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My daddy fought a long battle with #Parkinson’s and #PTSD from Vietnam war. He loved God and honoured him. He is in Heaven now. Can I be relieved for him and yet just so sad too? #Grief #mourning #processing

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This is my little girl crying saying goodbye to her grandad, my father, years ago. My daddy passed away a few days ago and I feel just like this. Clinging on. #Grief

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Out with the old and in with the new. My journal is too full, time to start a new one. I’ve managed to edit 16 chapters of my novel and have been really enjoying reading it out loud to my mum. (Thank you for your encouragement mum.) so grateful for the wonderful church we attend and the blessing our brothers and sisters in Christ are. God bless and sweet dreams to everyone.

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ONE WAY

By Cas Reeves

God isn’t frightened of our sin.

It doesn’t shock Him.

Life is not a competition

Where the ‘good girl’ wins.

Our sins

Are forgiven.

Our very nature is to sin.

So God forgave it all

So everyone can win.

Heaven is open

To the good, the bad,

The sane and the mad.

Our imperfections will linger

For this life,

But in the next,

If we accept salvation,

All that strife

Will be gone.

It’s not the sin we commit

That sends us to hell.

It’s the single sin

Of choosing to omit.

To be saved eternally

Requires repentance

And an acceptance,

That when Jesus died,

When he was crucified,

He took our place,

Our punishment, our sin.

He ran the race

We could never win.

Now all we have to do

Is to trust in Him.

Don’t fear falling down

It is accepting him

That gives you to the crown.

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By God's grace, two more poems...

By God’s grace, two more poems…

Sometimes you need someone to give you a gentle shake. Just a few words of encouragement can go a long way. My friend Sandra gave me that this week and I am so grateful. Here are two poems I wrote a few weeks ago. I don’t feel like a ‘good’ Christian. I feel very flawed and lost in the fog of medication but there are small moments of clarity. It is God who is ‘good’ not me, it is by grace we are…

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Taking one more step by faith

Today it was a challenge to record these poems. I haven’t been sleeping well, my mind seems to think going to bed is the signal to start planning out how to change the world or take on a new career or renovate my childhood home and turn it into a retreat. Wonderful thoughts to contemplate but not helpful when you need to go to sleep. Thank you for taking the time to share my journey, we are all…

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The Journey Continues

This week has been a series of panic attacks. I have been really struggling and spent all day yesterday in my pyjamas refusing to to face reality or behave like an adult. I had my first appointment with a new psychologist on Friday. She was lovely but the stress of going over my history and diagnosis is profound. Anyway I have picked three poems to share and I hope they might be a blessing to…

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A New Poem

At Sea With God

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Daring To Share

I have been trying to get the courage up to actually record one or two of my poems and post them. I find people connect with what I am trying to express so much more when they hear it rather then just reading it. It feels like a a scary leap of faith but I got brave enough this morning, with my mum’s encouragement, to record these two poems I wrote recently. The move to a new house and the fact…

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The Prayer of a Medicated Soul

The Prayer of a Medicated Soul

By Cheryl Reeves 14-9-2022 Oh Lord my God When I just try to focus How thick the fog That makes my windows white. I cannot see, Or hear you voice Inside me. I am so lost, I beg you Melt this frost. And lift me up From broken couches hiding, Give me the strength To let myself cry. Let me with honest Eyes wide open, See who I am And feel the pain I feel. Let me be one, As you…

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It's Time To Try

It’s Time To Try

We are moved and settled at our new rental home at Beachmere. It’s beautiful and I feel very blessed. I really want to make the most of this new start. Isaac has moved out ready to make his new life with Shaylin. They get married in December. Rodney and I are now officially empty nesters. I’m missing Isaac but it is nice to have the house all to ourselves, (well not really, we have Judah Isaac’s…

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Unpacking

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Moving at last

So blessed that God has provided us with a rental and we are able to move at last. I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband to help me. We are looking forward to our new life at Beachmere as empty nesters. Hoping to record this new adventure here in my blog,

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A poem for today - 3/7/2021

A poem for today – 3/7/2021

God opens wide The closed door. He answers prayer And gives us more. Though we may fall And fail and faint, God’s ever there, He’ll patiently wait. When days have passed And we collapse, When all our plans Have lost their grasp, When at our end We kneel and pray, God gently welcomes The words we say. He understands Beneath our sobs, The way life hurts, How pain robs, And he, with healing In His…

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Treat people with psychosis with respect.  Treat people with schizophrenia with respect. Treat people with personality disorders with respect. Treat people with DID with respect. Treat people with bipolar disorder with respect. Treat people who dissociate frequently with respect.

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Praising the Lord helping me to do this project. 31 days in a row of blogging my prayer journal. I’m going to take a break for November as I have Lydia’s wedding that will require my spoons. Thank you to those who have supported me and my blog cherylreeveswriting.com

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