delicious. I saw toast and scrambled eggs. I imagined how much she would enjoy it. You know that feeling of satisfaction you have for other people, even though you haven’t eaten the eggs yourself?

    But then something odd happened.

    She stood up and simply walked away.

    She left her full plate of food.

    Did she eat a little bit?

    I’m not sure as I obviously wasn’t staring at her. But when I looked at her table, after she left, the food was still sitting there and it looked untouched.

    Why did she order it, pay for it, then simply leave?

    Then shortly after, a man came to her table. I thought, “Maybe that is her husband and the eggs are for him.”

    But they weren’t.

    The man simply removed the plate and proceeded to sit down. He naturally thought the table was vacant. Which it was.

    When I observed this refusal of such good food, I thought about how people refuse God’s free gifts.

    Every day, He offers us good free food. Not literally like the scrambled eggs, but rather soul-food, that comes from His Word.

    Jeremiah 31:3 – “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.”

    Every day, He sees human souls push away His free love.

    Why?

    Is it because God’s goodness feels too good to be true?

    In this world, nobody believes in freebies!

    We think, “If it’s free, it must be poor quality and second hand.”

    So instead of accepting God’s free love, kindness and forgiveness, we choose to push Him away, because this sort of goodness, feels impossible and unreal.

    Like an unimaginable perfect freebie!

    But, what if you simply accepted God’s free gifts today, where you 100% knew it would not come back and bite you later?

    These gifts are on the table for you today.

    There is no evil catch, in God’s message of love for you.

    God’s love is a free gift.

    God’s grace is a free gift.

    Jesus is a free gift.

    I prayed for the lady who left the Coffee Club.

    Did she receive some bad news and then had to leave?

    Did she feel sick?

    Whatever the reason, there was One, she always needed. Eggs or no eggs.

    It was God.

    Did she recognise she needed Him all the time?

    I have no idea.

    No matter how good or bad life is, one fact remains.

    God’s love is 100% free.

    You don’t need to pay Him back for anything.

    Even if that lady’s eggs remained untouched on the table, if she walked out knowing God loved her and could help her in everything, this lesson would be the most important, even without the eggs being eaten.

    Her story wasn’t about the eggs at all.

    It’s the same for you and me.☺️

    Posted on by Helen Olenjin

    Can God Be Lost?

    Daily writing prompt
    How do you use social media?
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    Look for God
    You will find Him
    Seek Him with your whole heart, soul and mind
    Don’t stop praying
    God is everywhere
    God will help you

    I like to share my poems and writings on social media. Here is my latest reflection below….

    Jeremiah 23:24

    “Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the LORD.

    A wandering lost soul, searched for the place that God had “made” just for her.

    A place where even He, didn’t have the key.

    The soul looked for her own tiny piece of sky that only belonged to her.

    Was there a place to hide under His sky?

    A part of the sky that God never saw?

    Was there a door for her, God couldn’t unlock?

    Only because He made the door, and then promised not to peak inside?

    What there a place to rest her soul, where no one looked for her?

    “I am so weary,” she said.

    “I don’t want to be found.”

    So off she went.

    She looked everywhere.

    She looked for her place to rest, alone.

    She looked for a place where God could not read her thoughts.

    She looked high and low.

    She looked up.

    She looked down.

    She looked for no one but herself.

    She looked for a place where God wasn’t.

    Did she find a place without God?

    No.

    She only saw more and more of God.

    She found God everywhere she went.

    God was on every corner.

    God’s presence was found in every place on earth.

    “Am I a God who is only close at hand?” says the LORD.

    “No, I am far away at the same time. Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the LORD. (Jeremiah 23:23-24)

    God wasn’t hiding!

    God was in full view.

    God was reading all her thoughts.

    “You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.” (Psalm 139:2)

    He was in her mind.

    Always.

    God was inside every soul.

    God was invisible.

    But He was still everywhere.

    She then stopped.

    She thought.

    “God is not going anywhere.”

    “God is always there.”

    “God can never be lost.”

    She understood.

    She then said, “God, because you are everywhere, I am everywhere too.”

    “Only because you carry me inside your heart and your heart is everywhere.”

    Then she understood what she never understood before.

    God had made her heart.

    “So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27)

    God had placed His own feelings inside her.

    She was created to love Him and others.

    “Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.” (1 John 4:11-12)

    God was so big that there was plenty of Him to go around.

    His heart was so big that it covered the whole world.

