Posted on October 10, 2024October 20, 2025 by Helen Olenjin

~Pause Before Temptation ~

Look at this BEE….

This is a sneaky shot of temptation. Just before it happens.

But hold that thought for now….

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This morning, I have my Bible open and I have been listening to Revelation on Spotify. I like to ‘hear” the Word of God being read. It’s great to hear the Word and also follow along in the Bible. I call this a “double” feeding. You hear and you also read!

Imagine the absence of temptation where you are full of the Word of God!

Not that the temptation is never there, but rather you were so aware of God Himself, that you always knew He was the best choice!

I know Satan is real.

He visited me three times in my own home.

I never forgot His presence.

It was unforgettable.

If your interested to hear the long version, please message me and I’ll share it with you later.

When Satan tempts us, He wants us to forget the power of God that is on a believer’s life, that comes when we don’t give in to him.

He tempts our senses and as a result, we become weaker after giving in to temptation.

When I think of a weaker me in the future and being robbed of God’s best, a great sense of indignation rises up!

We don’t have to be tempted as much as we are, and if we prepare ahead of time, we can finish the day strong!

Last night, my daughter and I were talking about not giving in to sin.

What helped me?

When I was in high school, in year 11, I remember coming home from school and kneeling by my bed.

Time and time again!

I pleaded to God to take away the desire to sin and to follow Him instead.

It was a very difficult battle but one thing I never stopped doing…

I never stopped praying and seeking His face.

There was no special formula.

Of course I understood the importance of reading and hearing the Word non-stop!

After the struggle, I knew victory was mine, as I felt His peace and joy in a way I had never experienced before. The year after, I was baptised and I knew it was the best choice I had ever made.

These three steps below that I made up, are very helpful when you are just about to lose that great peace and joy of God!

But then you don’t…..

Only because –

You didn’t take Satan’s BAIT
You didn’t ENGAGE with him
You didn’t ENABLE him

The devil’s B.E.E. is designed to bring you down.

Bait
Engage
Enable

The more B.E.E.S. you have, the weaker you can feel.

The B.E.E. plan of attack ensures you are tempted at your weakest point.

“They swarmed around me like bees;
    they blazed against me like a crackling fire.
    But I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
My enemies did their best to kill me,
    but the Lord rescued me.”

(Psalm 118)

Don’t be robbed of God’s great peace and joy today!

Even anxiety and anger can be demonic temptations but Satan packages them so naturally, that they seem to come from only yourself!

Recently I was thinking about how important our choices are.

Wasting God’s time, will weaken you.

It is much easier to give in to Satan’s temptations when we forget God.

“Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” (Ephesians 6:17)

Godly obedience, helps to kill the B.E.E!

Lately I realised how much stronger I felt as a Christian, when I kept choosing God, even after I chose God!

As a Christian blogger, Christian piano player, Christian singer and Christian Support Worker, you may think I need a break from all this God stuff!

But when God’s “sharpest point” is laid down (His Word) and me gets back to me, I found that nothing could satisfy me like God could.

I found that I wanted to be with God all day long.

Satan hates when we awaken to his B.E.E.

Why?

Only because when we do, we are the least tempted! We also learn not to get angry as quickly.

When that rough patch hits, you will be tempted the least when you choose God the most!

The world will shout, “Obsessive!” (Jesus Freak)

I like to think God whispers, “Progressive.”

Imagine Satan hearing you singing to God today and he runs away!

“Why bother tempting her? She knows I’m coming. I am no longer hidden to her.”

That’s already one temptation, that didn’t happen!

Feel free to use my screen shot below.

I’m so thankful that God allowed me to brush off those angry B.E.E.S. today!

❤️Love Helen Olenjin

Posted on October 6, 2024June 10, 2025 by Helen Olenjin · 4 Comments

~Steps For Eternity~

Hi Subi prayer partners,

This is my gift to you. ❤️

~The steps you take on earth, have great significance~

The LORD directs the steps of the godly.

He delights in every detail of their lives.

(Psalm 37:23)

God’s home was my safety

God’s home was my guide

God’s home was my comfort

God’s will, was inside!

