I could live every day feeling more relaxed about everything 😌.
Recently, I purchased a splendid saying 💙 that said against a sea of blue, “Everything can be done better from a place of relaxation.”
I love this.
What Can I Do Differently….
God Can Be Trusted 100%
God can be trusted! If you are finding this lesson of trust, difficult to learn, read my article below. It will help you believe in God. Once you believe in Him, it is easier to trust Him.
“God sits above the circle of the earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to him! He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them.” Isaiah 40:22
The ant exists in his own little world. Within himself he feels wise. He feels that he knows everything.
He thinks that his little ant brain is it. The absolute! He knows all the ant hills. He knows the ant trails. He is the smartest ant around. He speaks ant.
He loves crawling into boxes. He thinks these big structures will teach him what he needs to know. He spends a lot of time hanging out inside the square. He knows the corners perfectly. The little escape cracks that take him out of the boxes keeps him busy.
One day the ant decides to think outside the square. So he leaves his box. He figures he knows everything in life but he is getting bored.
On the way he meets me, Helen Olenjin, the blogger.
He suddenly becomes big enough so he can see me.
A big blogger faces a big ant.
We are both the same size now.
We talk.
A bit like the talking donkey scenario in the Bible.
Where you would say, “Huh? That doesn’t fit.”
The ant can understand my English with his new but still limited supernatural brain.
He hears me but he still doesn’t completely understand yet.
I get this!
As I just googled and read, “Each ant’s brain is simple, containing about 250,000 neurons, compared with a human’s billions.” (sciencefocus.com)
He has lived in dirt for so long that is all he knows.
I tell him about life above the dirt.
I tell him about humans.
I tell him about our complex networks above ground.
He hears about our cities, our countries, the internet, electricity, cars, mobile phones, planes and all the high tech stuff. He hears about social distancing. This is very surprising to him! His tribe are super squashed together.
In his world, ants can’t measure the 1.5 meters. Hand washing? Nah, never heard of it! He doesn’t even know what a hand is. Simple maths and literacy skills are incomprehensible to his tiny brain.
When I try to explain to him how to sign into Facebook, I notice he gets really offended.
He simply doesn’t get me! He even refuses to believe in Apple!
But then the ant slowly learns. The more I talk, the more his humility grows.
The ant thought He knew absolute truth. In actual fact, he was dead wrong.
He only believed a false absolute.
“A false absolute is not the same as absolute truth,” I patiently explain.
He crawls home with a huge dose of humble pie on his back.
He thinks, “How wrong I was. I thought my square was the whole world!”
This ant makes me think of a human who refuses to even logically consider the possibility of a God!
My theoretical ant was an atheist! But he made progress!
The iPhone talk finally broke him. He understood that if he could not comprehend the iphone, he indeed was created!
In that exact moment, he grew.
“I have a Creator!” he shouted.
“My unbelief in Him stopped me from growing for all these years!”
OK, end of my ant story.
So where does that put us humans doing SOAP?
SOAP stands for Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer. It is an excellent study method to use at it encourages you to focus on God’s Word and apply these lessons to your own life.
If a human had a conversation with God during SOAP/Bible study, we would be like the ant. Blown again by heavenly truths we never knew existed. I don’t think we could even understand God at his level. Just like the ant can’t understand ours.
Now is your hardest SOAP question answered?
Not so offended at the real God anymore?
Yes, yes, yes!!
Finally we start to spiritually grow. Like the ant. We finally understand that the God we were believing in previously, was fiction. God didn’t like your fictitious God either!
Becoming an ant short term was not a wasted SOAP exercise for me.
It showed me how small we really are.
And how full of ourselves we are.
And how wrong we can be about God and life.
We only see the world from our own tiny human shell.
We have a very close personal relationship with our own shell.
We know it perfectly.
We may think our shell is our whole world. We may perceive this to be everything and the absolute truth. We may centre all our thoughts, beliefs and perceptions around self.
Like the ant we may create our own personal reality through it. But is this the absolute truth? Of course not. It is only an ant’s eye view.
An ant atheist thinks the thoughts he has in his shell represents absolute truth.