    She then understood how big God’s love was.

    His heart was the biggest heart there was.

    His omnipresent heart was big enough to love the whole world.

    She knew that God’s Word was true.

    “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

    ~Written by Helen Olenjin~

    Posted on by Helen Olenjin

    God Is Invisible, You Are Not

    Daily writing prompt
    Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.
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    Rest for awhile then begin again

    Last night, I felt really distressed about issues with my teenager, and it felt like God wanted to comfort me. And He truly did comfort me!

    What was He trying to teach me? 

    God is invisible and because we can’t see Him, it can be easy to “forget” His presence because we can’t see Him.

    But it felt God was encouraging me so I knew I was never invisible to Him.

    HIM seeing “me visibly” really encouraged me. 

    He always can “see me and you.”

    We just can’t “see” Him seeing us 😊.

    But He is always looking at us. 

    He is always looking at you. 

    Truly, truly.

    I love the fact that God is watching me type this message about Him. 

    All humans are visible to God.

    He always “sees us”.

    He won’t forget us. 

    Seeing is POWERFUL.

    Faith is HARD. 

     I CAN’T SEE God, but He sees me right now and always.

    This really encourages me as His invisibility doesn’t make Him less powerful, a less of a God, less able to help, less loving and less present.

    He IS a spirit.

    “For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” ( John 4:24)

    He is really really really really with me and knows my struggles with my child and gets it!

    God is truly visible. 

    But we are the ones who cannot see Him. Yet.

    Our spiritual eyes are closed. For now.

    But, if you think about it, you would surely freak out if you saw Him and you would die. 

    God doesn’t want you to die just yet!

    God said no man can see my face and live!

    “But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.” (Exodus 33:20)

    So, yep, I get it….

    But it still does hurt praying to an invisible God. 

    I really want to see God’s face all the time.

     I want to see His changing expressions and the concerned look that says, “Helen, I really hear you and I know raising teenagers is hard but I will help you.”

    Jesus said, “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” (Matthew 28:20)

    “With you”, means right now!

    That’s a good 👍 fact to dwell on. 

    Funny thing…As I am just typing this, I hear a lady talking about God at the other table in this cafe. 

    I love ❤️ this because other people out there are thinking of Him too. 

    Posted on by Helen Olenjin

    Don’t Stop Writing….

    Daily writing prompt
    How would you improve your community?
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    Facebook can feel like a community.

    I would like to improve the social-media community, by removing the LIKE button. Permanently.

    There are brilliant posts that deserve a LIKE.

    I love to encourage others with my LIKE.

    I love when others encourage me with their LIKE.

    But sometimes, the LIKE can become your idol.

    Did you know that you can buy LIKES? My kids told me….I had no idea!

    As Christian writers, we don’t write to get likes.

    We write because it is the right thing to do.

    Our post remains as a small gorgeous diamond, hidden in the grass, watching for God to join it to a soul. Not to a LIKE.

    And not to the whole world!

    A seed (your post)and a soul ✨️ ❤️ will only bear fruit when God plants to begin with.

    Jesus must be at that root.

    The LIKE itself is not the Jesus root.

    It is merely someone liking your post.

    It could be a carnal LIKE, a tired LIKE, a jealous LIKE, a grumpy LIKE or the millionth and one LIKE, only because the first million LIKED first and you felt the need to follow the masses.

    I think the LIKES that get 5 gold stars, are the LIKES that don’t shine much on earth at all. But will in heaven.

    I will make a confession….many posts I liked on FB, I didn’t even want to LIKE. I was merely falling in the trap of social media and joining the crowds so I wouldn’t feel lonely and ignored.

    As Christian writers, don’t allow the absence of LIKES, to mess with your head.

    I sometimes get them, I sometimes don’t. Big deal! God isn’t fussed, why should I be?

    I have had over 8000 visits at helenolenjin.life and on my published writings posts, I don’t have masses of readers visiting every week. However, readers still do come, and these are the ones that count.

    Short videos are very popular today but who said writing needs to become extinct?

    We keep writing, because we know this is God’s desire for us.

    Please do not stop writing your posts for God.

    The absence of LIKES or the fact that your post is not in exciting video TikTok format, does not mean you are not doing God’s will.

    Think of when LIKES and TikTok never existed.

    How freeing!

    Write like these never existed!

    Then enjoy the freedom of Christ.

    This is how God’s work is meant to be.