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But I chose to ignore God’s call

So I stepped out without Him

I packed all my belongings

I wanted to experience sin.

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I left my childhood Bible

I brought my worldly sack

I chose to walk away

I didn’t wanna turn back!

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As I stepped alone in freedom

My footprints came too

They quietly left their mark

Without my worn out shoes.

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Every time I turned around

They disappeared so quick!

I wanted my footprints to stay

But the path was no longer lit!

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Why are my steps vanishing?

Why are they fading away?

Where is the dark taking them?

My steps are vanishing today!

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My steps replied and said

“We have no lasting good”

“You stepped off track awhile back”

“We would have stopped you if we could!”

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You took these steps

Without God

You left His loving home

God didn’t preserve your steps

As you stepped out on your own!

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“As earthly steps, we vanish”

“We will never come back”

“Why don’t you step again”

“And pray for new steps”

“To come back?”

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How do they come back, I wondered?

Don’t all steps vanish away?

How can any steps last

As earth’s a temporal way?

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As I stopped and thought

My heart whispered in my ear

“Your steps that follow God”

“Will instantly re-appear!”

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These golden steps

Are God’s will

They will last beyond earth

These endure and

Don’t vanish away

They are supernaturally birthed!

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In my heart, I prayed silently

I knew these steps

Spoke truth

I hated to walk

In darkness

I now wore

Dirty boots!

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I tossed my boots aside

I scrubbed

My dirty feet

I begged God

To give me His steps

That walked on golden streets.

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God dressed my feet

With His!

God’s feet became my own

I stepped inside

His loving steps

I joyfully walked home.

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I paused and stared behind me,

I saw a pair of golden feet

They didn’t disappear

Like my old steps,

They stayed visible

On God’s street!

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They were left there

For you

God wanted them

To remain!

This poem I am

Gifting you with today,

Is written in Jesus’s name.

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Follow these steps dear soul

They will lead you to Psalm 103

Read these verses on your knees

God’s Word will set you free!

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~Poem written by Helen Olenjin~

Steps orchestrated by God Are never wasted 👣

When you follow Jesus, miracles happen

~Steps For Eternity~

Posted on October 4, 2024October 5, 2024 by Helen Olenjin · 3 Comments

You Are God’s Light✨️

Did you know that in heaven, the “past” is also the “present” in the sense that God remembers and will continue to bless the earlier work you did for Him?

A seed you planted earlier may be a gorgeous flower that only God will see.

The planting, the seed, the watering, the nurturing all happened slowly over time.

This initial “sprinkling of salt” may be one grain of salt only.

But as it is God’s salt, it is like heaven’s gold that will live on and multiply.

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” (Matthew 5:13)

Why is salt important?

Only because a grain of salt that comes from the Holy Spirit, is “salt” that is supernatural.

This salt and light continues to change others around us, including ourselves.

But what about a grain of salt that has lost its flavour?

It is only bound to earth.

It doesn’t go anywhere special.

It is not heaven’s gold.

It is as the chaff that dies.

A real grain of God’s salt is supernaturally paired with an eternal soul .✨️

God does this pairing, never us.

For how can we, fuse His salt to an eternal soul and say we did this impossible work?

Instead, we use our spiritual gifts for God’s glory and allow God to continue His work.

God’s salt excites me the most!

It’s the golden grain from God’s table.

This is the salt that flies!

I don’t want to be tired all the time with work that has a “zero amount” of God’s salt and light.

God’s supernatural pairing =

God’s salt + an eternal soul = His will being done.

God’s salt.

An eternal soul.

His will.

When I write, I pray that my posts are supernaturally paired with the right person.

Your ministry of salt for God may not be recognised by the world just yet.

Keep going anyway!

Some of my readers/subscribers are WordPress crew!

Keep writing ✍️dear friend. God sees! 👀

Being a salty Christian writer can be lonely at times, but at least God is with us.

God recognises His salt in us.

We will never be able to fake Heaven’s Salt!

I like this because we can never be salt on our own.

You are salty because of God’s work in you.

I am salty because of God’s work in me.

Your Godly influence is like one diamond star 🌟 travelling through the darkness.

When the morning finally breaks, your light is still visible.

A star that shines on during the day is the rarest of kinds.