“I don’t believe in God based on 250 000 neurons, therefore he doesn’t exist.”
“Or because I cannot grasp how the iPhone works, I also don’t believe in God. Simply because both are unexplainable to my tiny brain.”
As you and I struggle to write SOAP we see the reality of the situation.
We are like the ant too. But with 86 billion neurons. Still a tiny brain next to God.
We have a tiny Biwbel (Squeaky voice for Bible).
We wrote a tiny SOAP.
We are SOAPING from the perspective of tiny.
But we still keep going as the application of it makes perfect sense through faith in God.
My SOAP view trusts God and His Word. But not my human brain only.
For the Christian, faith is always stronger than logic.
But we still need to keep logic.
With this ant’s logic and faith, he would finally be able to grasp the incomprehensible belief that God really existed!
When 1 + 1 didn’t = 2, he could coolly surrender to faith in the supernatural workings of God above the dirt!
We become like the ant too, no longer getting offended when 1 + 1 doesn’t always=2.
God’s math system doesn’t always make sense!
Hello faith!
When we use faith and logic together, others who don’t have full faith yet, are more inclined to listen to your Christian beliefs.
So keep talking to the logical atheist you know or the former burnt Christian. Remember that God Himself will open their eyes through faith supernaturally, not by logic alone.
But “logic” can still be an initial stepping stone towards faith.
“Dear God. I am struggling to believe in You. Please reveal Yourself to me. I am your creation. You are my Creator. Please show me the right way. In Jesus name. Amen.”
Stop Worrying
Daily writing prompt
Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc.
The first day I started writing poetry was an odd day. I had no idea I could even write Christian poetry. As I started with my first poem, a very surprising thing happened. Something big clicked! It was the feeling that I needed to write more poetry even though initially, I had zero interest in it. As I persisted, I wrote more and more poems. Then I understood. God wanted me to “write” to bring others to Himself not to me.
Enjoy my poem below.
Love and hugs,
Helen Olenjin X
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 6-7, NKJV).
Worry feeds on anxious thoughts
It’s a diet that’s mental
And always distraught.
Worry is not gentle
It’s only an IT.
It thinks it’s real
With a genuine itch.
The anxious mind
Is scratchy,
Abrasive
And unkind.
It waffles on
Leaving Jesus
Far behind.
It’s the consumption of
Warped perceptions,
A lie that never dies!
A muted place
Of speechless thoughts,
A cry, that’s deep inside.
Worry excludes grace
It beats the mind up.
Its fists are conjecture
It’s talk, a cruel lecture.
It’s punches are mental
And not even real!
Worry has no soul
It only comes to steal.
The enemy comes to kill, steal and destroy
This is not God’s way.
Worry needs to die,
So come with me today.
Let’s have a good funeral
And shout Hurray!
We will bury RIC
Right now
Without delay!
Hey, who is RIC?
I hear you say.
RIC stands
For
Rumination
Imagination
Conjecture.
I made him up
As a blogger
One fine day.
He just loved to lecture!
He didn’t have a soul
His lying stops today
He niggled your mind
He left Jesus behind!
Goodbye R.I.C.
In the name of
Jesus depart!
Your needlepoint
Lies
Stabbed our weakest parts.
Your delusions were fiction
Your discouragement rough.
You walked with fear
You ran towards stuff.
You kept shouting
Boo hoo!
I am never
Enough!
What does the Bible say?
Is faith even real?
Of course it is,
It’s God’s holy seal.
This assurance
Is for you too,
Your His eternal soul.
And only
The Son
Can make you
Fully whole.
At His cross, your fear dies too
Your shackles disappear.
Your heart is set free
As Jesus Christ
Is near.
The Word of God
Is your answer
And He speaks
To you today.
Come to Jesus
Please do not delay!
I’m praying now
As a Christian poet
Who cares for you
God set my reader free
From worry
That’s what You do!
Come now
And bend your knee
Read God’s Word
And you will see
All your heavyweights
Will disappear.
Hear Jesus say
“I am all you
Will ever need!
Now, see Jesus come
And read these words
“Be anxious for nothing
But run to the Son.”