    I like what someone said, “Go cold turkey on the LIKES!”

    Aye yes, and TikTok too!

    Posted on by Helen Olenjin

    Faith Always Wins

    Jesus said, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

    When you meet Doubt

    Don’t engage at all

    He will speak many words

    He will want you to fall.

    ♡♡♡♡

    If you see Doubt

    Just go silent

    Smile and wave

    He wants to talk non stop

    He wants the final say!

    ♡♡♡♡

    Keep Doubt silent

    Stop the dialogue

    Doubt wants to hear

    You answer back

    And stop

    Believing God.

    ♡♡♡♡

    Once you take 

    His bait

    He will reel you in,

    You will talk on and on

    Not realizing

    It is him.

    ♡♡♡♡

    Doubt is subtle

    Hidden and smart

    He works in

    Planned increments

    He doesn’t talk 

     Fast.

    ♡♡♡♡

    He plants himself

    Slowly 

    Inside your rational mind

    The questions he

    Asks, seem

    Loving and kind. 

    ♡♡♡♡

    Did God

    Really say that?

    Doubt whispers at night

    Can God be trusted?

    Is He always right?

    ♡♡♡♡

    Then suddenly!

    Your week is over,

    Doubt is still in your mind

    He tried to stop you

    Believing God,

    He tried to make you blind!

    ♡♡♡♡

    For seven days you

    Engaged with Doubt

    You had

    No idea

    He was there!

    You were

    Busy planning

    To quit your dreams

    You thought God didn’t care!

    ♡♡♡♡

    As Doubt fed you more

    You allowed him 

    To speak

    Your trust

    in God

    Was wavering

    Your future dreams

    Looked bleak.

    ♡♡♡♡

    You kept shouting

    More!

    I need you Doubt today!

    I must speak to you!

    You have the final say!

    ♡♡♡♡

    But stop

    I say,

    As a poet

    Who cares for you!

    What do

    You think

    Doubt is

    Doing to you?

    ♡♡♡♡

    You mildly say

    Doubt is safe

    Doubt is smart

    He is my thought processes

    Inside my heart!

    ♡♡♡♡

    I cannot live without him!

    Don’t you see?

    Doubt helps me grow,

    Just let me be!

    ♡♡♡♡

    But this Doubt 

    Was smart 

    He made you blind

    He was sent to you

    By the Dark One

    To attack God’s design.

    ♡♡♡♡

    Some doubt is good. 

    Healthy doubt 

    Keeps you safe

    You need doubt 

    In life

    It cannot be all perfect faith.  

    ♡♡♡♡

    Good doubt helps you grow

    Good doubt helps you learn

    Good doubt can bring up red flags

    Good doubt helps you discern.

    ♡♡♡♡

    This good doubt though,

    Has a small d

    The big Doubt here

    In my poem

    Has a capital D.

    ♡♡♡♡

    As a Christian poet

    I shame Doubt today

    You wanted to

    Stay hidden,

    You led

    Many astray!

    ♡♡♡♡

    I will shame

    Doubt now

    So we know

    You are real,

    You cripple

    Christian lights

    But Jesus

    Comes to heal.

    ♡♡♡♡

    I am a child 

    Of God

    Who knows

    Jesus,

    His way

    Is always right,

    Doubt 

    Is a demon

    Who provokes you,

    He is never

    In God’s light!

    ♡♡♡♡

    Doubt

    Is a presence,

    Doubt 

    Will steal,

    Doubt

    Is a dark spirit,

    He is deceptive and real.

    ♡♡♡♡

    He is a presence 

    Not sent by God

    He fights against the light

    He wants 

    To stop you 

    Believing the Word,

    He tells you he is right!

    ♡♡♡♡

    So as a poet

    I change my poem

    To faith and trust today

    Doubt met Faith,

    Faith had the final say!

    ♡♡♡♡♡

    She read God’s Word

    She buried Doubt

    She believed

    God’s promises

    Were true,

    She picked up

    Her dreams again

    She also prayed for you.

    ♡♡♡♡

    She spread God’s love

    She squeezed your hand

    She told you, never never quit!

    You both prayed together

    You rested just a bit.

    ♡♡♡♡

    Goodbye Doubt

    You both cried,

    We know you are deceived!

    You were fully exposed

    In this poem today

    But it’s God,

    We believed!

    ♡♡♡♡

    ~Written by Helen Olenjin~