That’s the star I want to be.

Love Helen Olenjin

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Posted on October 3, 2024October 3, 2024 by Helen Olenjin · 2 Comments

I Felt The Presence Of God Last Night…

“Be a warrior, not a worrier!”

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13)

Last night as I lay in bed, I felt the real presence of God!

My bedside lamp was on, and I was resting after a long day.

I suddenly felt God’s presence in a real, non imagined way.

I just knew God was with me in the room.

There was no introduction necessary at all.

God knew that I knew Who He Was.

There was no question about that.

I said, “I’m so glad you came! I love you God.”

God was simply there in the quiet, and thinking about this later, I wept.

“You came to me, God! Really? I can’t believe it!”

This personal experience, does not replace the Bible, but we need to share how God works in our lives, if this is God’s will, and where the experience is truly God Himself.

Thinking about God at the supermarket, I prayed while walking along the aisle!

Rejoicing!

I hope I didn’t look weird.

Here was this woman who looked liked she was talking to herself.

In actual fact, I was talking to God!

I never usually feel God’s presence like in the way I did last night.

I know that I am a saved child of God, Jesus lives in my heart and I have great peace and joy. But usually, I don’t feel God as such, I simply know He is there by faith.

When you feel the presence of God, the last thing you want to do is to watch “Nowhere” on Netflix.

I was just about to watch this gripping drama earlier on, but after only watching abit, I switched it off.

I decided to sing Christian songs on my acoustic piano instead and also prepare for the upcoming Christmas program at church!

It was the same thought that went through my mind as always, “God is better than Netflix.”

It seems the prayer, I prayed for you Willie Torris, to have a bit of heaven in your day, actually happened to me!

Willie, I hope God encouraged you too!

Funny how when you pray for someone else, God answers that prayer, and gives you, what you wished for them!

I wonder if I had not turned off Netflix, and had not sung to God on my piano, but rather stayed right there on the couch, would I have still felt the presence of God?

I don’t know.

But I am overjoyed that I decided not to crash on the couch. Because after this decision, God came.

This experience makes me desire God even more.

He is truly real and truly with us.

I felt His actual real presence but I cannot prove this to you!

Will His felt presence return?

I pray and hope so.

One thing I do know, is that what we are doing, when God’s presence is known, is very important.

If I was crashing on the couch watching Netflix, would God have observed this and just let me be?

What I learnt today, is that there is wonderful beauty in choosing God Himself.

When we seek God in everything we do, we experience the supernatural and our own personal faith is strengthened.

This week, I am on super high alert.

Waiting for God! 😊

God’s presence is so very special, He is like the rarest diamond that can never be found until He actually lets His presence be known!

Then we experience something so precious that a soul who hasn’t even felt the presence of God yet, is moved to tears by someone else who has. This then encourages them to keep seeking the real Christian God of the Christian Bible!

God is 100% real and not just in your imagination. 🙏

I don’t know how I am real, but I am.

I don’t know how God can be real but HE IS.

Lots of new posts coming soon!

Love Helen Olenjin❤️

Posted on September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 by Helen Olenjin · 6 Comments

Short Encounters With Eternal Souls

Daily writing prompt

What details of your life could you pay more attention to?

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I could pay more attention to human souls.

I was walking outdoors enjoying some fresh beachy sunshine today.

I was nursing fresh wounds from a private battle I faced yesterday.

I had just taken two rapid- panadol, I had drunk a large cappuccino from Zarraffa’s coffee and I finally had the strength to move my exhausted body.

I looked around and noticed the usual.

The houses. The cars. The street. The lawns. My back pack I was carrying.

Then as I looked, the view changed to heaven.

I saw no cars. Meaning, you thought of a place and you were there instantly. No travel needed.

I saw a skip bin outside someone’s house. I thought about the fact that there would be no rubbish removal in heaven.

I thought about my cacao almonds and choc chip crunchy peanut butter bar in my bag. I thought about the absence of food in heaven.

I saw the weeds in someone’s garden. I thought about heaven having the perfect length of grass.

I noticed the limestone walls in the neighbourhood. Even the black grubby marks.

In heaven, the walls would be perfectly clean.