Flowers In My Mind
Today is my birthday!
I turn 52.
The beach is one of my favourite places.
It’s a powerful place to write SOAPY poetry.
Enjoy my new poem WordPress bloggers and all readers. I love you all.
God made your mind.
God reads your mind.
God heals your mind.
God speaks to your mind.
A clean mind is strong.
A grubby mind is weak.
The clean mind
Was cleansed by God.
It was renewed
And made sweet.
Your mind of Christ
Is not pointless.
Your mind of Christ
No joke!
Your mind of Christ
Needs full attention.
It’s there to do SOAP.
SOAP stands for
Scripture
Observation
Application and
Prayer.
It’s a Bible method
Christians use
That leads to spiritual care.
Do you want a heavenly mind?
A mind with God’s design?
Then speak this sentence aloud
“Dear God, renew my mind.”
The bowl at your table
Has fruit.
Fresh fruit that you can see
The fruit that is in your mind
Is spiritual
And of
A hidden kind.
The fruit of my thoughts
Are living
The fruits of my thoughts
Are real.
There are good fruits
And bad fruits
But they are still real.
God reads every mind 24/7,
Why do you hide your mind?
When God is there already,
You cannot close these blinds.
God speaks to me
And then I stop!
It’s a choice
I need to make.
I need to think
“With Jesus”
And for the Gospel’s sake!
The sun comes out
Sweet flowers bloom,
Inside my Christ-filled mind.
How did I renew
My thought life
When I refused
the world’s design?
I gave my heart to Jesus!
I asked Him
To cleanse my mind.
I saw souls, chains and prison bars,
Held captive
In Satan’s mind.
I saw the
Puppeteer
And puppets
Following
His evil mind.
I once was
Held bondage there
But Christ freed my mind.
Dear person reading this
Please stop and reconsider,
“Do you have a chained mind?”
If not freed, your soul will wither.
As a Christian poet writing this
I ask you this today
“Do you believe He is there?”
Or don’t you even care?
I pause and then
I hear you shout
“Does He truly care?”
“Where is there, Helen Olenjin?”
“I’m confused about there.”
I answer back
As a Christian poet
Writing to you….
There = your mind.
There = your thoughts.
There = only just two.
It’s only God and you!
For a lifelong journey
It will never be another!
So based on this fact,
Understand, now
You never think undercover!
You will always
Be thinking
In front of God’s throne.
So keep your mind pure
As you are never alone.
Now that you know this
Pray to God today
“Renew my mind
Dear Creator
I want your healing
Without delay!
Dear Jesus guide
My thoughts
Your power
Will set me free.
I don’t want
My mind to hide!
I want my mind
Set free!”
Read the Bible
Dear person reading this
Then ask Jesus
To enter your heart.
Ask Him to forgive you
Of your sins
And make a fresh start.
Be on cautious think alert
24/7.
Keep all your thoughts pure and clean
Think like you are in heaven.
Isn’t it worth living for Christ?
Only He can set your mind free.
Stop thinking in the dark.
Ask God to cleanse your heart.
He is your Power Source
That is not an earthly kind.
His mind power is of heaven
And of supernatural design.
If you think with your own power
You will never leave this earth.
But if you think with
The Spirit of Christ
You will experience new birth.
Scared To Take The First Step?
This poem!
Enjoy reading it, dear WordPress Christian writers!
Scared to take the first step?
Dear Christian,
Is God calling you too?
Then don’t take it yet,
Let God guide you through.
Take His sub-step.
And even smaller still.
This incremental journey,
Is always God’s will.
You see His steps,
They come in rows.
They are designed by God
To help you grow.
There are many
With special designs.
These steps stop and start
And are heavenly and divine.
If far apart, just stop and wait.
You know that Jesus Christ is never late.
Be patient and still
And watch your steps.
1, 2, 3, 4.
Is Jesus knocking at your door?
“You make good sense,
Christian poet,”
I hear you say.
“But I am so afraid today.”
I answer back
But then I pause.
I see you
Kneeling on the floor.
I see you praying,
“Lord, there’s more!
Why cannot my spirit soar?
I want to grow
And use my gifts
But I am scared
To take this major shift.”
Then I pray again
As a poet
Answering you.
I’m writing this
To help me too.
Not for pride,
But only because
Jesus lives inside.
God’s calling us
Not the dust.
His spiritual gifts
Are not mere crusts.
He has given us
Light and salt.
This divine light
Must never halt.
Spiritual gifts
Lie shelved
And silent.
Like in a vault,
They’re quietly defiant.
These steps are dead.
They bear no fruit
They sadly miss
What Jesus said.
He said, “I am the living bread.”
A Christian gift =useless salt,
If no action is taken
And Christ’s work halts.
Passive and still,
No light on a hill!
Snuffed out
And frail,
Under a veil.
Use your gifts
Without delay!
Only then will
You shout “Hurray!”
Start small and humble,
Come hold my hand.
We’ll do this together
Just as God planned.
One sub-step leads to two and three.
No steps taken, equal
A barren lifeless tree.
Start in the poco a poco
Meaning gradually.
Like a piano player
Playing incrementally.
Then 4 5 6 steps
Will unfold naturally.
Don’t you see
A brand new Jesus tree?
The fruits here grow truly fast,
When Jesus Christ
Is never put last.
The death of carnality,
Plus God’s spirituality,
Brings God’s holy dove
And a supernatural love.
Using your gift produces a light!
It attracts others
To bring delight!
See how you shine
When you serve God all day?
See how the lost
Are drawn in today?
Written by Helen Olenjin
Stop Worrying About Money
Recently I had an experience that really encouraged me and helped me to look at life more simply.
It was the understanding of turning my physical issues into spiritual ones. And then simply trusting God.
How did this occur?
Through applying SOAP once again!
SOAP stands for Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer.
Recently our tap in our main bathroom would not turn off. We rang the plumber who came out to fix the issue. After he checked out the situation, he quoted us an amount of over $600! I was stressed out and wondered if he was ripping us off. I am sure you know what I am talking about.
Whether you are at the dentist, or mechanic or dealing with an area you know nothing about, you know what I mean when I say, I felt completely ignorant about plumbing issues.
Even when the plumber explained it twice, I still had no idea what he was talking about! Which obviously meant that I felt unable to make a decision if his quote was fair and reasonable.
My husband was working from home that day and told the plumber to go ahead with the quote, but I was still boiling underneath! Why did we have to pay so much? But sometimes in life we must. There is no time to goggle, get more quotes, or do research as the plumber is standing in front of you!
“It is what it is.”
My teenage son uses this quote all the time. Some decisions need to be made on the spot! This is where we need to trust God and ask Him to intervene if what is happening is not His will.
I love this emergency trust concept! Here we learn to trust God on the spot! And know that He is in control, not the plumber!
So I prayed silently to God and the plumber continued on with his work.
As I surrendered to the inevitable, I knew I had to trust God with this plumbing invoice. Even if we were ripped off, (and maybe we weren’t), that wasn’t the issue. I realized I could turn this physical issue into a spiritual one and once doing that, the “lack-lie” disappeared.
Of course, God had the money to pay our invoices for life! In God’s economy, money does grow on trees. “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)
Or as my son said some time ago, “For some reason you have a million dollars in your bank account. You go to your transaction area to check out how this happened and you see that God had transferred it as you saw the words, God, Transfer.”
Yes, we do have this million bucks and even more! We just can’t see it. Yet. Spiritual currency is my point here.
So of course, God would pay this invoice as his resources were unlimited. But if I kept looking at it with my physical eyes and just seeing our lack of resources, I would have seen a deficit.
This is the view I saw initially – 1)The plumber standing there 2) A tap that needed fixing 3) Our bank account robbed once again!
The view God wanted me to see was the SOAP view. 1)He would pay for this 2) I needed to trust Him 3)I needed to love my husband and not argue about this. All biblical concepts! What an easier way to live!
In the evening, after talking to my husband about my cringe over the high plumbing bill, my view changed to one of trusting God even if I was ripped off. I realized how I needed to change my earthly issues into spiritual ones. Then I would experience God’s peace and his unlimited provisions.