The streets would be made of gold!

I think now about my sunglasses. The light in heaven is perfect there. How odd not to squint anymore!

I think about my tiredness and sore feet.

I think about the pink windcheater tied around my waist that says, “Good things are coming. Believe.”

I know that in heaven, I will never tie a sweater around my waist anymore! Only because the weather conditions will always be perfect.

I think about yesterday. It was a difficult day for me. I attended some medical training and felt weak, incompetent and traumatised.

In heaven, training may still occur, but in perfection where my old flaws won’t exist.

My memory will be perfect there. I will no longer support someone who needs special care. A Support Worker on earth, won’t exist in heaven.

Everyone will be fully healed. 😊

I think about my mobile phone.

I am using this right now….

In heaven, there will be no earthly economy, no flat batteries, no annoying SMS messages and no online YouTube sermons.

Faith will finally become sight.

I think about the nice lady that walked past me today as I was sitting under a tree, typing this. She had a sandy coloured poodle/spoodle? on a leash.

She asked if I was OK.

I was perfectly OK.

I was just typing this post under a tree so I wouldn’t forget my thoughts. Perhaps I looked a bit lost.

In heaven, no one will ever ask anyone if they are OK.

“Are you OK?” seems to indicate something is wrong.

Thank God, everyone in heaven will be Ok all the time!

I think about the three beautiful teenagers I just met after writing this post.

One of them stopped me and asked to use my mobile phone to call his mum. He didn’t have any remaining credit on his phone.

I didn’t know these boys. I told him I would call his mum for him. She picked up and we arranged to meet near the boat ramp. As the boys didn’t know the way there, I showed them where to go. As we walked, I chatted to the boys. The twin boys were 14, and in year eight. The younger one who was 13, was in year 7. They all belonged to the same family.

They didn’t like school. Just like my fourteen year old son. My heart went out to them. I related so well to what they were saying. My year 8 was horrendous. That year I was bullied badly 😢.

I bought them an ice cream each and we chatted.

The teenager years are hard! Imagine studying subjects you hate, having no money, being treated with a “herd-mentality” at school and feeling lonely.

We spoke about school, vaping and the dangers of addiction.

“Remember the three most important words”, I told them.

“What are they?”

One of the boys responded, “Do not vape!”

Nope. 😊

The three most important words are, “God help me.”

If you visit my Home Page you will read these words there. I always taught my kids that G.H.M. were the ultimate three!

One of the boys asked if I was a Christian. I told him I was.

Their mother came to pick them up and I went back to typing this post!

Back to what I was saying before about heaven….

In heaven, there will be no vaping! No one in heaven will be addicted to anything! Imagine your flesh never being harassed ever again.

Joyfully there won’t be any goodbyes in heaven.

I loved these boys already but I had to say farewell to them. I didn’t think I would see them again, considering the circumstances.

As I waved goodbye to the boys, I sat down by the boat ramp and continued blogging, for you.

Then, suddenly out of the blue, a lady walked past with two cute dogs on a leash. She had a short conversation with a woman standing near by. She left and continued on with her walk and the woman who remained, started chatting with me.

For a long time, we simply talked…two complete strangers, her and I! I found myself confessing my “secret fears” and the thought was, “I’ll probably never see her again, so it’s OK.”

We were both wearing sunglasses 🕶 so it felt easier to pour out my heart!

I found out she was a Christian. I was very encouraged God brought us together. It was odd to share such personal things and I saw the freedom in these “once off and never again conversations.”

It made me aware of opening up “more” to people I see regularly.

It was just what I needed.

“Thank you, Lord!”

We parted ways and I went and bought myself an ice cream!

It’s interesting how one off conversations can be so valuable.

Even if it’s only one time, twice, like today….

This lovely woman and the teenager boys had no idea they were helping me!

God’s souls, are never a one off, to God.

These short encounters I had today, were with real people who God always saw.

Always heard.

Always loved.

Always was with.

Always IS comforting.

God is always with you and me too. ✨️

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Have a wonderful week, dear readers. I love you all.

I will be posting another article soon, titled, “Can a Christian starve to death?”

Sounds really gloomy but when you read it, you will be greatly encouraged.