I had just heard about a couple who were planning on separating and I felt very sad about this. I wondered if they had argued about irrelevant things when they could have SOAPED instead. Then their trust in God may have increased as well as their love for each other.
I saw God’s point and it was a profound moment of understanding in my marriage. I kissed my husband and said, “We don’t need to argue about this. We just need to love each other more.”
I am glad we remembered this. A number of years ago my husband and I agreed to love each other even more if life got tougher. Instead of disagreeing over plumbing bills and the stress of life, we had the choice to grow in love for each other and walk in the spirit.
Doing the above is SOAP in action.
Now I am thinking how simple life is when earthly issues are turned into SOAP immediately.
Not ten days after when you have ruined your love, peace and joy!
God never said, “Worry for ten days, then when you are done, hand it to me.”
Rather he wants us to start walking and praying in the spirit the second after a new wobble hits.
Now I understand that everything must be done through the spirit.
In this place, God’s strength and power is unlimited. We can pray and trust for a very long time as we are not doing this but Christ IS.
John 4:24 says, “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the spirit and in truth.”
“Dear God. Please help me to view every issue through the eyes of Your spirit and not through the limitations of the temporal.”
Who Do You Turn To For The Best Advice?
To follow Jesus…..
His death on the cross completely changed my life.
I am 51 years old.
I became a Christian when I was around 16 years old.
What happened during 16 to 51?
Do I not believe anymore?
No.
I still believe.
I still pray.
I still read the Bible.
I am still sealed with the Holy Spirit after all these long years!
Would I dare say I am being deceived by God?
Never!
I can only say what Jesus said, “You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.”
I am set free and believe this with my whole heart, soul and mind.
If you meet a person who asks for some advice, start with Jesus first, not the advice.
When He has first place in your life, even the advice you receive is perfect as it comes from Him. That’s the whole point…to ask Him first!
So, how do I get the best advice?
Turn to Jesus and ask Him first.
Don’t turn to advice just yet.
Advice cannot save your soul.
Advice is non omnipresent.
Advice is always limited.
Advice may be a false absolute.
Advice cannot see your future.
Advice that comes from God, not man, is never a lie.
This is perfect absolute advice.
Only then, will you know what to do.
Simple!
Turn to God first.
Never the advice first.
Only then, will you say, “That’s the best advice I have ever heard!”
Then when you put God first place, He will guide you to the best advice resources, and this help will come from a selected person He chooses.
Why would you exclude God from any area of your life?
Enjoy my poems/posts at helenolenjin.life ❤️
Two new Christian poems are coming soon!
Love you all, Joyful Human Prompters! Xx
There Is Never A Time To Forget God
When you remember God, you will have peace, dear Christian. Enjoy this poem I wrote for you.
Remember that peace that passes all understanding? The supernatural peace the Bible talks about? It is yours today and it is free!
Praise you Jesus for free peace.
My Poem
There is never a time
To put God last
There is never a time
To quit your fast
There is never a time
To not trust Him
There is never a time
To worry and sin
There is never a time
To compromise your faith
There is never a time
To believe Jesus is late
There is never a time
To show fake love
There is never a time
To ignore
God’s whispering dove
There is never a time
To stop shining
There is never a time
To keep lying
There is never a time
To not read your Bible
There is never a time
To serve human idols
There is never a time
To keep useless treasures
There is never a time
To stop 😌 relaxing leisure
You need a rest
So read my poem
I promise you
It’s not too long
To follow God’s will
Is always right
To unfollow the world
Is God’s delight!
Increase Your Joy
Putting God first!
This brings me joy.
Do you like the clock face I made?
These are joyful labels.
This kind of JOY is a choice.
One Job At A Time
Firstly, let me explain something.
This is not a poetry post but you are all welcome to read my poems! They will really bless your day because God really blest me when I wrote them! Keep scrolling down to find them.
Yesterday was a really stressful day for me. When I saw this daily writing prompt I thought, “Yes! I would like to write about yesterday but in a way that if I lived IT again, this alternative here would be far better.”
This writing exercise is helping me to avoid the errors of yesterday.
So firstly, let’s talk about the actual universe I existed in yesterday.