Three new poems will be published shortly.

~Love Helen Olenjin~

Posted on July 31, 2024July 31, 2024 by Helen Olenjin

Reflections in God’s mirror

Daily writing prompt

How would you describe yourself to someone who can’t see you?

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Invisible! 😉

Why do humans feel the need to tweak “self” before posting their own photos?

I think it is because people don’t like how they look.

I ☺️ prefer to let the insecurity of “self” go and rather focus on how God sees me.

He sees me without all the human trimmings.

How would I look if God took a spiritual photo?

I honestly think I would be shocked.

I would also be speechless.

Firstly, my denim jeggings, purple sport jacket and sparkly love heart necklace would go!

My good quality sneakers would mean nothing to Him.

The grey hair I don’t like, would disappear! That’s a great thought!

My brown eyes would not appear as you see them.

He would perhaps see the eyes of my heart, soul and spirit.

But the Lord said unto Samuel, “Look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.” (1Samuel 16:7)

Would my “short term human face” cease to exist in God’s photo/mirror?

Would He rather “see” the qualities of heaven that He placed in me, right now?

Would there be light surrounding me that I cannot see?

Perhaps.

Or a look of heaven’s salt?

I really hope so!

(Christians are the salt of the earth.)

I don’t think my chubby bits would matter to Him.

What was in my current earthly surroundings, wouldn’t matter either….

Meaning the bench I am sitting on right now and the Swan River in front of me.

These thoughts I am having now, are profound, because we often worry about the earthly shells the most and God doesn’t want us too!

If you saw your soul’s reflection in God’s mirror 🪞, what would be the view ✨️you would want God to see?

I would say, “The truth.”

Because really there is no escape and no false tweaking (like on a photo App) of the soul in front of a God who never allows a human image, no matter how beautiful, to be acceptable in His sight.

So if your image is flawed, rejoice!

God wants your heart. ❤️

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Helen Olenjin

Invisible Growth that only God sees

Just as a tree grows and we don’t see it growing, so it is with our soul.

Be encouraged! Just because you don’t see flowers and fruit growing inside your soul, the growth is still “there” and seen by God.

Don’t give up producing fruit of the invisible kind.

Fruit = growth.

We need visible fruits that are seen by the world, but there is also fruit inside “us” that God only sees.

These spiritual “inside-me” fruits are more important than the visible fruits we show others.

Why?

These hidden spiritual fruits are who we truly are on the inside.

They are not fake.

Who fakes it on the inside of self?

No one does.

One hidden spiritual fruit…what is it?

Quick forgiveness. This is an inside act of “self.”

How quickly do you forgive someone on the inside of “self?”

God sees when we quickly forgive someone.

Truly trusting God on the “inside” of self is another spiritual hidden fruit.

No one sees this trust, but God does.

Thinking the right thoughts when everything is going wrong, is also another hidden fruit.

These thoughts encourage me today because it reminds me that God always sees our soul’s hidden personality and how we manage our 24/7 soul for His glory, is the most important work of all.

Posted on June 26, 2024July 10, 2024 by Helen Olenjin

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

Posted on June 7, 2024July 10, 2024 by Helen Olenjin

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.”

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Helen Olenjin · 4 Comments

~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…..

“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

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 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!

He doesn’t need you

But you need Him

God doesn’t cease to exist

If you don’t believe in Him.

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.

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!

What do you think

God might say?

To the person

Who pushes Him away?

As you forget me

Will I unwrite the Bible?

Will I change my Word

To suit your famous idols?

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!

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?

Can you create

Changing emotions

And tiny unborn feet?

Can you design

Souls in the womb

And a dove so sweet?

If you can’t create anything

Then shout, hurray!

I don’t want God’s job

I am only clay!

The pressure is off you

Stop being the designer

Of a world that didn’t start with us

But with One Who is kinder.

Seeker of God,

Look for Him today

He truly exists

He will show you

The Way.

Written by

♡♡

Helen Olenjin

Posted on April 24, 2024May 15, 2024 by Helen Olenjin · 2 Comments

Odd Behaviours & Refusing God’s Help

Daily writing prompt

What topics do you like to discuss?

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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.☺️