I was acting like I had a strict deadline meaning the whole day was an emergency. In reality, the day was not that way.
- I was feeling quite sick
- I was helping my daughter with a job
- I received a message that we owed over $2000 to a Government Department
- I was doing personal laptop work relating to income, tax and finances
- I was thinking about the guest coming tomorrow
- I was thinking about the cleaning in the house that needed doing
- I was thinking that I still hadn’t organised dinner for the family
- I was thinking that I still hadn’t gone to the shops
- I was stressed about a debt in the future that hadn’t even arrived yet
But as I analysed this later, I realised that there was only one job I needed to do, not all of the above! Even the one job I was doing, was not an emergency and I still had time to do it! I was operating with many fictional burdens that didn’t even exist but burdens that I was carrying even so.
Why?
I was essentially operating in a brainless fashion.
Stress does this to you. When you are stressed, it is easy to make poor decisions and your brain goes out the window.
I like to say, “Use your brain, don’t lose your brain.” Meaning….if you use your brain calmly, you will keep cool cognition flowing and you will function at peak performance.
Stress cannot be our driver, as it lies, distorts, thinks of the future and doesn’t operate with the mind of Christ.
Stress can operate without the brain, it specialises in mental crashes, including spiritual ones.
I even asked God yesterday, “Why do you leave me so broken?”
Meaning, I don’t want to feel stressed and struggle all the time! I want to feel what You are precisely telling us in Your Word. To remain permanently and perpetually calm.
As I think about all this now, I realised that I was not operating in God’s will yesterday. He already knew life was sinful, broken and messy but it did not need to be that sinful, that broken, that messy, in the way that I was operating outside His will. I was “over the top messy” with extra burdens that God didn’t tell me to carry and I was causing myself more pain by a completely unrealistic To Do List that God didn’t even write up for me.
In this alternate universe, I would go back and tweak yesterday. The whole day! I would change it by the hindsight I had today. I would live as God wanted me to live without the mess I had actually already experienced. I would live in this alternate universe, where God would be teaching me the whole time so that either living in the current or “other universe” I would be growing in both dimensions, the way God desired.
The good news? Even though we cannot go back and tweak yesterday, God already knows past, future and present.
There is no alternate universe for us. Not yet anyway!
But God is in all universes if they exist!
Based on His omnipresent leading, He will help you and me to live calmer today because He put this thought in our minds, “God will help me to trust Him as this is 100% His will, 100% of the time.”
Living in the spirit is the only way to maximise your spiritual coolness!
When you start getting hot in the flesh, like I did yesterday, a good thing to remember is to live like you only have one job to do.
Until that job is done, you only have one!
One job!
Forget the rest, dear Christian!
You could be in heaven by the end of the day.
Hunger Comes In Waves
This poem I wrote tonight is helping me with my intermittent fasting. It’s not always easy eating less but I realise that praying and being with God Himself, will help me conquer certain habits. Humour is a good way 😄 to grow. A merry heart is good medicine, remember? (Proverbs 17:22)
Hunger has no hands.
But fatty plans.
But still it waves.
It comes and goes.
It shouts, Hurray!
Break your fast!
I’m a weak state!
I cannot last today!
I must break.
Oh stop, I say.
Your just a wuss.
You have no soul.
Like a lifeless puss.
Be gone today.
Your just a wave.
In a big black hole!
Just go away.
Your off the track.
Your only lack.
You feed my shell.
You always come back.
I don’t like you.
Your such a pain.
You stuff the flesh!
And then eat again.
Me without you, I’m better off.
I don’t feed you, I’m gonna stop!
I feel your twinge.
Still I won’t cringe.
I will not say –
“Boohoo, I broke my fast today.”
Goodbye hunger!
See my wave?
Jesus fasted, He leads today.
I’ll follow Him, please do not stay.
I’ll sing and pray without delay. 🙏
I’ll feed my soul.
And not my flesh.
I’ll pray dear God to You today.
I’ll drink.
I’ll rest and rest some more. 😌
Then off to bed.
My prayers are said.
I feel much stronger!
My soul is fed.
Thank you Lord! 😊
